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Spice balloon. now of course it isnt 45 feet of water so its going to take a salvage teams, u.s. navy divers, a recovery effort. this is not going to be easy. obviously electrical component and saltwater dont have to own a to understand that. certainly the pentagon will be just heard from president biden they did not want the shot down over than any potential danger to americans on the ground but certainly three notable doctors a lot of outrage on capitol hill why did it take a week to do this? ...

It is moscow and beijing that are determining whats going on in this world, and thats the reason why this world does not look very good at this moment. arthel: but can we count on our friends and partners? >> yes, we can, i think. because our friends and partners are becoming scared themselves. so, for instance, secretary of defense lloyd austin was just in the philippines where he signed up a deal for increased u.s. access to the especially forward bases. he was in south korea before that shori...

Intelligence on us, but you know what, once you notice something like this flying over your territory, the u.s. and canada was also collecting intelligence on this balloon. what the heck is going on. how are they doing things? what kind of things can we intercept? how can we jam this piece of equipment to ensure it doesnt take pictures? who do we notify on all of those bases that it may pass over? how do we get an alert out so the least amount of damage is done. the state department is interacti...

Sammy officials say theres no question chinas testing u.s. resolved. the russian sent launch bear bombers from bases in russia just to test the u.s. response to the last of the f-22 are also based in alaska see their launch times intercept. the fact is bloom was built to launcher mainland, china going to u.s. territory quite possibly be the first time its shot down a balloon over the united st states. becoming this wall-to-wall. anything to happen often for this question the pentagon is looking ...

Be able to deal with whatever threat china represents. >> and there are more step as well. theres also this new u.s. base in guam and increased military cooperation with japan. how do you expect china to react to all the u.s. activity in the region? >> well, theres no question theyll be nervous. weve not only improved our positioning in guam, were in the process of improving our position in japan as well, in okinawa. and in addition to that obviously this announcement that were going to have acc...

China reacting angrily to choose earlier today that the u.s. gained access to more bases in the philippines. saw similar angry reaction with the announce frmt the u.s. that theyre revamping a marine corps facility in okinawa right near taiwan. the tensions are high here. this only adding to those tensions. the pentagon says they have raised this with china both through the embassy here and in beijing. so that gives you an idea of how angry they are. and they pointed out if they do assess the ris...

Very important for the united states to be taking whatever steps are necessary in order to be able to deal with whatever threat china represents. >> and there are more steps as well. theres also this new u.s. base in guam, increased military cooperation with to japan. how do you expect for china to react to all the activity in the region? >> theres no question theyll be nervous. we have not only improved our position in guam, we are in the process of improving our position in japan as well, in o...

They have obviously had to acknowledge its existence because of people frankly being able to see it from the ground. they say it is of no danger to aircraft or indeed to people on the ground and they also say, and perhaps they would say this, that it is of limited value, in terms of gathering intelligence. there are more efficient ways like satellites. nevertheless, they have protested to the chinese here in washington and have done the same in beijing. the chinese have not acknowledged it is th...

And the pentagon says it is not an active thread. the surveillance balloon was seen over several air force bases including one in billings, montana. as of now come officials are fearful shooting it down could result in entries on the ground. chinese officials not claiming ownership of this bible in. three bodies in detroit believed to be three rappers who have been missing for almost two weeks. the discovery was made in an abandoned highland park apartment complex yesterday morning. a car connec...

Or sometimes you go prepared to give a very, very strong statement of china violating our sovereignty. there are different ways to approach it. it depends on the broader dynamics. i think the pentagon made a good move with regard to expanding access to philippine bases. h and its very good that we have done that because it allows us to address military -- chinese military capabilities in case war breaks out. >> so you think -- >> in the indo-pacific. >> do you think blinken should cancel his tri...