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coast of myrtle beach, south carolina, collecting the wreckage of the downed balloon. republicans are condemning president biden for failing to take action on the balloon sooner. let's get the latest on the balloon and today's recovery efforts, zachary cohen is here. zachary, what more are we learning about this balloon and, i guess, at some point, they need to pull it up out of the ocean and start examining it. >> i think at this early stage, u.s. officials are not buying the chinese government's explanation that it was a civilian aircraft. they have strongly indicated, defense offi...

general keane i'm not sure if you can see this. we have a live shot now of this balloon going down. this balance has been taken down. >> that is great. >> it is falling from the sky. >> reporter: air force f-22 fighter jet shot down the fighter plane that floated down across the u.s. last week. shortly after president biden claimed he wanted to shoot down the balloon earlier was overruled. president biden: on wednesday i briefed on the balloon i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided to do that when it got ...

you're live in the cnn newsroom. i'm jim acosta in washington. spy balloon down. a single missile took out a chinese spy balloon that floated across america's skies this past week. that dramatic sound just off the coast of south carolina earlier today. recovery efforts offshore are now under way as u.s. intelligence officials want to gain insight what china was up to. president biden said the order to shoot down the balloon came directly from him. >> on wednesday, when i was briefed on the balloon, i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. >> cnn has t...

security concerns for days. most of the wreckage is believes to be sitting in 47 feet of water at this hour. let's go now to oren at the pentagon. do we think we might have get an update this evening as to whether or not they have been able to secure that wreckage and retrieve it? >> they'll put a perimeter around it with navy and coast guard assets that were in the area. whether they can retrieve it tonight or tomorrow, that's a different question. 47 feet of water according to a senior defense official, so not that deep, but still it's a question of what's left, what's down there a...

began posting that intelligence to a small group of gamers. you heard me right, gamers on a platform called discord. they were all sworn to secrecy. they couldn't keep it though. what happens now? jennifer griffin is at the pentagon and what she's hearing. chris swecker on the investigation that is just starting. former secretary of state mike pompeo on the damage all of the world this is still creating. and glenn youngkin on part of that damage that he's determined to stop. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. so much to piece together and piece together we shall. beginning with jen...