u.s. weaponize is its laws against adversaries also is the western world in crisis and much much more on this edition of crossed. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst with international and we have glenn d.'s and he is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of the decade of western civilization and resurgence of russia right gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate. that you wrote a book about the topic i will go to you first. we all read the article recent article by pat buchanan here what lies behind the melees of the west i thought it was a really fascinating article because he really kind of hit the nail on the head it's really about a crisis of confidence in many ways what's your take. well which on this topic in previous segments i think it all goes back to the system we put together after the cold war it's been a very liberal format for globalization a

u.s. weaponize as its laws against adversaries also is the western world in crisis and much much more on this edition of crossfire. and let. me get a little bit of a let you know when you're already voted. down and i don't know that we're going to be any. good job. kosovo's move to create its own army sees a session of the u.n. security council called amid fears it could escalate tensions with. russian foreign ministry heads out of the b.b.c. saying its work smacks of cynicism that is after leaked messages from one of their .

u.s. weapons maker -- manufacturer boeing. meanwhile, president trump's envoy to the coalition fighting isis has resigned over trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. brett mcgurk was appointed in 2015 by president obama and held the role until his resignation last week. in indonesia, the death toll from a devastating tsunami has risen to 430. on saturday night, a massive wall of water suddenly emerged from the ocean and swept rapidly across coastal areas of western java and southern sumatra. hundreds were swept out to sea, as homes, hotels, and businesses were destroyed. this is a spokesperson with indonesia's disaster punishment agency. we evertil today, recorded 430 people have dieied, 1495 have bebeen injured, 159 ae 21,991 re:ng, and evacuees. the losses and damage to building state it is still being collected. amy: the tsunami did not follow a major earthquake, and therefore, did not trigger indonesia's early warning system. ininstead, it t resulted from mn ereruption andnd underwater lalandslide atat the kra

u.s. weapons were used in an attack on a funeral in sanaa killing one hundred forty people however u.s. president donald trump overturned that's ban in twenty seventeen. the u.s. has been utterly complicit in the destruction of the us government as the biggest arms dealer anywhere in the world and results are catastrophic as we're seeing in yemen right now whoever has been a terrible humanitarian catastrophe and yet u.s. companies have profited every step of four way when that bomb was dropped it was a lock even martin bomb made in the usa. the politicians are concerned that the united states has no direct involvement in causing that humanitarian conflict and that humanitarian outcome so our elected representatives want to be certain in their mind that our actions or our in actions are not contributing to the deaths of civilians and children. as international pressure increased the coalition started to shift its position further denying responsibility was no longer an option and. its public statements began to just it might be seeking to other ways out of the crisis i was considering op

u.s. weapons sales the saudi arabia the trumpet ministration already had two and the refueling of saudi u.a. e. warplanes bombing yemen under congressional pressure a bunch of lobbying firms drop saudi arabia like a hot potato they had a low profile head of this senate vote and basically gave up lobbying the senate understanding that they that they have no credibility with the senate now so there's been a real shift you know the united states doesn't need the money from the weapons deals maybe you know racing on and boeing and lockheed martin do but the u.s. economy doesn't even majority in congress doesn't need that so yes the lobbying the money the lobbying that has certainly had a big effect by now up until now now there's been a sea change now congress and public opinion is seen as to the fact that the u.s. has been enabling the saudi regime and deliberately creating a famine in yemen deliberately creating the worst humanitarian crisis in the world with the worst cholera outbreak in human history with the deliberate blockade keeping food fuel and medicine out of yemen so there has been

u.s. weapons and intelligence. be about to change. >> the americans are backing away from the saudis in the wake of the murderer of khashoggi. >> u.s. once stands with yemen, shouldn't fight. it's important and country have relation with the u.s. for decades. >> you are saying that there's a big role for america to play directly with the yemeni government not going through the saudis. >> it cannot ignore the region. >> the fact is, the yemeni people are trapped in adi ia ad iran. the prime minister's government is clearly on the saudi side for military and financial reasons. but hisly to the u.s.audi arabia leave you to and us. but the war rages on with cruelty and abuse on both sides. if there's any hope for the yemeni people it rests with peace negotiations going on right now in sweden where the two sides are actually still talking. >> brennan: liz palmer inas th! yemen. we'll be right back. ♪ you ok there, kurt? we're about to move. karate helps... relieve some of the house-buying... stress. at least you don't ha

