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Maneuvering capabilities. the two unmanned objects did not. democratic senator jon tester is questioning why this china airship was allowed to travel the u.s. for over a week before being shot down while the newer unidentified objects were shot down virtually right away. >> i probably would have done it different but thats not saying i am right or wrong or they are right or wrong. in the end we end up with the balloon theyve recovered and they are going to put it back together. >> today navy per...

New objects of alaska and canada these two objects u.s. officials tell foxy spy craft have been steering and maneuvering capabilities. nissan and objects did not. still members of congress is not shutdown like the ones in canada were. >> i probably would have done it different that is not saying i am right or i am wrong or they are right or they are wrong. and we end up with the balloon they have recovered were going to put it back together reverse engineer. to date navy personnel were seen taki...

Was already over u.s. territory. arent you surprised or are you surprised that norad could not see a chinese balloon even though it was over our sovereign territory? >> with the best and most lethal fighting force the world has ever known and the expectation from the mega public is that we have the best intelligence gathering capabilities the world has ever known as well. expectation we shouldve been tracking this throughout the pacific ocean and we shouldve known when it crossed over guam and h...

They want to get imagery, get intelligence, particularlyil nuclear.e they are building a nuclear stockpile themselves. why do they want to do this. if they do not win the electionr in taiwan next january, they arg preparing for a military conflict. they are trying to collect information about our military. capabilities in the unitedit states in preparation of that conflict.- inthere is no question about it my mind.ange that is why that balloon was soa dangerous. once it entered u.s. airspaceit a...

North korea has been working on their nuclear and missile program. they have been quantitatively and qualitatively modernizing their program. it seems like the whole world is focused on other events like russias invasion of ukraine. while north korea has this runaway program. so there is very high level of anxiety among the south korea public. >> and what is it about the north korean tests in the last year that have you so worried? >> so it is not only just a quantitative, as you mentioned, over...

Gather intelligence data collect intelligence on our three major nuclear sites in this country. why? theyre looking at what is our capability in the event of possible future conflicts in taiwan? theyre really assessing what we have in this country. >> that is very detailed, very specific. he is linking the china balloon, mark, to gathering nuclear intel for possible taiwan conflict. does that make sense to you? >> well, shirt as. the chinese operate not only balloons, we all have a better sense ...

Simple. that is when the pentagon called me shortly after it took action because lake huron is in my district. number one, decisive action, using the right equipment, the f-16, using the right type of munition to do the takedown. but now the big part, as was mentioned by kylie a minute ago, is the recovery piece to understand. now, lake huron is very, very cold this time of year. theyre going to have to do some special diving capabilities to get down there. the good news is lake huron is not tha...

Very concerning. the icbm also had multiple reentry vehicle capability, and that is another focus of north korea. north korea has been preemptively making threats about preemptive use and simultaneously also lowering the threshold for nuclear capabilities. they came up with a new nuclear doctrine in september of last year that lowers the threshold for use of nuclear weapons. so all of these factors combined, im very worried about the fact that were really entering a more dangerous phase with nor...

Make sure first that we would do it where it was safe. and the american civilians were safe. and also collect important information to let us know what was part and taking analysis so that we know what this object was. significant amount of debris on the ocean for that was charged up and taking out of the ocean. now theres an analysis we will learn more about the capabilities, but i dont get ahead of the military and the intelligence community. theyre gonna be updating us as time goes by. >> an ...

Canadian leader, justin trudeau, said he was briefed on the issue. he supported the decision too shoot it down. this was in the alaska and canada border region. you could see how this process worked through and worked through very quickly. my sources on capitol hill saying they have been informed throughout this process about this object. so it appears both in the timing, how quickly decisions were made here, the tracking of this, and how theyve tried to inform both international partners and pa...