Security concerns for days. Most of the wreckage is believes to be sitting in 47 feet of water at this hour. Lets go now to oren at the pentagon. Do we think we might have get an update this evening as to whether or not they have been able to secure that wreckage and retrieve it . Theyll put a perimeter around it with navy and coast guard assets that were in the area. Whether they can retrieve it tonight or tomorrow, thats a different question. 47 feet of water according to a Senior Defense official, so not that deep, but still its a question of whats left, whats down there and what shape is it in and how do you bring it up without damaging it further. Salvage vessel is on the way. It might not be there in time to do it tonight, but it will get there as quickly as possible to begin. Why is that so important . Because the pentagon has said repeatedly this was a chinese Surveillance Balloon that had the ability to maneuver, loiter. And because of that, theres information they want to gle
world, i m u.s. officials are tracking a suspected chinese spy balloon that s moving towards the east coast. we ll hear how beijing is trying to explain how it ended up floating above the united states. thunder, snow, fierce winds and temperatures reaching triple digits below zero. all part of the arctic blast that s hitting the u.s. northeast this weekend, and millions will feel it. meanwhile, in ukraine there are signs that russian troops are preparing for a spring military offensive. this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhubber. a suspected chinese spy balloon will finally leave u.s. air space in a couple of days or could be sooner. some new weather models show the winds pushing it over the atlantic as early as today. the pentagon has been closely tracking the object and it s carrying a large payload of surveillance gear. military officials are advising against shooting it down now. china that has apologized and said the balloon entered u.s. air space by accident. bei
security concerns for days. most of the wreckage is believes to be sitting in 47 feet of water at this hour. let s go now to oren at the pentagon. do we think we might have get an update this evening as to whether or not they have been able to secure that wreckage and retrieve it? they ll put a perimeter around it with navy and coast guard assets that were in the area. whether they can retrieve it tonight or tomorrow, that s a different question. 47 feet of water according to a senior defense official, so not that deep, but still it s a question of what s left, what s down there and what shape is it in and how do you bring it up without damaging it further. salvage vessel is on the way. it might not be there in time to do it tonight, but it will get there as quickly as possible to begin. why is that so important? because the pentagon has said repeatedly this was a chinese surveillance balloon that had the ability to maneuver, loiter. and because of that, there s information
of course the biden administration is going to be under pressure to take some kind of decisive action against this balloon that satisfies the hawks on the hill who have already been saying that the biden administration has not been harsh enough on china. it will be interesting to see how this plays out throughout the day, guys. we re going to bring you that live. anytime now the fbi could search the home of former vice president mike pence for any additional classified documents. up next i m going to speak to a bipartisan pair of congressmen who have drafted a bill to make the penalties tougher for mishandling classified material. also ahead, a killing without a known motive. a new jersey city council woman gunned down inside her own car. i will speak to a friend of hers about what they ve learned about the investigation so far. and later an italian mafia boss on the run for 16 years is finally captured. turns out he was hiding in plain sight, get this, as
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