jon: lucas tomlinson, thanks. former u.s. top gun fighter pilot captain joins us now. m, i was asking lucas how many times has this happened before? curious the item shot down today into lake huron described as octagonal. one shot down over canada described as cylindrical. whatever these things are, they have different structures, probably different purposes. >> thanks for having me, these are different types of vehicles, maybe slightly different radar cross sections, easier to pick up and others, certainly big o one, the first one we saw was easy to observe. he saw ones creating more of a problem, they seem to be progressing across our country. they are being detected, maybe not write as fast. again, this tells a story, this is in operation and good news is, it was a over lake huron and they had the opportunity to take that one out over water and nobody got hurt. jon: as you can imagine, it's raising heckles on capitol hill. listen to this from one of the michigan delegation. >> if you assume the origin of the balloon, the flying object somewhat under control of the co

joining us now is lucas tomlinson with the latest. lucas. >> well, good afternoon. this is the fourth time in eight days the u.s. military has shot down an object over north america, certainly

lucas tomlinson is now the white house with the very latest from there. etting some clarification, you are about this. what is the latest you can tell us about with these potentially are and what is happening right now? >> all eric i don't think you can say and not for the fourth time in the past eight days u.s. military shot object over north america. this latest incident taking place on this kind of lake huron. came hours after the airspace was closed in lake michigan. just across the michigan peninsula for the pentagon had given the all clear they had suspected signing something popped up on radar to give the all clear. in fact their stunning visual identification according to officials. and now, just a few hours later another object shot down over lake huron as you see here which borders michigan and canada. it is not clear where exactly this object was taken down, eric. honestly there's a line going middle of lake huron cap eight u.s. territorial waters cap in canada. we do know this is the third straight day at work object has been shot down over nor

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house. lucas, and you're right, the congressman's right that america wants answers. they're not going to want to wait til tuesday. have you heard any reaction from the white house since in the balloon has been shot down? >> reporter: not yet, arthel. president biden is in the air heading to camp david. we're not sure if we're going to hear from them, make an announcement or if there's going to be the any statement from the white house. however, we just heard from congressman fry just moments ago saying the fighter jets from shaw air force bet were the ones who shot down the balloon, home to f-16 fighter jets, plenty of firepower at that base to do this and certainly symbolic, perhaps, that this spy balloon just crossed over south carolina and was shot down by air force jets based in south carolina. as we're watching here, this spy balloon just looks like a parachute that hasn't, you know, tethered, deployed properly and is falling down to earth. not quite sure how long it's going to take to c

lucas tomlinson, live at the white house, thank you.ational security and military analyst doctor rebecca grant joins us now. the chinese spy craft we saw a week ago was frightening enough or bothersome enough for now we got two more, one shutdown over alaska, one shot down over canada. given your experience, what you think is going on? >> this is quite an interesting situation going on and i think what we are seeing is we are catching a lot of chinese balloons and egg glad we have f-22's available to take them down. >> there must be some purpose behind it. i'm reminded of how the chinese claimed the first one was just a civilian weather balloon that had blown off course as if there is such a thing as civilian technology employment in china. when we shot it down, they got angry and claimed they were going to demand reparations and that kind of thing. the last two we haven't heard a peep from china. we don't know they originated there but one has to wonder given what happened a week ago. >> yes and you are right, the pentagon has not told

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with the very latest. lucas. >> reporter: we've just learned from this background call with pentagon officials that it was an f-22 fighter jet flying out of langley air force base, that's near virginia beach, that shot down this chinese spy balloon using a single sidewinder missile, a heat-seeking missile. some questions if there was enough heat signature off this chinese apparatus to be able to shoot it down with a sidewinder. but i digress. the shot-down happened at 2:39 eastern time off the coast of south carolina. very notable, it was just offshore about 6 nautical miles. why is that important? we learned from president biden and from defense secretary lloyd austin that this needed to be shot down within u.s. territorial waters. that is because they did not want to shoot it down in international air space, international waters and also because you didn't want to shoot it down too far offshore, then this debris would be down at the bottom of the ocean. right now officials say it's the debris from this ch

