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House a moment ago came out and said the president was briefed and asked his military to present options or the military, not his military, and according to an nbc news or a white house official speaking to nbc news, it was the strong recommendation of the secretary of defense and a few others, not to take what theyre calling kinetic action. can you explain that? >> this all started on wednesday, when secretary of defense lloyd austin was in manila, also until the middle of the night, like we ha...

Meanwhile pilots flying at high altitudes have spotted this chinese balloon. >> pilots spotted a balloon at drift this morning and said the balloon was 20 miles north of kansas city international airport at 50,000 feet. a source familiar with the situation tells cnn other pilots are reporting seeing the balloon. now to the jobs report for january. so strong its changing the minds of some economists on a potential recession. more than 500,000 jobs were added, nearly triple the amount expected. ...

Made to shoot down this balloon. you are the most experienced among us in terms of knowing why that might be. what is your take on that decision? >> well, i think there are diplomatic consequences for what happens and i also think we dont really know whats in the balloon. we dont know what it might do if it is attacked and so forth. i think were going to have to force this balloon down. this is a violation of u.s. air space sovereignty. it cant be permitted. certainly the chinese would have shot...

[cheers and applause] everybody brought me something. [cheers and applause] >> steve: more of that in a little bit. ainsley and brian, we have breaking news. >> brian: yeah, we do. that is great stuff, steve. we will check back in with you shortly. >> ainsley: put that in your office, steve. now to a fox news alert. u.s. officials are telling fox that the gang of 8 has been briefed on the chinese surveillance balloon hovering near critical u.s. military sites. >> brian: how is this still in the ...

Statement. however 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 balloon has violated u.s. air space and international law, which is unacceptable, and weve conveyed this directly to the prc at multiple levels. >> reporter: so, obviously, this is something the u.s. is taking very seriously. the secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed his trip to china and it will be interesting to see how this plays out...

Self steering capability, it deviated far from the planned course. the chinese side regrets the unintended entry into u.s. air space, the chinese side will continue communicating with the u.s. and properly handle this unexpected situation cause. >> the chinese are trying to emphasize that they did not have control over where this balloon actually ended up. that it strayed far from its coors and not on purpose. clearly trying to ease tensions but the u.s. is not necessarily buying that. and just ...

We dont have to shoot it down. we expect it to come down and thats their responsibility. if they wont, then we have to do what we have to do. but lets not broaden the issue. lets keep it on this issue, the balloon, right now is the issue. >> all right. general wesley clark, bob bair, i could talk to you about this all day long. thank you for getting us started. were going to go now to the dangerous arctic blast impacting millions of americans. right now, windchill alerts are in effect across t...

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In a sharp and sudden escalation of tensions, the US has postponed Secretary of State Antony Blinkens upcoming visit to Beijing over a Chinese surveillance balloon floating over America, calling it a clear and unacceptable violation of US sovereignty and international laws.