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what the heck is that? those are the bad guys. are they friendly? the 10g network, only from xfinity. one giant leap for mankind. the top of the hour this monday. i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm erica hill. this morning the white house is refuting china's claims that they had illegally flown balloons in china airspace ten teams. the white house is calling that allegation flat out false. it is coming on the heels of the u.s. shooting down three unidentified objects over the last week. >> and it is not known if they have connections to the three others after the shot down surveillance balloon....

planes. >> we are laser-focused on confirming their nature and purpose. >> reporter: three day, three unidentified objects shot down by u.s. fighters. no precedent. >> efforts are actively under way right now at all sites to find what's left of those objects so we can better understand and communicate with the american people what they are. >> reporter: no shortage of unanswered questions, driving a robust all-of-government response from president biden. >> every element of the government will redouble their efforts to understand and mitigate these events. >> reporter: recovery effor...

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Wednesday over at the office of direct tofr of national intelligence. >> phil mattingly at the white house, thanks so much. we're getting brand new information including the object flew through u.s. sensitive sites. kylie atwood joining us now. what else does the memo say? >> this was a memo sent to lawmakers today. what it is saying according to the pentagon is the object that wu downed over canada was a small metallic balloon that had a payload beneath it. that was the object that is said to have traveled over sensitive u.s. sites before being downed. that's concerning because we don't kno...

Governor ron desantis over its preliminary decision, florida's preliminary decision to reject a course on a.p. african american stud dis. the statement says florida is attempting to claim a political victory by taking credit retroactively for changes that were never suggested to us. we afford courtesy to an education agency but they've exploited this courtesy for their political agenda. that prompted this response earlier today from florida republican governor ron desantis. >> the college board was the one that in a black studies course put queer theory in, not us. they did that. they were the...