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It will be the vets who will suffer, because it is just toing to be pushed on down the line. >> drew griffin, thanks again for your excellent reporting along with the investigative un unit. and drew griffin and mark preston, guys, thank you very much, and we will stay on top of the story. we are getting breaking news into cnn norad is saying that a blimp has become dissociated with the mooring. it is untether and flying around somewhere over pennsylvania we are told the right now according to ...

Its two football fields length. it is massive, somewhere over the skies in pennsylvania. it broke loose from its cables right around noon in maryland, and we just talked to someone from norad. sort of fascinating talking about what its use is, but it has this 10,000-foot cable its not actually ever supposed to fly. the one possibility as far as bringing this thing down, as he said, they can deflate it rem e remote remotely. he would prefer not to have it shot down, as weve been talking to people...

Enroute to collect this damaged unmanned air ship. its part of that multi-billion-dollar joint land attack netted censor system or jay members which is designed -- jlens. spot missiles from the ground. detached from mooring station in aberdeen, maryland. began floating northeast reaching heights of 16,000 feet. tracked by 2:23-16 fighter jets. when the blimp started losing altitude thats when the problem started because it was drag ago tether of more than a mile long. 6700 feet of vectran super ...

It means they are still fighting it out. the blimp is sort of a perfect metaphor for washington today and for our country. paul ryan doesnt have all the support that he needs. the republican caucus is in the throes of a pitch battle. they will sort it out one way or the other. right now daniel webster still has a lot of support. >> thats interesting because the freedom caucus, ive interviewed them, if 80% of the members agree that they go along. they all go in one big chunk. its like 43 votes we...

They want people to stay safe. they want them to stay away from this. its not -- you know, they need to make sure this thing stays on the ground, it doesnt drift possibly. if the wind picks up and they need to recover that classified technology. wolf. >> major, major development today. all right, barbara, thank you. joining us on the phone right now is captain scott miller of norad, captain miller, thanks so much for joining us. did this blimp, the jlens as its called, did it deflate on its own?...

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And we have had a couple of those situations in recent years, but this is always going to bring up the delicate matter at what point does the u.s. military take kinetic action? what point do they shoot down some oobject floating over the united states that is not under control? a real decision what to do about it in the coming hours, wolf. >> and very expensive surveillance radar equipment inside of the blimp as it is called the jalens, the joint air loo airline and so we are going to hope they ...

Space, to ensure air security and to prevent an accident that could occur as the blimp continued to drift with the winds. >> we know that the cable that was dragging look and hitting ground was breaking up power lines causing a lot of disruption, a lot of homes without power in that area. whos going to pay for the damage? >> so i couldnt speculate on that for you, wolf. i have seen reports that there were power outages, there was an unknown amount of cable that was trailing the aerostat. and tha...

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Boris is on the line. >> reporter: erin, authorities are working to secure the area. we know there was a military recovery team that was deployed here a few hours ago. it might be difficult because the conditions are rough. the whole way over to where it went down, it appears that it landed in the field so it was a very dark and rural area. you can imagine this is going to be a very big investigation and its simply not supposed to happen. the blimp is supposed to remain tethered down even throug...