see a pattern as i look at social media. all of a sudden, massive speculation about alien invasions and additional chinese action or russian action. in the absence of information, peoples anxiety leads them into potentially destructive areas. i do hope that very soon, the administration has more information for all of us on what is going on. for more on all of this, let s bring in my political panel. if the white house juror is an msnbc four former speaker paul ryan. welcome. i don t think anybody had another aerial object on their bingo card this afternoon. there is just a lot we don t know about these objects shot down since friday. there have been three. what are the biggest questions that you have? there are a ton of questions,
breaking news out of lake huron, michigan, where the united states military has shut down another aerial object. the object went down in a lake where officials are working to recover what is left of it. this comes just days after other aerial objects were shut down in alaska and canada. and just over a week after but a chinese surveillance balloon was shot down over the coast of south carolina. just news before this news broke, a warned that it is too early to accurately categorize any of these objects. and that still applies. as for the objects shot down over canada, officials in canada say it appears to be a small, cylindrical object. members of congress across the aisle are looking for more answers before public speculation makes things worse. here is what jim himes, the ranking member of the intelligence committee, told my colleague. the one thing that is troubling me here, i sort of
know how to look out for them before? that is one of the main question senator jon tester he is the leader of the defense is looking to answer. senator he asked jake sullivan overnight as well. as lawmakers get into town this morning, at least on the senate side, we are sure this week will be all focused on china as well. again, this object, the last three, the last to at least, one over canada included, it is not clear if that came from china or elsewhere. it is something our militaries are looking into. one very important factor with this object, shot down over lake huron, is that authorities believe they will be able to recover it and there was no collateral damage, which is important as you look at the pattern by which they have been taking these objects down. largely over bodies of water in remote areas to ensure there is no civilian or property damage. so a very developing situation here. julie, how did we first learn of this fourth object that the military has shut down?
extent, you know, maybe we picked it up over the southern portion of the illusions. but then our president sounded a little surprised that he made a decision on wednesday. like like that was when he first heard about it, so that s a little bit surprising. a lot of us were concerned about the timing of all that. david flippo retired lieutenant colonel from the u. s air force. we appreciate your expertise. thanks. thank you, jim. the canadian defense minister had a fairly wide ranging news conference a short time ago to talk about the shoot down of this object over canadian airspace by an american f 22. i want to play you some of that sound that news conference right now. recovery operations are now underway and will be supported by the canadian armed forces in conjunction with the rcmp. this coordinated operation will allow further investigation into this object. we have no further details about the object at this time, other than
hard, we ve been pushing back with facts, with the truth. and i think that they have been unsuccessful at this point, either trying to actually prove that they ve got the wrong issues on the other side. i think the chairman, mr. comer, i hope that he shifts and actually brings issues that actually matter to the american people, inflation, the economy. right now, it just looks there just chasing a bunch of mistruths. congressman, we are of course waiting for this briefing to start out of canada. an update on the takedown of another object in north american airspace. you and i will continue to talk about that as we watch for this briefing. but i do want to ask you, you are a member of a group of lawmakers that is behind a resolution to expel republican george santos from congress. tell me why you felt that was a necessary step? well, i mean, george santos should not be in congress. he s a fraud and a liar. he lied about the holocaust, lied about his career, his education, he s lied a