brett samuels with the hill newspaper, white house reporter. we always appreciate your time. guest: appreciate it. host: that is the shot of the sun rising over capitol hill. the house in at 10:00 a.m. for a brief pro forma session. the senate at 11:00 a.m. eastern. we are asking about the biden administration response to these aerial objects. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. these objects, the chinese spy balloon migrating to the opinion pages of the national papers. two examples from the washington times. steve yates, his peace with adam savitz. permanent threats are permanent with the chinese spy balloon's. they have only just begun. this from the lead editorial in the washington post. the right response does not include panic but it is time to get answers and a plan for how to handle these incidents. a picture of john kirby accompanying the lead editorial. a >> thank you for the call. we will stay in the garden state good morning. >> good morning. this is the second day you have had this topic. the second day. we don't

we will bring in brett samuels, white house reporter from the hill newspaper joining us vi zoom.tory you put out, what we know and what we don't know about the latest objects shot down by the u.s. after that briefing at the white house yesterday. what do we know and what don't we know? guest: there is a lot we don't know. officials don't know and are not ready to share with the public. what we do know is there were three different objects shot down over the weekend, friday, saturday and sunday by the u.s. military. what we know is not much beyond that other than where they were shot down. on friday over alaska, saturday up in canada, and sunday over lake huron. officials are not really ready to classify or describe what these objects were. the are calling them aerial objects. the reasons they were shot down is because they were in civilian airspace around 20,000 to 40,000 feet. b, they decided they were unsure of the surveillance capabilities these objects might have. president biden went ahead and made the decision to shoot them down. we still don't know where they came from, wh

. >> brett samuels white house reporter from the hill newspaper tooi an as of the assume. good morning to you try to how are you? >> host: a story you put up yesterday what we know and don't know about the latest objects shot down by the u.s. after that briefing at they. white house yesterday. what do we know and what don't we know? >> guest: yeah, so the reality is there's still a lot we don't know and that officials don't know and arey not quite ready t to share with the public. what we do know is there were three different objects shot down over the weekend, friday saturday and sunday by the u.s. military. what we know is not much beyond that other than where they were shot down, which is on fight over alaska, saturday up in canada and sunday over lake huron. so beyond that officials are not really ready to classified or described what these objects were beyond just w calling them aerial objects. but they said the reason they were shot down is because number one, they were in civilian airspace, around 20,000-40,000 feet up in the air, and they decided that a wereec unsu

brett samuels with the hill newspaper, white house reporter.

. >> host: brett samuels thanks for keeping us in the loop. we'll see you back in the white house briefing room. >> host: white house porter. we always appreciate your time. >> guest: thanks, john. appreciate it. >> we are leaving this year to keep our over 40-year commitment to live gavel to gavel coverage of congress. the senate returns now to continue work on judicial nominations. boats coming up in about half an hour at 11:30 a.m. eastern on on the confirmation of the u.s. district court judge for puerto rico. also a vote to advance the nomination of a district judge in illinois. the chamber what recess for party lunches today and back about 2:15 p.m. eastern for a a couple more votes on judicial nominations. and now live to the floor of the u.s. senate here on c-span2.