president take to twitter on sunday morning to talk about u.s. military prowess. he tweeted our military is building and rapidly becoming stronger than ever before. frankly, we have no choice. you have a lot of tough rhetoric on both sides. you have north korean officials saying the country is ready for war. the president bragging about u.s. military strength and china calling on both sides to reach a peaceful solution. a lot of eyes will be on what comes out of the vice president s trip this week. poppy. athena jones in washington. thank you. u.s. military experts analyzing these images of the north korea missile arsenal for the world to see over the weekend at the parade. what does this issay about the military advances? we have barbara starr at the pentagon. they are pointing to one image
athena jones in washington. two days to go before a new president takes office the outgoing president drops a big surprise that may have a huge effect on futureser leakers of government secrets. president obama rocking washington by commuting chelsea man s 35-year prison sentence. now set to be released in may. there has been no response so far from donald trump or the transition. but the move is whipping up immediate controversy and a backlash. and not just from republicans. a senior official tells cnn that mr. manning s shortened the sentence over objections of ash carter. manninging released doubt in 2010 from wikileaks. which has been adds vo indicating her release. julian assange leaked documenteds with the intelligence agency that were hacked by russia with the help
syria. what do you do with isis? with isis in iraq, you have to knock them out. you have to fight them. if you need, you have to do that. donald trump discussing his tax plan on 60 minutes. set to reveal the details at the 11:00 a.m. news conference. he and ben carson are now neck and neck. we have more from athena jones in washington. reporter: good morning. today is the day that donald trump says he will unveil his tax plan. he says we will call for tax fund hikes. he says it will be long policy and very specific. this is coming as a new nbc/wall street journal poll shows trump is leading the pack, but barely. ben carson and trump are one percentage point apart.
tax plan on 60 minutes. trump is set to vereveal the details at 11:00 a.m. all this as trump is losing his lead over ben carson. the two candidates are neck and neck. athena jones has more from washington. reporter: good morning. today is a day that donald trump says he will unveil his tax plan. he will call for middle class tax cuts and tax hikes for hedge fund managers. the fund is long on policy and very specific. this is coming as a new nbc/wall street journal poll shows trump is still leading the gop pack. carson is right up there with him. this poll is proof the debates matter. look at carly fiorina. she is tied with marco rubio at
the law. better enforcement so you don t have these, you know, anchor babies as they are described coming into the country. reporter: trump s talk is helping win support for now, but could spell trouble for the republican party down the road. mitt romney won 27% of the latino vote in 2012, and the party has to do better than that to win in 2016. it is insulting for latinos. if you endorse ending birth right citizenship, you re not going to get more support from latino voters and you re not going to win the white house. reporter: this week the conservative leaning editorial board of the wall street journal wrote mr. trump is bidding to make the gop the deportation party, end quote. the board said if they want to lose in 2016, they ll follow trump s anti-immigrant siren. athena jones in washington. back with me, anna navarro, jeffrey lord. jeff, i want to begin with you.