u.s. weapons were used in an attack on a funeral in. killing one hundred forty people however u.s. president donald trump overturned that's ban in twenty seventeen. the u.s. has been utterly complicit in the destruction of the us government as the biggest arms dealer anywhere in the world and results are catastrophic as we're seeing in yemen right now whoever has been a terrible humanitarian catastrophe and yet u.s. companies have profited every step of four way when that bomb was dropped it was a lock even martin bomb made in the usa. the politicians are concerned that the united states has no direct involvement in causing that humanitarian conflict and that humanitarian outcome so our elected representatives want to be certain in their mind that our actions or our in actions are not contributing to the deaths of civilians and children. as international pressure increased the coalition started to shift its position further denying responsibility was no longer an option and. its public statements began to just it might be seeking to other ways out of the crisis i was considering op

u.s. weaponize as its laws against adversaries also is the western world in crisis and much much more on this edition of crossed. some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst with sputnik international and we have landis' and he is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia right john crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate. that you wrote a book about the topic i will go to you first we all read the article recent article by pat buchanan here what lies behind the melees of the west i thought it was a really fascinating article because he really kind of hit the nail on the head it's really about a crisis of confidence in many ways but what's your take. well.

u.s. weaponized. the western world in crisis and much much more in this edition of crossfire. it. was. taken a little bit and that was it was sunday and they don't know yet what. the any. a. poor job. the headlines this hour the russian foreign ministry gets out of the b.b.c. saying its work smacks of cynicism that often leads messages one of their reporters says her editors are out for blood in their attempts to find links between the kremlin and yellow best move the gallup.

u.s. weaponized as its laws against adversaries also is the western world in crisis and much much more on this edition of crossfire. dimension. six thirty five and you have a career and career involves using your i phone in your computer and things like that in an office. perhaps you start getting headaches circular teeth are going to have to stop doing all this in this kind of you look at the minutes must be from my world became smaller and smaller and smaller until i ended up running it and the box. a very strong magnetic field held in my head. think of it like a real hard pressure on my skin burns and wireless access point and it's just continuous on saying what are students in the schools. we are just continually painting our citizens in this microwave radiation it is certainly electro small and it's getting worse. welcome back the u.n. security council sits today to debate the ever growing fallout of nature's longest war afghanistan where unknown numbers of afghans of perish more than ten thousand british soldiers have been killed or wounded but afghanistan is just one of the countri

u.s. saudi lines and they want to make sure weapon sales keep going through and on top of that there's just the inertia of. seven decades of this alliance basically we are getting oil and tying that oil to the to the u.s. dollar in exchange for giving the military security assurances. yet it's just a lot of a lot of stuff to fly a lot of precedents to fight but congress is doing it and the people and they're doing it because of the grassroots pressure that. is just swelling and people just you know they see pictures of almost hussein the seven year old who starved to death in yemen just a few weeks ago and that was on the front page of the new york times and i think i think people really do care about this. it's going to a little sad sometimes because i must wonder if we don't get that perfect picture perfect perfectly cropped picture. people don't get how bad it had in syria it was a picture of children and it was certain certain images just and vietnam it's always. you know adults can do a lot of things and i can argue and they can have wars but children have nothing to do with that. and

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u.s. weapons, doesn't the u.s. senate ultimately have some clout here? >> the u.s. senate does. was quoted this morning, when the saudis pushback on our criticism of the murder of jamal, then you have saudis putself, the together a hit team against an american resident in a foreign country and now we are accused of interfering in their domestic affairs? i'm sorry, the senate has a vote. i applaud the senate's courage in standing up and saying the united states is actually a country of values and that our values have value. raytheonu worked for as well as having a distinguished career in the military. is it possible this is a good time to invest in saudi arabia? can sometimes you invest at the -- because sometimes you invest at the bottom of them market. >> yes. but the siding where the bottom is is the challenge -- but deciding where the bottom is is the challenge. we do not know if we are at the bottom. if you look at the fed side, the reality is the saudis have penned their long-term security on the united states. the interoperability of our , ifems and, the fact tha they are

u.s. issues and ultimatum to russia over nuclear weapons respect a landmark missile treaty within sixty days or we are out nato members are backing the ultimatum saying that russia has been violating a nuclear missile treaty from the cold war also coming up france's prime minister backed controversial fuel tax increase that has divided the country but the move is doing little to appease the. to fight. it's good to have you with us tonight to the united states has given russia a deadline comply with a nuclear with a treaty on limiting nuclear weapons within two months or the u.s. will call it quits the u.s. and its nato allies accused russia of violating the landmark one thousand nine hundred seven intermediate range nuclear forces treaty which is known as the i.n.f. treaty u.s. secretary of state might bump a zero was at nato headquarters today where he spoke about the wider implications of russia's alleged by elation. while russia is responsible for the demise of the treaty many other states including china north korea and iran are not parties to the i.n.f. treaty this leaves them free to b

