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Anything, turn a blind eye to it. thats quite troubling to see, that china got more aggressive, as a result of no action by president trump. there are certainly guardrails, they wanted to keep these relationships under control. but its been at the working level, in the situation will increase tensions, and make it harder. quite frankly, being confident in what china says to the united states in direct conversations. >> general mccaffrey, when it comes to the now revealed that we have had several...

And we knew that was a missile, and you could see the explosion. gosh, it was almost like a moving cloud coming down. its scary. it is a different way of spying on us, lets put it that way. i the us navy is now recovering debris spread over seven miles in relatively shallow water. down to earth, the us shoots down a suspected spy balloon monitoring us military sites... this was how america woke up to the news on sunday morning. late yesterday, an air force fighter jet fired a single air to air m...

Sovereignty, i think they have an obligation to let the president of the united states know that immediately so that he can then decide what steps are going to be taken in order to protect the company. >> as we can see in the map, and i can describe it to you, the chinese balloon was spotted near a number of u.s. military bases from montana, through the middle of the country, all the way over to the carolinas. i know you probably know exactly where all those bases are. and u.s. officials said th...

Interest in getting the material, getting the debris and being able to conduct intelligence operations of our own, of the united states, against the chinese for this balloon? >> i really cant. anything on the tactics and timing and manner of it ultimately comes to the pentagon. im just glad there was no damage or threat to u.s. aviation operations and that that operation took place, was done in a very effective, excellent way, as you would expect from the american military without any consequenc...

Down — after it was seen flying over us airspace for days, including above sensitive military sites. beijing has accused america of an over—reaction, with chinas foreign ministry insisting the balloon was for weather research. our correspondent barbara plett usher reports from beijing. four days, this solitary object floated serenely ——for days, this solitary object floated serenely through us airspace, putting a diplomatic crisis onto television screens in real time. was it or homeless ...

Depended upon china? how are we going to make our medicine here? i hope -- i dont know, i have no insight, i think they are still writing, it tell you the truth. how are we not going to not be dependent on china for minerals for those evs and build our supply here? but i know he is working on it, he has to outline that vision. >> speaking of china, i want your thoughts about the chinese spy balloon, the war of words, that is now being waged between beijing and washington. what do you make of the...

Respond? >> they were, they should have shot it over alaska. to make matters worst, they celebrated once they shot it down over the atlantic ocean as if they just killed osama bin laden but the balloon had been able to complete its mission. it reminds me of the infamous russian spies hanson of the fbi and james of the cia, we didnt boost after we captured them after decades of spying. the hen house had already been ransacked by the fox. mike: what should be u.s. priorities as it relates to china...

Us navy divers have been working to recover equipment from the chinese balloon that was shot down off the coast of south carolina. our correspondent barbara plett—usher reports from beijing. for days, this solitary object floated serenely through us airspace, putting a diplomatic crisis onto television screens in real time. was it or homeless weather balloon, as a chinese claimed? or a spy in the sky? moments after it arrived over the atlantic, the us brought an explosive end to the drama. tha...

In the water when, still highly likely that it is very damaged at this point. >> i asked general mccaffrey this question as well. im wondering what you think of it. do you suspect this balloon was operating autonomously? do you think it would be controlled by china as it was floating over the united states? >> in some of the press accounts, it seems they thought china could maneuver it to some degree. it is a balloon. its not like an aircraft that can be moved wherever it needs to go or they wou...

Intelligence, esper was a former secretary of defense. you think they would know if this happen. >> pompeo former director of the cia, john bolden who hates trump says this didnt happen. i think the allegations that trump knew this happened under trump i think it is hot air. >> the reality are these the same sources who told us the drone was a taliban guy and it was a poor aid worker or the intel people of the biden administration was going to withhold the a information in the people who lied th...