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Point. so i do think this was a move to say -- by the chinese to say we want to humiliate the united states a little bit. now we have word of a second balloon heading towards south america. we have heard from the former chief of staff of the nfc that we do have the capability to intercept this balloon, to bring it down safely, and to contain it for intelligence purposes. i think thats what we should do moving forward. >> its interesting as to what our capacities are. obviously one would think th...

Thats the slowness of decision making where youve got the options and make the hard call right away. when he said tuesday or wednesday, i dont know why he didnt do it on monday. and i would have preferred it be shot down over montana where we could have potentially picked up at least fragments of the package that was separated from the balloon itself. but its -- he made the right call. the right call was to tell his military to do it. i now fault a little bit the military, well, we need to wait ...

That debris spanned seven miles across the sea. the president ordered the balloon shot down on wednesday. and he explained why he waited from wednesday until today when it was shot down. >> on wednesday, when i was briefed on the balloon i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down. on wednesday, as soon as possible. >> you are saying the recommendation from you or -- >> i told them the shooter down. >> on wednesday? >> on wednesday. >> they said to me, thats not the safest place to do it. >> this co...

>> definitely the type of weather you want to layer up in and this cold weather is causing some really interesting fpheno phenomenons. were looking at sea spoke over the boston harbor, cold air over warmer water and people are seeing this across the state and seeing it reported along a number of waterways. the good news, temperatures are going to rebound in big ways tomorrow. were expected to be in the 40s here. neil: katie, thank you very, very much. katie byrne. i was mentioning what was going...

Drones, satellites, sure. now, how much better this balloon might be in the fidelity of what its picking up on intelligence, better than had a drone or better than other means, i dont know. maybe it is much better. neil: secretary, one thing that struck me was the timing of canceling antony blinken, the secretary of states visit to china. it happened yesterday morning. as you indicated here the administration apparently had knowledge of this days ago. so why only yesterday cancel his trip? >> ye...

This is bbc news. welcome, if youre watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories. china has made another attempt to calm the diplomatic dispute over the presence of a chinese "spy" balloon in american airspace. the presence of this balloon in us airspace is a clear violation of us sovereignty and international law. documents obtained by bbc news show magistrates in england and wales were told to wave through a bulk of applications by energy companies to focibly install prepayment...

Very terse, quick statement, one sentence, i believe, on why or what happened. i think the american people have a lot more questions. i certainly do. mike: speaking of questions, what do you expect in terms of briefings from senior administration officials and potentially now that republicans are in the majority in the house in terms of hearings maybe in house armed services and/or the oversight panel which you serve on? >> i would welcome those. i think, for sure, people have questions. you kno...

Watching what is happening right here on our shores. mike: we heard from the commander in chief, president biden, saying he gave the order on wednesday to take down the balloon. the pentagon made the assetsment it would be better to wait until it got over water as opposed to over the east coast of the united states. your reaction to that information. >> yeah, i just dont think it should have got on the that point. i think it should have been taken down prior to it something our air space. we loo...

Inspecting. >> well go to carriers if we have to. >> concern also rose in swan teen over cellular towers with chinese made hardware atop them near military bases in the midwest, and in the same area of montana where the balloon was spotted, over a military base that houses intercontinental ballistic missiles. this is a company thats drawn intense scrutiny, but the company has strongly denied any efforts on spy on the u.s. and said in a statement to cnn that its equipment is not capable of operat...

To shoot it down and advising president joe biden it would be too dangerous. >> it doesnt pose a risk to people on the ground as it is traversing the continental united states. out of an abund essabundance of caution, we are reviewing option. >> reporter: data indicate the balloon may have originated with central china with weather patterns pushing it over pacific ocean, into canada and the united states where it has been crossing montana and into missouri. with current conditions it could conti...