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>> there was no hostile act or hostile intent. that would be the first. there was no impact to aviation routes, which would be another piece of that. the other would be, there was no, at the time, there was no suspected impact to critical intelligence gathering ability, in terms of infrastructure. that changed as the balloon made -- as it path continued. and as we reconstruct the path, we are not correspond with intelligence gathering in alaska. and based on that, the assessment continued from n...

Played a role. the new info just in from capitol police in a minute. the chances of finding survivors of the deadly earthquakes are beginning to shrink and shrink quickly with more than 20,000 people now killed. we are live on the ground with whats happening around the clock. well take you there in just a second. im hallie jackson in washington, along with dan de luce, our nbc news national affairs reporter at the pentagon. ali vitale, live on capitol hill. a lot going on, help us mick make se...

Know, no real sense of urgency and no explanation of the american people of why it was or not a threat. i expected actually in the state of the union to have some sort of explanation or at least some reassurance to the american people that this was not a balloon that accomplished its mission, it is somehow we have something going on that was able to stop what chinas intended purpose of spying on america and he didnt address any of that. now, we get to the point in the back end where hes saying n...

There is no doubt the balloons equipment was "for intelligence surveillance" and not what youd find on a weather balloon, as the chinese have claimed. on capitol hill, pentagon officials grilled about why it wasnt shot down when it first crossed into u.s. airspace over alaska. >> as an alaskan, i am so angry. to me, the clear message to china is, we got free range in alaska. >> reporter: both of montanas senators saying the balloon should never have made it to their state. >> i dont want a damn ...

The State Department spokesperson said the balloon was capable of collecting communications and data via a satellite and had “multiple antennas.”

Balloon ultimately towards the end of the process here and he said, yes, he does and thats different from what were hearing from kevin mccarthy and other top republicans who believe that the u.s. mishandled this issue. >> interesting that they landed on criticizing the resolution, china, because i know that there had been some consideration among republicans to direct their frustration and this resolution at the biden administration itself. what changed? >> reporter: yeah, they were concerned ab...

Reporter: while defense learns more about chinas vast surveillance operation -- >> i got a problem with the chinese balloon flying over my state. >> top military officials were grilled on capitol hill and a tense oversight hearing led by democrat senator john tester. >> i want to know if we knew what the chinese were trying to collect. >> we can probably get into details more in a classified hearing. >> you can say yes or no. not specifics. did we know what they were trying to collect, yes or no...

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The need so many have for life-saving treatment. david? >> marcus moore tonight. marcus, our thanks to you, as well. well have more on the devastation here and of course, how can you help, later tonight right here on this broadcast. in the meantime, were going to turn to the other news at home tonight, the urgent hunt for pieces of that chinese spy balloon. u.s. officials revealing the balloon was equipped for very say lebs, but also for monitoring communications. and tonight, theres more pres...

That the fbi has been doing, john, in the coming hours, but a lot more work to do from that standpoint. >> a lot more work to do but the fbi beginning, just beginning to share some information. evan, thanks for kicking us off. to the pentagon and natasha bertrand joins us there. just what the united states is learning and what happened in the early days. >> reporter: interesting detail we are told with sources familiar with the house intelligence committee briefing by the administration on this,...