lucas tomlinson live at the white house, thank you. eric? eric: we're now one year away from the 2024 presidential primaries. you know, a handful of republicans have already announced their bid for the white house, but what do the republican voters want? a fox news poll shows this: former president trump leading the field among republican primary voters followed, as you can see, by florida governor ron desantis. for more, alexandria hoff with the breakdown of all the candidates. hey, alex. >> reporter: hey, eric. yeah, trump's lead is a strong one right now. with this debut fox news poll of this primary season, republican primary leaders were led a -- read a list of 15 names, most of those just potential contenders at this point. former president trump easily topping the list with 43%. governor ron desantis is the choice for 28%. 7% went to former u.n. ambassador nikki haley, and former vice president mike pence. texas governor greg abbott and former congresswoman liz cheney earned the support of 2%. trump and haley are the only among that g

lucas tomlinson live at the white house. lucas, good afternoon. >> good afternoon, mike, faa issued a notice the to airmen closing air space in the northern part of lake michigan near michigan upper peninsula. don't know the reasons why. only reason national defense air space given the past 24 hours the shootdown of the mysterious object in canada and also seemingly false alarm in montana, looks like this is out of abundance of caution but there is an airborne refueling tanker from the u.s. military and appears that fighter jets are in route. when we have more we will get back to you. right now we just know anything but the airman issued and air spaces closed in north lake michigan. going after shootdown in canada, mike, u.s. officials describing mysterious object metallic balloon with payload, on abc senate majority leader chuck schumer used balloons. >> they probably have been all over the world. i do think senator tester is looking why it took so long for us, our military, intelligence to neglect about these balloons. that

lucas tomlinson thank you. eric.ric: meanwhile efforts are to cover the big debrief and the chinese spy balloon that was taken down last saturday, you may have seen it live from the fox news channel. well, bringing up all of the electronics and the devices of that equipment that were under that balloon, that for now is going to have to wait because of bad weather and rough waters off the coast of south carolina. bryan llenas is live in myrtle beach, south carolina's at the very latest on the recovery mission. hey brian how's it going? quite hey eric and were told the navy was able to recover some debris yesterday. but now efforts to recover the chinese spy balloon have been temporarily suspended until at least monday due to the rough water conditions. there is a gale warning in effect with winds forecast to reach 50 miles an hour gusts this weekend here in south carolina. see kind of weather that makes a salvage operation of law complicated 50 feet below the atlantic ocean. >> rough waters went to elevate all those e

lucas tomlinson, i understand you have new reporting the share. lucas: that's right, senior official confirms that the u.s. government is weighing options on how to shoot down this chinese spy balloon when it crosses the atlantic, safely off the coast of the united states. now earlier in syracuse president biden was asked to do on the balloon and he said all options are on the table and this is what he said exactly. >> the chinese balloon -- >> we will take care of it. lucas: this morning former defense secretary chuck served under barack obama said this balloon should be brought down gently to exploit it. >> we don't know what the pentagon is going to do and what the president will ultimately decide and once it gets out over open waters i'd be surprised if we would allow this balloon just to float back to china. lucas: both countries spawn each other, of course, just over a month ago the pentagon says fighter jet came to american spy plane flying over south china sea. back in 2016 the u.s. accused china of stealing underwater drone from u.s. navy

lucas tomlinson is live on the north lawn tonight.h that, good evening, lucas. >> bret, president biden returned to the white house late this afternoon from camp david where he says he warned beijing he would shoot down their spy balloon that took a week long odyssey across the united states. >> we made it clear to china what we're going to do. >> president biden says beijing should not have been surprised but it's not the first time. in a glaring admission, the top general for norad in newark america says u.s. forces failed to detect previous incursions from chinese spy craft into the united states. one recently crashed into the pacific off the coast of hawaii four months ago. senior defense officials say there are three previous instances when chinese spy balloons entered the united states during the trump administration. florida congressman mike waltz is says the pentagon told them where they penetrated u.s. airspace. >> what we were told is there were multiple incursions over florida. one over texas. and then there has been separa

