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Runner-up still in search the title. i'll talk to mike davis and we'll have the u.s. open on the fox news channel and on fox. that begins today and runs through sunday. it's 65 hours of programming and you can stream it live for free at fox sports 1. sandy, see that shot? that's from the blimp. i want america to understand, we've had a really long winter in the northeast and this day is the best day we've had in 2018. what great timing it is. >> sandra: bill, when you were on your way out there yesterday, you said, sandra, once you see it let me know your jealousy level and i'll give it to you...

Nbc's tom costello has the latest. >> reporter: shotgun blasts in in the pennsylvania countryside. as the military pumped more than 100 rounds into the top secret blimp to let the last of the helium escape. then the delicate job of cutting it out of the trees. crews did manage to roll up the tail section which had separated from the blimp. the mile-long tether that snagged utility lines, causing 30,000 to lose power, also cut into sections and carted away. >> biggest challenge is just the fact that it's very steep terrain down there. there's a stream that runs right through site. and it's heav...

Broke free of its concrete anchors in northeast maryland. for four hours it drifted northwest across maryland, and pennsylvania, dragging its thick, 6700 foot cable on the ground for much of the way, damaging buildings and knocking out power lines, leaving nearly 30,000 people without power at one point. as you can imagine, the runaway blimp caused quite a stir as it made its way through many small towns. >> i think it's ridiculous. i mean, it's $2 billion, you know, project, and they don't have a contingency for, you know, how to rescue it or you know, how to tether it, and -- it wasn't a cra...

We know how many are in use around the country? >> well, right now, actually, there are a pair of them in this one and another one at the same location in maryland that, by the way, at this afternoon has been grounded, obviously. this has been a major test program at the proving ground just north of washington d.c. in maryland. they have been looking at testing this and had it up for sometime trying to see how it operates and develop a track record to see how it works. whether or not they expand it, it's a very expensive effort. whether or not they expand it after today's veevents remains be s...

Visual range. but we're told just moments ago by officials at norad the blimp is at 16,000 feet headed northward and currently over new wig ming on the, pennsylvania, which is just across the river essentially from wilmington, delaware. the officials insist the blimp two football fields long and trailing more than a mile of heavy cable, that cable and something disconnected from its moorings, and so, and they're talking to the faa. the faa and norad working closely together to keep any commercial or private flights out of the path of the blimp. so far, they sense no danger. everybody's actuall...