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Beijing as a result. the balloon is believed to have come down in relatively shallow water and any wreckage easily retrieved. the americans hope they will then be able to work out exactly what the chinese were up to. tim allman, bbc news. earlier i spoke to robert daly, director of the kissinger institute on china and the united states. he told me how serious this situation is for us—china relations. first, as you say, it is going to be fascinating. the question is, how important is it going t...

Fly a balloon over their nuclear facilities. what are they going to do about it? they will let it fly over the whole country before they sheet down over south carolina. they have been flipping us off for a long time. this is only an issue because its not an issue for china. joining us, victor davis hanson. this story is bizarre to me because it doesnt seem like this is an anomaly. it only seems to be an anomaly because someone saw the balloon. >> i think there are two stories, you mentioned the ...

Buttigieg contended that the military took appropriate precautions to ensure minimal harm to civilians before shooting down the balloon.

Another trope being used by the White House was the balloon wasnt a

Down as soon as possible and they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground, decided the best way to do that was to wait till it got over water. in a statement, chinese foreign ministry accused the us of overreacting: it added: the whole incident has caused tensions in what is already a delicate relationship. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, cancelled a planned trip to beijing as a result. the balloon is believed to have come down in relatively shallow water and any wreckage...

Former british prime minister. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating across parts of 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 into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. chinas foreign ministry says it strongly disapproves of — and protests against — the us attack on a civilian unmanned a...

China has said that while the balloon did belong to, them it was a civilian airship for meteorological research. and they are not pleased u.s. rather the side. sky. we begin the coverage with gary grumbach at the white house and carrie circuit on capitol hill. good morning to both of. you gary, lets start with you. what is the white house saying this morning? >> white house and u.s. officials are not by the explanations for the chinese. they are firing back to a statement from friday yesterday. ...

U.s. recovered any parts of the chinese spy balloon? did the monitoring of the balloon during its journey as far as you know yield any worthwhile information for the u.s.? >> well, we wont know that until we get to a secure setting this week in washington, and probably most of that is something we wont be able to disclose in any great detail other than to say this, that is theyre going to try to recover this. apparently its in shallow waters. well see what they recover from it. i dont think the ...

Cia director that taiwan is almost about to be under attack we know china is going to attack them so knowing what we know about the -- about the attack taiwan, knowing that we just been having these balloon just floating all over the united states. are we prepared from a military perspective, sir? >> well, obviously, lawrence if we let the thing fly across our country were probably not prepared. they do this for three reasons one is to gather intel, of course. other is to gauge our reaction to i...

The White House wanted to keep the balloon secret fearing it would sabotage Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s planned diplomatic trip to China.