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Explain that this really was. he notes a surveillance balloon and im notes a surveillance balloon and im not going _ notes a surveillance balloon and im not going to be able to be more specific— not going to be able to be more specific than that.— not going to be able to be more specific than that. they said it was a weather balloon _ specific than that. they said it was a weather balloon that _ specific than that. they said it was a weather balloon that at - specific than that. they said it...

That they were seeing many more of what they would describe not as balloons but objects. if anything enters into our airspace, whether we know what it is or not, we will monitor it and take appropriate action. 0ne monitor it and take appropriate action. one was seen over alaska on february ten, the next day, another object was shut down over the yukon and canada. 0n object was shut down over the yukon and canada. on february 12, a strange octagon object was shot over lake huron. these are smalle...

Actually being used for? the answer is espionage. they carry sensors to collect signals and data as they fly over locations. us officials are analysing the wreckage they recovered from the sea in order to try and understand what exactly those sensors do and what china was after. you dont need to get into specifics, just, did we know what theyre trying to collect, yes or no? yes, sir. we understand that this is part of a broader suite of operations that china is undertaking... so, we knew what th...

Techniques might not. it can be hard to distinguish where a balloon is coming from. for example, a satellite or a drone, you could say its coming from x countrys military, but with a balloon, its more benign. and so beijing tried to say that it was being used for meteorological purposes. a bit of deniability about what theyre really up to, you mean? what do we know about the chinese balloon programme, then? so, we know that they have been doing this throughout the world, that a lot of these are ...

There are considerations around pilot life support and pressurisation of the cockpit. typically, aircraft are designed to operate at really extreme altitudes above that, like the u—2 spy plane or the 71 blackbird, again, spy plane. crews would wear kind of spacesuits, full pressure suits, and most jet fighters arent equipped for that. also, where there have been previous examples of weather balloons, for example, or surveillance balloons from the us side that have kind of got lost or cables ha...

And also collecting signals, because theyre in the atmosphere rather than in space. the chinese programme which the first spy balloon belonged to, us officials say, is run by the peoples liberation army, and its been running for years, with at least three balloons over us airspace during the previous trump administration. but both the us and china may have been keeping quiet about what was going on. thats normal for espionage, but now everyone is looking for these balloons. i want people to know...

Government has on covid origins, we need the house to pass it, jesse. and then we can get this thing done. the american people, its past time. lets show them what the government has. let everybody see for themselves. let everybody read it. >> peter: biden does have intel agencies working on this at his direction. he talk a lot about needing to know how this pandemic started to stop the next one. pressure on china, even after multiple calls and one-on-one meeting with xi has not publicly been the...

So no, i think my record is very, very clear we are to be strong and emigration, we are to be very strong against china is not just because thats what the base wants, those of the proper policies given what we are facing in this country. an open border, china that gets away with absolute murder across her economic relationship. they are flying a balloon to spy on americans over the continental united states, we need to be smarter, we need to be stronger. >> laura: governor, thats means are not f...

The whole fanfare of the United States' twists over a Chinese civilian airship is just what the political doctor ordered.

We can have an obligation to figure out what these are to ensure safe flying. so, i think we can figure that out. i think that is a -- question, although, not quite yet. >> ryan graves, thanks for sharing all this with us. its fascinating, and obviously we do need to get some answers about all this, that the balloon has exposed. thanks so much for being here. >> it was my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> all right -- meanwhile, climate scientists are sounding the alarm. antarctic sea ice is...