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In a briefing where i've learne so little. >> laura: only because they're under intense political pressur did the white house decide to send him out to address the nation today. >> president biden: we don't know what these objects were, but nothing right now suggest they were related to th china spy balloon program or they were spy balloons from any other country. >> laura: that might be the case, why should anybody reflexively believe any of this? americans aren't stupid, they don't know what the other objects were, they say that, bu they could definitely say they are not trainees? because th...

And security of the american people, he will take it down. >> reporter: the president says there is nothing to suggest the three objects shot down over lake huron, alaska and canada were connected to china's spy balloon program or were surveillance vehicles from any other country. instead indicating fighter jets may have been scrambled to take out what could have been weather balloons. >> the intelligence community's current assessment is they were likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research. >> reporte...

Speaking publicly about the unidentified objects shot out of the sky by the military. he says nothing suggests these objects are related to china's spy balloon program or that they were surveillance objects for any other country. but we should note the u.s. has not been able to recover any of the debris from these three objects because of remote locations and severe weather. cnn's phil mattingly reports from the white house. >> for nearly a week, president biden has said nothing about what was an unprecedented three days -- three u.s. fighters shooting down three separate, and objects. it rais...

America. for some more information of what they might be. >> we don't yet know exactly what these three objects were. but nothing right now suggests they were related to china's spy balloon program or that they were surveillance vehicles from other country. the intelligence community's current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying whether or conducting other scientific research. >> back with us tonight, retired four star u.s. army general, barry mccaffrey. a decorated combat veteran of vietnam, t...