general keane i m not sure if you can see this. we have a live shot now of this balloon going down. this balance has been taken down. that is great. it is falling from the sky. reporter: air force f-22 fighter jet shot down the fighter plane that floated down across the u.s. last week. shortly after president biden claimed he wanted to shoot down the balloon earlier was overruled. president biden: on wednesday i briefed on the balloon i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided to do that when it got over water, within the 12-mile limit. reporter: the 12-mile limit biden mentioned that the coastal states right to claim 12 miles of nautical ocean as their territory. closing the airspace around the balloon, closing air traffic from wilmington, myrtle beach and charleston airport while the balloon was shot down. militariliry official said it was the first chancer to target over the balloon while f
negotiation there. will: talk to former uss cole commander kirk lippold this morning. great to have you on the show. thank you. pete laid out potential surveillance implications of the direction and path of this balloon over united states of america. from a distance, as you look at this, what do you think was the motivation of china. good morning, will. thank you for having me on the show. when you look at it, china sent the balloon with the specific intent of gathering intelligence over the united states. similar why we canceled the open skies treaty with russia. when it started coming into the continental united states, we can get into why we probably should have shot it down over alaska, it follow ad very specific path over the intercontinental ballistic missile bases pete pointed out. missouri, b-2 base at whiteman air force base.