let s go the white house on the breaking news. lucas tomlinson, i understand you have new reporting the share. lucas: that s right, senior official confirms that the u.s. government is weighing options on how to shoot down this chinese spy balloon when it crosses the atlantic, safely off the coast of the united states. now earlier in syracuse president biden was asked to do on the balloon and he said all options are on the table and this is what he said exactly. the chinese balloon we will take care of it. lucas: this morning former defense secretary chuck served under barack obama said this balloon should be brought down gently to exploit it. we don t know what the pentagon is going to do and what the president will ultimately decide and once it gets out over open waters i d be surprised if we would allow this balloon just to float back to china. lucas: both countries spawn each other, of course, just over a month ago the pentagon says fighter jet came to american sp
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lucas: both countries spawn each other, of course, just over a month ago the pentagon says fighter jet came to american spy plane flying over south china sea. back in 2016 the u.s. accused china of stealing underwater drone from u.s. navy while at sea and later returned in a box many many pieces. in 2001 ep spy plane collapsed causing making emergency landing on chinese island. the american crew held for 11 days. former secretary mark esper this should be brought down gently and information taken gently. we could capture the equipment, do forensics on it and understand what the capabilities of the instrumentation was and whether they were looking for intercepting signals. barring that, i would shoot it down. partly again to send a message
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