Hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist present in-depth and informed discussions that help drive the day s current political conversation.
are told. let s look back at the timeline of events. the chinese surveillance balloon was launched from the chinese mainland on january 21st. it crossed into alaska on january 28th. a senior u.s. defense official tells me it spent minutes, not hours over the territorial waters near the aleutian islands off alaska and then over canada, and idaho on january 31st. president biden ordered to shoot it down when safe to do so when briefed by the security team. the u.s. military tack one shot with an air to air missile known as a side winder when it left south carolina on saturday. six minutes on the flight over the atlantic ocean it was brought down by an f-22 fighter jet. i m told they estimated they had approximately 18 minutes to shoot it down after it left the
Hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist present in-depth and informed discussions that help drive the day s current political conversation.
balloon by the u.s. military they claim shooting down the balloon is a serious violation of international practice. beijing contends it was a civilian craft around course u.s. officials rebuke the balloon is a surveillance craft that spent days hovering over military sites. a u.s. fighter jet shot a single missile and destroyed the balloon off the carolina coast saturday afternoon. this spy sat lying was first spotted by public earlier this week over montana but military officials say they have been tracking it since january 28th in the skies over alaska president biden wanted balloon taken down wednesday but was advise it was best to wait until away from populated area and pentagon also confirming that a second balloon is flying over latin america. i m lauren now back to one nation. brian: the culture of work and
in the general vicinity of alaska is not a rarity. they ve seen these spy balloons on more than five continents up to this point. what was different about this, when it was first spotted on january 28th, it actually left the u.s. territory, went into canada and then came back into the continental united states on january 31st. that s the moment where it became clear that this was different. that alarmed people. that s the moment when the pentagon, national security counsel picked into high agree. on wednesday the military presented full options to the president. the president made clear this needs to be shot down. however, everyone at the table, both national security council and the pentagon said it s over the continental united states and there s a significant risk to civilians. this was not just a balloon. the size of three buses, a bay