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And collect vast amounts of data, and they try to piece together what they can from that effort about chinese trade craft and the different ways china may be using balloons and other types of aerial reconnaissance to spy on the united states. >> ben, one quick question. do you think that china is using these more aggressively? are there new technologies we are concerned about, perhaps not in this case, but new technologies, these mini drones that could be emitted from a balloon that we have to i...

Didnt demonstrate hostile intent. decision allowed the military to collect intel using u2 spy planes. >> gave us the opportunity to assess what they were actually doing, what kind of capabilities existed on the balloon and what kind of transmission capabilities existed and i think you will see in the future that time frame was well worth its value to collect. >> the work here continues as you see the boats out here which could be weeks, a process that could take weeks out here. >> harris: thank ...

Policy have not been reworked because of this balloon. >> martha: okay. so heres a map that show that ten different balloon incursions that were aware of over the past six years, this is extraordinary. this isnt one balloon that passed over the country. >> sandra: so how much attention does the president need to sort of head on this is what were facing from china tonight? >> this should be a sputnik moment. not because of the capabilities were equatable to sputnik in the late 50s. this illustrat...

Intelligence capabilities. theyre working on enhancing the system of cameras on capitol hill. and theyre steadily hiring more officers now getting to a force size of about 2,000. wolf? >> brian todd reporting, very disturbing indeed. up next, a look at some of the guests of honor for the presidents speech tonight. well be right back. ♪ ♪ its what sanctuary coululd look like... feel like... sound like... even smell like. more on that soon. ♪ ♪ the best part? the prequel is pretty sweet ...

Sade, hey, its not safe yet. do you accept that? >> there is no excuse here. when this first occurred last time during the administration, remember, this is the third year of this administration, they should have been preparing for this. they knew what this was. they know what the balloon is, what its capabilities and maneuverability is from having observed previous actions by china. they should have been prepared. they seem not only to be unprepared but to even be waiting. where is the balloon ...

So, i wish we could just -- some of the facts, and at least for my perspective, it seems like they handled it no very disciplined way, and one or one of the only countries in the world where -- that can handle this at all. and can do such things. so we have the tools and capabilities, and about there was a very deliberate decision-making process that went down, and it made a lot of sense for those that were trying to make sure that people were safe, and intel collection can be preserved as well....

Hit somebody with 100 blues. >> 414 grams. >> if the main ingredient in each pill is oxycodone, then you can weigh them all together. >> at that time, were still a local police department. we really didnt have the capabilities to really understand what was going on. >> all right. well, i didnt know that the percocets with the oxys. >> yeah. >> if you look at the ingredients in the percocet -- >> im going to start feeling sick soon if i dont have my medication. >> but you think, yeah, somethings ...

This is just one piece to build composite what it is our military capabilities are and our policies are in preparation for a potential incursion in to taiwan that will probably happen between 2024 and 2000 27. >> ashley: you think this was plan for this balloon to go over the military bases that it did? china says no, this is no big deal, it has nothing to do with that. you think this was planned? >> rebekah: 100% planned, ashley. we know what chinese collection capabilities are and know what ch...

>> they said it is deliberate action and that the pentagon had briefed the president about this balloon over montana which is unusual about past balloons like this, and when the president said, okay, shoot it down right now, but the military advised him not to do that because of the risk of the debris could pose to civilians on the ground as well as infrastructure, and not only that, we are told that the officials told the president that the best way to preserve the payload of this balloon, esse...

Committees, the china committee on which i sit and the armed services committee. we need to understand whether this balloon is giving increased capability than the satellites that china has in space. what those capabilities are. what are they learning about sensitive american technology? did they find out any information in montana or other places about our icbms? what are we going to do to make sure its clear to the chinese that this is unacceptable, they cant be inviting american sovereignty t...