by energy companies to forcibly install prepayment metres in homes. thousands of people join pope francis, and other christian leaders, to pray for unity and justice at the mausoleum of south sudan s founding father, john garang. welcome once again. the us has shot down a chinese surveillance balloon that it says has been spying on key military sites across america. the department of defense confirmed its fighterjets brought down the balloon over us territorial waters on the east coast. we can see that moment in these pictures from our partners cbs in the united states. we can see that moment in these pictures from our partners cbs in the united states. three airports were shut and airspace was closed off the coast of north and south carolina as the military carried out the operation, which was approved by president biden on wednesday. china had said the craft was a meteorological research balloon that had been blown off course. this is what president biden told reporters sho
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
jacqui heinrich. griff: it s great to be with you, i m griff jenkins. the balloon sighting dashing an attempt by the biden administration to ease u.s.-china tensions, with antony blinken calling off his trip to beijing. and we have coverage in london alexandria hoff in washington and let s start off. earlier some say the chinese balloon should have been shot down when this first crossed over alaska. we could have shot it down over open water, over dense, sparse parts of alaska and should it shot it down then. it leads me to believe that possibly a political decision was made by the white house not to do so for fear of interrupting the relationship with china. that s troubling if that it indeed the case. here at the white house, president biden only wanted to talk about the strong jobs report not that chinese sp, whe will you remove the balloon? when and how will you remove the balloon, mr. president? the chinese spy balloon had been spotted over charlotte, north carol
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sky for tracking china suspected surveillance balloon as its sales across the united states. the pentagon says another balloon is making its way across latin america. the latest reaction from the white house and why the military hasn t shot it down plus cooperate or face more charges the manhattan da s office reported ultimatum to jail trump organization cfo allen weisselberg can prosecutors flip the longtime exec against his former boss later, ron desantis this week making his priorities crystal clear his government working to make access to guns easier, while making access to some books harder. we ll dive into his latest controversial proposals all of that more, that is coming up. a good hopefully warm saturday morning to you, i m kati phang thanks for starting your weekend with us. right now there s a balloon that the united states military says it is for chinese surveillance and it s still in the air over the united states four days after it was first spotted. so just how