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In a briefing where ive learne so little. >> laura: only because theyre under intense political pressur did the white house decide to send him out to address the nation today. >> president biden: we dont know what these objects were, but nothing right now suggest they were related to th china spy balloon program or they were spy balloons from any other country. >> laura: that might be the case, why should anybody reflexively believe any of this? americans arent stupid, they dont know what the ot...

And security of the american people, he will take it down. >> reporter: the president says there is nothing to suggest the three objects shot down over lake huron, alaska and canada were connected to chinas spy balloon program or were surveillance vehicles from any other country. instead indicating fighter jets may have been scrambled to take out what could have been weather balloons. >> the intelligence communitys current assessment is they were likely balloons tied to private companies, recrea...

Speaking publicly about the unidentified objects shot out of the sky by the military. he says nothing suggests these objects are related to chinas spy balloon program or that they were surveillance objects for any other country. but we should note the u.s. has not been able to recover any of the debris from these three objects because of remote locations and severe weather. cnns phil mattingly reports from the white house. >> for nearly a week, president biden has said nothing about what was an ...

America. for some more information of what they might be. >> we dont yet know exactly what these three objects were. but nothing right now suggests they were related to chinas spy balloon program or that they were surveillance vehicles from other country. the intelligence communitys current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying whether or conducting other scientific research. >> back with us tonigh...

Spy craft. >> we dont yet know exactly what these three objects were. but nothing, nothing right now suggests they were related to chinas spy balloon program or that they were surveillance vehicles from other -- any other country. the intelligence communitys current assessment is that these three obj objects were most liky balloons tied to private companies, recreation, or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research. >> steve: i >> pete: seems out what turned t...

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Would love to set up shop next door and conduct surveillance on the platform. well make sure our land stays under the united states control. >> ashley: as of 2020, the ccp owns 1 billion of u.s. land. ford motor will launch the battery plant in michigan. >> todd: that is unconscionable. president biden addressing the objects shot down over our country. >> president biden: we dont know what the three objects were, nothing right now suggests they are related to china spy balloon program or they we...

>> jasmine wright is joining me live from washington. what else is the white house saying about balloons? >> reporter: the president yesterday took the step to really clear up any misconceptions that may be happening or that americans may have because of the lack of information that the white house has given over the last few weeks, including making it clear to them at least at this point that there is no indication that the last three objects downed over the regions were tied to a chai noise sp...

Chairman of the foreign affairs committee republican congressman mike mccaul. we will get to what is happening on the ground there in a moment. but you heard president biden yesterday. do you think he said enough? >> well, i think he should have talked more, do a sort of state of the union, if you will, after the first spy balloon was shot down. i think the world and the american people deserve to hear from our commander in chief about what happened. and certainly after the other three balloons ...