Newsroom. We begin this hour with more Breaking News. Yet another shootdown of a highaltitude object, this one confirmed a short time ago in the skies over the yukon in Northern Canada. President biden and canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau gave norad the order to shoot down the object early in the day. A u. S. Fighter jet successfully brought it down. Its not clear if this latest shootdown is related to yesterdays downing of another object off the northeastern coast of alaska. That was near the canadian border, nor is it clear if its related to the chinese spy balloon that was shot down last saturday. Arlette saenz is at the white house. The president was just making some remarks to some governors there in the white house a few moments ago. Doesnt sound like he took any questions or made any remarks there. But obviously this is top of mind for the administration after what you and i were Reporting On Last saturday which was the shootdown of that chinese spy balloon. And now these latest downings, one object yesterday in alaska and another one today in canada. Whats the latest over there . Reporter well, jim, President Biden and canadian Prime Minister took that incredibly rare step today and jointly authorized the shooting down of that unidentified object over Northern Canada. This marks the third time in just the last week where the u. S. Has had to shoot down an aerial object over north america. Just to walk you through a bit of what weve learned this evening about how theyve been tracking this latest object. According to the pentagon, norad first detected this latest unidentified, Unmanned Object over alaska on friday evening as they monitored it and tracked where it was going. It did cross into canadian airspace. At some point today, President Biden and canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau both spoke, they had both been monitoring the situation for the last 24 hours. And they ultimately decided out of abundance of caution they wanted to follow the advice of their merl leader and authorize the shooting down of this object. At this point once this operation was under way it was ultimately an american f22 fighter jet that shot down this unidentified object over canada. Now theres still so many questions about what exactly this Object Entailed including the size, its origin, and its purpose. And a few moments ago the Defense Minister of canada talked a little bit about what they know at this moment. Recovery operations are under way, and will be supported by the Canadian Armed forces in con junction with the rcmp. This coordinated operation will allow a further investigation into this object. We have no further details about the object at this time other than it appears to be a small cylindrical object and smaller than the one that was downed off the coast of north carolina. There is no reason to believe that the impact of the object in canadian territory is of any public concern. Reporter now theres some details that she shared there that they felt were different from the object that was downed just last week. Its also worth noting that the object that was over off the alaskan coast yesterday and then today, that those were flying at about h40,000 feet. There was some concern that there could be some impact for Civilian Aircraft. To recap, theres this object today. Yesterday there was another unidentified object near the coast of alaska that President Biden ordered to have shot down. And then just one week prior we were here talking about that suspected chinese spy balloon that was off the Carolina Coast that President Biden had ordered shot down, as well. Now there still are so many questions about these latest two unidentified objects and who exactly they belong to, whether its a country, a private entity. Right now what the focus will be is on the Recovery Missions for both the one that was shot down today and the one shot down yesterday to try to determine as much information as they possibly can about their origin and also the purpose. All right, arlette saenz, we know youll stay on top of it. Thanks so much. Joining us to talk about this, transportation analyst mary schiavo and Inspector General for the department of transportation. Where do we begin . Lets start with some of the information that was coming from the Canadian Defense minister just a few moments ago because i have i listened to that Press Conference, and i had lots of questions. First of all, this Canadian Defense minister said that the object that is i guess of interest here in all of this, that was shot down over the skies in canada earlier today, was cylindrical in shape. That was the the exact word she used. She said cylindrical in shape. She said it was flying at about h 40,000 feet, going back to the conversation we had earlier, you cant have objects flying that low, could get in the way of Civilian Aircraft obviously. But what is your sense of it listening to that kind of information, particularly the shape of this object that is very odd. Well, its very odd. You know, if youre looking for a traditional balloon or an aircraft. Throughout history there have been many cylindrical flying objects. Okay. Not to mention there have been rigid formed dirge bells. They dont have to be a Gossamer Balloon so to speak. The fact that no one has reported that the object took evasive action it suggests that perhaps it was not being remotely controlled, perhaps it was moving with the winds, et cetera. But right now could be a lot of things, not to mention as mentioned before, it could be a rigid form of a balloon or other object that had been used both by the United States and other countries in the past. I guess one of the questions that i have is why is it here we are about a day more than a day after this object was shot down off the coast of alaska. We still havent been told any information as to the specifics of what that object was. And you know, then we have this other object shot down today. Its very peculiar. Right. I can tell you from firsthand experience since ive been up here working in alaska for about 2. 5 weeks on another plane case, air crash case, the weathers really bad. Not bad per se, theres just a lot of snow, its a bit windy. Its very cold. Its very foggy. So between snow and the fog and youre trying to land on they said it was an ice pack, an ice island. Even for our great, you know, aviators and seafarers in u. S. Military thats tough. So the weather here is rather obscured so to speak, and the snow is coming down heavily in anch anchorage. It may just be that they cant get to this object in a safe way and that this is just a dicey kind of operation to go and inspect it because what natasha bertrand, our National Security reporter, was telling us earlier on in this program was that the pilots who were trying to fly close to this object in alaska yesterday were having different accounts, offering different accounts as to what they saw. So i suppose the elements to your point might be a factor in all of this. Right. Visibilitys rather poor. I mean, im working very close to an airport, and believe me its all ifr, instrument flight rule operations. Planes are taking off, they disappear into the clouds very quickly, especially with snow coming down. So the fact that the pilots couldnt identify it, particularly if it was for example a rigid form of an airship, you