hunt is live with us with the breaking news. good evening, trace. we learned the balloon is just one of a fleet operated by the chinese military. with a significant game of spying on the u.s. in this game, many other countries in many other cases and the balloon shot down by a u.s. fighter jet on saturday was laden with sophisticated equipment to gather intelligence and possibly to transmit that intelligence directly to beijing. the tool package, the equipment package on that balloon, was enormous. we were not able to jam the transmissions. we don t know the extent of the program. as the u.s. navy continues to collect debris from the waters off south carolina where the balloon was brought down, it s emerged that some of the recovered parts were western made and had english writing on them. officials have not pickly name the manufacturer of those parts, but they have said they believe that manufacturer has a direct relationship with the people s liberation army of china.
capital city of kyiv. good afternoon, everybody. i m yasmin vossoughian in for hallie jackson. i want to get right to capitol hill with our reporters. and we re joined by former alabama senator doug jones. so bring us up to date as to what we know as we learn about this emergency testimony we ll be hearing tomorrow. reporter: yasmin, it s fair to say we have more questions than answers. in will be a hearing tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m. which they will present evidence and witness testimony. they don t elaborate who this witness is, why it s so significant that they re rushing it, why they are bringing the committee back from a planned recess to hold this hearing and get this information out. we don t know the answer to those questions. that s why it s that s why it seems a significant departure from the committee s protocol which they announce the witnesses well in advance. a source telling our colleagues that new evidence is coming to light on an almost daily basis. t