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Filtered that out. they thought its not a missile, its not a fighter plane, its probably harmless, we dont need to look at it. now theyre looking at it because a giant chinese spy balloon floated across the united states. hopefully theyll calibrate it so they dont have to use this every time. >> much has been made over the sort of ridiculousness of the situation. how developed is a chinese spy balloon in terms of actual intelligence gathering? how concerned should we be as it is a component of t...

Major defense manufacturers in response to the u.s. black listing six chinese entities that are linked to their spy program. well see if the president and president xi will speak. in the meantime biden is defending his decision to shoot the three likely harmless objects out of the sky. >> president biden: >> were learning from norad none other than the northern illinois balloon brigade is missing their balloon in alaska. they say that they lost a party style balloon. >> harris: i have to cut in....

The way of getting definitive answers. yet, the administration has raised the possibility that they may not be able to recover these objects for final answers. and yet there is some information. first of all, from the radar tracks that allowed the u.s. to follow them at the very beginning, and then the fighter jets that were able to see these even though they were flying by them at tremendous speeds, especially compared to the movement of the objects. there were fighter pilots who had eyes on it...

The president says he is ordering new rules to track and monitor such devices. we he have fox team coverage. jennifer griffin at the pentagon on more on what the defense department knows and does not know about what is in the skies. first up, white house correspondent jacqui heinrich with the presidents message. good evening, jacqui. >> hey, good evening, mike. president biden revealed the three objects shot down since friday were most likely tied to private companies or research institutions. b...

Lockheed martin and raytheon. but biden appeared to brush off concerns the tit-for-tat is escalating telling nbc i think the last thing that xi wants is to fundamentally relationship re relationship with the united states and with me. >> i expect to be speaking with president xi and i hope we have -- we are going to get to the bottom of this. but i make no apologies for taking down that balloon. >> we also learned today the biden administration briefed former trump administration officials and w...

Balloon as well as other aerial objects shot down by the u.s. in just the last week. while the debris from those three downed objects has yet to be recovered, national security council spokesman john kirby says so far there is no evidence those smaller objects are tied to chinas spy program. so whats going on here? joining me now to talk about this is retired major general scott clancy, he is the former director of operations for norad. good to have you on, sir. >> thank you very much for having...

Actions is going to move they can no longer serve on this force or any other around the country, chris. >> thank you so much for that reporting. we have breaking news out of south carolina right now, the double murder trial of alex murdaugh has been halted and the courthouse evacuated because of a bomb threat that was apparently communicated to the county courthouses personnel. local police and the sheriffs office are investigating as we speak, but we dont have any word on when or if the trial...

To start beating them back. of course, jake, the ukrainians understand that if western nations like the u.s. are going to give them jets, it will take quite a while for something like that to be put in place and for them to use those jets here in the battle fronts. of course, theres more imminent needs that the ukrainians have, as well. its something that president volodymyr zelenskyy talked about when he was in the united kingdom. he said armored vehicles are a high priority and longer distance...

It up or not. >> yeah. and i think these justices do think about what the implications are going to be for the next president. they always have done that. but, again, the way the law works is there are different politicians and there are rules and standards that govern judges. unless you get to the supreme court. then there is really nothing. and up until recently, the court has consistently apolitically for the most part, with some exceptions, followed those rules of conduct. it is not the case...

Result of all of this! here is the key fact as greg jaret pointed this out. sessions cited the wrong law as the justification for recusing himself. hes the attorney general! so the burden of all of this that is dragging this country down falls squarely on jeff sessions shoulders. tonight, mr. attorney general, do your job and fix the mess you created! and also tonight, another damning report about james comeys incompetence and his highly questionable conduct while leading the f.b.i. friend john ...