immigration plan has been working. and the pentagon is telling us tonight that using active duty troops instead of the national guard will not affect readiness. i think we ll see these troops arrive as early as may 10th. pete: that s despite recent claims the border is secure. you said yesterday when it comes to illegal migration, have you seen it come down by more than 90%. where did that number come from? i was speaking. peter: cbp says the answer 156,000 people morphos call year so far. i will answer you if the dramatics come down a little bit. if the dramatics. peter: what s dramatic about asking a question about. okay. i m going to answer. i was speaking to the parolee program. peter: pentagon says troops will be armed for self-defense not law enforcement. laying out their mission like. this fill critical capability gaps. ground based detection and monitoring. data entry. and warehouse support. as the pentagon preps for a migrant surge, lawmakers are
efforts are underway to recover the debris. prior to military action, faa closed the airspace above north and south carolina. the agency calling the move away to support the pentagon in a national security event. fox team coverage, jamail, founder executive director of the national security institute standing by with his reaction. ryan on downplaying the mission. lucas tomlinson live with the latest reaction from president biden. u.s. air force fighter jet that launched from virginia shot down the chinese spy balloon off the coast of south carolina 2:39 p.m. eastern time. president biden spoke about a few hours ago. when i was briefed on the balloon, i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible. damage on the ground, decided the best time was overwater within a 12-mile limit. successfully took it down and i want to complement our aviators who did it. the 12-mile limit the extent of u.s. territorial watters. this video on surfside south carolina near myrtl
that s troubling if that is indeed the case. neil: and we don t know whether that s the case, but what mark esper was telling us, there was an easy time you could have shot down the balloon, they call it a weather balloon, more than gathering temperatures for people, but this is a shot right now over the skies of north carolina, you guessed it, by the map and the map of the united states, that s the last stop before you get to the atlantic ocean and then, what happens is anyone s guess. a lot of people say we shoot it down to see what the technology because lost in the sauce is how big this thing is typically six times of a traditional weather balloon and that it s gone very, very far. some say propelled by wind, others say by things far more advanced which is why some want to take at that look at it. we ll be exploring that with among others, chuck hagel, the former secretary, and mark green, he ll weigh in and many, many more. we re not done with this issue. the impact what
jacqui heinrich. griff: it s great to be with you, i m griff jenkins. the balloon sighting dashing an attempt by the biden administration to ease u.s.-china tensions, with antony blinken calling off his trip to beijing. and we have coverage in london alexandria hoff in washington and let s start off. earlier some say the chinese balloon should have been shot down when this first crossed over alaska. we could have shot it down over open water, over dense, sparse parts of alaska and should it shot it down then. it leads me to believe that possibly a political decision was made by the white house not to do so for fear of interrupting the relationship with china. that s troubling if that it indeed the case. here at the white house, president biden only wanted to talk about the strong jobs report not that chinese sp, whe will you remove the balloon? when and how will you remove the balloon, mr. president? the chinese spy balloon had been spotted over charlotte, north carol
2008 murder. She did not say much at her initial court appearance. A representative for the Arizona Attorney Generals Office did address the judge saying bastion was a danger to society. The defendant appears to be easily influenced by a coconspirator in this matter her home in florence was raided wednesday. Five or six Law Enforcement cars pull up over there and jump out and yell warrant, fbi search warrant. Bastion worked as a bookkeeper at this bakery in chandler where she was taken into custody. According to court paper work, thomas bastion was a radicalized muslim while in prison. Isis and other terrorism related materials along with instructions on how to make a bomb were allegedly found inside his prison cell. Investigators say bastion was going to plant the bomb in a vending machine with the goal of murdering bystanders and the investigators believe michelle bastion was going to smuggle bomb making materials into the prison so her husband could carry out the attack. Thats crazy