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>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, a trump white house insider testifies. tonight, cnn has learned that former vice president mike pence's chief of staff, marc short, testified before a federal grand jury investigating january 6th. he is believed to be the highest ranking official in trump's white house to cooperate with the federal investigation. now, in just a moment i'm going to speak with marc short live. he is a valuable witness. the day before the january 6th rally, he grew concerned about president trump's attack on pence and warned the secret service. here...

Weapons and research. russia used hypersonic missiles in combat, firing the kinzal missiles to devastating effect in ukraine. and last summer, china tested a hyper hypersonic missile that went around the world. director of the navy's strategic systems programs knows the u.s. is behind moscow and beijing. >> yes, they deployed weapons that we haven't. up until just recently, there hasn't been a real driver for us to take that technology and put it into a weapons system that we can deliver to our war fighter. the need was not there. the need is now there which is why we've got a sense of urgency...

As advanced as the chinese or the russians. so the pentagon has really been pushing the defense industry to pick up the pace on hypersonic weapons development ever since china and russia tested those recent hypersonic weapons of their own. but at that the pentagon really stepping it up a notch by holding this very high-level meeting. you know, it is very rare for the secretary of defense to meet face-to-face as he is expected to do, albeit virtually, with about a dozen of the ceos of america's top defense contractors. i spoke with one of the ceos who was expected to attend and he said in addit...

Of protection or security if they all got a rapid test. >> reporter: dr. william schaffner is part of the advisory committee on immunization practices. >> i'm certainly disappointed and concerned that testing is not more widely available. >> reporter: number parts of the country, finding a test is extremely difficult. appointments are tough to get and over-the-counter rapid tests are selling out online and at pharmacies. dr. brook watts works with metro health in ohio. >> there isn't a rapid test to be found, and the pcr tests that are offered generally at testing sites, the wait period is pro...

Proving it was not an injection. that may be impossible. i will state churchill downs cited repeated testing failures, not just this one. what's your response to that? >> listen. when you look at the history of mr. baffert, he's had a 46-year-long history of training, and the vast majority of his career has been free of any particular issues, okay? i think the most telling statistic is this fact. the real problems and findings for trainers in horse racing is when you get suspended. in mr. baffert's 46-year history of training, he's only been suspended twice. once in 1977 and once in i believe ...