palestine are running out of patience with the administration s response or lack thereof to the derailment and the cleanup. what federal response? if it were in washington, d.c. it would be cleaned up taken care of answers done. white house defending what the federal government has done and will do. we are committed to supporteding the people of palestine every step of the way and will be helping them long as needed. some residents are mystified why the transportation sect buttigieg hasn t even visited the area. to me eye his job. this is something he should be here for. this is pretty significant the amount of chemicals cancer causing chemicals that were released. we need guidance i think this deserves a pink slip for his job. buttigieg said he s more focused generally on rail safety which is by his admission nowhere near close to good enough. while this horrible situation has gotten particularly high amount of attention, there are roughly 1,000 cases of a year
could perjury charges follow. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. welcome to early start. we begin with what may be a clue that could help solve the mystery of one of those unidentified objects shot down by the u.s. military. a group of amateur balloonists says one of its small balloons is missing in action, its last reported location right over alaska on sunday the same day fighter jets downed three unidentified objects, one in that same region of alaska. the northern illinois bottle cap balloon brigade is not blaming the u.s. government for taking out its 32 inch balloon, but here is what president biden said yesterday. intelligence community s current assessment is that they were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research. jasmine wright is joining me live from washington. what else is the white house saying about balloons? reporter: the p
shoot it down was overreaction by biden administration. white house facing questions why it chose to shoot down the objects over alaska and lake huron since they were smaller than the chinese craft reporters asking if the administration shot down the device deployed by amateur balloonists for data. there shunt be over concern about attack balloons or they re at greater risk. we are not going to rule anything in or out how we are going to treat additional potential unidentified aircraft. the president is not expected to hold on camera events this weekend but questions about china and foreign policy are expected to carry over into next week trace leaving on monday for poland to mark one year since russia s invasion into ukraine. thank you. meantime some u.s. intel officials think china might be launching spy balloons from the caribbean or latin america.
could perjury charges follow. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. welcome to early start. we begin with what may be a clue that could help solve the mystery of one of those unidentified objects shot down by the u.s. military. a group of amateur balloonists says one of its small balloons is missing in action, its last reported location right over alaska on sunday the same day fighter jets downed three unidentified objects, one in that same region of alaska. the northern illinois bottle cap balloon brigade is not blaming the u.s. government for taking out its 32 inch balloon, but here is what president biden said yesterday. intelligence community s current assessment is that they were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research.