again, the chinese communist party loves it when we are internally fractious and they like it when were stereotyping. we have to avoid that and we have to hold the chinese communist party accountable for specific activities and deal with those. >> i think he asked you to call one out. >> let me say, we should not question anybody's loyalty to the united states. i think that is out of bounds. it's beyond the pale. if there are concerns about a specific organization and as a matter of fact the china council for the promotion of peace unification is tied directly subordinate to the united front work department at the ccp we should work with our colleagues to apprise them that they might be tashtsz for ccp united front work, i'm a counterintelligence officer. we are a soft target in congress, but absolutely, we shouldn't question loyalty. going forward what's critical and the reason we got the committee renamed to focus on the chinese communist party is the constantly make that distinction between the party and the people. the people are off the primary victims of the ccp's aggression and

it's long past time to begin treating the chinese communist party as an enemy. n wants to play footsie with chairman xi, republicans understand that china and the chinese communist party is the biggest threat to america, to our american way of life that currently exists odd. look at fentanyl is now the leading cause of death of americans my age, of working age. and almost all of the fentanyl that comes into the country is manufactured in china. you have the spy balloon withs coming into our air space, you have an increase of 800% of chinese nationals who are being apprehended at the southern border, and you have an administration that's not doing anything about it. we just with set up the new select committee on chinese communist party. we're going to be looking at strategies to decouple our economy from china and look for ways to hold china accountable for what heavy done to the give us covid, how they've destroyeded our economy and for many of the actions they've taken over the last several weeks. maria: what about all these american companies that are seemingl

isn't the ccp the chinese communist party which sent that flight to monitor the u.s.uclear facility is in at the ccp who covered up the covid-19 pandemic and killed 1 million americans why aren't we feeling like we are worried that the relationship got damaged. >> is absolutely amazing that the biden administration would constantly posture from a position weakness rather than place american position of strength, strength is what china appreciates that's the way we need to appreciate the dresser 0 credibility and sense joe biden took office, china is taking this to the bank by floating a balloon across the entire united states of america they were testing us. they were testing us to see what our result would be i wonder what would happen should the news publication had not need this public. taking the photo up the presidency i began to wonder what is going on in this administration. maria: not only that they very successfully change the conversation to the enormity of what we just witnessed to this is happened before and china has a whole string of balloons that they a

if china congress taiwan, xi and the chinese communist party will see it as the dawn of a new chinese century that puts the lie to america's promises of liberty. and americans themselves, we will confront a new and frankly terrifying reality. every american would feel it. the price hikes, the supply chain disruption that we experience, those will pale in comparison. product shortages will become commonplace. we are talking everything from basic -- >> we are continuing to have problems with live video coming to us from the discussion with senator hawley but we will be recording the rest of his remarks and show them in their entirety later today. you will also be able to find his remarks here at the heritage foundation online at these been.org and on air video app, c-span now. house speaker kevin mccarthy is traveling to the u.s. southern border in arizona with russian gop lawmakers. the speaker who has been critical of the biden administration border policy will get a tour of u.s. customs and border protection. watch live coverage here on c-span at 4:45 p.m. eastern me. you can also wa

red across-the-board hong kong the biggest weak spot with the decline of wanted a p8%.the chinese communist partysoming out america from land and air. i learned in the real going under green valley alone border agents are allowing up to 30 chinese nationals a day into america with just a notice to appear meaning they are entering america with no questions asked after paying $35000 ahead to drug cartels. more on the breaking news coming up. president biden finally breaks his silence on the three unidentified object shut down last weekend but offers little assurance to the american people. claiming the u.s. got trigger-happy after missing the larger china spy balloon a week earlier and allowed it to travel throughout the country for a week sending images of u.s. nuclear installations back to beijing. the president claims the three smaller objects were not related to chinese balloon program but they were shot down anyway. more details coming up all morning long. "mornings with maria" is like right now. ♪. maria: president biden speaks out about the object shot down by the military. watch this. >> we

it's past time to make the chinese communist party pay. it is critical that ministration also begin to work immediately with our partners and allies around the world to hold the chinese communist party. accountable. iming is of course, very suspect. we see prominent cia and us intelligence officials stepping forward and calling out china for the possibility of china giving weapons to russia. we see a widespread demonization of china and now we have this story about leaks, you know, getting into the media. it's certainly interesting timing and it fits in with a full court all on anti china hysteria from u. s. officials track that they're going to meet next week. germans she in turn to discuss this on holy wine. so they have to put weapons in the ukraine to me is very disturbing because well, maybe ukraine today as can be taiwan to morrow. note that at this same time, we have united states pumping weapons on to the island of taiwan into the philippines, up playing up the idea that china is a danger. certainly parallels a similar escalations t

