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that would come. and it was handled appropriately. and we are now getting a clearer picture of exactly how the u.s. response played out, at last saturday the balloon was first detected in alaska. on tuesday, it relented continental u.s. airspace, which is when the president asked for military options on wednesday, the president ordered the military to take out the balloon as soon as practicable. on friday, the president was briefed on an execution plan, and on saturday the balloon was shot down. now, the balloons eight-day track is sparking debate and political finger-pointing on capitol hill over the administration s approach. listen here. clearly this was an attempt by china to gather information to defeat our command and control, are sensitive mission weapon sites, and that certainly is an urgency that this administration does not recognize. the president and united states military did what they did, that is my opinion, very just and very defensible. so the pre ....
Try to find out what happened. he said, quote, and hopefully non political way. he did go on to criticize republicans for jumping to what he said was, quote, premature conclusions. he said he has had regular briefings from military personnel on the operation that occurred. i want you to take a listen to what a republican, marco rubio, the top republican on the intelligence committee had to say earlier today. watch. act swiftly on these things. i think that is part of one of the things that the chinese are trying to message is that the u.s. had to see this coming, and they decided they couldn t or wouldn t do anything about it early on. if we were to do that, if we were to fly a balloon over china, if the goodyear blimp through over china, they would shoot it down. it sounds simple, i suppose if you don t think about it for more than a second. though the concern, of course, is how do you do it in a way that absolutely minimizes the danger to american lives on the ground and any kind ....
And the kind of thing that you are hearing on sunday morning talk shows. you certainly are hearing it and you are hearing about the headlines of this chinese outrage now condemning the u.s. actions, especially as reported. now the balloon, their balloon, floated over the entire continental united states. do you think that this outrage is unwarranted or, rich, really given the circumstances from china? by the chinese? yeah. it s hard to imagine that they can plausibly complain, how dare you shoot down our spy balloon over your territory? that s pretty rich, as you say. no bill taken very seriously, outside of beijing. probably not even many people there. but it is their way of being aggressive, rather than defensive. apologizing rather than taking responsibility for their actions. rather than trying to seek any redress on their part for the violation of american airspace. they choose to go on the offense. that s pretty typical strategy by beijing. ....
And the former head of the joint chief mike millen addressed this, let s hear what he had to say. it is whether the right-hand knew with a left hand was doing inside china. the meeting was attempting to put a floor between the relationship because things have deteriorated to such a bad point, we have had staff talk since that time, and clearly this puts a big dent in the moving of that forward in a constructive way. so this was not an accident, this was deliberate, it was intelligence, and we need to do two things. we need to sort out all of the details of that. more importantly, we need to make sure we can get this relationship moving in the right direction. so, there you have him saying, did the right hand know what the left hand was doing? and i think that is really key question. also, the u.s. is now gathering up the debris and examining that and that will also indicate exactly what that balloon was doing, but on the side of the chinese they are ....
Headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports, i am cory coffin in for alex. developing at this hour, a diplomatic crisis is deepening this weekend after the u.s. military shot down a chinese spy balloon. in operation is now underway to recover the debris after an f 22 fighter jet took down the balloon, six nautical miles off the carolina coast. china is protesting the move and saying it reserves the right to make further necessary responses. today, biden ministration defending its actions. when the president called for this to be dealt with in a way that balanced all of the different risks, that is exactly what happened. as the u.s. has communicated, it is not acceptable at all that china sent this object into our airspace. but in terms of how to handle it, that is something that was done based on assessment of the risks, making sure that there was no risk that outweighed the risks in terms of any damage ....