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Balloon as it may its way overhead. another witness described it as a show for the beachgoers. heres what he had to say. >> people were outside. they were in the parking lots, pulling over on the side of the road. all the beach accesses, it almost looked like it was summertime the way the beach access was packed with people. i actually went to one of the local condominiums and went up to the 15th floor on it because i knew i would have a better vantage point to be able to see it at a higher poin...

A day before a U.S. military jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the countrys Atlantic Coast on Saturday, Colombias military confirmed a sighting of an airborne object similar to a... | February 5, 2023

State to be in china and the white house and department of defense knew that they were waiting for this balloon to be ove over u.s. waters which would be by the weekend. would it be wise or detrimental for the secretary of state to be in china while the takedown of its balloon was taking place? >> look, the fundamental question is are we talking to the chinese as a gift to them or are we talking to the chinese to secure americas interests in the world, to secure a degree of pre predict ability a...

Biden just two days away from that address. the state of the union address. do we have any idea if the final preparations for that is changed, frankly, considering the new challenge the house is now facing? >> well be making any new spy balloon jokes. john it was always likely to be mentioned during the state of the union, because of the incredibly complicated relationship that we have with that country. we need, china and they need. us because of things like trade agriculture. this will certain...

About five minutes and started seeing some jet trails coming from the west, and one in particular seemed like it was coming fast and coming straight toward the balloon, and from there suddenly we saw something take off from the jet and knew it was a missile and you could see the explosion. didnt hear anything, but saw the explosion of the balloon, and it seemed like it was falling apart and starting to come down. its stretched out into the ocean. hard to see, but its still out there. >> its like...

Explosion, didnt hear anything, missile, and you could see the explosion, didnt hearanything, but saw the explosion of the balloon. gosh, it was almost like a moving cloud _ gosh, it was almost like a moving cloud coming down. and then the smoke _ cloud coming down. and then the smoke was— cloud coming down. and then the smoke was gone and itjust started slowly— smoke was gone and itjust started slowly going down further out towards — slowly going down further out towards the ocean.— slo...

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Taking over the leasing of l.a. port and we had massive collective freak out. didnt allow it to happen. and of course meanwhile, people probably dont know, but the port of delaware is currently run by another dubai company. it feels like a spasm that goes through the system. >> it does. i think as a bit of an aside, one of the reasons that youre getting in that in this case is because in terms of u.s. media, you have a visual. americans could look up and see a balloon. media across the country i...

Dont want. >> we were just talking about the balloon issue -- the balloon issue this weekend. but that plays a role in what hes going to face on tuesday as well. >> yes. i had a leadership source reach out to me last week and they said republicans were talking about condemning how the biden administration handled the balloon. if they do pull the trigger on that, thats going to be on tuesday. theyll be condemning the president right before he comes on the house floor and makes his speech. thats o...

Im here joined by my panel. congresswoman jayapal, let me start with you. whats your reaction to this chinese spy balloon scandal, controversy, whatever you want to call it? do you agree with your colleague, congressman adam smith that president biden ultimately handled it all correctly? >> jake, its great to see you. yes, i do agree with representative smith. i think the thing here is the president prioritized the safety of the american people. that was his number one priority. it should have b...