It s been 24 hours since the pentagon told us where exactly it is. we re following that, but congressman, let me ask you, because and barr is a colleague of yours on the new chinese committee and talking bipartisan. what are your thoughts as we watch this and track this balloon? first and foremost, the chinese communist party should not be allowed to enter u.s. air space, to break international law and certainly to surveil sensitive sites and there needs to be accountability for that and a proportionate response. i agree with representative barr that we need a sound strategy for competing with the chinese communist party in the 21st century that rises above partisan politics, that s why i am excited as one of the youngest members of congress, as a veteran, to be on this select committee on china so i can work with democrats and republicans to ensure that we outcompete the chinese communist party and protect both american interests and
With the chinese president talking about how they have a great working relationship. was that an appropriate comment while we ve got a chinese spy balloon over american soil and he had not to that moment said anything else on the topic? not at all. it s embarrassing. he s once again projecting weakness and weakness invites aggression. we saw that in ukraine. we need to recognize that weakness will invite aggression with taiwan and even over our own air space. look, this select committee on china is timely, it s needed more than ever before and it need to be bipartisan. this should not be a political issue, it should be a bipartisan issue, but you ve got to think, if this happened, if it was a russian spy balloon over the united states in 2018, president trump would have been impeached over this. we need to come together as a country and confront this in a bipartisan way, but what we need from our president, whether it s a republican or a democrat, is strength. we need deterrents, and
35 minutes after the hour. time for a look at some of our headlines this hour, the chinese spy balloon continues making its way across the united states after it was first spotted hovering in the skies above montana now. you re looking live in myrtle beach, south carolina where it s expected to appear next. we will monitor that as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken now postponing his trip to beijing, attributing the delay to the spy balloon s quote, detrimental effects for anything during his visit. and the pentagon showing another balloon over south america and fueling debate over what actions the u.s. should be ta taking. jacqui: all right, let s now turn to the border where our fox flight team is bringing you images from the rio grande valley. a congressional delegation is
South carolina yet this chinese surveillance balloon. the associated press reporting just now crossing the wires, according to the ap, the biden administration considering options to possibly bring it down over the atlantic and recover the remnants. we ll bring you more as we get it. seeking confirmation on that and as we continue to monitor the skies above myrtle beach, south carolina. earlier today, we heard from president biden after landing in syracuse, new york. listen. the chinese balloon we ll take care of it. griff: we will continue to keeping a close eye on the balloon, bringing you the latest updates as they come. jacqui. jacqui: and also brand new numbers out on the state of american jobs. what they are saying about state of our economy and also, inflation. that s coming up next.
Talk about the strong jobs report not that chinese sp, whe will you remove the balloon? when and how will you remove the balloon, mr. president? the chinese spy balloon had been spotted over charlotte, north carolina a short time ago and flying high over montana, one of the air forces three bases minuteman nuclear missile silos, the same kind of silos that the chinese are building, a stock pile that is expected to double over the next decade. the latest espionage between the nations, and a month ago, that a china plane came close to a plane flying here. and that they stole an underwater drone from the u.s. navy and 2001 u.s. navy ep-3 collided with a chinese fighting jet causing the american plane to go down and