policy to not shoot down the objects overland for safety concerns? >> i would not read into this a policy decision. we will always, in deciding whether something should be taken down or not, consider the impact on the ground. >> when the chinese, the chinese foreign ministry indicated they would respond in a way they were prepared to, if it turns out the other objects are chinese in origin, is there a menu by the president how to react? >> hypothetical -- >> and china buying more oil from russia, china opening up cases in the u.s. trying to steal u.s. technology from universities, president xi is going to be meeting with the iranian president. at what point do you do a big review of the u.s. relationship with china and what point does

military commanders had determined downing the balloon while overland pose an on dual risk to people across a wide area due to the size and altitude that the balloon and its surveillance payload and accordance with the president's direction, department -- developed options to take on the blue and safety over the territorial waters while monitoring its path and intelligence collection activities. this action was taken in quite a nation with the full support of the canadian government and we thank canada first contribution to tracking analysis doubling through norad as a trans in north america. today's deliberate and lawful action demonstrates that president biden and his national security team always but the safety and security of the american people first, while responding effectively to the prc's unacceptable violation of our sovereignty. what happens next year mark when it comes to conversations between the u.s. and china? how does that go? een the u.it will be interestinw on the hill already talking about what kind of action we should take against china. what does that mean? what

and if you haven't read any of his magisterial volumes on the overland campaign, you should. but anyhow, we're adding about eight different cases. to put it in perspective, it's like an extended nightmare and i mean that by the what they say about it. put in the army potomac in those six weeks, lost more men than, antietam, chancellorsville and gettysburg combined. gained 60,000 men. you read a newspaper in northern new york of the four pages in the newspaper, all it was was a column of casualties from the local regiments in area. so anyhow but what what's important us is in a larger degree because well ulysses us grant would say later that when they crossed the rapidan river, he grabbed a northern army, northern virginia by the throat. that's what he did. but what he did, he achieved strategic initiative in, the theater. he going to dictate the in the east for the next months. robert e lee is going to be forced to react to ulysses s grant the importance of that lee is that when he wrote out nine mao road on sunday, june 1st, 1862 to soon command temporary command of what wou

it looks like all those other movements of the overland campaign and. it puts grant's grant comes out in a better position than lee came out in after the end of the cold harbor battle. so i hope you all love revisionist history, but that's kind of it's kind how i see this one and any would love to love to answer them or at least give you my best off. yes, sir. oh, yeah. how did grant learn where to cross the james? how do you learn where to cross james? okay. grant said to aides. out to look around and figure out where would be the best crossing spot they went down to the from cold harbor the james river they visited with butler and then they went went along the james and decided that way a the peninsula which is just below charles courthouse would be the best place to do it because. it pushes its way close to the south bank and the waterway is narrower. there and the ridges or the bluff on, the south bank is not as high as. it is and a lot of other places. and then there's good road networks. so they they scouted it out ahead of time. grant then did ma

the parliament live from britain right now, so let's watch all the people of england and scotland overland home to breation existence age came here i stan before you and on the brave on do fire only guns and every defender of ukraine games any air crafts and syles ukraine and your ideos and does you did you the spirit of this great alence make evil completely leave our territories all the occupied territories to freedom, the history of a world that knows how to be quick in response does not allow aggressors to enjoy impunity, it is a world that knows no fear and knows how to overcome it and there will be a reality of a free world, i am sure of this, but there continue in these minutes every day we pay for our future victory with great sacrifices with our lives and we try to bring victory closer with the lives of our heroes who also try to protect and save as many lives as possible of other military and civilian people every day i am also going to meet today with her majesty the queen this will be a truly special moment and you will remember how he supported ukraine even when he was not yet

it has traversed overland at the way it did. i would not say information gleaned from that surveillance balloon provided insight that permitted this detection. >> at this moment are you convinced -- do you know what you shot down? a harmless weather balloon? was there some motivation flying this over u.s. airspace? >> it was an object within 40,000 feet. the predominant concern by the president was a safety and flight issues at that altitude. the one we shut down last saturday was at 65,000 feet plus. no civilian aircraft. this could have closed a threat to civilian aircraft. it did not have the maneuverable capability the other one did. so, at the whim of the wind. >> to follow up on what you just said about civilian aircraft. is that what you meant initially when you said there was a reasonable threat? >> my exact words were, reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flights. >> given what you said earlier about intent with regards to these chinese spy balloon's, that -- does the u.s. give any credence to the chinese argumen

