kimberly helped get al jazeera, the white house of pentagon correspondent, patsy co. haine has more. on the 2nd believe nuts been spotted was able to get in touch with the pentagon official who told me and this is a very carefully worded statements. i'm going to go ahead and read it. we are seen reports of a balloon over latin america. we now assess that it is a chinese surveillance balloon. so of course i asked the question, you're seeing reports, what kind of reports are these media reports? are these reports from governments in latin america because they wouldn't say exactly where in latin america or does the u. s. have some sort of capability, some sort of radar capability over latin america. they, we so we really don't know where they're getting this information. that's pretty much all the variables to confirm to al jazeera right now. the chinese said this was a, basically a climate balloon media logical balloon that was blown off course. if it's more than one balloon, that's going to be a much harder story to sell. because obviously a, were they doing multiple experiments? so a

kimberly help get al jazeera, the white house of pentagon correspondent, practical hain jones may live now from washington parties or reports now of yet another chinese balloon being spotted this one of a latin america one more. can you tell us? yeah, just over the last hour was able to get in touch with the pentagon official who told me and this is a very carefully worded statements. i'm going to go ahead and read it. we are seen reports of a balloon over latin america. we now assess that is a chinese surveillance balloon. so of course i asked the question, you're seeing reports, what kind of reports are these media reports? are these reports from governments in latin america? because they wouldn't say exactly where in latin america or does the us have some sort of capability, some sort of radar capability over latin america. they, we, so we really don't know where they're getting this information. that's pretty much all that they're able to confirm to al jazeera right now. but keep in mind is kimberly said in her report, the chinese said that this was a, basically a climate balloon m

so really what we know at this point is what white house and pentagon officials have revealed of what they've told us so far is that a us fighter jet shot down this high altitude object at around 1 45 pm eastern time . on friday, they told us that it was shot down off the coast of alaska, near the border with canada, and that it was down to over ice. so frozen waters. they also said the recovery efforts are underway. they indicated that because it was shot down over frozen waters, it might make recovery efforts just a little bit easier. and this object had crossed over usaa into u. s. air space, rather when it was shot down. and they also revealed that this optic was flying around 40000 feet, and it was deemed a reasonable risk to civilian aircraft that it becomes because some civilian aircraft does fly around that altitude. and that's why the pentagon said that this decision was taken to a shoot down this object. it was originally detected on thursday, and that according to the pentagon, they sent a fighter jets to try to assess what this object was. and it was deemed that it was an

and so the white house, as well as pentagon, took a lot of prism from their, from, by whom, of course, by the opposition, by republicans more so than from democrats. so i think the white house and the government here is a little bit the administration a little bit under pressure to really act faster right now. however, fairness be a paramount here to the pentagon, as well as the white house it like there was really no reason to shoot this balloon or any of those objects now down over populated area or of any area which post just the slightest threat to any human being or to property, so they weighed it because it wasn't a problem to wait and then shut it down in a, a safe manner. and quite a bit to keep up with that. thank you for that. did have your stuff on payments. let's move on to the latest on the earthquakes which i now known to have killed more than 29000 people in turkey and syria. a decade of civil war has left 8 organizations struggling to reach victims. in some parts of syria, the government of mashaila had, has said it will allow humanity, insistence into rebel held 8 yea

house. simple rule of engagement, strategic and operational tactical level. weapons free, when they shoot, when and why they can shoot, it comes out of the white house, out of the pentagonre told if it flies, it dies. a terrible way to make decision. when i was in the pentagon on 9/11, we had the -- shoot down aircraft. when i heard the vice president of the united states that you are weapons free over washington, d.c., we can shoot down anything, even civilian airliners, it was a process made -- i have no idea what they are talking about, putting aircraft in the air and shooting something down. ways to look at the balloons if they had to, fly by it, put your wing man by it, make a decision on the ground, this seems like if it's flying at 40,000 feet or lower it's game, and makes no sense to me at all, none. >> sandra: that's going to boggle a lot of people. we had the chance to ask ambassador nikki haley about this, and suggested it's not just a problem with china, but here at home. >> you know when it ended in south carolina, that wasn't an accident. south carolina is a military state. that balloon went over our military installations and the idea that other balloons

of alaska. the pentagon is working to recover debris from the car-sized object that the white house says posed aeasonable threat to the safety of civilian flights. welcome to fox news live, i'm mike emanuel. hey, alicia. alicia: i'm alicia acuna. a chinese spy craft was over

