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ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible. they decided without doing any damage to anyone on the ground, they decided that the best time to do that was out over the water within our, within a 12-mile limit. they successfully took it down. maria: but at what cost? coming up, the new chairman of the house select committee on china, wisconsin congressman, former marine mike gallagher, also a member of the house armed services and intelligence committees on how much damage has been done in one week after the secretary of state anthony blinken initially suggests just canceling his trip was enough of a response from america. it s a violation of our sovereignty, it s a violation of international law. and it was very important that we, of course, take the actions we did to protect any sensitive information, to protect our people and to make clear to china that, again, this is an unacceptable as well as irresponsible action. maria: then the surveillance balloon s
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trump backed kelly tshibaka. you re watching fox & friends first on this wednesday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro, liz cheney to impeach trump and lose the primary and only two have been victorious out of the four deciding not to run. carley: the power of the former president is more apparent than ever, 182 backed candidates declaring victory so far in the primary election cycle. todd: kevin corke with the latest from washington, kevin. guys, the outcome of the hariet hageman cheney race is as predictable to figure out who would win 100-meter dash between the bulls. not even close, a big win by hageman who said she was fed up with a lot of things, including fed up with liz cheney who in her opinion simply wasn t serving the interest of the voters back home. she was doing her own bidding in washington, and that was enough to get her canned and a huge landslide of a loss tonight, more than 66% for hageman and 28.9% for cheney. here is what the winner
the u.n. estimates more than half of the population needs some form of humanitarian assistance. the world banks say they re at the lowest level in a decade and after promising to respect women s rights, the taliban have banned most girls from going to school past sixth grade. even in the past, there were restrictions and violence but there was hope. we had school. we could have knowledge. now they lost their only hope, which is education. this a somber reminder of how desperate people were a year ago to get out of afghanistan anticipating a taliban takeover. you can see them there clinging to the side of a u.s. military plane taking off from kabul. some afghans tragically fell to their death. the chaotic u.s. exit led to a terrorist attack outside the airport. now republican congressman is out with a report accusing the biden administration of a strategic failure anybody the country. congressman michael mccaul and general jack keane join us in just a moment. but first, we