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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 sol...

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 u...

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 counter...

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. ...

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, ...