you know, there is much for us to be proud of overland all that we have achieved together this past year. but we have to be honest and clear eyed as we look at the year ahead. the defense of freedom is not the work of a day or a year. it's always difficult. it's always important. as you, craig continued to defend itself against the russian onslaught in launch counter offensive as of its own. there will continue to be hard and very bitter days. victories and tragedies would ukraine steel for the fight ahead. united states together, their allies and partners are going to continue to have ukraine's back as it defends itself. next year, i will host every member of nato for our 2024 summit in the united states. together, we'll celebrate the 75th anniversary of the strongest offensive alliance in the history of the world. nato. let there be no doubt. the commitment of united states tornado lions, an article, why is rock solid and every member of nato knows it. and russia knows it is well. an attack against what is attack against the law. it's a sacred o. sacred owes to the vin every year. and

how deadly shall hub has lost many of his relatives. neighbors and friends. play come on his pic overland, there's nothing left and on takia you're the mud following date is coming in. yeah . but i wish before the ada logan theater and the heavy machinery that so we could have saved all those licenses. we received food aid or serve them prior to mac, your bones or people were still under the rubble and still, the scale of the destruction makes it hard to say how many a dead and buried rescue teams have been searching day and night. the signs of life from the beginning of the earthquake, the narrow stays was coca totally blocked and it was not easy to find people actually. second days, thirty's, and forty's still. there was a lot of a lot of people they were shouting, get us for help. we try to rescue all of them, but it was impossible. tens of thousands have since flat the city. for those who stayed, the search for survivors has turned into a search for reminders. i cousin behind a lot of them. i chosen beer garden or everybody here had a dream, sat on everybody here had a future willough

ah, and mol, health is coming overland. the 1st comb voigt from the kurdistan region of iraq, 25 ambulances trucks, a medical teams. q at the border with turkey. baghdad is dispatching civil defense tends to, and sending to planes of humanitarian aid to its war torn neva, syria. it's the relief that coordinated by the red crescent and the iraqi government that up man, men, 3 tons of medical relief and emergency 8 doors. this will be delivered to the syrian people after the earthquake that hit turkey and syria authorities, a marvin. we also sent 150 pounds of medics with their ambulances and mobile emergency equipment to turkey with him to help our brothers in turkey to face these problems. okay. i one more jadelyn much we can handle is of help have been flooding in from israel, russia, and the us. it's a race against time to get the international teams here into turkey and set up before they can even start to locate and rescue survivors. with her as a reminder of the top story, we're following for you. rescue crews are sear

an overland railway baby passes through azerbaijan.-south route, which moscow and baku call one of the joint mega-projects. they are talking about creating a continuous railway connection, including at the astera section. as far as i understand, this is a little secret. but this topic has been discussed for a long time. now we have begun to implement it in practice and russia and azerbaijan are playing. here is the leading construction site, approximately 150 km from the iranian reet to the azerbaijani. astara will complete the docking of the russian railways of azerbaijan and iran back in september last year in baku. representatives of all three countries agreed on a joint action plan that promises benefits to the participants in 2022. trade through azerbaijan has increased by half. so the state on the path of the north-south corridor is extremely interested in expanding it very soon a new e will be put into operation, which means a checkpoint on the border. e of azerbaijan and russia khanoba, which will allow you to increase only thr

the risk to life, the risk to human safety on the ground was too great to risk shooting it down overland and get ahead of some of that criticism orjust for the sake of transparency, president biden now has made clear via reuters that he issued the order on wednesday to take down the balloon and a second line coming to us from reuters as well is that president biden says the pentagon recommended that be done over the water. so, on one issue at least we are getting a little more clarity now, which is that absolute decision taken on wednesday but, yes, the us military will deal with this, they will take it down, they will shoot down this chinese surveillance balloon. then, it was a matter of waiting because also the decision was taken that actually this needed to be done over water. and we now know that it wasn't president biden that made that recommendation, it was the pentagon who recommended that be done over the water, hence the wait for the last couple of days. i have a direct quote from biden as well here from one of my producers just sending this through to me, biden, quote, we succe

