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People in the united states congress, and it's about time that we reclaimed that power. you're see ago bipartisan consensus forming right now around the president's use of a first strike capability against north korea, but also the wars we're fighting right now in syria, iraq, libya, and all over the world. it's about time we once again think through what we're asking american service members to do on behalf of this country. the lives we're asking them to take and the lives they're putting on the line and far too often losing. especially under this commander in which i have, it's important tha...

Terrorism has a military implication. >> it must end its missile development. >> reporter: the president's rhetoric about north korea's nuclear weapons. >> they will be met with fire and furry, like the world has never seen. >> reporter: causing deep worry he might suddenly order a nuclear weapons launch. >> we are concerned that the president of the united states is so unstable, is so volatile as a decision making process that is so quick that he might order a nuclear strike that is wildly out of step with u.s. national security interests. >> the general in charge of nuclear weapons said if h...

What's going to happen? i'm going to say mr. president that's illegal. he'll say what's legal and we'll come up with a mix of responsibilities to deal with the situation. that's the way it works. >> reporter: the weapon must be proportional to the threat, especially because nuclear weapons can kill tens of thousands of people. >> i think the general's remarks were forceful, plain spoken and blunt and also refreshing. it's important for the american public to understand the types of safeguards, the types of security measures we put around our nuclear arsenal and our nuclear strike capabilities....

Our commanders and say the lawyers say this might not be legal to do these things. >> reporter: all of this taking on more urgency because the u.s. intelligence community and the south koreans believe it is possible, sometime in 2018, the north koreans will have the ability to launch a long-range missile with a war head on top that could be aimed at the united states. jim. >> this is becoming a critical issue. barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you very much. i want to get back to the congressman. how troubling is it to you that a top general in this capacity has to answer to these fears of ...

For the sake of partship. there are differing opinions no one is coming out strongly saying we need to make an example of al franken and use him as an example of how the situations need to be dealt with. no one is ready to do that, but at the same time, al franken is acknowledging he did something wrong. >> just to switch back to the topic that barbara starr was talking about a few moments ago, this top general in charge of america's nuclear weapons saying he is going to refuse an illegal order from president trump if the president were to call an order what he believes to be an illegal nuclea...