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>> reporter: this morning, jessica howard says she too was abused by nasser says the senators work gives her hope. >> to actually see it get to this point already feels like a huge, to me, feels like a huge victory. >> reporter: we reach out to both the usoc and usg for comment. they told us they look forward to working with congress and has already made changes, quote, to prevent the abuse. and in december following its own investigation, usoc acknowledged institutional failures, it said, and s...

North korea targeted to the u.s. nuclear arsenal, top commanders would have minutes to get to safety. >> if it fails, we will deliver a decisive response. thats what we do. we have to make sure we, as the united states have the capability and show it to adversaries. >> reporter: an officer with authority to launch a counter attack, if ordered would need to escape a direct hit on the base and stay alive to advise the president. its a nightmare scenario that is regularly practiced by the top comma...

Warning deal. at&t trying to purchase time-warner and our competitors at cnn. seems like the justice department is getting into the middle of it. more details throughout the next hour as they become available. the countrys top nuclear commander starting a debate after he said that he would resist an order for an illegal nuclear launch from president trump. the air force general john heighten on the left here said that an international security forum this weekend. a top pentagon adviser said he c...

>> reporter: kim may have other dire plans. the u.s. government believes north korea is using a malware called fall chill. its cyber operatives may be hacking into financial institutions, stealing money to increase their cash flow for expensive weapons testing. >> the north koreans may be using this pause to in essence mind some money out of different hacks that they do. >> reporter: north koreas next weapons steps can include working on a missile launching submarine. commercial satellite imagin...

Americas top nuclear general says if president trump issued an illegal order to launch nuclear weapons, he retains the right to refuse it. air force general john heighten, commander of u.s. strategic command made his position clear yesterday in canada. his comments come just days after a senate hearing on the presidents authority to launch a nuclear strike. when a former general said the military could refuse to carry out an illegal order. >> if you execute an unlawful order, you will go to jail...

>> translator: to respond to north korea will not maintain peace on the korean peninsula and could lead to a nuclear arms race in southeast asia. >> reporter: analysts warn of what the north koreans could do once they achieve a nuclear icbm. >> they will tell us to end our nuclear umbrella, to pull troops out of korea, stop sanctioning and act like a gangster driving through the plate glass window of a neighborhood store and demand things for us not to be threatened by them. >> reporter: and ton...