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Shooting it down, chinas reaction to us shooting it down is that it was unnecessary, and theyve called it a provocation. are you concerned about a tit for tat here, and what could that be? >> i think the provocation was sending this high altitude balloon over american airspace, violating our sovereignty, and president biden was well within his rights to agree with his military leaders who decided to shoot it down off the coast of the carolinas. im hopeful that the chinese dont do anything furthe...

Balloon that traveled across the united states before being shot down off the coast of south carolina on saturday. officials are saying that the debris was spread over about 7 miles in the ocean. the recovery effort is expected to take days, but its vitally important to finding out what exactly that spy balloon was doing. we want to go back to diane gallagher, who is live off a shrimp boat, off the carolina coast. thats where that recovery effort is underway. diane, earlier, you could see the re...

So-called gang of 8, thats the leaders both houses of both parties, and the chairman and ranking house and senate intelligence committees. they may ask about past incidents of chinese balloons over the u.s. were told there were at least four others that flew over the continental united states in the past few years, including, according to florida congressman mike waltz, over a year, texas and florida. republicans blasted biden for not taking action sooner. former president donald trump denied ha...

A similar balloon was shot down in US airspace by military jets on Saturday amid allegations that it was being used for surveillance.

Air space over alaska on january 28th, before heading into canada and then re-entering the continental u.s. last tuesday. >> came into the united states from canada. i told the defense department i wanted to shoot it down as soon as was appropriate. >> reporter: the balloon was allowed to drift over the nation until saturday. the pentagon determined shooting it down over land would risk lives on the ground. >> and martha raddatz with us here now. martha, youve been reporting on this all weekend ...

Therefore, the prudent thing is not the statements of congress, but the military who is in charge of making that assessm. the president did what he should do. he asked the appropriate authorities who have the ability to assess the balloon, and make a determination where it was the best place to take it down. when you get to the best place of taking it down, the safest place to take it down, take it down. and that is what they did. that is to me is the wise thing to do. >> so congressman, you als...

China accused the United States of 'indiscriminate use of force' after officials shot down a suspected spy balloon.

If not, through ankara who is going to have their own concerns right now. >> ambassador francis ricciardone, thank you for giving your unique perspective at this difficult time. and so now, the navy is trying to retrieve debris from that balloon that was shot down over the weekend. a live report of what they have found so far. come on in. [ chuckles ] the more, the merrier. paris, huh? bonjour! we got a any out-of-towners in the elevator? tom. it is not t easy. 10th floor, huh? must be a heck ...

Not to go to beijing, i view this differently. i think he probably should have gone to beijing to keep those lines of communications open. thats exactly what you have to have in circumstances like this. you cannot shut down when the narrative is this is ratcheting up. we cant allow that to happen. look, i would say that when you look at this balloon technology, look, ive launched balloons with different sensors on the bottom of them when ive in different places around the globe. its an effective...

Reaction from lawmakers in d.c. oin on the sunday shows. >> the message what they believe internally, united states once great super power, in decline. >> complete the mission before we shot it down is embarrassment to the united states. >> it makes us look weak and flatfooted on the world stage. its time to push back before its too late, before something more dangerous than a balloon is flying over american territory. >> john: like sacking the quarterback after the game is over. what do you mak...