. >> christopher ford noticed the u.s. has been in favor of a world without nuclear weapons. under the obama administration the u.s. staid it would reduce the role of nuclear arms while at the same time modernizing them. trump said in an interview last month that the u.s. has fallen behind its nuclear capabilities. if countries are going to have nuclear weapons, the u.s. is going to be at the top of the pack. >>> pakistan has re-opened its border with afghanistan. the pakistani government blames insurgents have been hiding across the border. both countries have accused each other of not doing enough to stop militants. it's on the ro-- in mid-februar bombing killed more than 70 and wounded more than 150 in southern pakistan. that prompted the government to seal off the border. the reopening of border checkpoints was ordered on monday by the prime minister. for the past month, key trading routes for landlocked afghanistan had been shut off, stranding thousands of vehicle on both sides of the border. >>> it gives status as human living entitieentities. anyone harming either rive

christopher ford, a senior official at the national security council, said the white house is evaluating if that remains "realistic." he also said that, pending a review, the u.s. will strictly adhere to the iran nuclear deal that president trump has condemned. northern ireland today marked the death of martin mcguinness, one-time commander of the irish republican army who ultimately made peace. a funeral procession snaked through londonderry as remembrances poured in. former british prime minister tony blair worked with mcguinness to achieve north ireland's 1998 peace accords. >> the same fierceness that he bought to the armed struggle he then brought to the cause of peace and he was determined to give northern ireland a different future from the past that he had grown up in. that leadership and the courage in bringing his movement with him, was for me and will be, the defining legacy of martin mcguinness. >> woodruff: mcguinness was deputy first minister in northern ireland from 2007 until he resigned in january due to a rare heart condition. martin mcguinness was 66 years old. preside