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He went ahead and did it. i see how effective it is. im not weigh being in ingç in policy. the guy still chooses when he can be president and when he can be president-elect. >> something else that we got from him today. he was very busy on twitter. he said the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. there were questions after that tweet. from jason miller part of the new white house communications...

Now president obama recently introduced a long-term plan to modernize americas nuclear weapons delivery systems which critics say will cost a trillion dollars. but in july the president was exploring options to reduce the cost and limit nuclear weapon use. it is still unclear what is the exact meaning of trumps words. transition spokesperson jason miller released a statement. president-elect trump was referring to the threat of nuclear proliferation and the critical need to prevent it, particula...

Deterrent capability as a vital way to pursue peace through strength. >> i was jittery. you spoke with bob gates. what did he tell you? >> i had talked to gates at length about trumps foreign policy on wednesday for a column that appears this morning. i called him back yesterday after this tweet about nuclear weapons came out and asked him, is this dangerous? what do you think. he said he wishes he would use the word modernize strength of gre -- instead of strength and expand. he didnt think it ...

Correspondent with the associated press. lets go ahead and let me tell everyone this. president-elect donald trump is offering signs he wants a change in the u.s. nuclear program. earlier this was the tweet and i wanted everyone to see this. "the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes." so now theres a follow-up statement from jason miller, the communications director and this is -- let me read in f...

Quote, the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. so trump also talking about expanding nuclear capability. a short time later, the trump transition team came out trying to clarify what mr. trump meant, a lengthy statement saying, and i quote again, president-elect trump was referring to the threat of nuclear proliferation and the critical need to prevent it, particularly to and among terrorist org...

He went ahead and did it. i see how effective it is. im not weigh being in ingç in policy. the guy still chooses when he can be president and when he can be president-elect. >> something else that we got from him today. he was very busy on twitter. he said the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. there were questions after that tweet. from jason miller part of the new white house communications...

Of deterring russia is working? >> we have a long way to go. i think we have to continue to increase our ability to move quickly there. because a true deterrent, one where people are worried if they conduct operations there will be some level of response. we have to improve what that level of response may look like. so we can deter. >> reporter: with russia undeterred in ukraine, u.s. and nato leaders are concerned moscow may attempt to destabilize nato allies neighboring russia. lithuania, latv...

To the black sea as part of a routine rotation. >> sending a few fighter jets into the baltic states doesnt send a message that mr. putin can understand. the only message he understands is oh, and the only legitimate power that he fears on the borders of ukraine is some form of ground presence in poland or the baltic states. >> reporter: yet for a second day on capitol hill the u.s. defense secretary and joint chiefs chairman took questions about deep budget cuts from sequestration and reducing ...

Weapons was to give voice to the idea of bringing the stockpiles down which president reagan and his successor george herbert walker bush were able to do in their administrations. the russians, basically, still have remnants of a cold war mentality. one of the reasons this treaty was difficult to work out is the russians are still afraid of the united states. much more so than the united states is afraid of russia. the united states is much more afraid and this is encompassed in the obama admini...

Deployed as part of a blanket of protection thatdy salutes the deterrent capability of the missile defense program. leaks about the deployment are being interpreted as the suts increases pressure on the islamic regime. back to you. jon: thank you mike. that is your news day. jane: we just heard from the president who sent his budget to capitol hill this morning, he says the $3.8 trillion proposal is built on investments, ones that will create jobs and solidify the economy in the short term, and ...