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

United _ republicans. but china needs the united states consumers right now. and the _ united states consumers right now. and the other problem is that everyone _ and the other problem is that everyone is trying to or seem to overlook— everyone is trying to or seem to overlook is— everyone is trying to or seem to overlook is that 66 ping has some overlook is that gg ping has some problems— overlook is that 66 ping has some problems in china. look at the uprising — problems in china. look...

Between the interactions objectively between the military and our president in making a sober decision of how to handle the crisis is very, very much different than what must have been going on inside of china. >> and china lost a balloon and a summit they wanted, because they wanted to speak to u.s. officials as they try to revive their economy after two to three rough years. >> yes, this is self-defeating overreach on the part of xi jinpings regime really. >> yes, and it is a good point, becau...

This was miles out from where we were that we went this morning, and they essentially again, told us to turn back around, john. they followed us for a bit to make sure we were turning around. very serious making sure that perimeter stays. they believe this should be an easy recovery because its only about 47 feet of water that that balloon crashed down to. >> remarkable search effort under way. lets bring the conversation in the room, joining me to share the reporting and insights, manu raju, ai...

Acceleration of this side of the plane, this side of the quake, moved the buildings in such a way that if a building was here, and the ground moved, the building wanted to shift. and the top couldnt keep up with it. all of a sudden the building falls this way or if it does actually catch up to the base that has just been accelerated, shoved over, it can fall back because all of the braces of the building have been broken on the way the earthquake happened. john? >> chad myers, stunning. stunning...

Space that was safe. now, we just heard seven miles and theres a parameter now in the water of 20 miles, so we dont know what would have happened if we shot it down over the ground, and then republicans say, why not over water. so they are playing a political game before the state of the union address where the president is going to be stating how well the united states of america is doing, and recovering from the pandemic, and inflation, and anything to stop that from happening. >> congressman ...

The strategic competition between the u.s. and chinese communist party, also a member of the house intelligence committee, very good to have you with us, congressman. >> thank you, katy. >> what can you think about reasons, motivations, for china to put this out in front of us, to make sure the public saw what they were doing? >> i dont know. what we know is the ccp has used these high altitude balloons at other times. it appears they did it three times during the trump administration. we see th...

House select committee on strategic competition between the united states and the chinese communist party. the bbc was brnging you earthquake coverage, so i had to hustle him into our newsroom camera. itll look a bit different, but the guest was too good to let slide. congressman, do you think the balloon should have been shot down before it got to south carolina? i do think the balloon should have been shot down before south carolina. now im open to the idea that there are some strategic or ope...

I know you said that president biden should have shot the balloon down the moment it entered u.s. airspace. the pentagon said the payload attached to the balloon weighed thousands of pounds with an expected debris field of some 15 football fields by 15 football fields. knowing what you know now, do you still think it should have been shot down immediately as soon as it entered the u.s.? >> yeah, wolf, i think it should have been shot down previous to entering the u.s. maybe i wasnt clear on that...

Into the united states, was there an open -- could it have been shot down earlier? >> i think so, abby, but there are certain things you have to consider when you look at this because for one thing, youve got this timeline here. norad detected this on the 28th of january. and the president wasnt briefed until tuesday the 31st. by that time a lot of paths had been crossed right there lets go to alaska where the first sightings occurred and theres some reporting that the balloon actually overflew ...