military leaders even considered shooting it down but decided against it because of the potential safety risk for from falling debris. our pentagon correspondent particle haine has more from washington dc. so what they re saying is that they are tracking that s that they ve taken steps to make sure that no surveillance can in fact be done. but again, the official statement is there s a balloon, we re watching it. it does impose a danger to air, travel, or collecting of sensitive information in the pentagon. what they re telling reporters on background unnamed officials that they believe this is the chinese ah, what we do know is that they did close the air space for our bit on wednesday in billings, montana. we really, they were putting up afterwards. you raptors in the wax those ers electronic surveillance radar up planes. european commission president ursula vaughan de leon says the new sanctions package including price caps on russian oil will be ready for the 1st annivers