me. i appreciate it. we have been getting worn for days that china is sending legal aid to russia. this should garner a really strong reaction from the president, right? reporter: what are you going to do? [inaudible] sean: joining me now is a great gordon chang, author of the great u.s.-china tech war. good to see you, thanks for joining me. give me your take. joe biden has made some warnings to china about providing lethal aid to russia. does that have any teeth? it certainly doesn t, sean. china has been giving lethal aid to russia from the beginning of this war and the most recent reporting is very graphic. a breaking defense website says every day, the biggest cargo plane in the world takes off from china s central region with
ukraine s border but did not commit to a complete withdrawal. this as a series of cyber attacks hit the ministry s websites as well as two major banks. it was not immediately clear who was behind the attacks. joining us live from kyiv, ukraine, nbc news reporter erin mclaughlin and tyler pager joins us from washington. erin, i will start with you, the ukraine defense minister said the defense website and major banks were hit by cyber attacks yesterday. what more do we know about these? reporter: hey, jonathan, while authorities here in ukraine are continuing to investigate the source of those attacks, we ve been speaking to hybrid warfare experts here in ukraine, and they say that russian-backed organizations are strongly suspected, for years now, ukraine has been at the center of this so-called hybrid warfare which includes cyber
they made the largest order outside of our count ary for weapons, for any kinds of military weapon. missile systems, ships. they re buying. from us. $110 billion they re purchasing. it s 500,000 jobs, american jobs. everything s made here. the president s claim of $110 billion is far fetched. there appear to be few, if any, signed contracts. many of the announcements were only memorandums of inteent buy weapons. the review on the defense website reveals that besides a $15 billion deal for an antiballistic missile system, there have been eight announcements totaling just $4 billion.
tillerson confirmed the u.s. buildup for that will add 4,000 troops in the country. hours latering secretary tillerson made another unannounced stop in baghdad this time. he is looking to consolidate an air coalition to neutralize iran s influence in the region. defense secretary james mattis talking tough on north korea with ten of his counter parts in the philippines as reports indicate u.s. is preparing to place b-52 bombers on a 24 hour alert for the first time since 1991. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palcott is live with the story. reporter: i think the safest thing to say about this is the u.s. air force is ready for anything. defense website earlier today reported that preparations were being made at a u.s. air base in louisiana to have those armed b-52 at a readiness not seen since the cold war days.
it to the democrats. it could be a wall, a repeal of the obamacare mandate. or they are looking to get something. melissa: rachel bait, great information, think of her coming on. happy to be here. jon: james mattis meeting today with his counterparts on the nuclear threat from north korea. while the u.s. air force is making preparations that could place the b-52 bombers on 24-hour alert. senior foreign affairs live in london with more on that. i think the bomber story, i think it is safe to say that the u.s. air force is ready for anything including anything involving north korea, but they are not going quite as far as some reports had said. there is one defense website in the past 24 hours reporting that preparations were being made at one u.s. airbase in louisiana, that the nuclear armed b-52 at readiness, readiness not seen since cold war days. fox news has been told that