as high as commercial aircraft but lower than surveillance satellites. the size of three buses. two flights were diverted for safety. military leaders considered but ultimately decided against wthe president s decision to shoot it down. but the idea that was under conversation shows how seriously u.s. officials and the president were taking the idea of a chinese spy balloon floating over the u.s. you mentioned what it was flying over. right. montana. the air base, has icbms there. something that china would naturally be interested in taking a closer look at. it happened before? it happened over u.s. territory before. here is something i want to note in terms of surveillance capabilities. this was not a big jump in what china is able to do. why? because china is flying spy satellites over the u.s. after 90 minutes as they orbit the earth and they have at least equal surveillance capabilities. they are highly advanced. in terms of what china could gather from this ballo
world. i m christine romans. we begin with this senseless tragedy in louisville, kentucky , a 25 year old bank employee opening fire at his workplace, live streaming his own attack that killed four people in minutes. one of the nine others hurt in the early moments later died of those injuries. cnn s omar jimenez has more from louisville. in just moments. four people were killed in nine others injured at this bank in louisville, kentucky. officers were on scene within three minutes. the suspect shot at officers. we then returned fire and stop that threat. police revealing the shooter was an employee at the bank and had livestreamed the attack. suspect was live framing. and unfortunately, that s that s tragic. to know that that incident was out there and captured enforcement source telling cnn the shooter had also learned he was going to be fired and wrote a note to his parents and a friend indicating he was going to shoot at the bank. among those injured in the attack. two po
military activity around the island already sends military jets and ships around taiwan every day. on china s heavily censored social media. some are commenting that the drills do not go far enough. one rights let s just take taiwan. another says. if you re not going to attack, then don t waste taxpayer money, then us house speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan last summer. china responded with military drills that simulated a blockade. for the first time, china even fired missiles over the island. experts say the military response this time is more restrained because the meeting between i and mccarthy was held on american soil to avoid provoking beijing today, i m honored. washington and taipei have called the visit just an ordinary transit stops. symbolism was undeniable. we re stronger when we are together. with washington s support for taipei only growing anger will
sending the message that you think they should send? well, again, first either capturing the equipment or shooting it down with be a strong message. we should increase our activities as well. recall when speaker pelosi visited taiwan last summer. the chinese ramped up their crossings of the taiwan center line with ships and aircraft and i never got the sense we responded forcefully back. you have match the chinese head-to-head. we acc self-deterred and let the chinese communist party push us around. we need to show that when we are facing off against beijing. yesterday we heard from the pentagon and they say this has happened before during the last administration when you were defense secretary during that time period. were you aware of this? how was it resolved? what can he will tell us about is that? i read that. i was surprised. i don t recall somebody coming