kennedy and the cuban missile crisis, i don t think there s anything as the ability of using a nuclear tact cal weapon and not end up with armageddon. this is stark language and comes as the u.s. considers how to respond to a range of potential scenarios. let s bring in white house correspondent jeremy diamond for more. reporter: u.s. officials say there s been no change in russia s nuclear posture. one senior u.s. official telling cnn that the u.s. didn t detect anything yesterday that would indicate an escalation in russia s nuclear posture, that s why it s striking to hear the language that president biden used last night talking about the prospect of armageddon should putin use nuclear weapons and making clear he doesn t believe the russian leader is bluffing. here s a snippet of the president s comments from the fund-raiser in new york last night, off camera. saying, quote, we have a guy i know fairly well within he s not joking when he talks about potential use of t
ballistic missile, most short range but one was an intermediate range ballistic missile that overflew japan. the u.s. will not be deterred in its exercises, the firing and testing of long-range missiles as long as trilaterals with the u.s. and japan that was conducted yesterday and will continue today. the u.s. will not be deterred from the region even as the u.s. warns north korea may be getting ready for another nuclear test. it s possible they re ready to go since may. if kim jong un carried out the test, it would be the seventh. has there been any escalation from russia that would have prompted him to raise that specter? reporter: this is a question we constantly ask at the pentagon. has the u.s. administration seen any indication that russia is prepared to use a nuclear weapon and has there been any reason for the u.s. to change the nuclear posture? in both cases there the answer remains no. but what s concerning is the rhetoric from the kremlin, from medvedev and pu
well, his statement was voluntary. he was questioned in the highland park police department. he was read his miranda warnings, offered attorneys, et cetera. he went into details about what he had done. he admitted to what he had done. the prosecutor also says the suspect was considering another mass shooting. after fleeing the scene in highland park at yet another fourth of july celebration, this one in madison, wisconsin. investigators did develop some information that it appears when he drove to madison, he was driving around. however, he did see a celebration that was occurring in madison, and he seriously contemplated using the firearm he had in his vehicle to commit another shooting in madison. cnn s josh campbell was at that news conference. one of the most maddening things is once again there were all sorts of red flags about this suspect that we re learning about well before monday s attack including a threat to kill other people, and yet he was able to buy gu
assessment from president biden this morning. the world could face, quote, armageddon is vladimir putin makes good on his threat to use nuclear weapons in ukraine. the president told a group of democrats at a fund-raiser last night, quote, we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. i don t think there s an ability to use a nuclear weapon and nnot end up with armageddon. and the administration is worried that north carkorea is building up to a nuclear test. and the u.s. and south korea are conducting joint military exercises. what do we know about north korea s latest provocation? they ve fired a total of ten