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but first lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with 30 tables unchecked details. >> good afternoonike if you going to shoot down a chinese spy balloon over the atlantic that's exactly how you do it. you close airspace you launched fighters. that appears to be what happened are present biden spoke earlier indicated a decision had been made without offering specifics. [inaudible] >> earlier this morning on fox former defense secretary chuck said it's unlikely this bible it will make its way home. >> i do not have the pentagon is going to do with the president ultimately decides but once he gets out over open waters i would be surprised if we would allow this balloon to just float back to china. >> of quick history both countries of course spy on each other for just over a month ago chinese fighter jet came just 1y plane flying over the south china sea as you can see here. back in 2006 and was accused china of stealing underwater drone was later returned into many pieces in a box. 2001 u.s. navy ep three spy plane is a chinese fire jet chinese islands for the crew for help for 11 days

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making this the fourth shot down in 8 days, joining us now lucas tomlinson at the white house.orter: trey, norad said that latest object shot down was shot down by u.s. air force f-16 fighter jets, sidewinder heat seeking air-to-air missile. as. thefourth time in 8 days. let's look at this chart. third time in past three days an object of shot down, latest series started friday. off northern coast of alaska, u.s. f-22 raptor -- air force base in shot down the unknown object. 100 miles on the east, border of alaska, just yesterday afternoon, another raraptor. this time in canada. in yukon territory. president biden and canada's prime minister trudeau making this order, today another object blasted out of the sky. this evening, norad in a statement said that radar anomaly over skies of montana, near the border with canada. that was a radar a anomaly, tonight, they say it is the same object they missed last night flying over montana, that is what they shot down today over lake huron. now, going back to the fourth object. this all started last weekend, the giant 2000 pound giant sp

the first lucas tomlinson but lucas is light at the white house, lucas. >> arthel hi inflation introduce savings increasing credit card debt with higher interest rates means more americans are feeling the squeeze. we do not have a tell our viewers they feel it every day. now have new economic data shows inflation is getting worse. let's take a look. the personal consumption expenditures price index the feds prefer gauge inflation rose 6% and janet beating analyst expectations for the annual inflation rate also rose to 5.4%. the first increase since inflation peaked in june, arthel, making some analysts wonder if the fed is behind its inflation fights. present by reacting to the economic news that reads in part today's report shows we have made progress on inflation. but we have our work to do but of course when your anniversary of russia's war on ukraine that dominated yesterday's headlines not the new economic data for the white house announcing it would send $2 billion in additional weapons and ammunition to ukraine, not on the list of fighter jets. but you don't think he needs f-16s n

let's go to lucas tomlinson live in east palestine. lucas: alan shaw has returned to east palestine and also wanted to apologize to the community but notably didn't hold press conference but in letter he did apologize. some residents are hard and others want to press on. some are just not sure. here is darren gamble. >> they sent us home and, you know, two days, three days we got the manifest of what other chemicals were on the train. the whole thing is absurd. lucas: now since the derailment norfolk southern handed a thousand dollar check zip code only, not the surrounding towns like the town of nelly a mile from here. residents nearby should not be forgotten. >> 3.5 miles from blast zone is what we call it. lucas: norfolk southern isn't giving you a check? >> no, i went wednesday around 5:30 and they turned me away. >> not everybody, mike, as i mentioned earlier is scared. we heard with youth basketball, he was forced to cancel youth could your honorment that would cost his prom $40,000 because none of the surrounding towns wanted to

arthel: lucas tomlinson live at the white house, thank you, lucas. ♪ eric: a fight for money in floridanor ron desantis and former president trump were having duly fundraisers have a potential showdown between the the 2024 republic and presidential nomination. alexander off has the latest from washington. >> zero he's nomination has not been made it official tug-of-war over palm beach money donors kicked off on thursday from a president trump is making his third straight run for office hosted the first major fundraiser for inc. mar-a-lago. the event described as an intimate gathering a few miles away at the four seasons palm beach ron desantis is holding retreat with roughly 150 top donors. he's not expected to make a decision on rumor presidential run until sometime this spring. in an interview airing on life liberty and live in tomorrow the governor talked about the media criticism he's received. >> hard for them to keep up with you when you're constantly doing new things and leaving on different issues. we've pretty much kept that case going throughout my entire tenure as governor an

