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It relates to the peoples republic of china as we deal with the situation. >> with this point -- many are collinson hump believed that the should have been taken care of. i spoke with congressman christian really in the last hour -- property or people, wouldnt be. also, salvaging the ability to recover something from this surveillance balloon, do you share those beliefs and those desires? >> absolutely safe theories always our highest priority making sure -- this balloon supplying, over making s...

We also saw jets enough i looked up and we found it. we also sawjets circling, i go back inside and i have my two and a half year—old twins that i am watching and playing with, i go back outside because i wanted to see anything had changed that is when i saw thejets looked like they were, the one at least started to go straight at the balloon so i started filming it for my husband mainly who was inside and can come out and watch it with me at the same time, but that is when you see what im ass...

Have never announced any visit. the u.s. making any such announcement is their own business, and we respect that. but china also today asked the united states to respect it and not to smear china. youll recall that china in their very first reaction to the incident, to this balloon moving into u.s. air space said it regretted that the balloon had unintentionally entered air space. china also repeated their claim saturday that this was, is a weather balloon,, that they had little control over it ...

That came down rapidly. theres a reason of the 7-mile debris field. from the balloon itself i will take a long time to come down. very little value there. some turns of 7 miles of debris and 45 feet of water and ocean subbase pieces could be as small as a corridor. recovering this is going to be a major effort what youre likely to glean his saltwater is going to be very. >> lucas amazing works of art they think is our break next defense secretary meant what china was after using that spy balloon...

So please do not call 911 and report that youve seen this. also tongue in cheek from gas tone ya police department asking people to not shoot at the balloon. we expect it to continue. were not really sure where its going to go. if it continues on the trajectory its on right now, potentially heading east here in north carolina. the skies are very clear. people are getting a good look out through maybe the wilmington, north carolina area, maybe a little bit north of that throughout the day. i can ...

On those ships ready to start immediately exploration of the debris. >> i want to review our direct reporting so we understand. it seems as if it is confirmed that it happened over, outside of the carolina coast over the -- getting some reporting from our nbc news desk saying the u.s. has downed the balloon off the carolina coast and will tempt to collect its debris. thats according to a new u.s. official. how worried should we be about chinese intelligence gathering considering what they were d...

Is this more frequent that we are aware of? even just one they werent going to tell us but dart of those local folders revealed to the nation. how often does this happen you think? >> i would dare say not as often and frequent as people think. this one stuck out for a reason because we sought early we saw it coming. we knew what was underneath. paler than the capabilities underneath that balloon that stuck out. i can guarantee if you asked that question got an honest answer that is what they say...

Surveillance of china is much more aggressive. and importantly, again, mike, no reaction yet from china on the downing of their balloon. its just turned 5 a.m. in beijing. well obviously be watching for any official statements from beijing as the evening goes on. mike? mike: ryan chilcote on the diplomat diplomatic fallout on this incident. many thanks. arthel: a chinese spy balloon obviously straining an already tense relationship. joining us now, gordon chang, senior fellow at the gatestone in...

This chinese balloon, meanwhile on capitol hill, lawmakers from both sides are demanding answers about this. i want to bring in julie tsirkin here on capitol hill, julie what are you hearing? >> yeah it will look republicans -- china making some blatant move. certainly, in this filing that could be seen from civilians, from people on the ground is certainly viewed as one of those. things to the point where now, across the aisle, democrats are demanding answers, including -- senator from montana ...

Fallout from the chinese balloon. chinese officials are maintaining that the balloon is a civilian aircraft that entered the u.s. air space accidentally if you can believe that. ryan is tracking the latest in chinas effort to limit diplomatic efforts. hi, ryan. reporter: hi, griff, chinese officials said they have not canceled secretary blinkens visit because neither side announced the visit in the first place. you cant cancel something that isnt officially on. the foreign ministry issued statem...