i think he is absolutely right. china is an adversary and on so many fronts chris wray at the f.b.i. is always talking about china s spying efforts. but one thing i worry about in the reactions to china, we re not going to beat china with just tariffs. we have to build up our military forces, take the threat seriously. help taiwan defend itself and that will take a lot of effort and a lot of money. dana: bill, put yourself in the white house s position. there is supposed to be the call with xi and that hasn t happened. we don t know if president biden will officially run for president. there is a lot of hesitation. is it because there is a new chief of staff or president biden not being decisive and quick enough to take action? i think it s china. look, i don t really care about
balloons tied to private companies. still questions on china s spying efforts remain unanswered at this hour. peter doocy is live there the white house with the latest for us from there. hi, peter. good morning. president biden insists that ame american spies were spying on the chinese spy craft all along. president biden: we tracked it closely, analyzed its capabilities and learned more about how it operates. because we knew its path, we were able to protect sensitive sites against collection. that was the chinese spy craft. the other three objects shot down remain unidentified. however, a hobby group thinks theirs may have been blasted out of the sky over alaska. the northern illinois they had a balloon go missing in
surveillance purposes. they are using them also for offensive capabilities. lawmakers have been clamoring for better answers. i mean, i have never been in briefings where i learned so little. left to wonder why biden didn t speak sooner. if a civilian had not spotted this spy balloon over montana and reported it to the media, which did its job, would the white house have ever told us about this? on the day of his physical, officials dismissing questions about the 80-year-old president s health and new calls from 2024 candidate nikki haley for a mental acuity test for candidates 75 and older. we have heard these types of attacks or remarks before. maybe they re forgetting the wins that this president has had over the last couple of years. biden appearing unfazed by his morning at water reed touted new actions blasting six chinese agencies linked to spying efforts to which china seems to have responded with sanctions on two major american defense manufacturers.
it an awareness gap, which might explain why former trump officials said they were unaware of the incursions. the administration explained that biden has ordered additional as sets to detect chinese spying efforts. we are also able to go back and look at the historical patterns, and that led us to come to understand that during the trump administration, as you said, there were multiple instances where these surveillance balloons traversed american air space and american territory. reporter: now, i m told, jake, that neither u.s. officials nor chinese officials have proposed a new date for the secretary of state s renewed visit to beijing. there s no date on the calendar, that s something, of course, we ll continue to watch. and when it comes to who knew what went on the chinese side, like if president xi knew that this balloon was going to be coming over the u.s. at this time, or if the ministry of foreign affairs knew that as they were planning blinken s visit, the national securi
u.s. airspace. a top u.s. general said today that the threats were not detected in realtime. we did not detect those threats. and that s a domain awareness gap that we have to figure out. which might explain why former trump officials said they were unaware of the incursions. the administration explained that biden had ordered additional assets to detect chinese spying efforts. we were also able to go back and look at the historical patterns, and that led us to come to understand that during the trump administration as you said, there were multiple instances where the surveillance balloons traversed american airspace. and american territory. now, when it comes to that rescheduled trip to beijing for the secretary of state, there was no new data on the table. neither the u.s. or china have proposed a due date. it seems like that s not going to happen anytime soon. of course we ll continue to wa watch. and when it comes for what