lucas tomlinson live at the white house, lucas thanks.as been saying he is planning to run for reelection. but ahead of his official announcement recent polling suggests many americans are unhappy about the economy and feel the countries on the wrong track. so how might this affect the republican party's messaging in the months to come? david avella joint associate gopac chairman and a gop strategist. so as you sit here tonight how optimistic are you your party can retake the white house in two years, david? >> we have a candidate that effectively tells americans how we are going to make them safer both economically and with their personal security as china seems to be on the marcher to test us. we have a great chance to win this. the key for republicans particularly over the next couple of months is to continue to refute these false narratives that the white house and congressional democrats are putting out too. at the same time not come off is everything is bad. it is a balancing act for republicans. but we get that equation right we ar

lucas tomlinson live in the white house with details on the stories. >> president biden's national securityor jake sullivan refusing to confirm or deny the classified report, he spoke earlier. >> there is a variety of views in the intelligence community, some of the religious community have reached conclusions on one side and some on the other and never have said they don't have enough information to be sure. >> house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul releasing a statement a short time ago. and please the department of energy has finally reached the same conclusion that i had really come to i requested a full and thorough briefing from the administration on this report and the evidence behind it. the u.s. department of energy is responsible for 70 national labs including los alamos which designed the first nuclear bomb many believe the coronavirus from china for wrecking the u.s. and global economies and you mention the fox news pulls let's take a mention of the first slide shows a majority of americans 57% say they have less money in their pocket now compared to last year,

lucas tomlinson is now reporting this. kirby just a short time ago in a new interview saying that kirby says that u.s. officials have now spoken to chinese leaders in private settings, he says, to voice concerns about the spy balloon shot down off the coast of south carolina. military to military communication between the nations remains closed. so why aren't they picking up the phone, congressman? >> that's a great question and concerning question even in the height of the cold war with the soviet union the back channels were open. my understanding from a briefing we received last week is that secretary of defense austin attempted to reach out and the chinese literally didn't pick up the phone. so this is a time, sandra, where we need clarity, we need candor, we need to hear not from various spokesmen and women but from the president. in the history in norad's 60 year history we have never shot anything down over the united states. now we've shot four objects down that we can't fully describe in the last week. this is a t

lucas tomlinson was there and back today reporting on this monday morning. lucas, what did he say?ill, still a wide range of emotions here on the ground in east palestine. many people don't trust what the government is telling them about the air and water. i spoke to a woman outside of mcdonalds complaining about her eyes burning and throat being sore. some people want to press on. in a letter from pete buttigieg the transportation secretary he roots the norfolk southern ceo says they must live up to its commitments to make residents whole and obligation to stop putting communities such as east palestine at risk. as you mentioned norfolk southern ceo returned saturday. the railway has been handing out $1 thousand checks to east palestine residents. others say they're being forgotten. not everyone in the small town of 4700 is scared or feeling sick. we spoke to the head of the youth basketball program. i canceled a hoops tournament robbing kids of a chance to compete. >> our sports program in east palestine has had a series of cancellations that have affected our sports program. we

fox team coverage with alexandria hoff, charles watson in surf side beach, south carolina and lucas tomlinson on the north lawn of the white house. lucas, let's start off with you. good afternoon. lucas: the u.s. navy dispatched 3 warships and salvage team to combwaters, records spread 7 miles and 47 feet of water. tom cotton say it is chinese spy balloon was a trial balloon for president biden. >> the president was paralyzed the entire week by a balloon. we should have shot the balloon down over the illusion islands. we should never have allowed to transit the entire continental united states. that incident had not been previously reported until today the pentagon 3 other chinese balloons crossed into the u.s. during former president something former trump aide denied. here is john ratcliffe. >> that's not true. i can refute it. former secretary of defense mark esper refuted it yesterday, former secretary of state and cia mike pompeo has refuted it. but, maria, the american people can refute it themselves. lucas: florida congressman say it is pentagon told the office of spy balloons and one

