this one up here, off the north coast of alaska on friday. then over canada on saturday and sunday, here, lake huron. what s the common theme ehere? they re all coming this direction. that s the direction of the jet stream, the prevailing winds, et cetera. that brings china into play, not only china, but russia is up there as well. and we don t have an answer yet as to what country owns them or even the pentagon leaves open the possibility that it s not a nation state. it could be privately owned and operated. the two big questions are this. why is the u.s. now detecting more of these and are there more of these? t in answer to the first question, we know that, and that is that the pentagon, u.s. military, norad, they re looking more closely. they ve in effect tightened their radars, their sensors to look for smaller options, particularly in that space you mentioned, 15,000 to 20,000 feet and they are seeing more. the big question is, are there more? is this a part of the glo
the air thickens with artillery and expectation. ukrainian guns pound the russian positions. and the enemy soon response. and the enemy soon responds. but it is a mess. yuri of the drone unit can t delay until the shelling stops. the drones he is sending to enemy trenches carry grenades and smoke bombs. they lose as many as five of these a day. and there is more than just artillery to contend with. than ust artillery to contend with. ., than ust artillery to contend with. . ,., , ., with. there are reports of russian with. there are reports of russian jets with. there are reports of russian jets firing - with. there are reports of russian jets firing every l with. there are reports of i russian jets firing every day, every time. go russian jets firing every day, every time- russian jets firing every day,
is this a part of the globe that china and other countries have been trying to exploit more in recent years? and that seems to be the suspicion here. you had the nato secretary general say this morning, that s exactly the suspicion of the u.s. and its allies, that this is a space that not just china, but perhaps other countries are using to look down at earth and gain intelligence. jim, what about how they actually took it down. because i know we heard from the pentagon yesterday, they considered a range of options, maybe shooting down some of these objects. but in the end, it was actually with missiles. how did they make that decision? in part because missiles have just been more successful. it s no accident that they ve used the same kind of missile going back to the balloon off the coast of south carolina and these. it s hard to shoot at things with bullets at that speed. and keep in mind the jets firing, the f-22s are going much faster than the target here. so it seems, kaitlan
financial companies or their executives have been charged with any crime. by the way, goldman sachs shares, they are take ac hit though, down about 2%. that and we also got a weak labor report. that is pressuring stocks overall. the dow down 60 points. carl, back to you. alison kosik, thank you. turning now to libya, u.s. war planes continued to bomb targets even after control of the operation was handed over to nato. the pentagon has disclosed since the hand jove earth u.s. has flown 97 sorties with u.s. jets firing on libyan targets on three occasions. a u.s. military official insists those strikes were defensive and part of the military s support role. a new poll shows most americans favor u.s. involvement in libya. the cnn opinion research poll found 52% support u.s. involvement in libya. 47% oppose it. the poll also found if u.s. and