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Saying, really, you would youre not even going afterba a balloon right now, sean. lloon,n: does by the way, does e believe that the u.s. would protect taiwan? >>in f if if, in fact, china gos for their reunification? >> does anyone believe they will? i dont think joe biden to lift a finger and i think president xi knows it. and i think they have all determined that joe biden s doesnt know todays friday. >> the scarier question is ,andn would you trust joe biden to be commander in chief? to defen...

The minds of a lot of people that something was going on here. this wasntjust a balloon that had been caught up in the wings and wafted in the wrong direction. we had renewed calls for some republicans, including the former president donald trump, for this thing to be taken out of the air immediately. theres already been some criticism in republican circles for what they see as a delay, but the biden administration did not want to imperil people. they could have potentially be hit by debris. nor...

Incursion into american air space. i commend president bidens leadership in taking down the chinese balloon over water to insure the safety for all americans. he says, quote: now we can collect the equipment and analyze the technology used by the communist party of china. and we also have a comment here from roger wicker. he is the new ranking republican on the armed services committee, and this is something, you know, to get the republican reaction here. he thinks -- and this is roger wicker fr...

Coast but i do know that from some people in the coast, they may got a better view of that part and i do know that some of the local meteorologists were talking about what might go in the ocean, that the military was going to have to retrieve it.— military was going to have to retrieve it. , , ., ., retrieve it. yes, they will have to to retrieve it. yes, they will have to no in retrieve it. yes, they will have to go in and — retrieve it. yes, they will have to go in and fish _ retrieve it. ...

Imminent, buti mission to shoot the balloon down is imminent, but i wonder about for you guys and people around you, did you get any sense of that? yes. guys and people around you, did you get any sense of that?— get any sense of that? yes, i think i miaht get any sense of that? yes, i think i might have _ get any sense of that? yes, i think i might have been _ get any sense of that? yes, i think i might have been the _ get any sense of that? yes, i think i might have been the last - get any s...

Farmland. its almost like china has biden by the balloons. if biden pops the chinese balloon it will do to unite the country than any of his stupid policies. everybody wants that thing lit up. give us a moment of unity, joe. we are begging you. look alive. >> mr. president. >> when and how will you [inaudible] [shouting questions] >> are you worried about the balloon? >> jesse: i mean, what are we talking about here? its a balloon, biden, pop it. watch it burn like the hindenburg, call a press c...

This type of balloon, a latex balloon, is a standard weather balloon that weather services around the world use. its kind of tan, its made out of latex rubber. a research balloon going longer distances with larger payloads, these are about 60 feet in diameter stressed out, but is made out of thin film poly. and this is what were seeing the pictures of this balloon from china. so it looks like it isnt being floated on a traditional weather balloon, but on a research or high altitude military ball...

Beijing on Saturday said that US media and politicians have hyped up the balloon incident and are using it to attack and smear China.

You just mentioned the cuban missile crisis, which clearly strikes very close to home down here for us in miami. are we at the point that its a crisis? are we really at the point where that word should be used? >> right now, the physical threat from this does not exist. there would be a physical threat if it were shot down, some responsible members of congress are calling for, the best way to harm the american people is to have debris falling for the sky over the united states. thats why the pre...

Sites and they keep gettinget away with it because we lett be causthem. no theres no consequences. tape, theres lots of questions, but>> commander in chief is awfully quiet. >> mr. president , we to mr.den? president , were going to get to work. thank you for coming here. thank you, professor. well, that last question, what is your message to china? >>as i guess, harold, is that were going to stopny bli anthony blinken from going over there. but but the real questionkn is do we knowkn how long t...