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>> the see his weakness to be exploited and not to be respect for keita. i think biden has confuse the american people his frightened our allies and hes encouraged the chinese. there is vulnerability in than there is the perception of vulnerability. somehow a 200-foot balloon went right through our air defensive and some people were babbling about ufos. you can have a 1 megaton bomb for that and we know that the chinese have been experimenting with these balloons for years. russia is flooding th...

Got to sign a waiver, the company says, in case our families are not allowed to sue in case the balloon gets shot done. -- down. so, im not feeling good about this, sean, i have to say. >> with joe shooting objects out of the sky, no idea where they are. nice knowing you. >> been a good run. >> sean: been a good run. im hoping youre not one of the objects he fires a $400,000 missile at. pam, does he look vigorous to you? >> sean, this is once where im going to disagree with you -- i think hes st...

Much an emergency these balloons are. and how everything needs to be shot out of the sky basically as soon as we see it. but maybe we need to cooler jets here. literally. joining us now is shane harris, intelligence and national security reporter for the washington post. shane, thank you for being here. but the balloon as a science experiment is something thats happening in middle schools all over the country. and now maybe were using f-22 fighter jets -- to shoot them down. is this the new norm...

Issues with the balloon. i dont know which part is worse for me. the fact that they allowed the communist chinese to have the spy balloon go from alaska to idaho montana and all over the country before they shot it down off of the coast of the carolinas, or joe biden going out there today saying he had no earthly clue what the other three objects were that he ordered our military to shoot down with $400,000 side winder missiles. now, i dont know whats worse, or are they equally as bad. what are ...

For a lot of these slow-moving, high altitude objects. they just filter that out. they thought, its not a missile, its not a fighter plane, its probably harmless. we dont need to look at it. but now theyre looking. at it because of the giants by balloon floated across the united states. thats whats prompting a lot of this reaction i think. and, hopefully theyll calibrate so we dont have to do this every time. >> hopefully. there seems to be electors better uses for our radar. how much has been m...

Seeing, missouri over half the people in poverty. that is not our arm the climate crisis is. >> china is not our enemy, the climate change is our enemy. victor, it is true that the lef thanks that republicans, especially trim conservatives are the most dangerous thing on the face of the climate in then climate change very china isnt a problem whatsoever for the ne left. >> we know that for russian balloon had gone into our space he wouldve been impeached a third time. the left would have gone be...

Joining us now is shane harris, intelligence and national security reporter for the washington post. shane, thank you for being here. but the balloon as a science experiment is something thats happening in middle schools all over the country. and now maybe were using f-22 fighter jets -- to shoot them down. is this the new normal, do you think the pentagon has to adopt a new political posture, a new posture because of politics on the chinese balloon? >>, well as sad as i feel for some of the stu...

Gathering capabilities. they have satellites that can do a lot of this work. they have very sophisticated computer hack operations that can take information off communication signal but thi not gather a lot o information.hey around the tart so, the balloons are useful bu when u.s. officials are saying but not a really high priority -- as part of a broader program and theyre pretty confident this balloon can cross over th u.s. earlier in february, di not gather a lot of useful information. inform...

Escalating things? is it provocative in anyway? >> you know, i dont think so. especially because its coming from the other side. we sanctioned six chinese firms last week over the issue of the chinese balloon, the companies that had anything to do with that program which is of course bigger than the one balloon crossing over the country. this is in response to that. so, its kind of classic diplomatic tit for tat. its just for show. basically our companies are prohibited by u.s. law from doing an...

The balloons that have a certain advantage in that they can hover over, or later over a certain target for a longer period of time. maybe take pictures of different resolutions, gather communication signals, and satellites that are spinning around the earth maybe have only a few minutes to take pictures, gather intelligence as they pass around the target. so, the balloons are useful but when u.s. officials are saying, but not a really high priority -- as part of a broader program. and theyre pre...