u.s. airspace, why did china not alert the u.s. to it several days ago china has admitted regret which is something that u.s. officials did not expect but with too many questions unanswered, the optics of secretary of state blinken coming to china, sitting in the same room with chinese officials as this balloon continues to fly over the united states the objects were just unacceptable. secretary blinken spoke yesterday with his counterpart here and expressed his disappointment manchin s behavior. i made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in u.s. air space is a clear violation of u.s. sovereignty, and international law. that is an irresponsible act, and that the postseason on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substitute quaint discussions we are prepared to have there was a chinese statement today
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 big is this balloon one u.s. official telling nbc news that the pentagon believes that this balloon is about the size of at least two school buses now this is video that you re looking at from people on the ground. the pentagon has not confirmed this is in fact the balloon. china has confirmed the balloon belongs to them, but says it s a civilian airship for meteorological research the white house says it s closely monitoring the situation, and that quote, all options are on the table. just last night, the pentagon said that another chinese surveillance balloon is currently flying over latin america. secretary of state, anthony blinken, was posed to be headed to china right now for important talks. but he postponed that tr
data, who knows what kind of penetration into our classified systems and maybe taking. we just don t know. and that s the real risk here, that china is clearly by sending this balloon, over our territory, it s aggressively seeking to gather information on the united states and on how our military operates. so joel, let s talk about getting this thing out of the air. you are correct, some people have an exceptionally response, which is shooting up into the area, and for people to understand, this blood is currently out about 80,000 feet. that s above where aircraft fighters, fly it s above where commercial airlines, fly so shooting a gun up in the air is actually just really unsafe. but let s just say that the united states yeah exactly. so let s just say that the united states shoots down this balloon, does that escalate things though in terms of diplomacy with the country of china? he, it does, really, i value the way you re describing this. this is 80,000 feet up in the
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. i m a.m. a.m. a.m. ra walker. all eyes on the sky as this chinese sky balloon just continueses drifting. where it s expected to go and why the white house has not yet ruled out shooting it down. and a brutals blast of dangerously cold air is sweeping across the northeast right now. in some places it will feel like 50 to 60 degrees below 0. where we re seeing the cold air and tell you when it s going to start to warm up. plus police in new jersey searching for the person who murdered a local councilwoman outside of her home. what local officials are saying about that case.