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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...

What they need just by divering in -- hopefully a quick operation. >> and have you ever heard of a wreckage salvage operation like this one before? i mean, this is pretty unique. >> well, we've done lots of salvage operations. obviously, a balloon, we've done space shots out of cape canaveral where the payload was in a lot of pieces and we needed to recover those pieces for various agencies in the federal government. it's a thing that they can do. it just takes time. when you're working out in the water, and you got weather, you have to worry about and people with -- welfare, safety takes time...

We discussed last week when this was proposed, the possibility he would speak not from the scene with a bunch of lights getting in the way of rescue efforts the way the previous president did his new orleans event, but the oval office backdrop. it is crisis setting for a presidential address. it orients the thing in those terms. is that why the president was reluctant to do this earlier? >> it's amazing. it's been 18 months since he became president, and he hasn't done this until now. i think what happened was early on, keith, when they found that he addressed congress very effectively and use...

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