this object has been described as roughly the size of a small car, much smaller than the suspected chinese spy balloon which the air force shot down last saturday. to say it was shut down to say nothing from the facts that comments from the podium at the white house today is raising questions tonight. it was downed off the alaska coast, again, about the size of a small car. it had been seen flying at approximately 40,000 feet and was deemed to pose a reasonable threat to aircraft and other civilian operations. still, there are few answers about the object, even as the white house attempts to draw distinctions between this episode and the episode i previously mentioned last saturday. now, we are told that the president based on the advice of the pentagon believed it posed enough of a concern that it needed to be shot down. he ordered it, and it was. asked about the intradiction, the president said simply it was a success. we re going to remain vigilant about the skies
the vice president s residence here in washington, d.c. all sent by republican governors who have pledged to make a point about the crisis they see at the border. the white house called it inhumane to use migrants as political pawns. this comes as one of the products of the border crisis. the opioid outbreak the boom of fentanyl hits home for returning college and university students. we have fox team coverage tonight. increasing danger from the fentanyl laced drugs. reaction to the republican governor s moves, but we begin with correspondent bill melugin along the southern border as he has been tonight he is in eagle pass, texas. good evening, bill. bret, good evening to you. just a few days ago vp kamala harris repeatedly insisted that the border is secure. now texas governor greg abbott said he has decided he has to bring the border toker had. early this morning, that s exactly what happened. two migrant buses sent by the state of texas arrive near the 100 mipgs greg a
and for three years now and encourages neighbors to pause a bit when they pass and snap a selfie or two. a striking sight in arkansas this week when a fireball streaked across the sky caught by surveillance cameras as you see there. the american meteor society is investigating several sightings in the area. finally we decided to second source the super bowl prediction by the turtle in last night s viral hotness video. would you believe it? brazos, the baby elephant in the fort worth zoo also thinks the eagles will win this sunday. it should be noted that last year was the first time that brazos predicted the big game, and he got it right, so things are looking good for the eagles as long as they don t try to take on a herd of baby elephants or something to that effect. if you have a viral video to share, hit me up at trace gallagher or fox news @ night on social media. wow, there it is, right?
they don t have the senior leadership we have in the american army. everything you look at the russian army is flawed and the ukrainians have taken advantage of that this is truly a paper tiger. i hate to say this because i m probably insulting people when i say it russian is turning out to be belgium with nuclear weapons. bret: that will get a quote. general, thank you. thanks. bret: a fireball streaked across the skies of the united kingdom last night. more than 800 reports to the u.k. meteor network. images of the object came from northern he can glanced, ireland, scotland. it may have been a piece of space junk falling back to earth. we continue to investigate. up next, we go live to nevada for a report on the governor s race there and one governor who has made education and parental rights issues for republicans is trying to do it again out there.
getting up to a foot. in some cases, two feet. and you re still seeing places right along the coastline where there has been mud slides, you could be talking about another 2-3 inches of rain with this very big system that s going to work onto the west coast. i showed you if this system begins to work into the middle of the country, it has just been too warm for big snow systems. these are your current temperatures, 62 the right now in kansas city. this is way above the seasonal average. this isn t going to shift a lot, so we go from our forecasted highs on sunday when temperatures are in the 60s, tomorrow chicago getting up to 53 degrees. it lingers a little bit. maybe back to normal by the middle of this upcoming week. but these winter systems that folks out west are dealing with, that s going to be a problem throughout the rest of this weekend into early next week. jon: big problem in california after all those fires. adam klotz, thank you. a dazzling light in the sky thrilling peo