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good evening. this time no one waited. just days after a chinese spy balloon was allowed to drift across the country, another unidentified object was spotted over alaska. in this case, fighter jets were scrambled to investigate and then shoot it down. president biden was asked about it not long after. >> do you have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska, mr. president? >> more on how all this played out and how the administration is handling it. what else has the admin...

>> were joined on how this played out and how the administration is handling it. what else has the administration said about this object? >> reporter: heres what we know, anderson. this mysterious object is the size of a small car. it was unmanned. it didnt appear to have the capability to maneuver itself within the windstream. and also according to a u.s. official, it didnt appear to have surveillance equipment on board. so those are some significant details, but we really dont know t...

Theres fighter bases. theres some energy-intense stuff up there. alaska actually plays a very important role in national defense, particularly when youre looking at its west. you look at russia, and you look around the globe to china. so, yeah, i mean it could be anything from that level. but i mean its really kind of an interesting mystery, and i think they made the absolute right decision to shoot it down. im not sure if it was shot down because of, you know, commercial airline traffic as they...

Theres a lot of stuff out there on the internet and on twitter describing it, which i dont know if its true or just rumor. but it certainly, to me, looks like something that either china or russia, you know, i guess its quite possible there could be should commercial entity that was testing something. but given the proximity to military bases, stuff with our defense, its very interesting. i think theres a lot we -- we may not even find out, but theres a lot to be learned. >> is there anything in...

Defenses around iran. is this a good move? >> i think on balance this is a good move. lets put it in perspective. about a week ago we were hearing reports of 120,000 troops potentially deployed. that would be a very bad move. that would be far too much. if you look at what iran has done over the last week or so, they planted bombs on tankers. they are flying drones over saudi oil fields and attacking the pipelines. a rocket lands in the u.s. embassy in baghdad. iran is clearly sending us a prett...