hunting lodge. gillian: the judge in the case is deciding where some of the evidence of murdaugh s alleged crimes will be admissible for the jury to hear. phil holloway is going to break that down coming up, criminal defense attorney. we do know the balloon has violated u.s. air space and intern international law, it moves eastward over the continental of the united states. currently assess the balloon does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground at this time. john: fox news alert to start off this friday afternoon, no, it s not a weather balloon, not a civilian aircraft and definitely no mistake. the response from the pentagon in the last hour to china calling bluntly, chinese spying in our air space. gillian: this is america reports. secretary of state antony blinken was supposed to leave today for his own visit to china, high stakes diplomatic trip. he has indefinitely postponed the visit. the chinese foreign ministry admits it did origi
let s say if it had come out from 2010 up to june of 2021, or at any time that alec murdaugh had been stealing money from his partners or stealing money from his clients, would this bank have continued to loan him money? no, sir. gillian: what do you make of that? listen, certainly lots of dirty laundry that could be aired if the jury is allowed to hear this. listen, we don t generally want to try people based on their general bad character or based on other crimes that they may have committed. we want the crimes they are in court for to stand or fall on the merits of their own legs. but, an exception to that. if these prior crimes or prior bad acts are relevant to show motive, then they can be admissible even if they make the defendant look like a really, really bad person. now, i think the judge is going to let some of this in, it s
in our air space. gillian: this is america reports. secretary of state antony blinken was supposed to leave today for his own visit to china, high stakes diplomatic trip. he has indefinitely postponed the visit. the chinese foreign ministry admits it did originate in china but insist it s a civilian aircraft that s used for agricultural research. they also say they regret it has now flown into u.s. air space. the pentagon is firing back at the assessment a moment ago saying it was sent to collect intelligence on a key air force base in montana, that houses many of the nation s icbms. john: despite the brazen move to send the aircraft into u.s. air space, defense officials have advise president biden not to shoot it down, it has limited value and attempting to take it
some point, it will be over the ocean, why wouldn t they shoot it down then? is there any reason conceiveable reason for them not to do that then? it s a little bit late. it s not holding the information, it s transmitting constantly back to china. so by that time it s just let it go, now it becomes a weather balloon. shoot it down, get rid of it, knock it down early before it can send information back to china. right now, my concern, where it s collected that information is the most critical, over our missile fields. gillian: they would want to destroy it, wouldn t the u.s. want to destroy it? it s a little bit late, truly, you know, the horse has left the barn. my point is get it early. john: at the pentagon briefing they were suggesting it has limited capability after we buzzed it with a couple of raptors to transmit information. think they could have hit it with the emp, but technology we have, radio jamming or whatever
now. the white house and pentagon still have options for bringing down the spy balloon when it is deemed safe to do so, perhaps once it is over a body of water. the u.s. government has been tracking this balloon for some time, was not surprised by its appearance over the u.s., but described the chinese action as bold. u.s. officials tell me they have mitigated the ability for this balloon to survey any sensitive sites, blocking it from doing so, and that they are learning a lot by monitoring the balloon. john. john: jennifer, thanks. gillian: coverage continues as president biden and the entire administration face growing concerns over their handling of china s violation of u.s. air space. jacqui heinrich is in philadelphia where the president is heading after ignoring questions about the balloon and china. this incident now straining the already tense relations between the u.s. and china. hi, jacqui. hey, gillian. yeah, one of the biggest things that came out of president biden