these are the only explanations given by the spokesperson of the white house security council and the spokesperson of the pentagon . it is our concern not to disclose more information it is possible that these insecurities and intrusions can occur anywhere else, including under the seas. we are concerned about whether they have the ability to protect america . is it really that our airspace surveillance system is not able to prevent these birds from entering the airspace of mo, since these unidentified flying objects were observed at the height of the flight of the passenger and cargo aircraft, the american authorities announced in some areas of this country, including over united states airspace is currently closed ali rajabi, radio and television news agency 1 techno university of technology, the target of the cyber attack is the identity of the hackers and the amount of information stolen . technology has shut down all computer systems after a hacker attack in order to check the volume of stolen information. in addition to higher education, techno has research. agence france-presse accuses the spanish governme

these are the only explanations given by the spokesman of the white house security council and the spokesman of the pentagonerican media and the military experts of this country have reacted to this issue. i can't believe their words. they have definitely been told that he did not reveal more information, but our concern is that these insecurities and penetration of the valley may occur elsewhere , including under the seas. we are concerned whether they have the ability to protect america. a week has reached three cases. there is a question whether the airspace surveillance system is not really preventing these birds from entering our airspace. sentence in the state of montana in america is closed, ali rajabi of sda and radio news agency, regarding the arrival of unknown birds and the airspace of north america, i am talking to mr. mohammad reza hosseini, an expert on international issues, whether there has been any history of these american space bird attacks in the past, and basically, these pictures of birds are from what place do they have in the military equations, in the name of allah, the most mercifu

clearly there's a bunch of indecision and uncertainty from the pentagon and the white house that was evidence of last week as a chinese balloon across the entire continental united st states. it was pretty clear the administration did not have an answer for that kind of problem. this week the pentagon and white house acted more rapidly and clearly they were more prepared. neil: if you were a bad guy or enemy of the united states are just not keen on the united states and you want to spy on the united states, even this latest incident galvanize you? >> it's an interesting discussion it has been watching this unfold over the last two weeks. it's been frustrating as someone who is very much interested in ensuring we have the strongest defense in the world to observe all the focus sorted on these small issues where in fact the larger issue is china it was clearly testing our defenses. this was more of a policy issue that an intelligence issue. once again it is something we have to pay attention too. and neil, if i may i wanted to comment on something both senator kaine and senator wicker

these are the only explanations given by the spokesperson of the white house security council and the spokesperson of the pentagon. this issue is related to the reaction of the american media and military experts. the country has faced, of course, they have been told not to reveal more information, but our concern is that these insecurities and intrusions may occur anywhere else, including under the seas. we are concerned whether they have the ability to protect the united states. unidentified in the skies of north america one week to three cases of this question, our airspace surveillance system is unable to prevent these birds from entering the airspace of mo , since these unidentified flying objects were observed at the flight height of the passenger and cargo aircraft, the authorities american announced in some areas this country, including over the united states of america , currently has its airspace closed . ali rajabi, new york broadcasting news agency . abdulreza piran aql joined his martyred children on 21 bahman. abdulreza biranvand, 19 years old in 1961, in khorramshahr and mohammad reza, 19 years old

pentagon says, as opposed to two to three buses. this is key, the u.s. is not identifying a country as the owner/operator of this particular object. here is what white house national security spokesman john ker kirby had to say. >> the president was involved in this decision. he ordered it at the recommendation of pentagon leaders. wa he wanted it taken down. they did it using fighter aircraft. we are calling this an object, because that's the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it. whether it's state owned or corporate ownsed or privately owned. we don't know. >> the president made that decision. they went with a similar weapon, identical package, an f-22 firing a sidewinder missile and taking it down. it's the second time in a week the president has made a decision to take down an object over the u.s. that he and the p pentagon decided was a threat. >> what are you learning about the area this object was flying over over when it was shot down? >> bordering on the arctic ocean in alaska. it's not clear what the particular target was. i have been up there myself. this is an area near dead horse, alaska, where the u.s. flies out to

