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Consideration throughout these talks. as you mentioned, the recommendation out of the senior military leaders was it would be a potential danger to civilians and infrastructure. they recommended against it. president biden concurred. they monitor it. there are other things they took into account. one was according to a senior defense official it doesnt present a threat to civilian air or a threat to people on the ground. that was factored into the decision. >> as you understand, were going to in...

Here are two predictions about the Chinese spy balloon now floating across the continental U.S.

And for that reason, i think its pretty clear that we cannot allow this balloon to simply keep going in space and ultimately return to china. thats not going to happen. so im hoping that the pentagon will continue to monitor it and that they will keep all options on the table in order to try to make sure that ultimately were able not only to know where this balloon is, but to be able to control what happens to it. thats very important. >> u.s. officials have said theyre not attaching their names...

The continental u.s., in the past, has it flown over other sensitive areas such as military bases? you havent been very specific, just continental u.s.? >> i appreciate it, i havent been more specific because that information and classified and im not able to talk about it. thank you. >> the canadian defense minister said they were tracking a second potential spy balloon, are you tracking a second incident? when the balloon was coming, what im confused about, when were there discussions to shoot...

Developments with china. the lead in "the new york times," "the u.s. aims to defer china with greater u.s. military presence in philippines." this as secretary blinken is due to visit china sunday, where he is expected to meet with president xi jinping. it is the first by an american secretary of state in six years and comes amid rising tensions between the two nations. against that backdrop, the spy drama that the pentagon has been nervously following for a number of days now. right now, a spy ...

Prc at multiple levels. >> that is key here, that the u.s. has continued to keep these channels of communication open with the chinese and remains unclear however whether the u.s. still going to potentially keep that option on the table of taking it out by force. shooting it down, as weve seen republicans in congress have been urging the biden administration to take some kind of major action here and shoot the balloon down. because they fear that it could be collecting intelligence about potenti...

The chinese foreign ministry today first called for calm but later apologised, saying a scientific balloon mainly used for weather research had gone off course. but within hours, the us military responded by saying they did not believe beijing. the fact is, we know that it is a surveillance balloon, and im not going to be able to be more specific than that. we do know that the balloon has violated us airspace and international law, which is unacceptable. so where did the balloon come from? a us ...

Blinken scraps rare Beijing trip over China balloon    

Balloon that blew off course. for now, president biden is opting against the growing calls to shoot it down. . >> considering the size of the pay load on this, looking at the potential for debris and the impact on civilians on the ground or property damage, we assessed it. it does not pose a risk to people on the ground as it currently is traversing the continental united states. >> pentagon correspondent natasha is with us. this balloon continues to move across the u.s., what happens now? >> re...

The president wasnt going to speak about it. as soon as he finished, boom, you have this comments by antony blinken that was designated as the person to discuss it. it strikes me, joe, that pulling the trip is the punishment. pulling the trip is the punishment. nothing will happen to the balloon, at least not today. well see what happens. thats the message that were getting from the white house. no trip, no discussions. balloon stays for now. >> i agree with doug schroen. they appear to be caugh...