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 joint orders from president biden and canada s prime minister and just as
the suspected chinese spy craft brought down a week ago. according to the white house this is about the size of a small sedan, a lot smaller than the balloon. it was not equipped with a significant payload, in fact, who or what yesterday s object belonged to is still up for question. we re calling this an object because that s the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it, whether it s a whether it s state-owned or corporate-owned or privately owned. we just don t know. well, the object s flight path over alaska was north easterly. it s unclear where it was first detected. the pentagon says it was spotted using ground radar, and again, altitude, 40,000 was determined safety threat to civilian airplanes so president biden ordered it shot down yesterday and summed up his feelings with one word. do you have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska, mr. president? and it was taken down 1 p.m. yesterday off the cost of alaska near the p
have been leading this effort to protect women s sports coming up. john: fox news alert, waiting an update in the pentagon after another suspected iranian missile strike targeting a u.s. military base in syria. hello, i m john roberts in washington. sandra, we made it to friday. sandra: we did, the afternoon will hold a lot of news. we ll watch for the pentagon briefing. this is america reports. tensions between the u.s. and iran turning deadly during three separate incidents in syria in the past 24 hours. a suspected iranian drone hit a coalition base in northeast syria, killing an american contractor and wounding five u.s. service members. the pentagon says president biden ordered airstrikes in retaliation, going after iranian-backed forces in eastern syria. john: and a new wave of missile strikes targeted another u.s. military base. iran s deadly attack on americans comes at the same time president biden faces growing criticism of his handling of the middle east. y
to come. it happens every five or six generations. nothing gives me greater confidence in the future than knowing canada and the united states stand together still. today i d like to speak a little bit about the future for a minute. a future that is ours to seize. you know, i get criticized sometimes for saying that i used to always barack president obama used to kid me because i d say to him in our private meetings, country is never more optimistic than its president or its leaders. well, i have never been more optimistic about the prospects i mean this from the bottom of my heart the future build around our shared responsibilities, prosperity, shared values. it s a future built on shared prosperity. canada and the united states anchor the more competitive prosperous and resilient economic region in the world. that s just a fact. [applause] our supply chains are secure and reliable from end to end because we re creating value at every step here in north america. we r
they close. president biden and vice president harris are with several candidates tonight in maryland for a rally to begin in about an hour. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in maryland tonight with the latest. good evening, jacqui. [cheers] good evening, bret. president biden is making his final midterm push in safe democratic territory after rallying his base in a pair of virtual dnc receptions. conveying optimism about democrats chances but warning as he has before that fundamental rights and freedoms are in jeopardy if maga republicans win. the final midterm message from the white house returns to top voter issues. independent economists are warning that republicans in congress want to worsen inflation. but only after the president, his democratic predecessor and democratic surrogate spent the weekend barn storming the country with fire and brimstone warning about what is at stake. president obama in arizona. if you have election deniers serving