Reported. there are new concerns tonight about the global microchip shortage. it s already affecting your electronics, your cell phones, and cars. they may soon impact this country security as well. state department correspondent rich edson shows us how tonight. microchips being manufactured in southeast asia. is it something good for our national security? an anonymous expert on computer chips known as semiconductors warns recent supply shortage. we ve disguised his face and voice. however wins the race for the next generation of semiconductor products eventually will have a major military force on the global stage. some in congress share those concerns. can you imagine a military conflict or any other cause that would block the 90% of semiconductors made in the world that come from asia?
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.
Implement a mandate. they say 99% of their workers have been vaccinated or have applied for a medical or religious exemption. bret: thank you. the pilot we spoke to in that report, he will be a guest on tucker carlson tonight. that s at 8:00 p.m. eastern time here on fox. up next, the panel on the covid conundrum over vaccine mandates and the biden economy and what s happening on capitol hill and the national security implications of the global microchip shortage. first beyond our borders. state apartment describes meetings with the taliban over the weekend is candid and professional. state department spokesman says the meetings focus on security and terrorism concerns as well as safe passage for u.s. citizens, afghan partners and other foreign nationals. the u.s. is reiterating that the taliban will be judged by their actions and not their words. slavic and northern china causing a bus to fall into a river leaving at least three people dead and 11 missing. more than 120,000 people h
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Will be increased pressure in the weeks ahead. thank you for beini on the weeks ahead. thank you for being on the the weeks ahead. thank you for being on the programme. - let s get some of the day s other news. uk car production fell sharply last month, marking the worstjuly performance for the industry since 1956, according to the smmt. the global microchip shortage, staff being affected by the so called pingdemic, and shutdowns meantjust over 53,000 cars were built in the month. that was a drop of 37% compared to july last year. britain s financial regulator, the fca, has warned the world s biggest crypto exchange binance is not capable of being supervised properly and poses a significant risk to consumers. the exchange has come under pressure from regulators across the world, due to concerns over the use of crypto in money laundering and risks to consumers. south korea has become the first major asian economy to raise interest rates since the pandemic began. the bank of korea incr