the biden administration to shoot down the balloon over the atlantic ocean. the federal aviation administration has issued a ground stop close airspace in north and south carolina until 2:45 p.m. eastern time. the balloon is currently floating over south carolina and moving southeast republican congressman anthony of the homeland security committee standing by with his reaction. but first lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with 30 tables unchecked details. good afternoon mike if you going to shoot down a chinese spy balloon over the atlantic that s exactly how you do it. you close airspace you launched fighters. that appears to be what happened are present biden spoke earlier indicated a decision had been made without offering specifics. [inaudible] earlier this morning on fox former defense secretary chuck said it s unlikely this bible it will make its way home. i do not have the pentagon is going to do with the president ultimately decides but once he gets out
linked down to earth we do not have an altimeter here but it does appear to be falling down to earth this taken out by american fighter jets progress lifecare was having trouble keeping track of it was dropping so rapidly. these are images from a short time ago the chinese spy belinda s is descending to earth. we expect u.s. military quick response units will go to the scene to recover what they can of that equipment. lucas and someone to cover the pentagon for a number of years can you imagine the kind of conversations that were going on in terms of when to take it out? where did take it out and help us to recover? as a general keane reference this was first spotted over the pacific in the aleutian islands at sovereign u.s. airspace. alaska is on the 50 states and already penetrated u.s. airspace there certainly discussions the