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u.s. issuing an ultimatum to russia over nuclear weapons respects a landmark missile treaty within sixty days or we are else. backing the ultimatum saying that russia has been violating a cold war era nuclear missile treaty. for the latest also coming up france's prime minister backs down on the controversial fuel tax increase he says no tax. unity of the nation. to appease the protesters they have defied all. good to have you with us tonight the united states is rattling its saber at russia the u.s. and its nato allies say that russia has been violating the landmark one nine hundred eighty seven intermediate range nuclear forces suspend its treaty obligations after a meeting of nato foreign ministers spoke about the wider implications of russia's alleged violations flow russia is responsible for the demise of the treaty and many other states including china north korea and iran are not parties to the i.n.f. treaty this leaves them free to build all the in all the intermediate range missiles that they would like. there is no reason the united states that continue to see this crucial military

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noam: well, remember, all of this in gaza is being done with overwhelming u.s. support, even u.s. weapons, literally. gaza is on the verge of becoming , literally, uninhabitable. the international monitors, the u.n. and others, have warned that, within just a few years, it may be literally unlivable. i mean, right now, there's virtually no potable water. the sewage pours into the sea, because israel has bombed and destroyed the power plants and the sewage plant. back in 2005, when israel withdrew its illegal settlers in gaza and moved them to illegal settlements in the west bank, it imposed a siege on gaza. the official terms for that -- official, not making this up -- are, "we have to impose a diet on gaza, not harsh enough so they will all die," implication being that would d not look very good, "but harsh enough so that they can barely survive." and there have been -- quite apart from the brutal siege, there have been repeated attacks on gaza by the israeli army. gaza is virtually defenseless. this is s one of the stronongt armies i in the world, lashing out to d devastate gaza. there'

u.s. saudi weapons agreements in the future as well as continued u.s. support for saudi military for diet and yemen all right and coming to you chris so a very very strong message even if it's not binding a really strong message with some very very strong rip us language coming from the senators of both sides of the aisle a strong message to president trump in the white house will he listen sure so this is something that is very difficult for. any president to be in this is a position really between the morality of the united states and the realities of what the problems are currently in the middle east namely the threat and the violence of iran knowing that any type of destabilizing activity for example calling for regime change in the king of saudi arabia could lead to significant destabilisation which of course this is something that we are saying that is exactly when the senators though sorry to interrupt you chris but the senate is a not calling for regime change they seem to be making a clear distinction between the royal family and the existing t

u.s. weapons. in fact they are only buying about $14 billion.n trump and kushner decided to inflate it and claim it is actually $110 billion. they might as well claim it is a trillion dollar, it is all nonsense. it is just not true. and so i think that there is a case that they can make for maintaining relations with saudi arabia and nobody is really saying that we should break off relations with saudi arabia, about you these nonsensical false and misleading explanations for why we can't hold mbs to account, they just fly in the face of logic and human decency and they are being rejected in washington by everybody who does not work in the white house. >> the trump administration claims there is no direct link between mbs and khashoggi's murder despite what the cia has said. but marco rubio said this earlier -- >> we don't need direct evidence that he ordered the code red on this thing. the bottom line is there is no way that 17 people close to him got on a charter plane, flew to a third country, went into a consulate, killed and chopped up a man

u.s. weapons were used in an attack on a funeral in sanaa killing one hundred forty people however u.s. president donald trump overturned that's ban in twenty seventeen. the u.s. has been utterly complicit in the destruction of the us government as the biggest arms dealer anywhere in the world involves our catastrophic because we're seeing in yemen right now a river has been a terrible humanitarian catastrophe and yet u.s. companies have profited every step of the way when that bomb was dropped it was a lock even martin bomb made in the usa. the politicians are concerned that the united states has no direct involvement in causing that humanitarian conflict and that humanitarian outcome so our elected representatives want to be certain in their mind that our actions or our in actions are not contributing to the deaths of civilians and children. as international pressure increased the coalition started to shift its position further denying responsibility was no longer an option and. its public statements began to just it might be seeking to other ways out of the crisis i was considering o

