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Order yours now on blendjet.com welcome back to cnn newsroom. quick recap of our top story. the u.s. has shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon over the atlantic ocean after it drifted across america for several days. onlookers near the coast captured the moment it was struck by a single missile from a fighter jetle one official says debris from the large balloon and the platform it was carrying landed in about 47 feet of water. thats about 15 meters, and that should make it fairly easy to ...

Cnn the balloon didnt originate in costa rica and then disappeared. there was another report of a sighting this time in columbia. the air force said it was an altitude of above 55,000 feet and is working with other countries to determine the balloons origin. et the balloon has since left columbian airspace. the northeastern u.s. is thawing out from a deep freeze that brought bone-chilling and life-threatening temperatures. the windchill alerts have died down. we should be 5 to 10 degrees above...

WASHINGTON - A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon Saturday, after it spent nearly a week floating over U.S. territory. The airship fell in

The giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet, off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites, appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china says it was a weather observation device which strayed off course. tim allman reports. for days now, all eyes have been on the solitary object floating serenely through us airspace. was it a harmless weather balloon, or a spy in...

>> thats a perfect segue asking the kansas center now kansas senator marshall thank you so much for watching the program so watching this all china feels empowered but im sure putin is fist-bumping right now. what do you think russia is beginning to do? >> well lawrence thats a great question certainly this empowers russia and china and this was what we get when you have a weak commander in chief. we have a -- president that projectings weakness he project weakness in words in trembling voice wa...

Your ally? we send a balloon through their continent and they dont do anything? one of the first things that happened with the biden administration, they were humiliate by the chinese in anchorage, alaska. they destroyed drones in international waters of ours? 2001 they forced down and rammed a spy plane. they confiscated the plane. in their way of thinking our relationship is asymmetrical and they can do whatever they want. and this administration could have taken this thing down as it approach...

Law. anyone can fly about 60,000 feet. they can do whatever they want. was this a mid step by china? was it meant to be provocative? where we meant to see this balloon? >> that is a very, very, good question. you have to think that there is a strong possibility of that being the case. you cannot set off a balloon that goes all the way across the united states and imagine that it will not be spotted given the amount of surveillance that any country does to its own airspace. that balloon is bound ...

There have been multiple sightings of this white balloon from eyewitnesses in both costa rica and colombia. stefano is in boeing da, colombia because, this morning. what have authorities said about this? >> reporter: both the colombians and costa ricans have confirmed to cnn these sightings occurred. the military air force released a statement saying that they first sighted a second balloon over the colombian airspace on saturday. it was cruising 50,000 feet above sea level at around 30 miles pe...

Investigation, and a hearing in his defense subcommittee in the senate. its not just republicans who are worried that the biden administration is not acting in time to shoot this balloon down. but now that it is down, all hands on deck for the administration to provide answers to congress, starting with a game of eight. briefing it will happen as soon as lawmakers return as early as tomorrow night. the gang of, a run by the top leaders in the house of the, said its including leadership on the ho...

Earlier and any americans had been injured, the same people calling for him to have shot it down early would be on him saying he acted recklessly. so no, he acted presidentially. >> he clearly wanted to wait until this big balloon was over the water and all the wreckage and what was inside the balloon couldnt hurt anyone on the ground. what do you think, mr. secretary, was chinas intended purpose in sending this huge balloon over the continental united states? >> well, it really is baffling. i c...