private companies, but the military officials that we spoke to said that they took these actions shooting down these objects as a precaution because these objects potentially did pose a threat to civilian aircraft, john. so we still don t know a lot about what they were orwhere they came from. any explanation as to why all of a sudden more of these objects are being picked up. the defense department did confirm after this chinese spy balloon transited the u.s. last week and caused a political uproar against the biden administration for how they handled that, the defense department did widen the aperture essentially of what their radar was capable of detecting over american skies. what they did was changed the filters basically to make it so they could spot objects that were traveling at a certain altitude that were slow moving, that were potentially smaller than what they usually track, and that is when they started picking up all of these kind of smaller objects in u.s. air space
u.s. and international commercial airliners, which is one of the reasons they gave the u.s. to taking it down. in the case of the canadian object, we don t know what altitude it was a, prime minister trudeau made the decision to take it down in consultation with the united states. not clear the reasons why they made that choice though, so there is still a lot more to learn about both of these incidents. what s really interesting, ayman, and to the point then made, we have not heard any description about what these objects were there to do, why they were there, who owns them? both these objects, friday and saturday, no real information, that itself is troubling? should we be concerned, i think a lot of people watch this, and as we mentioned, this is the third of the shutdown over american skies the last two weeks, give me your analysis here, what is going on? should we be concerned? not just the last two weeks, it s probably been, i don t recall in the last decades that i ve been al
for taking it down. in the case of the canadian object, we don t know what altitude it was at, but prime minister trudeau made the decision to take it down in consultation with the united states. not clear the reasons why they made that choice though, so there is still a lot more to learn about both of these incidents. what s really interesting, ayman, and to the point then made, we have not heard any description about what these objects were there to do, why they were there, who owns them? both these objects, friday and saturday, no real information, that itself is troubling? should we be concerned, i think a lot of people watch this, and as we mentioned, this is the third object shot down over american skies in the last two weeks, give me your analysis here, what is going on? should we be concerned? not just the last two weeks, it s probably been, i don t recall in the last decades that i ve been alive to any objects being shot over american airspace, potential foreign adversary
do everything you can to put down your weapons and leave ukraine. reporter: the justice department now launching a special unit targeting russian officials and oligarchs. we re joining with european allies to find and seize their yachts, their luxury apartments, their private jets. we re coming for you, ill-begotten gains. reporter: beginning tonight, the u.s. banning russian aircraft from american air space with the faa warning highlights, russian planes could be intercepted if they cross into american skies. the u.s. today also implementing new sanctions against 22 russian defense entities. and on belarus with the white house saying the country is enabling putin s invasion of ukraine. so far, the u.s. and its allies have not targeted russian oil and gas directly, but the president not ruling it out. are you comparing banning russian oil imports? nothing is off the table.
briefed. you can see him there sitting there in empty room. you can see the faces of american skies and c a s qatar station. the clocks don t match up. showing three hour time difference between london and moscow when it is only two hours right now. some critics say that afghanistan s falling should not have been such a surprise to the people in this picture. totally blew this one. they completely under estimated the strength of the taliban yet, the state department, secretary blinken, the in the white house want to paint this rosy picture somehow these peace talks in doha were going to deliver a rabbit out of the hat at the 11th hour. guess what? that didn t happen. president biden remains at camp david until at least wednesday until the schedule changes. camp david is a place where there can be no public events, press are not with the president so we don t expect to see him