i am your uncle. i am your brother, i am your neighbor. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: the latest tweet from the president-elect could signal a reversal of nearly five decades of u.s. nuclear policy. since 1963, presidents, both republican and democrat, have agreed with russia to limit nuclear weapon development. most recently, in 2010, president obama signed a deal to cut the number of missile launchers in half and limit deployed warheads on both sides. but today, donald trump suggested that policy may not be his policy. here s julianna goldman. reporter: in just 140 characters, president-elect donald trump signaled a major shift in u.s. foreign policy, tweeting: transition officials didn t say what prompted the tweet, but it came the same day that russian president, vladimir putin, said moscow needs to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces. i think the tweet was ambiguous, and it was hard
who inspired so many of you is back, lifting young patients spirits to new heights. nightly news begins now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. i m kate snow, in for lester. tonight the tweet from the president-elect stunned nuclear experts not only because of the words written, but the fact that the comment was made on as casual a medium as twitter. for years, the policy has been to draw down nuclear arsenals, not bmd it up. but today donald trump and vladimir putin talked from strengthening nuclear forces. reporter: after setting off alarm bells throughout the campaign about how he would handle nuclear weapons, donald trump today signalled he wants more nukes, shocking nuclear experts by tweeting, the united states must greatly strengthen and expand itself nuclear capability, until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. only hours earlier, vladimir putin, who u.s. intellige
of systems. today you can do it. but we have to have a border. we have to have a wall. we cannot let what is happening to this country happen. amy: into the case of imprisoned puerto rican independence activist oscar lopez rivera. i think the fact i was charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government of united states for itself, but the charge in reference to puerto rico amy: more than 100,000 people have addition president obama to pardon oscar lopez rivera who has been held for 35 years. we will speak to oscar s brother and the speaker of the new york city council. all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. president-elect donald trump raised the prospect of a new global arms race on thursday, after he suggested on twitter he would increase the size of the u.s. nuclear arsenal. trump s tweet read the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as
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how he got down. we do say good morning on what is a busy friday morning. i m kendis gibson. i m mara schiavocampo in for diane macedo. the manhunt for the main suspect in the berlin truck attack is over. officials in italy say he was gunned down overnight during a shoot-out in milan. anis amri was a 24-year-old tunisian who was on the run since monday when he is believed to have driven that tractor trailer into the busy christmas market. these new images coming in overnight as well. that shoot-out, though, taking place after what s being described as a routine police check. officials say amri pulled out a gun after being asked to show his identification papers. he was killed in the ensuing shoot-out. officials say that the officer who was fired upon was injured. he is recovering. they are nonlife-threatening injuries. there was a raid at a mosque earlier where the suspect was seen on video after the attack. a german newspaper reporting he suffered cuts to his face