1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,640 Speaker 1: Well, we got a lot of balloons coming our way, 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: and that just now seems to me like it's a 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: normal thing that there's balloons, spy balloons that are coming 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: from all over the world. We had more spy balloons 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: that were shot down, more spy balloons or as they 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: describe them, unidentified objects. This happening on Super Bowl Sunday. 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: Another one. The US shot down another object over Laker 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: on fourth in eight days. Republicans are now demanding answers, 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: as they should now. The question that I know many 10 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: of you were going to want to be answered is 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: the same question that I've been wanting an answer to. 12 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: Is this new or has this been happening all along 13 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,599 Speaker 1: and we're just now finding out about it they're just 14 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:55,279 Speaker 1: now telling us about it. Or is our government so 15 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: incompetent that the people have been doing this for a 16 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: long time and we didn't know about it because they 17 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: weren't looking for these balloons. There are a lot of 18 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: scenarios here, So let me tell you about the latest 19 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: one that we have shot down. Keyword, the latest one 20 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: that we've shot down that we know about. The United 21 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: States military on Sunday shot down what they described as 22 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: an unidentified flying object over Michigan. Yes, they did not 23 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: wait until it got out over the sea. Why because 24 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: that is not going to fly with the American people anymore. 25 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: And the White House clearly understands a screwed up allowing 26 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: that last spy balloon that was the size of school 27 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 1: buses to fly over our country, over our installations and 28 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: gather serious intelligence. The United States military now taking a 29 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: hard line on unidentified objects and shooting this one down 30 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: over Michigan. That is the fourth US military shot down 31 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: balloon in eight days. Nor add also the longer version 32 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: of that. North American Defense Command said in a statement 33 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: today at two forty two, while you were getting ready 34 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,839 Speaker 1: for the Super Bowl. This was the alert that went 35 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: out at the direction of President Biden and based on 36 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: the recommendations of Secretary Austin's to Defense Secretary and military leadership. 37 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: An F sixteen fired an AIMS X nine X to 38 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: successfully shoot down an airborne object flying an approximately twenty 39 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: thousand feet in US airspace Overlake Huron in the state 40 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: of Michigan. It's path an altitude raised concerns, including that 41 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: it could be a hazard to civil aviation. Now here's 42 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: the part that is interesting. The logic that was used 43 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: by this administration that has now gotten them in trouble 44 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: is they try to say over and over and over 45 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,839 Speaker 1: again that that first balloon that we shot down over 46 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: the ocean, after it gathered massive amounts of intelligence on 47 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: our country and flew over country for five days, over 48 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: all the areas that they wanted it to fly over, 49 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:23,519 Speaker 1: gathering lord knows what on us. The argument the administration 50 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 1: made at that time was this, Well, it was flying 51 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: very high. It was flying above as they described it. Okay, 52 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: it was flying above commercial aviation. Commercial aviation isn't flying 53 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: at sixty thousand feet. So that's why they said they 54 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: didn't shoot it down. Okay, that's why it happened. That's 55 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: why we did it. That's what they said. Then they 56 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: got themselves in trouble. And this may be because other 57 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: country or whoever's behind these balloons said all right, we'll 58 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: call their bluff. Let's fly these things lower. Let's lower 59 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: the altitude and then see what America does. Well, now 60 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: that it dropped down to forty thirty thousand feet and 61 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: lower than that, this is now where we are. We 62 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: have these objects that are flying and they can't say 63 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: it's not going to affect commercial travel. They have no 64 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 1: choice now but to shoot down these objects. They've backed themselves, 65 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 1: in essence into a corner. They also said it's path 66 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: and altitude raised concerns, including that could be a hazard 67 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: not only the civil aviation. The location chosen, they say 68 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: for the shootdown afforded us the opportunity to avoid impact 69 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: to people on the ground while improving chances of debris recovery. 70 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: There are no indications of any civilians hurt or otherwise affected. 