it's past time to make the chinese communist party pay. it is critical that ministration also begin to work immediately with our partners and allies around the world to hold the chinese communist party. accountable. iming is of course, very suspect. we see prominent cia and us intelligence officials stepping forward and calling out china for the possibility of china, giving weapons to russia. we see a wide spread demonization of china. and now we have this story about leaks, you know, getting into the media. it's certainly interesting timing and it fits in with a full court all on anti china hysteria from u. s. officials. fact that they're going to meet next week. germans, she in turn to discuss this on holy warrants that they have to put weapons in the ukraine to me is very disturbing because, well, maybe ukraine today is can be taiwan to morrow. note that at this same time, we have united states pumping weapons on to the island of taiwan into the philippines, playing up the idea that china is a danger. certainly parallels a similar escala

this is a deeply by the communist chinese party. griff: are they potentially testing us to see what our response might be? >> i'm not going to try to get inside the head of the pollit bureau right now. what i say the united states always needs to respond with strength as we have seen with president trump's disastrous appeasement of vladimir putin it only invites aggression and when president biden has stood up to vladimir putin in ukraine, we can rally the west and east asian allies and underscore the strength of american values and american power. griff: congressman jake auchincloss, thank you for your time as we continue to monitor this. we appreciate it. thank you much. jacqui. jacqui: millions of americans are waking up to frigid temperatures this morning with wind chills in the northeast dropping well below zero. we're live in a very chilly boston coming up next. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for immune cells and sustain tissue health. ensure with twe

>> it sure looks like the second time within a week that the chinese communist party has violated americangnty and sent an object into american air space. now, we don't know definitively that this is a chinese drone, but if it turns out thats the, they're testing us. they're testing our resolve. and, of course, the raises the question as to why we didn't shoot down the high at iewd the air balloon over this week when it was over the aleutian islands in alaska. i still believe we could have done that safely without jeopardizing civilians on the ground via debris. this really gets to a broader point, the fact that the chinese communist party feels clearly that it's t emboldened, that it's the probing our defenses. as i said before, this is a clear message from xi jinping. the message is look what we can do to you and get away with, and you'll do nothing in return. so we need to send a message of strength. i think it would be wise for the president to sanction any chinese military companies that manufacture equipment and technology inside of these spy balloons. i i think we can go further and

if china conquers taiwan xi in the chinese communist party will view it as a world historical victory and they will see it as the dawn of a new chinese century. americans themselves we will confront a terrifying reality. every american will feel that price hikes supply-chain disruptions with experience in the last few years will pale in comparison. product shortages will become commonplace. we are talking about everything from basic medicine to consumer electronics and by some estimates a war with taiwan would send us into deep recession with no way out. huge swaths of our economy runs on. we will lose more jobs in our industry will suffer and the economic consequences are just the start. if china takes taiwan they will be old the station its own military forces there and they can use its position as a springboard for further conflict and intimidation against japan the pan and against the philippines and other pacific islands like guam. under asia's new reigning power china could restrict u.s. trade and maybe block it altogether. maybe they would allow us and that only on terms favora

we need to stand up to the threats or challenges posed by the chinese communist party. >> yeah. and nobody is more a victim of the chinese communist party than the chinese people. thanks to both of you. hope you have success with this new committee, and i hope you guys come on a lot to talk about it. very important issue. >> thank you. >>> new information about the toxic chemicals released at the east palestine train de raulment that has researchers concerned about long-term health risks. >>> plus, key documents unsealed in the murders of four idaho college students. what police took from the suspect's s home. stay with us. hi, i'm michael, i've lost 62 pounds on golo and i have kept it off. most of the weight that i gained was strictly in my belly which is a sign of insulin resistance. but since golo, that weight has complete gone away, as you can tell. thanks to golo a release, i've got my life and my health back. ♪ i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere. so i consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan from sofi. get a personal l

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it's past time to make the chinese communist party pay. it is critical. the administration also begin to work immediately with our partners and allies around the world to hold the chinese communist party. accountable. iming is of course, very suspect. we see prominent cia and us intelligence officials stepping forward and calling out china for the possibility of china, giving weapons to russia. we see a wide spread demonization of china. and now we have this story about leaks, you know, getting into the media and certainly interesting timing. and it fits in with a full court all on anti china hysteria from u. s. officials track that they're going to meet next week. germans she in turn to discuss this on holy wines that they have to put weapons in the ukraine to me is very disturbing because, well, maybe ukraine today is can be tie one to morrow. note that at this same time, we have united states pumping weapons on to the island of taiwan into the philippines are playing up the idea that china is a danger. certainly parallels a similar escalations that were

