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and tonight here, the moment, what we witness with rescuers on that pile. right here on the ground with me tonight. back in the u.s., the urgent hunt for crucial pieces of that chinese spy balloon off the east coast. tonight, u.s. officials now revealing the balloon was capable of not only conducting surveillance, but monitoring communications, as well. martha raddatz with new reporting. in the u.s., at least four reported tornadoes across multiple states. and tonight, the system n...

Shooting it down over land, they say, would have endangered lives. >> the recommendation was made to shoot the balloon down over an area that minimized the risk to u.s. citizens. >> reporter: but montanas other senator argues that wouldnt have been an issue in his state. >> the greatest risk would have been hitting a cow, a prairie dog, or an antelope. >> reporter: state department saying tonight that the balloon was capable of high resolution surveillance and intercepting communications, but of...

What do you make of the news and the extraction of this covert agent? >> this has got to be devastating for the intelligence community not because of the political angle and president trump, but the ability to get insights into a closed society like the kremlin at a senior level is really tough. were not talking about looking at russian troops on the ground in syria, intercepting communications. were talking about somebody who might have enabled you to get inside the head of what vladimir putin ...

Very interesting the pentagon is acknowledging they struck three men in one car. what is tells us is u.s. drones overhead are watching raqqa, the declared capital of isis, around the clock to see when and where they can take these strikes. jake. >> this would also seem to suggest something about improved intelligence on isis in syria. while were on the subject is the u.s. closer to tracking down the isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. >> theyre not saying publicly because he is prize number one. w...