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underway to gather debris of the balloon. and that debris is estimated to roughly the size of two school buses. here's what president biden told reporters about the operation last hour. >> on wednesday, when i was briefed on the balloon, i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down. on wednesday, as soon as possible. they decided it might do damage on the ground. they decided that the best time was when it was over water. so that has been our limit. they successfully took it down. and i want to compliment our aviators who did it. and we will have more to report on this a little later. tha...

My guesses could've been probably air force f 22 with an eye our our radar missile. it is obviously a very easy shot, it would've had lots of idols on that target. >> lots of eyeballs, we do know that the balloon was shot down about 58,000 feet in the air. quickly mr. whiteley, what kind of preparations would go into a mission like this, what is the coordination between the navy, the army, and the folks on the ground who have to get ready to execute the orders? >>, sure the command controls would be coming down from the president or the national security council. and again, with two days to pr...