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coast of myrtle beach, south carolina, collecting the wreckage of the downed balloon. republicans are condemning president biden for failing to take action on the balloon sooner. lets get the latest on the balloon and todays recovery efforts, zachary cohen is here. zachary, what more are we learning about this balloon and, i guess, at some point, they need to pull it up out of the ocean and start examining it. >> i think at this early stage, u.s. officials are not buying the chinese go...

What they need just by divering in -- hopefully a quick operation. >> and have you ever heard of a wreckage salvage operation like this one before? i mean, this is pretty unique. >> well, weve done lots of salvage operations. obviously, a balloon, weve done space shots out of cape canaveral where the payload was in a lot of pieces and we needed to recover those pieces for various agencies in the federal government. its a thing that they can do. it just takes time. when youre working out in the w...

We discussed last week when this was proposed, the possibility he would speak not from the scene with a bunch of lights getting in the way of rescue efforts the way the previous president did his new orleans event, but the oval office backdrop. it is crisis setting for a presidential address. it orients the thing in those terms. is that why the president was reluctant to do this earlier? >> its amazing. its been 18 months since he became president, and he hasnt done this until now. i think what ...

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