you too neeshians themselves. nick pateon walsh, cnn, london. >> cutting 40,000 troops due to budget talks but new threats facing the u.s. over the july fourth holiday weekend, the u.s. military intercepted two russian aircraft though they never entered u.s. airspace. cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr reports on that. >> reporter: dire warnings from the marine car general slated to become president obama's top military adviser. >> russia has the greatest threat and if you look at their behavior it is nothing short of alarming. >> reporter: joseph dunnford believes the u.s. should provide weapons to ukrainian forces. >> fraunkly without that support, they won't be able to protect themselves against russia progression. >> reporter: listing isis to the