how did you discover that this was going on and what kind of outreach did you do to the white house or pentagonou heard back so far? >> well, first this has been a tremendous embarrassment for the united states of america. it's one more example of the weakness of the biden administration on the global stage. their look of response, the show of weakness is provoking our adversaries and making america weaker. we had montanians calling our office saying they saw a balloon in the sky. a lot of montanians said is it okay if i take a shot at it? why was this spy balloon over montana? because we are proud of the fact that we have the malmstrom air force base. we have intercontinental ballistic missiles across montana. these are the most powerful weapon known to man kind. these are weapons of mass destruction that we use to prevent a war. they are a terrific deter rent to make sure we're at peace. i remember ronald reagan talking about peace through strength. this is a strong part of our defense of this country. in fact, one of my favorite sayings of that air force base was scaring the hell out of amer

these are the only explanations of the spokesperson of the white house security council and the spokesperson pentagonhis they have faced the reaction of the american media and military experts of this country. i can't believe their words . they have definitely been told not to reveal more information, but our concern is that these insecurities and the influence of another valley of we are concerned about whether they have the ability to protect america. the number of unidentified birds shot down in north american skies has risen to three in a week. these birds prevent our airspace the american authorities have announced that since unidentified flying objects were observed at the flight height of the passenger plane, the airspace of some areas, including in the state of montana in the united states, has been closed . mr. mohammadreza hosseini, an expert on international issues mr. hosseini, hello, good time, please explain to the viewers about the nature of these flying objects , whether there has been a history of the presence of these american space bird photos in the past, and basically , what is t

of biden. the white house, the pentagon and the state department, deny involvement, and the kremlin says that this is, to put it mildly, surprising, as well as the absence of intelligible reaction of the west to the investigation of seymour. hersh, american journalists, a pulitzer prize winner , previously published an article stating that during a nato exercise last summer, american divers installed explosives under the northern streams, which were activated by the norwegians 3 months later. according to yorsh , us president jumaiden decided to sabotage the nord streams after more than 9 months of secret discussions from the national security team in russian honey, they say that they initially proceeded from involvement united states where version moscow demands answers the president of the united states of america approved of the bombing of the nord stream, you see who is behind this now it is understood that the united states of america has struck. according to their allies who suffered germany france the netherlands - these are their satellite allies, they were not even spared. today, no count

well, the second way is when the leadership of the pentagon, when the white house will see that they already have a sufficient amount of what they have produced, that it came from the manufacturers, then you can already share with ukraine, that is, the door will be open, dmytro well, and finally, about a minute and a half is left that your tony is talking about visas to poland, and obviously there is a certain symbolism of joe biden in mind , because he was there in march, and this, well, i remember the expectations in kyiv from this visit and in many respects they actually came true, and what is currently being said in washington about this visit, which is also planned, look at the open , the dates have not been announced for a long time. now we can say that the president will fly on the 20th , that the 21st and the afternoon of the 22nd he will stay in poland. i would not like to rush to talk about the level of his meeting. i think we will all be pleasantly surprised . this is the maximum i can say, but what we hear in the white house is that this is clearly a step to support ukrain

acting secretary defense kristin miller and soldier secretary from the pentagon and the enemy of the house. before we get to your book, what do you make of what the pentagon is saying about the second object that we know about the second object we shot down near alaska? >> let me get this straight, we shot down a balloon or something we don't know about so i'm kind of beyond confused and i'm with you but it's really troubling. >> laura: i'm a media person and it's a really convenient narrative when the public in general is making any complex decisions about any pressing matters now and chris, that's what the public's concern is. >> laura, we didn't coordinate this but really your previous segments were what we're talking about is accountability and that's the theme of my book and where's accountability right now in all these things and i was raised in the military and the commander and it's not a cliche and fervently believe this in the military that a commander is responsible for everything that does or doesn't happen in your command and what i'm seeing right now is the classic example of

the point that airports had to be closed down because of this, a path of the balloon that, that is when the white house and the pentagon likely decided to move forward with the shooting this balloon down and has the closing all of this airport cause any disruption to passengers? well we're seeing it so far that there were some disruptions. again, those were 3 airports that were closed down the f. a hasn't released much more information about those airports, but of course some disruption was caused. and again, that is one of the reasons it appears that the white house, that the u. s. officials here decided to take action. but at the moment, it appears obviously with this balloon having been shot down that this object being in the way of civilian air traffic will no longer be an issue. what we can say is there might be disruptions going forward because recovery efforts are underway. remember that a secretary of state antony blank, and when he was asked about this incident while he was speaking to press yesterday, he said our primary objective is to get this balloon down and recover its contents . and that is precisely wh

of the sky it is not your imagination. the pentagon took down an enormous scott dell mike espy balloon. you thought the term was over, but no on friday the white housefighter jets had done an object the size of a car over.

