what we are seeing here is the air coming out of that balloon and it is streaking really quickly into the ocean. and so as you look for a closer, there you can see probably some u.s. naval ships standing by ready to retreat. something that heavy as you can imagine we ll probably sing pretty quickly. and so we have the navy in close proximity, that quickly gathers up that debris. yes it s incredible to see. i do want to read the rest of this pentagon sent me while i have you both with me. kind of speaking to the timing of this thing, and then it went on to say after careful analysis, u.s. military commanders had determined downing the balloon while overland pose an on dual risk to people across a wide area due to the size and altitude that the balloon and its surveillance payload and accordance with the president s direction, department developed options to take on the blue and safety over the territorial waters while monitoring its path and intelligence collection
region aimed at leveling the economic playing field with china but his remarks on taijuan garnered the most attention. president biden said the u.s. would respond military if china invaded taijuan. this morning, the white house is walking back those comments. a source familiar with the president s thinking tells me biden was speaking about providing weapons to taijuan, not putting u.s. forces into any conflict with china if it were to invade taijuan so similar to the position on ukraine. weapons, not forces. we ll have more on that in a moment. in switzerland, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has taken center stage to the economic forum suggesting m maximum sanctions against russia. they are continuing to encounter russia and their impacts on the war in ukraine. jeremy diamond is traveling with the president in tokyo and cnn
military to defend taijuan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s a commitment we made. we agree with one china policy. we signed on to it, and all the attendent agreements made from there but the idea that it could be taken by force just taken by force is just not appropriate. and now, almost immediately following the president s remarks, senior administration official issued a statement saying our policy has not changed and saying that president biden reiterated the united states won china policy. while the president may have reiterated that one china policy he is tossing out strategic ambiguity and it s not the first time we heard this from the president. twice before president biden suggested that the united states would intervene military, protect taijuan from a chinese invasion if that were to be the case, which would be a significant change from decades
tomorrow? well, i think trump support is a big factor but at the same time, what we see here in georgia is republicans are choosing a variety of different candidates. some supported by trump. others not and ultimately we won t know. certainly governor kemp has a big lead in the polls and he s looking for an out right victory over u.s. senator david purdue in tomorrow s race without having to go through a runoff. you make a good point. so many races whether in georgia or around the country, multiple issues are at play. it is not just a single former president s endorsement, although it has had impact in some places. i do want to ask you this question because jason sheppard is a former chair of the cobb county republican party outside of atlanta told politico trump shine is beginning to fade. quoting him, it great to have trump s endorsement but that the former president is not going to be the end all and be all. i wonder in your reporting particularly in the state of georgia, do you
of u.s. policy, but as you said, administration insisting that united states policy has not changed. now, before or after sbthese comments, the president had a headline event he announced an economic frame work, which according today biden administration officials could mark a turning point they believe in the united states economic relationship with the region. the united states and 12 other countries set to be linked through this economic partnership but unlike the chance pacific partnership, which president trump exited in 2017, this frame work as of now does not include the lowering of any trade barriers or tariffs so some experts wonder if it has to teeth to cut in which is the goal of this frame work. jeremy, erica? richard, to you in dabos. we talk about the attention on the world stage, president zelenskyy gave a keynote address at the economic forum. what did he say?