could perjury charges follow. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. welcome to early start. we begin with what may be a clue that could help solve the mystery of one of those unidentified objects shot down by the u.s. military. a group of amateur balloonists says one of its small balloons is missing in action, its last reported location right over alaska on sunday the same day fighter jets downed three unidentified objects, one in that same region of alaska. the northern illinois bottle cap balloon brigade is not blaming the u.s. government for taking out its 32 inch balloon, but here is what president biden said yesterday. intelligence community s current assessment is that they were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research. jasmine wright is joining me live from washington. what else is the white house saying about balloons? reporter: the p
Security concerns for days. Most of the wreckage is believes to be sitting in 47 feet of water at this hour. Lets go now to oren at the pentagon. Do we think we might have get an update this evening as to whether or not they have been able to secure that wreckage and retrieve it . Theyll put a perimeter around it with navy and coast guard assets that were in the area. Whether they can retrieve it tonight or tomorrow, thats a different question. 47 feet of water according to a Senior Defense official, so not that deep, but still its a question of whats left, whats down there and what shape is it in and how do you bring it up without damaging it further. Salvage vessel is on the way. It might not be there in time to do it tonight, but it will get there as quickly as possible to begin. Why is that so important . Because the pentagon has said repeatedly this was a chinese Surveillance Balloon that had the ability to maneuver, loiter. And because of that, theres information they want to gle
security concerns for days. most of the wreckage is believes to be sitting in 47 feet of water at this hour. let s go now to oren at the pentagon. do we think we might have get an update this evening as to whether or not they have been able to secure that wreckage and retrieve it? they ll put a perimeter around it with navy and coast guard assets that were in the area. whether they can retrieve it tonight or tomorrow, that s a different question. 47 feet of water according to a senior defense official, so not that deep, but still it s a question of what s left, what s down there and what shape is it in and how do you bring it up without damaging it further. salvage vessel is on the way. it might not be there in time to do it tonight, but it will get there as quickly as possible to begin. why is that so important? because the pentagon has said repeatedly this was a chinese surveillance balloon that had the ability to maneuver, loiter. and because of that, there s information
i m paula reid. jim acosta has the day off. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news. the u.s. military has shot down another high-altitude object, this time over lake huron. this is according to aus u.s. official and a congressional source briefed on the matter. this would be the fourth object brought down by u.s. fighter jets in the past nine days. cnn s kylie atwood is at the state department. kylie, war you learning? that s right, paula. and the third object brought down in just the last three days. of course, we re learning that this high-altitude object was traveling and so the down over lake huron, north of michigan, in between michigan and canada. that is according to a u.s. official and a congressional source briefed on the matter. it appears that members of congress from michigan are learning more about this in conversations with the pentagon today. i want to read to you what congresswoman slotkin tweeted just in the last few hours or so, saying,
the president promised once again to shoot down any materials that would present a threat to the american public. remember, the reason why the president and the white house shot down those last three objects is because they said that they were flying within civilian air space. and the president said he instructed his team to create a sharper rule for how they engage in future objects, what the criteria is to shoot these things down. and obviously sharing that with congress. the president also said that he expects to speak with his chinese counterpart over the coming future really to talk about this issue especially when we think back to that chinese spy balloon downed over the atlantic just some time ago. jasmine, thank you. healthy, vigorous and fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency. that from president biden s there after doing a physical on the 80-year-old commander in chief. here is the president after his exam at walter reed thursday. doctors did find a smal