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hello, and welcome to "inside politics." im john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a midair mystery. the united states shoots down more unidentified objects flying over north america. right now, washington knows about as much as you do. not much. >> whats gone on the last two weeks or so, ten days, has been nothing short of craziness. and the military needs to have a plan to not only determine whats out there but determine the dangers that go with it. >> plus,...

america this weekend. kasie hunt picks up our coverage right now. good afternoon. im kasie hunt here in washington. were going to begin with the scramble for answers after a u.s. fighter jet were scrambled three days in a row this weekend, shooting down three separate aerial objects that were flying over north america. in just moments, the white house is going to take questions on this deepening national security mystery, as president biden faces increasing pressure to address the na...

impact on the ground. >> when the chinese foreign ministry indicated that they would respond in the way they were prepared to. and it turns out the other objects are chinese origin, is there a menu of options prepared for how we deal with that? >> terrific hypothetical. were just not there yet. >> on to the relationship issue, the chinese spy balloon, you got china buying more oil from russia. you got china opening up cases in u.s. technology from u.s. universities. and president xi is...

type of significant intelligence collecting capability or what they might have been intended for. at this white house briefing, what you did hear from national security spokesman john kirby is there is clearly a shift into a robust, all-of-government approach to get more answers, not just to the three objects shot down over the course after a three-day period but what theyre seeing in the skies. the widening of the apertures, its at least one element of why weve seen this more over the...

the way she did, to look amazing and know shes expecting baby number two, fantastic. >> "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. the white house insists that there is no indication extraterrestrials are affiliated with these flying objects. for now. t "the lead" starts right now. four times in eight days flying objects shot down over north american skies by the u.s. military. were they a security threat? what did they carry? and why different protocols now for shooting them down...

the north in canada, it was shot down over the yukon territory. what are these unidentified flying objects? what sent them, and for what purpose, why we are now just discovering these objects. have they been flying along and we just found out or a new chapter in what is becoming a very frosty relationship between china and the united states, congressman m mike walch. thank you so much for joining us. late notice, what in the world is going on with unidentified flying objects being shot...

planes. >> we are laser-focused on confirming their nature and purpose. >> reporter: three day, three unidentified objects shot down by u.s. fighters. no precedent. >> efforts are actively under way right now at all sites to find whats left of those objects so we can better understand and communicate with the american people what they are. >> reporter: no shortage of unanswered questions, driving a robust all-of-government response from president biden. >> every element of the governme...

its radicalism. the war on constitutionalism and national sovereignty and capitalism and classroom and parents, and sp free speech. almost an ale alien party if you will. there another grave threat we face. because of its association and attac attachment to the democrat party, i hate to see this as someone who spent part of his career, of department of justice. we have to fear federal law enforcement. in specific, the u.s. department of justice and fbi, which is a piece of the departme...

and only have got from the attending on a briefing moments ago that the military is not currently monitoring any other suspicious it on —- specific object that is reassuring. and that is a problem it is a total chaotic way. days ago biden was telling us the giants by balloon wandering around is sucking up sensitive secrets is no big deal not a major breach but now all these others have to be shot down on site the explanation to what they are doing and why is all over the place like t...

spy balloon making its way across the continental united states, then the diplomatic fallout trailing behind. it were going to go right to beijing for the latest. plus, if republicans find use their house majority to target democrats and the biden administration with bogus, politically motivated investigation, theyre going to have to get through veteran trump impeachment manager, stacey plaskett, first. she was just named the top democrat on a key panel created by the newly empowered h...