questions remain as we are just learning that a top-secret u.s. navy system heard the submersible implode. an experimental vessel is how the doomed suv is described with the oceangate liability agreement. what exactly is the submersible, what is a submersible? is that what ultimately sealed its fate? remembering the five passengers, humans on board, friends and family of the explorers join us next. let s go out front. in evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a catastrophic implosion. the coast guard confirming that debris from the titan submersible has been found near the wreckage of the titanic. the remote operating vehicle has been searching and it is highly capable. we have been able to classify part of the pressure chamber for the titan submersible. the debris field is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel. the mystery tonight is what caused that catastrophic explosion. we use the word implosion, talking about heavy pressure here. the implo
passenger. the company says they re exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely. we re awaiting an update from the coast guard in about a half an hour and we ll take you there. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. we go to alexis mcadams. we re waiting on the update from the coast guard. this comes as the coast guard is coordinating an all hands on deck active search and rescue mission for this missing sub. the coast guard working to find the five mission specialists on board including world explorer hamish harding. i pulled up an instagram post by hard ago few minutes ago. he talked about how excited he was to go on the dive and says the team has a few legendary explorers, some of which that did this over 30 times since 1980 oceangate expeditions is the american company that launched the submarine, which is the size of a minivan. about 350 miles southeast in the atlantic is where they are located. it didn t come back last night. they called the coast
bret: but breaking tonight, there are growing questions about the biden administration s policy on china. while the president talks tough, critics say president biden appears to be taking a kid glove approach in several key areas. we have fox team coverage. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. looks at how the american military is preparing for a conflicted with beijing possibly. we begin hour with white house correspondent peter doocy on the white house s north lawn and the president s reluctance to push china too hard. that s exactly right officials are putting out the word they are not trying to beat china economically or at anything. but they are trying to make things more competitive with china by taking some pieces off the board. mr. president, welcome. peter: as mr. biden talks colombia. key to the hemisphere. peter: and climate change. we are at a moment of great peril but great opportunities. treasury secretary teasing a move to move u.s. business to
bret: we begin tonight with breaking news the u.s. is condemning north korea s firing of a ballistic missile over japan as dangerous and reckless. the weapon reportedly had enough range to reach u.s. troops in guam. so what now chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us what else the u.s. is doing about this action. good evening, bret. the missile flew 17 times the speed of sound. president biden reached out and spoke with his japanese counterpart to assure him of u.s. commitments the defense secretary reached out to his japanese and south korean counterparts. kim jong un is again sending a message don t forget about me. sirens alerted japanese citizens to take cover in basements and bomb shelters after north korea launched a ballistic missile over northern japan its longest range yet. the ballistic missile firing by north korea was an outrageous act that was absolutely impermissible. we will respond as soon as possible with the utmost vigilance.
peter: good evening, bret. masks, vaccines, school closures, social distancing, the medical professionals who came up with rules that led some folks to go out you of business and others to stay home, the medical professionals that president told us to listen to now admits they were wrong. peter: as president biden golfs away from cameras there is a reason to revisit a comment he has made over and over. tell the truth. follow the scientists the science. poor the peter problem scientists admit they blew it rochelle walensky says in a statement cdc and public health have been preparing for covid-19. in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations. video of a maskless president biden coughing and shaking hands with lawmakers quickly went viral last night because cdc guidance is for close contact to covid patients like him to mask for 10 days but he is not to blame. an internal cdc review concluded covid guidance was both confusing and overwhelming. u