over the continental united states. the public has the ability to look up in the sky and see why the balloon is. john: look up and smile, that was the pentagon, moments ago senator roger marshall announcing the balloon is over his state, hovering over northeast kansas. gillian: for years we have been following beijing s spra spra sprawling apparatus, and now it s hanging over the heads of millions of americans. telling fox it s intentional and calling it a violation of u.s. sovereignty. the balloon is about the size of two school busses head to tail. pentagon says it will linger over the country a few more days. john: the president was briefed on tuesday. is he going to take any action? i m john roberts in washington. of all the things you never thought you would talk about, would this be near the top of your list? gillian: no, but interesting, makes for good discussion points, a whole range of issues. gillian turner in for sandra smith. that balloon is one of a whole
sensitive sites we have, the fact we have not taken some type of heavy action against it just talked about is incredible to me. john: will the u.s. change its behavior toward the communist nation? we will ask the chairman of the house select committee mike gallagher coming up. gillian: greg palkot on how china is responding, but first jennifer griffin. hi, jennifer. the balloon has left montana air space as he were reporting, it was launched from mainland china. the pentagon is not buying china s apology and explanation this was a civilian research balloon blown off course. brigadier general pat ryder says the spy balloon is maneuverable and has changed course. not saying whether the chinese government is controlling the direction. it does not pose a risk to the people on the ground, it is traversing the continental