important fact is that it is not official yet, because we have to wait for the announcement of the pentagon and the white housean press now, with links to sources, says that it is in this package that for the first time, and this is important, there will be exactly these shells for heimers that have their own engine, that is, they can fly at a distance of up to 150 km . that is, first of all, this is the first in the entire history of the war that the united states will transfer bombs that can fly to the military bases in the crimea, do you remember that before this america avoided this, fearing a certain escalation there that could be arranged by russia, and look at another interesting moment, it is very often and this was the policy of the american administration when they appear there on the white house website or the pentagon website already has official information, but now we hear from unofficial sources, but in advance a day or two or three. well, you understand that it’s not some secret moles leaking information. this is specifically what american officials announce and say about this to the press well

space equipment is still military did not explain the origin of three of the four downed balloons in the white house and the pentagon citizens not to panic and emphasize that extraterrestrial forces were not involved in the appearance of the balloons. i want this to sound official from the white house. i know there have been many questions on this topic, but there are no signs of extraterrestrial activity again. there is no sign of aliens in recent incidents. i want to make sure the american people know about this, all of you know about it, and it's important for us to say this publicly, because we heard a lot of rumors about ufos the military expect to sort out the origin of the objects. after all the debris has been collected, while it is only known that the first balloon was a chinese one, the pentagon is actively collecting information against a political rival from the bottom of the atlantic, the military raised parts of the electronics and frames of the thing, the investigators will take care of the docks, and some data appeared about the last downed balloon. the media reported that he was carrying some kind o

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of extinction. everything is so bad if biden in public speeches calls on ukrainians to return the lost territories, including crimea was behind the scenes, no one in the pentagon of the white houseieves that this is really possible, according to journalists, a report on this topic was announced at a secret briefing before committee of the house of representatives, and it is not comforting for kiev ukrainian troops. it is unlikely that it will be possible to return crimea to the nearest one. in the future, this assessment will certainly disappoint the kiev leaders, who consider this idea one of their main goals , large-scale assistance to the national battalions depletes their own stocks of western countries, according to max bergman, an expert at the washington center for strategic and international studies , it will take at least several years to replenish ammunition from europe and the united states, however, the americans are trying to take a winning position here too. the new york times writes that the pentagon refused to hand over f-16s to kiev, but it is pushing european partners to take this step. according to us officials. the netherlands has about 40 units in 16 and is

off the coast of alaska where those tasked with recovering debris are battling severe wind chill and limited daylight as the bipartisan call for transparency from the white house and pentagon grows louder. >> in the absence of information people's anxiety leads them into potentially destructive areas so i do hope that very soon the administration has a lot more information for all of us on what is going on. >> i would prefer them to be trigger happy than permissive. this shows some of the problems and gaps we have we need to fill those as soon as possible. we certainly now ascertain there is a threat >> monica joins us now. what else do we know about the object shot down today >> reporter: kate, president biden authorized an f-16 fighter jet to take it out this afternoon a u.s. official tells me it appeared to be octagon shaped with strings hanging off of it kate >> monica alba, thank you. let's get right to our pentagon correspondent courtney kube she's been following all of this from the beginning. courtney, what could these objects possibly be >> reporter: so we only know about the first one, that was high altitude chinese surveillance balloon the other three are smalle

. >> his journey to that room began late last year when he organized a team of white house, pentagon, and secret service officials to plan for it. the actual trip started at 4:15 yesterday morning. using a small 757 as air force instead of the larger one normally used for overseas travel. with him just two reporters who had to hand over electronic devices after a fueling stop in germany, the president continued to poland where he boarded a train for a ten-hour overnight run to kyiv. this is a photo of the president and national security adviser jake sullivan. the entourage arrived to a city that had been locked down with no explanation, only hints and speculation that something important was about to happen. and it did. a little more than five hours later, president biden was back on the train. then later back on the smaller air force one headed to warsaw, where he'll meet tomorrow with the polish president and deliver remarks in the war's anniversary. and meet with leaders from all nine members of nato's eastern flank. cnn chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is in warsaw f

