INFECTION RATES ARE STILL HIGHER
THAN MOST STATES.
>> Bret: JONATHAN SERRIE IN
ATLANTA.
THE PENTAGON’S HYPERSONIC
WEAPONS PROGRAMS SUFFERED A
SETBACK AFTER A BOOSTER ROCKET
FAILED TO LIFT OFF, THAT’S
ACCORDING TO REUTERS.
THE TEST WAS INTENDED TO
VALIDATE ASPECTS OF ONE OF THE
HYPERSONIC VEHICLES IN
DEVELOPMENT.
SENIOR PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY A
SEPARATE SERIES OF TESTS
WEDNESDAY WAS SUCCESSFUL ON NAVY
AND ARMY HYPERSONIC WEAPON
COMPONENT OF THE TYPES.
THERE IS A REPORT TONIGHT THAT
CHINA PERFORMED A SECOND
HYPERSONIC WEAPONS TEST THIS
SUMMER, THE FINANCIAL TIMES IS
REPORTING A SECOND LAUNCH WAS
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST.
OF THE PENTAGON AND U.S.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS WERE SAID
TO BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE
ADVANCES BY THE CHINESE.
THE U.S. DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE
MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS ABLE TO
TRACK AND TAKE DOWN A HYPERSONIC
MISSILE.
FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE
MIKE POMPEO, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT?
>> Bret: I’M GOOD, SIR,
KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
CHINESE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT
MILITARILY, HOW CONCERNED ARE
YOU ABOUT THESE HYPERSONIC
MISSILE TESTS?
>> THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS,
THEIR CAPABILITY LOOKS TO BE
WITHIN A COUPLE OF DOZEN MILES,
A TARGET FOR SOMETHING THAT
TRAVELS MULTIPLES OF SPEED OF
SOUND.
IT’S TO CREATE A NEW THREAT
VECTOR FOR THE UNITED STATES.
WE ARE SEEING SEVERAL OF THESE
DURING THE LAST 6 TO 8 YEARS,
NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THEIR
CYBER CAPABILITIES YOU AND I
HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE.
THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF.
WE NEED TO RESPOND TO IT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE HAVE
TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE
INTENTIONS OF XI JINPING.
HE’S TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT
HE WANTS TO HAVE EACH OF US
LIVING IN A WORLD THAT LOOKS
LIKE HIS MARXIST-LENINIST, WE
CAN’T PERMIT THAT IN THIS
MILITARY TOOL THAT HE’S
DEVELOPING IS JUST ONE ARROW IN
THE QUIVER OF XI JINPING AIMING
AT COURSE OF ACTION, NOT ONLY
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES BUT
AGAINST THE WEST.
>> Bret: THE WHITE HOUSE HAS
EVOLVED AND HOW IT’S ANSWERING
THIS QUESTION, JEN PSAKI WAS
ASKED ABOUT THE WEAPONS TEST
REPORT TO THE OTHER DAY AND
ANOTHER SERIES OF QUESTIONS,
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN
OUR APPROACH WITH CHINA.
WE WELCOME STIFF COMPETITION BUT
WE DO NOT WANT THAT COMPETITION
TO VEER INTO CONFLICT AND THAT
IS CERTAINLY WHAT WE CONVEY
PRIVATELY AS WELL.
[REPORTER QUESTIONING]
>> YES.
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO COMMENT
SPECIFICALLY BUT GENERALLY
SPEAKING WE HAVE MADE CLEAR UP
OUR CONCERNS THE MILITARY
CAPABILITIES THAT THE PRC
CONTINUES TO PURSUE.
DO WE HAVE CONCERNS?
WE DO AND WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT.
>> Bret: WHAT ELSE COULD THIS
ADMINISTRATION BE DOING MESSAGE
WISE OR OTHERWISE IN RESULT OF
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
>> THIS IS A FULL ON CHALLENGE
FROM THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY, THIS ISN’T
ABOUT STIFF COMPETITION, THIS IS
ABOUT THE INTENTION OF A
COMMUNIST PARTY THAT WANTS TO
UNDERMINE OUR WAY OF LIFE IN THE
UNITED STATES PICK OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IF
YOU UNDERESTIMATE THIS OR TALK
ABOUT THIS AS A COMPETITION,
THEY HAD A GOOD DAY, WE HAD A
BAD DAY, THAT’S NOT WHAT
XI JINPING -- WE’VE SEEN THIS
WITH THE SOVIET UNION BEFORE, WE
KNOW HOW COMMUNISM WORKS.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
COMPLETELY IGNORE THESE
HYPERSONIC PROGRAMS, WE BEGAN TO
BUILD OUT OUR CAPABILITY AND THE
CAPACITY TO DEFEND AGAINST THEM.
