THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN. >

COMING UP, THE FORMER

GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT THE

STATE.

A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL

CONTENDER.

I HAVE NEVER PLAYED FOR

SECOND.

NIKKI HALEY TALKS ABOUT THE

WOMEN THAT HAVE PAVED HER WAY.

SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WOMAN. >

PLUS, 14 WEEKS PREGNANT AND

STRICKEN WITH CANCER.

IT CAN'T BE FOR NOTHING. IT

CAN GO IN VAIN.

THE MIRACLE THAT SAVED TWO

LIVES. ON TODAY'S 700 CLUB. >

WELCOME TO THE 700 CUB. THE

SPECTER OF NUCLEAR WAR IS NOW

LOOMING WITH THREATS FROM BOTH

RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA. SOME

EXPERTS FEAR THAT PRESIDENT

PUTIN WILL CALL FOR THE USE OF

NUCLEAR WEAPONS BEFORE ACCEPTING

ACCEPTING DEFEAT IN UKRAINE.

AS FOR NORTH KOREA, THE

UNITED STATES IS DEPLOYING AN

AIRCRAFT CARRIER INTO THE

ASIAN-PACIFIC. THEY LAUNCHED

ROCKET OVER JAPAN. FRIGHTENING

DETAILS OF THAT.

Reporter: THIS VIDEO OF A

RAIL LINE NORTH OF MOSCOW

REPORTEDLY SHOWS A TRAIN

OPERATED BY RUSSIAN NUCLEAR

FORCES HEADED TOWARD UKRAINE. AT

AT THE SAME TIME, NATO REPORTS RUSSIA'S

REPORTS RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR

SUBMARINE HAS LEFT A SPACE IN

THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. THE LARGEST

SUBMARINE IN THE WORLD IS

CAPABLE OF CARRYING NUCLEAR

TORPEDO DRONES, WHICH RUSSIA

CLAIMS CONSENT 1600 FOOT NUCLEAR TSUNAMIS

NUCLEAR TSUNAMIS INTO COASTAL

CITIES. THIS HAS SET OFF ALARM

BELLS IN THE WESTERN MEDIA. BUT WITH

BUT WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN ACTUALLY

ACTUALLY USE A NUCLEAR WEAPON

AGAINST UKRAINE OR NATO? HE

KNOWS THAT ANY LAUNCH COULD BE

MET WITH MASSIVE RETALIATION.

PUTIN PUT NATO NATIONS ON NOTICE

NOTICE A FEW WEEKS AGO SAYING WE

WE WILL CERTAINLY USE ALL THE

MEANS AT OUR DISPOSAL. THIS IS

NOT A BLUFF. A FORMER

INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL REBECCA

KOFFLER BORN IN THE SOVIET UNION

AND THE AUTHOR OF PUTIN'S

PLAYBOOK SAYS, PUTIN WOULD

ABSOLUTELY USE A NUCLEAR WEAPON

UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. MAKE

THIS TYPE OF CONFLICT IS EXACTLY

EXACTLY THE TYPE OF SITUATION

FOR WHICH PUTIN, ON HIS ORDERS,

THIS SO-CALLED NUCLEAR WARFARE

DOCTRINE WAS DEVELOPED.

KOFFLER BELIEVES PUTIN WOULD

CHOOSE A SMALL TACTICAL

BATTLEFIELD NUCLEAR WEAPON THAT

WOULD ONLY AFFECT A RELATIVELY

SMALL AREA.

YOU ARE ESCALATING BY POPPING

POPPING A NUKE IN A CONVENTIONAL CONFLICT

CONVENTIONAL CONFLICT.

WITH THE RUSSIAN ARMY

RETREATED IN UKRAINE, PUTIN

COULD DECIDE THAT A NUCLEAR

WEAPON IS THE ONLY WAY TO TURN

THE TIDE OF THE WAR OR FORCE

UKRAINE TO THE NEGOTIATING

TABLE. HE IS ALSO FACING

PRESSURE FROM RUSSIAN HAWKS ON

NIGHTLY TV SHOWS WHO HAVE BEEN

CALLING FOR THE USE OF NUCLEAR

WEAPONS. BUT A FORMER CIA

DIRECTOR AND RETIRED ARMY

GENERAL DAVID WARNS THAT IT

WOULD BE MET WITH AN