i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. for the second time in less than a week, u.s. fighter jets have shot down an object in u.s. airspace. on friday president biden gave the order to shoot down a, quote, high altitude object hovering ten miles off the coast of alaska. of course, last saturday fighter jets shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon in the atlantic ocean after flying across the entire country. joining me to discuss the retired air force lieutenant general, the air force s first chief of intelligence, surveillance and reconnoissance. he s a fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours. he was the principal attack planner for the operation desert storm air campaign, commander of no fly operations over iraq and served on two congressional commissions focused on america s future defense strategy. these days he s the dean of aerospace studies. so what is norad s responsibility and what s the framework through which it determines a course of action? well, mich
american dream and what s left of it and to salvage what you can. and this is happening, you know, sporadically around the area. and, look, there are decisions that need to be made. there are short-term decisions and long-term, but sanibel, the causeway is down. you can t get there by car. so if you re going to be on sanibel island, you have to go back and forth by boat. for a long time. exactly. and that that bridge is going to take we were thinking, like, how could they put metal plates? but it is broken in so many places, it is going to be that way for a long time. i should mention, though, there is a community called babcock branch in charlotte county that is all solar. they have this solar ray, all of it survived the storm. minimal damage, full power. and so as we talk about the future, about rebuilding, and the resilience of living on the coast, wouldn t it be nice to not have to wait in a gasl line and have air conditioning and light and information right now
hello and welcome to bbc news. more than 250 million people are facing life threatening conditions as plunging temperatures, blizzards and icy winds grip much of the united states and canada. 19 people have been killed so far. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. the storm extends from quebec to texas. sancha berg reports. a blinding snowstorm in buffalo. this is what zero visibility looks like. driving was banned. no planes could land or take off. this northern part of new york state has been hit hard by the bomb cyclone, an enormous winter storm. while further south, there have been floods. we have had ice, flooding, snow, freezing temperatures and everything that mother nature could wallop at us with this weekend. the storm had already swept across the country forcing traffic off the road, bringing down power lines, with temperatures so low, getting stranded can be life threatening, as residents of midwestern states know well. don t
santa claus is coming to town, but where is he at the moment? we ll speak to the team tracking his movements on this programme. tens of millions of north americans are facing blizzards, power cuts and cancelled travel plans at the start of the christmas holidays. much of the united states and canada is in the grip of a fierce winter storm. 19 people have been killed so far. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of 45 celsius. the storm extends from quebec to texas. sancha berg reports. a blinding snowstorm in buffalo. this is what zero visibility looks like. driving was banned. no planes could land or take off. this northern part of new york state has been hit hard by the bomb cyclone, an enormous winter storm. while further south, there have been floods. we have had ice, flooding, snow, freezing temperatures and everything that mother nature could wallop at us with this weekend. the storm had already swept across the country forcing traffic off the road,
faced with delays and cancellations look at these numbers and they will get higher heading to the fourth of july. passengers are just trying to deal with it and get through it. they say this. i have a five-hour layover. i got to la guardia airport at new york in 6:00 a.m. to find out that my 8:00 fight was cancelled. even with the delays, they worked with us. we had no problems. oh, boy. this person is way more patient than i would be. the pilots are out in force and protesting today. they say they are stretched way too thin, that even that flights are being put in place, that they know they don t have pilots for. then there s this concern. listen closely. they re trying to fly airplanes without pilots available. they re pilot pushing and narrowing the margin of safety. martha: that does and sound good. where is the secretary of transportation in this? he announced a $1 billion pilot program for road equity. his office says they re doing things to make sure pe