july 27th. bret: 136 days ago. thank you. getting word in from the pentagon. jennifer griffin saying the trump administration has asked the trump transition team has asked bob work to stay on as deputy secretary of defense. according to two well-placed sources, work would stay on, continuing the government the pentagon not commentating. that would be the deputy secretary of defense. the president-elect met with mitch mcconnell today head of the start of those confirmation hearings. mcconnell s challenging democratic complaints that the process is going too fast. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on capitol hill. we had a good meeting about the senate agenda which includes
for targets in space? firing lasers in space. potentially. yeah. it s remarkable. when you get into this, you get into all sorts of classification levels that i m not cleared into. this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so, many took notice when, in april this year, deputy defense secretary bob work vowed that the u.s. will strike back if attacked in space. strike back, he added, and knock them out. from the very beginning, if someone starts going after our space constellation, we re going to go after the capabilities that would prevent them from doing that. that sounds like an offensive response to an offensive weapon. if shot, you will shoot back? let me just say that having the capability to shoot the torpedo would be a good thing to have in our quiver. the fact is, the u.s. has already taken down targets in space.
for targets in space? firing lasers in space. potentially. yeah. it s remarkable. when you get into this, you get into all sorts of classification levels that i m not cleared into. this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so, many took notice when, in april this year, deputy defense secretary bob work vowed that the u.s. will strike back if attacked in space. strike back, he added, and knock them out. from the very beginning, if someone starts going after our space constellation, we re going to go after the capabilities that would prevent them from doing that. that sounds like an offensive response to an offensive apon. if shot, you will shoot back? let me just say that having the capability to shoot the torpedo would be a good thing to have in our quiver. the fact is, the u.s. has already taken down targets in space. in 2008, a tactical missile
potentially, yeah. it s remarkable. when you get into this, you get into all sorts of classification levels eye not cleared into. this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so many took notice when in april this year deputy defense secretary bob work vowed that the u.s. will strike back if attacked in space. strike back he added and knock them out. from the very beginning, if someone starts going after our space constellation, we re going after the capabilities that would prevent them from doing that. that sounds like an offensive response to an offensive weapon. if shot, you will shoot back. let me just say having the capability to shoot the torpedo would be a good thing to have in our quiver. jim sciutto joins us now. i was just it s just kind of scary stuff, jim. it is, you know, when we
blow torch. this is the u.s. military s first operational laser weapon and today it is deployed to defeat incoming threats at sea. could it some day be used for targets in space? firing lasers in space? potentially. yeah. it s remarkable. when you get into this. you get into all sorts of other classification levels i m not cleared into. reporter: this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so, many took notice when in april this year deputy defense secretary bob work vowed the u.s. will strike back if attacked in space. strike back, he added and knock them out. from the very beginning if someone starts going after our space constellation, we will go after the capabilities that would prevent them from doing that. that sounds like an offensive response to an offensive weapon.