71 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: North American Aerospace Fence Command detective the object Sunday morning 72 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,679 Speaker 1: and has maintained visual and radar tracking of it. Based 73 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 1: on its flight path and data, we can reasonably connect 74 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,359 Speaker 1: this object to the radar signal picked up over Montana, 75 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: which flew in proximity to Sense of DoD sites. We 76 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: did not assess it to be a kinetic military threat 77 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 1: to anything on the ground, but we assessed it was 78 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: a safety flight hazard and a threat due to its 79 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 1: potential surveillance capabilities. Our team will now work to recover 80 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: the object in an effort to learn more now. Congressional 81 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,679 Speaker 1: Aid told The Wall Street Journal that the object overlate 82 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 1: Huron was octagon shaped Representative Jack Berman, a Republican from Michigan, tweeted, 83 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: I've been in contact with DoD regarding operations across the 84 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: Great Lakes region. Today, the US military has decommissioned another 85 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: object over Lake Huron. I appreciate the decisive action by 86 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: our fighter. Let's see, American people deserve far more answers 87 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: than we have. Couldn't agree more than that. Representative. Another representative, 88 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: a Democrat from Michigan, tweeted out, just got a call 89 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 1: from Department of Defense. Our military has an extremely close 90 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: eye on the object above, like Hran. We'll know more 91 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 1: about what this is in coming days, but for now, 92 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: be assured that all parties have been laser focus on 93 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: it from the moment it traveled over our waters. Now 94 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: Democrats and Republicans are coming together on this because they 95 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: realize that this is a really bad a really bad story, 96 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: and also a really big story. It's an embarrassing story 97 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: that this is even capable, that this is even an option. 98 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: It's an embarrassing story that this has been happening, and honestly, 99 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: for we don't even know how long it's been happening. 100 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: We have no clue how long this has been going on. 101 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: We have absolutely no idea how many days, months, weeks, 102 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: or years they've been doing this. That's why it's clear 103 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: the American people quote deserve answers. We also don't understand 104 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: why the administration went from acting like it didn't matter 105 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: and how many times maybe they didn't tell us about it. 106 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: There's also lack of communication, quite possibly, and this is 107 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: another problem, lack of communication from the DoD to the 108 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: White House. We've learned about that lack of communication. We 109 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: learned apparently that first massive balloon that was the size 110 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: of a school bus that flew across the entire country. 111 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: Then we finally shut it down when it was over Alaska. 112 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: The President wasn't even briefed on it, didn't even know 113 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: it existed. That's also a major problem. So these are 114 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: just some of the issues, and they are significant. How 115 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: can we be the greatest country in the world and 116 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: not know about any of this? How can we be 117 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: the greatest country in the world, with the greatest military 118 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: and have this many balloons flying over our country? Before 119 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: we lose our minds over these balloons. Let's also be 120 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: clear about something we're not our China is not the 121 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: only one that's probably doing this. We have spy balloons, 122 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: no doubt about it, that fly around the world. We 123 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: are the greatest military in the world. Yep. There's a 124 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: lot of these balloons flying over the US and apparently 125 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: this just has I guess not been a priority for 126 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 1: US to shoot them down under this administration or of 127 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: this Pentagon. That's obviously changed because the pr optics, the 128 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: nightmare that is this big balloon that flew over the 129 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: entire nation. Now China, it's also just so you know, 130 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: fighting back. China is pretty angry. China has actually come 131 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: out now and China has said, we'll hold on a second. 132 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: There's been more than tenuous balloons that have flown into 133 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: our air space. China this morning said that more than 134 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: ten US high altude balloons have flown over in its 135 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: air space during the past year without its permission. This 136 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: coming after Washington accuses Beijing of operating a fleet of 137 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: surveillance balloons around the world. United States denied that it 138 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: operates any surveillance balloons over China. I'll be honest with you, 139 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: I don't believe that. But whatever the Chinese allegations came 140 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,599 Speaker 1: after the US shutdown another spected Chinese by balloon that 141 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: had crossed from Alaska South Carolina, sparking a new crisis 142 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: in bilateral relations that have spiraled to their lowest level 143 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: in decades. Foreign Ministry spokesman gave no details about the 144 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: alleged US balloons, how they had been dealt with, or 145 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 1: whether they had government or military links. It is also 146 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: common for US balloons to legally enter the airspace of 147 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 1: other countries, Wang said it is daily briefing. Since last year, 148 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: US high altitude balloons have illegally flown over China's airspace 149 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: more than ten times without the approval of Chinese authorities. 