ms. bingen: well, and i's interesting. as chairman of the intelligence committee, i just think you see -- you see everything. you have this global picture of the security environment. this is obviously one very sobering and consequential threat here. but there are a lot of other things happening in the world, lot of folks' bandwidth as well. so, you know, how do you -- if you can take a step back for us and look at t else are you worried about? but then also, how do you see this threat in the context of everything else happening right now, in the middle east, with china, technology advancementsetc.? rep. turner: well, i don't know. i think i'd start with, if there's something that's going to touch every human being on the planet top of the list. and i think that's one that i think the administration, in u that there should not be tolerated that this be in orbit. i honest that there may be portions of the administ w we can tolerate this in space. as general saltzman said, you can't tolerate this in spacee the next day, day

ms. bingen: well, if i think about the d.i.m.e. framework we'reg diplomatic and international pressure options. are economic sanctions on the table? should military options be on the table?ersee intelligence capabilities. here? rep. turner: well, i think all of it. the biggest sign, i think, would catastrophic. secry of defense austin took -- you know, in front of the armed services committee -- said this would be catastrophic. well, if this isatastrophic, there should be someone every day in the administration that gets up to make certain that this isn't occurring. and there is no one who has that and there's no one who's executing that to-do list. this is something they're aware of. this is something that they'veussia is undertaking. but this is not a priority of the administration. ms. bingen: and how well is the i'll say, postured to understand the intricacies of this threat? rep. turner: well, i think enough so that the administration was willing to come forward and say that russia is developing an anti-satellite nuclear weapo

ms. bingen: well, and it's interesting.s chairman of the intelligence committee, i jt think you see -- you see everything. you have this global picture of the security environment. this is obviously one very sobering and consequentialat here. but there are a lot of other things happening in the world, i'm assuming, are consuming a lot of folks' bandwidth as well. so, you know, how do you -- if environment, what else are you but then also,o you see this threat in the context of everything else ppenin now, in the middle east, with china, technology advancemen etc.? rep. i think i'd start with, if there's something that's going toably something that should be at the top of the list. and i think that's one that i nderstand that there should not be tolera this be in orbit. i honestly think that there may be portions of the administration who believes that we can tolerate this in space. as general saltzman said, yo't tolerate this in space because the next day, day zero you have to assume that none of the space capabilities that

ms. bingen: and to your point on reagan, pr d th tve ines labif t.ottbp o id