know right now. neil: a lot we don t know right now. the white house defending their decision to shoot down three more aerial objects. that makes four in eight days. but we actually know little more this day. this pressure is growing and growing a lot on the president to address the issue himself and in person head on. so far that s a no-go. we ve got fox team coverage with jacqui heinrich at the white house on if the administration is lowing the bar on future shoot downs. jennifer griffin at the pentagon on defense secretary lloyd austin speaking up and the chairman of the house intelligence committee, mike turner, on what he wants to hear about possible future shootdowns and where we go from here. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. jacqui heinrich has more. we heard again today a potential risk to civilian aircraft factored in to the president s decision to take down these three objects that were shot down since friday. since the u.s. is has upped its radar capabili
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u.s. of flying similar devices over china. the white house emphatically denied the claims. neil: thanks, jacqui. let s go to jennifer griffin. we did later from the defense secretary, lloyd austin, on all of this. jennifer, what did hi have to say? the pentagon says the opens that they shot down this weekend over north america are very different in nature than the chinese spy balloon shot down off of the coast of south carolina. i want to reassure americans that these objects do not present a military threat to anyone on the ground. they do present a risk to civil aviation and potentially an intelligence collection threat. we ll get to the bottom of it. martha: the white house, national security spokesman john kirby shut down a growing rumor about the objects that have entered u.s. airspace. i don t think the american people need to worry about
that china or russia may have technology that outpaces the u.s. military. while the threat may not come from outer space, intelligence analysts say the incursions are a wake-up call to everyday americans. people have to understand, china is in a direct conflict with the united states. it s certainly not to the level of war at this point but there s conflict. we have to get over this idea of shock every time one of these things happen. there s less shock that well, it s happening again congress got serious about tracking ufos last spring. lawmakers the government demand documenting ufos. the pentagon scoffed at pilots reported the unexplained. neil? neil: thanks, chad. chad pergram. let s go to congressman glen ivy of maryland. the democrat that sits on the house homeland security committee. congressman, thanks very much for taking the time.
know right now. neil: a lot we don t know right now. the white house defending their decision to shoot down three more aerial objects. that makes four in eight days. but we actually know little more this day. this pressure is growing and growing a lot on the president to address the issue himself and in person head on. so far that s a no-go. we ve got fox team coverage with jacqui heinrich at the white house on if the administration is lowing the bar on future shoot downs. jennifer griffin at the pentagon on defense secretary lloyd austin speaking up and the chairman of the house intelligence committee, mike turner, on what he wants to hear about possible future shootdowns and where we go from here. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. jacqui heinrich has more. we heard again today a potential risk to civilian