150 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: Wang said the US should first reflect on itself and 151 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: change course, rather than smear and instigate a confrontation. Referring 152 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: to China, China says the balloons shut down by the 153 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: US was an unmanned airship made for mediological research that 154 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: had been that had been flown off course. It has 155 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: accused the US of overreacting by shooting it down and 156 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: threatening to take unspecified action and response. In Washington, National 157 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: Security Council spokesman said this morning that any claim that 158 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: the US government operates surveillance balloons over China is quote false. 159 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: It is China that has a high altitude surveillance balloon 160 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:20,719 Speaker 1: program for intelligence collection connected to the People's Liberation Army 161 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 1: that it has used to violate the sovereigny of the 162 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: United States and over forty countries across five continents. This 163 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: the latest example of China scrambling to do damage control. 164 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: Is repeatedly and wrongfully claimed the surveillance balloon is sent 165 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: over the United States was a weather balloon and that 166 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: this day has failed to offer into the state has 167 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: failed to offer any credible explanations for its intrusion into 168 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:49,319 Speaker 1: our airspace and the airspace of others. Following the balloon incident, 169 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkoln canceled a vision a 170 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: visit to Beijing that many had hoped would put the 171 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 1: brakes on the sharp decline in relations over Taiwan trade, 172 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: human rights, and threatening Chinese actions in the disputed South 173 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: China see also Monday morning. The Philippines are now accusing 174 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 1: a Chinese Coastguard ship of targeting at Philippine Coastguard vessel 175 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: with a military grade laser and temporarily blinding some of 176 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: its crew in the South China see calling it a 177 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 1: blatant violation of their sovereign rights. Wang said a Philippine 178 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: Coastguard vessel had trespassed into Chinese waters without permission, they 179 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: claim on February the six, and that Chinese Coastguard vessels 180 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: responded professionally and with restraint. China claims virtually all of 181 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: the strategic Waterway had been steadily building up its marine 182 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: time forces an island outposts. China and the Philippines are 183 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 1: maintaining communications through diplomatic channels in this regard. Wang said 184 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: China's Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to a question 185 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: about the incident. Adding to all this tension, by the way, 186 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: a US fighter diet shut down an undone fight object 187 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,319 Speaker 1: over Lake here on on Sunday, that getting another reaction 188 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: from China. Now the White House also has another problem. 189 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: And I go back to the handling of this in 190 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: this country. I can't control China, I can't control what 191 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: they do. But what I can do is demand that 192 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: our nation have an actual foreign policy that deals with 193 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: China and Chinese surveillance balloons, and that we don't sit 194 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: here and allow them to say really stupid stuff. Now 195 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 1: when I say, you know, they say really stupid stuff, 196 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: Let me explain what I mean by that. The White 197 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: House try to claim that shooting down of a second 198 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: object is evidence that the Pentagon is doing it right. 199 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 1: Others are saying, no, shooting down the second object a 200 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 1: couple of days ago shows that you guys have serious 201 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 1: regrets for not shooting down the spy balloon that went 202 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 1: all the way across the country. And then the White 203 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: House says, well, these two balloons are totally different because 204 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 1: one was bigger, and now these second one they claimed 205 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: was smaller, the size of a car instead of a bus. 206 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: Listen to the White House trying to figure out their 207 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: new foreign policy on balloons as their backtracking on their 208 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: first disaster. I'm not going to speak for the Pentagon. 