Crews working to recover pieces of suspected Chinese spy balloon

the U. S. Military. The U. S. military is not going to be able to do anything about it. More now on that suspected Chinese spy balloon U.

S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the U. S. Military waited to shoot it down until it could be done without undue risk to American lives in the balloons path. CBS two's Bradley Black Bern joins us live from the newsroom with the latest, including China's response, Bradley Andrea China is now saying that it reserves the U. S. Water is close enough in fact for plenty of people on shore to see it unfold.

In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina cell phone cameras were rolling as a strange flight came to an end. They just shot it. See a smoke coming from it. The Pentagon said a U. S. fighter jet shot down the suspected Chinese spy balloon shortly after it moved over the ocean. The senior defense official confirms it took one missile to bring it down.

It successfully took it down, and I want to compliment our aviators who did it on the ground. President Biden said he ordered to take down earlier this week. I told them to shoot it down on Wednesday. I said to me, let's wait till it's safest place to do it. The military has been tracking the balloon since at least Tuesday as it passed over sensitive nuclear sites in Montana and the United States. The U. S.

Army has been tracking the balloon since Tuesday, but there were concerns that shooting it down over land could cause a dangerous debris field. China claims the balloon was a civilian aircraft, not a spy tool and called the takedown quote an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice. It's a violation of our sovereignty. It is a violation of our sovereignty. It's a violation of international practice. It's not looking like a balloon anymore. It's falling.

U. S. officials say the debris is now spread across some seven miles and the recovery mission is already underway. Some Republicans have criticized the White House saying that this balloon should have been shot down before it crossed over the U. S. The Pentagon has said that it posed no physical or military threat, and steps were newsroom Bradley. Thank you.

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