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Briefing on this balloon. speaker mccarthy wants a briefing for leaders. but republicans are slamming the biden administration over how this is being handled, senator marco rubio leading -- the leading republican on the intelligence committee tweeted earlier saying it was a mistake to not shoot down that chinese spy balloon when it was over a sparsely populated area. this is not some hot air balloon, it has a large payload of sensors, the size of two city buses and the ability to maneuver indepe...

This has quite a bit of defense component in it. can you give us details and how its going to strengthen buildup relationship with india? >> on the second question, i will take that. i dont have that information on me. the first question, i appreciate it. as i mentioned, we have contacted the prc. im not going to get into their reaction. i would refer you to them for that. we have clearly communicated that this balloon is violating u.s. airspace and international law and that this is unacceptabl...

Tensions with china. nbc news was first to report the suspected chinese surveillance balloon hovering over the northern united states around montana for the past few days. china is now responding claiming it is a civilian airship used for weather research that was blown off course. but how credible is that claim? minutes ago we learned secretary of state antony blinken is postponing his trip to china for what was supposed to be a highly anticipated meeting with chinas leader next week. the penta...

Chinese Spy balloon flies over the United States, Pentagon says

I would like some clarity. is the option of shooting down the balloon, particularly as its going over more populated areas, off the table? is that still amongst the options that the u.s. military is considering? if so, under what conditions would it do so? >> thanks, nancy. at this stage what i can tell you, is again, were reviewing options. im not going to go into more specifics than that and when and if theres updates to provide well let you know. >> ruled out shooting it? >> were monitoring i...

Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe called the reports "deeply disturbing"

In billings montana that a swarth of air space that helena to billings was closed to flights for two hours wednesday, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. this is a large swarth of air space, a couple hundred miles long. the good news is this only impacted a few flights. because remember, its the middle of the week, its the middle of the winter time, not a lot of air traffic taking place in that area, because its typically not very busy this time of year. what is also interesting here though is that this is h...

Floating above the continental united states, and we dont know what data its collecting. you can see it right there on your screen and its visable to people on the ground in montana. at least it has been since wednesday. today beijing confirmed it is theirs, claiming it is a, quote, unquote, civilian research air ship that went off course, but minutes ago, the pentagon flatly rejected that claim, calling it a surveillance balloon. secretary of state antony blinkens upcoming trip to china has now...

Flying. it has caused temporary ground stops at airports in billings, montana. we know flights have had to have been diverted around this balloon as well. john miller, who was here, throw some cold water, of course -- >> he basically laughed in my face. >> he did laugh in your face. i was trying to be kind of it. >> when i said maybe it was a mistake -- >> maybe it is a weather balloon. it is not. he says for a weather balloon to travel on a path that goes over the intercontinental ballistic mis...

Elling at the injection site, muscle pain, tiredness, headache, shivering, fever, and upset stomach. ask your doctor or pharmacist about shingrix today. >> we begin with this fox news alert. we are awaiting a news update from the pentagon about the chinese balloon in montana. president biden, we are told, has been briefed on his options, i hope so, we learned the pentagon has been watching this thing for a few days. one option is shooting down this