gain from it and what you can learn of the navy and the coast guard already had assets in position in preparation for the recovery effort and now that commences. the senior defense official says the wreckage is in about 47 feet of water, so not all that deep. it could have gone much deeper, which makes it easier to recover, but it is still not an easy proposition. they'll establish a perimeter around it, bring a salvage vessel as quickly as possible to the area, and see what they can bring up. keep in mind this was a payload hanging under a balloon, so they have to figure out what of it held together as it fell from six a thousand feet, nearly 12 miles high and crashed into the ocean below. everything they can find they will want to find to see what they can learn from it. an intelligence gathering operation to find out what tech the chinese had onboard that balloon. >> we're constantly getting new information. i want you to stand by. ori, in lieberman at the palm. right now i want to go to the white house. arlette is there. what are you hearing there right now? >> well, wolf, president bush