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Sharply in the past five years. this will take the army to the smallest size since 2011. in 2010 there were nearly 570,000 soldiers in the u.s. army. right now there are a little more than 490,000, a decrease of 13.5% in the past five years alone. and it is not just the active duty service that will be cut but 17,000 civilians in the army will also effectively be fired. the army's number two sister was asked this morning why they are making these cuts now? >> these aren't cuts the army wants to make. these are cuts required by the budget environment in which we operate. this 40,000-soldier cut...

Sense, that our institutions aren't working that well and when you get a guy like trump who isn't implicated in our politics he's implicated in other things coming out and basically just saying that flat out, it's not surprising that people are attracted to it. >> all right. ross and john thank you. sorry, i know john you have more to say. there's certainly more to discuss. we have to leave it there to now. we'll come back to you another day. talk to you soon thanks. the army announcing its plan to reduce its ranks. a defense official says this army is going to cut 40,000 soldiers over the n...

Shrink by 365 troops. the 25th infantry division will be stripped of its striker vehicle. >> it's bad news for the soldiers and their families. but it's probably recognized as good news in places like tehran where the ayatollahs are chanting death to america. >> when you look at the world we live in it doesn't make any sense to be cutting defense. we end up with a smaller army but we are asking more and more of them. >> reporter: this is not the first time the army has seen its force cut sharply over the past five years in 2010 there were nearly 570,000 soldiers in the u.s. army. right now the...

>> there was informal cooperation. the sheriff now crocked down on the informal cooperation. he doesn't want any cooperation with ice at all. >> it happens time after time when law enforcement agents don't work together. i think ice is trying to meet the needs and see thereare there more crimes they would share information on. they have to start with that. >> she makes a good point. she goes on to say that sanchez criminal history alone should have been enough to send him home permanently. >> 33 minutes after the hour. the u.s. army sent hundreds of thousands troops that military cut coming af...

Falls on both of em. >> it is not just the local community's fault. the federal government is at fault, too. boston cloeb invest-- globe investigation found they have released hundreds of sexual predators who are criminal yanls and fail to tell the local community or make then register as sex offenders. the problem is at the local and federal level. california state senator jeff stone is crafting his own requiring california cities to fully cooperate with federal immigration officials. >> isis is on the lose. it is the perfect time to shrink our military. the u.s. army will cut 40,000 troops...