it s the top of the hour in cnn newsroom. we re following multi-. concerns about that chinese spy balloon hovering over the u.s. secretary blinken just postponed his stop in china. the pentagon is about the size of three buses. it s huge. it was spotted soaring over montana at 60,000 feet. just moments ago the balloon was spotted over columbia, missouri. the national weather service tweeted these images of what they say is a large balloon in the kansas city area. despite growing calls to shoot it down, for now president biden is opting against that. the chinese are saying it s a weather balloon that blew off course. we re aware of the statement. the fact is we know it s a surveillance balloon. i can t be more specific than that. we know the balloon has violated u.s. air space and international law which is unacceptable. we ve conveyed this directly to the prc at multiple levels. john miller is here with us, cnn s intelligence analyst and kylie atwood. tell us abo
china says that contraption over the united states is just researching weather. yeah, okay, sure. the lead starts right now. china is calling it a civilian airship. the u.s. calls it a spy balloon. whatever you call it, it s causing a huge diplomatic riff between two global superpowers as the pentagon contemplates shooting it down. and hate in home schooling. the discovery of disturbing pro-nazi and disturbing teachings to kids in ohio sparking a debate over what parents can teach their children at home under the auspices of education. chatgpt growing faster than tiktok or instagram, bound to revolutionize how we operate, maybe even about to take your day job. welcome to the lead. secretary of state blinken is talking about his canceled trip to china. let s listen in. in our skies is a clear violation of our sovereignty, a clear violation of international law, and clearly unacceptable. and we ve made that clear to china. any country that has its air space violated
interior department. it acknowledged that charging fossil fuel companies less in royalty fees to krill would likely mean greater energy security, but the memo recommended keeping those fees high to fight climate change. let s go to lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the very latest. lucas. reporter: some are all called this leaked memo a negligent discharge. now, earlier on fox we had lawmakers from both sides of the aisle who shared hair opinions about this leaked memo from the biden administration. they have an agenda, and that agenda is the green new deal agenda. and it doesn t involve oil, it doesn t involve gas, it involves batteries and the things that we depend on from china. we need to make sure that we re moving as aggressively and rapidly as we can towards energy independence and renewable energies all actually. reporter: all at the same time. reporter: it shows the biden administration recommending higher royalty piece on oil and gas permits d
. this is gps , the global public square. welcome to you all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. we ll begin today s program with monday s powerful earthquake. the devastation and destruction it has caused and the politicians that are now at play. also, the china balloon cry is, what is the fallout? i ll talk about all of that and more with david milibrand and richard haas. also, who is really fighting on the front lines for russia in ukraine? we will introduce you to the shadowy group whose mercenaries are a big part of the russia war effort. everything you need to know about the wagner group. and kim jong-un s hermit kingdom launched over 90 missiles last year. including an astonishing 23 in one single day. an expert will tell you why america s lack of attention to north korea s growing nuclear threat is a clear danger. but first, here is my take. in a state of the union address, president biden alluded to
thank you so much for joining me. we begin with this breaking news just moments ago, the faa lifting a flight restriction over lake michigan near wisconsin for what it called national defense air space. it is unclear why they impose the restrictions but it does follow a similar pattern that we have seen with at least three now high altitude objects shot down in the last week. and kylie atwood and arlette saenz are tracking the latest developments. what are you learning? reporter: we ve learned that the temporary flight restriction in place has now been lifted. and according to nor rat, it was in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were.ra in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were.dts in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were.\t was in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were.t,s in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were.ad in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were., in pl