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Interests. >> can you talk more about that? you think about the timing of this, right? this was before an incredibly crucial meeting, secretary blinken was going to be heading there to have this meeting, in which he subsequently canceled once the balloon was spotted over u.s. territory, right? we know, china certainly wants to mend relationships -- relations with the united states as well. we have a precarious position affair with china -- russia and their incursion on ukraine, along with predic...

The military base in afghanistan, there is some chance you may have seen a military balloon covering that military base. its no big secret there. -- closer in assets like a balloon might be able to show, which is why, sometimes, when you see pictures of our bases abroad, you might see a balloon tethered and observing what is happening below. >> were you surprised that the secretary of state, tony blinken, postponed his trip to china? i think, presumably over this incident. and how do you read th...

For chinese officials part, they did release a statement earlier today, downplaying the postponement of the secretary of states trip. they reiterated the regrets. then, they started to hint that maybe the u.s. was hyping up the issue, and pointed out that the secretary of states visit was never really formally announced, so they dont consider it to be really called off. so, its going to take a lot to try to get these talks back on track to get these visits rescheduled, and of course, to try to m...

The intentions? there is a lot of questions to be asked and answered, i think with time we will get that information. this was more of an embarrassment for china when they have one of their spy balloons discovered and then shot down. and the, and it will create more tension between our two countries in the long short and long term. >> unless that slotkin said there needs to be consequences for the ccp beyond the postponement of secretary blinkens trip to beijing, do you agree with that? what sho...

Blinken, postponed his trip to china? i think, presumably over this incident. and how do you read the postponement of that? >> i was not surprised and i was actually pleased. i think thats actually exactly the right response. there has to be a response because we dont want to see chinese assets hovering over the united states on a regular basis. so, i think a regular response is necessary. as i said a couple of times, we hope we get our hands on this, on this particular piece of equipment. i thi...

As we are told by the pentagon is that it is lingering more than balloons have spent in the past hovering, and so that does not mean that it is able to gather more intelligence than say a chinese spy satellite, but it is a blatant attempt by the chinese, the u.s. believes to gather intelligence above a u.s. territory. >> and the chinese satellites are flying over or the u.s. every 90 minutes on orbit. something to watch. thank you, alex marquardt. we want to bring back molly ball and francesca c...

>> well, we are expecting one, bianna, and we are expected to hear an explanation of the postponement of secretary blinkens trip, and we are hearing this on background from two u.s. officials. it is not something that is really all that surprising considering fact that this is a surveillance balloon intended to gather intelligence over sensitive sights in montana where the u.s. has over 100 nuclear ballistic missiles, and according to the pentagon, this is something that has happened in the past...

>> john miller is here with us, cnns intelligence analyst and kylie atwood. tell us about blinken postponing his trip. >> he was supposed to be heading to china to meet with officials in beijing tonight. it was canceled this morning. he called his chinese counterpart to explain that the u.s. assessment was that the conditions for this trip arent right anymore. thats because of this balloon. senior state department officials are saying its unacceptable this balloon is over u.s. territory. theyre ...

They havent detailed exactly where it is, despite some apparent sightings in parts of the central united states. how long has this balloon been in the air, how long has the u.s. been aware of it, and why did it take the united states, ultimately secretary blinken, several days before they did postpone the trip during a call with reporters aboard air force one, the white house press secretary karine jean-pierre said president biden was first briefed on the balloon on tuesday, he has continued to ...