209 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,599 Speaker 1: I can tell you that the President doesn't regret the 210 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: way that we handled the first balloon that time. We 211 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: first of all apples and oranges here in terms of size, 212 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: as I said, this was size of a small car, 213 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: and it was over a very sparsely populated area, but 214 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: also more critically over it was over water water space. 215 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: When we ordered this down as we did as we 216 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: did the last one, but completely different size and the 217 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: debris field for this we expect to be, but much 218 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: much smaller than would have been for the other one. 219 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: That's difference one. Difference two. We knew for a fact 220 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: that the PRC balloon that we shot down last week 221 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: was in fact a surveillance asset. So their logic is, well, 222 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: it was different last time, and it's better now for 223 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: us to shoot this down because the size and if 224 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: the other one was too big of a threat falling 225 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: from the sky even though it was over you know 226 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: land that was just no one was on and it 227 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: went over water many different times that we could have 228 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 1: shut down. And I think what you're hearing from the 229 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: White House is this is their way of saying, Okay, 230 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: we really screwed up, and we didn't realize that the 231 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: American people were going to find out about this first balloon, 232 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: and we didn't realize how angry they were going to be. 233 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: So now if something flies over this country, we're gonna 234 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: shoot down because it's in our political best interest, not 235 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: national security. They're not worried about now security, it's any 236 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: to be worried about the political side of it. They 237 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: seem to be worried about the optics. That's what they 238 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: seem to be really worried about optics over national security 239 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: is always a mistake. I don't care who you are 240 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: in the White House, and the Biden White House clearly 241 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: more worried about the optics and now security. Proof of 242 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: it is the fact that they weren't even concerned about 243 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: shooting down that first balloon that was clearly gathering significant intelligence. 244 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: It's not, by the way, just Republicans now that are 245 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: criticizing the administration. Give you another example of this. Representative 246 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: Jim Himes, he's a Democrat from Connecticut. He is the 247 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: ranking member on the Intelligence Committee, sat on Sunday that 248 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: he has quote real concerns about the Biden administration's transparency 249 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: about the unidentified objects that have been shot down in 250 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: recent days. Jim Hines was on NBC News is Meet 251 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: the Press. Hines is part of the Gang of Eight, 252 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: the top leaders of Congress and of the House Intelligence Committee. 253 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: Said those lawmakers received a very extensive briefing about the 254 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: Junny spy balloon that was shot down over waters this month. 255 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: Himes expressed concerns that the Biden administration has been less 256 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: forthcoming about the unidentified objects shut down over Alaska and 257 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 1: Canada in Canadian airspace. On Friday and Saturday, and then 258 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 1: another one again on Sunday, even after he did this interview, 259 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: Although he acknowledged that information may be scarce, part of 260 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: the problem is that these second and third objects were 261 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: shut down in very remote areas. So my guess is 262 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 1: that there's just not a lot of information out there 263 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: yet to share. The one thing I see troubling, he 264 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: went on to say, is massive speculation about alien invasions 265 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: in additional Chinese or Russian action, Hind said, adding that 266 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 1: the absence of information will make people anxious. He said, 267 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: so I do hope the administration has a lot more 268 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: information for all of us on what's going on. Senate 269 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,919 Speaker 1: Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also said on Sunday that the 270 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: US believes the unidentified objects shut down over Alaska in 271 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: Canada were balloons, smaller than the Chinese by balloon shut 272 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 1: down on the fourth of February. Schumer also said in 273 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:21,680 Speaker 1: an interview on ABC's This Week that National Security Advisor 274 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 1: Jake Sullivan briefed him Saturday night, hours after the unidentified 275 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: object in Canada and Canadian airspace was shut down. Asked 276 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: whether the two objects that were shut down in recent 277 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: days were balloons Schumer said they believed they were yes, 278 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: but much smaller than the first one. The congressman, a Democrat, said, 279 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: I'll meet the