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Criteria. then is that to say if it were at 60,000 feet it wouldnt be allowed or conversely if the chinese spy balloon was down where civilian a aircraft are it would have been shot down is that our only criteria or main criteria? it doesnt make any sense. and from an oversight standpoint from congress, were going to keep demanding answers. >> will: you know, congressman. i dont want to push you beyond the responsible limits of your immediate knowledge on this. im not going to ask you to specula...

Its not very easy to track them because theyre made out of plastic, vinyl on the top so it doesnt have much of a radar signature, and the payload underneath is generally not that large. the one we shot down over south carolina was a larger one, so they say about the size of three buses. but usually these balloons have a relatively small payload. its the hard to find on ray car. they move really -- radar. they move really slowly which makes it something thats less threaten, so people react less q...

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Entailed. instead, they tried to flip the script, monitoring it constantly and tried to learn about it as it traversed the united states. there were days of planning to figure out the best possible time to shoot this down. in fact, it was decided not to shoot it down over the continental united states because of the risk to people and property. instead, that decision was made out over the water. the pentagon and northern command launched f-22s from langley air force base in hampton, v.a., as wel...

Coming to you live from studio 4 at the cnn center in atlanta, miami michael holmes. coming up, the suspected chinese spy balloons journey ended by a single missile by a u.s. fighter jet. >> they just shot it. see the smoke coming from it? >> recovery efforts under way at this hour. the incident heightening already tense relations between washington and beijing. and we have all of the angles covered right here. oren lieberman has the view from pentagon. we have reports from the white house and...

Ground. they will be able to see the parts as they sort of float through the wind there exactly where they go and crews on the ground will be able to scoop them up, pick them up and analyze them. a lot of clues here. its not unlike a crash investigation. they will be able to find out all of these parts and essentially put them back together, put-back the pieces to the puzzle and that is where all the information lies. >> amazing, pete. okay. air force colonel cedric leighton, i know you were wat...

But they have communicated ccp that they are not happy about this, secretary blinken, he postponed that trip indefinitely, and the white house certainly hears the frustration not just from republicans but also from defense chairman tester. and if you talk to some of these republicans, its clear that theyre not going to be happy until this balloon is in a fiery, you know, fiery explosion from a side winder. >> shannon: well, we will see. we are now getting reports that there are private pilots, a...