moment, but first, president biden in south korea today where he is issuing new warnings to china and north korea. jacqui heinrich is in seoul with the very latest. reporter: good morning to you, david. in case the subtext of the president s trip was not clear enough, he wrapped up his final full day in south korea with a not so veil ised warning the china that they better not invade taiwan, or they ll face at least the same treatment that that russia is getting over its invasion of ukraine. our alliance between our countries is built on shared sacrifice. our joint commitment to the freedom of the republic of korea and our opposition [inaudible] reporter: before his state dinner with south korean president yun, biden sopped to sign a $40 billion aid package funding ukraine s military, having that bill flown to the other side of the world for his immediate signature so there ll be no lapse in funding. the moment underscoring alliance after china buzzed taiwan with a do
within a matter of seconds. these objects can zigzag creating g forces that are several hundred times the force of gravity. enough to crush the bones of any human. these objects can fly without creating any exhaust. in other words, quote, they re not ours, up quote, as unquote, as stated by one pentagon official. the next question is, if they re not hour ours, then whose are they? david: so they defy what we know about what we are capable of producing. even if there s something that the chinese in some secret location is coming up, they simply don t have the physics to match what these objects are doing. does that mean that they are defying literally the laws of fizz ins? well physics? well, hypersonic drones are can approach this type kind of capability, and we see them in ukraine. the russians are ahead of us, actually, in terms of hypersonic
richard engel this is stupid. he was talking ab this particular move but in fact, there are a lot of military people who have said that about everything that s happened since october 6th. last week, i was at the army s convention here in d.c. i talked to dozens of people, generals, captains, sergeants, active duty, retired, and the opinion is universal, ali. it is a it is a strategic blunder. that s general officer talk. sergeants would say, hey, sir, this is really blanked up. yeah. the only time i ve seen it even come close to that is after 9/11 when the military was seeking to retaliate against the 9/11 disaster. now, this is unprecedented in my mind. i mean, one pentagon official told me this morning that as far as he is concerned, they are trying to do military strategy by tweets. right. and that simply is not right? that people here who are not commonly looking at donald trump s tweets are thinking they re getting real information from them because it doesn t make
during the trump presidency, be unquote. a stunning declaration, considering that the u.s. military has sent messages that completely contradict that. they have declared that isis has not been defeated in syria. five days ago, the u.s. coalition shot down any notion of a u.s. withdrawal calling such reports false and designed to sow confusion and chaos. eight days ago, the u.s. special envoy to defeat isis signaled this military conflict was far from over. nobody is declaring a mission accomplished. we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past. we know once the physical space is defeated, we can t just pick up and leave. can t just pick up and leave. earlier this month. marine general joseph dunford said there are only 8,000 troops trained to fight isis and maintain stability in the region right now. only 8,000. and the u.s. needs at least 40,000. with regard to stabilization, we still have a long way to go. one pentagon official told me of the president s decision,
it s the one pentagon official says russia is underreporting the number of troops taking part in a military exercise. russia says it has 5500 personnel. western officials believe the actual number could be 100,000. the drills begin tonight. russia is stating it s not threatening anyone. two turbo military training accidents to tell you about in the u.s. eight special operation personnel injured today in an explosion at fort bragg. 15 marines were hurt when their amphibious assault vehicle caught fire at camp pendleton in california. five remain in critical condition. more u.s. troops have been killed in training this year than in combat in afghanistan. president trump will extend sanctions relief to iran as part of its nuclear deal with the west. ideal candidate trump called a disaster. the decision comes in despite of the president s desire to pull out of the iran agreement. rich edson has the latest from