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Weve had this news in the last 15 minutes about airports being shutdown? fix, minutes about airports being shutdown?— minutes about airports being shutdown? , ., ., shutdown? a bit of background, president biden _ shutdown? a bit of background, president biden has _ shutdown? a bit of background, president biden has been - shutdown? a bit of background, president biden has been under| president biden has been under pressure to do something about this over the last few days, especially followi...

Information back. so i kind of right now, that comment end when the president said he gave the decision, made the comment do it on wednesday and the military waited til saturday, i kind of would tell the chairman of the joint chiefs and the secretary of defense, maybe you need to come in and we need to talk about decision making 101 and what is really important to the american people in national security. i kind of think they missed the ball on this one. but again, we talked just a minute earlie...

Air to try to gather intelligence. and by the way, a lot of countries do the same thing. its not unusual. the russians often but aircraft up for surveillance capabilities coming near the u.s. the russians and chinese both have ships that will often come close to the continental united states. thats not different, but again, the thing that makes this stand out is the fact that its been over the continental u.s. for so long. thats whats a little different here in this circumstance. again, thats wh...

And this thing is up in the sky. and i have no idea what it is. and for those of you who think this might just be the moon, it is not the moon. >> nope, it is not the moon. that giant white severe seen floating over billings, montana yesterday is a chinese surveillance balloon, confirmed so by the u.s. government the balloon, u.s. officials said, is manoeuvrable. and they say the intent is clear, that the balloon is for surveillance and they noted his following a path that includes a number of s...

We had to have clear knowledge that this balloon at 60000 feet, and as large as was left in mainland china across the ocean. we had to have that warning we have the capability to sweep readers and satellites that track that for a much smaller device than what we are seeing here today. when you got days in advance. other opportunities and willing to get it into the continental united states itself. it was really quite exterminate what took place here. like i said its inexcusable. >> why did we st...

Base. it appears they used their 20 millimeter cannons to shoot through the silks. it does appear that this balloon is taking its time coming down to everett. you would think if theres tons and tons of machinety under that balloon, you dont have to be a ballistics expert or a balloonist to realize it looks like the silks are just floating right now in the sky. theyre taking a long time to get down. if there was tons of, you know, material underneath, it would be pulling down, itd be like throwin...

Recognizance missions near their coastline be theyve been irritated by those, this may be a sense a pla pay back for what weve been doing. >> general, the balloon was first seen floating over montana, obviously the state, home to part of the nuclear try ad and white man air force base in missouri home of the stealth bomber fleet, what do you think the value of the maryland intelligence in china could be gaining from this balloon is compared to spa satellites. >> they can gain photographic imager...

To salvage the trip because they wanted it to happen. it was important to them, and that is why analysts here believe the balloon crisis could very well have been the result of some sort of mistake. antony blinken said he still plans to come when conditions are right. first, the balloon has to exit us airspace and it is nearly there, then work starts to reschedule the trip. but this has been a huge missed opportunity to try and stabilise a damaged but crucial relationship. barbara plett usher, b...

Attack. you need to react somehow. so, i think nato member states and other allies of the western world need to figure out if something like this happens to a country that is less strong than the united states, are we going to team up and shoot that balloon down?— are we going to team up and shoot that balloon down? interesting. what kind of calculation, _ that balloon down? interesting. what kind of calculation, if— that balloon down? interesting. what kind of calculation, if something - ki...

Both countries are keen to keep up high-level dialogue to manage their differences, observers say.