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In the budget and the n.d.s. explainer. can you just describe for us whats the difference between an acute threat and a pacing threat? >> ok. ill try this again. we call china a pacing challenge because in many of the military kinds of capabilities that we know we are going to need to respond to what is an increasingly aggressive china in the indo-pacific specifically, and the potential threats those capabilities mean for us, that we are going to have to -- we are going to have to stay ahead of ...

Speak of the pentagon continues to insist that russia does not have air superiority. there are no plans to help the ukrainian air force fleet grow. >> why cant we give an approval for fighter jets? why not? >> heres what president biden sets. thats an offensive weapon. my god. how many americans are worried about giving the ukrainians the ability to go on offense? >> the kind of assistance that has been offered by the white house up to $1.2 billion so far including more since this weekend. speak...

To deliver defense equipment to the ukrainian people, and even started allowing ukrainian evacuees to enter the country, which is extremely unusual for a country known to be closed off to refugees. now in response to japans support of ukraine earlier this week, russia suspended peace treaty talks to end world war ii hostilities and potentially resolve a territorial dispute between the two countries involving a set of islands north of hokkaido. it seems russias invasion of ukraine has further tri...

Tonight military strategists are trying to get inside vladimir putins head and understand russias decision to fire powerful hypersonic missiles into ukraine. these missiles are very fast and theyre very dangerous. >> right. weve been reporting on the development of hypersonic missiles for months but this is the first known use of these missiles in combat. we have new information on the capabilities of these missions used by the russians and the possible reasons they want them. >> reporter: vladi...

Capabilities to, you know, support ourselves and defend ourselves by air defense systems, what is definitely necessary here. but also the troops that are present that act as a deterrent, also to the russian military. when we talk about air defense, then, of course, if you look at the ukraine war, they are using the missiles from such a long range that they can also reach paris from where they are shooting right now. so it needs to come to the minds of all the european leaders to understand that ...

They spread around the world. >> andy, u.s. officials think that all this talk about biological happens, and these conspiracy theories, maybe a pre-elude to russia itself using chemical or biological weapons in an attack. do we know, what do we know about that, and once you know about their capabilities on that front? >> well, i do worry a lot, you give some examples of russia using banned chemical weapons in peacetime, in those two assassination attempts in the united kingdom and inside russia....

Admiral, thank you so much for being with us. lets talk about this weapon transfer. it seems to me we have a lot of this going on, some old warsaw pact countries transferring weapons into ukraine. in exchange, the united states back fills them with more modern weapons. >> were having lots of discussions with allies and partners, joe, about getting into ukraine, the kinds of long range air defense systems that theyre trained on and they know how to use and been using for quite some time and effec...

About 55 to 60% are the logistics forces. so what youre talking about truly is the majority of the casualties are coming in the combat forces. so its even -- its even worse than you would consider when you start doing the battlefield calculus and the battlefield math. >> seth, in that context, ukraine asks for more weapons from nato and the u.s. obviously has been providing a significant amount of weaponry to ukraine and defensive capabilities as well. but when you look at the incredible losses ...

And more. heres what this adds up to. historic definite situation reduction, historic investment in our security at home and abroad by modernizing our capabilities. an unpreshe didnted commitment to building a economy where everybody has a chance to succeed, a plan to pay for those investments that we need as a nation. thats what we do. so i look forward to working with members of congress, democrats, republicans and independents to deliver this budget and keep delivering for the american people...

Threat from russia. so i know for a lot of folks at home, a lot of my conversations have been how concerned should we be that three nations who are not friends of the u.s. are advancing their nuclear capabilities? >> i think we have to be very concerned. theres no reason to panic by any means. united states still remains the strongest power in the world both conventionally and with nuclear weapons. and we have lot of allies. the world has taken an ugly turn and whats happened in ukraine is going...