press. He has not been briefed on 280 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: the matter yet. When he was pressed about whether he 281 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: thinks the administration is not being forthcoming or whether it 282 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,439 Speaker 1: is a situation which it does not have enough information, 283 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: he said, I really can't answer that question because I 284 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: haven't been briefed. I've got a very detailed briefing on 285 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: the first Chinese balloon, and I think the decision making 286 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: process there was very good. We now own something that 287 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: we're going to exploit for intelligence. I think the decision 288 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 1: making was good. Himes none that people had not heard 289 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: about the Chinese spy Boman until it was spotted flying 290 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,199 Speaker 1: over Montana this month. NBC News broke the news that 291 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: the US was monitoring the high altitude surveillance device as 292 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 1: it hovered on the US for days. There may be 293 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: reason for it, and the absence of information, people will 294 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: fill in the gaps when anxiety and other stuff. The 295 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: congressman went on to say, so I wish the administration 296 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: was a little quicker to tell us everything they do know. 297 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: Officials also confirmed Saturday that a US fighter jet had 298 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 1: shot down an unidentified object over Canada on Prime Minister 299 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:57,679 Speaker 1: Trudeau's orders. The decision was made consultation, when President Joe Biden, 300 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: White House and Pentagon officials confirmed on se Saturday it 301 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 1: was a third object to have been shut down over 302 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: Northern America this month, and on Friday, the US military 303 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: also shut down another high altitude object flying over Alaska 304 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: airspace and Arctic waters. At a White House briefing that day, 305 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: the National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, who I played earlier, 306 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: so the US does not know who owns the object, 307 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: but she declined to call a balloon such as the 308 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: one allegedly owned by the Chinese government that was shut 309 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: down off the Carolinas. So Democrats now are again saying 310 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: something that they've not said before, and that is we 311 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: don't feel like we have enough transparency. We're worried about 312 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: what's happening here. We're concerned about this military. Joe Biden 313 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 1: also used another word. He used the word humiliated. He 314 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: was on ABC News and this is what he had 315 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: to say. Thank you for coming in this morning. Great 316 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: to be here, George, first time in three years. Yeah, 317 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: it's been a while since COVID. I want to start 318 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: with this question over the Chinese spy planes and other 319 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: aerial objects. Three incidents in a week. President Biden took 320 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: some heat from your Democratic colleagues for not shooting down 321 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: the spy balloon sooner. What can you tell us about 322 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: these last two incidents Friday and Saturday night? And are 323 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: you confident in the overall administration response? Yes, you know. 324 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: I was briefed by Jake Sullivan last night. So let 325 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: me get right to it. And now I'll give a 326 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: little background and then get to your specific The bottom 327 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: line is, first, until a few months ago, we didn't 328 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: know of these balloons. Our intelligence and our military did 329 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: not know this one as far back as President Trump 330 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: at least three times. These wild that we didn't know, 331 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: isn't it. It is wild that we didn't know absolutely, 332 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: And I'll get to that in a minute. Now they 333 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 1: are learning a lot more, and the military and the 334 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: intelligence are focused like a laser on first gathering and 335 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: accumulating the information, then coming up with a comprehensive analysis 336 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: of what went on before, what's going on now, and 337 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: what could go on in the future. You can be 338 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: sure that if any any American interests or people are 339 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: at risk, they'll take appropriate action until they get that 340 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: comprehensive analysis. However, we have to look at each balloon 341 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 1: individuals be what they start today night. They believed they were, yes, 342 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 1: but much smaller than the one the first one. Both 343 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: of those, one over Canada, one over a last over 344 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: at forty thousand feet. Immediately it was determined that that's 345 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: a danger to commercial aircraft which also fly at forty 346 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: thousand feet, and so the second one, in cooperation with 347 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,919 Speaker 1: the Canadians, the first one with the Americans, took it 348 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: down and that's appropriate. The first balloon there was a 349 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 1: much different rationale, which I think was the appropriate rationale. 