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>> yeah, let me ask you. you were unhappy over how the chinese balloon, which flew over alaska, was dealt with by the administration last week. are you satisfied with how todays object was handled? >> i think there was a level of precision and identification that was necessary and important to successfully take down this unidentified object. i understand that were perhaps dealing with different, different entities here between the high-altitude balloon and what was taken down, but, again, what y...

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And for more on this, were joined from washington tonight by alaska senator lisa murkowski. senator, have you been briefed on this object, and can you share your level of concern over what it may represent? >> yes, i just returned from a classified brief. i had an opportunity to connect with the head of the alaska command general, and i received the update. i am concerned. we saw just this week this high-altitude balloon and being shot down off the waters of south carolina, but today to know tha...

All of that more is coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. u.s. officials are learning more about the second flying object that was shot down, this time over alaska. in an exclusive interview with nbc news, alaskan senator, lisa murkowski says she was briefed and was told that the object is not a balloon. heres what we do know so far, the mystery object was about the size of a small car, pentagon officials say it was flying 40,000 feet in the air and was unmanned....

Surveillance? >> thats right, there is no confirmation of exactly what this object was doing. no indication that it was necessarily conducting some kind of surveillance, or spying, theyre saying you could be commercially owned. it could be privately owned. it could even be for research, and we just dont know that yet. so its an awkward situation, and its not easy to retrieve. keep in mind its over the frozen waters off of alaska, and that is not exactly an easy convenient place to retrieve debri...

Security and foreign affairs correspondent dan dilutes. dan, good morning, thanks for joining us. what else do we know about senator murkowskis private briefing? >> she is saying that it was, that she was told that it was not a balloon. so their sole mystery here exactly what this is. the u.s. did look at it relatively up close to those fighter jets, one to have a look before they shot it down, concluded that it was not manned. but also you heard u.s. officials yesterday from the white house and...

Information they sucked up. >> emily: we actually have a video of senator murkowskis comments kennedy, im glad you brought it up shes at the second one into alaskan airspace it shouldve been shot down let alone the rest of the country, lets take a listen. >> as an alaskan, i am so angry. alaska is the first line of defense for america. its like this administration doesnt think alaska is any part of the rest of the country here. to get to the united states, you have to come through alaska. it see...