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Will make its way home. >> i do not have the pentagon is going to do with the president ultimately decides but once he gets out over open waters i would be surprised if we would allow this balloon to just float back to china. >> of quick history both countries of course spy on each other for just over a month ago chinese fighter jet came just 1y plane flying over the south china sea as you can see here. back in 2006 and was accused china of stealing underwater drone was later returned into many ...

The shot-down happened at 2:39 eastern time off the coast of south carolina. very notable, it was just offshore about 6 nautical miles. why is that important? we learned from president biden and from defense secretary lloyd austin that this needed to be shot down within u.s. territorial waters. that is because they did not want to shoot it down in international air space, international waters and also because you didnt want to shoot it down too far offshore, then this debris would be down at the...

Telling us that u.s. fighter jets couldnt go that high. we know open source reporting dont have to be realize in or have classified documents that u.s. fighter jets can fly at 58,000 feet, and thats where this shot-down took place. let me see if im missing anything else from this background briefing. no. thats where we are right now, a single u.s. air force f-22 fighter jet in southeast virginia shot down in the chinese spy balloon off the coast of south carolina 6 miles offshore to aid in the r...

Their language and their public statements but based on our reporting and other reporting, there was some consideration given initially to perhaps the option of shooting it down but it was overland, there was a conclusion that that just posed too much of a safety risk. of, course you have to look at the broader calculation. what is the imminent threat? if there is the imminent threat, you have to shoot it down, sooner rather than later. i think they made the calculation, its not a fighter jet, i...

Philippines. and we made negotiations with japan. when you take a look at this, that causes friction. the chinese are not sure what we are doing, we are not sure what the chinese are doing. and so what i will tell you is, what we really need to do is, both of these countries, u.s., china need to make sure that we continue to open dialogue. we cannot have the two largest countries economically as well as militarily at each others throat. we gotta make sure that we continue to open the dialogue. >...

Keep happening, arthel. remember, it was just over a month ago when a chinese fighter jet almost knocked into an american spy plane over the south china sea, came been 10 feet. that could have been a tragedy the like what happened back in 2001 when an american spy plane collided with a chinese fighter jet and its crew of nearly two dozen americans were held for 11 days on a chinese island, you know, tough times. this is just another chapter in the espionage capers between america and china. but ...

It does look, there it is, you can see the bottom part of that balloon. it appears to be the surveillance equipment dropping below what was left of the balloon after it was popped. after it was destroyed by that fighter jet. so that does bode well, i suppose. if and when theyre able to retrieve that equipment from the ocean. you can see it there. a fair amount of it still intact, dropping very quickly below after it was shot out of the sky. fighter jets from langley air force base shot down that...

>> thats not new hampshire. breaking news, very much unlike chicago. >> send them to mount wash washington. >> 110 degrees. >> not when i go there. >> that doesnt for us, we will see you tomorrow 5:00 p.m. eastern for the big sunday show. fox report with jon scott right now. my guess, they will have something about a balloon. ♪ jon: u.s. fighter jet shoots down a chinese spy balloon off the coast of south carolina, a little over three hours ago. only after the balloon spent the past week viola...

Committee that was just kind of starting with a new hundred and 18 congress that is looking at the china threat, and then they will tackle this issue quite seriously. >> i believe were gonna convert mission from the department of defense the u.s. fighter jet shot down that chinese surveillance balloon. we also are getting a statement in from the pentagon and i want to read this for folks. . a little bit long so bear with me as i go through it. this afternoon at the direction of president biden, ...

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