have rotated and should have had separation. this is not a nominal situation. i do want to remind everyone, everything after clearing the tower was icing on the cake. neil: all right. icing on the cake. mission control putting a positive spin on spacex s giant new star ship rocket blowing up shortly after lift off. luckily nobody was on board when the booster rocket failed to peel away, tumbled and exploded four minutes in. such are the risks if you think about it when planning manned missions to the moon and mars and beyond. we got you covered all over the place with jonathan serrie on what went wrong. ashley webster on more americans flogging to see the launches. tom jones on the rewards that outway the risks. and actor william shatner that took that risk and is here to tell us about it. it s straight ahead on a rocketing your world or out of your world. see what i did this? welcome, everybody. very glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with jonathan serr
bret: but breaking tonight, there are growing questions about the biden administration s policy on china. while the president talks tough, critics say president biden appears to be taking a kid glove approach in several key areas. we have fox team coverage. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. looks at how the american military is preparing for a conflicted with beijing possibly. we begin hour with white house correspondent peter doocy on the white house s north lawn and the president s reluctance to push china too hard. that s exactly right officials are putting out the word they are not trying to beat china economically or at anything. but they are trying to make things more competitive with china by taking some pieces off the board. mr. president, welcome. peter: as mr. biden talks colombia. key to the hemisphere. peter: and climate change. we are at a moment of great peril but great opportunities. treasury secretary teasing a move to move u.s. business to
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taiwan jennifer griffin has more on that from the pentagon tonight. we must act with a greater sense of urgency. u.s. pacific commanders defended $9.1 billion request. a 40% increase and largest request ever to bring stability to asia and deter china from taking taiwan by force. more leaked u.s. intelligence documents show the chinese have developed a high altitude super sonic spy drone unit that could target u.s. military bases and aircraft carriers. the hypersonic drone, which could fly at three times the speed of sound would be launched from a twin engine chinese bomber known as a badger. admiral john says he has not spoken to his chinese counterparts since becoming the top u.s. commander in the pacific two years ago. even after the spy balloon incident. i have had a standing request to have a conversation now since