Security concerns for days. Most of the wreckage is believes to be sitting in 47 feet of water at this hour. Lets go now to oren at the pentagon. Do we think we might have get an update this evening as to whether or not they have been able to secure that wreckage and retrieve it . Theyll put a perimeter around it with navy and coast guard assets that were in the area. Whether they can retrieve it tonight or tomorrow, thats a different question. 47 feet of water according to a Senior Defense official, so not that deep, but still its a question of whats left, whats down there and what shape is it in and how do you bring it up without damaging it further. Salvage vessel is on the way. It might not be there in time to do it tonight, but it will get there as quickly as possible to begin. Why is that so important . Because the pentagon has said repeatedly this was a chinese Surveillance Balloon that had the ability to maneuver, loiter. And because of that, theres information they want to gle
security concerns for days. most of the wreckage is believes to be sitting in 47 feet of water at this hour. let s go now to oren at the pentagon. do we think we might have get an update this evening as to whether or not they have been able to secure that wreckage and retrieve it? they ll put a perimeter around it with navy and coast guard assets that were in the area. whether they can retrieve it tonight or tomorrow, that s a different question. 47 feet of water according to a senior defense official, so not that deep, but still it s a question of what s left, what s down there and what shape is it in and how do you bring it up without damaging it further. salvage vessel is on the way. it might not be there in time to do it tonight, but it will get there as quickly as possible to begin. why is that so important? because the pentagon has said repeatedly this was a chinese surveillance balloon that had the ability to maneuver, loiter. and because of that, there s information
Payload of a length of three schoolbuses falling apart and creating a debris field. so the decision was made to shoot it down once it was off the coast. it was f-22 launch out of langley air force base that fired an a-9 side winder missile that s a fairly short range weapon. so they had to get up close. the pentagon says the jets were about 28,000 feet. the balloon, between 60 and 65,000 feet. it was one shot, one kill for the balloon. thank you very much. let s go to arlette sciaenz fors at the white house. busy saturday afternoon. what are we hearing from the president? he was very emphatic this afternoon to make it clear he issued this order on wednesday. i thought that was interesting. yeah, jim. president biden really trying to lay out the timeline for when this decision was made, saying he told his military leaders to shoot down that plane as soon as
Fighting. they shell everything, he tells us. schoolbuses. the red cross. anything that moves. so why do you do this work? i love my town and i can t leave it, he says. i can t leave the people here. somebody needs to help people. he s hoping the rain provides some let up in the relentless artillery. it s better for us, but it s worse for the road, he says. you can t see the potholes and the shrapnel from the shells. he arrives at the village on the outskirts of pa pasna. anatolli is being evacuated with his son, vladimir. a neighbor shouts at us to show what the rusisians have done. those who stay here now are completely cut off from basic services. so there s no electricity here. no water at all and you can see they re actually collecting
Ed lavandera is in arlington, texas. has everything been evacuated from the school? it looks like investigators an police here at the scene at the school, which is part of the mansfield independent school district, but inside the city of arlington, in that process is beginning to unfold. you can see there in the distance behind these police vehicles and s.w.a.t. vehicles, there s a fleet of yellow schoolbuses here. what we were told is that as investigators and first responders here have been going through the school securing the scene, making sure no one else was involved in the shooting and searching the school, that those students would begin the process of being escorted out of the building. they re going to be put on those schoolbuses, taken to a nearby performing arts center and then they can reunite with family members. that s where they ve asked parents and family to wait for these students to be cleared from the school, but as you