hello and welcome. coming to you live from studio 4 at the cnn center in atlanta, i m michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up on cnn newsroom i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. the u.s. has shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon after it traveled across america for days. recovery efforts now under way. china says the balloon entered u.s. air space by accident, heightening already tense relations between washington and beijing. live in hong kong with the latest from there. it s not the only one. the pentagon says a second balloon is flying over latin america. a report ahead. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. we br to show you the dramatic moment a u.s. sidewinder missile took out the suspected chinese spy balloon that has caused so much havoc this week. the balloon was so high up, nearly 12 miles or 20 kilometers, that it took a few seconds for the shockwave to reach the grou
they say? what s their response? they they say that there s no national security concern. they ve told us that they have properly vetted the fufu corporation and they see no problem with it, which just simply isn t true. well, just two months ago, we again sounded the alarm after the committee on foreign investment said it didn t have jurisdiction to block this mill s construction. let me put this very bluntly. the committee that congress mandated and gave the authority to protect america s national security is allowing a chinese business with ties to beijing. that means the ccp to operate mere miles from an american military installation. was general austin. how about meely? well, tonight, after months of pressure, the ap is reporting just hours ago that the u.s. air force has now told north dakota leaders that full fang s plans do pose a significant threat to national security, prompting city officials to say they ll move to stop the project once and for all. we re
in wisconsin, 22-vote margin, and she got 31,000 votes. those are states that decided the election. that s why investigators are looking at jill stein. it s no surprise the reaction to the russian meddling is polarizing but it doesn t matter whether the investigation goes right or left. these leads need to be run down. so if the committee s doing it, maybe that s a good thing. that s our show. hardball starts now. bad santa. let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews in washington where it was a day of high drama at the capitol. at this hour, we re awaiting a senate vote on the republican tax bill that could come at any time. the house voted this afternoon, passing the bill despite every democrat opposing it, along with 12 republicans.
late today there was a wrinkle. house republicans said they will slightly alter the bill and revote tomorrow to ensure it fits with senate rules that allow it to pass with a simple majority. the senate parliamentarian had rejected
Holmes. we br to show you the dramatic moment a u.s. sidewinder missile took out the suspected chinese spy balloon that has caused so much havoc this week. the balloon was so high up, nearly 12 miles or 20 kilometers, that it took a few seconds for the shockwave to reach the ground, have a listen. the shoot-down happened saturday off the coast of south carolina near myrtle beach. it was a sensational landing to a saga unfolding for days as the giant craft drifted silently above the american heartland. china is loudly protesting, accusing the u.s. of overreacting. beijing continues to insist it was merely a civilian scientific balloon that blew off course. after studying its movements and patterns for several days, pentagon officials say they are confident the lumbering craft was conducting surveillance.
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