lucas tomlinson in january with the latest from the president's response. hey, lucas. lucas: the last hour, aishah interviewed and weighed jp morgan ceo jamie dimon having trouble heavy will with inflation. >> i wouldn't go that far. i think they got a late start. they should have started ticking interest rates earlier, maybe six months earlier than they did. lucas: here is new economic data, rose .6% in january beating analysts expectations. this annual inflation -- the annual inflation rate rose 5.4% first increase in inflation data since it peaked in june making analysts wonder if it's behind inflation just like jp diamond. president biden reacted to news, inflation is down from the summer while unemployment is remained at or near 50-year low and take-home has gone up. the white house announced friday it will be sending $2 billion in additional weapons and ammunition, not on the list fighter jets, asking the question on what they call the proxy war potentially expanding. >> if china start arming russia in ukraine, what are you going to do? >> they have to announce a

joining us now is lucas tomlinson with the latest. lucas. >> well, good afternoon. this is the fourth time in eight days the u.s. military has shot down an object over north america, certainly unprecedented in the history of this country. we've just learned new details from michigan congressman jack bergman, a former retired marine corps general. and he says that the u.s. air force f-16 fighter jet shot down an octagonal missile use ago side-winder missile at 20,000 feet. much lower than two objects shot down the past two days and this is now the third object shot down in the past three days, guys. starting on friday when an object was shot down over the north coast of alaska. as you see here on this chart. right on the northern coast of alaska. that search for the debris has been hampered by rough weather, it's minus 20 degrees up there, very, very difficult and then yesterday, another object was blasted out of the sky by a u.s. air force f-22 raptor, notable it was a u.s. air force jet shooting this down over the skies of canada in canadian air space. that was on

lucas tomlinson live at the white house. rnoon, mike, faa issued a notice the to airmen closing air space in the northern part of lake michigan near michigan upper peninsula. don't know the reasons why. only reason national defense air space given the past 24 hours the shootdown of the mysterious object in canada and also seemingly false alarm in montana, looks like this is out of

lucas tomlinson on the ground in east palestine, lucas, what do you have for us? >> griff, state and local and even federal officials like epa say the water is clean. many residents simply don't believe them. in the last few minutes a truck pulled up to distribute bottled water from salvation army and private owners. yesterday i spoke to a resident by the creek, this is what he said about the water. >> it's tainted and it would never be the same. i would never let me kids walk in this. >> ever? >> ever again. lucas: now representative bill johnson who represents east palestine in congress, he responded to that sound. >> the epa, both the federal and the state have made the valid case that the water is clean. this community has a city water system that is routinely tested anyway. it does not get its water source from that creek. lucas: the epa has deployed teams like this to clean the nearby streams and creeks. president biden sent epa chief to tell people that water and air are safe and clean but senator vanve says wanting help from the feds he wants the railway t

lucas tomlinson is live inside the white house briefing room where karine jean-pierre is set to take the podium any moment now. what's the atmosphere in the room there, lucas, a lot of questions on the tips of people's tongues? >> there sure are a lot of questions, john, including why this spy balloon was not shot down earlier. u.s. officials tell fox this was not the first brush with the chinese spycraft recently, one crashed off the coast of hawaii four months ago. congressman mike waltz from florida said the pentagon briefed about other instances as well. >> what we were told, there were multiple incursions over florida, one over texas, and separate reporting, we have not been able to ask about over hawaii and guam. so, what were the extent of these incursions. >> this exclusive fox video shows the moment the f-22 raptor out of langley shot down the chinese spy flight with the side winder. and the first time since pearl harbor the u.s. has shot down a hostile aircraft over u.s. territory. of course hawaii was not even a state back then. earlier, the top general from norad admitted