in the first half of 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic , overland communication in the neighboringletely stopped tourists and shuttles, among which there were periodically those who wanted to transport illegal cargo, but were deprived of the opportunity to travel abroad. so no more smuggling there are granulation officers who answer such a question with a barely concealed smirk. this is business. uh, a business, a good business that makes a lot of money, so people who are smuggling them are not stopped by a pandemic. not but the deadlines that are assigned. with the onset of the pandemic , far eastern border guards and local officers came into use with several new unofficial names, one of them begunov is the name of a person who is trying to illegally cross the border with smuggled cargo runners, as a rule, these are citizens of a neighboring state. for some reason, they are confident that they will be able to overcome not only the control and trail strip unnoticed, but also to deceive the engineering and technical means with which the state border is equipped in the twentieth year

shut down by the us, they waited for it to get over the sea, they didn't want to wait while it was overlandt cleared south carolina, got over us waters, they took it down with a jet and a missile and they are now recovering that balloon from the sea. once we had confirmation that that had all happened, president biden gave a short interview to reporters, let's take a listen. i interview to reporters, let's take a listen. ., ., ., ., listen. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down — listen. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on _ listen. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday, - listen. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday, as| listen. i ordered the pentagon to - shoot it down on wednesday, as soon as possible, they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided the best time to do that was over the water, within a 12 mile limit. they successfully took it down and i want to compliment our aviators who did it and we will have more to report on a little later. 50. it and we will have more to report on a little later.— on a little later. so

1st ever head of state, the di met the speaker, we're here to offer mediately with much laughter, overland english afternoon tea. and of course, charlie kicked and we forged the minister bond despite wearing mass a being socially. this is the opposite. turns of a large table because like the rest of europe, we're working nerves. how to deal with covered little did we know though relationship grow in such turbulent times? on the 24th of february 2022. the 2nd invasion of ukraine began on the 8th of march 2022. there was a know the 1st for us both. i suspended the house of commons so that you could address in ukrainian through the screams in our gym, which we still refer to that as the lensky screens. the atmosphere was electrified . you could hear a pin drop before you came and lie. a very, very rare thing in the house of commons. you spelled out the horrors of the 1st 13 days of war. your speech was devastating and powerful. to day on the 8th of february 2023. no deep into the wall. we are all met. the put yourself at risk 2 addresses and a gay shine, a light on the fight. your country is

. >> they concluded, we should not shoot it down overland and was we are not a serious threat. >> the administration said waiting allowed us to better understand the chinese program and further confirm the mission was surveillance. >> we gained more intel wealth protecting our own sensitive information. >>> last friday, another balloon was spotted. here on capitol hill, republicans argued the balloon should've been taken out even before it entered airspace in alaska. >> the episode telegraphed weakness. >> officials insist the flyover was an accident. the accused to the u.s. of hyping up the incident and damaging the relationship. >>> officials say similar balloons entered u.s. airspace at least three times during the administration. this was after president trump left office. the full senate is expected to have a classified briefing next week to learn more about the capabilities. >>> bart spent six figures on a program that was meant to help the homeless that helped practically nobody. that is according to an audit from the inspector general. the report said bart funneled $350,000 in

calculations , 135 flights are made every week between russia and azerbaijan through azerbaijan passes the overlandailway line of the north-south route, which moscow and baku call one of the joint mega-projects. they are talking about creating a continuous railway connection, including at the astera section. as far as i understand, this is a little secret. but uh, the topic has been discussed for a long time. now we have begun to put it into practice and russia and azerbaijan are playing the leading role here in the construction of a section of approximately 150 km. from iranian reet to azerbaijani. astara will complete the docking of the russian railways of azerbaijan and iran in september last year in baku, representatives of all three. we agreed on a joint action plan that promises benefits to the participants in 2022. trade through azerbaijan has increased by half. so the state on the path of the north-south corridor is extremely interested in expanding it very soon a new e will be put into operation, which means a checkpoint on the border. e azerbaijan and russia khanoba, which will increase o

to gather, topographical information was not deemed enough of a threat to risk shooting it down overland, even if it was a rural area. these kind of decisions, i think that is what people want more insight to because it is obviously a very striking image to have a chinese spy balloon flying over the continental united states, but yes it is still an open question of how much of a national security threat its presence really posed. host: donald in indiana, republican. caller: how are you doing? people are not saying anything about it. that balloon was going over and gathering precise locations. forget about that hypersonic missile that we do not have. they have. people are worried about taiwan. they will fly over taiwan and come straight to america, hypersonic missiles to finish it once and for all. biden just paid his services. host: terry in winterhaven, florida, independent. caller: as far as compromise, liz cheney sums it up for me. the corruption of former president trump and those who tried to corrupt president zelenskyy are outlandish. republicans want to stay in. the santos, -- des

