eastern on c-span three, all mine c-span.org and the c-span free radio app. the u.s.enate begins its session in about 10 minutes. until then a portion of today's "washington journal" on the cost of securing nuclear materials. >> every monday your money segment. today we are focusing on the cost of protecting our nuclear weapons. joining us is john donnelly. we've been looking into this topic tiered what have you learned?

eastern on c-span three, all mine c-span.org and the c-span free radio app. the u.s. senate begins its session in about 10 minutes. until then a portion of today's "washington journal" on the cost of securing nuclear materials. >> every monday your money segment. today we are focusing on the cost of protecting our nuclear weapons. joining us is john donnelly. we've been looking into this topic tiered what have you learned? >> i have done a few stories in the last few years on the subject because, i think, even people that follow the federal budget are not necessarily aware of the extent of spending on so-called defense nuclear nonproliferation programs in the energy department, programs meant to safeguard the supplies of nuclearhe materials, keep thm out of the hands of terrace, a sickly, declining dramatically over the last years. this is not a partisan issue. let me say that right away. under president obama, despite his rhetorical attention to this problem, after his first few years, spending started declining. president trump has continued that way. in fact in the