last year as he looked to the one-year mark of russia's invasion, testing a small group of white house, pentagon, and secret service officials to put together a trip with no historic precedent. >> the president ultimately decided it was a calculated risk he was prepared to take. >> reporter: departing in the cover of darkness at 4:15 a.m. on sunday morning. two reporters on the trip were required to turn over their electronic devices. he flew to poland where he board a ed a train for the trip to kyiv. >> we did send a notification to the russians several hours before the president left, primarily for deconfliction purposes. >> reporter: while the russian response was not characterized, biden's message to russian president vladimir putin unequivocal. >> putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided. he's just been plain wrong. >> reporter: biden arrived in kyiv at 8:00 a.m. local time. the massive convoy setting off a stream of social media chatter in a city that had been completely locked down without explanation. 30 minutes later, he stepped out of a white suv to great president zelen

of. however, i don't know if it's possible for this one or possible to figure out in the time frame available. >> all right. the pentagon has also said or the white house said this has happened before, during the previous administration. the former secretary of defense, one of them, at least, because there was secretary mattis during the previous administration as well, but secretary esper, the last defense secretary under donald trump said that he didn't remember this while he was in office or while he was holding that position and that he believes he would have remembered something like this. do you have any knowledge of this happening before? >> so i can say that i believe the pentagon is correct when it says that this has happened before. i am somewhat skeptical of the narrative that this is accidental given the history of china with their balloons. >> any reason to believe this is china trying to send a message that they knew that it would get low enough for the public to see and they wanted this out there? >> so i'm not a china expert. i'm a military technologies expert. i'm a technical analyst. but i am a bit perplexed as to why they would put t

with >> his journey to that room began late last year when he organized a team of white house pentagonrvice officials to plan for. it the actual trip started at 4:15 yesterday morning, using a small mueller for 7:57 on air force one instead of a larger one usually used for overseas travel. with him, to reporters who had to hand electronic advice as after a fueling stop in germany, the president continued to poland and reported a plane for a ten hour override to kyiv. -- jake sullivan. the entourage arrive to a city that had been locked down with no explanation, only hints and speculation that something important was about to happen. and it did. a little more than five hours later, president biden was back on the train and then later back on the smaller air force one headed to warsaw, where he will meet tomorrow with the polish president and deliver remarks on the worst anniversary and -- all my nine members of nato's eastern plane. senior -- what phil mattingly is in warsaw for us tonight. senior chief international correspondent crystal ward is in kyiv. let's start with phil and clari

off the coast of alaska where those tasked with recovering debris are battling severe wind chill and limited daylight as the bipartisan call for transparency from the white house and pentagon grows louder. >> in the absence of information people's anxiety leads them into potentially destructive areas so i do hope that very soon the administration has a lot more information for all of us on what is going on >> i would prefer them to be trigger happy than permissive. this shows some of the problems and gaps we have we need to fill those as soon as possible we certainly now ascertain there is a threat. >> and our thanks to monica for that report. >>> in the middle east, hope is running out to find earthquake survivors as the death toll in both turkey and syria rises to nearly 35,000. anger is growing against building contractors turkish officials announcing that 134 people have been detained over suspected poor construction work that may have cost many lives. and we're also getting a new look at those terrifying moments when those quakes hit last monday security cameras across the affected areas show collapsing high-rises sending a wall of dust and debris into surrounding str

and the feeling of uncertainty that many in the pentagon and the white house have about the course of how it can end? e loist. eh, mrs. uh, the pentagon secretary said recently that ukraine has a very small window to carry out some kind of offensive. ah, members of congress. eh, more and more often they say that this is a conflict. uh, it's unlikely to end, uh, with a decisive victory for one side or the other, and uh, marclay. eh, chief. uh, serviceman. uh, countries have said to say repeatedly that it's in our best interest to seriously think about what future negotiations might look like, so there's no feeling. triumph on the contrary, i think many people have feelings of deep insecurity, and i think this is one of the reasons. why biden chose to talk about this so quickly and not go into details, because in fact the details are quite disturbing for uh american citizens, who many of them do not understand the danger of this conflict, the escalation potential and how easy it can uh explode into something very terrible european. continent brand, thank you so much. and we will certain

of us, welcome to "jesse watters primetime." i'm will cain. we start with a fox news alert biden is on a popping spree. moments ago the white house and the pentagonfense was tracking a high altitude object over alaska airspace in the last 24 hours. the object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. out of

