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Profoundly unconstitutional. details on that at the top of the hour. see you then. >> thanks very much. back here in d.c. we are continuing to follow that blimp. what the heck happened. its worth $1.4 billion. what does the blimp do? are they going to shoot it down? what are they going to do with that thing? if you see it call 911. well have more breaking news. also more on the breaking news about the paul ryan vote. right back with more real story.

Populated. and so i think that will be part of the question. and also if the intelligence is good enough to warrant the risk. >> got it. mary, forgive me. i have to cut you off. im up against thered but thank you for being with me the entire two hours. tle "the lead" starts now. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we have this breaking news, the military as you know is scrambling right now to try to get control of its own runaway blimp. a blimp that floated away from a base in northern mary...

911. what are they going to do about this? they have two fighter jets looming now trying to find this thing. are they going to shoot it down? >> well, thats the question, gretchen. can you shoot it down? we just talked to them and they say you cant shoot it down because its built to withstand enemy fire. its supposed to detect all unfriendly aircraft, whether manned or unmanned. its supposed to be tethered even during hurricane winds and yet it broke free today. you have got two fighter jets up ...

Thats why a plane or a helicopter could not try to get one of the tether lines. remember, it does have lines from the front of the blimp and the back of the blimp and hanging from the blimp. but you cant get near it because it doesnt have a trajectory like an aircraft thats disabled. my guess is theyll try to take it down gradually with one shot into different compartments. and it will not end up like the hin hi hindenburg. >> ladies, dont go too far. well keep a close eye on this blimp on the l...

Let me ask you this, is there any way possibly to remotely control this from the ground now that its gone up into the air? >> its not clear at this point. this is not like a drone of any sort. its not clear if they can watch and wait and see if it comes down on its own. i dont believe thats the case. thats why they scrambled the f-16s. they are very concerned it could land in a populated center in pennsylvania. thats why they are asking anyone who sees this blimp to call 911 immediately. theyre ...

Frantic chase by f-16 fighter jets. it was heading for heavily populated new england when it lost control and wreaked havoc on a pennsylvania town and cutting power lines to 30,000 people. the military kobt shoot the nearly $200 million blimp down out of fear the 7,000 pound air ship would have exploded. it landed successfully this evening. you can see it there. that was, let me say it again, nearly $200 million. loaded with high-powered radar designed to protect the east coast of the united sta...

Now. >> agree. >> thank you, john boehner. we are turning the page, and we are unifying the republican party. >> he planted the flag as though its already a done deal when it does not appear to be a done deal. >> thats the way to do it politically. >> he must know something that we dont know, chris. im thinking. anyway, guys, thanks for turning to a bunch of different topics. we have more breaking news. fox news alert now because well that blimp, that unmanned blimp is still on the loose. its no...

The army where this blimp had been put out a press release. now f-16 fighter jets are track it. they are asking, as you mentioned, for help from the public if they see this blimp in the air to call 911. its able to monitor an area like the size of texas. >> somehow it came loose on its own or was it already in the air and lost track of where it was supposed to be? >> it was mored add aberdean. this is a device that the u.s. uses to protect the homeland. its not clear how it got loose. the two f-...

>> how could something like this have happened? you know, its supposed to withstand hurricane-force winds and all of a sudden it gets loose and now theres $200 million of taxpayer dollars down a toilet? >> right now its in a test program and in year one its about to enter its second year of a three-year test program and you can be certain that something like this is really going to weigh in on the pentagon decision on whether or not to keep buying these blimps to put around perhaps other cities ...

Simply break loose and drift, which is not supposed to happen, is this too risky? is there some other way to do business? is there some oh way to keep the capital region safe? norad saying earlier today that washington, d.c. is perfectly safe from any air defense threats. it will be a big question about where this program goes from here. >> barbara starr, thanks so much. were going to continue to come back to barbara as she continues to get information from her pentagon sources. for now lets go ...