i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. for the second time in less than a week, u.s. fighter jets have shot down an object in u.s. airspace. on friday president biden gave the order to shoot down a, quote, high altitude object hovering ten miles off the coast of alaska. of course, last saturday fighter jets shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon in the atlantic ocean after flying across the entire country. joining me to discuss the retired air force lieutenant general, the air force s first chief of intelligence, surveillance and reconnoissance. he s a fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours. he was the principal attack planner for the operation desert storm air campaign, commander of no fly operations over iraq and served on two congressional commissions focused on america s future defense strategy. these days he s the dean of aerospace studies. so what is norad s responsibility and what s the framework through which it determines a course of action? well, mich
this was 10, 15 years ago, and i guess this comes with the territory. i didn t realize that one in five americans are treated the same way. thank you so much for being here. appreciate your time. thanks for having me. let s check in on social media, reaction to this issue. we re in the midst of, i guess it s a 60-day comment period. there are reasonable noncompetes and there are oppressive versions. let s not throw the baby out with the bath water. i think i just brought one up at the end. the whole intellectual property argument to me seems like a valid justification. and with no disrespect to hairdressers, i can t imagine that there s proprietary information that goes with that turf. so as is usually the case, in certain circumstances it s warranted and in the extreme cases of all or nothing, it probably doesn t make sense. still to come, have you voted yet? more to come on social media and the result of this week s poll