efforts are underway to recover the debris. prior to military action, faa closed the airspace above north and south carolina. the agency calling the move away to support the pentagon in a national security event. fox team coverage, jamail, founder executive director of the national security institute standing by with his reaction. ryan on downplaying the mission. lucas tomlinson live with the latest reaction from president biden. u.s. air force fighter jet that launched from virginia shot down the chinese spy balloon off the coast of south carolina 2:39 p.m. eastern time. president biden spoke about a few hours ago. when i was briefed on the balloon, i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible. damage on the ground, decided the best time was overwater within a 12-mile limit. successfully took it down and i want to complement our aviators who did it. the 12-mile limit the extent of u.s. territorial watters. this video on surfside south carolina near myrtl
that s troubling if that is indeed the case. neil: and we don t know whether that s the case, but what mark esper was telling us, there was an easy time you could have shot down the balloon, they call it a weather balloon, more than gathering temperatures for people, but this is a shot right now over the skies of north carolina, you guessed it, by the map and the map of the united states, that s the last stop before you get to the atlantic ocean and then, what happens is anyone s guess. a lot of people say we shoot it down to see what the technology because lost in the sauce is how big this thing is typically six times of a traditional weather balloon and that it s gone very, very far. some say propelled by wind, others say by things far more advanced which is why some want to take at that look at it. we ll be exploring that with among others, chuck hagel, the former secretary, and mark green, he ll weigh in and many, many more. we re not done with this issue. the impact what
along. dana: it s the brand-new fox news power rankings predicting republicans will win 225 house seats. it would give the gop a seven seat majority. bill: factor in the toss-up seats. many by the way. that margin could grow to as high as 37 as of today. dana: feeling that potential red wave is a lack of enthusiasm for the president and his policies. that is me having the gift of understatement. a new poll shows a mere 13% of americans say the country is on the right track. bill: more than 60% of democrats do not want joe biden as the party s nominee come 2024. dana: we re covering this from washington and we kick it off today. when we talk about the nomination, we have to talk about age. right now president biden is preparing for his trip to the middle east which is controversial in its own right but this trip was originally supposed to be combined with his visit the europe next month. 10 days was considered too taxing for the 79 yeerd. peter baker wrote mr. bide
internationally understand this abroad he will do what he can to smooth over hard feeling withs the saudis and encourage them to loosen the spigot when it comes to oil production at the same time. domestically, though, there s a heavy price to be paid. the price of criticism from both the political left and the right that what he s doing is essentially shuffling over to the saudis hat in hand while tamping down domestic oil production here at home. not exactly a real picnic when you consider he s been critical as rich pointed out as saudis human rights records. quote from the start my aim was to reorient but not rupture relations with a country that s been strategic partner for 80 years. today saudi arabia has help today restore unity among the six counties of the gulf cooperation council. has fully supported the truce in yemen and now working with my experts to help stabilize oil markets with other opec producers, end quote. understandably on capitol hill, you guessed it, go
poll. his age is the top reason. opinion page publishing this. joe biden is too old to be president again. the white house circling the wagons. we aren t going to pay attention to polls. not what we ll do here. we ll focus on is delivering for the american people. bill: the trend lines for the president heading in the wrong direction. approval rating on a downward slide since last year. the biggest concern among americans inflation. it continues to rise crushing americans every time they head out for groceries or gasoline. dana: former trump advisor kellyanne conway standing by. first mark meredith live at the white house. good morning to you. the white house says it is not focused on polling, interest groups and lawmakers running for reelection sure are. as you talked about the recent polling shows the president is facing political head winds here. he insists the country is in better shape than when he took office. the new york times says it its latest survey 64% o