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Or live chat at calhope.org today. continuing breaking news coverage, the united states has shut down the chinese balloon that had been hovering over the country. president biden confirmed the military action about an hour ago. lets bring in victor chalk.

The pentagon for the team of f 22 fighter jets to investigate and track the balloon, but decided against shutting it down, saying that risks harm to people in infrastructure on the ground. the pentagon as the surveillance balloon has-limited value in collecting intelligence, and wont provide anything the chinese surveillance satellites cant already obtain. china has responded, admitting the balloon is there, but saying its quote, a civilian air ship used for meteorological purposes. a weather ba...

These three airports in north and south carolina, there is a ground stop ordered by the faa. that would suggest a first step, a precautionary step if the u.s. military chose to shoot down the balloon over the atlantic ocean, near the coast. this would be a precautionary step to make sure that there is no risk to civilians and commercial aircraft. keep in mind that the balloon, as we know, as weve been told, is that a very high altitude. much higher than our civilian aircraft flies. it is about 6...

Saw building up to it. as well as the ground stop on airports along the post there. working in coordination with the faa and be other agencies to make this happen. the culmination of the chinese balloon that was a spy balloon that tracked across the country until it was shot down. worth noting according to a senior defense official, they effectively mitigated the ability of the balloon to gather intel. crucially, that same official said the u.s. was able to do the reverse, to gather intel about ...

Broadcasting of dod pentagon briefing, were hearing that theyve been happening all along and were just now discovering it because a commercial plane actually spotted the thing. >> trace: yep, and by the way another balloon spotted over latin america not quite sure where that one is going. the chinese foreign ministry released a statement a short time along saying chinas foreign ministry said saturday the flight of a chinese airship over the united states was a forced accident accusing u.s. polit...

That china would not accept any groundless conjecture or hype over this balloon —— wang yi. also today we have a written statement from the foreign ministry, blaming some politicians in the media in the us for hyping the matter up. china has tried to apologise for this. the whole trip which was designed to mend relations here has now been put to one side, at least for the moment. you would imagine those who are working on this, hoping for a breakthrough this weekend, on both sides, must be p...

Come back downwards the atlantic, try to gather it up, get as much information off this balloon as we can, if we can find any sensor package thats on there, rather large, about the size of a mack truck, hopefully well be able to garner some information off that as well. mike: do you share the concern that that weve heard from retired senior brass types about when it hits the water, it could sink rather rapidly in that saltwater with sensitive equipment may not do very well? >> yeah. i think i he...

Theyre trying to tested the usa. how difficult would be to retrieve information?— how difficult would be to retrieve information? they made sure they shot it down _ information? they made sure they shot it down during _ information? they made sure they shot it down during the _ information? they made sure they shot it down during the daytime. l information? they made sure they| shot it down during the daytime. is this something you and your neighbours have been talking about? or is it really s...

Is it time to pop that balloon? im michael smerconish. it sparked kshs about national security regarding beijing. is it more a about symbolism? secretary of state antony blinken was due to travel to china this weekend. he postponed his trip calling the infiltration a, quote, irresponsible act that created conditions that undermine the purpose of the trip. the public first learned of the balloons existence thursday while it was over montana, which is home to ballistic missile silos and bomber bas...