we ll have much more on the suspected spy balloon in a moment, but first this breaking news just coming in. the man who led pakistan at the start of america s declared war on terror and the conflict in neighboring afghanistan has died. he died after a prolonged illness according to a statement from pakistan s military. he was in dubai where he lived for several years in self-imposed exile. musharraf was 79 years old. you re now about to see and hear i think we re going to you re now about to see and hear the dramatic moment a u.s. sidewinder missile took out the suspected chinese spy balloon that caused such havoc last week. here it is. it happened saturday off the coast of south carolina near myrtle beach. the balloon was so high up at nearly 12 miles or 20 kilometers that it took a few seconds for the shock wave to reach the ground. china issued a stern protest afterward accusing the u.s. of overreacting. beijing insists it was a civilian research balloon that blew of
long journey ends after the u.s. military shoots it down. . we ll look at the job lies ahead as crews work to recover the instruments carried by the balloon, china reacts with china adding an already strained relationship between washington and beijing. live in hong kong and the political fall-out democrats defend the president against republicans who argued biden waited too long. . . . live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with leila hurruck. u.s. military is savage operations are underway right now in shallow waters off the coast of south carolina, where a suspected chinese spy balloon crashed after shot down by a fighter jet on saturday. a reaction from the chinese government has been swift and angry. a foreign ministry statement accused washington of overreacting to a civilian unmanned air ship and the chinese defense ministry warned it reserve theed the right to use, quote, necessary means to deal with similar situations but washington has been skeptical and
you ll also have the potential flash point when speaker mccarthy travels to taiwan possibly in april, and that will be another hurdle the two countries will have to overcome. drew thompson joining us from singapore, thank you. my pleasure. the northeastern u.s. is frying out from a deep freeze that brought bone chilling. they re largely ended. coldest place during the arctic blast was at the mount, they recorded a new record of minus 108 degrees fahrenheit, while temperatures are expected to rebound five to ten degrees above normal in the coming hours but saturday boston dropped to a low temperature of minus ten degrees fahrenheit, that s minus
i think you also have the potential flash point when speaker mccarthy travels to taiwan possibly in april, and that of course is going to be another hurdle the two countries are going to have to overcome. thank you so much for your analysis. my pleasure. going to go back to our breaking story. more now on the death of the former pakistani president. he ll perhaps be best remembered for the complicated relationship he had with the u.s. during the war on terror. what can you tell us about the legacy he leaves? he was post nine one of washington s most important allies after those attacks. he allowed u.s. forces to