know, a dirgible, they wouldnt have seen that the last couple decades. I think that theyre having difficulty actually getting eyes on and the equipment that they use to shoot them down obviously does not depend upon human eyes to have eyes on. They have the ability to do that, you know, with their computers. So i think that the visibilitys a big issue up here. All right, mary, thank you so much for springing into action for us. Weve added an additional hour of cnn newsroom this evening. We appreciate it. Paula newton joins me on the phone. Paula, i guess you and i had just a brief couple of moments to parse through what the canadian Prime Minister was saying in the Press Conference. I want to reiterate what she said just about 2 0 or 30 minutes ago, that this object was flying at about 40,000 feet. It was over the yukon territory. And that it was in it was cylindrical, a small cylindrical object which obviously sounds very strange. But as mary schiavo was saying, there might be some perfectly fine explanations for that. Your impressions as to how much information youre getting from the canadian side of things were not getting a lot from the american side at this point. Reporter yeah, and if canadian officials wanted to get ahead of this obviously because it was shot down over canadian airspace and was up to them to make Thyselese Pronouncements Ty what was shot down, what was going on, the fact that it was shot down 4. 5 hours ago now. They were going through the debris field to try and ascertain what it is. I think there were a couple of significant things, and i think and the Defense Minister saying that it was at 40,000 feet. That gives us some explanation as to why they decided that it had to be brought down. Were showing a map now of yukon. That is a huge territory. She said it was shot down in Central Yukon. You know, its going to take a while to determine where it came down even though they im sure they have line of sight on it. But obviously to pick it up and analyze it, this is going to be a joint operation. It is obviously Canadian Forces right now that are doing that kind of investigation right now. But in conjunction with the rcmp, canadas National Police force, and in fact the fbi and, you know, u. S. Forces, as well. So was it the same kind of object that was shot down over alaska by the United States . Might have been. I think many questions right now would be that the minister, anita anan, went out of her way to say this is an unprecedented action on the part of norad to shoot Something Like it down over canadian airspace. The question she did not answer was whether or not they had seen objects like this before in their radar. She went on to say obviously that theyre going to be beefing up their surveillance there. That does involve an entire new Security Infrastructure up there that they have been working on for years. Also want to point out something that secretary austin said after meeting with the Defense Minister in washington just yesterday. And that he referenced the increasing assertiveness of china. Now while they were talking about china because of the spy balloon that was shot down off the Carolina Coast, at issue is that they know they have other actors in the arctic, russia being just one. And they do see a more robust Defense Structure that needs to be put in place there. But i thought that language was quite strong on the part of the secretary, saying it was anita anan together that its this assertiveness that bothers them. So certainly a menacing factor now. Three objects, high altitude, and taking action on all three. And paula, one question i wanted to ask you, maybe whats getting in the way of all of us getting some more information as to what is going on with these two objects, one in alaska and one in canada, is the weather. And mary was just alluding to this a few moments ago, that the weather is quite awful right now in alaska and getting aircraft, rescuers, i guess Military Personnel to retrieve that piece of equipment, it just might be difficult because of the weather in terms of where it went down. Might that also be the case in this area of the central part of yukon . Absolutely. Thats absolutely, jim. No one should underestimate that challenge. Im glad that mary described that. The main issue with the weather is they cant be too careful. It can change literally in an instant. So at one point where you have had visibility instantly then you do not have visibility. And so they dont want to put any lives in danger, obviously, but also whats the point of going out there if you do not believe that you actually have line of sight . Now while they would have certainly picked up the location of where some of the debris fell, if youre talking about miles and miles in terms of the debris stretching on for that kind of distance, you know, you want to be careful when you go up there, and you want to make sure youre doing it in adequate weather so you can retrieve everything. This may take several days. Obviously as has been pointed out, it then needs to return to labs, right, in the United States, in canada, so they can have a good look at it and get some forensic detail as to what it actually was. But absolutely, jim, no one should underestimate how difficult it is to run these kinds of operations in that weather and in those kind of extreme circumstances. All right. Hopefully theres not too much snow, and we can get an eyeball on things soon. Paula newton, thank you very much. Well take a quick break. Well be right back on all of this. The Breaking News coming into cnn, the shooting down of another unidentified object over canada. Earlier today the Canadian Defense minister just wrapped up a Press Conference in the last half hour or so describing the object as cylindrical in shape, but that it was flying at about 40,000 feet, as was the object shot down off the coast of alaska yesterday. More on all this when we come back. Just sold the car to carvana. Whwhat . All i had to do was answer a couple questions and got a real offer in seconds. Then, ththey just picked up the car and paid me right on the spot. Sell your car at carvana dot com m today. Life. Doesnt stop for diabetes. Be ready for every moment, with glucerna. Its the number one doctor recommended brand that is scientifically designed to help manage your blood sugar. Live every moment. Glucerna. 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Thats for sure. So according to the pentagon, this was a joint action that was authorized by President Biden and by the Prime Minister of canada, Justin Trudeau, who authorized u. S. Fighter aircraft assigned to norad to work with canada to take down that highaltitude airborne object over Northern Canada today, over the yukon. And what were told by the pentagon is that norad had detected the object over alaska actually late friday evening, and then two f22 fighter jets from alaska monitored the object over u. S. Airspace, and then tracked it as it went into canada. Now this was obviously the u. S. And canada working very closely together because obviously we have seen these kinds of objects floating around in the area over the last several days. Just yesterday the president authorized the shootdown of yet another object that was flying over alaskan airspace. That was shot down yesterday about ten miles off the coast there. This one were told they just wanted to w