hello and welcome to bbc news. washington has accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected over the united states. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says the balloon is a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. however, us defence officials argue the balloon, seen above sensitive areas in recent days was a high altitude surveillance device. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky, filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right i can see it. it s not the moon, nor a ufo, but, us officials claim, a chinese spy balloon. it seemed so brazen and just so insane to me, it wasjust, like, this thing is so visible. and it s now sparked a major diplom
by energy companies to forcibly install prepayment metres in homes. thousands of people join pope francis, and other christian leaders, to pray for unity and justice at the mausoleum of south sudan s founding father, john garang. welcome once again. the us has shot down a chinese surveillance balloon that it says has been spying on key military sites across america. the department of defense confirmed its fighterjets brought down the balloon over us territorial waters on the east coast. we can see that moment in these pictures from our partners cbs in the united states. we can see that moment in these pictures from our partners cbs in the united states. three airports were shut and airspace was closed off the coast of north and south carolina as the military carried out the operation, which was approved by president biden on wednesday. china had said the craft was a meteorological research balloon that had been blown off course. this is what president biden told reporters sho
staff. he quit his job and couldn t control himself when he said goodbye. i cannot promise there will not be some tears. this is the best job i have ever had. [crying] and most of all this team every single day. for a president and a team that was written off for dead in the winter of 2019 and for dead again in the winter of 2020, and for dead again in the winter of 2021, it is never a good bet to bet against joe biden and this team, never ever a good bet. [applause] i learned everything i know about how to be a good father from joe biden. he is the best father i know and the best role model i know. jesse: women have been telling men we have to show our emotions so there you go, ladies. that s what you wanted, right? well, today, tears flowing through the capitol, everybody is screaming, everyone is crying. what s the occasion? well, congresswoman omar got voted off the foreign affairs committee. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. [ay
objects. he also tweeted i spoke with president by this afternoon for canadian forces will not recover and analyze the wreckage of that object. thank you to norad for keeping watch over north america. get evening i am jon scott complete coverage of this breaking news tonight on the fox report. asked dad to see real object on orders from president biden after it entered u.s. airspace above alaska. meantime off the coast of south china recovery efforts for the chinese spy flight are now on hold because of rough weather experiences. and live in south carolina south dakota republican congresswoman nancy mace standing by with her reaction. first to lucas thomason was was more on the latest detection over canada, lucas. is the third time in the week this time over canada. it s the third kilt for f-22. u.s. and canadian fighter jets have been tracking this mysterious object over northern can according to candace prime minister. president biden is here at the white house he is ho
searching for survivors, starting to get a better picture of the full scope of the damage. let s go straight to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: hey, guys, we ve been trying to get our reporter out there, but the cell tower in rolling fork is gone, so they can t get any cell service. sunrise time there, local time, 7:01, so exactly right now. we ll start to get some of these images in daylight. this tornado happening in the dark can last night, we ve not had any daytime, so search and rescue efforts will continue. this is that storm right now, a weakening storming which is good news. today the severe weather threat key minishingses diminishes quite a bit. the tornado first dropped in rolling fork and then cut right here across rt parts of north-central mississippi. at one point it looks like this tornado was on the ground probably for around almost 100 miles. this, obviously, national weather service folks go out and do some investigation, make sure, see if sometim