over the continental united states. the public has the ability to look up in the sky and see why the balloon is. john: look up and smile, that was the pentagon, moments ago senator roger marshall announcing the balloon is over his state, hovering over northeast kansas. gillian: for years we have been following beijing s spra spra sprawling apparatus, and now it s hanging over the heads of millions of americans. telling fox it s intentional and calling it a violation of u.s. sovereignty. the balloon is about the size of two school busses head to tail. pentagon says it will linger over the country a few more days. john: the president was briefed on tuesday. is he going to take any action? i m john roberts in washington. of all the things you never thought you would talk about, would this be near the top of your list? gillian: no, but interesting, makes for good discussion points, a whole range of issues. gillian turner in for sandra smith. that balloon is one of a whole
this coming into the u.s., they saw it coming across the pacific, so the white house has been dithering for days over what to do and you know, the question is, what if another one comes across. this is a really unprecedented act, the pentagon made clear it s a violation and i m shocked and horrified the biden administration would let this big giant balloon drift over our nuclear bases and now heading across missouri, that s where our stealth bomber base is, the b-two base and now just heading to the east coast across a lot more military air space. it s really the wrong thing to do. general kellogg told me a few minutes ago the problem with it allowing to stay, even if it poses no imminent military threat to americans as the pentagon has said, this thing is continuing to collect the longer, every minute that, every moment it remains operational. take a listen.