china is upset because the u.s. shot down a spy balloon, our next guest is no stranger to china, chinese president xi jinping allegedly tried to get him fired, mike pompeo, author of a very successful book. never give an inch: fighting for the america i love. a weather balloon off course is what china said. what do you make of the spying their excuse, our reaction. thank you. no weather balloon, properly a spy balloon that was a trial balloon to figure out how u.s. would respond. i m glad they shot it down. it was probably handful of days too late. they probably got all collection they needed for the first few days. this is part of a bigger challenge. with taiwan. tiktok espionage in our country of day. you remember during our administration, i directed and president ordered the closure of chinese consulate in houston, texas, largest. weakness of america is inviting more aggression. trey: for those who were never the director of cia. i think these are our questions, when
china which was scheduled for this weekend. as lawmakers react to the incident here at home, senate majority leader chuck schumer says the entire senate will receive a classified briefing on china february 15th. charles watson is live on the south carolina coast near where debris from the spy flight rained down. also standing by, congressman ryan zinke, who represents montana where that flight was respondented lingering over a nuclear silo field. first though, lucas tomlin stomp s live at the white house. reporter: moments ago, the u.s. military issued a statement that the u.s. navy has begun recovery operations off the coast of south carolina. they are combing waters about 7 miles wide and 47 feet deep. now, earlier on fox news sunday senator tom cotton says that spy ballooning should have been shot down when it crossed over the aleutian islands which is u.s. air space in alaska. what began as a spy balloon has become a trial balloon testing president biden s strength an
bring him out. he is on the road to recovery. that is how fox reports sunday february 5 of 2023. i am jon scott, thank you for spending part of your evening with us, we ll see you next we week. trey: good evening thank you for joining us, i m trey gowdy, set sunday night in america. tensions are rising between the world s two super powers, a chinese spy balloon was shot down off of the coast of south carolina this weekend. u.s. postponed a scheduled visit to china by secretary of state tony blinken.