debris from a suspicious chinese spy balloon. what we know, and how it could affect the relations between the u.s. and china. plus, the biggest changes to the primary vote that we ve seen in decades. what it means for 2024. on the other side of the aisle, ron desantis has a culture war in florida. hoping that fear in anger could be a winning mix for him and republicans. and i will ask our legal experts about the former president s finance guy. potentially facing more charges. this is american voices! we begin this hour with breaking news. experts have recovered the debris from the suspected chinese spy balloon caught underway. people watch from the south carolina coast. their phones at the ready of course. as u.s. fighter jets downed the balloon. the debris field is reportedly seven miles wide. the balloon had been slowly making its way across the u.s. for several days. president biden said he ordered the balloon shut down earlier this week, on wednesday. and explaine
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from a pentagon correspondent, those that were in the air. we re actually given code names before they took off. franklin, and frank too. they were named for frank luke junior who apparently is an american war hero from world war i, who was known for destroying german observation blips. and gary, there s been so much news about the united states, and china s relationship over the last 48 hours, the news about military expansion by the united states, in the philippines, and then the news about this balloon, secretary of state blinken canceling his visit to china, and now the u.s. shooting down this balloon, talk to me about how these things in these last 48 hours are bound to complicate the relationship between the united states and china? it is absolutely gone a complicated, and there is perhaps no more important relationship to the u.s. because of the dangers that china poses, than china itself
as an ally or an enemy? in november this year, 75% see it as an enemy. just four years ago it was only 55% and we buy are iphones, a lot of goods from their and now the three quarters of americans think that they are the enemy, your thoughts. it s because those americans are right, we are vulnerable as a nation due to the threats that china poses, that s the bottom line. the adversaries are expanding and you see countries like iran, russia, china forming behind our backs, as the administration seems to be taking a kids club approach when it comes to china and they get more provocative by the day. they are eclipsing us economically and technologically, the stakes are so high that america is starting to lose its competitive advantage and influence as a result of that. when you look at their long-term strategy they are starting to invest in technology is like artificial intelligence, right? because chinese president xi believes whoever controls artificial intelligence controls
european partners, with the quad, with our asian allies, you can see like-minded democracy coming together on a range of challenges that china poses, whether it s in the realm of military aggression or in the realm of commission coercion, or in the realm of human rights. the quad has all laid that out and we stand a year into this administration stronger with our allies when it comes to china than at any other point in recent memory. would china be in line for any punishment if they helped russia get around sanctions? well, the sanctions we re going to impose will, in fact, have an impact on china, because they will go at the financial system of russia, which, of course, engages the chinese economy as well, and so china will have a choice whether or not it complies with the sanctions, or if it chooses not to comply, then of course there are penalties that accrue to that. but fundamentally, from our perspective, we believe that beijing will end up owning some of the costs of a russi