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assisted with the screening of more than 480 homes under the voluntary screening program offered to residents. and no detections of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were identified. we understand the residents are concerned as they should be and they have questions, that s all understandable. and you know, we are going to get to the bottom of this. try and figure out an answer to what occurred. sandra: and answers people are not getting at this hour, which makes for a very interesting white house briefing that is set to take place this hour as health concerns grow in east palestine, ohio, despite the administration s best efforts to assure the public everything is just fine. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: john roberts in washington. it may be friday but a lot of news. america reports, today marks two weeks since the norfolk southern train went off the rails in a small town near ohio s border. testing in the air and water ....
and a peace mission to south sudan the pope makes an unprecedented visit, alongside the leaders of the church of england and church of scotland. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites, appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. a short time ago, this is what president biden said. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible, they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided that the best time to do that was as it got overwater within a 12 mile limit. they successfully took it down, and i want to complement our aviators who did it, and we ll have more to report on a little later. our north america correspondent da ....
visit, alongside the leaders of the church of england and church of scotland. hello to you in the uk, and around the world. in the last few hours, a united states fighterjet has shot down a chinese surveillance balloon which had been spotted over sensitive us military sites, on the orders of president biden. three airports on the east coast were closed in preparation for the operation. beijing has tried to calm the diplomatic row about the balloon, insisting it was gathering weather data and wasn t being used for spying. a short time ago, this is what president biden said. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible, they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided that the best time to do that was as it got overwater within a 12 mile limit. they successfully took it down, and i want to complement our aviators who did it, and we ll have more to report on a little later. our north america correspondent david willis has been giving u ....
let s go the white house on the breaking news. lucas tomlinson, i understand you have new reporting the share. lucas: that s right, senior official confirms that the u.s. government is weighing options on how to shoot down this chinese spy balloon when it crosses the atlantic, safely off the coast of the united states. now earlier in syracuse president biden was asked to do on the balloon and he said all options are on the table and this is what he said exactly. the chinese balloon we will take care of it. lucas: this morning former defense secretary chuck served under barack obama said this balloon should be brought down gently to exploit it. we don t know what the pentagon is going to do and what the president will ultimately decide and once it gets out over open waters i d be surprised if we would allow this balloon just to float back to china. lucas: both countries spawn each other, of course, just over a month ago the pentagon says fighter jet came to ameri ....
as high as commercial aircraft but lower than surveillance satellites. the size of three buses. two flights were diverted for safety. military leaders considered but ultimately decided against wthe president s decision to shoot it down. but the idea that was under conversation shows how seriously u.s. officials and the president were taking the idea of a chinese spy balloon floating over the u.s. you mentioned what it was flying over. right. montana. the air base, has icbms there. something that china would naturally be interested in taking a closer look at. it happened before? it happened over u.s. territory before. here is something i want to note in terms of surveillance capabilities. this was not a big jump in what china is able to do. why? because china is flying spy satellites over the u.s. after 90 minutes as they orbit the earth and they have at least equal surveillance capabilities. they are highly advanced. in terms of what china could gather from this ....