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Intelligence on it. suddenly an official said it took a strange turn south towards the lower 48 states crossing into idaho on january 31 and eastward across the country. after it was decided to not shoot the balloon town over land, u2 spy planes were sent up to monitor it, the administration determining that the balloon was no longer sending information back to china sources say as the u.s. tried to block it from gathering more intelligence on sensitive u.s. military sites. this balloon a small part of a broader years long chinese balloon program whose fleet flew over 40 countries. >> the unit...

Also, the fact that if they were to shut down the balloon in a populated area, capturing the debris and potentially hurting citizens, those were all part of the calculus and the biden administration felt that this was going to be a net win for the united states. especially because it was so blatant and obvious, this now allows the united states to take the forward leading position when it comes to aggression with china. >> what do you make of the move to immediately declassified the information, what we have learned so far given that there was some criticism last week as to how this was actual...

I.d. the balloon, but it was decided to let it fly on a northern trajectory and collect intelligence on it. suddenly an official said it took a strange turn south towards the lower 48 states crossing into idaho on january 31 and eastward across the country. after it was decided to not shoot the balloon down over land, u2 spy planes were sent up to monitor it, the administration determining that the balloon was no longer sending information back to china sources say as the u.s. tried to block it from gathering more intelligence on sensitive u.s. military sites. this balloon a small part of a br...

Recovered and pulled out of the ocean for service forensic analysis. >> great point, so the way to understand how this is unfolding is we map out the area where the debris field would be that enables us to figure out where the places that we need to prioritize a search and recognizing that we are talking a wide area, as that happens divers are able to go down, depending on the size of the debris, they are able to tag it. so the debris that can be brought up quickly is brought up, taken on a vessel and taken ashore, debris that takes more time and again, especially given the current c states, i...

Are a lot of activities that we can continue to monitor to include this balloon program, and we've learned a lot over the last couple of years. >> the classified version has balloons in it. >> i would have to go back and look. i don't have the answer to that. thanks, let me get a couple of other folks here. mike. >> reporter: the only reason the american people know about the first balloon is a couple of guys in montana spotted it, and it leaked out. my question is if it had remained secret and not become a spectacle, and arguably an embarrassment to the white house, would you have shot it dow...