Chinese Surveillance Balloon, US Airspace Intrusion and Media Reaction
A Chinese high-altitude balloon entered North American airspace, leading to the cancellation of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Beijing. The Pentagon tracked the craft over Montana nuclear sites before an F-22 shot it down off the South Carolina coast. Media outlets characterized the event as a major national security threat while China claimed it was a civilian weather balloon blown off course.
china· pentagon· joe biden· anthony blinken· nhk· surveillance balloon· montana
00:00 Hottest year on record! Up and away and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region number 16 in the morning everybody. I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where we're all seeing the balloon, the balloon, the balloon. I'm John C. Dvorak. Here we go everybody, sing along! Oh goodness. The hoax psyop of the century. I love this story. It was the best. Fair warning, John.
00:55 During the the fat lady segment I have we did a little work on my on my teeth on Friday and my lower bridge popped off so it's just like jammed it in with you know I didn't even clean it properly just jammed it in with some geriatric pace so at any moment that could fly off but hopefully it'll stick well hopefully it won't become a continuing bit on the show it's not supposed to be a bit Thanks, though. You wear a... wear a bit. It's not a bit. Okay, okay, okay. It just sucks. I'm telling you. I bet it does. Now let's go with the balloon. Wait! Supercut time! What do you say? Oh, hold on. Let me think. I have... okay, wait. Let's hold off the supercut because I have introductory clips that really don't have any serious meaning to them. They're just from NHK and around the world. Well, that's what the supercut is too.
01:55 Yeah, but the supercut will point out the stupidity of it all and I think you should put that closer to the end. Okay. Which one do you want to start with? Well, we can start with Balloon NHK. This is a three-parter. Balloon NHK. China and the United States have been at odds for years now. A trade war, tensions on Taiwan, the South China Sea, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the fault lines have widened as Washington scrambles to counter Beijing's rising economic and strategic influence. But this week's appearance of a giant Chinese balloon over the skies of North America is threatening to further destabilize that relationship. Washington says it's being used to spy. In response, it cancelled a planned visit to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. China maintains that it's a civilian weather balloon that was blown off course.
02:51 The Pentagon says a second balloon has now been spotted over Latin America. All right, all right. We'll comment after everything, including the supercut. Yeah, let's go balloon two, another report from NHK. We cannot reward the CCP for this kind of flagrant violation of our sovereignty by pretending everything is business as normal. Stop, stop, I gotta set this one up. This is some Republican congressman, a Republican specifically, showboating. You know, like this balloon is a big deal and he's got to make his, he gets his, finally gets his airtime on NHK. Now, Gallagher, I can't even remember his name, he's so meaningless, but go on. I cannot reward the CCP for this kind of flagrant violation of our sovereignty by pretending everything is business as normal. And a grip and grin session with Xi Jinping as this was happening would have been a terrible look for US diplomacy. The CCP will continue to push the envelope until we push back.
03:45 This isn't the first time that China has launched a spy balloon over the United States. The Pentagon says that in recent years surveillance balloons have been spotted over Guam and Hawaii. All right, new term, grip and grin. This is what we'll be used for meetups from now on. I like the grip and grin. I like grip and grin too. Hey everybody, time to grip and grin! And finally the last clip from NHK balloon finale. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says US military fighter aircraft has shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon over waters of the South Carolina coast. This footage shows a white object believed to be the balloon falling with a white plume above it.
04:27 In a statement on Saturday, Austin said the balloon was successfully brought down at the direction of President Joe Biden. Biden told reporters that he had ordered the Pentagon on Wednesday to shoot it down safely as soon as possible. They successfully took it down and I want to compliment our aviators who did it. The Defense Secretary's statement said the balloon was being used to surveil strategic sites on the US mainland. China had described the balloon as a civilian airship used mainly for weather research. All right, now let's get to the fun stuff. Let's just blow... That was... That was foreign media.
05:05 Just as stupid as our own media here tonight breaking news as we come on the air the Pentagon just moments ago What's flying over the US the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon the size of three buses? We come on the air tonight with some breaking news We have just learned that the Pentagon is tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon. We're gonna begin with that massive spy I balloon. The Pentagon says a second Chinese spy balloon is currently moving across Latin America. It's also been reported that these balloons have the ability to steer themselves. Well on Wednesday the spy balloon was over Montana. Montana is home to several nuclear weapons sites. There are intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Minuteman 3, that have silos right here
06:04 Everybody and their brother out there wants the thing shot down. We look weak, we look terrible, why aren't we shooting down the balloon? Why aren't we shooting down the balloon? Tonight, new details about the dramatic US shoot down of a Chinese spy balloon over US airspace. The US is working to recover the debris from a Chinese spy balloon that was shot down on Saturday. The Navy and the Coast Guard are securing the perimeter to collect that debris with unmanned vehicles and divers. officials gonna be looking for? They're gonna be looking for the censor package that was underneath that balloon. Remember that the administration said that this was a spy balloon. I got a censor package for you right here. Thank You Clip Custodian. That's a No Agenda exclusive supercut, not just taken off the YouTube somewhere. I thought this ABC lady, she brought in something really, that I only realized when I when I heard her come to this breaking news, that there's something
06:56 People something news models will say when they really want it to be incredibly important of dire importance listen Good afternoon. I'm Lindsay Davis at ABC News headquarters in New York We're coming on the air at this hour with breaking news there it is we're coming on the air at this hour at this hour Mark down the hour at this hour because you know at this hour You know I was listening some really old clips from years ago And breaking news is relatively new that used to be called News Flash. Oh, that's interesting. We have a News Flash. Yeah, in fact...
07:36 Yeah, I don't think we've even ever updated our here. That's our newsflash sound and it's even labeled newsflash You're right. It's never been brick. And then of course it went from breaking news to breaking to breaking right? We're breaking breaking breaking breaking breaking you have to fill in the news part yourself I Gotta getting paid by the word. I guess I got a couple other Clips here that I think would make sense just so in case you didn't hear about this happening Here's our president. On Wednesday when I was briefed on the balloon, I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down. Like, I was briefed on the balloon. Do you hear yourself? On Wednesday when I was briefed on the balloon, I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down on Wednesday as soon as possible.
08:27 They decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground. They decided that the best time to do that was when they got over water outside within our 12 mile limit. They successfully took it down and I want to compliment our aviators who did it and we'll have more to report on this a little later. Well done aviators. You know, just as an aside, early on it was pointed out that if you... aviators... and then he got on his velocipede and left. It was pointed out that if someone had just put a couple of holes in it instead of blowing it up... Oh no, but that wouldn't have been dramatic enough.
09:11 It would have drifted down and they could have just as it was putting the whole Yes, yeah, they could have just picked a gear off perfectly in good shape instead They drop dump it in the water where they'll never if they find it's gonna be ruined Oh, no, it turns out it was 47 feet deep. So they'll be able to find it easily There's much shallower than they expected which means they can bring in whatever phony baloney thing they have now just oh look. Oh look this This is what was on it. You wait, they're gonna show this. They're gonna have pictures of it displayed, almost like a drug bust. No, it'll be very similar to the Roswell. Yes, yes, pieces of the balloon. Yes Roswell. You're right. This is our Roswell of our age. Yes I have a few more short ones here. Here we go. Oh Yeah, this is this is America everybody just want you to know when we're when we see a spy balloon And we've got our aviators to go and blow it up. This is how we react on the ground. Here we go Oh
