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0 president lula has to make. >> reporter: i wanted to follow up on a question i asked in september. in light of the chinese spy balloon incident does this administration consider chinese land purchases near u.s. military bases a national security threat? >> we are always concerned about potential foreign collection near or around our military sites, and youre right, last week is a good example of that. we take that seriously, whether thats terrestrial related or whether its from the air. and i ...

>> harris: right now the senate subcommittee on defense is looking at why the military let it happen in the first place. since they say it happened before why couldnt they keep it away from montana for example? armed services and foreign relations are putting hearings on their dockets. as i mentioned moments ago huge revelations from the pentagon. last weeks china spy flight is part of a massive worldwide surveillance program by a communist country. the d.o.d. revealed sightings across seven con...

US Defense officials are under fire for their decision to allow a Chinese spy balloon to traverse across the continental United States before destroying it.

Processing the chinese spy balloon at the fbi lab in quantico, virginia. we understand these agents are assigned to whats called the evidence response team. now, of course what they want to know is clear, what they are going to learn is what were waiting for. we did hear it from dod officials earlier today on capitol hill. they said they do expect to learn more about the chinese surveillance program as that material continues to be processed, but there you have it. our first look at the processi...

In February 2021 President Joe Biden stood at a podium at the State Department and proclaimed that the war in Yemen must end.

>> the predtaking it down over the atlantic is like tackling the quarterback after the game is over. >> we have not seen this much republican outrage since this balloon flew over london. i didnt notice this when chinese balloons flew over the trump administration. this happens fairly regularly. according to a senior administration official, dod tracks hundreds of balloons every day, but theyre typically not deemed a threat. their presence close to or over the united states would not be brought t...

>> reporter: shortly after the military downed that chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina on saturday, defense sect lloyd austin told d.o.d. to reach out to the chinese ministry and see if it was possible to set up a phone call and that was rebuffed, refusing engage in the conversation between the u.s. defense secretary and his chinese counterpart. he put out a statement a short time ago saying they still view communication as important especially at times like this and weve seen austi...

The Biden administration was aware of a Chinese spy balloon entering U.S. airspace on January 28, but tried to hide its existence from the public.

To say about the u.s. shooting down the chinese spy balloon. as you can expect, the conversation depends on the party. senate majority leader, chuck schumer tweeted he commenced the presidents decision to take down the balloon over water to keep americans safe. on the other hand, republican congressman michael mccaul of texas who chairs the house foreign affairs committee wrote that the white house shouldve taken care of the balloon before and became a national security threat. he will be, quote...

Dont even know if it was relatn spotted in the last same area je been some sort of interception,s we remember yesterday they grout in the entire area while this si dont remember kevin cork. thisd weird at this point, a second b, your reaction. >> a couple of things i think at -- listen, i will be honest witi dont think this is it. i thinkn the atmosphere. the reason i ca, weve already herd some dod offe first off for them, theyve see, its a quick incursion and backo bet you this is probably not ...