pentagon on saturday t it down as soon as possible. they decided without doing any damage to anyone on the ground, they decided that the best withoutot any damage to anyone n the ground. the best time to do that was over water lly took it down. maria: but at what cost? coming up, the new chairman of the house select committee we successfully took it down. but at what cost. former marine also a member of the house armed services and don intelligence committees on how much damage has been done in one week after the secretary ofca state initially suggest just canceling his trip was enough. other response from america. a violation of our sovereignty, a violation of international law. it was very important.s we, of course, take the time to protect our people. this is unacceptable action. large enough to hold three? massive buses.s did it drop and scatter devicesa for unlimitemed surveillance. john radcliffe on the potential capabilities of the a stratospheric balloon.lr was
good morning, maria. pretty easy and pretty clear.ub this paslit week, unfortunately, the people s republic of china executed an incredibly successful intelligence operation over the mainland of the united states and conversely , the bidenun administration committed an unprecedented national security blunder of incalculable damage. i say that, maria, because we f know, the facts are very clearne that america s number one adversary, the people s republic of china maneuvered a spy craft and it did not leave airspace until a week later, saturday,wa february 4 and except for the time it was over canada, it s been at least four days, 100 hours continuously over the continental united states in an
government employees investing in chinese companies.d you havein a ton of etf and indn funds.ve you also have pension funds. investing in the very companiesa that arend tied to the ccp that may turn around and turn their guns on america.ew your thoughts on what you can do and accomplish with this newe fo committee. the message that i have for corporate america or wall streeh that want to continue business is usual, we should not be in the business of funding n communisott genocide. we certainly should not be in the business of funding our own destruction. by sending money to these-a companies. so itand understand that this is complex. i understand for over two i decades went have pursued the integration into the world tha economy and it did not moderatet their behavior.th this thing will not change on a dime but they are sensible things that we need to do to reclaim our economics in
was it drones, satellites. was there an opportunity to drop and scatter devices that could be powered by solar energy whichto t would give you unlimited surveillance back to the ccp. great question. a lot of people have minimized the balloon as obsolete technology. whology wouloverd they send obse technology over the united states if it was not going to provide anything of value as the biden administration has triedto to tell you.- is the truth is stratospheric balloons, because of recentop technologies can be maneuverable, can loop around, can hover and do things that low earth orbit satellites cannottt do.thin we know from public reporting thatx china, for at least six years has been successfully deploying payloads including drones from stratospheric balloons and what is publiclys. know mn is the u.s. military anj