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Not on a defensive posture, correct? if something was coming our way, you hear about that 15-minute window of opportunity to launch something to deter that from hitting anywhere on our shores. thats a totally different scenario, correct? >> in terms of the legal question, yes. definitely. but the system is set up because of during the cold war, a fear of a bolt out of the blue attack from the soviet union, to have nearly instantaneous communications between the president and u.s. strategic comma...

Theres a growing debate on the hill tonight about whether president trump or any commander in chief has too much power over the countrys nuclear arsenal. today retired air force general told the senate foreign relations committee that the top officer at the u.s. strategic command can refuse to carry out a president order to fire weapons. if the order is determined to be illegal. former missile launch officer says if the president follows legal procedure, there is no way to reverse his order to f...

Trump at the u.n. that if the u.s. is forced to defend itself or its allies -- >> we will have no choice but to totally destroyed north korea. >> the head of the u.s. strategic command who would help lead any attack on north korea making the case for u.s. firepower as a deterrent to kim. >> were would it there. were watching all the time. if you want to go that way, were ready so we can deter an attack on north america or its allies. ? lets get more now from the region. ben wedeman is live for u...

>> we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> reporter: the head of the u.s. strategic command who would help lead any attack on north korea making the case for u.s. fire power as a deterrent to kim. >> were right there, watching all the time. few want to go that way, we are ready to deter an attack on america, or our allie. >> reporter: north korea is far from deterred. all indications are to continue to proceed with their weapons program. jim. >> barbara starr of the pentago...

Dotard with fire. president trump responding kim jong-un of north korea who is obviously a mad man who doesnt mind starving his people will tested like never before. all after a doomsday warning of president trump at the u.n. that if the u.s. is forced to defend itself orallies. >> we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> reporter: the head of the u.s. strategic command making the case for u.s. fire power as a deterrent to kim. >> we are right there and watchi watching all t...

Ten years. sounds like he wants to sunset it right away which means iran gets to rush to a nuclear bomb. >> bret: you mean getting out of it. >> yes, if he decides to do that. its possible they can come up with another elegant solution where he asks congress to do something kind of the way he handled daca but the head of the u.s. strategic command said iran is in compliance. they have certified it twice. the international agencies have they are in compliance. u.s. military commanders say it. tru...

That he does not believe the president is fit for office. that he cannot be trusted with the national command authority to launch nuclear weapons and we should just remind viewers, nicolle, in our system, only the president of the united states has the authority to launch nuclear weapons. and nobody -- not a single person can countermand that order. if the president gives the order around it can happen very rapidly, the president gives the order not the secretary of defense, not the combatant co...

You have citibank, mastercard, deloitte, just to name a few. meantime, the president getting major pushback on his claim that he can go it alone in dealing with a very provocative north korea. of course, he said that in the "financial times" interview over the weekend that, essentially, if china wont deal with north korea, then we, the united states, will. now this morning, the head of u.s. strategic command flatly contradicting that before the senate armed services committee. he said, "any so...

Of japan. u.s. strategic command believes it was either a medium or a long-range missile, not an intercontinental ballistic missile and poses no threat to the continental united states. the test was the first since president trump took office and came during the visit with japanese prime minister shinzo abe. the two leaders addressed the launch with abe calling the launch intolerable and trump saying the u.s. stand behind japan 100%. joining us live from seoul, south korea, nbc news foreign corr...

Hitting the united states and has been working towards that goal. a spokesman for the u.s. strategic command and it was likely a medium or intermediate-range ballistic missile, meaning it didnt have the range to reach the u.s., but could have easily reached allies in the region. the missile landed outside of japans territorial waters, but the pace and scale of these tests to be of major concern. north korea has attempted 24 missiles in to nuclear tests. donald trump became president in his widel...