dialed in they were listening in and american officials believe the spy balloon was tuned into u.s. conversations. president biden is down playing the entire episode. president biden: it is not a measurable breach. it is a violation of national law. or airspace. we can do what we want with it once it s there. the balloon had multiple antenna to eavesdrop and soak up information. the government wants to know exactly what the chinese heard. until we actually have the hardware that was on that balloon we can t say for sure. we can take educated guesses of it. we can t know for sure. that s why we should have shot it down as soon as it was approaching alaska, china should not be able to send air ships into our airspace. upset lawmakers pressed officials about what the balloon was doing and why the u.s. held off for so long before shooting down the balloon. you can just say yes or no. you don t need to get into specifics. did we know what they were trying to collect, yes
conversation, equipped with antennas, solar panels and all gathering intel and monitoring communications. why did the administration allow it to hover over sensitive military sites? the senate panel got this answer to that question yesterday. one of the things i think that is different from our country than you can look at historical examples is we think before we shoot and in this case we thought before we shot. neither side of the aisle seemed to be satisfied with that. listen. as an alaskan i am so angry. i want to use other words, but i am not going to. this administration owes americans answers not only on what happened this past week but on what steps they will take to insure this never happens again. the truth is, we think we know what they were going to collect. we don t know. that scares the hell out of me. we get more information by the hour now about what exactly these spy craft capabilities are. president biden, though, said he is no longer concerned
Thank you so much. are you rooting for anyone in particular? mike: i m a giants fan. i can t root for philadelphia. i say kansas city. dana: i have friends for both but i feel like because of jess watters, our great producer, i m going to go with the eagles. i know will be disappointing to a lot of new yorkers and i don t know what i m talking about anyway so it doesn t matter. we did plan for this. gillian turner is in for harris, the faulkner focus is up next. officials told senators in a classified briefing the spy craft had english words written on some of its part hinting they may have been western made. this is the faulkner focus and i m gillian turner in for harris in washington today. officials say the spy craft was listening in on america s