the balloon had been flying over the country and parts of canada for more than a week prompting secretary of state tony blinken to postpone a planned trip to beijing. welcome to fox news live, i m miken manuel. the balloon was shot by f-22 fighter jet and raising questions about u.s.-china relations. we have fox team coverage with alexandria hoff, charles watson in surf side beach, south carolina and lucas tomlinson on the north lawn of the white house. lucas, let s start off with you. good afternoon. lucas: the u.s. navy dispatched 3 warships and salvage team to combwaters, records spread 7 miles and 47 feet of water. tom cotton say it is chinese spy balloon was a trial balloon for president biden. the president was paralyzed the entire week by a balloon. we should have shot the balloon down over the illusion islands. we should never have allowed to transit the entire continental united states. that incident had not been previously reported until today the pentagon 3 other
the president absolute was involved in this decision. he ordered it at the recommendation of pentagon leaders. he wanted it taken down and they did that. space i would try to glean the low down the chute on second object taken down over our airspace in less than a week for this time our reaction is a whole lot different whole lot quicker. here s at least we know for the time being. the threat to civilian flight was pretty clear given the altitude the thing was flying at. that is why the president ordered it shot down. but, this is what we still do not know, where did it come from and why did it take a reporter asking about it for us to hear about it fully 11 minutes into a white house press conference. questions will be asked of the top republican on the armed services committee. key democrat on the senate foreign relations committee tim kaine. they are both here and how will our relationship would try to play out in the 2024 campaign? maybe it already is. new hampshire repub
you. and the letter that was sent to the ap board says, listen, we dismiss this as presented. in the future, if the college board would like to work with us on something that would meet our criteria, we d be happy to consider it again. from what i was told anderson and bakari, this was declined because it sought to teach critical race theory which are violative of the april 2022 law governor san tis signed, this antiwoke act. the syllabus is pretty dense, and i m telling you what the reason was. the state of florida, governor desantis said they believe in education, not indoctrination. bakari, what do you make of that? it s ridiculous. i have a great deal of respect for david urban. we just got done celebrating martin luther king s birthday and you have individuals who say these famous quotes by king but they don t even know who he was because we don t teach the history correctly. people whitewash his legacy. they don t talk about the fact he was a revolutionary, that he wa
Of three major universities this is the first hearing since a wave of protests erupted at campuses across america. That are short time from now, officials in louisville will update their investigation at the Scottie Schefflers arrest. Theyre expected to release new video of the incident last week involving the worlds number one golfer hello, im will blitzer in washington and year in the cnn newsroom any minute now, the Us Department of justice unveils a Groundbreaking Antitrust Lawsuit against live nation. Thats the Parent Company of ticketmaster. The suit alleges live nation abused its Industry Dominance for years to stifle competition at to harm concertgoers this was on full display, apparently back in 2022 when a Ticket Master Glitch blocked millions of fans for Buying Tickets to taylor swifts eris tour that incident led lawmakers to demand answers from Company Executives last year at a congressional hearing. It also fueled by administration, socalled War On Junk Fees n this anti re
Too, when you dont get the answer you want, you reask the same question. Youre more amazing, and stalling, racking your brain, wait a minute, i had this down as a yes and now hes giving me an i dont know. You ask the same question again, if nothing else, you bought yourself eight seconds to figure out where youre going to go next. You can see that in the transcript, when he asks the same question again, he was surprised with the answer Michael Cohen gave him. You cant write your questions in stone because youre dealing with someone who on every question is trying to throw it back in your face. You have to be able to do improv. I want to say thank you so much for joining us this morning. Its the top of the hour, and give a quick reset for viewers who may be joining us now. Michael cohen back on the stand. Day three of crossexamination. He has been testifying before jurors for about an hour and a half this morning and todd blanche asking questions that ultimately go to his credibility an