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Versus autocracy. the republican criticisms will be hyperbolic, and i think the american people themselves can sort out what is a thoughtful critique and those saying he should resign because of the balloon. his administration is pursuing a whole bunch of issues and trying to frame the issue for the next two years, because there will be a lot of noise about china. this is the one chance you have on the biggest stage possible to frame that, and i would not get stuck in the weeds of the balloon an...

Issue being concerned about any risk to life and property on the ground. but also anything in between. the very high altitude that this balloon was flying at. and all of the commercial aviation and general aviation activities that were going on between the ground and that high altitude. because, of course, anything that was -- that was falling, would fall through that airspace. its one of the reasons why there is the close coordination set up from early in the process. and them ultimately that l...

Focused on this balloon. >> make no mistake, that balloon was intentionally launched as a calculated show of force. we have to stop being naive about the threat we face from china. >> reporter: the commander of northern command and norad acknowledged that there was an awareness gap that allowed three balloons to overfly parts of the united states during the trump administration. chinas initial apology for this latest incident they claim was a weather balloon has turned into indignation. china sa...

>> thank you, carlos. and joining us is james clapper, the former director of national intelligence under president obama. and now i want to put up these images of the u.s. navy, and i believe they are fascinating of what is being pulled in, and a much closer look at what they are recovering from the chinese spy balloon, and we will put them up when we get them, but what are you seeing here? >> it looks to me as part of the larger deringer and the suite carried by the balloon, itself, and this i...

Bipartisan when it comes to china. does president biden act tougher on what he would want to do? >> they are not the easiest speeches to work on, and i think the real challenge is, you dont want to get too stuck in the news cycle. right now everybody is focused on the balloon. the state of the union is one chance each year to not just speak to the people in the chamber but over their heads to the american people. yes, address this balloon and then step back and say this is what i am doing to pre...

>> john: new photos show navy crews recovering part of the chinese spy flight. at least ten sightings, six during the trump administration and four during the biden administration. pentagon confirming at least five so far with the top general saying the past incursions went undetected. why didnt u.s. military sensors pick them up. thats a question to get an answer to. bring in our panel, retired general keith kellogg and former under secretary of the army patrick murphy. you were here for three ...

>> another interesting -- did you want to -- >> no, no, no. i was going to say you have that story breaking now and, of course, the last couple of days the balloon. >> a little issue of a chinese spy balloon. we didnt get to that. eugene robinson, monica alba, matthew dowd, jeff nussbaum, thank you so much. appreciate you both. the president is, we have been told, making final edits to the speech including about the chinese spy balloon shot down over the weekend. the search for debris continue...

Norad yesterday who told us that there was a domain awareness gap in what the u.s. has been able to detect in terms of where these balloons actually are. thats why this balloon in particular that we saw travel over montana last week went undetected by the u.s. before, of course, it was traveling into u.s. airspace. this was a report that was sent to congress. we know now that the administration has been aware of these balloons for quite some time. guys? >> thank you. for more on this, cnn mili...

Some breaking news were following right now. new reporting on the aftermath of the tyre nichols fatal beating by memphis police. one of the five police officers now charged with murder took a picture of him bloodied dazed and handcuffed and sent it to five people. the times citing police department documents released this earlier today. now the chinese balloon, the navy providing our first look at pieces of the chinese spy balloon shot down over the weekend off the coast of south carolina. and j...

China has released a pile of goodwill to improve its ties with Washington, but if the US wants China to behave in a meek and subservient manner, it would be nothing more than a pipe dream.