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Past and how long do you anticipate it could? >> sure. so as i mentioned, well continue to monitor it, we assess it will probably be over the united states for a few days. but well continue to monitor and review our options and update you as we can. thank you. >> nancy here. >> general, i want to go back to a couple things you said, you said the u.s. is reviewing options, id like to, is the option of shooting down the balloon particularly as it is going over more populated areas off the table? i...

Why is the pentagon convince this is a surveillance balloon? can you give us more on the status of the balloon? you said in central u.s., what state? do you have guidance for people as they see this balloon or try to photograph it or interfere with it? >> sure. thanks, so we are aware of the prcs statement, however, the fact is we know that it is a surveillance balloon and i will not be able to be more specific than that. we know that the balloon violated u.s. air space and international which i...

Cross water before it got to the continental u.s. below, what was the military doing while it was tracking over water and i wonder if the threat was decreased taking care of it at that moment? we know what happens when unidentified or foreign aircraft enters dc space, new york city airspace if the president is below, why dont american citizens gets the same response, level of urgency. so many questions for this administration, hope they step up. >> doing great job asking questions at the pentago...

And secondly, is the, to the point about capabilities, how is it powered? how is it moving? how does it maneuverable? >> thanks, phil. on your latter question, ill not get into intelligence, it is balloon with payload underneath it. leave it at that. whats that? it has a large payload underneath surveillance component under the actual balloon piece of it. so leave it at that. and then in terms of the maneuverability, again, all i can say is this point, it is moving eastward across the united sta...

Unward. and secondly, when he checked into the hotel in new york city, arrived by himself and leaves by himself and has no visitors. toe appears hes working alone. but that is not the answer until they get through every computer and email and phone message and everything they could get access to in this investigation to determine was there anyone else that he was in contact with sharing information about this plot and so on. but stopping short of overturning every rock and looking underneath it,...

From russia. cnns barbara starr joins us live from the pentagon. whats in the new package? >> weve all talked about the patriot air defense missiles being part but we now are being told by multiple sources something called jdam in there. that is basically a bolt-on kit to a bomb and what it does is it turns a so-called dumb bomb into a smart bomb. dumb bomb, something that falls off an airplane, falls to earth and hits whatever underneath it at that point but precision-guided smart bombs and tha...

Else the white house can do about that. >> lets be clear here, you talk to people who know whats going on. this is the saudis getting involved in american domestic politics. this move doesnt make any sense economically. it makes no sense diplomatically. whos the next president going to stick their neck out for mbs. joe biden did it. people are saying, what he did is horrible. we need to move forward with our relationship. hes going to be there for a long time. we need to do it. biden does it, an...

You can, you know, you can go back to what mika was saying about shooting somebody, donald trump saying he could shoot somebody and the access hollywood tapes. its that the voters themselves are tolerating so much more. its that pact that donald trump made with evangelicals, i will deliver conservative judges to you, i will deliver a supreme court which is in line with what you want, the overturning of roe v. wade, which is what you want, hes done t and thats exactly the calculation being made a...

>> you dont see it in the polls, look, the economy is the closest thing to everybody. abortion is a specific issue for this person or that person. preserving democracy is a specific issue for this person or that person, but heres the way you also have to look at this. while abortion or the democracy question may not be their number one, it doesnt mean it doesnt resonate, and it doesnt mean theyre not going to vote on that issue. they may be concerned about inflation and weve seen this, joe, weve...