well, we are watching this extremely closely. obviously the escalation risk with a nuclear power is severe and it is a different kind of conflict than other conflicts the american people have seen over the years. the american president, joe biden, has to take that responsibility extremely seriously, even as we redouble our efforts to support the ukrainians. as things stand today, the united states has not adjusted our nuclear posture, but it is something that we monitor day by day, hour-by-hour because it is of paramount priority to the president. so that sounds like you re concerned. well, any time you have a nuclear power fighting in a conflict zone in europe near nato territory, of course we have to focus on and be concerned about the possibility of escalation, the risk of escalation. but, as i said before, we have
military strike at the base near poland is a sign putin is striking out in frustration. jake sullivan weighing in about the possibility of nuclear escalation from russia. the escalation risk with a nuclear power is severe and it is a different kind of conflict than other conflicts the american people have seen over the years. as things stand today the united states has not adjusted our nuclear posture but is something we monitor day by day, hour by hour, because it is of paramount priority to the president. arlette saenz joins us from the white house with more on this. the biden administration is also warning russia may launch a chemical attack of some sort. what more can you tell us? reporter: these are two issues u.s. officials are increasingly growing concerned about. first the possible nuclear threat when it comes to russia when they put their forces on alert.
not only from sullivan but also president joe biden and others. the u.s. would stand by article five and attack on one nato ally is an attack on all of nato. he was also asked about nuclear posture. has the u.s. nuclear posture changed in light of russian actions, for example, vladimir putin saying that he s put his nuclear forces and his strategic forces on a higher level of alert. here was his answer there. the escalation risk with a nuclear power is severe and it is a different kind of conflict than other conflicts the american people have seen over the years. as things stand today, the united states has not adjusted our nuclear posture but it is something that we monitor day by day, hour by hour, because it is a paramount priority to the president. reporter: he also talked about the issue of china and whether china would be a way to avert sanctions. emif he thought china could do that, they have another thing coming. he said look, russia probably
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