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Thats troubling if that is indeed the case. neil: and we dont know whether thats the case, but what mark esper was telling us, there was an easy time you could have shot down the balloon, they call it a weather balloon, more than gathering temperatures for people, but this is a shot right now over the skies of north carolina, you guessed it, by the map and the map of the united states, thats the last stop before you get to the atlantic ocean and then, what happens is anyones guess. a lot of peop...

Former secretary, and mark green, hell weigh in and many, many more. were not done with this issue. the impact what its going to do when it comes to china and how theyre responding to them, responding to us, theyre not saying much, whats the big deal. alexandra with more. >> good afternoon, neil. yeah, the surveillance tools has been doing more than just floating aimlessly. the pentagon confirm they believe it to be maneuverable and perhaps at times changing course. take a listen. >> im not goin...

Hysteria on twitter, whether we should shoot this down or not. the intelligence community, u.s. military was collecting on the balloon as it was making its way through the jet stream. so in the, and while it is good that i think that balloon was down, we also have the opportunity and during this to really collect on it. we will see what we get from the debris field and the next kind of hours and days. >> with their history, mark were you at all surprised about the sighting of this balloon? >> we...

Agenda. they were basically... this gathering to beijing, guardrails to prevent any escalation of any future conflict. that has been put on the back burner. they are both saying they are open to rescheduling and antony blinken made quite clear that before that happens, the balloon has to be done with.— to be done with. where does this leave us-china _ to be done with. where does this leave us-china relations? - to be done with. where does this leave us-china relations? he - to be done with. wh...

>> we havent been toll much, honestly. i mean, this is right over -- i mean, it fell right above my hometown, so were kind of in the dark a little bit. i think the american people are in the dark. you know, why was this allowed to go clear across the country for so many days? you know, you look at this, national security is one of the biggest things that any country can co. it is a core function of government. so i think for us in congress and, i think, for the american people there are a lot mo...

The White House wanted to keep the balloon secret fearing it would sabotage Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s planned diplomatic trip to China.

Were going to bring in general keith kellogg again, former national security adviser to vice president mike pence. and a fox news contributor. general kellogg, of course, as we are covering this wall to wall as it is a big deal, i want to know if any other questions is have cropped up in your mind. because weve focused on the fact that this chinese spy balloon masks you know, flown over -- has, you know, flown over the united states, over some of our crucial military nuclear sites. is there anyt...

This sort of thing cannot be engaged with, and china... this was simply blown off course. itjust doesnt blown off course. it ust doesnt wash. . ., , ., . wash. the context is that in recent months it appeared _ wash. the context is that in recent months it appeared there - wash. the context is that in recent months it appeared there was - wash. the context is that in recent. months it appeared there was some hope for a better cause for us—china relations, the wider context is very fraught. it ...

May get more on this from the president, probably not today. hes let the pentagon officials to speak for themselves. they have come up with some interesting stuff, saying they believe this balloon was part of a fleet of blooms that had violated the sovereignties of countries across five continents. david willis, thank you very much indeed. daniel davis is a senior fellow for defense priorities and a former lieutenant colonel in the us army. hes in denver, colorado. president biden was very keen ...

>> thats -- i dont want to be facetious, but thats a question for the president. i really dont foe. my opinion is he will probably let it go. but the fact of the matter is this is not an inconsequential act and should have been shot down prior to violating the sovereign air space. >> my poll question today asks whether this is a matter of national security or national pride. whats your answer to that question? >> national security. look, this particular balloon may have been just a weather ballo...