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Warheads over the next decade its very concerning what this chinese spy balloon had already transmitted. insight mission accomplished for beijing thats bible and it already transmitted all its information, took pictures, setback the radio signals all other astronauts efforts were quick this is a david, lucas heres a question not being asked the origin of the balloon. we know the chinese and the russia have ships in the arctic. is there any indication from the pentagon wasnt locked from an arctic...

Get a better view of it and as i was on the phone with a lady from cnn, is the missile come out of the front of the plane, you can see the contrail from of the plane, you can see the contrailfrom it, like you can see off the trail of the plane and i was like, man, this is happening, and you see it hit the —— hitting ed, i dont hear it because there was a lot of wind but you could see as soon as it hit the balloon, it hit it and itjust popped, and it was like confetti falling from the sky abo...

With a jet and a missile and they are now recovering that balloon from the sea. once we had confirmation that that had all happened, president biden gave a short interview to reporters, lets take a listen. i interview to reporters, lets take a listen. ., ., ., ., listen. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down — listen. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on _ listen. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday, - listen. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday, as| l...

United states or, for that matter, with most of our partners. so i believe we should not be talking to china at this particular time. the chinese are very good at using dialogue to get us to do things. we should be doing the same thing with the chinese. especially because right now they need us a hell of a lot more than we need them. mike: if the united states had not shot down the balloon, just said let it go, how weak would the chinese have seen that? >> that would have really been catastrophi...

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Know, common place using satellites alone. ask you a question about how common it is, i think its much more common than anybody realized until this thing appeared over montana. the you know, recent reporting from the intelligence community says that there have been over 160 cases of balloon or balloon-like sightings in recent history over the u.s. i think theres a good chance that some of those were chinese systems so, you know, its not that theyve never been there before, its that now were forc...

Operate in. i think thats the biggest difference. >> incredibly brazen intelligence gathering when it comes to china putting it directly over the united states. i want to read for folks some reactions getting in from capitol hill as well before i bring in congressman jimmy gomez, who is standing by for. us democrat from california. earlier, chuck schumer tweeting out i strongly come them -- into american airspace and i commend president bidens leadership and taken on the chinese balloon over wat...

Contribution to tracking and analysis of the balloon through norad as it transitioned north america. todays deliberate and lawful action demonstrates that president biden and his national security team will always put the safety and security of the american people first while responding effectively to the prcs unacceptable violation of our sovereignty. christian, your response to that, your thoughts on that and what does the administration do now as it relates to china? >> i think all of that is...

>> u.s. officials say they are continuing to track a chinese spy balloon traveling across the country, right now it is over north carolina and is expected to head out to sea at some point. and now the pentagon says a second suspected chinese spy balloon is heading across latin america. cnns rafael romo is following that development for us, so what do we know about this other balloon? >> reporter: hi, fred. were learning about sightings of a second chinese balloon similar to the one flying over t...

Protect the people. its embarrassing to us out here in montana, the response of this white house. >> so, lindsey, im told there will be a briefing as soon as lawmakers are back in town. remember the gang of eight, are the a top lawmakers on the house and the senate, including the leaders of both parties and both chambers on the heads of intelligence committees who are demanding answers, including why the biden administration did not take action when this balloon was over montana. and why they di...