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the republican presidential primary, we will look at who, and what is their chance to defeat the former president. and later on this hour, from getting cops called on her to a shout out from, of all places, yale, i'm going to speak to nine-year-old bobbi wilson whose fascination with lanternflies made one neighbor suspicious but has made her family very proud. that's ahead this hour as well. we want to begin though once again with the fallout from the chinese spy balloon shot out of this guy off the carolina coast. beijing condemning the move to bring down the balloon. this is happen...

Catamaran looked to be made with would inspire foam. this is a vessel that we spotted minutes after the migrants were rescued. here is another boat that we spotted. it is impressive how a lot of these individuals leaving haiti and cuba will use whatever it is that they can't take on this treacherous journey, which can be deadly. like i mentioned, here is a bow i was talking about, by the way. made out of some type of styrofoam. and i mentioned, the coast guard not only patrolling the waters but carrying on that very important humanitarian mission. they showed us how they carried food, supplies...

>> i think that this is a diplomatic mess for china. . it is impossible, at this point, to have reliable intelligence, from what i understand, for us to know exactly what was planned or what was accidental? i remind myself that during the cuban missile crisis of 1972 that we sent world war ii spy planes over cuba without president kennedy being fully informed of those missions. with the potential that there could've been a catastrophe that kennedy couldn't have planned for. was this done by the pla, the chinese military, on its own? was the chinese military seeking to disrupt the blinken some ...

A large area between cuba and the united states in the entire caribbean. a lot of migrants which are also coming from haiti. this is a large area -- the boats to rely on these airplanes in order to be able to handle these vessels that are not only entering u.s. waters, illegally, but often have people that require humanitarian aid. we had a conversation with a copilot on what they've been funding this week. here is what they told me. >> a lot of these vessels are very -- homemade. in that way, they are very and see worthy. i've had vessels that have motors. to literally a paddleboard with suit...

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