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Specifically this is where it should have been shot down? what are they talking about? >> they simply dont know, jake, at the moment. theres still so much uncertainty about exactly where this could have safely been shot down. they seem to believe that there was an opportunity to shoot down this balloon at some point through its journey across the united states where it would not have endangered american lives. jake, again, theres a vacuum of information on capitol hill and were not getting answe...

Hello, im christian fraser. youre watching the context on bbc news. the chinese balloon that went on an incredible journey. house republicans are weighing a resolution condemning the biden administration for its handling of the spy balloon. china says the american response is an over reaction. blue monday for manchester city. the premier league files over 100 charges against the club for breaking fair play rules. and beyonce misses herfirst grammy of the night, stuck, in la traffic! tonight with...

Chinese officials knew about this and when, in terms of if president xi knew this balloon was going to be going over the u.s. while blinken was planning for this trip or if the ministry with foreign affairs knew as they were talking to the state department about the trip. national security adviser jake sullivan said the u.s. is assessing that, and trying to figure out what they knew when. >> kiley, thank you very much. at the state department for us, lets take a closer look at the intelligence v...

Blinken making the first trip by a cabinet official in the biden administration to china over the weekend. that was canceled. this comes at a time when both countries were trying to settle some sort of baseline in a relationship that was quickly going south. what do you make of the timing here? >> exactly. in co this couldnt have come at a worst time with blinken on his way to beijing. and my feeling is we dont know what is going on in beijing. the military could have sent this balloon. they obv...

They dont have knowledge of this if they request those briefings at some point in time. the recognition is this has become a political issue on a very political week with the presidents state of the union coming up and white house officials believe both on the decision making in this process, they believe they made the right choices, particularly now as dianne is laying out, they believe they can collect a lot of the payload and information that was part of this because it landed in water and no...

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David preparing for the state of the union but getting updates on this. the administration has not said a lot, this is from a defense department official, immediate steps to protect against the balloons sensitive information mitigating its intelligence value. the team has not talked about this publicly. if they were jamming it preventing it from sending intelligence back to china no harm leaving it in the sky. if it is capturing air force bases missile silos, then republicans might have a point....

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Up to it and the white house seems to be playing defense to some extent right now. >> look, abby, you heard from republicans who made clear from the first time it was made public that this balloon was over the continental united states, that they believed the white house officials and the presidents should have signed off on it being shot down immediately over montana. officials have made clear the military leadership, secretary lloyd austin and mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of s...

Beijing describing the u.s. decision to shoot down the balloon is an obviously overreaction, they say. they insist, still, that it was a weather balloon, just a civilian balloon. the pentagon says this was an attempt to spy on strategic locations in the u.s., and they say its not the first time. they say at least four other chinese balloons have been spotted in our airspace over the last few years. nbc news white house correspondent, mike memoli, along with george solis on the ground in south ca...