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   CALIFORNIA.                  
   >> SO MUCH TAKEN THERE       
   AND SO QUICKLY.              

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   >>> LET'S TURN NOW TO        
   OUR NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE       
   REPORTING ABOUT              

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   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S            
   NUCLEAR AMBITIONS.           
   COMMENTS HE MADE ABOUT       

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   THE SIZE OF THE U.S.         
   NUCLEAR ARSENAL              
   SOURCES SAY THAT             

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   STUNNED A TOP SECRET         
   MEETING SHORTLY BEFORE       
   THE SECRETARY OF STATE       

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   CALLED HIM A MORON.          
   THE PRESIDENT                
   DISMISSED OUR                

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   REPORTING SAYING IT'S        
   NOT TRUE AND THAT OUR        
   SOURCES ARE MADE UP.         

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   THOSE SOURCES,               
   HOWEVER, DO EXIST.           
   IN FACT, THREE OF THEM       

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   WERE IN THE ROOM WHEN        
   THE PRESIDENT TALKED         
   ABOUT DRAMATICALLY           

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   INCREASING THE NUMBER        
   OF U.S. NUKES.               
   HERE'S NBC'S KRISTEN         

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   WELKER.                      
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT,        
   PRESIDENT TRUMP              

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   DENYING HE TALKED            
   ABOUT DRAMATICALLY           
   INCREASING THE NUCLEAR       

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   ARSENAL OVER THE             
   SUMMER.                      
   >> NO, I NEVER               

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   DISCUSSED INCREASING         
   IT.                          
   WE WON'T NEED AN             

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   INCREASE.                    
   BUT I WANT                   
   MODERNIZATION, AND I         

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   WANT TOTAL                   
   REHABILITATION.              
   IT'S GOT TO BE IN TIP        

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   TOP SHAPE.                   
   >> Reporter: THE             
   COMMENTS COMING AFTER        

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   NBC NEWS' EXCLUSIVE          
   REPORT ABOUT A JULY          
   20th MEETING IN A            

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   SECURE ROOM IN THE           
   PENTAGON CALLED THE          
   TANK.                        

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   A MEETING THAT               
   IMMEDIATELY PRECEDED         
   SECRETARY OF STATE REX       

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   TILLERSON CALLING THE        
   PRESIDENT A MORON.           
   AT THE TIME THE              

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   PRESIDENT SAID THE           
   MEETING, WHICH               
   INCLUDED THE DEFENSE         

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   SECRETARY, VICE              
   PRESIDENT AND OTHERS,        
   WAS VERY GOOD.               

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   >> THEY'RE TREMENDOUS        
   PEOPLE.                      
   PENTAGON.                    

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   NOTHING LIKE IT.             
   >> Reporter: BUT THREE       
   OFFICIALS PRESENT IN         

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   THE ROOM SAY THE             
   MEETING WAS AT TIMES         
   TENSE INCLUDING WHEN         

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   THE PRESIDENT WAS            
   SHOWN A CHART OF THE         
   HISTORY OF THE NUCLEAR       

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   ARSENAL PEAKING IN THE       
   LATE 1960s AT MORE           
   THAN 32,000 WEAPONS.         

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   THE PRESIDENT TOLD HIS       
   TEAM HE WANTED THE           
   U.S. TO HAVE THAT            

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   MANY.                        
   THE CURRENT NUMBER           
   STANDS AT 4,000.             

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   AND WHILE SOME IN THE        
   ROOM DIDN'T TAKE THE         
   PRESIDENT LITERALLY,         

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   OTHERS WERE SURPRISED.       
   >> THE OFFICIALS IN          
   THE ROOM EXPLAINED TO        

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   THE PRESIDENT THAT NOT       
   ONLY ARE THERE BUDGET        
   CONSTRAINTS TO               

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   INCREASING THE SIZE OF       
   THE NUCLEAR ARSENAL          
   BUT THERE ARE ALSO           

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   TREATY OBLIGATIONS.          
   >> Reporter: MR.             
   TRUMP'S OPINIONS ON          

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   NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION        
   HAVE VARIED, AT TIMES        
   INSISTING HE'S AGAINST       

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   IT BUT ALSO TWEETING         
   BEFORE INAUGURATION,         
   THE UNITED STATES MUST       

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   GREATLY STRENGTHEN AND       
   EXPAND ITS NUCLEAR           
   CAPABILITY.                  

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   >> IN THE BEST               
   POSSIBLE                     
   INTERPRETATION, THE          

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   PRESIDENT'S OPINIONS         
   ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE       
   UNINFORMED.                  

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   INCREASING THE NUMBER        
   IS FOOLISH AND               
   DANGEROUS.                   

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   >> Reporter: AND IN          
   DISPUTING THE NBC NEWS       
   REPORT THE PRESIDENT         

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   TOOK THE EXTRAORDINARY       
   STEP APPEARING TO            
   ATTACK THE FIRST             

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   AMENDMENT TWEETING           
   ABOUT NBC AND THE            
   NETWORKS AT WHAT POINT       

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   IS IT APPROPRIATE TO         
   CHALLENGE THEIR              
   LICENSE?                     

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   >> IT'S FRANKLY              
   DISGUSTING THE WAY THE       
   PRESS IS ABLE TO WRITE       

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   WHATEVER THEY WANT TO        
   WRITE.                       
   >> Reporter: IN A            

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   STATEMENT, THE DEFENSE       
   SECRETARY SAID RECENT        
   REPORTS THAT THE             

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   PRESIDENT CALLED FOR         
   AN INCREASE IN THE           
   U.S. NUCLEAR ARSENAL         

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   ARE ABSOLUTELY FALSE.        
   NBC NEWS HAS NEVER           
   REPORTED THE PRESIDENT       

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   ACTUALLY CALLED FOR AN       
   INCREASE.                    
   JUST THAT HE TALKED          

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