thinks things will shake out. we start with a dramatic move that could have huge implications for the fraught relationship between the u.s. and china. the biden administration pulling the plug on secretary of state blinken s planned chip to china, just hours after the pentagon revealed it had detected a chinese surveillance balloon over montana. so right now the video, this video was taken in billings, montana, on thursday, although it s not clear if this is the balloon in question. obviously there s the balloon. that was secretary blinken who was supposed to leave tomorrow. that s now on hold. the u.s. has decided to monitor the balloon instead of shooting it down, even though it s apparently still gathering intelligence as we speak. a decision not sitting well some republicans. this is the fist time in my lifetime i ve ever seen anything like this, and it s very disturbing to know that it s still up there in the air near our military installations. the time is now, let
this flying at a very, very hay altitude, about 60,000 feet, so higher than commercial aviation, but it s believed to have a helium component to it, and it s enormous. so if we can see it from the ground and it s flying that high, think about how big it actually is in reality. that s one of the concerns here is because it s so large it could create this big debris field if it s blown up, if it comes down. i think that s one of the major reasons according to the defense officials we re speaking to, that s one of the major reasons they re concerned about bringing it down. there s the enormous geopolitical implications of the u.s. shooting down or bringing down a chinese asset no matter where it is. let me ask you about a couple of aspects to this, one obviously the geopolitical implications. look, blinken would have been the highest ranking member of this administration to go to china. i think first secretary of state in, what, five years? to postpone it, what are you hearing, and just