u.s. issuing an ultimatum to russia over nuclear weapons respect a landmark missile treaty within sixty days or we are out of nato members are backing the ultimatum accusing russia of violating a key nuclear missile treaty from the cold war also coming up france's prime minister backing down on a controversial fuel tax increase he says no tax is worth sacrificing the unity of the nation but so far his move has not convinced form chester's and jewish people around the world are celebrating hanukkah the festival of lives here in berlin holocaust survivors mark the day by sounding a warning about the rise in time some of this. time it's good to have you with us tonight the united states has given russia a deadline comply with a treaty on limiting nuclear weapons within two months or the united states will call it quits the u.s. and its nato allies are accusing russia of violating the landmark one thousand nine hundred eighty seven intermediate range nuclear forces treaty which is also known as the i.n.f. treaty today u.s. secretary of state was at nato headquarters where he spoke about the wide

u.s. opening up its facilities to international inspectors to make sure there aren't nuclear weapons still there the u.s. doesn't comment on such things although supposedly they were pulled out many years ago under the first george bush administration but in reality here they are saying in north korea from what how i read it is we haven't seen any progress from you on formal relations ending the korean war of ending the state of war in the korean peninsula why would they be nuclearized when there's a pending state of war there that's what we're confronting and they think it's simple that those steps could be taken an initially and then we can look at the military there is a sion of the korean peninsula and deal with it as a whole primarily between north and south korea making tough choices well erica there were high hopes for an historic breakthrough following the meeting between donald trump and kim jong un to this is back in june i mean you know the the leader of the united states and north korea had never met especially there in asia i mean kind of on kim jong un's doorstep if you will

u.s. weapons, is the u.s. military feeling threatened? wolf blitzer is off today? i'm jim acosta and are you in "the situation room." >> this is cnn break news. >> we're following breaking news on the shutdown, stalemate that shows no sign of ending any time soon. the house and senate recon veend a few minutes without scheduling votes to restore government funding. tonight, president trump is digging in. the white house indicating a short while ago, he is not backing off his demand for money to build his border wall. instead, mr. trump has been busy blaming and badgeering his opponents, claiming most federal workers affected are democrats. this morning,ly talk with a democrat who serves on the budget and judiciary committees and our analysts also standing by, first, let's go to our cnn white house correspondent, abby philip. the president said he would proudly own the shutdown is trying to shift other thanship to the democrats. isn't that right? >> reporter: that's right, jim. after the president returned from iraq, it's back to business an tweeting as usual. he is

u.s. weapons were used in an attack on a funeral in. killing one hundred forty people however u.s. president donald trump overturned that's banned in twenty seventeen. the u.s. has been utterly complicit in the destruction of the us government as the biggest arms dealer anywhere in the world involves our catastrophic because we're seeing in yemen right now a river has been a terrible humanitarian catastrophe and yet u.s. companies have profited every step of the way when that bomb was dropped it was a lock even martin bomb made in the usa. the politicians are concerned that the united states has no direct involvement in causing that humanitarian conflict and that humanitarian outcome so our elected representatives want to be certain in their mind that our actions or our in actions are not contributing to the deaths of civilians and children. as international pressure increased the coalition started to shift its position further denying responsibility was no longer an option and. its public statements began to suggest it might be seeking other ways out of the crisis i was considerin

u.s. weapons were used in an attack on a funeral in sanaa killing one hundred forty people however u.s.president donald trump overturned that's banned in twenty seventeen. the u.s. has been utterly complicit in the destruction the u.s. government is the biggest arms dealer anywhere in the world involves our catastrophic because we're seeing in yemen right now whoever has been a terrible humanitarian catastrophe and yet u.s. companies have profited every step of the way when that bomb was dropped it was a lucky thing martin bomb made in the usa. the politicians are concerned that the united states has no direct involvement in causing that humanitarian conflict and that humanitarian outcome so our elected representatives want to be certain in their mind that our actions or our in actions are not contributing to the deaths of civilians and children. as international pressure increased the coalition started to shift its position further denying responsibility was no longer an option and. its public statements began to suggest it might be seeking to other ways out of the crisis i was conside

u.s. weapons packed up and air shipped out of syria.a speedy exit, the typical procedure would be to bomb the equipment and destroy it. mattis may be chocking up as a major loser in all of this. senator lindsey graham spoke to him. >> he thought that the time was not right to leave. >> reporter: he's very worried about the kurds. >> mattis' influence with trump had diminishes over using troops on the border and keeping korean war games going, but this time trump overruled mattis, secretary of state mike pompeo and national security adviser john bolton. possibly the only person aside from trump who thinks getting out of syria is a good idea, russian president vladimir putin. >> translator: as far as isis is concerned, i agree more or less with the president of the u.s. >> reporter: and for mattis and pompeo, it is far from over. both are likely to face a series of furious congressional hearings about all of this. jake? >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you so much. >>> we have some breaking news now for you in the world lead. in th

