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Plus, see sing 2 in theaters with buy-one-get-one free fandango tickets. join over a million members by signing up for free on the xfinity app. our thanks. your rewards. mike: fox news alert. russian president vladmir putin boasting about the successful test launch of a hypersonic missile, calling it a major step in strengthening russias defenses.

Test launch of a hypersonic missile which took place last night, calling it part of the new generation of unrivaled arm systems. amid all of this rising concern, the u.s. held diplomatic talks with russia last month. it had other plans to do the same thing again, hold more conversations with the country at the beginning of next year. anita? >> anita: alex, thank you so much. alicia? >> alicia: anita, theres a fellow democrat calling out vice president kamala harris over the border crisis. texas ...

Nonetheless, this now poses a serious problem, because of course if they do conduct any kind of military operation, this drags them back into a conflict, a conflict in which the houthi rebels are backed by iran. and its with iran that the emirates have been trying to warm relations, wolf. >> cnns sam kiley in abu dhabi. thank you for that report. were also tracking another north korean missile launch thats rattling nerves in the region and around the world. cnns brian todd is working the story...

First—hand. now, the 12m accelerator wont be launching into the air. this much smaller projectile be fired down a tube and straight into a steel plate. what happens to this after its launched from that? so this mostly turns to dust as it hits the end of the tunnel. oh, my gosh. dramatic music now, where were we? oh, yeah! 500 miles an hour. so now youre going about as fast as a jet. the actual projectiles and the spinning arm are made of carbon fibre — pretty much the only substance that can...

To five launches a day and it will cost about $500,000 per launch, compared to $7 million for a rocket launch. before then, testing is ongoing using the 33m arm in new mexico and a 12m arm here in long beach, california. and ive been invited to witness a test launch first—hand. now, the 12m accelerator wont be launching into the air — this much smaller projectile be fired down a tube will be fired down a tube and straight into a steel plate. what happens to this after its launched from that?...

And ive been invited to witness a test launch first—hand. now, the 12m accelerator wont be launching into the air — this much smaller projectile be fired down a tube and straight into a steel plate. what happens to this after its launched from that? so this mostly turns to dust as it hits the end of the tunnel. oh, my gosh. dramatic music. now, where were we? oh, yeah! 500 miles an hour. so now youre going about as fast as a jet. the actual projectiles and the spinning arm are made of carbon...

Rejecting moscows demand and other former soviet nations out of nato. >> sandra: president biden set to speak with his ukrainian counterpart today. word the invasion could happen at any point. this hour that conversation is expected to take place, as russian troops carry out military exercises in striking distance. >> griff: ukraine is just one of the challenges the biden administration is facing abroad. alex hogan live in london. >> mounting pressure on the white house amid other international ...

Confirming what analysts suspected. the countrys state-run news agency reports pyongyang test fired an intermediate range missile known as the hwasong 12 on sunday. this is the most powerful ballistic missile north korea has tested since 2017, and the seventh missile test this month alone. the biden administration says it would like to return to diplomatic talks with pyongyang, but they are still waiting for an official response. for more on all of this, we want to bring in ivan watson. he joins...

In my mind, this has gone from nonsense to plausible in the space of a few hours. and in october last year, the first test launch in new mexico proved that the carbon fibre dart could not only launch, but also survive a landing in which it buried itself in the desert. i have been blown away by a launch technology that doesnt blow things away. in fact, by throwing things away, theres less to throw away. i mean, wejust watched something launch. there was no great big fireball or smoke. its clean! ...

And thats why we can hardly hear anything. system is supersonic. if this were full of air, wed get a sonic boom on every single revolution. you can hear a little bit. can you hear it? just a little bit. a little bit of vibration too. arming system... here we go. so hes doing the launch sequence now. ten... nine, here we go. ..seven, six, five, four, three, two, one... launching. whoa! that was it. applause yeah! decelerating system. in my mind, this has gone from nonsense to plausible in the spa...