last few days is they were able to collect intelligence about the way the balloon was transmitting information, for example, and other ways about how it maneuvered. ultimately we re told that the administration doesn t believe it was able to gather that much intelligence at all because the specifications were not all that sophisticated, no more sophisticated than the satellites the chinese have hovering in orbit as we speak. the issue with the satellites is they do not stay in one place for as long as a balloon can. a balloon can loiter for a much longer period of time as it did over montana, for example. the officials we spoke to said there are with steps taken to cover up certain areas, to make sure no unencrypted communications were happening in the vicinity of the balloon and minimize the ability of the balloon to collect intel. one detail we learned today is that the u.s. military actually doesn t have the capability on a day-to-day basis to collect intelligence on thing
authorization to collect intelligence on this balloon while it was over the united states, jake. anew, house republicans are discussing whether or not they should pass a resolution to condemn the biden administration s handling of the balloon entering and traveling across u.s. airspace for days. biden says the pentagon warned him shooting it down over land posed a real risk to americans. what s the real risk you re hearing from republican lawmakers? reporter: republicans are saying the president pould have acted sooner and they should have taken steps to shoot down the balloon. senate republican leader yesterday said it defies belief to suggest there was nowhere between the aleutian islands of alaska and the coast of carolina where the balloon could have been shot down to avoid endangering american lives. senator chuck schumer says those criticisms are premature and political. there s hope among the democratic leaders and republican leaders that there will be more information comin