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These issues then kamala harris should do so. reestablishing deterrents. how do we put in the mind of president xi it is ill appropriate and ill-advised and a danger to him and his security to send balloons and other fen on may over our farms and schools and houses and military bases. so thats exactly the sort of information she needs to provide and what i want to hear. someone who wants to prevent these activities in the future as opposed to enduring countless more unidentified objects in the f...

There. another big question were the other objects put up at the same time others were discovered? were they put up after? timing huge question marks over every aspect of this. also lucas tomlinson is putting this out there. the u.s. has spotted chinese spy balloons transiting the middle east in the recent past according to lieutenant general. how many -- could you even imagine if these are up all over the world and were just starting to see them over the united states now? >> well, we have -- t...

Was floating at an altitude about 40,000 feet and had no maneuverability, posing a threat to civilian aviation. >> we have no further details about the object at this time, including any description of its capabilities, purpose or origin. >> reporter: the u.s. military is scouring the frozen arctic for the wreckage while also searching off the carolina coast for the payload of a huge chinese surveillance balloon shot down last week. >> we made sure that were buttoned down and movement was limite...

American people about whats happening. you know, general, um i just have to dismiss the critics on that because a lot of americans amongst all different political parties are concerned right now, but my question is, is china getting the message of strength from the country right now? because it seems like you know, we shoot one down and again. we dont know if china is responsible for this one or not, but apparently theyve been doing this for a while. so is it message received, or are they going ...

Meanwhile, the faa has temporarily shut down air space over montana yesterday after a radar anomaly was spotted, or thats what hay told us. and while nothing was found, it marks just a little more than a week since a chinese spy flight flew over montanas nuclear bases. montana gop congressman and retired navy seal ryan zinke joins us now. congressman, tell me what you think of all of this. what do we make of it? its so unsettling. >> well, were entering in a phase of balloon warfare, arent he? r...

Colonel leighton, whats your reaction to this latest development from the pentagon? >> i think as juliette said, this confirmed a lot of what we had previously been talking about. one of the key things was the fact they mentioned that the surveillance part of this was a definite possibility. so, this seems to lend credence to the idea that these are, in fact, surveillance craft of whatever type. i think we should treat them as such until we know much more. and that means taking security measures...

Kinzinger. hes a pilot in the wisconsin national guard. congressman, do you think the president shooting this thing down was the right decision? what do you make of this object? >> yeah. it sounds like the right decision. its a mystery. i mean obviously it doesnt appear to be a balloon like we dealt with all of last week. evidently it hung around. ive heard that its non-maneuverable. theres a lot of stuff out there on the internet and on twitter describing it, which i dont know if its true or ju...

Theres a lot of stuff out there on the internet and on twitter describing it, which i dont know if its true or just rumor. but it certainly, to me, looks like something that either china or russia, you know, i guess its quite possible there could be should commercial entity that was testing something. but given the proximity to military bases, stuff with our defense, its very interesting. i think theres a lot we -- we may not even find out, but theres a lot to be learned. >> is there anything in...

Ballistic missile interceptors. >> a quick question here, we had two objects in one spy craft confirmed, why are we having trouble picking these objects up on radar? >> officials tell me satellite is having trouble picking it up. airborne satellites in space are used to discover ballistic missile launches out of north korea and other places when things go boom, i are birds exploding, a lot of things in there memory thanks. right now balloons is not what they are programmed to discover. satellite...

I dont think we should give the wreckage back at least not until we know what is in there. the other part of the response is if they are snooping on silos and be two bases it means they are getting nuclear targeting information. they dont trust getting maps from a local aaa they want to know precisely where the silo doors are. we have been vulnerable because we have not had missile defense against china. we do not build enough interceptors to stop the chinese missile for some attacking america. ...