a good saturday morning to you. it is saturday, february 4th, you re live in the cnn newsroom, thanks for joining us so much for sharing part of your saturday morning with us. we begin with an eye toward the sky. we re getting new reports about the location of that chinese spy balloon that has been drifting across the country. according to reports, it has been spotted over north carolina an officials say it could move off the east coast and out over the ocean in a matter of hours. and as you would imagine, the balloon is raising national security concerns, and it is adding to the tension between washington and beijing. it was people on the ground in montana who spotted the balloon as it passed overhead. that thing is not the moon. the moon is right there. this thing is so weird. it is definitely moving. the context and the timing of this are really important. the secretary of state antony blinken called it an irresponsible act by china. keep in mind, this comes just day
following new details about that chinese spy balloon traveling across the country. new video into the cnn newsroom showing the balloon now hovering over asheville, and charlotte, north carolina in the last hour. and it could make it out to sea at any moment. the balloon was first spotted over montana on wednesday. china claims it s a civilian research vessel that blew offcourse, but the u.s. isn t buying that, calling the balloon s flight over u.s. soil an irresponsible act. secretary of state antony blinken postponing a planned trip to beijing in response. cnn s oren liebermann is at pentagon for us. oren, officials say the balloon doesn t currently seem to present a threat, but why is the pentagon also preceding with caution on it? reporter: so the pentagon has said for now that it will not be shooting this down, because of the risks from two different perspectives, first there s the risk to what s below, blow something up at 60,000 feet and that could be scattered over q
and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave [cheers and applause] rachel: good morning. it is 6:00 in new york city and i m happy to be here with will and pete. love that national anthem. love your photos. please keep sending them into friends@foxnews.com. will: good morning. rachel: nice to be here. i ve been reminded of that. pete: what is everybody right now? 10? it is lower than 10. rachel: this is like your childhood. will: that is why i fled as quickly as possible. if it was over 40 °, we didn t wear a jacket. pete: that was a warm day. will: it was a warm day. over 40, you could go light. we had an ice storm all week in texas. everything was an ice-skating rink. your driveway, your grass was an ice-skating rink, not snow, ice. pete: do you use the acquired skills of ice-skating
texas a little song by morgan as well but we are glad you re here. we are assuming rachel will be here soon. because it tells to stick with the shop because we love her so much we hope she s listening. we are honest with the audience or ants will and nine. not just a shot of delta back to the capitol. all of it isn t chinese supply balloon is evacuate a highlighter and a sharpie. [laughter] that s all that less. that would be what would be laughed at. speaking too much about the balloon. rachel has disappeared, note cards, sharpie, and heater. looks quite certain she s on assignment will find her tracker and when we identify her will bring her to you. in the meantime good morning dallas, good morning will, good morning rachel wherever you are. we got to fox news alert. pentagon confirming a second chinese spy balint was found hovering over latin america yesterday. caller: versing over montana has now been spotted flying near kansas city, missouri. will remain in the u.s
just revealed to give the military the order to shoot down that balloon three days ago. lucas tomlinson live at the white house, lucas. that afternoon guys u.s. air force f-22 that locked from langley air force base in virginia fired a single sidewinder missile to destroy the spy blimp six off the coast of south carolina took late at 3:30 9:00 p.m. in the afternoon. the debris field is stretching . the u.s. navy is sending a salvage crew. president biden spoke moments ago. on wednesday when i was briefed on the bloom i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground, they decided the best time to do that is when it got over water. within the 12-mile limit. the success took it down i want to complement our aviators who did it. we ll have more to report in this little later thank you. hugs your sake the recommendation from your national security? once i told them to shoot down progress on wedn