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Relationship between offensive and defensive weapons. when the administration takes the deal to congress, they are going to say, look, there is no legal obligation on our part to any limitations on missile defense and we are heading ahead in a row bust way. that was the fundamental hangup at the very end here. >> that is interesting what michael is bringing out. there were a few headlines that said russia has the right to opt out of this and some of it was touching on the really thorny issue of missile defense. what actually does this treaty say in terms of whether or not russia can opt out ba...

They are big players in the u.n. security council. the president hopes this will satisfy some folks in the developing world who have been calling for more transparent reductions and that they may be encouraged to take other steps in exchange. beyond these two weeks, we have a big nonproliferation treaty review conference coming up next month. every five years, the world gets together to review it which obligates states that don't have nuclear weapons to continue to refrain from having nuclear weapons but says that powers like the united states and russia should continue to disarm. the united s...

Tri medvedev. this is after the president promised to rid the world of nuclear weapons. what this starr treaty will do is reduce the number of strategic weapons and russia aside by about a third. we are waiting to have all of this happen. the president touched down earlier this morning. he met with czech president voklov claus. russia's president describing what is about to happen today as a very important step towards slashing u.s. and russian arsenals. this is what's happening right now. we have ed henry live in prague and here with me this morning, michael levy, the director of

Framework of what you are going to see today during this signing ceremony. you are right. the last treaty ran out at the end of last year. the administration had been hopeful of getting it done by the beginning of this year. it took a little extra time. i'm told there were some, about 50, u.s. negotiators on the ground in geneva trying to hammer out these final details. it gives you an idea of the scope, the magnitude of all the detail. to pick up on what michael was saying, he is absolutely right. there was a lot of direct involvement by the u.s. and russia presidents. there was about 15 al...

Going on there and when they will be able to again put four different rescue teams in to try to locate four miners still missing in the wake of the tragedy that took place over the weekend. meanwhile, michael levee with the council on foreign relations joins us again to talk a little bit more about the significance of what is happening today, this pledge on the part of the two nuclear powers left, the two super powers. russia and the united states to reduce their nuclear arsenal over the next decade. what are we going to see happen today at this signing ceremony. >> we will see the two preside...