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visit, alongside the leaders of the church of england and church of scotland. we ll tell you about the bbcjournalist trying to make amends for her own family s connection to slavery. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. tim allman reports. for days now, all eyes have been on this solitary object, floating serenely through us airspace. was that a harmless weather balloon? or a spy in the sky, sent by the chinese? whatever it was, the american government has decided enough is enough. look at that trial of white paper on the left of the screen. that is a us f 22 fighterjet, streaking towards fighter jet, streaking towards the fighterjet, streaking towards the balloon. then ....
we ll tell you about the bbcjournalist trying to make amends for her own family s connection to slavery. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. its foreign ministry has now released a statement saying that china strongly disapproves of and protests against the us attack on a civilian unmanned airship. it also said the us use of force is a clear overreaction and a serious violation of international practice . tim allman reports. for days now, all eyes have been on this solitary object, floating serenely through us airspace. was it a harmless weather balloon or a spy in the sky, sent by the chinese? whatever it was, the american government had decided enough was enough. lo ....
really developing. it is not known what the chinese is trying to do with this thing despite the apology issued this morning. the chinese government saying it is wayward weather research balloon. let s get to it, and even more mounting at the hour. and first to kiley adwood who is here with me. what are you hearing from the state department about blinken s trip now being postponed, kiley? we just got off of the phone with the senior white house official, and they they this balloon is violating international law and sovereignty. and this morning, secretary blinken called his counterpart and said that the conditions are not right for this trip. so it is a last-minute cancellation. we don t have a date for when is going to be replanned. i asked what are the conditions for this trip to be rescheduled, and they would not say. they said that china regrets this, but what the united states is clear on is their assessment, that it is a chinese spy balloon, and it is over u.s. t ....
Yeah, you re right, erica, it s a strange time. one of the problems we have in the united states is a short-term memory. the balloon was just in february. do you brush that aside and pretend nothing happened? there was a balloon spying on us in a very egregious way. do you forget that? the criticism of the secretary going over there is warranted, and there s a lot of concern that if he goes over there and pretends as if there s no big issue here and doesn t speak to some of the core issues we re upset about, there s a problem. he needs to be very measured in how he handles himself over there. and we ll be watching to see what happens. if he does manage to meet xi, that s a big deal. because that s china trying match things up a bit. ....
Hawkish view of china. any way to understand how that worked, just look at the remarkable vote in the house, 419-0 last week, condemning china s action on balloon spying. 419 house members to agree on anything, that is a huge that is a huge accomplishment and i think that kind of unanimity speaks to where they re coming, focused on chinese human rights abuses, focusing on apps like tiktok and what kind of surveillance might be involved, the broader tension with china and keeping technology at home. a lot of the big focus of the biden administration, keeping microchips in the united states, those are something that the house members agree on. look for a rare sign of bipartisan in congress this year. it will be both sides cracking down on china. and biden has appointed a new fed vice chair to take over for brian deece. ....