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>> im wondering if you know, because they said during a briefing that they wont say whether it was a harmless weather balloon, and it just not going to get into that. we do know that it was just appearance gathering. releasing a little bit of information saying its not intelligence gathering, but they wont tell us whether this was a harmless balloon, and they want to really identify this or give us more detail about what it looks like at all. and im wondering if you think there is reason for tha...

0 a little further detail on that, the decision was made this morning he just revealed, asked when did the president give the order to shoot it down? this morning. >> john: talk about burying the lede, talks about all of this other stuff, and then a reporter says, oh, by the way, did you shoot something down? oh, yes. here are the details. my gosh. >> martha: grade to be with you come have a great weekend. im sandra smith. >> martha: elsey and monday, thank you for joining us, "the story" with m...