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break tonight, members of congress receiving classified briefings today on chinese spy craft, which floated across the country last week and shot down on the coast of south carolina saturday. we learned the suspended ands far from the only country china surveilled in the exact same way. and we found out exactly where some of the parts on the balloon were manufactured and what the balloon was capable of doing. congressional correspondent iowa hawkeyeaisha has more from the e house. reporter: fox learned china spy balloon had western made parts with english words on them raising new co...

States. put that other hat on if you would. >> i remember going back in afghanistan and saw the aerostat balloons and our military would say that's our border security with pakistan; right. i created the plan with dhs to bring air stats. they're going to retire them anyway. put them on the southwest border and make good use out of them. it gave us great visibility on the southwest bored to detect and deter not only immigration threats but terrorist threats as well.

Provide security underground because of tunnels. tunnels. keep in mind that there has been what, 290 tunnels that they discovered going under the walls or fence, should i say for a long time. and then of course sea, because of the coast guard has to play a role. and then air. we need air stats. we need drones. we need helicopters and airplanes. >> but even just to get a deal, as a compromise, would you consider additional fencing? >> well, again, we got to look at what we have right now. right now we have 654 miles of fencing. 300 of those miles are vehicle barriers. and if you're familiar wit...

And, so, i think this can all be done in a very more constructive fashion, if you will. but i do think it's time to get this done and i just got off the phone with general kelly to talk about how we plan to construct this barrier, if you will, a multi layered one with fencing, with air stats, aviation assets, technologies, all put together. and then how much is that going to cost. because at the end of the day, wolf, congress through my committee and the appropriations committee will have to authorize and appropriate the dollars to get it done. >> and general john kelly is the new secretary of...

>> towers. >> the air stats, observation devices, mounted in certain terrain features. uavs for sure. sensors. in places perhaps that the wall can't be built or won't be built in, you know, any time soon in terms of the effort of that project, but yes, sir. >> finally, the moral of our border patrol is not real good. and i think you know from your leadership experiences that if the moral of your force is not good, then it's hard to get the mission accomplished. and i hope -- i know you're aware of that and i hope you'll spend some time with these really outstanding men and women who are doing ...