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It's President's Day.

Fun fact about the President, he's got this second shadow, a military officer who follows him around at all times,

with instructions on how to eviscerate the planet with nuclear weapons.

Wherever the President goes, so goes this person with this atomic briefcase.

Except the great hall of the people in Beijing.

Last night, Jonathan Swan broke a story for Axios about the President's November visit to China.

According to his sources, when the military aid with that briefcase tried to enter the great hall with the President,

several Chinese security officials blocked his entry.

John Kelly, chief of staff, told the military aid to keep walking in, followed the President.

Chinese security grabbed Kelly and the secret service ended up tackling a Chinese security guard to the ground.

In that moment, the United States nuclear plans almost fell into the hands of some random security guards.

And it turns out that might not even be the scariest thing about our nuclear system.

Some people say there's an even bigger problem at the top.

Can the President really order a nuclear attack without any controls?

This is Senator Ben Cardin, Democrat.

That question is asked more and more by the American people.

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