let's wring in lucas tomlinson with the latest information from the pentagon.ucas, the pentagon held a press briefing immediately following the white house announcement of the shootdown. i take it that this was somewhat coordinated today. what did they say? >> there is no question, sean, depending on spokesman writing deer general pat ryder object shot down at 1:45 eastern time in u.s. airspace evidence off the northeast coast of canada. flying at 40,000 feet, dangerously close to the altitude of some commercial airliners. norad launched a pair of f-22 raptors. this time air force base in anchorage. one shot down using a wind sider heat seeking missile. the recovery effort of the debris is underway. air force c-130 and special operations helicopters have been launched as well as army think chinook. home to a large oil field. thchinooks land in rough terrai. temperatures are minus 20 degrees fahrenheit, john. >> john: lucas, how was this craft, only calling it an object at this point, different from the balloon that was shot down last week and off the coast of s

charles watson, he is in south carolina with an eyewitness account of the shoot damper first up lucas tomlinson life in the white house with the reporting, lucas would you have? >> u.s. navy's dispatch three warships to calm the waters off of south carolina salvage crews also in route the debris field is about 7 miles wide and 47 feet of water. earlier senator tom khan thanks is chinese bite blue is a trial balloon for president biden. >> the president was paralyzed for an entire week by a balloon. we should have shot the symbol and down over the aleutian islands we should never have a letter to transit the entire continental united states. >> historical context for second, arthel for this the first time the u.s. is shot down a foreign aircraft over americans territory since world war ii pearl harbor in hawaii was fighting the state back then during world war ii. i digress, u.s. air force raptor out of langley recorded its first air to air kill since entering service in 2000 5a little more context there, arthel. many are asking the pentagon release the official photo with the blue painted on th

shannon: will dig into those polls, lucas tomlinson are part of the white house, lucas thank you veryuch for returning me out senator tom cotton sits on the senate intelligence committee. also the author of only the strong. senator, welcome back to "fox news sunday" for quick suggestion to get back with you. shannon: on the senate intel committee maybe can help us out a little more the timeline. general keane said it is his belief we knew about this when it left mainland china. we would have when tracking of the pacific but he's questioning why we did not take out then? here's what bloomberg said about why we didn't know more about it after entering u.s. airspace 28th. with such a high profile trip and state mean the secretary of state escape downloads key the white house about the nonconforming american public. events soon divided forced biden's hand for the pentagon as well there are these balloons that have gone over before. so what point you have to tell the american public or not? she hadn't what began as a spy but has become a trial testing president biden strength and resolve a

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with more on this. > reporter: jon, jp mayor began ceo jamie dimon thinks the fed has lost some control over inflation. a chemming contact congressman representing joe biden's home hometown in scranton responded earlier on fox. >> i wouldn't go that far, but what i will say is i think they got a late start. i think they should have started ticking interest rates up a little bit much earlier, maybe six months earlier than they did. >> reporter: new economic data shows inflation is getting worse. the personal if consumption execs pendtures price index, the fed's preferred gauge for inflation, rose .6% in january. the annual inflation rate also rose to 5.4%, the first increase since it peaked in june making some wonder if the fed is behind on inflation. president biden reacting to the economic news in a statement which read in part: annual inflation in january is down the from the summer. while the unemployment rate has remained at or near a 50-year low and take-home pay has gone up. friday marking the one-

we have fox team coverage with alexandria hoff and lucas tomlinson at the lawn of the white house. d we begin with you, lucas with the white house response. >> it's not clear where the object was first detected by u.s. forces and later shot down. the pentagon and norad are refusing to say. president biden was asked about the latest operation and only gave a one-word answer. >> do you have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska? >> success. right now, the u.s. air force special operatings, helicopters like this, along with rescue planes and chinook helicopters on skis are combing over the rugged coast of alaska where the object was blasted out of the sky by an f-22 raptor from the he elmendorf base. >> we're calling this an object, that's the best description, we don't know who owns it whether it's state owned for corporate owned or privately owned. we don't know that. >> it was flying on a north easterly course over the state of alaska before being shot down. it appears that satellites failed to detect it, normally used to detect missile launches and aircraft inside

