f. withdrawal is in line of course with is america first. correspondent now takes a look at the wider policy ambitions of the american leader. donald trump can be called any number of things good bad it all depends on which side you're on interesting really enough though it's donald trump that keeps giving donald trump new titles a global. is a person that wants the globe to do well frankly not caring about our country somas you know i am a nationalist. kind of obvious if you think about it what with all this talk of greatness walls and how special exceptional americans are it's going to be only america first american people first america's interests above all else. now if i may mr president you seem to be confused about what those words mean it's right there in any dictionary globalism a national policy of treating the whole world as a proper sphere for political influence a globalist is someone who treats the entire world as a playground making national decisions which affect the international community in simple terms google ism is what m

whoever de the decision in saudi arabia to do this didn't worry about donald trump ord america f the u.s. withdraws normal role as th enforcerme sort of international decency, then the people liksie prnt putin and those in saudi arabia and north korea are instinctivelya anost unconsciously going to go, well, i can get away with this, until you get action. it's the power of american power and standing that seems to be rye core problem. this happens eime the trump administration alliance themselves with the bad person. thoebad person s something bad. they try not to react because they like the bad person, then public opinion drags them into a grudging, meaningless msknowledgment and that seo be the pattern here. >> woodruff: does the administration have to take the tough li g or can thet away with walking the middle ground here? >> i don'think there is a middle ground. judy, michael hayden, the forme. director undert presidsh and n.s.a. oirector as well under president obama, made, i ht, a penetrating observation. he said, president trump has clos personal relations with three heads of state who have

he said there's no doubt russi violated the terms, despite gakremlin denials, but he no f date formally withdrawing. bolton spoke after meeting with russian president vladimir putin. he said he also told putin that meddling in u.s. elections is counterproductive. >> what the meddling did create was distrust and animosity withinhe u.s. and particularly made it almost impossible for two years rur the u.s. and ia to make diplomatic progress. so that's a huge loss for both countries but particularly to russia. so it's a lesson i thinkdon't mess with american elections. >> woodruff: later, president trump said he will probably meet with putin next month in paris, at events marking thr end of world e, 100 years ago. back in this count, federal investigators are looking into an apparent bomb found in a mailx at the compound of liberal billionaire george soros. the explosive package turned up monday at the compound near bedford, new york, but it moved away and then, safely detonated. soros has often been a target of far-right conspiracy theorists. commerce secretary wilbur ross will not have to answer zees

withdrawing from a new treaty with russia. the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or i n f has been in force since one thousand nine hundred eighty seven speaking to reporters president trump accused russia of violating the pact he said quote we are going to terminate the agreement and then we are going to develop the weapons in reference to arms that are banned under the treaty trump went on to say that washington will scrap those production plans if a new deal can be negotiated earlier the u.s. national security adviser said that the current treaty limits the country's defense capability. this follows a long running dispute between the u.s. and russia over the expansion of american missile defense systems earlier this year russia a russian defense minister sergei expressed concerns over the situation. nobody doubts that the american missile system is a serious destabilizing factor and it's pushing us into a moment. and we will of course bring you more on that story later this hour. calls to hold homs export condemnation outrage those are just some of the reactions after saudi arabia admitted journalist jamal khashoggi wa

f we don't have detail that preserves the optionality. it may be a strategy for the government to allow the withdrawal agreement pass through parliament oneine of thinking is if we don't know what will happen with the future arrangement, we can always change it that's the strategy i think the government will use to try to pass this withdrawal agreement through parliament which deals with a narrow range of issues. >> if your scenario plays out what does that mean for the pound. where do you think we are perched on sterling based on your scenario? >> initially i think you will see moderate sterling strength as we are seeing now the markets starting to price a deal in the withdrawal agreement i think it will be limited we'll focus again on whether it can be passed through paraphernaliament, any political instability that might result out of that and then the fundamental issue that in 2020 this withdrawal agreement will state that the uk is fully out of the euwithout clarity on th future arrangement it's not clear uncertainty will be resolved for a long time. >> do you expect to be some certainty around ireland the issue of a hard border seem

wants to pull out of the i n f nuclear treaty he said there wasn't any clear timeframe yet what he did say though was that the united states hasn't started the official withdrawal from the treaty which takes about six months to do he did say and that's what they say most what the president was saying over the last couple of days is that russia has been violating this treaty time and time again but interestingly also said that the russians agree with the united states that the treaty is outdated and none of the russian officials have said that in public but he said the russians agreed to back that and when the treaty was signed in one thousand eight hundred seven it was a different world the only two major nuclear superpowers only the soviet union and the united states well this situation has changed now there's also china he mentioned and he said to bear information china has a heart for one third of their missiles that would actually violated this treaty this is what we had to say i think you were from our perspective as president trump said on saturday he said again yesterday to deal with the question of russian violations of the i.m.f. treaty it's a position

and we should withdraw from our military partnershipnside yemen, because we should never be part of any militaryen campaign, f it's with a named ally new york which civilians are the target. >> schifrin: senator chris murphy, democrat fromec cocut, thank you very much. >> thanks. >> nawaz: next, the subjt of energy production was front and center during a caaign-style rally president trump held in council bluffs, iowa last night. john yang has the story. >> yang: in the heart of corn country, president trump made good on a campaign pledge farmers. >> my administration is protecting ethanol. >> yang: the president told a council bluffs, iowa, rally that he is directing the environmental protection agencyl t a ban on summer sales of gasoline with 15 percent ethanol, known as "e-15." >> today we are unleashi the power of e-15 to fuel our country all year long, not eight >> yang: the move is a boon for corn farmers squeezed by low prices for their crop and byn foreriffs. ethanol is a biofuel made from corn. since 2007, it has been blendedn with gasol most gas today contains some ethanol. it was once touted as a g