brought through fuel and other bulky supplies that were dragged over the ice in an epic 1000 mile overlandas the final destination. i cap cited the point of this glacier going afloat. >> if we think about what sea level will be like in 10 years, this glaci is the place to be. >> boilers turned snow into water hot water was used to melt down into the ice for the first time, ever. scientists could take measurements to the surprise of some local creatures. they sent down ice remote operated robots ever reading packed with scientific instruments -- robot submarine packed with scientific instruments. >> we sawll kinds of staircases and practice in the ice that were not expected. >> a team from the british and arctic survey using different instruments found that the overall melt rate was lower than expected. it shows how sensitive the glacier is to even small changes in sea water temperature. >> the results show is that you do not need to increase the rate that much to have vast retreats. anchor: so has the glacier passed a tipping point where collapse is inevitable? >>ur sources do not tell us

on mckayla's time hans amy overlander, who go ye could elizabeth for an icon and many other artists. they built a creative environment that even during the war offered them refuge to create to paint and to write the islands whole art museum is dedicated to the colony. with more than 800 exhibits, it's the largest collection of works by artists from the region, starting from the founding era, right up till to day. polymer compound, mila kemp was one of the most influential artists in the colony. this is one of his very beautiful paintings. what else can you tell me about him? yeah, yes i she is one of the 1st to settle here that she needed laughing often. so hadn't always been a magnet for artists about this. this entire peninsula actually. and the island of logan to for lunch have a phone conference. artists came last night actually from berlin off on monday, they were searching and meet for their origins to see where they themselves had come from. so i know that for, i'm also on the one hand, they were looking outward to what was happening outside of wind, whether vegetation, rural

so because this balloon was traveling for so long overland, u.s. that a good sense of what this balloon was doing and what this balloon was more importantly capable of doing. because that's a huge part of the surveillance gathering on our and on what china is doing here. so u.s. officials are very confident in that and that debris, once it gets out of the water and they are able to look at it some more, the u.s. is gonna be able to learn even more about what is there. late tonight, i want to share a statement with you. china's out with a statement calling strong dissatisfaction and protest over the united states use of force to attack civilian unmanned air ships. and as you might expect, the united states is really not buying that at all. senior administration official is firing back in a statement with to nbc news in the last few minutes in, quote, this was a prc surveillance balloon. this surveillance balloon purposely traversed the united states in canada and we are confident it was seeking to monitor a sensitive military site. it's route over t

great russian emperors peter catherine achieved what what does isolated mean, including the distance overlandtion with this very europe of that time, seemingly the pinnacle of civilization. moreover, the mediterranean is inevitable, without it it cannot exist. uh, russia trace on now we are limited and tabs there trace on uh, in the south everything will take care of the black sea, the north should be, but the russians, well, with the exception. e bulgaria does not stop there, er, yes, no now in bulgaria i will also return, and in the north, of course, the baltic sea, of course, nishtyak. the existence of a scan of a state called estonia latvia latvia lithuania is also history, no ruler of russia, as it were called, can erase this from the consciousness of the geopolitical consciousness of the russian authorities of the russian society of the russian state. with this very west of its borders and limits. no you are not, all i need. now you will see, i'm not like that. uh, although i still feel it in a significant part of our elite. uh, there are even desires, not only hope, but the desire that

a lot of those were offshore, but a lot of those were also overland around the bay area. we are going to have a break in the action right now. the first alert doppler shows activity through the central valley and still snowing through the sierra, some of that is going to be back later tonight. we will talk about that and we will track the next wave of rain that is not too far away, coming up in a few minutes. >> probably the biggest issue has been along highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains, it was shut down in both directions because snow and fallen trees and wires were on the road. we talked with drivers who were fed up with the situation. >> it was very unusual, this is such a main artery. we have friends that cannot get over here to go to work. >> since this morning, things have changed quite a bit. >> reporter: they certainly have, just as they do up in the sierra nevada, caltrans crews have been up your snowplowing highway 17 to make it passable again, it just reopened about two hours ago and families have been coming here to enjoy the snow but it has been a wild d