let's turn to lucas tomlinson at the white house. hello lucas. shannon, norad said the two objects blasted out of the sky over alaska and canada were able to successfully penetrate u.s. airspace before being detected. it appears to be a small cylindrical object. >> canada's defense minister describing the mysterious objects shot down over the yukon saturday afternoon. the senior u.s. official describes it as a small metallic balloon with the tethered payload for u.s. air force f-22 raptor described the craft of 100 miles from alaska. for another object was shot down in a separate incident friday. >> alaska's on the front lines of defense for the united states of america for. >> norad said the origin of the two objects destroyed over the past two days remains unknown. american raptors have shot down three objects over north america within a week. beginning with a chinese spy flight off the coast of south carolina february 4. hours after the shoot down over canada the faa temporarily closing the airspace over a portion of montana not far from the c

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lucas tomlinson is back live at his post in east palestine with the latest on where we are now. hello. >> hello, bill. we're two hours in the free medical clinic opening up behind us set up by the state of ohio and hhs. as you mentioned, the epa chief is on the ground here now. notable this medical clinic is being set up by appointment only likely to avoid large crowds and large queues from forming. >> norfolk southern is committed to helping this town recover. we aren't going anywhere and do everything we can to assist in that recovery. >> now we have some new video of president biden's epa chief michael regan returning to east palestine ahead of a press conference at 12:30. he is drinking the tap water along with the ohio governor. the epa says the water is safe to drink. regan says he is trusting the science and joining michael dewine. pennsylvania governor on the border here and finally congressman bill johnson who represents this area and joining regan for the press conference one day ahead of former president donald trump coming here as cleanup efforts continue more than t

lucas tomlinson, thanks. carolina beach town taking the spotlight this weekend as our military shot down a foreign aircraft over the u.s. for the first time since world war ii. it happened over surfside beach. charles watson is live in nearby myrtle beach with some reaction. charles. >> reporter: yeah, hey, good evening, jon. people here in the myrtle beach area area are certainly surprised that that suspected chinese spy balloon ended up here, and it certainly caught a lot of people's interest. just about everyone you talk to in this area makes mention of that suspected spy balloon being shot down right off the carolina coast on saturday. and what's shocking for many people who live and vacation in this area is that they were basically given front row seats to a national defense operation that few people knew was going to happen. our cameras were rolling at as the f-22 the fighter aircraft was sent in to bring the suspected spy balloon down. a single missile was fired, striking the balloon which eventually w

brian: lucas tomlinson live at the white house. arthel: they're saying they retain the right to respond. the u.s. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle re-cassioppiing to president biden's hand -- reacting to president biden's handling of the crisis and republicans ripping for the response and one calling for the president's resignation. alexandria hoff is live in washington with the details. reporter: hi, arthel. they called this attack on civilian air ship and they're still going with that story adding that china "reserves the right to make further responses if necessary". what a response might look like, that left open ended and for republicans this highlights a threatening game that china is playing. one that the biden administration fell behind on by allowing the surveillance balloon to maneuver across the mainland of the united states for five days. >> they could have shot this down well before it was over montana. they could have shot this thing down before it hit the coast of alaska. >> the president taking it down over the

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lucas tomlinson is live on the ground in ohio. non, that massive train derailment took place less than a mile from where i'm standing. still many less kents in this small town of 4700 still don't know what to believe -- residents. >> just look like a plane crash. >> reporter: 9 p.m. on the night of february 3rd, the eastbound norfolk southern freight train some 2 miles in length derailed in east palestine the, ohio, releasing vinyl chloride into the air and soil. a controlled burn days later sent this dark cloud into the sky forcing the evacuation of residents within a 1-mile radius. the residents have since returned, the schools roped. >> we know that the science -- reopened. >> we know9 that the science indicates that this water is safe is, the air is safe. >> reporter: but not everyone is convinced. >> we can go 100 feet over here to the left and look at locally-run water. you can see it on the surface, there's something in there. >> why can't we get answers from them? >> reporter: at a town hall, hundreds of residents packed in

