week after the armed abduction before other americans. they traveled there from south carolina, just across the border into northeast new mexico. the surveillance video you see appears to have the government forcing them back into the tr truck. two of the americans were later found dead, allegedly murdered at the hands of the mexican cartel. that now is apologizing for the kidnapping. two other americans thankfully are back safe here at home. cooks don t sign for the federal government to step in and take charge and actually do something about the situation. i can the question needs to be race how many more americans are we going to lose? something needs to be done for their needs to be accidents enough of the rhetoric. arthel: border state congresswoman debbie les of arizona joins us in a moment. but first bill is alive in texas where those three women were missing began the journey. bill, what more can you tell us? arthel, good afternoon to you. we have learned to texas s
general keane i m not sure if you can see this. we have a live shot now of this balloon going down. this balance has been taken down. that is great. it is falling from the sky. reporter: air force f-22 fighter jet shot down the fighter plane that floated down across the u.s. last week. shortly after president biden claimed he wanted to shoot down the balloon earlier was overruled. president biden: on wednesday i briefed on the balloon i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided to do that when it got over water, within the 12-mile limit. reporter: the 12-mile limit biden mentioned that the coastal states right to claim 12 miles of nautical ocean as their territory. closing the airspace around the balloon, closing air traffic from wilmington, myrtle beach and charleston airport while the balloon was shot down. militariliry official said it was the first chancer to target over the balloon while f
frontline shrapnel wounds eager to get back and fight some more. because this has been an artillery battle really between the two sides the wounds these combat and c are either severe or sometimes catastrophic. arthel, back to you. arthel: it is unbelievable and it is extraordinary paid steve, thank you steve. eric. iran and saudi arabia announcing that they will be restoring diplomatic relations after seven years of estrangement and tensions. the deal was negotiated with the help of the guy in the middle, china. it is seen as a sign beijing growing foothold and influence in the middle east. a region where the u.s. has long been considered the dominant power broker. what is this mean for us? gordon chang senior fellow of the coming collapse of china joins us, gordon does this bolster beijing at our expense?
water within our 12-mile limit. successfully took it down. will: chinese spy balloon shot down over the coast of south carolina yesterday. only fox news cameras captured it. crews are now working to collect the debris as china calls the move, a quote, clear overreaction. here to discuss former special operations intel analyst, drone expert, brett velicovich, gate stone senior fellow, author of the coming collapse of china, the great u.s. china tech war, gordon chang. good to have you with us this morning. brett i would like to start with you. we talked about in the morning what in the continental united states this balloon could have surveiled. what i m curious with your perspective on, do you think the information was already electronically trans misted to china? doesn t matter we shot it down over the atlantic, that is the
heather: nervous about that i situation. thanks to the two of you for being here, pick up the coming collapse of china and the chinese tech war. jillian: thank you both. todd: coming up, hunter s emails showing i seattle official feels about the police department. jillian: the head of the city police union joins us to respond.