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-- it made in 1994 to convince ukraine to give back 1400 nuclear weapons that were left on its territory when the soviet union fell apart. and all of the agreements instance including one made several weeks ago with united states and other nuclear states, promising that a nuclear war cannot be won and therefore must never be fought. and here we are a month later with president putin saying, i am prepared to ease these nuclear weapons or do not get involved in my backyard. >> in terms of what he may be thinking about in terms of nuclear weapons, what do you make of this -- one appears to be an ...

>> right. well, i think president putin's statement was really reckless, reprehensible. and also ironic, because just last month, he signed along with the leaders of the united states, china, france, and great britain, the so-called p-5, he signed a statement reaffirming that nuclear war cannot be won, and should not be fought. so this step of going to high alert when one already has situations of really inadequate times to make decisions with regard to nuclear weapons use is very, very dangerous. we're talking here about miscalculation, blunder, fog of war, fighter jet strays over the poland/...

>> white house officials do not even want to go there when it comes to serious discussions about nuclear war. the president had a asked about nuclear war simply said, no, when he was asked if americans should be considered about such nuclear war. this comes as russian president vladimir putin announced that his nuclear arsenal would be put on standby due to what he calls "more aggressive language from nato and the united states." but again, this is putin's spin and the united states has no plan to put our arsenal on alert. listen. >> it's also important to remember that even over the course of...

And unnecessary step. the united states and russia have long agreed that nuclear deployment could have devastating consequences and we both agreed most recently this year in the context of the p-5 statement that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. such provocative rhetoric and changes to nuclear talk is unacceptable. the united states has not taken any similar steps. so in an effort to demonstrate that we have no intention of engaging in any actions that could be misunderstood or misconstrued, the secretary of defense has directed that our minuteman three intercontinental bal...

Of a fight. >> bret: all right, jen. keep up the good work. thank you. >> thank you. >> bret: president biden seems to be taking putin's nuclear threat in stride. jacqui heinrich has that part of the story from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. the nuclear war cannot be won and should not be fought. so they are not going to engage in any talk about it. so much so that the president at a black history month event with his defense secretary and u.n. ambassador didn't engage in any talks even about the conflict ongoing right now. >> a simple answer from president biden....