bordering alaska and the arctic ocean, the yukon territory in northern canada is wild, sparsely populated and unrelenting. this must be one of the most remote places i ve ever been to. it s just snow and mountains and forest as far as the eye can see. this year marks 125 years since one of the most frantic gold rushes in history reached its peak. when gold was discovered here, over 100,000 prospectors travelled north, hoping to get lucky. but the extreme conditions caused many to turn back. many of those who did make it settled here in dawson city, building a new life for themselves and their families, whilst first nations people who had lived here for generations had to move upriver, in an effort to protect their way of life.
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you hear sounds like they re calling out someone s name, the name of their loved one perhaps trying to desperately find them amidst the chaos but this video illustrates what i was mentioning some buildings are relatively ok, relatively unscathed in the grand scheme of things and other buildings it s difficult to tell that there was even a building there, because they re so flattened. that looks like it was just tipped over like some kind of a toy or something like that and this is what rescue workers are dealing with not just in one concentrated area, but over a relatively wide swarth of the country, and we re also hearing from my colleague who is reporting that you have traffic jambs on the way out to the airport area, where it s much more sparsely populated. you have long lines people trying to get gas, any supplies they can imagining they will likely be living in their cars
confirmation after getting a piece of svideo showing what appeared to be something white material on board one of their boats. we did not hear back. carlos, thank you so much. joining me now, secretary of defense during the clinton administration. secretary, thank you so much for joining us. let me get to you respond to the administration s claim that in their view it was safer to bring this balloon down over the atlantic as opposed to when it was first detected, we now know, early last week over the alieutian islands. i take the department of defense at their word. they should have shot it down, but as they explained, they thought there would be a potential hazard the people below, even though it s sparsely populated. nonetheless, felt there was some danger. i also felt in my heart this was
that s right, there has been several examples in the past few years, including, were told by the pentagon, the past administration, when the chinese sent similar balloons into the united states to carry out the surveillance. so what are they looking for? as you know, montana, sparsely populated, that s also one of the reasons that the u.s. keeps one of the parts of the nuclear try it in montana. there are fields of siloed, nuclear ballistic missiles in montana. the pentagon says that this balloon was over or near sensitive areas, including military areas. we have to imagine that s the kind of intelligence that they are gathering. the pentagon does note that this type of balloon does not really at much more benefit in terms of intelligence gathering capabilities then say spy satellites. one major question now is why would the chinese sent something across the border, excuse me, that is so highly