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it's past time to make the chinese communist party pay. it is critical. the administration also begin to work immediately with our partners and allies around the world to hold the chinese communist party. accountable. iming is of course, very suspect. we see prominent cia and us intelligence officials stepping forward and calling out china, or the possibility of china giving weapons to russia. we see a widespread immunization of china. and now we have this story about leaks, you know, getting into the media. certainly interesting timing and it fits them with a full court all on anti china hysteria from us official tank that they're going to meet next week chairman. she important to discuss this unholy winds that they have .

today to address the most critical national security threat our nation is facing today, the chinese communist party and their invasion of our u.s. airspace. the recent chinese surveillance balloon was allowed to fly unchecked from one end of our country to the other. reaffirming that the c.c.p. is the top threat to our national security. i am beyond outraged that the fact that this administration has allowed this to happen. was he asleep behind the wheel of his corvette? unfortunately that does seem to be the case because this did not just occur for hours it went on for days. at the hands of this administration the c.c.p. was allowed to invade our airspace and it happened right over our district, white over whiteman air force base, home of the b-2 stealth bomber. as a member of the armed services committee will i not back down until we get answers. we cannot allow chinese to walk all over us and outpace us militarily this. administration continues to project weakness on the world stage and it must end. we need answers. we must have a plan to stop the chinese communist party's clear and blatant mili

chinese. >> that was president biden, blasting off threat of the chinese communist party saying thatt into america, and the national security team allowed it to float throughout the country for a week. now the flight remits will be analyzed by fbi coming days after divers kwud what they could from the ocean the military rage cautious on reports, full of potential explosive devices, joining me right now florida congressman member house foreign affairs committee transportation infrastructure committees a patriot veteran of our country, thank you so much for your service to america. >> thank you. >> congressman i am very disturbed by what we saw last week, i know that this administration has tried hard to change the conversation to let us forget or ignore absolutely extraordinary situation that took place, where a spy flight from communist china was able to breach our sovereignty, travel much of the united states, above military installations no less. sending data live back to the ccp as it traveled. how damning was this as white house tries to change the afrgs to oh, this happened befo

and you know what, after 26 years in this house, i would say the chinese communist party is probably right. they did it. they hit us. and they can probably get away with it. because the two parties will compete about who can scream the greatest toward beijing. then the two parties will attack each other saying, well, what did president trump did and what did president biden do, and in the end we'll have nothing but bruised partisan vocal chords. we see -- i've seen for 26 years the beijing-wall street axis control our policy toward china. now, this is just a balloon, but it is on top of two enormous problems with china. one is the lopsided trade relationship where they prohibit us from exporting to them and impose higher tariffs on them than they impose on us. and the second is the obfuscation and lack of cooperation of china when covid arose on their territory. but we probably will not have meaningful retaliation for those great harms and the most recent one because wall street has been in control of this house. since the day -- the year 2000 when we granted most favored nation stat

the president is not speaking out against the chinese communist party. maria, you're talking about covid. what about what is happening with fentanyl? joe biden should tell the chinese communist party, stop manufacturing fentanyl today. they apprehended 14,000 pounds at the border last year. that's enough to kill 3.3 billion people. 70,000 americans lost their lives to fentanyl last year. he should be adamant about this. there should be sanctions existence the ccp. look at concern against the ccp. look at what they're doing bullying taiwan and the philippines and the south pacific islands. look at what they're doing, continuing to steal our intellectual property. look at what they're doing with great power competition. look at what they're doing in the economic sector. look at what tiktok is doing, surveilling our children. the munich conference, he should be having the u.s. delegation say the chinese communist party is our adversary, they are not a competitor, they are a part of the axis of evil with russia, iran and north korea, and we should let it be k

chinese communist party presents singular great threat from outside of the country. classify the information that chinese communist party was tracking all 50 of our governors and great detail and evaluating them, giving them a rating. rating. i have seen that governor association was having a meeting in washington, d.c., i called then governor larry hogan, and then governor of cuomo asked for 20 minutes, i don't think they could figure out why secretary of state wanted to come, but when i was there, it was a sleepy saturday arch afternoon, i told them i had a recently declassified report where chinese communist party was tracking, them, following them, evaluating them, every one of them wanted to see what i had in my hand that sends message this is not over there it is in the gates, they are tracking a lot of americans in the business world. and senior leaders in government not just federal, they are working to godo propaganda and collect secrets, we have to do better, that day i alerted governors to that risk. mark: you dealt with leadership of that regime, what did

he's a hopeless bears fan but smart and clear eyed when it comes to the threat posed by the chinese communist party to send a message that committee's work is going to be bipartisan. speaker mccarthy wants to be bipartisan and i believe besides its own people, what the chinese communist party fears is democrats and republicans working together to counter

