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
unidentified flying objects. five if i could refer to your military expertise if you d like me to the particle here the way it was described yesterday when they had their sights on this from the night before. it was run up the proverbial intelligence and food chain on the way to the united states gave the okay to shoot it down. i just wondered in the event norad finds us and immediate threats, could it opt to take matters into his own hand and shoot it down without going to the scan chain of command? neil that is a great question short answer is yes. but the commander of the north american space command actually confirmed that in one of his press conferences he had earlier this week. if there is any indication a direct threat against the united states he has it within his authority to go ahead and
level. what s odd if this is true is it goes against a tradition often of militaries looking more negatively on a situation. they want to persuade civilians to provide them more. it s the other way. it s the other way. it would be out of character for what mill teaitaries often do. i have always found and for an armed service committee, that if a general has one start on the shoulder or her shoulder, he wants two. if he has two, he wants three. if he has three he wants four and that goes up and down the chain of command and you don t get ahead by having reports go up can chain of command saying the president to say your commander in chief is wrong. if i know the four star on general austin, i ve known him for a long time. it s harder and possible for me