ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible. they decided without doing any damage to anyone on the ground, they decided that the best time to do that was out over the water within our, within a 12-mile limit. they successfully took it down. maria: but at what cost? coming up, the new chairman of the house select committee on china, wisconsin congressman, former marine mike gallagher, also a member of the house armed services and intelligence committees on how much damage has been done in one week after the secretary of state anthony blinken initially suggests just canceling his trip was enough of a response from america. it s a violation of our sovereignty, it s a violation of international law. and it was very important that we, of course, take the actions we did to protect any sensitive information, to protect our people and to make clear to china that, again, this is an unacceptable as well as irresponsible action. maria: then the surveillance balloon s
prosecutors to start probing those with access to his laptop and use it to pedal stories to the press. this is the same laptop that hunter left in a delaware repair shop. the same laptop that prompted twitter to block distribution of the new york post scoop on its existence. the same laptop that much of the media once dismissed as russian disinformation. i doubt hunter biden s request for information will go anywhere but he s making himself a bigger story and a bigger media target. i m howard kurtz and this is media gleet buzz. howard: we ll look at what s fueled the media uproar over the chinese spy balloon that spy jets shot down yesterday. it was instantaneous after the washington post had hard hitting faze for hunter biden. it s his laptop, which we ve been telling people for more than two this is the first time hunter biden said, okay, it was my laptop, essentially; right? hunter came out last night and said, daddy, they stole my laptop. he demanded daddy s justice
decorating in general. we covered up the pool. it makes me sad. i hate leaving similar. but this is summer but this is gorgeous. we re going to get out there. pete: brought to us by our friends another steel. see the centerpiece, will. will: i do. rachel: my husband was sponsored. lumberjacks. pete: his team or individually? rachel: there s a lot of steel products when you re the lumberjacks. pete: don t doubt that. rachel: the sound of a chain saw is like the sound track of my life. pete: that s a great life sound track. rachel: i m not kidding, when i hear that sound, i think of my husband. pete: i recently bought a chain saw. will: oh, no. rachel: he s buying all the manly products. pete: here s why it s not manly and i bought a manly chain saw on instagram and it s battery powered. will: some of my buddies have been trying to sell me on the battery powered. mini chain saw and a little fire request with a quick buzz. rachel: it s not manly. you want your husband to put o