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President biden ordered to down the object. >> is it a fair take away the pentagon regrets not taking down the first balloon before crossing across the u.s.? >> i can tell you the president doesnt regret the way we handled the first balloon. the general area would be just off the very, very northeastern part of alaska. it was an object, let me just clarify, im not classifying it as a balloon. its an object and were trying to learn more from it. >> laura: kirbys confusing, incomplete and inconven...

We don't actually know what kind of object was shot down off the coast of Alaska, but the Pentagon says it was a threat to civilian aircraft.

Really act fast enough? so, what has been the reaction to his response this time around? well, the reaction is that, really, he acted as fast as he could, it seems, and that perhaps that was as a result of some of the political criticism that he faced last week. now, the reasoning given last week was that the balloon was hovering over land and potentially, there was a danger if it was shot down — as it eventually was over the sea — but if it was shot down over land, it couldve posed a danger...

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 40 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 of founder charles—andre ramsei...

The death toll has surpassed 4,000 people in both government and rebel held areas, and over 7,000 people are injured or unaccounted for. in other news, the united states says it has shot down a "high altitude object" flying over the state of alaska. the white house said it was much smaller than the recently downed chinese balloon but was still the size of a small car, and could have posed a threat to commercial planes. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal gave us this update. it was revea...

>> ill introduce legislation to do it and give parents and victims the right to sue these doctors and clinics and participants that forced sterilization on these kids and treatment and go to court and sue them for damages as much as they can get. >> laura: senator hawley, the news that broke earlier today was that an object shot down over the water near the arctic ocean and somewhere it was kind of confusing, theyre not saying it was a balloon but can we trust a lot of reports coming out of the ...

Under the orders of President Joe Biden, the U.S. military has just shot down an unidentified object flying ...

From the pentagon and the enemy of the house. before we get to your book, what do you make of what the pentagon is saying about the second object that we know about the second object we shot down near alaska? >> let me get this straight, we shot down a balloon or something we dont know about so im kind of beyond confused and im with you but its really troubling. >> laura: im a media person and its a really convenient narrative when the public in general is making any complex decisions about any ...

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said it is unknown who the object belongs to but that it was not manned.

Pulse, signals, collect things, there was obviously something in it. it could have been a balloon from a nonprofit foundation just didnt tell norad was flying there. >> the one day. >> the one day. >> you know, when you talking about the context here, we see this one at 60 something thousand feet and the usually 100, when they track back and look, they go guess what? those ufos -- i dont know how about chinese spy balloons, in the past have come and sparked anger at the administration from both ...