the balloon was 1st to take it over the state of montana which houses some 150 intercontinental ballistic missiles strike. pentagon officials have described the airship as an intelligence gathering balloon . john claims the balloon is for civilian purposes and says it regrets the balloon accidentally sailing into u. s. s. place in antony blink and spoke earlier about his decision not to go on his plan visit to china yesterday. the department incense announced that we had detected and we're tracking a high altitude surveillance balloon that remains over the continental united states. we continue to track and monitor the balloon closely. we're confident this is a chinese surveillance balloon. once we detected the balloon, the u. s. government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information. we communicated with the p r. c. government directly through multiple channels about this issue. members of my team consulted with our partners and other agencies and in congress, we also engaged our close allies and partners to inform them of the presence of the surveillance balloon and art aerospace

pentagon's witnesses making us less safe? >> absolutely the priorities of this white house and priorities being pushed on the secretary of defensepartment of defense and joints chiefs and military is not the national security. look, the military exist one reason and one reason only and that is to protect sisley in the united states and all m&a support domestic peer that is what we raise her hand to do and that is not the priority of our military right now. we see leaders being kicked out on the great leaders being kicked out for simply speaking communism against marxism, against racism in your talk about things with critical race theory and speaking against it they are speaking against it but being kicked out. when a lieutenant colonel speaks against marxism, he speaking against the very thing he raises his hand to defend peer that is the priority of the military right now and it is a shame. i travel the country and spent 200,000 members around the world men and women bravely standing up to serve our country. they want to do the right thing. they are not allowed to do the right thing and they are frustrated. i've never seen in 3

of clarification. my sources at the pentagon and the white house say they have been generally aware of the c chinese spy balloon program for months. officials say they saw it talk off january 21. they assumed it would travel east. they did not have visibility the whole time as it traversed the ocean, the pacific ocean is a big place, i'm told, by one of the officials. they picked it up closer to alaska as it approached on january 28. the "washington post" reported yesterday the surveillance balloon flew across alaska and the continental united states and may have been diverted on an errant path caused by atypical weather conditions. i'm told that is a chinese talking point and could be misleading. there's some analysis looking at the winds and whether they played a factor there. a senior u.s. official said at any point, the chinese could have steered it out of the winds. they still had control over the balloon. when the balloon entered the united states, the continental united states, it loitered over sensitive sites in montana. there was no sense that it was being carried by errant winds. pentagon offi

the discovery, the balloon was 1st detected over the state of montana which houses some 150 intercontinental ballistic missile silos. pentagon officials have described the i ship as an intelligence gathering balloon. china claims the balloon is for civilian purposes and that it regrets it had sailed into u. s. s. base. for more on this developing story, let's now go to washington dc where our correspondent assume it's almost gonna is standing by assuming a secretary of state blinkin post falls, a planned trip because of a balloon. china says is full mitchell logical research. what is going on? going on in this guys over the u. s. right now. we have gearhart a balloon that is become a diplomatic confrontation, secretary stab lincoln's trip, as you said to china has been postponed at the last minute. we don't have official confirmation from the state department yet, but several media here in the u. s. have linked this information to us administration officials. this trip was actually never officially planned by either side, but at the moment we are hearing that it has been postponed indefinitely. so we don't have a new date fo

some lawmakers are describing as a confounding and confusing set of messages coming out of the pentagon and white houseen administrationing out of its way to say it was not a threat to national security and did not represent a major breach of american airspace. who is buying that? welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. bill hemmer is off today and you will see him over the weekend in arizona. >> mike: at the super bowl. i'm mike emanuel. while the white house tries to minimize the damage we're learning american officials believe the high altitude chinese spy craft was conducting signals intelligence using antennas to intercept electronic communication. john tester had a straight-up take on all this during yesterday's hearing. >> what china did last week was completely unacceptable and a real threat to american sovereignty. china is a real threat and one we need to take seriously. this administration owes americans answers what happened last week but what steps they will take to insure it never happens again. >> dana: as we learn more about the chinese spy craft there is widespr

seems to continue to drift, so what kind of conversations are happening right now at the pentagon involving u.s. intelligence agencies as well, and the white house? >> well, i think for sure, the discussion, one item of interest to me, which i'm sure is under discussion, is exactly what is the sensor suite on this balloon? i am kind of inclined to believe the chinese that this thing, this is errant, it wandered off course, i think they haven't been entirely forthcoming with what is on it in the way of a sensor suite. the chinese, as others have pointed out, have a very capable overhead reconnaissance satellite system that can give all of the intelligence they need, and having had some personal experience with using balloons for intelligence collection, they're not real efficient, and we're kind of seeing an example of that, because they are subject to the vagaries of weather, mist, fog, and especially wind. i think the bigger issue here is -- excuse me. >> that's okay, you're popular. >> -- is, you know, we don't expend too much crisis energy, if you will, on hyperventilating over an air balloon. when you think about the crisis spectrum, on the

