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Space. a balloon at high altitude surveillance balloon. it was not a weather balloon, they spied on us, balloon topped and loitered over the missile silos and bomber bases, they collected for a week before it was shot down. any wonder that chinese believe they can invade taiwan. after they launched from phraseed -- brazen overnight of american with no consequences. trey: what would be an appropriate response if ambassador robert obrien were advising a president or the president himself, what is ...

Something from avril haines. i referenced it earlier. how she talked about the balloon incident late last week in an interview at columbia university. take a listen. >> how should we think about this? whatever you can say about the balloon, please? [ laughter ] >> i know, its so crazy, i feel like an episode of "veep," you know? >> heres our director of national intelligence, sort of almost dismissive of how things went. the president is trying to ratchet things up, and 48 hours later, were on t...

An earlier version of this column used an outdated estimate for the size of an alleged Chinese spy balloon. The U.S. military says it was 200 feet high.

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Sanctions weve imposed on individuals and companies who are aiding the war effort in ukraine by russia. so this is something that weve been concerned about from day one because you remember, chuck, before the russian aggression, president xi and president putin got together and talked about a partnership with no limits. in that context, one of the concerns we had no limits might include providing lethal support to russia in the war. so this is something weve been watching from day one, and the r...

High altitude balloons are widely used for weather surveillance by countries around the world, but the US recently created a series of

A local amateur radio operator sheds light on what could be one of the unidentified objects shot down over U.S. airspace. An Illinois club says its balloon disappeared after being recorded in Alaska on the 11th. That's the same day the military shot an object from the sky.

There is a rule of politics. stop taking. but when it comes to the china spy balloon fiasco, every time biden and one of his team open their mouth, he puts their foot in it. antony blinken on "meet the press" how serious the spy balloon incursion really was. >> we try with this surveillance blown over our territory violating our sovereignty and international law. that was unacceptable and can never happen again. it attempted to surveilled sensitive military sites and in some cases it loitered mo...

Proceed safely, securely, and not have objects that pose a threat to our people or to our country, but at the same time, making sure the things that are there and proceeding with peaceful purpose can do so as long as they dont pose a threat to aviation. >> do we still believe that the balloon, the surveillance balloon over the continental united states was an intentional act or do you believe that part of it was an accident? >> well, chuck, what i can tell you is this. what is clear is that once...

Anything you can say about it? she started off. i know its crazy and sort of like an episode of "veep" on some level, and clearly the other three objects. is it fair to say that in hindsight we overreacted on the shoot-down of the other three objects? >> no, chuck. the president spoke to this himself just the other day. with regard to the surveillance balloon from china itself, as you know, we spotted it, we took action to protect sensitive information on the ground that it was attempting to sur...