compliance. russia hasn't been complying with the treaty for about six years now dating back to the obama administration. they have deployed these missiles that are actually prohibited by the treaty. but what the u.s. can now do that the treaty is over is they can start developing and testing their own version of these missiles to compete with russia in this space. now, senior administration official told me that these tests are not considered to be provocative. and that's because they are initial tests. the u.s. is years away from potentially deploying these missiles in the countries surrounding russia. that would take awhile. but what we are monitoring today is the fact that there are a lot of experts who are worried about an arms race breaking out now that this treaty is no longer. the other story is that very important today is that the trump administration is in the process of scaling down its personnel footprint at its