right now we are not particularly intimidating chinese communist party.hey watch how we handle afghanistan, that did not go so well. they are emboldened by this sort of thing. they can use the low-tech stuff to probe our responses and test our resolve. the standard procedure if you have an unresponsive vehicle approaching sovereign u.s. airspace they launch the fighters. if it will not respond they will take it out. but what more should the u.s. military be doing to give a very strong clear signal to china that this is not acceptable. >> well, they obvious he got it right the second time around for they got that went up in alaska before it came into sovereign airspace. when they retrieve the debris from the one off the carolinas they should hand it to the secretary of state and he can use that as leverage in negotiations with his counterpart in china. completely unacceptable. arthel: but you do feel we are the u.s. we do have the upper hand in the long run, right? if not immediately. >> i would say so, yes. ultimately it is a top down organization. the co

so the message i have for the biden administration is don't fall for the chinese communist party charmsive. it's a farce. it's a bedtime story they tell out of touch, global elites at davos. it's time to push back before it's too late, before something far more dangerous than a balloon is flying over american territory. maria: it's absolutely outrageous. i spoke with a former pilot of an f-22 over the weekend, and he said that when there was one situation that he was actually present for when a syrian ship went into turkey, the turkish officials shot it down 1.5 miles into the country, 7 second. 17 seconds. they had to be tracking this even as it entered america, correct? >> 100% correct. and if it was being tracked over the aleutian islands in alaska, we absolutely could have taken it down without fear of debris or harm to civilians on the ground. and if we don't have the capability to neutralize it, corral it, collect it, look under the hood and exploit it, well, that's a capability we need to develop with a $850 billion defense budget because i suspect this isn't the last time we're

information, data, video and who knows what other things may have been in there that the chinese communist partyt aware of that they are also collecting. why would you allow the chinese communist party to fly a spy balloon over our country, and five days go by. and but for americans citizens asking questions, what is this thing and why are we not shooting it down. and sent back critical infrastructure information and sensitive information back to the chinese communist party. >> potentially, it looks like 23 military bases it went over. representative marjorie taylor greene ripping into intelligence officials yesterday during the classified briefing on the spy balloon. she believed they made the wrong move letting it cruise over the u.s. we would like your reaction to democrats and media. they keep downplaying the chinese spy balloon. >> now that we know what we know, that balloon had antennas and communication system, do you regret that having i sifted on bringing it down sooner? >> no, the intelligence community, the defense community. they have forgotten more than you and i know. >> the inform

h.res. 104, which rightfully condemns this violation of the united states sovereignty by the chinese communist partylast week, we saw the chinese communist party breach u.s. airspace with the intention of openly surveiling sensitive u.s. national security facilities, including locations housing nuclear missiles. this is unacceptable and demonstrates, again, that the c.c.p. is willing to challenge the united states and to flaunt its intelligence gathering operations in our country. the biden administration owes the american people an explanation as to why earlier action was not taken against this threat. why is any foreign government allowed to act in this fashion without an immediate response from the u.s.? we must project strength, not weakness, if this nation wants to be taken seriously on the world stage. i thank the men and women of our armed services who carried out this mission to remove the surveillance from our skies. i will continue working with my colleagues on the foreign affairs partners, support our partners in the indo-pacific to address this by the c.c.p. mr. kean: thank you. i yield

every day we're not focused on chinese communist party, belt and road, aims to take over the world economicallyy is a day lost to america this is not just a spy balloon. you have the chinese communist party buying up farmland around the united states. they are a clear and present danger to america. we need to start taking them seriously regardless of political party. liz: the president has been briefed on this. you know, batya, china does not have aerable land. only has 10% of its land is earable. why are they doing surveillance and going over missile fields and. what do you think they're looking for? >> opportunities to harm us. what is tiktok except a china export designed to destroy the mine of our children, spying on them, spying on everybody in america including people working in government. they are good at seizing every opportunity to underminus. they see us correctly as a big threat. the problem we're under democratic rule we don't see them in that way which is exactly what they are. liz: how should the president respond, ford? >> state of the union coming up next week. that is the time

we want to be able to know exactly whathe technological capabities are of the chinese communist party preserving that technology and being able to learn more about it is invaluable as well. >> let me make sure i understand -- you believe they could have brought the balloon down safely and preserved the tech? >> if they can do that, i think they will probably do everything they can to make that happen. perhaps it will lose altitude in a sparsely populated area of the country and they will be able to recover it, and then we can examine it, and i'm sure the chinese will want it back and we will, say, return it upon determining that it is proper for weather purposes at the appropriate time. >> u.s. officials tell me they were concerned about sending secretary blinken to beijing while the balloon was over u.s. airspace. do you believe they made the right decision in postponing this trip? >> i do. i called for it this morning. i think he should just cancel the trip as opposed to a postponement, but maybe that is just semantics. maybe the next time we meet, chinese officials could come to am