it s the top of the hour in cnn newsroom. we re following multi-. concerns about that chinese spy balloon hovering over the u.s. secretary blinken just postponed his stop in china. the pentagon is about the size of three buses. it s huge. it was spotted soaring over montana at 60,000 feet. just moments ago the balloon was spotted over columbia, missouri. the national weather service tweeted these images of what they say is a large balloon in the kansas city area. despite growing calls to shoot it down, for now president biden is opting against that. the chinese are saying it s a weather balloon that blew off course. we re aware of the statement. the fact is we know it s a surveillance balloon. i can t be more specific than that. we know the balloon has violated u.s. air space and international law which is unacceptable. we ve conveyed this directly to the prc at multiple levels. john miller is here with us, cnn s intelligence analyst and kylie atwood. tell us abo
john miller is here with us, cnn s intelligence analyst and kylie atwood. tell us about blinken postponing his trip. he was supposed to be heading to china to meet with officials in beijing tonight. it was canceled this morning. he called his chinese counterpart to explain that the u.s. assessment was that the conditions for this trip aren t right anymore. that s because of this balloon. senior state department officials are saying it s unacceptable this balloon is over u.s. territory. they re saying they wanted this trip for blinken to be wide ranging. they wanted to talk about russia, taiwan, a number of issues, trade issues, but this would have reduced what they could talk about. they re saying they want to reschedule. they re calling it a postponement. i asked the conditions required
she left her houston hospital this week and it s her first time back since the january rampage that left her gravely injured and killed six others. casey stegall is live in los angeles for us. good to see you. what s on the congresswoman s agenda while she s back home? rick, the details of this whole trip aren t really being made public and there are no availabilities with the press. last night on twitter, a message showed up saying that the congresswoman and her husband were wheels down in tucson and they were looking forward to a beautiful weekend for father s day. this, of course, a monumental trip. it is the first time giffords has been to her hometown since the january 8th shooting. it also marks the end of a really incredible week for her. for the first time, photos of the congresswoman were made public since she was shot in the head. giffords was also released from the hospital on wednesday. it s great to have her here and it s great for her to be out of the hospital. it s a