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we begin with the recovery efforts under way off the south carolina coastline following that dramatic takedown of a suspected chinese spy balloon yesterday. the u.s. military blasting the balloon out of the sky after it drifted over the atlantic near myrtle beach. president biden saying he ordered the military to take it down on wednesday. now, efforts are under way to recover the debris and analyze it to find out what it may have been doing as it drifted across the u.s. over the last few days. chinese is accusing the u.s. of overreacting. we re covering this from all angles from the nation s capital to the coast where the balloon was shot down. let s start with diane gallagher in surfside beach, south carolina, where the recovery operation is under way, even though the conditions right now are allwful. what are you hearing about the search and recovery efforts of the debris? reporter: the weather not exactly clear as it was yesterday when everybody here in the myrtle ....
Around where it fell which would make the recovery fairly easy. when we re talking about just how large this area is, we re told that debris is scattered around a seven-mile area in the ocean. once the recovery vessel has arrived, we re going to see navy divers and these unmanned vessels that can lift the structure out and put it onto that ship. on that ship are also going to be intelligence officials and fbi, so they can take a look at the debris and bring it back to quantico to further steudy it. they re not sure on the timeline there, and there s going to be a continuous recovery effort until they re able to do so. here in the myrtle beach and surfside beach area, the cities have told people who might be combing the beach, if you find something that you think might have come from that balloon, ....