u.s. issuing an ultimatum to russia over nuclear weapons. respspect a landmamark missile treaty within 60 days, or we are out. nato members are backing the ultimatum, accusing russia of violating a key nuclear missile treaty from the cold war. also coming up, france's prime minister backing down on a controversial fuel tax increase. he says no tax is worth sacrificing the unity of the nation. but so far his move has not convinced protesters. and jewish people around the world are celebrating hanukkah, the festival of lights. here in berlin, holocaust survivors mark the day by sounding a warning about the rise in anti-semitism. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonight, the united states has given russia a deadline. comply with a treaty on limiting nuclear weapons within two months, or the united states will call it quits. the u.s. and its nato allies are accusing russia of violating the landmark 1987 intermediate range nuclear forces treaty, also known as the inf treaty. today, u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo was at

u.s. saudi weapons agreements in the future as well as continued u.s. support for saudi military for diet and yemen all right and coming to you chris so a very very strong message even if it's not binding a really strong message with some very very strong rip us language coming from the senators of both sides of the aisle a strong message to president trump in the white house will he listen. sure so this is something that is very difficult for any president to be in this is a position really between the morality of the united states and the realities of what the problems are currently in the middle east namely the threat and the violence of iran knowing that any type of destabilizing activity for example calling for regime change in the king of saudi arabia could lead to significant destabilisation which of course this is something that we just learned that he is expected in the senators though sorry to interrupt you chris but they said this is a not calling for. between the royal family and the existing thora he is in saudi arabia and the crown prince

u.s. saudi weapons agreements in the future as well as continued u.s. support for saudi military for diet and yemen all right and coming to you chris so a very very strong message even if it's not binding a really strong message with some very very strong rip us language coming from the senators of both sides of the aisle a strong message to president trump in the white house will he listen. sure so this is something that is very difficult for any president to be in this is a position really between the morality of the united states and the realities of what the problems are currently in the middle east namely the threat and the violence of iran knowing that any type of destabilizing activity for example calling for regime change in the king of saudi arabia could lead to significant destabilisation which of course this is something that we are saying that he is exactly in the senator's though sorry to interrupt you chris but the senate is a not calling for regime change they seem to be making it a clear distinction between the royal family and the exist

u.s. weapons to support it, that's basically ending.he uae came to that position a couple of weeks ago. so i think in terms of saving lives, we need to focus on the process in sweden and hope the saudis get the message. i know that saudis are going to tell mohammad bin salman you have to end the war in yemen. you have to end the crazy feud with qatar, the neighboring cup, and you've got to start releasing political prisoners from jail. those are the only ways that the confidence that's been shattered can be are regained. >> i want to ask you as a columnist from "the washington post," the death of your colleague played, also, a very big role in the vote on yemen yesterday. he know your publisher, fred ryan, has announced -- the post is running full page ads, of course, condemning this murder and they're going to keep it in the front of everybody's mind over -- well, as fred ryan says, until justice is served. do the saudis -- are they beginning to understand that this may be a breach that cannot be repaired with mbs are running that coun

u.s. has agreed to take back weapons given to kurdish fighters in northern syria turkish and u.s. troops began joint patrols last month in the area around the city of man beach in northern syria that was part of the agreement known as the man did road map for the withdrawal of the kurdish group the y.p. g. the government labels the y p g a terrorist group because of their links to kurdish groups seeking autonomy within turkey the why fiji has helped u.s. forces in their fight against isis then a harder has been following developments from gaza and have on the turkish side of the border with sarah. we're getting more details really from turkish officials on what seems to have been agreed with the united states over the planned u.s. troop pullout from north east syria a u.s. military delegation will be an anchor this week to for further discussions and u.s. president donald trump making it clear this is not going to be a rapid pullout it will be slow and highly coordinated with turkey so these two nato allies are going to be working together the turkish foreign minister saying that

