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Purposes. analysts say if the report is correct, china not only has a missile that can fly at five times the speed of sound and is more maneuverable than a standard ballistic missile. >> because theyre fast and can avoid detection, they can decrease the amount of warning time and decision time that leaders have to respond in a crisis if hypersonic weapons are used. the idea china might have fired a rocket into full orbit with this missile on it is disturbing to experts. >> if thats true, then we...

Back to you. >> you buried the headlines, the biggest headline is it is your birthday. happy birthday. >> carly liked this joke so got your copy of the new york post. you can read gift it. >> 3 hours of live tv and endless new york post. todd: enjoy the day. have a great show. >> in the meantime lawmakers sounding the alarm, after a hypersonic missile with nuclear capability under president bidens watch and heres what the white house is saying about it. >> concerned about military capabilities t...

We have to look realistically at the military threat, not just the economic threat of the military threat from the chinese communist party. weve been in all these agreements with the russians that dont include the chinese and capping our conventional weapons and nuclear weapons capabilities, and the russians werent abiding by those treaties we got out of several of them in the trump administration. and thats potentially attacking us with a nuclear weapon and we should be screaming on capitol hil...

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That meant he was up close and saw the horror of it. it helps defines you when it happens at such a young age. he was part of the generation, bill and dana, that rebuilt the united states military. we became a voluntary military and become professionalized after the huge strategic failure in vietnam. it was a catalyst going forward. lets get this right. as brit mentioned the powell doctrine was part of it. most ofist -- most of it had to do with the skills that people developed and the organizat...

This wrapped before he leaves? >> good news, there are phones and video conference capabilities overseas for every president, not here to set new deadlines or timelines. we have been at this for sometime. the president proposed the plans back in the spring. we have been, he has participated in dozens of calls and engagements to hear viewpoints, understand where they are coming from, to reach consensus and were at a point we feel urgency to move things forward and the pickup of meetings is reflec...

Heavily. so the mess sill defenses in the process of being developed, not yet on the boards, cannot take care of even the icbms. this would not mean even what theyre working on if they get it, its not sufficient. so we have to develop new ones, new capabilities to defend against it. >> neil: is it difficult to track, it has more flexibility? how would you describe it? >> yeah, its so much faster than anything else, thats why they call it the hypersonic glide vehicle. many with maneuver. its much...

Due to privacy. -- missile over the summer to the surprise of u.s. officials, are these accurate and do these raise concerns about -- capabilities? >> i know secretary austin was asked this question this morning and addressed it, but im not going to comment on the specific report. i can echo what he said, generally speaking, weve made clear are concerned about the military capabilities the prc continues to pursue and we have been consistent in our approach with china. we welcome stiff competitio...

They brought back lunar samples back on their lunar vehicle. you can say theyre way behind us. but thats in a little more than a couple years. theyre investing more in space than every other country combined. what do you think about that? >> they are. but really illustrates that we have just become accustomed to china to being like this third rate power. theyre not even a near peer competitor. theyre now demonstrating that they are. but this doesnt add anything, nothing to our security risk, bec...