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Which explains why trump administration officials say they did not know about these prior incidents. general van herk, who has served as the top general for north com and toread for both president trump and president biden, admitted us forces failed to detect previous incursions from chinese spy craft into the united states . >> it's my responsibility to detect threats to north america. i will tell you that we did not detect those threats. >> and that's a domain awareness gap that we have to figure out. the fbi is analyzing the debris from the chinese spy ship at their labs in quantico, virgin...

Focused on this balloon. >> make no mistake, that balloon was intentionally launched as a calculated show of force. we have to stop being naive about the threat we face from china. >> reporter: the commander of northern command and norad acknowledged that there was an awareness gap that allowed three balloons to overfly parts of the united states during the trump administration. china's initial apology for this latest incident they claim was a weather balloon has turned into indignation. china says the balloon debris doesn't belong to the u.s. and they want it back. >> what i can say is that t...

Because you worried trump would replace you with a loyalist, somebody that would carry out any order. you write about how at least in one instance, trump's loyalists would work around you in ways. steven miller, for example, directed the department of homeland security to develop a concept to deploy 200,000 plus u.s. troops to the border, even after you told him that was not possible. you write "i was shocked. i asked questions no one had good answers for, how far along were that? i was frustrated that one senior in north com thought to let us or anyone at the pentagon for that matter know. it...

Throughout that time period, ready to deploy at the request of fema if they were required. it's important to note that while the title 10 covid-19 response may have come to a close as of this morning there are still more than 10,800 national guard soldiers and airmen supporting covid-19 response efforts in at least 43 states, territories, and the district of columbia. and i also want to add that north com remains postured as well to deploy more personnel if requested. and of course the secretary wants to take this opportunity to pass on his personal gratitude and that of all senior leaders at ...

Will conclude soon, the d.o.d. effort to support the interagency is ongoing. additionally the department of defense continues to support humanitarian relief operations in response to national disasters here closer to home. in haiti, the u.s. military assets have flown 560 missions providing rapid logistical and airlift support including delivery of more than 348,000 pounds of aid. on the gulf coast with hurricane ida north com as of this morning in coordination with fema and national guard has activated more than 5,200 personnel in louisiana, mississippi, texas, and alabama in response to the ...