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prosecutors to start probing those with access to his laptop and use it to pedal stories to the press. this is the same laptop that hunter left in a delaware repair shop. the same laptop that prompted twitter to block distribution of the new york post scoop on its existence. the same laptop that much of the media once dismissed as russian disinformation. i doubt hunter bidens request for information will go anywhere but hes making himself a bigger story and a bigger media target. im ho...

course, which is, again, why we are monitoring it. >> jesse: the comey spy balloon airspace and fingers around a joystick and flying it towards major cities but we are not shooting it down. >> you said this is violating our airspace so why not take it down? >> yeah, so, you know, clearly as we assess options and considering the size of the pay load on this, looking at the potential for debris and the impact on civilians on the ground or property damage, and so out of an abundance of ca...

welcome to "inside politics." im john king in washington. thank you for sharing a remarkable news day with us. we begin with a brazen spy drama. straight to the pentagon, the briefing on a chinese balloon over montana. >> conducting press briefings in our temporary press briefing room while other primary location undergoes technical renovations and upgrades. we greatly appreciate your patience and flexibility as we work to install some long, overdue upgrades to the pentagon press brief...

freak out about that picture? those are 4 billion-year-old waves. like seeing the ripping on the ocean. this is another planet. these are -- those are 4 billion years old! not even dinosaurs here yet. >> i like the enthusiasm. >> what matters is that it is concrete evidence. mars right now is a frozen desert once had oceans or huge lakes and the water rippling up on the surface. this is the perfect place for life to get started. this is evidence that mars had climate change. maybe unde...

thing. the pentagon briefing has begun, lets go there. >> the pentagon for a variety of reasons our normal call-in options will not be available, for those that have had to call in, we apologize. we will get it up as quickly as possible for reporting purposes and answer questions from the dod press desk. moving forward well look at ways to improve briefing operations and expect regular press briefings will resume in the press briefing room in middle to late may. we appreciate your pati...

good day. im andrea mitchell in washington. we go directly to the pentagon and the briefing on the china spy balloon. >> because we do not have internet or phone capability in this area of the pentagon for a variety of reasons, our normal call-in options will not be available. for those who have had to call in, we apologize for the inconvenience. however, we will aim to get our briefing transcripts and the audio up as quickly as possible. we will aim to answer your questions through ou...

good morning, everyone. welcome to c"cnn this morning." im amara walker. >> and im boris sanchez. president biden ordering the military to shoot down an unidentified object off the coast of alaska. what pentagon officials are saying about it and the key differences between this object and that chinese balloon that was shot down last week. and also a moment of hope amid the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria, more than 24,000 people killed, but amid the loss after days trapped...

right now, our top story right here out of new york, alvin bragg is sweating even more than usual tonight. now, his pathetically weak case against former president trump has totally imploded. lets be very clear here, the case died this very week. it is very obvious, it is very clear, its transparent, alvin bragg had every intention of indicting john all j trump this week, second day, grand jury proceedings canceled. telling reuters, it was former president donald trump that created fal...

national security interests and threats as best we can. >> thanks, admiral. >> real quick, is there a timeline for recovery of this object? >> youd have to talk to the pentagon, i dont know. guys, again, this just happened in the last hour and a half and theyre still assessing where this thing landed and the degree to which they can get to it. >> on the poland visit, i know in the statement that you put out, it says that the president is going to meet with leaders of the eastern flank ...

thats the same type of aircraft and missile that shot down the chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. one of the questions we asked at the pentagon briefing was if there was so much intelligence to gain by letting the previous balloon fly across the united states and being able to observe it, why was this one shot down so quickly especially when the senators were furious it wasnt shot down earlier. was the pentagon wbowing to political pressure. >> the decision to shoot it do...