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Vanherck sat down with me to talk about the decision making that led to the balloons ultimate destruction. it was set in motion days earlier in a high-stakes mission to intercept it over alaska. >> we sent a package that included f-22s and f-16s along with support package of an e3 awacs tanker support with aircraft. >> did you know what its mission was? >> we had worked with the intelligence community, and we had a good idea of what the mission actually was going to be. once we intercepted the h...

Letter? yes, they cant. do they have to? no, they dont. did they issue one in the circumstance? yes. thats it. other than that, i think its just -- it gives us fodder to talk about in our 24 hour news cycle, which we need to -- you know. >> well, here is why i disagree. heres why i think it matters. and the idea of, not only crossing the eyes and crossing the tees, the idea that they are on notice, and if you are on notice on a potential crime, you might change your behavior in some, way or you ...

Its not yet another straw that breaks its back. anyone that watched the january 6th hearing, anyone that saw it firsthand like i did knows precisely what was going on, its taken the justice department some time to get to where they are. but in terms of where the voters are, particularly the base, trump is using this to raise more money, hes stronger than ever before. hes got all the wind out of the balloon from any of the other dozen or so candidates that are out there. they cant get a breakthro...

Withering criticism aimed at senior envoy for East Asia and Pacific over back-to-back trips to Beijing by Antony Blinken and Janet Yellen.

What they do, what they do, they vibrate solid elements. with that, you dont hear it coming, you hear the vibration. this is into the field of biotremology what we are of biotremology what we are experimenting, and we are pioneering also into the possibility of communicating with a spider. like sometimes, you dont hear the phone call, but the phone, the iphone or a telephone vibrates. and there are different modes of communication and we are trying to think how we can bridge that. so, here you s...

Which makes it different from other — i mean, balloons arent new, but balloons usually, as you say, are powered by helium, they are fired up, they involve inputs of energy. your balloon involves only trapping air and then using the suns natural power to warm that air and the balloon rises. yeah, absolutely. now, thats kind of interesting, basically very simple and interesting, but im wondering what... your message seems to be, "we can all learn very "practical things from this," but what can w...

Things improve. but all hope isnt lost. ive been told that over the nine days, organisers hope for at least five days of good flying weather, and some days with bad weather are still good for partial flights. balloon pilot nick dunnington has been coming to this festival from the uk since he was a child, and hes offered to take me up later. so, nick, whats the status? everyone seems a little bit tense. laughs. yeah, so theyve given us the clearance to fly this morning, but the winds above the to...

Its not that its uncontrollable, it means that the landing will be faster, so you need a bigger space in which to land the balloon. so, not ideal. that suggests this is quite a challenging place for this event to take place? it is, yes. yeah, its not the easiest. but i think thats what attracts most of us here is the challenge, so... the festival began over a0 years ago and has grown from just a few balloons to the 60—plus balloons they have coming today. back when it started, it was the idea ...

You know where you take off, when you take off. you never know where you land and when you land. yeah, this is what i understood this morning listening to the pilot briefing — small changes, you know, that wouldnt affect many other leisure activities have such a big impact with the hot—air balloons. yes. but you have to know that every season is different to fly. thats why if you want to be a good pilot, you have to fly every week. otherwise, you are a bad pilot. with some balloons starting ...

For a complete novice, tell me what — is itjust obvious that if theres too much wind, the balloon will be uncontrollable? theres a lot of that. its not that its uncontrollable, it means that the landing will be faster, so you need a bigger space in which to land the balloon. so, not ideal. that suggests this is quite a challenging place for this event to take place? it is, yes. yeah, its not the easiest. but i think thats what attracts most of us here is the challenge, so... the festival began...