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united states, and flying basically west to east. it attempted to surveilled very sensitive military sites. in some cases it loitered. or return to them. as it progressed east. so there is no doubt in our minds at all that this was a surveillance balloon and be it was attempting to engage in active surveillance. >> as for the meeting with the china diplomat, blinken said as a direct conversation about the spy balloon. there is one thing blinken did not get from china, an apology. >> i will tell you know, there is no apology. i told them that was unacceptable. >> oh, but the rest of t...

>> bret: but, first, breaking tonight. house republicans are taking a microscope to the hunter biden scandal. the oversight committee grilling former twitter executives today about their censorship of the story in the "new york post" which many in the g.o.p. contended could have directly affected the 2020 election. the most pointed questions though aimed at the u.s. government influence into the censorship decisions. correspondent david spunt reports tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. >> bret, good evening to you. a fiery hearing lasting the majority of the day...

♪ >> bret: but breaking tonight, a pair of journalists who were permitted to see through sources internal communications at twitter testified today before a house committee on the so-called weaponization of the federal government. republicans who control that committee are trying to show a link between censorship of conservatives, the biden administration, and the fbi. democrats today tried to pushback in a fiery hearing. correspondent david spunt takes a look tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. >> good evening to you. today's hearing delivered on a promise fr...

over the western united states. it may have come all the way from china. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details from the pentagon. hi, jennifer. >> good evening, gill i can't believe. the pentagon says it has detected and been tracking for the past several days a chinese surveillance balloon that entered u.s. airspace and appears to have been sent bye bye jing to spy on sensitive sites in montana. one of three sites where the u.s. houses it's siloed nuclear weapons. nbc first reported the news. a senior u.s. defense official just briefed reporters on the balloon...

tonight. >> at least 24 people have been killed in in three mass shootings in california in a little more than a week. california governor gavin newsom visiting another stricken community today. he says the second amendment is becoming a suicide pact. half moon bay community famous for annual pumpkin festival and art galleries. authorities say on monday afternoon 66-year-old chin lou zhao opened fire at the mushroom farm where he worked. killing four co-workers and injuring a fifth as children who lived on the property looked on in horror. he drove to another farm three miles away wh...