MARIA: NO TRANSPARENCY OUT OF
IF WHITE HOUSE AFTER A WEEKEND
OF LOOKING UP.
THIS STUNNING UNPRECEDENTED
SITUATION IS CONTINUING.
WE HAD THREE UNKNOWN OBJECTS
SHOT DOWN OVER NORTH AMERICA
JUST OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE FIRST BROUGHT DOWN OVER
NORTHERN YOU ALASKA, THAT WAS
FRIDAY, THE SECOND DOWNED P N
THE YUKON ON SATURDAY, A JOINT
EFFORT FROM NORAD AND CANADA AND
ONE MORE SEEN OVER LAKE HURON IN
MICHIGAN.
THE AIR SPACE WAS TEMPORARILY
RESTRICTED AT THAT TIME.
THIS ONE WEEK AFTER THE LARGE
CHINESE BALLOON WAS SHOT DOWN A
WEEK AGO.
U.S. OFFICIALS ARE NOT RULING
OUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF WHAT
THESE OBJECTS ARE DOING.
THE WHITE HOUSE EVEN SLAPPING
DOWN SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER WHO
SAID THEY WERE SPY CRAFT.
I SPOKE WITH TOP LAWMAKERS OVER
THE WEEKEND ON SUNDAY MORNING
FUTURES ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
CHINA BEHIND ALL OF THIS AND THE
CAPABILITIES OF THESE CRAFTS.
WATCH THIS.
>> I’VE BEEN WARNING FOR YEARS
ABOUT THE RISK OF HIGH ALTITUDE
NUCLEAR BLAST THAT COULD CREATE
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE THAT
COULD WIPE OUT ELECTRONICS, EVEN
A GEO MAGNETIC DISTURBANCE COULD
DO THE SAME THING AND WE HAVEN’T
PREPARED FOR IT.
>> THE IMAGERY THEY COULD
COLLECT OR OTHER SURVEILLANCE
DATA CAN BE CAPTURED AN
APTRANSMITTED BACK TO THE MOTHER
SHIP IN BEIJING.
THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THESE BALLOONS.
THIS WAS AN ACT OF HE’S ESPIONAG
PLAIN SIGHT, VIEW OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT, IT WAS
BY HE DESIGN.
MARIA: JOINING ME ALL MORNING
FOR THE HOT TOPICS IS FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR, FOX NATION HOST,
RETIRED MARINE, JOEY JONES IS
HERE AND THROUGH THE CYCLE
PRESIDENT, JOHN LONSKI.
GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS THIS
MORNING.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
MARIA: JOEY, KICKING OFF WITH
YOU.
THIS IS QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.
MORE EXTRAORDINARY IS THE FACT
THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING
NOTHING.
THERE’S ABSOLUTELY NO
TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT IS GOING
ON RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN
REPORTING ON THIS FOR TWO DAYS
NOW, HOSTING FOX AND FRIENDS
SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE
EVENING SHOW LAST NIGHT AND ONE
THING IS CLEAR.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING DIFFERENT
THINGS.
GENERAL VAN HURT, THE COMMANDER
OF NORAD SAYING THINGS LIKE
WE’RE NOT SURE HOW THESE STAY
AFLOAT, SAYING THAT HE IS VERY
RELUCTANT TO CALL IT A BALLOON,
THE LAST TWO AT LEAST.
WE HAVE JENNIFER GRIFFIN IN THE
PENTAGON REPORTING THAT OTHER
PENTAGON OFFICIALS ARE PLAYING
IT OFF, SAYING THEY BELIEVE IT
COULD BE A COMMERCIAL WEATHER
BALLOON OR SOMETHING FROM A
UNIVERSITY.
THEN WE HAVE CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATIVES LIKE WE JUST
SAW, SAYING THESE ARE BALLOONS
FROM CHINA.
SO THE ONLY PERSON I CAN THINK
OF TAKE THAT COULD REALLY CLEAR
THIS UP FOR US THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES AND WE’RE
WAITING TO HEAR FROM HIM BECAUSE
RIGHT NOW IT’S SILENCE.
MARIA: IT’S JUST EXTRAORDINARY,
JOHN.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> JOE WAS RIGHT ON THERE.
AND WE JUST HOPE THAT THIS IS
NOT A WARNING OF THE ULTIMATE
BLACK SWAN EVENT, THAT IT’S
WARNING US OF SOME MILITARY
CONFRONTATION WITH CHINA THAT
WOULD BE VERY COSTLY, NOT JUST
FOR THE ECONOMY AND THE MARKETS,
BUT FOR THE NUMBER OF LIVES THAT
MIGHT BE LOST.
MARIA: YEAH.
I MEAN, LOOK, UNFORTUNATELY WE
DON’T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT WAS
SENT BACK TO BEIJING ALREADY,
BECAUSE HAVING THAT SPY CRAFT A
WEEK AGO OVER SOUTH CAROLINA,
SHOT DOWN, WE KNOW WHAT WAS
FOUND, A BIT OF WHAT WAS FOUND
IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND
APPARENTLY THERE WERE ANTENNAS
ON THAT BALLOON, BIG ENOUGH TO
FIT THREE BUSSES IN IT AND
MICHAEL McCALL SAID THAT THEY
DID -- THEY WERE ABLE TO SNAP
IMAGES ABOVE OUR NUCLEAR
INSTALLATIONS, JOEY.
>> THE BIG PROBLEM WITH THE ONE
BALLOON THAT WE KNOW WAS A
BALLOON AND WE SHOT DOWN THE
CHINESE SPY BALLOON, THE BIG
PROBLEM THERE THAT I HAVE IS THE
PRESIDENT REASSURED US OR THE
ADMINISTRATION REASSURED US FOR
A WEEK THAT THEY HAD TAKEN ALL
THESE MEASURES TO MAKE SURE
CHINA COULDN’T REALLY SPY ON US
WITH THEIR CRAFT THAT THEY
ALLOWED TO FLY ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES.
THE PROBLEM THERE IS, ONCE THEY
SHOT IT DOWN, RECOVERED IT AND
NOW THEY HAVE TO COME AND KIND
OF TESTIFY IF YOU WILL, TALK
BEFORE A HEARING, THEY SAY YEAH,
THERE WERE ANTENNAS ON THERE AND
WE BELIEVE THE BALLOONS WAS
CAPABLE OF SENDING L SIGNALS
BACK TO CHINA AND BY THE WAY WE
DIDN’T HAVE THE ABILITY TO JAM
THAT SIGNAL.
WHEN YOU REYOU REASSURE THE AMER
PEOPLE THAT THE CRAFT ISN’T ABLE
TO SPY, THAT WE TOOK MEASURES,
SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTOOD SIGNALS,
I WOULD THINK IT WOULD MEAN WE
WERE JAMMING IT ON THE WAY
ACROSS.
IF WE DIDN’T, IT COMPLETE R&D
ITS MISSION.
MARIA: WE -- COMPLETED ITS
MISSION.
MARIA: WE HAVEN’T GOTTEN ANY
DETAILS.
EVEN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY,
SENATOR RON JOHNSON SAID HE’S
NOT GETTING ANSWERS, MICHAEL McCALL GOT BRIEFED AND HE