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Department's leadership, civilian and military, remains in the best possible hands. our department is proven to be at its best when the times are most difficult. so keep the faith in our country and hold fast alongside our allies allied against our foes." alongside our allies. that is secretary james mattis in his final hours in office. once again endorsing alliances and coalitions he believes very strongly that is essential to u.s. national security. ryan? >> and as jim mattis leaves this post today, barbara, i want to ask you about a tweet that just came out from the united states military. ...

Is it not? >> you know, the world, i think it is very safe to say is hoping for a very peaceful new year's and this message may have struck a very odd chord. look at that video. that's a b-2 bomber, tweeted by the u.s. military test firing, test dropping some of its newest, most advanced precision heavy weapons. the u.s. strategic command, ryan, of course in charge of control of america's nuclear weapons and telling the world that it is ready to drop its weapons if it needs to. so of course everybody knows that. everybody knows the u.s. military is ready at all times. america's adversaries kno...

U.s. nuclear weapons. tell us about it. >> reporter: well, on this new year's eve, it certainly did catch our attention. let me start with the tweet. and we'll get to some video in a minute. but u.s. strategic command tonight has tweeted the following. and i quote. times square tradition rings in the new year by dropping the big ball, if ever needed, we are ready to drop something much bigger. they say watch to the end. they have a video attached. let's show that video to everybody. this is video of a nuclear-capable b-2 bomber they put out that just a few weeks ago dropped conventional weapon...

How to withdraw our forces but at the same time achieve our national security interests, which are to make sure that isis is destroyed. they never come back. that our allies, the kurds, are protected. and that iran doesn't become the big winner of our leaving. so i think we're in a pause situation. >> reporter: but it is not clear what happens now. >> in this particular situation, it sounds like senator graham is basically saying, hey, i got to the president, and i'm hoping he rethinks his decision. >> reporter: it's leaving allies and enemies confused. >> the problem is, the president already...

Missile is launched anywhere in the world, the u.s. military instantly responds. four-star general jois a lerted. >> this is the battle deck at u.s. strategic command. >> reporter: the general in charge of the u.s. nuclear arsenal watches along with his highly disciplined staff 24/7 for all incoming ballistic missiles. >> i have six computer screens in my office. they all go off there is a verbal alarm there are executives telling me there about ten different ways to make sure that the commander knows that it's time to move. >> reporter: ready to advise president trump on how to deter enemies,...