this is one of the reasons military experts say that the united states had to get out of there. but the study of australia said that within a couple of hours, they could do so much damage that we would spend the first part of a war licking our wounds, as opposed to mounting any sort of counter offense. the president says that we have the strongest military in the world that we are continuing to build on. he did say that he doesn't think china would do that, because they would pay a price that they don't want to pay. there were some very strong words there. we talked to the president on whether or not that is a looming problem. there are a lot of experts who do believe that that is one of the critical issues and threats that the united states will face in the years to come. >> shepard: you have been a correspondent for decades. i wonder if you've ever heard a sitting member president call a sitting member of congress