watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, recovery efforts are underway after the u.s. military shot down a suspected spy balloon over the atlantic ocean. meanwhile beijing is warning it will use necessary steps in similar situations. could this push the u.s. toward a cold war with china or will both sides find a diplomatic solution? after days of suspected spying over the u.s. mainland, a chinese balloon was abruptly shot out of the sky on saturday by a u.s. fighter jet. the balloon was so high up when it was destroyed, the sound of the blast took several seconds to reach the ground. listen to this. and the shoot-down ended days of concern and speculation about the balloon s purpose. chinese insist it was a balloon. the u.s. is confident it was conducting a survey over the ocean and the u.s. issued a fighter jet with heat-seeking missile to destroy it. the debris landed in water that s about 47 feet
following new details about that chinese spy balloon traveling across the country. new video into the cnn newsroom showing the balloon now hovering over asheville, and charlotte, north carolina in the last hour. and it could make it out to sea at any moment. the balloon was first spotted over montana on wednesday. china claims it s a civilian research vessel that blew offcourse, but the u.s. isn t buying that, calling the balloon s flight over u.s. soil an irresponsible act. secretary of state antony blinken postponing a planned trip to beijing in response. cnn s oren liebermann is at pentagon for us. oren, officials say the balloon doesn t currently seem to present a threat, but why is the pentagon also preceding with caution on it? reporter: so the pentagon has said for now that it will not be shooting this down, because of the risks from two different perspectives, first there s the risk to what s below, blow something up at 60,000 feet and that could be scattered over q
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the tennessee two is down to one. john berman here in for anderson. late today, officials in nashville voted to reinstate justin jones, one of the two lawmakers expelled from the statehouse. last week. the second justin j. pearson of memphis, joins us shortly. and the third lawmaker who was not sanctioned, took part in a protest against gun violence in the wake of the covenant school, mass murder just a few miles from the statehouse, jones and pearson s expulsion for violating decorum, essentially talking out of turn sparked local protests and international outcry. now in a horrible turn of events, people in neighboring kentucky are living through a mass shooting of their own, and we will have a live report in louisville just ahead. first though cnn s ryan young in nashville for us tonight, and ryan, you spoke to representative jones after he was reappointed. so what did he tell you? john, this was amazing to see we saw it all play out right there in front of us, not only fro
is down to one john berman here in for anderson. late today, officials in nashville voted to reinstate justin jones, one of the two lawmakers expelled from the statehouse. last week. the second justin j. pearson of memphis, joins us shortly. and the third lawmaker who was not sanctioned, took part in a protest against gun violence in the wake of the covenant school, mass murder just a few miles from the statehouse, jones and pearson s expulsion for violating decorum, essentially talking out of turn sparked local protests and international outcry. now in a horrible turn of events, people in neighboring kentucky are living through a mass shooting of their own, and we will have a live report in louisville just ahead. first though cnn s ryan young in nashville for us tonight, and ryan, you spoke to representative jones after he was reappointed. so what did he tell you? john this was amazing to see we saw it all play out right there in front of us, not only from city council and t