the president absolute was involved in this decision. he ordered it at the recommendation of pentagon leaders. he wanted it taken down and they did that. space i would try to glean the low down the chute on second object taken down over our airspace in less than a week for this time our reaction is a whole lot different whole lot quicker. here s at least we know for the time being. the threat to civilian flight was pretty clear given the altitude the thing was flying at. that is why the president ordered it shot down. but, this is what we still do not know, where did it come from and why did it take a reporter asking about it for us to hear about it fully 11 minutes into a white house press conference. questions will be asked of the top republican on the armed services committee. key democrat on the senate foreign relations committee tim kaine. they are both here and how will our relationship would try to play out in the 2024 campaign? maybe it already is. new hampshire repub
the united states before being downed off the coast of south carolina. we have fox team coverage with alexandria hoff and lucas tomlinson at the lawn of the white house. and we begin with you, lucas with the white house response. it s not clear where the object was first detected by u.s. forces and later shot down. the pentagon and norad are refusing to say. president biden was asked about the latest operation and only gave a one-word answer. do you have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska? success. right now, the u.s. air force special operatings, helicopters like this, along with rescue planes and chinook helicopters on skis are combing over the rugged coast of alaska where the object was blasted out of the sky by an f-22 raptor from the he elmendorf base. we re calling this an object, that s the best description, we don t know who owns it whether it s state owned for corporate owned or privately owned. we don t know that. it was flying on a
it is already inside u.s. airspace just north of anchorage, alaska prefer the pentagon and norad are not confirming that report. oxygen out to get into specific tactics or techniques we may or may not use when observing these types of things. again norad ascent up aircraft to observe to see what it was. here s what we do know pentagon pat reiter said this object was shot down at 1:45 p.m. eastern yesterday inside u.s. airspace over the northeast coast of alaska. his first detected thursday night. is flying at 40000 feet, dangerously close to the altitude of some commercial airliners that s white deemed a threat as we heard from sean kirby. like last week norad launched a pair raptors out of anchorage when the jet shot down the object using a sidewinder heat seeking missile. the recovery effort and debris is underway air force ac 130 rescue planes special operations helicopters have been launched
the united states before being downed off the coast of south carolina. we have fox team coverage with alexandria hoff and lucas tomlinson at the lawn of the white house. and we begin with you, lucas with the white house response. it s not clear where the object was first detected by u.s. forces and later shot down. the pentagon and norad are refusing to say. president biden was asked about the latest operation and only gave a one-word answer. do you have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska? success. right now, the u.s. air force special operatings, helicopters like this, along with rescue planes and chinook helicopters on skis are combing over the rugged coast of alaska where the object was blasted out of the sky by an f-22 raptor from the he elmendorf base.
one pipe lot it one pilot telling me earlier that rescue planes could not go up until daylight. hurricane dorian one of the most powerful atlantic storms ever recorded. here s the situation in freeport earlier today. as y all can see, the trees, that s the water right there, banging against the window. that s the front porch. the water is about six feet, or over six feet deep. god be with you. god be with us. god be with us. keep praying out there. no kidding. that is terrifying. we re also following dorian s impact on florida, where the hurricane s outer bands are now reaching some areas. the storm expected to track along florida s east coast as it moves to the north. i want to go straight to the latest forecast and for that, we turn to our msnbc meteorologist, ja nessa webb. after all the days of uncertainty, all the models are