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fact, order that operation to take down this chinese spy balloon, and of course this represents a very contentious point now with the chinese, as tensions were already high between the u.s. and china. of course, secretary of state antony blinken postponed his trip to china, ultimately saying due to this spy balloon flying over the united states that it would not have been a productive moment to travel there at the time. but the president today acknowledging that he ordered that operation to take down this spy balloon. v he was on air force 1 as this played out. we ll see what more the white house and pentagon have to say later today. thank you so much. everyone stay put. we re going to take a short break and we ll be right back. d. made from real meat and veggies. portioned for your dog. and delivered right toto your door. it s smarter, healthier pet food.
me. as time went on, i saw the nypd pushing hard changing the relationship between the police and the community. this is when i realized i wanted to be part of the men in blue, better the relationship between the community and the police. joining me are jason rivera s high school english teachers from washington heights expeditionary school where he graduated in to 17, anthony and samantha, thank you for being with us to talk about your former student. anthony, to you first, can you tell us a little bit about him and how the community is reacting? sure. one of the biggest memories i have of jason is his smile. every day he would come in and say how is it going mr. v. he just radiated this kind of positivity to everyone around him. he was an eternal optimist.
place before you have your client plead guilty which essentially what he has done on video at this point. jon: i gather, fred, his defense lawyer argued against him doing it. but he basically says, the defense lawyer says, look, he is taking responsibility for it. hire, this is a good man and he just wants to put all of this out there. i guess that is the best you can do if you re the defense lawyer at this point. nice spin, buddy, good job. because that is pretty much all you have left for you. this is why i let people like ashley do criminal defense than i do it. the only thing worse than clients is no clients. this guy fits right smack in the bill. guaranty told him by the way, buddy, don t shoot your mouth off on it. v. he did it and obviously didn t. he will pay the consequences, is it going to hurt him in court, ashley? maybe, serious, maybe there s a judge who appreciates the honesty and candor here? right. and the prosecution may appreciate that. the victim s family might a
down a peg when it comes to foreign policy and let everyone know there s an alternative point of view and let america know whether sh they should feel comfortable with him or not, knowing he has no direct foreign policy experience which hasn t stopped a lot of leaders we ve had in the past including governor ronald reagan. they named an airport after him. that was an indication because democrats voted for that. i think he s got to make it clear. here s my policy, here s where i m different, and look statsman like at the same time. maybe not being as confrontational with president obama. right. i think we re going to get a little taste right now of the approach that governor romney s going to take tonight because the romney campaign just released a statement, and its entitled we can t afford four more years of obama s foreign policy. the other thing he s got to do tonight. we v he has to simply look presidential. if you watched the first two and if you watched the al smith dinner th