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In power. analysts say the wasong-8 could be unlike any other missile hes tested before. exact specifications unknown. hypersonic missiles can fly more than five times the speed of sound, roughly 4,000 miles an hour or about a mile every second. at that speed, a missile could fly from pyongyang to washington in less than two hours. some hypersonic weapons can theoretically fly four times faster, up to 20 times the speed of sound. many ballistic missiles already fly at hypersonic speeds. but they...

All the help they can get. dr. vin gupta is a critical care pulmonologist who you have seen before on this show and others on nbc. he is generally based in washington state. but tonight he is going to join us from ohio where he is on duty with the u.s. air force reserves in his capacity as an icu doctor for their critical care air transport team for covid response. these critical care air transport teams are highly specialized. they create a portable intensive care unit for use on airplanes so t...

Transport team, create and operate a portable icu for use on airplanes so they can deliver care at 35,000 feet while transporting ill patients from point a to point b. these transport teams are an amazing thing that the u.s. military does, and they were created, but they were meant for was to transport critically wounded soldiers from places like bagram in afghanistan to germany, the u.s. military hospitals elsewhere, and then on to walter reed, and the united states. covid has changed that focu...

Transport team for air response. theyre highly specialized. they create a portable intensive care unit for use on airplanes so they can deliver icu level care at 30,000 feet while transporting critically ill patients from point a to point b. these critical transport teams are an amazing thing that the u.s. military does. what they are meant for is to transfer critically wounded soldiers from places like bagram in afghanistan to germany to u.s. military hospitals elsewhere and then of course on t...

Europeans and others who come to the us, and _ europeans and others who come to the us, and they— europeans and others who come to the us, and they allow though for the longer— us, and they allow though for the longer test and for the rapid test, so long _ longer test and for the rapid test, so long as — longer test and for the rapid test, so long as they are both molecular. at the _ so long as they are both molecular. at the end — so long as they are both molecular. at the end of the da...

Air force to do that? >> absolutely. and the idea is that in the pacific northwest, back in ohio right now, theyre five states connected trying to share resources. so its important to be able to transport patients from point a to point. he from boise to seattle. or from boise to so. cant to get them on an advance flight saving their. so transport is important. military can do that betty than any other organization. c-130 c-17. also we have an advance military capability garden reserve, icu provi...

A movable, medical icu, at 30,000 feet. and i think we actually have, for the viewers, a picture of what it looks like. if we can show that, it is incredible what our modern military can do. in terms of transporting critically ill, covid patients. from point a to point. the and, i will strictly, say the mission is. change previously this was trying to send, take back soldiers from downrange on to launch school in germany, or walter reed, or vincent antonio. now we are talking about respiratory p...

This was made public in this manner today? >> what a terrible development and what an awful set of circumstances. we all understand the concept of the thought of war where judgments are contorted under the pressure of saving lives but this is inexcusable, horrible. im proud of them for coming forward in a straightforward way and saying, yes, this was a tragic mistake. we wholeheartedly apologize. we will pay reparations and will review top to bottom how this happened. nicolle, ive been involved ...

Of the sphere for our milit militaries medical capabilities. think of us being able to do a medical icu at 30,000 feet and its incredible what the modern military can do in terms of transporting covid patients from point a to point b. the mission has changed. previously it was to take back soldiers from downrange to germany or el tarid or san antonio. now were talking about a pandemic. were trying to change the mission of our threatening environment and making sure we can deploy these resources ...

Every single person you see in the op center is a volunteer. people are sleeping there 24/7 and have been the last two t been telling anybody million supporting this effort over the last two weeks. theyve gotten thousands oerson network to help move afghans onto the airport and get them out of country. but that is now shutdown. were now switching to a left behind operation, and the need to begin setting up an underground railroad. that is going to be the mission going forward. we need the people...