i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. fighter jets have shot down an object in u.s. air space. on friday president biden gave the order to shoot down a high altitude object hovering ten m miles off the coast of alaska. last saturday fighter jets shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon in the atlantic ocean after flying across the entire country. j joining me now to discuss is retired air force lieutenant general, he was the first chief of intelligence, surveillance and he s a fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours. he was the principle attack planner by operation desert storm commander of no-fly operations over iraq in the 90s. these days he s the dean of the mitchell institute for aerospace studies. general, thank you for coming back to the program. so what is norad s responsibility and the framework through which it determines a course of action? well, michael, it s good to see you again 37 it s been quite a week for the commander of north american air defen
i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. for the second time in less than a week, u.s. fighter jets have shot down an object in u.s. airspace. on friday president biden gave the order to shoot down a, quote, high altitude object hovering ten miles off the coast of alaska. of course, last saturday fighter jets shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon in the atlantic ocean after flying across the entire country. joining me to discuss the retired air force lieutenant general, the air force s first chief of intelligence, surveillance and reconnoissance. he s a fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours. he was the principal attack planner for the operation desert storm air campaign, commander of no fly operations over iraq and served on two congressional commissions focused on america s future defense strategy. these days he s the dean of aerospace studies. so what is norad s responsibility and what s the framework through which it determines a course of action? well, mich
at the very least, it s of course there s a lot of court intrigue going on in american politics and a small percentage is public. one day you wake up and kamala harris is the vice president. how did that happen, you wonder? nobody will say. you can be sure there s a story there. here s the latest example of unexplained weirdness in the news. mike pence of all people has swooped in to save joe biden. yes, mike pence. a man so pure he won t have dinner with ladies not his wife. mike pence had secret documents in his house just like joe biden. bet you didn t see that coming. it wasn t so long ago that pence was on television who said he was sure he had no classified documents in his possession. then he sent his personal attorney to search his home in carmel, indiana for classified documents. if he didn t think he had classified documents, why would he send his lawyer to look for them? it s entirely possible and likely that mike pence was asked to to this by federal prosecutors w
in a dispute over legal aid funding despite warnings of misconduct disciplinary proceedings if they don t turn up to work. major us companies including disney and jp morgan tell staff they ll cover employee travel expenses for abortions after a landmark ruling by the supreme court banned them. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in central england and damaged at least three others. obviously that is really sad and tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, notjust for the local community but especially the family and friends of the individuals who have been affected by this. and we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament gets under way. big names on courts today include novak djokovic, andy murray and emma raducanu. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky is addressing g7 leaders in bavaria by video li