let's get the latest from east palestine where you'll find lucas tomlinson. how do things looked to? reporter: neil, many residents we've spoken to already this morning voicing the same frustrations we just heard at the top of the show. ohio governor mike dewine wrap ped up a press conference where he explained why fema is not expected to come here to east palestine. >> fema is synonymous with disaster support. they are most typically involved with disasters where there's tremendous home or property damage. tornadoes, flooding, hurricanes. that's why we do not expect that fema will come to aerosols. >> now just yesterday, neil, senator j. d. vance says he doesn't want to see the federal government support as much as he wants to see norfolk southern pay up and doesn't want to make the american taxpayer pay. now epa chief michael reagan as you see touring aerosols yesterday. he spoke to the community and observed water being tested. he now remembers the epa and community here. that massive train derailment took place exactly two weeks from today. some residents

i want to go to lucas tomlinson right out the white house.sident has had precious little or anything on this as of yet. >> that is right. back to not shooting down many people wonder why it was traveling over the aleutian islands over alaska. but it was not shot down then a lot of questions they are. you are right here at the white house present by did not want to talk about the chinese spy balloon he just wanted to tout the strong economic numbers in your jobs report nothing on the chinese spy balloon. >> mr. president went and how will you remove the balloon mr. president? >> a chinese spy balloon had been floating high above montana home of one of the air force's three bases that have minuteman nuclear silos for the same kind of silos he chinese are now building in its own country to ramp up the nuclear forces to stockpile is expected to double in the next decade. we have reports a blueness flying over fairview, north carolina outside of asheville. i don't think it is a furniture shopping. the chinese spy balloon keeps heading east or u.s.

lucas tomlinson, fox news. here is a breakdown of where we are following the recent discoveries of objects hovering over the u. s and other countries. recovery work is ongoing at the site of south carolina's coast, where the u. s military shot down chinese spy balloon last saturday that biden administration says evidence collected so far shows that balloon was equipped to detect and collect intelligence. china's government insists, though it had nothing to do with the balloon, the commerce department announced yesterday it has blacklisted six chinese companies with ties to the balloon. the punishment is designed to block those companies from having access to u. s. technology china's foreign ministry admits. another balloon found hovering over columbia came from china. it claims the balloon which was spotted last week. was quote civilian in nature and shifted off course because of weather and limited steering capability. colombia's air force has said that it determined the balloon quote did not represent a threa

lucas tomlinson fox news people from all over the country are traveling to plains, georgia to show theiror president jimmy carter, the 98 year old former president is resting at his home in the small rural town under hospice care. he's decided to spend his remaining days with family by his side. supporters and neighbors say they're thinking about his accomplishments and charitable work, both as president and after leaving office. like habitat for humanity, going over and taking care of guinea worm and eradicating that overseeing elections around the world. he was a good president. in my opinion, he did a lot. diplomatic work. some people are writing personal notes and making homemade cards. a member of the family has been hand delivering them to mr carter still to come. a debate over a liquor store in the east bay y. a group of city leaders is opposing the new business. also the controversy over library books up for debate in an east bay school district tonight school board meeting that was attended by dozens of members of the community. also ahead. tonight the giants take some time off

lucas tomlinson tells us so far the republican lawmaker is resisting calls to step down. are you considering resigning? not more bad news for jorge santos. the fbi is now reportedly investigating the new york congressman for stealing funds raised to help a navy veteran service dog, richard ostrava, homeless disabled veteransed a lifesaving surgery santos allegedly raised about $3000 but then disappeared with the funds and the dog died on wednesday to agents with the u. s attorney's office contacted osteo, who shared his text messages with santos regarding the fundraiser. the new investigation comes just days after santos recused himself from all congressional committee assignments, and house speaker kevin mccarthy says if he's not cleared on all charges he won't be reinstated is going through ethics on some of these concerns and until he answers all those questions at that time he'll be seated. santos was already facing three separate investigations by the office of congressional ethics, the federal election commission and the justice department and the fbi involvement is