>> we're back right now with the latest on the chinese spy balloon that was spot down today by u.s. fighter jets off the coast of south carolina. a source tells cnn that government agencies worked through the week to try to find the right time and the right place to intercept the balloon, which had floated across the country for days. navy divers will assist as needed in recovering what's left of the balloon and what was inside the balloon, which is now in the atlantic ocean. there are also unmanned vessels that could help retrieve it. cnn's tom forman is joining us with the magic wall right now. walk us through where the balloon went down, how deep it is, the water where the wreckage is right now and how this recovery effort may play out. >> i can tell you right away this is what they're interested in. the payload, a central core of