Tonight, Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken,

talks about how the Biden administration is handling Russia,

the crisis at the Mexican border, and an increasingly bellicose China.

Have you ever seen China be so assertive or aggressive militarily?

No, we haven't.

I think what we've witnessed over the last several years

is China acting more repressively at home

and more aggressively abroad.

That is a fact.

All ready to go. This is what it takes to enter a facility where they manufacture microchips.

I'm Christine.

The tiny semiconductors that power everything from smartphones to automobiles to fighter jets.

Problem is there's a shortage of them revealing a serious national security issue.

25 years ago, the United States produced 37% of the world semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S.

Today, that number has declined to just 12%. Doesn't sound good.

Michael Lewis has written some of the most memorable books of a generation,

introducing us to characters who help us rethink topics we think we understand.

His latest, The Premonition, the Hidden story of America's response to the COVID pandemic.

It's like a superhero story where the superheroes seem to lose in the end.

The little wrinkle on the end of it is, you know they've learned things that are going to help us the next time around.

I'm Leslie Stahl.

I'm Bill Whitaker. I'm Anderson Cooper. I'm John Dickahl. I'm Bill Whitaker.

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