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>> sure. absolutely, and again, were just not going to get into an hour-by-hour where the balloon is, well do our best to keep you and the public informed in general terms on where the balloon is. and try to be helpful in that regard. >> guessing game where people think it is flying over, some -- >> understood, and a key point to make and to purposefully belabor the point which is as this bas loan traverses the continental united states, it does not pose a physical or military risk to people on ...

Defense officials, with the recommendation not to shoot it down. its a combination of reasons. the biggest one is they were worried about debris that would fall from this enormous balloon down below could injure or kill civilians and hurt infrastructure, so ultimately, the recommendation on wednesday that went to the white house was not to take action but to continue to monitor it. thats what president biden, he had requested options according to the defense official and he agreed, he concurred ...

Getting. the officials im speaking with are confident if the balloon drifts or maneuvers close to any strategic asset or looks like it may be able to gather information that may be problematic for the u.s., theyd have the ability to stop it from gathering it in the capacity, then ultimately the final option would be to shoot it down. there is a lot of concern about that. i think people forget this balloon is enormous, and its at about 50,000 feet -- >> i was going to say because the fact people ...

With the chinese balloon its simple. shoot it down. they didnt -- russia shot down our spy planes back in the 1950s. we should have shot it down and said explain what you are trying to do. a provocation. the administration botched it again. everything they do whether its making our lives more miserable, making things we used to work not work, whether lawnmowers or the like they try to get rid of those so we pull up grass by hand again. it is a relentless push making our lives miserable and they ...

And if the pentagon says this is a spy balloon, its a spy balloon. they know what a spy balloon looks like. you know, weve been monitoring these things for years. we know the chinese capability of using these spy balloon for low powered communications, for instance, for radiation signatures, on and on, is very good, and its getting better. so the spy balloon is both a provocation and an ability to monitor our military bases and if thats what the pentagon says, i believe it. >> yeah. >> general c...

They know that balloon was maneuvered over montana, undoubtedly i agree with general clark, its sending back encrypted communications, which means its not a weather balloon. its a provocation. the chinese are sending a message and i think the message is, were getting serious about taiwan, dont get in our way, and by the way, we are capable of targeting your minuteman bases in montana and north dakota. i think the escalation is what concerns me. are we moving closer to a war? weve had a general c...

I will not go into specific intelligence that we may have, again, we know this is chinese balloon and it has the ability to maneuver, but ill leave it at that. >> once it is over a body of water, will you shoot it down? >> again, right now were monitoring the situation closely reviewing options, beyond that, i will not have additional information. tony. >> one quickie, can you confirm the photos this is not the man on the moon and that is the actual balloon? >> thanks, tony. certainly aware of p...

Lawmakers, the majority and minority, the leaders in both parties, plus the leaders on the senate and house intelligence committee. so mccarthy is asking for basically all the information that exists about this balloon. so i would imagine when congress gets back next week, theres going to be a lot of questions from republicans and democrats alike when it comes to people involved in intelligence matters and add this, chris, on top of the intelligence committees on capitol hill already angry at th...

This is bbc news, the headlines... the us secretary of state postpones a trip to beijing after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected in the sky above the united states. china says the balloon is a "civilian airship" which had deviated from its planned route. senior officials from the european union have said ukraines future is inside the eu. the comments were made at a summit in the capital, kyiv, hosted by president volodymyr zelensky. police in the uk say they believe mother of two, nico...

>> thank you, general. thinking about the root of the balloon, was it impossible for the dod to deal with the balloon before it reach to the airspace of the united states? >> yeah, weve been monitoring the balloon. you know, we are aware again, it is maneuverable craft and we continue to assess and make appropriate decisions based on how were going to address what we perceive as a potential threat or not. the safety and security of the american people is paramount and at this time we assess it d...