course, which is, again, why we are monitoring it. jesse: the comey spy balloon airspace and fingers around a joystick and flying it towards major cities but we are not shooting it down. you said this is violating our airspace so why not take it down? yeah, so, you know, clearly as we assess options and considering the size of the pay load on this, looking at the potential for debris and the impact on civilians on the ground or property damage, and so out of an abundance of caution, cognizant of the potential impact to civilians on the ground from a debris field right now we are going to continue to monitor and review options. biden was against the bin laden raid and now he is against the balloon pop. he missed his shot over montana. what s the worst it can happen it hits a guy s barn? cut them a check like you did with covid. now it s heading into illinois? do you think it s going to last over chicago past midnight couple strays and that thing is in lake michigan. ch
and it was all apparently to impress a bunch of his teenage friends in a video game chat room. the washington post interviewing one of the members, who says teixeira acted like a father figure to the group during covid. it felt like i was on top of mount everest. it felt like i was above everybody else, to some degree, in that i would be able to brag to some people that i knew stuff that they didn t. he is not interested in helping any foreign agencies with their attack on the u.s. or other countries. he was a young, charismatic man, who loved nature, god, and bottom line, if they want these to be private, it is because they have something to hide. dana: so, the biden administration appears to have been caught flat-footed by this leak. teixeira was essentially an i.t. worker with the highest level of clearance and access to military intel systems. we had been circulating information for months on line with the pentagon only learning about it last week through the media.
began posting that intelligence to a small group of gamers. you heard me right, gamers on a platform called discord. they were all sworn to secrecy. they couldn t keep it though. what happens now? jennifer griffin is at the pentagon and what she s hearing. chris swecker on the investigation that is just starting. former secretary of state mike pompeo on the damage all of the world this is still creating. and glenn youngkin on part of that damage that he s determined to stop. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. so much to piece together and piece together we shall. beginning with jennifer griffin with how this all went down at the pentagon. jennifer? neil, journalists for the new york times and washington have honed in on the leaker faster than the fbi that arrived at his house in massachusetts this afternoon. the alleged leaker was identified by attorney general merrick garland as 21-year-old jacks teixeira of the 102nd intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national
mitchell reports, president biden in ireland revealing that investigators are closing in on the alleged person responsible for the major intelligence leak. there s a full-blown investigation going on, as you know, with the intelligence community and the justice department they are getting close i m concerned that it happened but there s nothing contemporaneous that i m aware of republican house intelligence committee chairman mike turner joins me this hour, former president trump is back in new york and testifying behind closed doors in a deposition for the state attorney general s $250 million civil probe into his business practices. the justice department is seeking emergency relief from the supreme court after a federal appeals ruling overnight keeping an fda approved abortion pill on the market for now but with many hurdles for many seeking medication abortions good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington a busy news day. new details about one of the lar
party. when you pull out a gun and you start shooting people, we are going to put you in jail. norah: cbs news investigates, our exclusive with the lawyer of the potential irs whistle-blower. and new disclosures about the hunter biden probe. a judge has agreed to delay today s detention hearing for the massachusetts air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents. 21-year-old jack teixeira is being charged under the espionage act. norah: ufo sighting. the new pentagon video. what could the mysterious object be? and the baseball team bringing a special group of kids some major league fun. it was really inspiring. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy wednesday night. tonight, we want to begin right here in washington, where the supreme court has given itself until the end of the week to decide whether the abortion pill that has been used by millions of american women should