The Coast Guard advised mariners to immediately leave the area because of U.S. military operations 'that present a significant hazard.'
on the U.S. military, by bringing it down once it is above the Atlantic Ocean where the remnants could potentially be recovered, according to two U.S. officials.had given the go-ahead. In a brief remark Saturday in response to a reporter’s question about the balloon, Biden said: "We’re going to take care of it."as it approached the Atlantic coast.
Officials were aiming to time the operation so they could recover as much of the debris as possible before it sinks into the ocean. The Pentagon had previously estimated that the balloon, flying at about 60,000 feet in the air, was about the size of three school buses and that any debris field would be substantial.FOX News reporter Alexandria Hoff joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow with the latest on the US potentially downing the Chinese spy balloon.
advised against it, warning that the potential risk to people on the ground outweighed the assessment of potential Chinese intelligence gains.The public disclosure of the balloon this week prompted the cancellation of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Beijing scheduled for Sunday for talks aimed at reducing U.S.-China tensions. The Chinese government on Saturday sought to play down the cancellation.
"In actuality, the U.S. and China have never announced any visit, the U.S. making any such announcement is their own business, and we respect that," China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Saturday morning.
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