he went ahead and did it. i see how effective it is. i m 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 team, he said, president-elect trump was referring to the threat of nuclear proliferation and the need to prevent it, particularly terrorist organizations. he has emphasized the need to improve and modernize our deterrent capability. also this comes on the heels of us hearing from putin talking about coming up with systems to overcome deterrents systems and missile shield systems.
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, latvia, and estonia. how concerned are you that russia will try the same strategy in nato allies bordering russia? russia is assessing the reaction of nato to any of their actions. what i were radioaboorry about and violate article 5 of the nato agreement. i asked the general if they have the deterrent capability to deter russia. he said in his word, it has some, not a ringing endorsement
to the black sea as part of a routine rotation. sending a few fighter jets into the baltic states doesn t 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 the size of the army. the white house fact sheets make it clear that defense is not a priority in this budget. this is not the military the president nor i want. it isn t the military that this committee or this congress wants for america s future, but it is the path we are on unless congress does something to change the law. we re et eating away at nation s readiness for conflict which does reduce our deterrent capability. reporter: in addition to the u.s. defense cuts, it s not lost
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 administration policy, the idea of terrorists getting a hold of loose nuclear materials, turning them into a dirty bomb, much less afraid of strategic weapons deployed of the second largest possessor of strategic weapons, russia. russia has a sense that the united states is a threat to them. that s why they re concerned about ballistic missile defense so the russians are not on board this whole idea of eliminating all stockpiles and the other reason is their conventional forces aren t nearly as strong
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 set our country down a prosperous road eventually. take a listen. just as it would be a terrible mistake to borrow against our children s future to pay our way today it would be equally wrong to neglect their future by failing to invest in areas that will determine our economic success in this new century. jane: joining us now is house majority whip jim clie burn of south carolina. ing isman, thank you for being here, the headline is frightening if you re a taxpayer that our decifit will be hi