on july, 4th, 2000 to the german parliament voted in favor of rebuilding the overland. the communist palace of the republic was torn down, and architects were invited to submit their ideas for the new building. the design put forward by italian architect franklin, stella was chosen. the outward appearance stuck closely to the baroque original, but the facade on the eastern side was a modern building. in june 2012, the work finally got under way. the federal government contributed 590000000 euros a further 100000000 euros for reconstructing the baroque facades, was raised through donations. 9 years later, it was complete. in the summer of 2021, the humboldt form opened to visitors from all over the world. with the humboldt forum has many exhibitions i've chosen to visit the ethno logical museum. it has artifacts from africa, from the south seas, from south america. they are the source of a lot of controversy and has hit the headlines repeatedly because many objects come from former german colonies. so the question is, did they come to berlin lawfully, or were they stolen

a lot of those were offshore but about half were overland last night. nothing like that out there right now. but what is over the central valley right now is going to be backing up towards us for the rest of tonight. some lingering showers into early saturday and still more rain in the forecast for early next week. we will track that in just a couple of minutes. >>> the biggest headache we have seen on the roads has been along highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. it is back open over the summit tonight after fallen trees and downed wires shut it down for most of the day. >> reporter: that's right, a lot of snow, a significant amount fell on highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains, one chp officer estimated about four inches right here at the summit. as you can see, people are coming up to enjoy the snow from all over the place, which could lead to some traffic problems, although most of those are now over because the road has been cleared. the traffic is moving again on highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. families are coming out to play. but the d

believe it would be safe, they thought it would be a risk to people on the ground if they did it overland they waited until it was just out to see but still within u.s. territory to shoot it down. the white house is insisting is was the best and only way it could have been handled. of course they are getting a lot of criticism and have been all week. john: is some criticism coming from capitol hill? lisa: a groundswell from conservatives and republicans. they see this as an opportunity politically but they also think the president should have acted sooner, should have directed the military to take this down more quickly. they question whether there was a hazard. they say surely there was a space over the united states where it could have been safely done. they are starting to define how they will go after president biden for his expected reelection bid. mitch mcconnell said the biden administration reacted at first to indecisively, then too late. they are going to cast him as someone who is weak and indecisive. there are not as many democrats supporting his move overtly, but it's the week

it was the size of multiples whose school buses and it was shut down overland it would be dangerous.se its capabilities and learned about how it's operate. because we were able to detect its path, we were able to detect its path, we were able to safeguard sensitive information. we shut it down over us to retrieve since sensitive parts for analysis. and shooting it down since a clear message sends the violation of our sovereign borders is unacceptable. this past friday, we put restrictions on firms that assist the people's republics air departments. we must fight our apartments around the world and we know about china's programme and where the balloons have flown. some of them have also raise our concerns directly with china. our experts have attempted relifted information from the balloon off china. we are also continuing to engage with china as we have throughout the last two weeks. as i said, since the beginning of my administration we seek competition and not conflict with china. we are not looking for a new cold war. i don't apologise or make no apologies and we will compete, and

between russia and china which provides the bulk of the cargo flow of russian exports of imports overland a result of this joint work of ours. we have increased the capacity of this border crossing, which recycles capacity by almost 50%. and we expect that already from march from the current ones. six trains in export and four trains somewhere in import. we will reach the volumes of 8 pairs of trains. e, in the export and import traffic, another strategically important direction is the north-south corridor, a multimodal route with a length of more than 7,000 km. already connected, st. petersburg with the ports of india and iran, it is an alternative to the sea route, connecting europe, the strange persian gulf and the indian ocean through the suel canal, for its development, the construction of new railway lines is required on the site , cuts to try at a meeting of the council for strategic development and national projects, he identified the development of transport corridors as one of the priorities transportation of goods, and in infrastructure in terms of construction and modernizatio

once it is not overland, it changes the calculus. >> general, weigh in for me if you will, you heard the presidents words there, we are going to take care of this. from your estimation, what is taking care of this look like and what are the risks and calculations going into that decision? >> i think what you'll see is, once it gets over the continental united states, from the atlantic, i think you will find that the north american air defense command along with the northern command, the national security aide will make a recommendation to the president to shoot it down. what it will probably look like, given that this is around 60,000 feet in the air, we normally fly around 30 to 35,000 feet. you will probably see it come down by attack aviation assets, be at the f-16 fighter jet we will have you. i'm quite sure the air force will be involved in bringing down this balloon. >> general, if you will, as dan just mentioned, the chinese have more effective ways of spying and gathering intelligence and information. why in fact would they rely on something like this, a spy balloon that is v

