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Chinese spy balloon that hovered over the country for much of last week. the house even voted on a resolution to condemn chinas brazen violations of united states sovereignty. unanimously. and, we are learning more about the surveillance craft as the fbi and u.s. navy recovered debris off of the coast of the carolinas. they have declassified some of the intelligence on the balloon, including that it had multiple antennas to include in the rate likely capable of collecting and geo locating commun...

Knowledge about americas claim this is part of a fleet. it can be part of an information war that the u.s. is waging against china. the international community can see who is the largest espionage and surveillance country. >> i can assure you this was not for civilian purposes. were 100% clear about that. >> reporter: the u.s. linked the balloon to a vast chinese military surveillance program. a growing list of global balloon sightings and questions. the u.s. believes many balloons are launched ...

Civilian vessel that blew off course. and the west says it was spycraft, part of the wider surveillance operation that spanned more than 40 countries in five continents. now, we also heard earlier today from chinese ministry of foreign affairs and it formally opposes the balloon calling it pure political maneuver. >> kristie lu stout, thank you for that. in a rare moment of unity, house lawmakers passing a resolution that condemns the youse of the balloon. and administration officials got a gr...

Intelligence on it. suddenly an official said it took a strange turn south towards the lower 48 states crossing into idaho on january 31 and eastward across the country. after it was decided to not shoot the balloon town over land, u2 spy planes were sent up to monitor it, the administration determining that the balloon was no longer sending information back to china sources say as the u.s. tried to block it from gathering more intelligence on sensitive u.s. military sites. this balloon a small ...

Also, the fact that if they were to shut down the balloon in a populated area, capturing the debris and potentially hurting citizens, those were all part of the calculus and the biden administration felt that this was going to be a net win for the united states. especially because it was so blatant and obvious, this now allows the united states to take the forward leading position when it comes to aggression with china. >> what do you make of the move to immediately declassified the information,...

Balloon that took and unplanned course of their control. meanwhile, for the u.s., as you say, theyve gotten a lot more details from officials about how this was a spy balloon capable of monitoring u.s. communications, and how its part of a fleet of balloons thats gone over more than 40 countries across five continents. youve also heard from the pentagon that china had refused a conversation with u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin following the downing of the balloon. chinas defense minister now...

Within hours of an Air Force F-22 downing the Chinese balloon, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reached out to his Chinese counterpart via a special crisis line, trying to explain, and ease tensions.

The US government has claimed that the Chinese balloon that was recently shot down was clearly for intelligence surveillance and not a typical weather.

Military leadership including high level leaders in the air force. we know investigations are under way. and weve also been closely monitoring beijings ever-changing messaging and its strategy about communicating about the balloon. initially it 1kexpressed regret but then the rhetoric hardened after the balloon was shot town, accusing the u.s. of o overreacting.town, accusing the u.s. of overreacting. and now bay i didnt think is tryi beijing is trying to deflect away toward americas security pr...

I.d. the balloon, but it was decided to let it fly on a northern trajectory and collect intelligence on it. suddenly an official said it took a strange turn south towards the lower 48 states crossing into idaho on january 31 and eastward across the country. after it was decided to not shoot the balloon down over land, u2 spy planes were sent up to monitor it, the administration determining that the balloon was no longer sending information back to china sources say as the u.s. tried to block it ...