of the carolinas. now, the white house still and pentagon still have many questions to answer relating to these last two unidentified objects including scope, the size t origin and what exactly the purpose was. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. >> now, these latest unidentified objectnd and chinese suspected spy balloon were spotted flying in the space above the earth not normally used by airplanes and satellites. cnn's will ripley says this new space is beinging the new frontier for spying and settling conflicts. >> reporter: china's new battlefield 1,250 miles above earth. the stratosphere or as china calls it, near space. in 2015 they said near space has become a new battlefield in modern warfare. more than a decade ago felix bumgarner's freefall jump from near space captivated the world and may have caught the attention of chinese president xi jinping. as early as 2014 he ordered china's air force to speed up air and space integration and sharpen their offensive and defensive capabilities. prioritized development of hypersonic weapons, solarized drones and high altitude balloons all designed for

of pushback on a new report claiming the u.s. tracked the chinese spycraft for its entire flight. white house and the pentagonelling fox news that is not exactly possible. what we are now learning on all of that with jennifer griffin, people are so hungry for more information on what we learned about the chinese spycraft. what do we now know today? >> well, it's interesting, sandra. my sources at the pentagon and white house say they have been generally aware of the chinese spy balloon program for months and briefed congress about it back in august. these officials say they saw this particular balloon take off on january 21st. assumed it would travel east because that is the direction of the winds. they did not have visibility the whole time as it traversed the ocean, the pacific ocean is a big place, i'm told, from this official, and they were not able to track it the whole time. they picked it up again closer to alaska as it approached on january 28th. "the washinton post" reported yesterday the surveillance balloon that flew across alaska and the continental united states may have been averted by atypical

feel different, they are lower in attitude, this video of -- altitude this video of the jet fighters, white house and pentagon not describing them as balloons, we're told cylinders and octagons might be a thing at play and the one over can canada c size the of a small car. >> there is no indication of aliens or extra terrestrial activity with the recent take downs. >> i don't think that american people need to worry about aliens with respect to the aircraft, period, i don't think there is any more that needs to be said there. kennedy: as much as i w want to be able ins it probably isn't. the reasons that people are saying that president biden has been silent on this issue. as we know any time there is a vacuum of information, confusion step right in. this is what happened here, biden administration being way too opaque and law make frmakers from both sides not happy. >> bible biden administration needs provide or transparency. >> i have concerns. >> the department of defense left me in the dark for 18 hours, his people across montana asking questions about what is going on. >> we need to brief us. >> we could

house remains silent on exactly what types of unidentified flying objects were shot down over alaska, canada and lake huron since friday, administration officials say there is no evidence they were part of china spy program. pentagonte house officials tell fox news they have been aware of the chinese espionage balloon program for months. they also say they briefed congress about it back in august. at the white house. gillian turner fox news. ktvu fox two news at five starts now. but i am no longer confident that chief armstrong can do the work needed to achieve the vision. so today. i have decided to separate from chief laurent armstrong from the city. breaking news. now at five laurent armstrong is out as oakland's police chief. the decision comes amid controversy surrounding his handling of two misconduct investigations. good evening. i'm julie julie haener mike mibach. oakland mayor xiang tao, making the announcement within the last hour. the decision to fire the chief comes just one month into her first term as mayor ktvu henry lee live outside opd headquarters. with more on the breaking news, henry. career of oakland police chief laurent armstrong, accused of dropping the ball in department investigations int

house remains silent on exactly what types of unidentified flying objects were shot down over alaska, canada and lake huron since friday, administration officials say there is no evidence they were part of china's spy program. pentagon white house officials tell fox news they have been aware of the chinese espionage balloon program for months. they also say they briefed congress about it back in august. at the white house. gillian turner fox news. alright but first before we talk to bill snow way, check this out the national weather service posting video of the uncommon sight in tucson, arizona. snow drivers were urged to use caution because temperatures near freezing could result in icy bridges around the area. more rain snow ha jewels kind of slushy. yeah but it's like in tucson, arizona, so you know, kind of strange right? alright, so more on that. and our local forecast. yeah that's all i got. and we had a little pictures, but what we did. have today was temperatures that warmed up. over yesterday. yesterday we had the big plummet in numbers. today we increased the good 5 to 7 degrees. tomorrow temperatures will be in the low sixties again and then we'll warm up a little bit. it's not a big warmup, big heat way,

