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the president absolute was involved in this decision. he ordered it at the recommendation of pentagon leaders. he wanted it taken down and they did that. space i would try to glean the low down the chute on second object taken down over our airspace in less than a week for this time our reaction is a whole lot different whole lot quicker. here's at least we know for the time being. the threat to civilian flight was pretty clear given the altitude the thing was flying at. that is why the president ordered it shot down. but, this is what we still do not know, where did it come from and...

the united states before being downed off the coast of south carolina. we have fox team coverage with alexandria hoff and lucas tomlinson at the lawn of the white house. and we begin with you, lucas with the white house response. >> it's not clear where the object was first detected by u.s. forces and later shot down. the pentagon and norad are refusing to say. president biden was asked about the latest operation and only gave a one-word answer. >> do you have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska? >> success. right now, the u.s. air force special operatings, heli...

It is already inside u.s. airspace just north of anchorage, alaska prefer the pentagon and norad are not confirming that report. oxygen out to get into specific tactics or techniques we may or may not use when observing these types of things. again norad ascent up aircraft to observe to see what it was. >> here's what we do know pentagon pat reiter said this object was shot down at 1:45 p.m. eastern yesterday inside u.s. airspace over the northeast coast of alaska. his first detected thursday night. is flying at 40000 feet, dangerously close to the altitude of some commercial airliners that's ...

One pipe lot it one pilot telling me earlier that rescue planes could not go up until daylight. hurricane dorian one of the most powerful atlantic storms ever recorded. here's the situation in freeport earlier today. >> as y'all can see, the trees, that's the water right there, banging against the window. that's the front porch. the water is about six feet, or over six feet deep. god be with you. god be with us. god be with us. keep praying out there. >> no kidding. that is terrifying. we're also following dorian's impact on florida, where the hurricane's outer bands are now reaching some area...

Kosik in for christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. we welcome you and viewers from around the world. we're following breaking news out of egypt in a passenger jet that crashed in the mt. sinai area in egypt. the washington embassy said bodies are being recovered but no reports of survivors. >> let's get you caught up. metrojet flight 9268 it took off just before 6:00 a.m. local time. it was headed from the popular resort town of sharm el sheikh in egypt to st. petersburg, russia. but it lost contact 22 minutes into the flight. >> russian officials say they are sending five rescue planes. thos...