the chinese balloon. that courtesy of classified congressional briefings. american defense officials and the fbi. briefers telling lawmakers behind closed doors in their view the american side won this round of spy games with china. they say beijing gleaned little intelligence from the balloon and say the balloon itself stopped transmitting once the united states discovered it floating above american soil. and these briefers telling congress they believe washington has now recovered what amounts to an intelligence gold mine. they say the way to shoot it down, a lot of skepticism, borne out of concern about sudden and dramatic escalation with china and now getting clear intelligence dividends. moments ago the fbi delivering an update on its initial investigation into the debris it has recovered from that suspected spy in the sky. let s start there with evan perez. what are we learning? reporter: john, the fbi i think like the intelligence community is hoping they ll get a lot of infor
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing the sad news day with us. a massive earthquake shakes turkey and syria leaving thousands dead, buildings toppled. fear now that more will die waiting for rescues that won t happen in time. plus, super power spy games, right now american investigators are searching for the records of that chinese balloon, the weekend shoot down off the carolina coast, punctuating a tense moment between washington and beijing. and president biden enters tomorrow s state of the union with plan to spotlight his accomplishments but does so with americans, in a sour mood about his leadership, his management of the economy and his plan to wrangle inflation. up first tragic deaths and devastation, an enormous earthquake changing the landscape in syria and turkey be neath the feet of
alaska. good morning, congresswoman. thank you for joining the show. you have a unique perspective here. the u.s. military detected this particular balloon in the skies over your home state several days ago. i would just like to ask, what is your reaction to how president biden ultimately handled the situation? frankly, what is your reaction to some of the criticism coming from your republican colleagues up in d.c.? thank, you katie. you know, this is not something new for a person from alaska. because of our proximity to russia in china we see these types of spy games every so often. these types of incursions are not new to us. i echo the sentiment of commending the administration for making sure they took this balloon down in an unpopulated area where debris would not be a risk to people on the ground. the other thing i want to say is, my understanding is, it took a couple of days for the