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Or limits my ability as commander-in-chief to protect the american people. and we think that missile defense can be an important component of that. but we also want to make clear that the approach that we've taken in no way is intended to change the strategic balance between the united states and russia. and i'm actually confident that moving forward as we have these discussions, it will be part of a broader set of discussions about, for example, how we can take tactical nuclear weapons out of theater, the possibilities of us making more significant cuts not only in deployed but nondeployed mi...

Russia. and i'm actually confident that moving forward, as we have these discussions, it will be part of a broader set of discussions, for example, about how we can take tactical nuclear weapons out of theater, the possibilities of us making more significant cuts, not only in deployed but also nondeployed missiles. there are a whole range of issues that i think that we can make significant progress on. i'm confident that this is an important first step in that direction. >> translator: it's on the is e issue, interrelation between missile defense and s.t.a.r.t. was one of the most difficult to...

Reward afghan president hamid be around psi after the -- karzai after the corruption in the election. told karzai he needs to root out corruption, get rid of some of the war lords he has appointed and replace them with officials who can deliver a better life for the afghan people. here's a bit of what he had to say in a one-on-one meeting with hamid karzai. >> we also want to continue to make progress on -- [inaudible] process of insuring that agricultural production, energy production, good governance, rule of law, anticorruption efforts -- >> reporter: the president also pushed karzai to sto...

And that could flood those caverns the boys are in. victor, diane. >> david mckenzie in thailand. thank you so much. we will continue to follow that story throughout the morning. >> certainly more on the other big breaking story right now. north korea is calling mike pompeo, the secretary of state, his meetings in north korea regrettable. the secretary met with kim jong-un's top advisor, kim yong-chol. according to pompeo they made, and this is a quote, progress on almost all of the central issues but that's not how pyongyang sees it. they released this statement. we expected the u.s. to bring...

The discussions will continue. >> progress on what? what did you make progress on, senator schumer? >> reporter: senate republicans are pushing a short-term plan to keep the government up and running, hoping to get democrats on board, it would also extend the children's health insurance program for six years. >> this vote should be a no brainer. >> reporter: but democrats are demanding guaranteed protection for d.r.e.a.m.ers, those nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. >> where's the urgency when it comes to d.r.e.a.m.ers? there is an urgency. there's an urgen...