were so gallantly streaming and the rocket s red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave . will: good morning. welcome to fox & friends. we go straight to a fox news alert. the u.s. shoots down the chinese balloon after a hovered across the u.s. for days after it moved over the atlantic ocean. pete: navy divers and fbi are searching the area for degree. rachel: alexandria hoff is here this morning. the heavy payload of spy gear fell into 47 feet of water with a debris of seven miles long. fox news was the only network to capture it live. exclusive video shows the moment a f-22 raptor fired off a sidewinder heat-seeking missile destroying the chinese balloon. the takedown happened 2:39 p.m. six miles off the coast of south carolina. prior to that the surveillance balloon ventured across the country maneuvering over
searching the area for degree. rachel: alexandria hoff is here this morning. the heavy payload of spy gear fell into 47 feet of water with a debris of seven miles long. fox news was the only network to capture it live. exclusive video shows the moment a f-22 raptor fired off a sidewinder heat-seeking missile destroying the chinese balloon. the takedown happened 2:39 p.m. six miles off the coast of south carolina. prior to that the surveillance balloon ventured across the country maneuvering over several critical military sites spotted by civilians along the way. potential danger to the civilians on the ground prompted the department of defense to hold offshooting it down earlier. president biden had instructed u.s. military commanders to take action earlier in the week but he said he left it up to them to