of the verse. the white house start of the week floating the idea at the pentagon may have shot down the ufos were but now, it could just be junk from private companies. >> we don't yet know what these three objects were, but nothing right now suggests they remain part of chinese spy program or surveillance vehicles from any other country. the intelligence communities current assessment these three objects most likely balloons tied to private companies. i want to be clear, we don't have any evidence there has been a sudden increase in the number of objects in the sky. we are just seeing more of them. >> judge jeanine: but it could be more ridiculous than that. a hobby club in illinois. they said one of its small balloons is missing in action, and they are worried biden shot it down. if true, that means we just erased $400,000 to take out a $12 balloon. and earlier this week, the geniuses at the white house adjusted they were used for car lot balloons. and after reacting incredibly slowly, the president pretended that he's been on top of the situation since the beginning. >> when i came into office

of us, welcome to "jesse watters primetime." i'm will cain. we start with a fox news alert biden is on a popping spree. moments ago the white house and the pentagon announced that another foreign object was shot from the sky. >> i can confirm that the department of defense was tracking a high altitude object over alaska airspace in the last 24 hours. the object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of the pentagon, president biden ordered the military to down the object and they did. and it came inside our territorial waters. >> will: so, what is this thing? is this another chinese balloon in the pentagon says they have no clue or they are just playing stupid. >> can you say definitively it was not a balloon? >> i don't at this point, considering the fact that we're still assessing the object. i don't want to get into characterizing it. >> will: so, they are calling it an object. we don't know what kind. an object could literally be anything. they say it was so lynn democratic call in shape. but, also, the size of a chevy ma

of the carolinas. now, the white house still -- and pentagon still have many questions to answer relating to these lasthe size, the origin, and what exactly the purpose was. arlette saenz, cn, the white house. >>> canada's national minister of defense says the military strike on saturday was the first instance of norad downing an object in canadian airspace. earlier we asked mary schiavo to weigh in on the significance of this. here she is. >> reporter: more important, we're downing objects. don't know and haven't identified what they were yet. depending on which briefing you review, some of them say they did enter our airspace before we were actually aware of them entering the united states airspace which, you know, is of great concern because i'm up here working in alaska, and obviously it's hugely important to american defense. there's tremendous military presence. in anchorage yesterday and today, for example, there were awax reconnaissance planes up, the skies were full. there were a lot of military aircraft coming and going to, ant you can't really overestimate the value of the alaska defense sys

such an assessment at a closed briefing in the house of representatives committee on armed forces. content of the meeting, but according to them, the pentagon does not believe that ukraine will be able to dislodge russian troops from the peninsula in the near future, the fourth interlocutor said that ukraine cannot to guarantee success if they decide on an operation to return crimea, the pentagon has so far refused to comment on this information to journalists. but why is it important because the ukrainian authorities have repeatedly stated that the war with russia will end only when russian troops leave all occupied ukrainian territories, including crimea, the united states does not recognize the annexation crimea has been called ukrainian territory since the beginning of the occupation , and after the full-scale russian invasion, washington refused to provide kyiv with weapons that could be used to strike strikes on targets on the peninsula. well, just in january, the new york times reported that the administration of the us president is gradually softening its position on this issue. well, according to the routers, right now washington i

such a version, the military still has not explained the origin of three of the four downed balloons in the pentagon's white houserge citizens not to panic and emphasize that extraterrestrial forces are not involved in the appearance of balls. i want this to sound official from the white house. i know there were a lot of questions on this topic, but there are no signs again activity. there is no sign of aliens in recent incidents. and i want to make sure the american people are aware of this, all of you know about this and it's important for us to say this publicly because we've heard a lot of rumors about ufos. the military is looking to get to the bottom of the objects. after all the wreckage is collected, the americans believe that the first balloon was chinese the pentagon is actively collecting information against a political rival from the atlantic , the military has raised the participation of electronics and frame the investigators will take care of the docks , some data appeared on the last downed ball. the media reported that he was carrying some kind of cargo, and focus-nious reporters found out that t