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Air force base there. it went to the east coast of the united states. it was specifically designed and following a path that allowed it to go over our nuclear capabilities as well as critical infrastructure. >> reporter: now, the balloon was 60,000 feet above sea level when it was shot down, and for reference, a typical commercial planes cruising attitude is typically around 35,000 feet. will: thank you, brooke. earlier in the show i had a chance to interview an intel analyst. he said, look, he ...

Pete: nuclear triad is submarines, the ability to launch from submarines. ability to launch from the air, nuclear capabilities and ability to launch from the ground. you would want, going over air force bases which includes payloads when you project from the air, you project from the ground. submarines, world class saab marines capable of launching munitions. if you look at the sites, to get a greater level of detail, a balloon will give you more than a satellite might. this path, is not anoxia ...

Biden just two days away from that address. the state of the union address. do we have any idea if the final preparations for that is changed, frankly, considering the new challenge the house is now facing? >> well be making any new spy balloon jokes. john it was always likely to be mentioned during the state of the union, because of the incredibly complicated relationship that we have with that country. we need, china and they need. us because of things like trade agriculture. this will certain...

We want to break down for you real quick on the board over here, some of the military sites over the path of this chinese spy balloon. will, i think youre right. first premise of this is a trial, right if we float a balloon, up through alaska, across the country what will the reaction of the united states government actually be? they effectively learned if there was order to shoot it down here, it didnt get shot down until it reached the east coast. if the second aspect was to truly gather intel...

Technology and intelligence capabilities, why do they have this massive white balloon floating at 60,000 feet in which folks from the ground can actually see it? do they really think we were not going to spot this thing? senator schumer said of a gang of eight, which you are now a part of, will get an intel briefing. anything you can tell us about that? >> the roughing has not happened yet. no, there was nothing i can tell you about. it went when it does, i may not be able to tell you much. i ca...

This was a really most high agency effort, the faa cleared the airspace and stop the air traffic from wilmington, south carolina. and south carolina. and from charleston. and then the air force itself shot the balloon down with an f 22. and the coast guard was in the water, off the sarah carolina posed to collect some of the debris that were talking about. because this balloon was traveling in the air for so many days across the country. from idaho to montana, all the way down to the carolinas, ...

Ukrainians are going to take your advice? >> well, one thing im sure of is that they are absolutely going to keep fighting to get back crimea because they know they will never be safe or secure or rebuild their economy and they also know based on the history of the last 30 years, that russia will never live up to any agreement but the russians will wait for us to lose interest as we did after the invasion of georgia back in 2008. so i think that is why ukraine realizes this year this needs to ha...

Ofa lot of the institutes amidst previous crackdown simply rename themselves to get away from thea scrutinyca. we have to protect our academic freedom and our students,si particularly chinese students bh the chinese communist party. >> was this a trial balloon to see what capabilities america has as china starts coming up with this specific plan to go into taiwan? ther ce is been open sourcee co reporting that china will invade taiwan within the coming 18 months.r you said that 2024 is a year yo...

Institutes, and a lot of those amidst previous crackdowns simply renamed themselves to get away from the scrutiny. we have to protect our academic freedom and our students, particularly chinese students, from transnational are repression by the chinese communist party. maria: congressman, what are your thoughts, was this a trial balloon to see what capabilities america has as china starts coming up with its specific plan to go into taiwan? there has been open source reporting that china will inv...

You knew that, is that enough more are you talking about more, more. re are you tal>> i am talking a, more. so i think what president biden has done, what nato has, done with the free world has, done up to this point has been fantastic. they should get a lot of credit, none of this was inevitable, and if there were a different president place, i dont think it wouldve happened. so i applaud what they have done so far. but, tragically, the war is not over. putin thinks that time is on his side, th...