the biden administration to shoot down the balloon over the atlantic ocean. the federal aviation administration has issued a ground stop close airspace in north and south carolina until 2:45 p.m. eastern time. the balloon is currently floating over south carolina and moving southeast republican congressman anthony of the homeland security committee standing by with his reaction. but first lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with 30 tables unchecked details. good afternoon mike if you going to shoot down a chinese spy balloon over the atlantic that s exactly how you do it. you close airspace you launched fighters. that appears to be what happened are present biden spoke earlier indicated a decision had been made without offering specifics. [inaudible] earlier this morning on fox former defense secretary chuck said it s unlikely this bible it 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
what was going on, what the response was going to be. and, look, china s one of our biggest adversaries, so to see this, you know, when people look up in the sky and i was driving around earlier, people were pulled over on the side of the road, they were pulling out their camera phones. a lot of intrigue about this. you know, this is an interesting, you know, interesting time, but a lot of people have questions about this. and for me, i m incredibly concerned about where, you know, where this was headed and why it took so long to address. mike: a sense of relief as a south carolina congressman that this has been successfully shot down, apparently over the atlantic ocean? i think so, and i m super proud of the men and women at south carolina s shaw air force base for doing so. i think that shows our resolve and that we re able to take any task. it was really interesting to the watch this spy balloon go over my house and to see fighter planes really circling this balloon as i
we haven t been toll much, honestly. i mean, this is right over i mean, it fell right above my hometown, so we re kind of in the dark a little bit. i think the american people are in the dark. you know, why was this allowed to go clear across the country for so many days? you know, you look at this, national security is one of the biggest things that any country can co. it is a core function of government. so i think for us in congress and, i think, for the american people there are a lot more questions than answers at this point. mike: you re a member of the jewish curbly committee, also a member of the house oversight committee. can you foresee the possibility of hearings in the oversight committee to get a better understanding of the administration s actions and when and where it decided to the take out this balloon? i think we should. i think we re owed answers. i think the american people are owed answers. you look at this, you know, when it was discovered by a local press o
have you been told by officials here in washington? we haven t been toll much, honestly. i mean, this is right over i mean, it fell right above my hometown, so we re kind of in the dark a little bit. i think the american people are in the dark. you know, why was this allowed to go clear across the country for so many days? you know, you look at this, national security is one of the biggest things that any country can co. it is a core function of government. so i think for us in congress and, i think, for the american people there are a lot more questions than answers at this point. mike: you re a member of the jewish curbly committee, also a member of the house oversight committee. can you foresee the possibility of hearings in the oversight committee to get a better understanding of the administration s actions and when and where it decided to the take out this balloon? i think we should. i think we re owed answers. i think the american people are owed answers. you look at this,