risk to dough pacific security. today biden a shore up virtual summit of the association of southeast asian nations. also pledging up to $102 million to the region to assist with pandemic and environmental needs. bret: mark meredith at the briefing room. let s bring it in arkansas republican senator tom cotton. thanks for being here. thank you, bret. good to be back in studio first time in 18 months. bret: you heard that piece about china. have you spoken out about concerns about china s aggression. are we at a different level here now with china? i think china has taken president biden s measure and found it lacking. the president went to the united nations general assembly last week and gave a speech in which he refused to even say china s name. he said we don t seek a cold war, of course we don t. the united states would never seek a war of any kind hot or cold. if china is waging a cold war against us as they have by taking our jobs in factories the last 30 years, by conduc