cowardly feckless response to this crisis downs unfold in realtime. how dangerous is this for our national security? we ll have a deep dive into that. let us be clear this balloon wasn t out for a joy ride. chinas was collecting intelligence absolutely testing your president and the u.s. response. day after day went by and any attempt to assure any of us that they didn t collect intel is not credible to me. is it not possible they had technology maybe we don t know about? we stopped them from collecting intelligence. do you know that for sure? i don t think anyone could answer that question honestly tonight but america needs answers. it s about our national security. why did joe biden fail to respond when he became aware of this incident? first on saturday, january 28th, the spy balloon flew over alaska. joe biden did nothing. two days later on monday, january 30th, it was flying over canada. joe biden continued to do nothing. by tuesday of last week, china s eye in the sky
critics as biden s cowardly, feckless response to this crisis continues fec to unfold e real time.. horfoangerous is this fo our national security? we ll have a deep dove intoo that. th clear .alloon this balloon wasn t out for a joyride. china wa as collectingolutely intelligence and absolutely testing your presidenting your b us s response. now, day aftery dayand went b. and any attempt to assure any of us that they didn t collectt. intel, frankly, is not credible to me. is it not is it nott possible they had technology that maybe we don t know about or we stop them from collecting intelligence? do you kno intellince.w that fo? i don t think anybody can answer that question honestly tonight.needs answers. it s about but america needs answers. why di it s about our national security. why did joe biden fails in to respond when he became aware of thit ons incident? first on saturday, january twenty eighth, to spy balloon flew over alaska. joe biden did nothing. two days later,
remarks here in south korea, president hailed the u.s./south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace and stability. trying to shore up the alliance with japan after his visit concludes here in south korea. he wants to bolster the relationship as a team when u.s. intelligence is warning of a heightened threat of a north korean missile and/or nuclear test, potentially while president biden is here in the region. certainly a moment of heightened tension. and president biden wants to send a strong message that the u.s. will defend its allies in the region. now, listen, president biden is also making clear this is about national security. it s also about economic security. that is why we saw the president visiting a samsung semiconductor chip factory earlier today. and the president in reinforcing his message about this region by talking also about the war in ukraine and russia, insisting the u.s. and wall lies should not be relying on autocracies for critical materials. and tha
in your book about president xi jinping in your book. you found him to be less personable than putin and kim jong un and some others. tell us what you thought when you met with president xi? thank you for having me on he was dead-eyed. he was evil. he never had a nice word there. there was no idea he might possibly compromise. there was never idea he would be telling us the truth, much like they ve lied about the wuhan virus and it s ability to transmit from human to human. xi jinping was the evillist guy i encountered my entire time, most difficult person and most capable. he s got a big military space program. this is a serious threat. if there s one thing you can see from this spy balloon incident, he s testing the united states of america in every dimension. sean: secretary pompeo,
your book, which is now a bestseller. you had a lot to say about him - and you found him to beu foun far less personable than otherl world dictators like putin and kim jong un .thers. and some others. tell us what you thoughtyo when you met with president xi . yes, sean, thanks for having me on it. was dead eyed.e word he was evil. he never had a nice word. there was no idea that he mighth possibly compromise. and there was never any idea that he would be telling us the truth, much like they lied about the war on virus and its ability to transmit from human to humans, much like they lied about this weather balloon. xi jinping was the toughest evilest guy that i encountered in my entire time and the mostsi difficult person and also nthe most capable with one poinm four billion people, a big military space program. this is a serious threat. this o and if there s one thing you can see from this spy balloon,hs incident, he is testing the united states of america inr every dimensioy din.