this week that their recommendation to president biden was not to shoot this down because of risk to people and property below. so this balloon made its way across a good chunk to have united states, from montana on tuesday and wednesday to where it is now over essentially north carolina where it s reaching the coast and open water beyond that where you no longer have the risk to people and property below. therefore, the question then becomes, does the military change its recommendation and recommend to president joe biden if you go ahead and follow the we ll take care of it, that will be the time and the place to shoot this down. it is worth noting, i ve been watching flight tracking websites pretty much all morning. there we ve seen some note worthy flight activity. a couple refuelling tankers right off the coast of myrtle beach essentially flying in a holding pattern. why is that note worthy? because fighters that could be used to shoot this down might need to refuel as th
beach essentially flying in a holding pattern. why is that note worthy? because fighters that could be used to shoot this down might need to refuel as they wait for this balloon to reach this area. t the pentagon hasn t confirmed these flights are related in any way to the balloon but they are along that trajectory. cnn s diane gallagher is in charlotte, north carolina, where there were some sightings of that balloon. what is the latest there? reporter: lots of sightings of that balloon over charlotte, north carolina. in the 10:00 hour this morning we re still seeing people post those photos. a local affiliate here in charlotte got video of the balloon as it passed over.