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The party of jokers making a bigger joke about it from solves this past week. and lets not forget marjorie taylor greene and particular. the far-right gop congresswoman said the great donald trump wouldve never allowed china to fly a spy balloon over our country. right. well, he actually did. at least three times, in fact, according to the u.s. department of defense. so, i want to speak now to someone whos been racking up views online by documenting the idiocy of a lot of republicans in realtime...

Uniformed men inspecting possible debris on a boat. however, cnn cant confirm that it came directly from the balloon. and cnns alex marquardt has more on the u.s. response to the balloon. >> reporter: we are now learning more about how and when president joe biden was informed about the suspected chinese spy balloon crossing the united states and his decision to eventually shoot it down on saturday. biden was first told about the balloon on tuesday, four days before it was eventually shot down a...

In the air. obviously, its a nod to their gun loving followers. i do think that 80% of those republicans that posted that were probably doing it as a joke, but then youve got a republican like kari lake he doesnt really have a firm grasp on reality. she still thinks she can win an election that she lost three months ago. so i worry that maybe hes been shooting at the sky for the last 48 hours. she might even take credit for popping the balloon. but, i do think the balloon situation provided an o...

Last november. even though china has never taken any steps to try to bring down the temperature. as history democratic presidents only take action like shooting down this balloon once her hand is forced. i think civilians and montana identify this balloon force the presidents hand. i think its an open question this had not become public, the administration had not brought this matter to congress thursday afternoon after is about to become public with the present wouldve shot down the balloon onc...

If our adversaries think this is important, we need to thwart it and we need to respond. with respect to this balloon obviously, you know, the administration has indicated theyll try to collect whatever is left of having this strewn across the ocean to see what we can learn there. were going to find what signals intelligence that the administration might have been able to capture from that to understand what this was doing, but they need to make clear to all our adversaries you are not going to ...

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

Former national security adviser John Bolton said that it would be problematic if alleged Chinese spy balloons transited ...

>> emily: sean on the heels of this critique, a scathing editorial that was quite factual in its assessment of president bidens response in the admissions dont make the administrations handling of the balloon. there is no such immunity of parties selling this fantasy we will be safe if we can draw from engagement overseas. the biden administration should be helping americans understand the reality of chinas rapidly advancing military technology rather than patting itself on the back with mission...

It is a moment for the president to lay down the marker of where he stands on major issues of global importance. and of course right now we have this new issue with the chinese balloon that has flown over the united states, the heavy criticism that president biden has faced. we expect him to talk about china policy, not clear yet whether he will address the balloon specifically. >> lets get some answers on that. with me now is keisha lance bottoms, a white house senior adviser for public engagem...

From an f-22 fighter jet. >> frank one, splash one. the balloon is completely destroyed. >> boom! >> reporter: back on land, cameras capturing the spectacle. the pentagon saying they have already recovered portions of the balloon, which spanned 200 feet and carried a technology bay the size of three buses. a special team trained in handling explosive heading out to the site in the event that the debris contains hazardous material. unmanned, underwater vehicles will sweep for scraps. officials in...