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youre live in the "cnn newsroom." im jim acosta. we are following breaking news at this hour. the president declaring moments ago that he ordered the pentagon to shoot down the chinese spy balloon as soon as possible. the u.s. is in a recovery effort after a u.s. fighter jet launched a precision strike on the chinese spy balloon. it came after days of watching it float from montana, to missouri to the carolinas. here is another video of that strike. this is a tense moment in u.s./china...

Command to be prepared for the prospect of war with china in the year 2025. thats not the consensus assessment from the u.s., but its not far off from the urgency that u.s. officials feel about the prospect for escalation with china in the coming years, and now you have a tangible instance of that with missiles fired in anger or in response to a chinese provocation. its a tense time. >> absolutely. we might see more provocations to come. jim sciutto, thanks for the expertise as always. we apprec...

So, therefore, there was a unanimous consensus amongst the three agencies and dni about the judgments. there was one thing about the nsas confidence level in terms of the russian advocacy for mr. trump, but with that lone exception, it was a consensus assessment. >> and the report also talked extensively about the role of wikileaks in working with russia on this covert action campaign. can you talk a bit more about how they fit in? >> well, i think as the assessment says, that the russians used ...

Assessments and so, therefore, there was a unanimous consensus among the three agencies and the odni about the judge its. there was one variation, as far as the nsas confident level, in terms of the advocacy for mr. trump. but with that lone exception, it was a consensus assessment. >> and the report also talked extensively about the role of wikileaks in working with russia on this covert action campaign. can you talk a bit more about how they fit in? >> as the assessment says, the russians used...

President said if north korea made any more threats the u.s. would respond in this way, fire and fury like the world has never seen before, and a few hours later, north korea makes a threat that it hasnt made before with a specificity it has not made before. >> and jim, the nuclear development or the possible nuclear development by north korea, if its true, it is a big step forward for their nuclear program, right? >> reporter: thats right. multiple sources telling myself and my colleagues today...

If this threat from north korea came before or after president trumps statement today, right? >> reporter: we dont know for sure when the threat was ordered from on high. the report on north korean state news came after the president made his statement. so its possible that it was decided they would make this threat before the president made his statement. but the fact remains the president said if north korea made any more threats the u.s. would respond in this way, fire and fury like the world...