hello and welcome. the united states says it has shot down a high altitude object flying over the state of alaska. the white house said it was much smaller than the recently downed chinese balloon, but was still the size of a small car and could have posed a threat to commercial planes. let s get more now from our correspondent nomia iqbal. she is in washington. nomia. yes, this ress she is in washington. nomia. yes, this press conference she is in washington. nomia. yes, this press conference was - she is in washington. nomia. 133 this press conference was held a short while ago. at the top of the agenda we were expecting to hear about the latest on the ukraine war, also america s assistance for turkey following that devastating earthquake and also president lula of brazil is visiting, but it was complete dominated once it was revered by the white house spokespersonjohn kirby revered by the white house spokesperson john kirby that around 1:30pm eastern time here in the u