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>> thank you. is there anything else that you would like to add that you think is important for canadians to know tonight? >> i think the importance of todays successful mission underscores the functionality of norad. the only binational command in the world that has kept us safe for 40 years or more. and our government announced last year that we will be modern igs and upgrading our continental defense, including norad. that will include constructing a new surveillance system called the norther...

>> thank you. and is there anything else that you would like to add, that you think is important for canadians to know tonight? >> i think the importance of todays successful mission underscores the functionality of norad, the only binational command in the world that has kept us safe for 40 years or more. and our government announced last year that we will be modernizing and upgrading our continental defense, including norad. that is going to include constructing a new surveillance system calle...

In terms of the political pressure on president biden, he was getting a lot of criticism for not acting sooner with the first incident and we have seen swift reaction with the second two. your correspondent was correct, perhaps this is driven more by the optics than anything else. it is interesting that canada is going to be analysing what this latest object is. it is an example of canada and the us working very well together on this, i suppose? the united states and canada work seamlessly. thei...

For 40 years or more. jon: that is the defense minister of canada explaining what happened earlier today when an american fighter jet under norad command took down a cylindrical object in the skies over canada similar takedown happened yesterday over alaska, whats going on? we will have continuing coverage of breaking news in just a moment.

Todays successful mission underscores the functionality of norad, the only binational command in the world that has kept us safe for 40 years or more. and our government announced last year that we will be modernizing and upgrading our continental defense, including norad. that is going to include constructing a new surveillance system called the northern approaches surveillance system. that is going to include enhancing command and control. that is going to include ensuring greater research and...

Assessments of what they found there that was shut down yesterday. we still dont know what that object was either than it somehow, it was moving with wind currents. it didnt see to have some kind of engine propelling it. >> dan, im curious, can you talk us through why it was a u.s. jet that was used, of course, president biden approved this. we know that justin trudeau gave the order. do you have a sense of the mechanics there of how that played out? >> we dont have a lot. but certainly, as some...

Hand-in-hand with the territory. i and your government will continue to reach out to indigenous peoples, potentially affected by this incident to provide updates as needed out of respect for reconciliation. today is a historic day. kanata and united states will continue to work together through the national command of norad to defend our nations and i will recognize again the importance of this extremely close relationship that we have with the united states. canada. jon: canada being bilingual ...

Safety and protection of canadians, working in collaboration with our partners, including the united states, norad and other departments, canada was tracking a high altitude object over central yukon. north american air defence command detected the object and launched canadian and us fighter aircraft to investigate. the object was visually identified using fighter aircraft assigned to norad. ealier, i spoke to idrees ali, pentagon correspondent for news agency reuters, who says this latest unide...

He said us and canadian aircraft were scrambled and that an american fighter aircraft shot the object down. mr trudeau broke the news in a tweet adding that canadian forces will now recover and analyse the wreckage of the object. he thanked north american aerospace defense command for keeping the watch over north america. canadian defence minister anita anand gave this update on the object that was shot down. as minister of national defence, my top priority working in collaboration with our part...

Underway, and we will be supported by the canadian armed forces in conjunction with the rcmp. this coordinated operation will allow a further investigation into this object. we have no further details about the object at this time other than it appears to be a small, cylindrical object, and smaller than the one that was downed off the coast of north carolina. i also spoke today with yukon premier and conveyed that we will continue to work hand in hand with the territory. i and their government w...