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Asleep at the switch here. >> it does seem odd it traversed over the islands of u.s. territory and ultimately over canada we could have taken actions with our allies. the president gave the order and ultimately defense department carried it out. they did scramble fighter jets over montana did impose a ground stop there so surprised they didnt take it down there. there is a claim perhaps there was concern about damage to folks on the ground or the buildings, well see what we are able to gather. w...

They try to collect, you know, they collect on the ground. >> joel, now, president biden said that he gave the order to shoot down the balloon on wednesday. those orders were just carried out, of course, today. was there a national security risk in waiting those few days? and if there was, was the risk worth and given the number of americans who may have been endangered? >> well, secretary castro, thank you for having me tonight. the president, he is really executing this in a flawless manner. i...

A second Chinese spy balloon is currently traversing Latin America, Pentagon confirmed late on Feb. 3 amid rising ...

>> we talked how interesting the timing was with what was going on with the corn mill here and that coming to an end. >> and now the balloon, which is only adding to already-tense relations between the u.s. and china. >> just, again, speaks volumes to the situation with respect to china. they are our greatest geopolitical threat. they are a threat economically and militarily, and we need to take it serious. >> we want to get some perspective now from intelligence analyst, john miller. a balloon ...

At some point if it continues on this path it will no longer be above our airspace and in the control and domain of the united states. is there a point in time where they are going to have to make a decision to destroy it or wait for it to land controlled? >> if they want to look at it from a legalistic standpoint, its better if you bring it down if your territorial waters. thats what you want to do. you want to bring it down in a way that you can control every single last aspect of it. certainl...

Used actually to shoot the balloon down. there are surface to air missile systems, but those are fixed. we really dont have any of those operationally deployed in the continental united states. so the options are limited to fugter aircraft. >> do you know its necessarily going to fall over a particular area? meaning, if you use the weapon systems that you just identified and youre successful in hitting it, how long is it going to take for it to come down and do you know where it will land? >> th...

>> here we go, tom always good to see you. all right, we are still following this weather balloon as a chinese collet comments by a balloon super big that we call the next hour we have former defense secretary chuck, mark green the house homeland security committee chairman and it doesnt end there. adam smith ranking member, all of that and then after this. but at the end of the day, you know you have a team behind you that can help you. not having to worry about the future makes it possible to ...

They havent decided if theyre going to shoot it down. theyve decided against it thus far but its still an option on the table. >> joining us now dennis walder, currently a professor at georgetown university school of foreign service, also cnn military analyst, former nato supreme ally commander wes lei clark. professor just first of all what do you make of this reporting of a second spy balloon flyover latin america, does it undercut? >> oh, i think it does. the first balloon was unprecedented. ...

Who were engaged in his conduct is a good idea. but you want to make it a legislative youmove, not just a executive order. it is a good idea to try to ban chokeholds at least as far as a lot of criminologists are concerned, but you want to it through legislation. it will be tough, but the president will show that he is fighting for that faction of the democratic base. politically that is what matters most for him. >> perhaps by tuesday the fate of the surveillance balloon will be known. who know...

Saying that this is a civilian weather balloon thats blown 06 course and foreign ministry feel that the politicians and u.s. media are hyping this up to quote, attack and smear china. >> i want to go to the secretary under barack obama, good to have you. and china is essentially saying, this is no big deal,you in america are making a far bigger deal out of it. what do you think? >> well. [laughter] >> thats laughable, neil, and we know its laughable. i mean, i think the secretary of state, tony ...