350 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 1: We got enormous intelligence information from surveiling the balloon as 351 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: it went over The United States get enormous intelligence as well. Well, 352 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: they could have been getting it anyway, but we have 353 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: to know what they're doing, okay, and we don't know exactly, 354 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: but we got a lot of that, and even more importantly, 355 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: by shooting it down over water US waters only six 356 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 1: miles out from South Carolina, we're going to probably be 357 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: able to piece together this whole whole surveillance balloon and 358 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: know exactly what's going on. So that's a huge coup 359 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: for the United program is gonna have to be shut 360 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: down now as you know, the Chinese aren't going to 361 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: be able to send balloon. Look, I think the Chinese 362 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: were humiliated. I think the Chinese were caught lying, and 363 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: I think it's real. It's a real step back for them. Yes, 364 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: I think they're going to have to I think they're 365 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: probably going to have to get rid of it or 366 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 1: do something because I love this, right, all right, So 367 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: the president had a bad week, but the Chinese are 368 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 1: also humiliated. Right, Biden humiliated the Chinese by shooting down 369 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 1: the spyble and even though it was us that we're 370 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: humiliated by allowing it to go across our entire country. 371 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: This is democratic logic for you, right, I would be 372 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 1: very suspicious of all US adversaries. Former nora AD chief 373 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: unsuspected recent spy balloons also said on CNN about the 374 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:14,120 Speaker 1: problem here nora AD general on object recovery. He said, 375 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 1: I would be hesitant and urge you not to attribute 376 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:21,360 Speaker 1: it to any specific country. We don't know. That's why 377 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: it's so critical to get our hands on these so 378 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: that we can look at and analyze what they actually are. 379 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 1: So they're now claiming, hey, maybe this isn't China. Now 380 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 1: could this be another country. Yeah, there's countries that hey 381 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: this there's a possibility of that. But the reality is 382 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: it probably is China. So why is the administration falling 383 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: all over themselves? Also say it may not be China. 384 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:54,360 Speaker 1: China's collecting US military and nuclear capabilities with spy balloons 385 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: in preparation many now belief for conflicts, including conflicts with Taiwan. 386 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: That is something that we need to understand. Representative the 387 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 1: Call said this on Fox News. These spy balloons have 388 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: great capability to gather and collect intelligence. I would argue 389 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: more so than even satellites, in the sense that they're 390 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: flying at say forty to sixty thousand feet above the earth. 391 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: The imagery that they can capture and other intelligence data 392 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: that I can't be specific about, can be captured and 393 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 1: then transmitted back to the mothers ship in Beijing. They 394 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: have control over these balloons. You know, this was an 395 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 1: active spionage and plane site plane view of the American people. 396 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: I know there have been reports of prior ones, but 397 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 1: none quite like this. And the reason why this one 398 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 1: is so damaging as I do a damage assessment about 399 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: what really happened that day. This balloon whenever three of 400 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: our most sensitive nuclear sights, one being a month Ana 401 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: that runs the triad that's air land and see nuclear strikes, 402 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: encounter strikes. It went over our strategic command in Omaha, Nebraska, 403 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 1: where our biggest stockpile of nuclear weapons exist. Let me 404 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: just stop there. This is Michael McCall. He's a Republican 405 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: Texas House Foreign Affairs Chairman, and he's laying out for 406 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: the American people. Why don't believe this bs from this 407 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: administration that this is Oh, when these things fly over, 408 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: if they're flying high, we don't need to shoot him down. 409 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: That's the logic that this administration is used. And now 410 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 1: they're backed themselves in the corner where they got to 411 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: shoot down all of these, right, all of these and 412 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,120 Speaker 1: then you have Democrats are still being stupid. I'm gonna 413 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: end with this. Jake Tapper had on the governor of Michigan, 414 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 1: Gretchen Whitmer. All this is happening. One of these balloons 415 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: is now shot down over her state where she's the 416 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: governor from, and Greshen Whitmer is still out there using TikTok. 