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>> well, im not going to -- i didnt go to the classified briefing because i knew i would talk to you. instead i have had a discussion yesterday and here is what i can tell you. first of all, the tool package and equipment package on that balloon was enormous. second of all, we were not able to jam the transmissions, unlike what has been reported. the third thing is, we tracked that thing for a significant period of time and for whatever reason this administration chose not to dismantle it. the f...

China balloon part of large fleet used to collect intelligence: US

Of course, hes up for re-election in 2024 and montana played a big role in all this. he went into the briefing saying that he really felt like the administration needed to justify its actions and he did want to hear more so people have a lot of questions that they want answered and to that end there have also been a handful of briefings or a handful of hearings, rather, here on the hill throughout the day and i want to let you listen to the deputy secretary of state. heres what she was telling l...

"A key piece" of the US response was being "able to exploit and understand this balloon and its capabilities fully," a US official said Thursday.

The chinese balloon. that courtesy of classified congressional briefings. american defense officials and the fbi. briefers telling lawmakers behind closed doors in their view the american side won this round of spy games with china. they say beijing gleaned little intelligence from the balloon and say the balloon itself stopped transmitting once the united states discovered it floating above american soil. and these briefers telling congress they believe washington has now recovered what amounts...

We will learn more about the exact nature of the intelligence that they were trying to collect as we dive in more to what we find. but its important for meme to know that even as this balloon traversed over the united states, you know, our national security werent standing still. there would have been a couple of things that would have been done that were important. the first thing, we would have taken a hard look at the path of this balloon moving over the united states and look at what was in ...

Didnt move earlier to shoot down the balloon because of concerns that military escalation, potential military escalation if they took steps too early here in the process and when i asked congressman mike gal georglagher, he pushed. >> what you know now, do you think the u.s. was right to wait to shoot down the balloon? >> no. >> why do you say that? they seem to think it could have escalated military tensions with china or -- ? thats buying into the ccps narrative and us defending our own airspa...

To do -- are able to do this kind of analysis on one of these and so they expect to learn a lot more, abby. >> thats right. jessica dean and evan perez, thank you both very much for those updates. lets continue this discussion. shawn turner cnn national security analyst and former director of communications at the u.s. office of national intelligence. also with us is cnn military analyst and retired army major general james "spider" marks. shawn, to you, this new cnn reporting that the balloon...

And was linked to chinas military. the balloon was destroyed off the us east coast, having already travelled over large parts of the country. the biden administration believes beijing is behind a huge aerial spy programme, using a fleet of balloons to gather intelligence from more than a0 countries. heres us deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman speaking at the senate foreign relations committee. at a hearing in washington today, senators pressed defence officials for more information on just...

Conversations. and also that these balloons were actually part of a fleet that were flown over more than 40 countries across five continents. learning more there about the actual capabilities that the balloon had and just how large this fleet actually was. in briefings today, u.s. officials did emphasize that ultimately, the u.s. has protocols to protect its sensitive information and we are told by a senior administration official that the balloon actually was not very sophisticated in terms of ...