cables released by wikileaks suggest that the u.s. agreed to give secret information on the british nuclear deterrent to russia to persuade them to sign a treaty. >> stuart varney joins us live right now. stuart, what happens is now we're learning via wikileaks that apparently, to get everybody on board with the start treaty, the russians said by need the information about how many missiles the united kingdom have so we asked the united kingdom and they said absolutely not, don't give it to russia. we gave it to russia. >> that's correct. what the russians wanted and what they got were the serial numbers on the trident nuclear missiles which america makes and which the british buy. we gave them that information. the state department says this is simply part of ongoing gifted information under previous treaties. they say this allegation that we gave britain secrets to the russians, they call it bunk. the real impact here is on public relations between the two countries. >> sure. >> america and britain are the oldest allies on the planet just