THEY NEED TO BUILD UP COALITIONS
MUCH LIKE WE HAD BUILT UP IN THE
QUAD WITH JAPAN, AND INDIA, AND
AUSTRALIA TO BEGIN THE SHAPE OF
THE WEST WOULD RESPOND TO THESE
NEW SET OF ACTIVITIES, THOSE OF
THE THINGS THE ADMINISTRATION
CAN DO.
FRIENDS, PARTNERS, PAY ECONOMIES
AROUND THE WORLD TO PUSH BACK
AGAINST HEAD OF THE WAY
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OUR TEAM DID
FOR OUR FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE.
>> Bret: YOU ARE ONE OF THE
FIRST PEOPLE TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT
AT LEAST THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE POINTING TO A LAB LEAK
THEORY IN WUHAN AND WHAT YOU
WERE SEEING.
NOW WE HAVE THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT
ABOUT GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH.
YOUR THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THAT HAS
EVOLVED IN RECENT WEEKS.
>> I WAS CALLED RACIST FOR
CONTEMPLATING THE IDEA THAT THE
VIRUS MIGHT WELL HAVE COME FROM
A VIROLOGY LAB INSIDE OF CHINA.
NOW IT’S QUITE LIKELY THAT IN
FACT WAS THE CASE.
IT HAS EVOLVED BECAUSE WE HAVE
HAD GOVERNMENT LEADERS INCLUDING
DR. FAUCI NOT SPEAK THE TRUTH.
I HEARD YOU PLAY THE QUOTE FROM
SENATOR PAUL, HE WASN’T TELLING
EVERYTHING HE KNEW ABOUT
AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT, TAXPAYER
MONEY GOING TO THIS VIROLOGY LAB
TO WORK ON THIS RESEARCH THAT
WAS JUICING VIRUSES.
OUT OF IT WE KNOW THE FULL STORY
OF THE FACT THAT THIS MIGHT WELL
HAVE COME FROM THAT VIROLOGY LAB
AND MY GOODNESS, TWO YEARS ON
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
CONTINUES TO COVER UP THE FACT
THAT A LOT OF VIRUS HAS TRAVELED
AROUND THE WORLD TO KILL
4 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD SOMETHING WE SHOULD NOT
DISCOUNT AND OUR GOVERNMENT
NEEDS TO FIND TOOLS AND WEAPONS
TO RESPOND TO THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY FOR WHAT THEY
DID TO THE WORLD.
4 MILLION PEOPLE NO LONGER ON
THE PLANET BECAUSE OF WHAT CHINA
DID.
>> Bret: HOW SHOULD THE U.S.
PUSH FOR THEM TO PAY FOR IT IF,
IN FACT, THAT’S WHERE THIS
ORIGIN CAME FROM?
>> THERE’S LOTS OF TOOLS, WE CAN
CERTAINLY FIND WAYS TO DO THIS
IN THE COURT SYSTEM.
I’VE WRITTEN ABOUT OPTIONS
THERE, THERE ARE MANY WHERE WE
COULD USE OUR PRIVATE COURT
SYSTEM TO BENEFIT THOSE PEOPLE
WHO WERE HARMED AND INJURED BY
WITH THE CHINESE COME TO THE
PARTY DID THE.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS
NOT AN ORGANIZATION -- THIS
ADMINISTRATION SAID WE WERE
GOING TO GO BACK INTO THAT, THAT
LAB IS STILL OPERATING, THERE’S
NO INDICATION THEY HAVE IMPROVED
THEIR SAFETY CONDITIONS AND I’M
CONFIDENT THEY ARE STILL WORKING
ON HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUSES.
THOSE OF THE KINDS OF COSTS YOU
CAN BEGIN TO IMPOSE IN THE
CHINESE COME AT HIS PARTY, THEY
CAN’T BE PERMITTED TO ROAM
FREELY AROUND THE WORLD AND
PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND HOLD AN
OLYMPICS IN JUST A COUPLE OF
MONTHS AND DO THAT WHEN THESE
PEOPLE CARE ABOUT HUMAN LIFE,
THEY TOOK A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS
VIRUS THAT WAS PRETTY LETHAL AND
PUT IT ON PEOPLE ON AIRPLANES
AND IT IS CONTINUING IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
HUNDREDS OF DEAD HERE, AND LOTS
OF PEOPLE OUT OF WORK.
>> Bret: YOU LOOK GOOD, YOU
LOST A LOT OF LBS, YOU PLANNING
FOR SOMETHING BIG?
>> THANKS FOR NOTICING, MY SON