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Later as it entered canadian airspace. >> 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 viewers may not know or may know, that u.s. and canada have a joint aerospace defense command, norad, so they very much jointly defend the airspace of north america. and obviously,...

>> yes, we didnt get a lot of information about the object itself. of course, we have a ton of questions. one piece of information we did get was that in addition to that f-22s from the u.s., there were also f-18s from canada involved in that approach. another thing i was struck by, joel, right? there was a question during the q&a about whether or not there was any belief that this object was tied to china. you had the defense minister being very careful, theyre saying, we do not know. we do not...

So what did we learn from this incident? >> i think weve got a few more details but hopefully were gonna get a lot more at this press conference in canada, we do know that they spotted it in friday evening, that is significant. it mades its not necessarily moving that past, it took all of this time to cross into northern canada and then also the u.s. aircraft looking a close look at it according to norah. now, were not hearing it description or seeing an image of what they saw, but it begs the q...

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 will continue to reach out...

You, thank you for being patient -- last week, the u.s. shot down one of these balloons. they said they called it a chinese surveillance balloon. china pushed back, saying it was a weather balloon. what is canadas position? >> this is an object. this is a cylindrical object that we shot down today. it appears to be a cylindrical object. and we are working to analyze the debris to identify more specifics about this object. it appears to be smaller in size than the one that the united states shut ...

Very important to look at the debris thats recovered and analyze it and examine it. and as we speak, you had fbi technical experts in quantico, virginia at a lab looking at some of the debris thats been recovered off the coast of south carolina from that chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down a week ago. so, just a string of events, very unusual, totally unprecedented, really. >> i love that both of us saw someone walk up to the podium. we thought we might be starting, in fact, it was j...

>> thank you. >> [speaking non-english] >> canadian defense minister anita anand, sharing a bit of information, a little more information about that third object taken down in north american airspace. really, though, underscoring coordination with the united states, specifically referencing secretary of defense lloyd austin. she is now taking questions. lets listen. >> let me assure all canadians that canadians are safe. there is no reason to believe that the impact of the object in canadian ter...

Can focus on the big issues. and i think the people want to focus on that. theyre gonna turn you to lead with these investigations. and i think that also democrats, who were on the committee, weve been pushing back pretty hard, weve been pushing back with facts, with the truth. and i think that they have been unsuccessful at this point, either trying to actually prove that theyve got the wrong issues on the other side. i think the chairman, mr. comer, i hope that he shifts and actually brings is...

Development in this area. so, this goes to show that norad is functioning as it should, and we recognize the need to enhance that technology that underpins aerospace surveillance. >> we are watching canadian defense minister anita anand answer questions about that third objects shut down in north american airspace. really, underlining the unity between the u.s. and canada. lets bring back joel rubin, hes a former deputy assistant secretary of state, and the president of the washington strategy. ...

Looking at whats fallen off the coast of south carolina, but you saw in the statements tonight from the white house and the pentagon that the fbi will be assisting the canadian law enforcement authorities there, as they recover and examine the debris in yukon, in canada. and at the same time, the fbi is involved also in another sort of quasi-crime scene off the coast of alaska. this is in arctic ocean. and there will also be assessments of what they found there that was shut down yesterday. we s...