and the latest on what china is saying about that balloon hovering over the u.s. and president biden is going to speak following a new jobs report that smashed expectations. 517,000 jobs added in january and nearly three times the forecast. we will bring you reaction live. and a life-threatening deep freeze headed to the northeast, and millions are bracing for once-in-a-generation sub-zero temperatures. china is confirming that the balloon floating over to the u.s. is theirs, and it is not a spy balloon as the pentagon says, but it is a civilian airship used for research are the words of the foreign ministry, and it is said to be the size of three buses. china says it accidentally drifted off course. and the sources says that china cannot manually control it, but how did it get there in the first place? the continental u.s. is a big target. yes, what happens next is the big question. the pentagon says it is not a military or physical threat to the people on the ground
bianna, as you mentioned most notably taiwan, and i would hope that the secretary wouldn t cancel the trip, because of the balloon, and because there are big issues at stake here that need face-to-face discussion. yeah. there is a u.s. air force general who cause d a stir a wek ago to release really an exhortation under his command under the prospect of war in two years in year 2025 and that is not the pentagon s assessment, but he is a high ranking general in the indo pacific command, and is that an alarmist to you? well, general minahan has a reputation for being outspoken and frank and he was here, but from the military preparation standpoint, i don t think it hurts to alert the troops that
killed in her car. we spoke to a woman who said she saw her at the grocery store the day she was killed. she didn t seem any different, and she came to me, and seemed bubbly, and the last words she said is god bless you, pastor, and i will see you at the chr meeting tomorrow. new jersey governor phil murphy says that this does not appear to be politically motivated. what a tragic story. i m bianna golodryga. i m jim sciutto, and we continue with kate bolduan after the break. -surprise! -surprise! your dedicated fidelity advisor
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they are not very sufficient, and with the vagaries of fog and mist and wind. so i don t think that the chinese would expend the political capital here for an intelligence purpose in the face of and in contrast to the very capable overhead reconnaissance satellite program which gives them all of the intelligence they need. so we should put it in context and i certainly believe that secretary blinken should go ahead with the trip and certainly bring it up, but i don t think that the issue should be allowed to get out of hand. so director clapper, the question now becomes what to do with the balloon. the balloon is there, and china says they don t have control of it, and what should the u.s. military officials do in terms of bringing it down at some point, and they don t want to at this point for fear of harming civilians on the ground? well, bianna, the pentagon is going to watch it, and if it is