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Emmy-winning journalist Harris Faulkner provides the latest news with insightful analysis and interviews with top newsmakers.

And it turns out the general is a quality insurance company thats been saving people money for nearly 60 years. for a great low rate, and nearly 60 years of quality coverage- go with the general. the chinese balloon saga has finally and thankfully come to an end. president biden gave the order to shoot down the suspected surveillance balloon that had been in u.s. airspace for the last few days. it was struck down off the carolina coast with a single missile. personally, i am delighted that we no...

Republicans in washington are slamming the delay in response, calling this a win for china. >> i think the humiliation this week was inflicted by the chinese communist on the president. again, we should have shot down this balloon over the aleutians as opposed to letting it float all across middle america on its merry way. the idea that we were going to let this go all across america, let a supply balloon complete its spy mission before we shot it down, im afraid is an embarrassment to the unite...

Joining me now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, and nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly odonnell. let me play for you what republicans are saying about the spy balloon and the administrations reaction to it. >> the u.s. had to see this coming and decided they couldnt or wouldnt do anything about it early on. >> imagine how this would have played out if nobody had taken any pictures of the balloon f nobody in montana had looked up and noticed this giant balloon. >> the...

The eyes of many people gimp their usual obsession with sovereignty and national security. but i do want to mention one late breaking development that is a short while ago, china for the first time admitted a second balloon spotted in the skies over latin america last week was also theirs. and theyre very much sticking to the same story line claiming that was also a civilian vessel used for testing flights but it drifted off course, according to the weather. a foreign ministry official explained...

They can see the video of it for those who werent in the path of this balloon, and at the same time, cant imagine sort of the weight and scope of what you described of the payload and the equipment involved. people can relate to what this means. if it had come raining down at full speed after being sort of destroyed by a missile, there would have been damage, and so the biden administration said it created it was better to wait until it was just offshore and that the chances of recovering usable...

Overreaction. >> does the balloon we can u.s.-chinese relations? >> no. we made it clear to china what we are going to do. they understand our position. >> reporter: the white house has similar chinese spy balloons entered u.s. airspace at least three times during the trump years, though this information was discovered after the prior administration left. biden officials would not say how or when they found out about those balloons. while china also uses satellites, balloons are easier to maneuv...

The question was did president xi know about this balloon? look, i dont know this from intelligence, but common sense very clearly indicates of course he knew. this was a very prostvocative a on chinas part. they knew we would know this balloon was there. they knew it was during the very time that secretary blinken was going to be in china. that wuasnt just a coincidence they clearly could have launched it at a different time. i think they were making a very bold political statement, and to comp...

Tonight and the chinese balloon story. the pentagon revealing today that the u.s. navy has collected a majority of that chinese aircraft shot down over the weekend off the south carolina coast. and the senior u.s. general responsible for bringing down that balloon, making a stunning admission. there were four more spy balloons. one under president joe biden and three during the trump administration. we are going to have more on my just a moment. the other big headline, all officials in ohio and ...

Was a member of the senate intelligence committee personal turned to lucas tomlinson light at the white house with reaction from chinese leaders this morning, hello lucas. >> called the shootdown of his balloon and overreactions" reserve the right >> for that response is necessary. president biden said he gave the order to shoot it out on wednesday when it was safe to do so. >> decided the best time to do that was when it got over water. xbox news exclusive video shows the moment f-22 raptor out...