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and hes going to drop by before he goes to work. right? >> yep. >> steve: all right. did you get a free breakfast yet? >> yeah, i got one to go. >> steve: good boy. round of applause for my nephew. go to work. very good. [applause] >> steve: all right. were here in kansas city for the big game is in nine days. and, do you know what? brian and ainsley, i know you are going to be a little jealous, right over here is a fellow by the name of ken cramer. ken used to be with the kansas city ...

To you guys. >> brian: do you know what im going to do. i have a balloon and fly it over china. lets see if they are that cautious about taking it down. remind me after the show. would you do that, ainsley? >> i also want to mention there is high stakes to this because the secretary of state is expecting to be heading over to china in a matter of days. they said were not sure if the chinese were saying that they werent sure if this was going to impact the trip at all. you have to wonder what thi...

Also the defense secretary lloyd austin is -- he is heading right now to the philippines so tensions are ramping up. they are worried about the philippines being so close to taiwan and what that means for their country in the future. lloyd austin, the joint chiefs of staff chairman mark milley and general glen van hurt, they quickly convened to talk about this to look at options to how to get this balloon down. they said it is over the sparsely populated area it like brian said. they couldnt ris...

American satellites down. >> ainsley: steve, they are trying to provoke us. they are the ones putting a spy balloon over our country. >> brian: its not a satellite. >> steve: right, exactly. thats my point. i think they are trying to get a reaction from us. it will be very telling to see how this is all resolved. >> brian: not the first one either. >> steve: they have got a button in china where they could deflate it. lets see if they deflate it. >> brian: i dont know. i have never heard of the ...

>> those reporters tried very hard to get their questions in. while the president chose not to talk publicly, we are hearing from the governor of montana who says from the spy balloon to the chinese communist party spying on americans through tiktok to ccp linked companies buying american farmland im deeply troubled by the constant stream of alarming developments for our national security. we are also hearing from the canadians overnight. their defense department putting out a statement saying t...

About how the u.s. plans to respond. we did hear from pentagon officials late yesterday. >> the u.s. government to include norad continues to track and monitor it closely. the balloon is currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground. >> balloon has been floating over sparsely populated areas of montana. we have been told that have been discussions both here at the white house and across the river at...

Usually burn up on reentry. isnt it curious that china has parked it over montana. i wonder whether or not perhaps they are simply trying to provoke us. look, that thing is hard to miss. you can see it from the ground. i think they are trying to provoke the united states to get us to do something. the big question is will we take the bait? i just asked the folks here in kansas city a moment ago what you would do. 90% of the people said "shoot it down." now, michael waltz from florida says the pe...

[cheers and applause] everybody brought me something. [cheers and applause] >> steve: more of that in a little bit. ainsley and brian, we have breaking news. >> brian: yeah, we do. that is great stuff, steve. we will check back in with you shortly. >> ainsley: put that in your office, steve. now to a fox news alert. u.s. officials are telling fox that the gang of 8 has been briefed on the chinese surveillance balloon hovering near critical u.s. military sites. >> brian: how is this still in the ...