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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 saidness implementing reforms. the fbi referred us to the justice department office of the inspector...

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. that's 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. it's a nightmare scenario that is regularly practiced by the top commander four-star general, john heighten. >> that tells me you can always tell the president of the u...

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 country's 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 could tell the defense secretary to ord the launch. if the commander still resisted, you either get ...

>> reporter: kim may have other dire plans. the u.s. government believes north korea is using a malware called fall chill. it's 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 korea's next weapons steps can include working on a missile launching submarine. commercial satellite imagining has revealed the latest efforts at their complex. >> that was barbara starr. the top u.s. nucl...

America's 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 president's 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. you could go to jail for the rest of your life. it applies to nuclear weapons. it applies to sma...