would ex ptend political capita to a very capable recognizance satellite program that gives them all the intelligence they need. reporter: but we ve heard the science excuse before from beijing when china tested a missile that went around the world in 2021 they claimed it was a routine spacecraft ex expe experiment. this is like tiktok. does anybody trust china? of course not. for good reason. reporter: china has spy satellites but they can t loitder over a big area like a balloon. the government will track the balloon as it makes its way across america. the u.s. response so far on the diplomatic front with antony blinken delaying the high stakes visit to beijing. conditions are not conducive for a constructive visit at this time. the decision to take this action, my planned visit is detrimental to the discussions we were planned to have. reporter: for where this goes from here. the pentagon says for now they re continuously tracking this balloon and determined it s
the southern front. the final in the east in donbas is extremely bloody and bitter and continues that way and there have been exercises in belarus. all of this adds up in the view not just ukrainians but allies in the west to an imminent threat, when that threat would be delivered is the debate, jake. sam kiley for us. thank you so much. let discuss this with president of the counsel of foreign relations and the author of the brand-new book the bill of oblig obligations, the ten habits of good citizens. congratulations on the book. we re three weeks away from the one-year anniversary of the beginning of russia s brutal invasion of ukraine. as you heard from fred just a second ago, officials and sam, officials in kyiv say the kremlin is planning a major offensive with the state. what would need to happen with russia to withdrawal from ukraine? i don t see that in the cards, jake.