world, i m u.s. officials are tracking a suspected chinese spy balloon that s moving towards the east coast. we ll hear how beijing is trying to explain how it ended up floating above the united states. thunder, snow, fierce winds and temperatures reaching triple digits below zero. all part of the arctic blast that s hitting the u.s. northeast this weekend, and millions will feel it. meanwhile, in ukraine there are signs that russian troops are preparing for a spring military offensive. this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhubber. a suspected chinese spy balloon will finally leave u.s. air space in a couple of days or could be sooner. some new weather models show the winds pushing it over the atlantic as early as today. the pentagon has been closely tracking the object and it s carrying a large payload of surveillance gear. military officials are advising against shooting it down now. china that has apologized and said the balloon entered u.s. air space by accident. bei
world, i m u.s. officials are tracking a suspected chinese spy balloon that s moving towards the east coast. we ll hear how beijing is trying to explain how it ended up floating above the united states. thunder, snow, fierce winds and temperatures reaching triple digits below zero. all part of the arctic blast that s hitting the u.s. northeast this weekend, and millions will feel it. meanwhile, in ukraine there are signs that russian troops are preparing for a spring military offensive. this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhubber. a suspected chinese spy balloon will finally leave u.s. air space in a couple of days or could be sooner. some new weather models show the winds pushing it over the atlantic as early as today. the pentagon has been closely
quite large and that s a risk. but the pentagon says if the risk increases from the surveillance balloon, then the military option remains on the table. oren liebermann, cnn in the pentagon. cnn s will ripley is following this story from us from taiwan. will, we heard there that beijing s claiming it s a weather balloon. what more are they saying? so beijing is saying that not only is this a weather balloon that was conducting scientific research, such as meteorology, which of course the pentagon rejects, saying it s a spy balloon. china is saying it was an accident, and that this balloon, while it can be steered, has limited control when there s unexpected wind. so in this case they re blaming the westerly wind is saying the air ship seriously defuated, in their words, from the scheduled route. whether that is the case or not, it does seem according to most analysts i m speaking with, kim, it would be unlikely china would
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