brought in fuel and other bulky supplies, which were then dragged over the ice in an epic 1,000 mile overlandel going to be like in ten years, this glacier is the place to be. boilers turned snow into water. hot water was used to melt down into the ice. this is a historic moment. the first time anyone has tried to drill down through this glacier. beneath the 600 metres of ice below me is the most important point of all, the point at which the ice meets the ocean water. for the first time ever, scientists could take measurements under the ice, to the surprise of some local creatures. they sent down ice fin, a remotely operated robot submarine, packed with scientific instruments. 0h—ho—ho! yes! what we could see is that instead of this kind of flat ice that we had all pictured, there were all kinds of staircases and cracks in the ice that weren't really expected. a team from the british antarctic survey using different instruments also found that the overall melt rate was lower than expected. it showed how sensitive the glacier is to even small changes in sea water temperature. what the results

this is when the balloon was no longer overland. furthermore maintain —— mundane reasons, they will be very relieved that there airspace is now back open and they will be able to come and go. we will eventually take a look at that flight radar website. it is really useful to give an overview of what is happening. when the airspace is a bit fuller, we'll take a look at those pictures. but these have been and extraordinary couple of days. we haven't known exactly what threat level and why and how it managed to steer off course if it was accidental or deliberately into areas where it was always going to be seen by the us. it can almost be seen by the naked eye. these questions about why and what the strategic thinking was behind china's move or whether it was a mistake. those kinds of questions, we still don't have the answer to, but we have a significant event after days and days of drifting. we are now able to say it has been shut down. let's take a look at the area where it happened. we have one, the recovery operation, by the autho

brought in fuel and other bulky supplies, which were then dragged over the ice in an epic 1,000 mile overlandl destination. a campsite at the point this vast glacier goes afloat. if we are thinking about what is sea level going to be like in ten years, this glacier is the place to be. boilers turned snow into water. hot water was used to melt down into the ice. this is a historic moment. the first time anyone has tried to drill down through this glacier. beneath the 600 metres of ice below me is the most important point of all, the point at which the ice meets the ocean water. for the first time ever, scientists could take measurements under the ice, to the surprise of some local creatures. they sent down ice fin, a remotely operated robot submarine, packed with scientific instruments. 0h—ho—ho! yes! by by taking ice for an under the ice we can actually go right up in marriage are exactly for the melting is going on. but we can see is instead of this flat eyes that we all pictured, they are all kinds of staircases and cracks in the ice that weren't really expected. a team from the british ant

the time the special operation began, a huge number of modern weapons did not have time. enroll overlandroops on which the brunt fell, therefore often. eh, as they say, the devil is in the details. yes, we do not see the whole picture. well, and it's also important to note that everyone is talking about tanks , many in ukraine rejoice at this event, but an important point, about which many forget this and the maintainability of equipment. it is unlikely that in ukraine now it will be possible to deploy in workshops with the necessary equipment and all the necessary components. and you know , well, here to transport for repairs in poland, but, frankly , troublesome costly alexander ukraine counts on a blitz, that is, striking means creating a concentration of armored fists in the direction of the main attack in my opinion. well, let's say the most strategically significant direction is a strike in order to cut off the supply between the donbass and crimea. will we succeed? time will tell, which means, uh, russian technology in my opinion, soviet technology in the confrontation with nato t

we also saw another balloon that was flown overland american territory, even leading a 2 hour to an apology from the chinese government or from a country that says that it only wants stability and not well into political disputes. how do you think these 2 balloons have actually changed or the perception were, could change the perception of china as a world player? i think nobody had any illusions about the designs of the chinese communist party and its leadership for it is not exactly shocking that sir. they use every available technology and balloons is a technology that the u. s. literally didn't have on the radar. and now, you know, piecing together the information on, on these search on these activities. but as such, that's not really a surprise. her, you know, china threatens taiwan. china builds or artificial islands against international law. and in the south china sea and china spies globally uses satellites uses, does cyber hacking, to get sensitive data of prominent americans and, and so on. so that's not really news, as sir marina said, the real story is, you know, how does this,

hemisphere can now seek protection in the us from where they live, without having to make the dangerous overlandder. and the numbers coming from those countries through the irregular channels have dropped dramatically once they are offered a safer, more orderly channel to do so. and i think there's a real lesson in that, and in the case of the ukrainians, where there is political will to remove danger from the process, to not intentionally make it more dangerous as a deterrent, that people will avail themselves of that. you're watching newsday, on the bbc. still to come on the programme... sheffield becomes the latest uk city to tackle car pollution — by charging drivers to enter a clean air zone. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables then, suddenly, the tables, chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heared the news earlier. so my hear