let s go the white house on the breaking news. lucas tomlinson, i understand you have new reporting the share. lucas: that s right, senior official confirms that the u.s. government is weighing options on how to shoot down this chinese spy balloon when it crosses the atlantic, safely off the coast of the united states. now earlier in syracuse president biden was asked to do on the balloon and he said all options are on the table and this is what he said exactly. the chinese balloon we will take care of it. lucas: this morning former defense secretary chuck served under barack obama said this balloon should be brought down gently to exploit it. we don t know what the pentagon is going to do and what the president will ultimately decide and once it gets out over open waters i d be surprised if we would allow this balloon just to float back to china. lucas: both countries spawn each other, of course, just over a month ago the pentagon says fighter jet came to american sp
the biden administration to shoot down the balloon over the atlantic ocean. the federal aviation administration has issued a ground stop close airspace in north and south carolina until 2:45 p.m. eastern time. the balloon is currently floating over south carolina and moving southeast republican congressman anthony of the homeland security committee standing by with his reaction. but first lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with 30 tables unchecked details. good afternoon mike if you going to shoot down a chinese spy balloon over the atlantic that s exactly how you do it. you close airspace you launched fighters. that appears to be what happened are present biden spoke earlier indicated a decision had been made without offering specifics. [inaudible] earlier this morning on fox former defense secretary chuck said it s unlikely this bible it will make its way home. i do not have the pentagon is going to do with the president ultimately decides but once he gets out
what was going on, what the response was going to be. and, look, china s one of our biggest adversaries, so to see this, you know, when people look up in the sky and i was driving around earlier, people were pulled over on the side of the road, they were pulling out their camera phones. a lot of intrigue about this. you know, this is an interesting, you know, interesting time, but a lot of people have questions about this. and for me, i m incredibly concerned about where, you know, where this was headed and why it took so long to address. mike: a sense of relief as a south carolina congressman that this has been successfully shot down, apparently over the atlantic ocean? i think so, and i m super proud of the men and women at south carolina s shaw air force base for doing so. i think that shows our resolve and that we re able to take any task. it was really interesting to the watch this spy balloon go over my house and to see fighter planes really circling this balloon as i
with china and what point does the president ask for a call from president xi? i don t have a call to talk about today. let me again, level set here, and i know i m running close on time, sorry, but the president met with president xi at bali at g20, and most consequential bilateral relationship in the world, the president knows that and wanted to move that relationship forward in a better way and secretary blinken was dang near wheels up trying to head to beijing to have those kinds of conversations to get some of these communication vehicles and venues back on track, whether it s climate change or military to military. we were looking forward to doing that, and then the chinese decided to fly a surveillance balloon over the continental united states and would not be appropriate to have that meeting. when are those discussions going to get back on the calendar, i couldn t tell you. as secretary blinken has said, it will happen at the appropriate time. now is not that ti
hunting lodge. gillian: the judge in the case is deciding where some of the evidence of murdaugh s alleged crimes will be admissible for the jury to hear. phil holloway is going to break that down coming up, criminal defense attorney. we do know the balloon has violated u.s. air space and intern international law, it moves eastward over the continental of the united states. currently assess the balloon does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground at this time. john: fox news alert to start off this friday afternoon, no, it s not a weather balloon, not a civilian aircraft and definitely no mistake. the response from the pentagon in the last hour to china calling bluntly, chinese spying in our air space. gillian: this is america reports. secretary of state antony blinken was supposed to leave today for his own visit to china, high stakes diplomatic trip. he has indefinitely postponed the visit. the chinese foreign ministry admits it did origi