the energy regulator ofgem has asked suppliers to pause the forced installation of prepaid metres. it follows revelations that a debt collection company working for british gas broke into the homes of vulnerable people to install the metres. prepayment metres require customers to pay for their energy in advance. it s more expensive than paying by direct debit, but are sometimes the only option for people who have struggled to pay and are in debt to a supplier. ben king has more. an undercover reporter from the times newspaper joined a team of debt collectors, entering the home of a single father with three young children. they count as vulnerable. but, these workers from arvato financial solutions, working for british gas, opened the door and installed a prepayment meter anyway. installing prepayment meters by force is legal, but it s meant to be a last resort, and should not be done to vulnerable households. if people cannot afford to top up the meters, they will be left wit
neville, u.s. fighter jets taking action yesterday for the third time in a week, this time over northwest canada hours later nor at closed part of montana s airspace over what it called a radar anomaly. all of this of course the day after the u.s. took down a high altitude object off of the alaska coast. a week after downing a chinese spy flight that drifted across our country for days, lawmakers are concerned about what seems to be a pattern. i would prefer them to be trigger-happy than permissive. what i think this shows more important to our policy discussion here, we really have to declare there were going to defend her airspace and then we need to invest, this ministry should now needs to declare that it will defend its airspace. art.eric: or chinese balloons coming? we have covered this our alexandria hoff on the latest reaction. brian llenas and myrtle beach south carolina were the first spy balloon was downed, they re now undergoing recovery efforts, first let s go
about the size and shape of the two high altitude objects the military shut down over alaska on friday and cannot yesterday. hello eric. eric: hello thank you all for joining us i m eric shawn for another high-altitude objects down by military aircraft this follows reef closing of and they close airspace over parts of montana for a few hours last night. they sent fighter jets of to take a look at radar anomaly but they found nothing. this comes after the u.s. military down to the chinese spy balloon off the coast of south carolina last weekend. coming up former acting dhs secretary chad wolf is with us the house intelligence committee. both standing by to fill us in and we have live fox team news coverage. brian is in recovery efforts off the east coast there but let s go to lucas tomlinson alive at the very latest at the white house if we have the latest on what is now another apparent shootdown over lake huron. but since right moms go senior u.s. official confirmed to fox n
this situation. we re awaiting that. we ll hear the president s plan, we re told, of action. china today claims that balloon is just a civilian air ship used for research and that it got blown off course. all the way to montana? it just so happens that it was very close to a sensitive site in that state. 1 of 3 in the nation with nuclear weapon silos. it also houses ballistic missiles. montana in red on the map for a reason this hour. deafening reaction so far, bipartisan lawmakers biden allowing on-demand access to our u.s. airspace is dangerous. it is not okay. some republicans, including 2024 hopeful nikki haley, calling on president biden to shoot it down. congressman andy biggs calling biden a affectless commander in chief. secretary of state antony blink en was scheduled to travel to beijing but now the trip is postponed indefinitely. senator tom cotton says biden must answer as to why he hasn t secured u.s. airspace. the president walking away from questions moments ag
hunting lodge. gillian: the judge in the case is deciding where some of the evidence of murdaugh s alleged crimes will be admissible for the jury to hear. phil holloway is going to break that down coming up, criminal defense attorney. we do know the balloon has violated u.s. air space and intern international law, it moves eastward over the continental of the united states. currently assess the balloon does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground at this time. john: fox news alert to start off this friday afternoon, no, it s not a weather balloon, not a civilian aircraft and definitely no mistake. the response from the pentagon in the last hour to china calling bluntly, chinese spying in our air space. gillian: this is america reports. secretary of state antony blinken was supposed to leave today for his own visit to china, high stakes diplomatic trip. he has indefinitely postponed the visit. the chinese foreign ministry admits it did origi