u.s. supplied weapons but still up for debate so is russia able to hold turkey in check as far as a concern. well certainly there is a one in most important factor that neither mosque will know on the koran ready for . a military standoff so i think turkey will be cautious and make sure that. if there is an offense on kurds that no russian soldier or russian you know. citizens on the ground would hurt and we already witnessed several months ago half a year ago when russia already deployed its military police units amongst kurds to avoid turkish offensive on them so i think there they will try to avoid or i mean they will avoid this military standoff and i think they will try to find their way as for the checks it must have leverage has leverage on talks it's it's quite arguable whether you know there is influence or control of course they will bargain they will use whatever you know leverage they have but we should not forget that both russia and turkey despite of having disagreements they prefer to compartmentalize their relations and don't mix you know economics and politics security conc

this political isolation of the use of chemical weapons inside syria has been an ongoing theme of the conflict with the u.s. coalition of course weaponized thing they straying against the syrian government and its allies particularly russia we've seen the failed attempt to do so in tomorrow which was the entire narrative produced by the u.k. foreign office propaganda construct the white house and that was discredited by their venture p.t.w. report that found none of the chemicals described by much of the mainstream media following that alleged chemical attack i p c w you have always been given free access they have an agreement with the syrian government to be able to come on to territory that is secured by the syrian government of course there are. terrorists all perjury because of the risk to their lives. when they were given free access to the day in a chemical weapon attack so they would be given free access to the aleppo site. there were only ten states in the u.s. were being a legislator is considered a full time job may not there is nothing prevents you from pursuing a business career or having a sa

u.s. . this resolution was really just an attempt to weaponize the u.s. against the palestinian people against their legitimate rights and the resolution itself the text was just transparently israeli talking points didn't mention military occupation didn't mention the seas that siege of gaza didn't mention israel daily attacks against palestinians in gaza the west bank so i think the world saw through it and they rightly rejected it is of course saudi arabia the u.a.e. and some others including qatar by the way have been cozying up to israel and its lobby i think we should be fair about naming all the countries involved in that tell the public at least has been trying to mitigate some of the worst effects of what israel is doing to palestinians in gaza nonetheless all these countries have. you know sort of candor stalin or sort of informal relations with israel to a greater or lesser extent but the fact that they voted against this shows that those relationships are really really unpopular they can't go against popular sentiment and and openly back israe

weapons are so destructive now then if we make them more destructive. you know you just piling on so i think the nuclear downs will still be intact even if. the u.s. also develops these weapons when there's two hypersonic weapons under development in the us as well so but i think you know we're just building more and more nuclear weapons when we should be trying to limit them and the new start treaty is coming which is the arms limitation for the longer range missiles is coming up in two thousand and twenty one so you know that would be a good time to cool you know cool off the arms race and you know lock in some limits on these types of weapons as well and president putin referring to i'm going to school that invulnerable is not likely. well it's involuntarily invulnerable to u.s. defenses but like i say military missile defenses have never been that good the u.s. is the only one that has them but we our system is not really that that good against even conventional strategic nuclear weapons and this hypersonic certainly can maneuver around and it's so fast it can't the defenses can't deal with it but so weak but ultimately or back to where we were

u.s. nuclear weapons. let's turn to barbara starr on this. this is something that had us going, is this real? >> that's right, brianna. and it is real. the u.s. military says all they were trying to do is remind everyone in the world that 24/7, the u.s. military is always ready to respond if needed. but get a load of this. it's new year's eve. everyone is looking for a very peaceful, happy holiday. and here's what the u.s. strategic command decided to tweet. and let me quote. and then we'll show you the video. but first, they say, times square tradition rings in the new year by dropping the big ball. if ever needed, we are ready to drop something much bigger. watch to the end. well, watch the video that they posted with this. this is a b-2 bomber, nuclear-capable, but in this video, it is dropping in a test firing, two of the biggest bombs the u.s. military has. 30,000-pound bombs in this weapons test that was recently conducted. and now attached to this message, saying, if ever needed, we're ready to drop something much bigger than the times

u.s. officials say they want to pull out of this weapons treaty? because the pentagon says russia has been cheating and china was never a signatory to the treaty. a record says the u.s. lacks to protect against hypersonic weapons from china and russia, that according to a government accountability office report. china and russia a pursuing hypersonic weapons because their speed may defeat most missile systems and may be used to update nuclear strike capabilities. there's no existing counter measures. that's why the pentagon wants money to develop their own hypersonic weapons. >> shepard: thanks, jennifer. thank you. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. russia is disputing reports released by the senate intelligence committee that found russian trolls used every major social media platform to help president trump get elec d elected. that they dispute it is hardly worth mentioning. here we are because they did. they just did. you can go to social media and see it, that they dispute it is absolutely nothing. but they specifically targeted african american