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I believe a lot in technology but i think they are probably controlling that. we didnt get a good look at that. make it go backwards, make it go forwards. there was also a suicide function of the balloon where it could have blown itself up. again, at the command-and-control of the chinese communist party. what if they had chosen to blow it up? the fact that it didnt blow up, was in a malfunction? nbc news kind of dug into this and when i find really fascinating is we sit and wait to see if china...

Figure 8s over and over again going over sensitive military bases. >> look, there is concern about it, obviously. anytime that china and an adversary gathers intelligence from a sensitive site thats concerning for u.s. officials. the one thing that the u.s. points to is that effort that it could have been a lot worse, that effort to block china from doing this, and also, jose, they gained a lot, the u.s. said by just observing this balloon as it was traveling across the united states. and then n...

Sites, at times doing figure 8 formationingss over the sites ad then transmitting what information they were collecting back to china. mostly the balloon was able to collect signals, electronic signals on the ground, so what they call signals intelligence, and the u.s. did try, they moved things around. they tried to obscure those electro electronic signals from emitting, but china was able to gather some intelligence as it sent that balloon across the u.s. the other thing that we learned, jose,...

U.S. officials say Beijing obtained U.S. military intelligence from its spy balloon that was shot down in early February.

Natasha bertrand is at the pentagon. so, natasha, what are you hearing from your sources? dana. so were told that this chinese by balloon that transited the us back in february, it was actually able to capture some images and some signals intelligence from some of these military installations across the united states. now the u. s is saying at this point that they do not believe that the chinese by balloon was able to collect anything more sensitive than, say, a chinese satellite would that is c...

Be straight and shoot it down. they arent honest with the american people and you wonder why we dont trust them. that poll reveals that average people have common sense and can see through this. this is a very dangerous thing that occurred and they waited until surfside beach, south carolina to shoot it down after the communist chinese got everything they wanted. >> harris: digging deeper into the exclusive reporting by nbc news you have me asking some questions. while you were talking i am look...

By life imprisonment. the white house says it cannot confirm us media reports that a chinese balloon that flew across the united states two months ago was able to gather intelligence from several military sites and transmit it back to beijing. speaking at a briefing, the pentagon deputy press secretary sabrina singh said she could not confirm whether live transmissions were made by the balloon. oil prices have surged after several of the worlds largest exporters announced surprise cuts in produc...

Military sites, despite the biden administration claiming otherwise repeatedly. complete coverage now. michael allen is standing by, but first mike emmanuel. what else are you learning about the spy craft this hour? >> it was able to send back in realtime images and some communications intelligence. china was able to control the balloon to make multiple passes over key sites, figure 8 formations and transmitting back to beijing in realtime. national security council spokesman said he cannot conf...

>> john: and the same thing with china, call for number 4, reports from nbc, contrary to what the pentagon and the white house are leading us to believe the chinese spy balloon was transmitting back realtime signals intelligence to beijing. the pentagon asked about this a short time ago. >> you can confirm there was realtime transmission over military bases, right? >> i cannot confirm there was realtime transmission back from the balloon back to the prc at this time. i cannot confirm that. >> an...

Think. i think our enemies look at this and say oh, my gosh, they are open for business. who can recall in the united states and do anything we want to do with because this is what they do to a man who obviously had treated china very differently than the current president. >> gerri: this is the time that you fly the chinese balloon over the country, right? we have seen this movie play out. >> harris: they already did it, old material. that was last month. >> gerri: maybe well get another one. >...