to world peace and let no one doubt this is a difficult and dangerous effort on which we have set out. neil: 60 years ago this very month, we were on the brink, the closest the world had ever come to nuclear war. thereby a few other decision it could have been. now we re facing potentially the same predicament, what president biden calls potential armageddon given some of the retaliatory efforts and provocative moves on the part of vladamir putin talking freely about using tactical nuclear weapons of saying nothing of what seems to be daily missile strikes out of north korea, a couple of which just went over japan this past week. we re not even getting into china s provocations of the south china sea and presidents in anything taiwan, and new york, taiwan, south korea and on and on. some are criticizing the president for even mentioning the armageddon word and his massage was to let the message was to let the world be on notice and nothing to do with happening events here
president for even mentioning the armageddon word and his massage was to let the message was to let the world be on notice and nothing to do with happening events here but what they re being threatened particularly by vladamir putin. lucas tomlinson traveling with the president in delaware has the latest. lucas. reporter: neil, 60 years ago the soviet ships that carried the nuclear warheads to cuba departed from ukraine. now 60 years later, the prospect of another nuclear conflict according to president biden speaking off camera at a democratic fundraiser saying we have not faced a prospect of arm go ahead since kennedy and the nuclear missile cry reporter: i spent time with him and he s not joking about the use of bio-chemical or nuclear weapons and the white house secretary walked back those comments. we have not seen any reason to adjust our own nuclear posture, nor do we have