agents it's essentially useless because it was never finished. >> bret: bill melugin along the border in texas, thanks. the pentagon's former software chief says china has one like the artificial intelligence battle with the u.s. and is heading toward global dominance. saying that the u.s. has no chance to compete in ten or 15 years. he says china is set to dominate the future of the world, controlling everything to geopolitics. blame sluggish innovation in the u.s. and reluctance of companies such as google to work with the government. he resigned last month in protest against the slow pace of technological transformation in the u.s. military. coming up, a report on how the global microchip shortage is a threat to national security. meantime, news tonight. a navy engineer and his wife will appear in court tomorrow on the charge they sold top-secret information on u.s. nuclear warships to a foreign national.