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People's attention distracted from what is going on on the ground, and he's had that... you know, to some extent, he's successfully had it. but at the moment, this is a battle of rhetoric that president putin is deploying, and we just have to make sure that we manage it properly. western intelligence has long kept a close eye on russian nuclear sites for any warning signs. and today, us officials say they've not seen any changes in behaviour. the us has also given no indication of changing its own nuclear alert status. we have not changed our own posture. what we are trying to do is reduce the...

>> just an extraordinary scene unfolding inside russia. and james, i just want to inform our viewers that a senior defense official here in the u.s. saying on this heightened nuclear alert status today that "i don't believe we've seen anything specific as a result of this direction from putin, at least not yet, in terms of noticeable muscle movement." but there are so many asking, who is putin listening to at this point, if anyone? >> reporter: well, david, all the evidence suggests that this is a man increasingly alone, but those around putin have the same cold war mentality as him. they cann...

Distracted from what is going on on the ground, and he's had that... you know, to some extent, he's successfully had it. but at the moment, this is a battle of rhetoric that president putin is deploying, and we just have to make sure that we manage it properly. western intelligence has long kept a close eye on russian nuclear sites for any warning signs. and today, us officials say they've not seen any changes in behaviour. the us has also given no indication of changing its own nuclear alert status. we have not changed our own posture. what we are trying to do is reduce the tension, take the ...