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Surveillance balloons. part of this program that the chinese invested in to share with them the context and information we have learned by the forensics we have done since we came in office about this particular program, and i would remind you we briefed congress in a classified setting in august about this, this is not something we havent been trying to learn more about. we have been aware of it and trying to glean more information from it. and this -- we expect that the recovery of the debris ...

And they determined, i understand that it was not manned, how did they determine that? and at that point, wouldnt it be possible to at least describe what they were looking at? did it resemble a balloon or an airplane? >> again, we will have more information once we have recovered this, i will give credit to our pilots that they are very capable in terms of looking at an object, assessing whether or not this had the potential to be manned. at that altitude something that small, very, very unlike...

Thats the same type of aircraft and missile that shot down the chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. one of the questions we asked at the pentagon briefing was if there was so much intelligence to gain by letting the previous balloon fly across the united states and being able to observe it, why was this one shot down so quickly especially when the senators were furious it wasnt shot down earlier. was the pentagon wbowing to political pressure. >> the decision to shoot it down before ...

America. it may have been intentional. i think the bottom line is this is going to be a contentious relationship for the foreseeable future. ~ . relationship for the foreseeable future. . ., ., ~ ., ., relationship for the foreseeable future. ., ., ~ ., ., , future. what do we know for sure about that _ future. what do we know for sure about that balloon _ future. what do we know for sure about that balloon that _ future. what do we know for sure about that balloon that was - future. what do we ...

Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast of south carolina. lets start with oren lieberman. the biden administration is not saying much about this object. they said its not a balloon, though. >> we dont have a good description of what this object was other than we know its size, that of a small-size car. we have no description of what it looked like, how it operated, if it floated or if it was a balloon. its just dramatically smaller than the chinese balloon we followed across the united ...

You misspoke there? >> yes, im sorry. >> you cant say it is a balloon? >> you have balloon on the brain right now. this was -- this was an object. just clarify, im not classifying it as a balloon right now. it is an object. were trying to learn more from it. that it landed on what -- on water that is frozen could help us assist and make it easier for us to try to recover some of the debris. u.s. northern command is examining what the possibilities for that are. >> you said you have no knowledge ...

Willing to defend our border, defend our skies and defend our people. >> if some amateur recover froms and pilots in montana had not spotted this balloon it would be on its merry way vacationing off the coast of the bahamas right now. >> bret: you mentioned spy craft how do you handle that. >> we all have a chinese spy balloon in our pocket when you deal with that app. >> dealing with the chinese. >> talking about hunter bidens half-fake laptop story. this is an embarrassment. we dont know where...

You dont need to get into specifics. did we know what they were trying to collect, yes or no? >> yes, we understand. it is part of a broader suite of operations that china is undertaking. >> we knew what they were looking for? >> i think we should talk about this more explicitly in the classified session. >> u.s. officials are trying to look at the wreckage to figure out what the chinese were up to but they determined it had western parts with english writing and understood the manufacturer of t...

Last several hours. we are joined by christiane amanpour. i will get to your interview with the president of brazil in a moment. what do you make of this development, the u.s. shooting down this object? >> i was struck by the two very lengthy briefings from the white house and the pentagon within an hour of this having been shot down. with so little information. we know that because they say it has come down over frozen waters. we will know what it. sooner than they could get debris from the bal...

40,000, that is very different area when you talk about air space. >> neil: you know, a lot we dont know, this much we do, that the retribution a lot of people want to see in washington for what people did with the balloon, starting to pan out, might be the first of many. commerce department cited six technology firms and put them on a black list, ive seen this, you have seen this in the past as we did with russia, when they invaded ukraine, that list grows, there will be other cases and of cour...