http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 14 May 2025 05:33:19 +0000 http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/4d8e88763b304621aaaeb0549dbcebfb 4d8e88763b304621aaaeb0549dbcebfb Sat, 04 Feb 2023 23:29:07 +0000 SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY:US NETWORK POOL Hagerstown, Maryland - 4 February 20231. U.S. President Joe Biden disembarking Air Force One and walking over to mediaHEADLINE: US downs Chinese balloon, marks US-China tensionsANNOTATION: The U.S. military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on orders from President Joe Biden. 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:  ++PARTIALLY COVERED++"On Wednesday, when I was briefed on the balloon I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down, on Wednesday, as soon as possible. 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, a 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. Thank you."(Reporter: "Mr. President, what's your message to China?")(Reporter: "You were saying the recommendation was from your national security?")"I told them to shoot it down. On Wednesday... They said to me, let's wait till the safest place to do it."(Reporter: "What does this mean for China? Relations with China.")VALIDATED UGC - MUST CREDIT ASHLYN PREAUX++USER GENERATED CONTENT: This video has been authenticated by AP based on the following validation checks:++Video and audio content checked against known locations and events by regional experts++Video is consistent with independent AP reporting++Video cleared for use by all AP clients by Ashlyn Preaux++Must give onscreen credit to Ashlyn Preaux Forestbrook, South Carolina - 4 February 2023++VERTICAL MOBILE PHONE VIDEO++3. Wide of balloon being shot down  ++PARTIALLY COVERS PREVIOUS SOUNDBITE++US NETWORK POOL Hagerstown, Maryland - 4 February 20234. Biden walks to motorcade, enters a vehicleANNOTATION: Pentagon officials said an F-22 fighter jet fired a missile at the balloon, puncturing it while it was off the coast near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. ANNOTATION: The Navy is taking the lead in an operation to recover the balloon's remnants.STORYLINEThe U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on orders from President Joe Biden, after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America, becoming the latest flashpoint in tensions between Washington and Beijing.Biden said he wanted the balloon downed on Wednesday, but was advised that the best time for the operation would be when it was over water. Military officials determined that bringing it down over land from an altitude of 60,000 feet would pose an undue risk to people on the ground.The balloon was spotted Saturday morning over the Carolinas as it approached the Atlantic coast. At about 2:40 p.m. EST, an F-22 fighter jet fired a missile at the balloon, puncturing it while it was about six nautical miles off the coast near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, senior defense officials said. The debris landed in 47 feet of water, shallower than they had expected. Still, it was not immediately clear how long the recovery would take. The Navy is taking the lead, supported by the Coast Guard."They successfully took it down and I want to compliment our aviators who did it," Biden said after getting off Air Force One en route to Camp David. The spectacle had Americans looking to the skies all week, wondering whether the mysterious balloon had floated over toward them. On Saturday, Ashlyn Preaux, 33, went out to get her mail in Forestbrook, South Carolina, and noticed her neighbours looking up — and there it was, the balloon in the cloudless blue sky. Then she saw fighter jets circling and the balloon get hit. U.S. defense and military officials said Saturday that the balloon entered the U.S. air defense zone north of the Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28 and moved largely over land across Alaska and then into Canadian airspace in the Northwest Territories on Monday. It crossed back into U.S. territory over northern Idaho on Tuesday, the day the White House said Biden was first briefed on it.The balloon was spotted Thursday over Montana, which is home to one of America's three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base. China has continued to claim that the balloon was merely a weather research "airship" that had been blown off course. The Pentagon rejected that out of hand — as well as China's contention that it was not being used for surveillance and had only limited navigational ability.===========================================================Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. US downs Chinese balloon, marks US-China tensions