417 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: The FBI has now said, and the CIA and others 418 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: have said very clearly that TikTok is something that should 419 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 1: be banned from government devices. More than half of the 420 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: states in the country of now banned TikTok from government 421 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: devices because it's clearly a spying apparatus for China and 422 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: this idiot governor and this is all encompassing of the 423 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 1: White House and the Democratic Party right now in these 424 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 1: spy balloons. She knows, and she's been warned by the FBI, 425 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: and she's still using TikTok. Folks, Listen. Last month, Wisconsin 426 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 1: Governor Tony Evers banned TikTok from governor devices, seeing the 427 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: quote defending our states technology and cybersecurity infrastructure and protecting 428 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: digital privacy was a top priority. More than half of 429 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: the states have taken similar steps. You're active on TikTok, 430 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: and I get it. It's fun, But I deleted my 431 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 1: app from my phone because how many people kept coming 432 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 1: on my show saying delete it, deleted, deleted. The Chinese 433 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: government has access to your data. Is it appropriate for 434 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 1: you to be on TikTok when FBI says it's a 435 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: national security concern? Let me say this. We use TikTok 436 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,959 Speaker 1: on one device that has nothing else on it. It 437 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: is a communication tool. We don't do it because it's fun. 438 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: Although some people think what I put out there can 439 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: be fun on occasion, my kids disagree. I don't buy that. 440 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: You don't have fun during TikTok. But the point is 441 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 1: we have it on one device that has no access 442 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: to anything else because so many people get their information 443 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: that way, whether we like it or not. That is 444 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 1: a tool for disseminating important information and that's how we 445 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: use it. But we're always evaluating because we want to 446 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: make sure that we are protecting data in Michigan, and 447 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: that's why we're always evaluating. But at this point, the 448 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: way we use it is is secure. Do you think 449 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 1: it's safer kids to be on TikTok, because, I mean, 450 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: one of the concerns there was a great sixteen minutes 451 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: report showing that the version of TikTok that the Chinese 452 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 1: have there's a there's a time limit, it's educational, and 453 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: the version that we have in this country, there are 454 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: a lot of concerns that reaffirms eating disorders and other 455 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: harmful messages. Yeah, I'm concerned about a lot of ways 456 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: that social media is curated and drags people down rabbit 457 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 1: holes in this country. We need to, you know, have 458 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: some congressional you know, measures taken to ensure that there 459 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: is some integrity in it. But also we got to 460 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: teach our kids that this is not a real robust 461 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: offering of information for you to distill and make your 462 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: own decisions. This is biased and it can be incredibly toxic. So, 463 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: I mean, this is again a great example of the 464 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: Democratic Party showing how stupid they are. She's like, all right, 465 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 1: I believe that you should still use a device that 466 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: we don't trust enough. So we've isolated our TikTok device 467 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: on one, you know, basically phone that is used for 468 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: nothing else but TikTok. So that clearly is her admitting 469 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: it's not safe, but then saying it's safe. She said, 470 00:29:58,520 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: it's a great way to communicate. So I'm going to 471 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: use the Chinese to communicate with the people in Michigan. 472 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: That's what she's saying. And then she's saying, I know 473 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: that the Chinese don't even allow their kids to use 474 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: TikTok the way that our kids are using TikTok for 475 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: all the reasons that we're just listened, but I'm going 476 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: to keep using it and keep making the Chinese not 477 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: only financially rich, but also have more access to all 478 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: of our information to spy on us. This is the 479 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: problem with the Democratic Party. This is why they allow 480 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: balloons to fly over our country, and the only reason 481 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 1: why they're now shooting them down is because of the 482 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: massive outrage from the people in this country. We're going 483 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: to keep covering this issue. It's not going to go 484 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: away anytime soon, that I can guarantee you. So make 485 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: sure that you subscribe to our podcasts. Hit that automatic 486 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: download or subscribe button. You'll get it free every day. 487 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 1: Share this podcast on social media as well if you would, 488 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: so more people will see it and write us a 489 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: five star review. 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