now let's get more of this from mike kenner and washington. first of all, what do we know about the temporary closure of these 3 airports which fall across the carolina coastline? well this is in terms of a directive issued from the essay which says that the ports in south carolina and north carolina all operations at charleston, myrtle beach. and the wilmington airports have been suspended ground operations. and the sky above has been cleared. now, according to the release from the f a, this comes into effect at 1745 zulu, which is 1745 greenwich time, which if i'm correct, that's in about 45 minutes. the closure starts, the s space will be closed according to their directive for 2 hours from that particular time. now reading into this, certainly the reports coming out that administration officials say that the balloon could be shut down once it hits the atlantic, once it crosses the coast and is over the ocean. the supposition now is that the balloon will be shut down at that particular point. previously, military leaders had advised against