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Chi chinese in particular but russia, north korea and iran from buying farmland in this country. look, thats something that people know about, that farmers know about that are on the ground in montana. and we need to stop that from happening because it puts our national security and our food security at risk. theyre both very much connected. >> yeah, senator tester, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> you bet, thank you, anderson. >> joining us now cnn political commentator adam kinzin...

According to u.s. defense officials the one that we first heard about over montana several days ago, that one has a surveillance capability thats somewhat comparable to a satellite. the difference is most of these chinese spy satellites that exist that are taking pictures of the u.s. pretty much every day, theyre in a lower earth orbit. this is hovering around 60,000 feet. so presumably, it may be able to get a clearer picture than some of the satellites. what we dont know is how sophisticated t...

Discussions we were to have. >> bidens white house secretary is saying they back up blinkens decision to postpone the trip. they also say that despite china saying they regret what happened and this is a civilian aircraft, of course, that is something they do not believe. biden, we understand, got his first briefing on tuesday, and during that meeting, he asked for military options. we know now he has been counselled by his top military advisers to not shoot down this balloon. >> why not? >> the...

Anything else this whole episode has revealed to me the degree of anxiety and insecurity, particularly on the right, where there is a kind of paranoia about what is going on in china, what the chinese can do, and its very troubling because, look, this is a very, very serious relationship that we need to be able to approach in a way that secures americas interest, preserves the peace, make sure we deter china, and it doesnt help to have a collective freakout over a balloon. >> well, until we know...

Pops, right? >> ive seen a lot of interesting theories. people wanting to take a giant claw and tear it. im like, i wish we had giant claws to do that. first of all, it wont pop. if you shoot it, its not like a birthday balloon. it would create a hole in it which the air could escape from. so theres a way to maybe manage how many hoels you put in the balloon. i dont think its going to be that easy. if you want to destroy it, destroy it. but i think when it finally does come down -- and the secre...

But i think its important they do that. k it is the notionim oportant tt down, i think is something that will only that that talk will only increase if we dont o get some some information as the american peoplenl, those of us in the press, thoseis abo who are concerned about this, about whut y they are not doing that. i thought the brigadier general was fine. but we need we ier gene need somethingve t more comprehensive, i think, to give people a sense, because at the heart, this if we dont send...

Questions about exactly what it was doing here and where its going to wind up. >> colonel leighton, we bring you in here. what we do know is its in our airs space. there have been a lot of calls to make sure its no longer in the airspace and bring it down. should that happen? >> what you want to do is you want to gain the intelligence value that you can from this particular balloon because you know that there are sensors on there. you want to prove your case if you are the united states governme...

Would track it and be aware of it. but again i think it was ham—fisted and i think it was a bad move by beijing. [30 ham-fisted and i think it was a bad move by beijing.— bad move by beiing. do you think there _ bad move by beiing. do you think there is _ bad move by beijing. do you think there is no _ bad move by beijing. do you think there is no danger - bad move by beijing. do you think there is no danger that the us could ramp up militarily and actually this escalate? well, it would be h...

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About is this isnt the first or last time. because if this balloon is allowed to float freely, how many more balloons are they allowed to launch. >> also, if china can do it, balloon technology is probably not that advanced, but theres probably a lot of other countries that could doit as well. >> certainly there could be. we could do something like this as well. but the violation of the air space is a serious deal. its one thing if a balloon would fly over international waters off the coast of t...