could perjury charges follow. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. welcome to early start. we begin with what may be a clue that could help solve the mystery of one of those unidentified objects shot down by the u.s. military. a group of amateur balloonists says one of its small balloons is missing in action, its last reported location right over alaska on sunday the same day fighter jets downed three unidentified objects, one in that same region of alaska. the northern illinois bottle cap balloon brigade is not blaming the u.s. government for taking out its 32 inch balloon, but here is what president biden said yesterday. intelligence community s current assessment is that they were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research. jasmine wright is joining me live from washington. what else is the white house saying about balloons? reporter: the p
united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn newsroom make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. to see that i couldn t stop it, it was the worst thing. they were like my kids. we will go through this process with the citizens of east palestine for as long as it takes. just happened to hit some good shots finally and made a couple putts. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, february 17th. in washington, d.c., u.s. president biden is finally speaking publicly about those unidentified objects shot out of the sky by the military. he says nothing suggests these objects are related to china s spy balloon program or that they were surveillance objects from any other country. it is important to note the u.s. has not been able to recover any of the debris because of the remote locations and severe weather. phil mattingly r