michigan. we do know that object was shot down by an f-16. norad s commander says they aren t calling that object a balloon because they re not able to say right now how that object was able to stay in the air. the uncertainty is escalating the war of words between the united states and china. china claims the united states has been flying balloons over chinese airspace without permission. that s an argument admiral john kirby flatly denied earlier. not true. not doing it. that s absolutely not true. we or not flying balloons over china. also this week, over a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, rescue crews are amazingly still finding survivors in the rubble this morning, but the devastation is immense, spanning the area nearly the size of texas, and the number of people confirmed dead is now more than 35,000. in moments i ll be talking with former arizona senator jeff flake, now the ambassador to turkey about how the u.s. is helping people there.
katy tur, welcome to katy tur reports at 3:00 p.m. eastern. we know that three more objects were shot down over american and canadian airspace over the weekend. what we do know not know is what exactly all of those objects were, what they were doing, and who sent them. we also don t know if we re just seeing more of them because we re looking more closely. these are answerable questions and the white house just tried to fill in some of those blanks, speaking from the podium and the white house briefing room a moment ago, national security council spokesperson john kirby told reporters the intel community is assessing. as of now, it does not look like these additional objects were conducting surveillance. they weren t maneuverable. there was no propulsion, and they were not manned. as to who sent them, that is still unclear. but kirby did begin the briefing by calling out china. china has a high altitude balloon program for intelligence collection that s connected to the peo
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Revenge and payback for a fight leads to a shooting and death on the University of New Mexico campus. On Thursday, the last suspect in the attack carried out on a New Mexico State University basketball player pled guilty. Basketball player Mike Peake was armed and it led to the shooting that […]