to today. we begin with 0,000-foa sixty ts foot in the sky balloon that s flying over the continentale. wa us somewhere where at this momentt this we re not exactly sure. it is a massive chinese spy balloon the size of, say,, hove three school buses.rir iout has been hovering overml our country for days. and why hasn td we our governmee told we, the people about this ,the self-proclaimed most transparent administration itras history? china says it s a weather balloon. i don t believe anyone here believe them can say it louder.l now. all right. they re saying accidentally that he s flying over america s critical military infrastructure. now it sy happening in multiple states . a lying communist spokesperson nameisd mao told us to calm dow, quote, any deliberateside speculation or hyping uperin will not help the chinese side n is gathering the facts and hopes all sides will handle this matter matter in a coolhes manner. how about we don t need lectures from the communist
expend the political capital here. washington lost its collective mind yesterdayyester on this. e the chinese doch spyines on on . i think this goes back to maybe some kind of old cold war worryg about, you know, about th something kind of tangible looking up at us .n my houthe joke i had in my househa is that, you know, they art e kind of getting a preview of the next season of yellowstone, yellowstone. what a riot o send you outroun on the comedy circuit. well, the chinese e are laughing s at us , that s for sure.ur the role of the pentagon under r biden seems clear , unless we re talking about sending billions of weapons to ukraine. well, the pentagon s role is pretty much one of an observer. once it s over, a body of water, will you shoot it downf at the north american aerospace defensame command continuess to to monitor it closely. monit now?controlling this balloon right now? is the chinese government withrolling the movement of the balloon or is it just floating
i hope that we ll have a greatin weekend. it s going to be freezing, but we appreciate you coming out ihe nrtunat the coldel tonight. l unfortunately, that s all the time we have left this evening. thank you for making the showpossib possible.. please set your dvr so you hver, ever, ever miss an leisode of hannity. in the meantime, let not your heart be troubled. laura ingraham, the ingraham the ing angle is next. she has a great show.m havean a greatgle a great week. we ll see you back here monday.nday. i m laura ingram and this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. ofina s trial balloon. that s the focus of tonight s angle. now, just like the spy balloon itself, america s china ameri apologists were floating arouncd today. i am kind of prepared to accept the chinese i planation for this balloon. i veve had some personal experience with using balloons ef because devices and they re not very efficient. i don t thinfi dk the chinese wd