officials tells nbc news, president biden directed the and i-5 object to be shut down this afternoon. told the president make the call at an abundance of caution at the recommendation of the pentagon. the source also is saying the u.s. has no indication this latest object had surveillance capabilities. they cannot rule it out at this point. this all comes after the u.s. military shot down a high altitude object flying over alaskan airspace on friday. then on saturday u.s. fighter jets shot down another unidentified objects over uconn territory in canada. back in february 4th, the u.s. downed a chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. joining me now, nbc news congressional correspondent, julie tsirkin. julie, how are members of congress responding tonight? what answers do they hope to get from the pentagon? look, they have more questions than answers. i should note, alicia, all of these different rank and file lawmakers from michigan, from us conson, from montana, al
been receiving briefings from department of defense officials since overnight last night. i m told right now, there is a briefing going on with the full michigan delegation, including the governor from the department of defense, because this object downed over lake huron, congressman bergen a republican from michigan said on cnn that lake huron is cold this time of year. they will need special divers to access the optimal object and recover whatever payload it may have. it s not as deep as lake superior. this as officials try to recover these objects. look, other republicans are frustrated at the lack of transparency. congressman rosendale from montana who s been in touch with defense officials overnight last night said there was a gap of 12 hours in which he did not receive any information. there have been briefings as these objects are different in size and shape can and scope. it makes it harder for the