briefing immediately following the white house announcement of the shootdown. i take it that this was somewhat coordinated today. what did they say? there is no question, sean, depending on spokesman writing deer general pat ryder object shot down at 1:45 eastern time in u.s. airspace evidence off the northeast coast of canada. flying at 40,000 feet, dangerously close to the altitude of some commercial airliners. norad launched a pair of f-22 raptors. this time air force base in anchorage. one shot down using a wind sider heat seeking missile. the recovery effort of the debris is underway. air force c-130 and special operations helicopters have been launched as well as army think chinook. home to a large oil field. thchinooks land in rough terrai.
fight back. xi jinping s communist government saying it reserves the right to act. after the u.s. shot down a suspected spy balloon with a heat seeking missile fired from an f22. the u.s. military says the balloon was 200 feet tall and what it was carrying was the size of a regional commercial airliner. obviously not the weight, but the size of a regional aircraft, when you just think about the length and the span. enormous. president biden weighing in saying the united states did the right thing shooting it down. celina wang is out front in beijing. china is angry that the u.s. shot down its balloon, but it wasn t long ago when china aired this documentary about its air force downing another country s spy balloon. the commander orders the pilot to shoot it down. the missile hits the balloon. it explodes, then falls. once again, the documentary says, china s air force has crushed the enemy in a heroic
military assets taking down a foreign aircraft like this. this is remarkable. we are asking, does it count as an air to air kill. this is a u.s. fighter jet firing a missile at a chinese surveillance balloon. we wonder if it counts as air to air kill. the planning began when president joe biden ordered to take it down as soon as possible. pentagon leaders determined it was possible once it was over the water without undue risk to people or property. it was launched from langley air force base in langley, virginia, that killed this arks-1 side winder, a heat seeking missile. it was 58,000 feet. quite high. the balloon, 65,000 feet and one missile killed the balloon and caused it to come down. there were support crew in the area.
for a technical legal term and you dropped heat-seeking missile on us. there is brand new reporting out today that adds to our sort of our picture that blayne alexander has painted for us. but let me read this to you out of today s washington post. using georgia s expansive anti-racketeering law, a statute used against gang leaders and mafia leaders, she and her colleagues got convictions of 11 in 2015 for accepting bonuses while students suffered, losing access to remedial education. now, she s considering using the racketeering statute, the question this time is whether former president donald trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election. observers say the threat to trump is real and immediate. and the fulton investigation
openers. anna polina luna selling a person with many personalities. and she s eager to show the country those various personalities. it seems to be about her, not necessarily what she believes. in the list goes. on carey like was a former obama supporter, and then someone who television person. we know what egomaniacs television anchors. our and politics seems to be a vehicle for that feels new and all this. i know the anti institutional strain of republicanism is very much in effect when you are working with boehner and ryan. but the pure, heat seeking missile-ness of this. all the desire to just be famous for fame. sake it seems like a relatively new development within the radical fringe of the republican party. matt gates is actually said that he thought he could defeat paul ryan in terms of sway within the party. because he went on fox news.