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Concern, but there are ways i am absolutely sure of being able to, in one way or another, not just track the balloon, but be able to maintain some element of control over where it goes. >> i assume if you were the secretary of defense or the cia director or the white house chief of staff at this moment, your advice to the president of the united states was whatever our capabilities under no circumstances let this get outside of the united states air space now that it's in it without capturing it or taking it down, right? >> no. i think that's correct. you cannot allow a balloon -- i mean there...

Classified. i'm not able to provide it, other than i can confirm that there have been over ins -- incidents where balloons did come close to or cross over u.s. territory. >> something that phil said earlier, given it's not classified and the public can see it, i just ask that you take the questions that we have more specifics on where it is, given that there's no clear security reason by your own estimation in terms of keeping that information. >> sure. absolutely. and again, you know, we're just not going to get into an hour by hour where the balloon is. we will do our best to keep you and th...

Discussions to shoot down the balloon? were there any discussions about shooting down the balloon when it was not over the united states potentially over international waters or were the discussions only when it entered u.s. air space. >> thanks. on your first question, we're tracking one balloon. so in regards to statements by canada, i would refer you back to them on that. in terms of the discussions about whether or not to shoot down this balloon, that was an option, right, and so that was something that was taken into consideration. again, because we assess that currently it does not pose ...

Certainly this gigantic number today that was very surprising, keeps pressure on the fed to see if they have to raise interest rates at a higher clip or for longer than people expected. >> and yet, if you look, let me show you a fox news poll, are you dissatisfied with the direction of the country, usually based on the economy, a year ago and now, republicans dissatisfied, majority democrats dissatisfied. people don't feel it. we're just saying hey, america, half a million jobs, more than that last month, revised upwards last month's numbers, even in the rearview mirror the numbers are going u...

We're going to see from jim jordan going forward? we'll wait and see. >> take it one day at a time. >> we will. >> we'll be open to facts as we go forward. thanks for your time today on "inside politics." kasie hunt picks up after a quick break. have a great weekend. this week is your chance to try any - subway footlong for free. like the subway series menu. just buy any footlong in the app, and get one free. free monster free bosses, any footlong for free! this guy loves a great offer. so let's see some stle!