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Fox News Hourly Update

7PM ET 02/02/2023 Newscast

Fox News Hourly Update

FOX News Podcasts

Daily News, News, Sports News

3.95.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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0:00.0

They're watching. I'm Lee Silicera, Fox News. The Pentagon says a spy balloon from China

0:08.1

is over the US. A senior defense official says there's very high confidence. The Chinese

0:12.9

high altitude balloon was flying over sensitive sites, including nuclear silos in Montana.

0:19.3

A Pentagon spokesman says the government is tracking the balloon. It is currently traveling

0:23.5

in an altitude well above commercial air traffic. And it's not present in a military or

0:28.2

physical threat. The people on the ground similar balloon activity has been seen in the

0:32.7

past several years and steps are taken to ensure it does not collect sensitive information.

0:38.3

The Pentagon decided not to shoot down the balloon because of risk to people on the

0:42.6

ground at the White House. Jared Halpern, Fox News, a senior administration official

0:47.5

says President Biden has been briefed on the incident. This is plans to build a corn

0:51.8

milling plant owned by China in North Dakota are being halted. The Air Force says the plan

0:57.2

facility 12 miles from the Grand Forks Air Force base would pose a significant threat to

1:01.9

national security. Attorneys for Hunter Biden are calling for a criminal investigation

1:06.5

into the release of his personal data from his laptop, though they're not saying the

1:11.0

laptop is his. Hunter's attorney sent letters to state and federal prosecutors requesting

1:16.1

they investigate the computer repair shop owner who passed along data from Hunter's laptop

1:20.7

and Rudy Giuliani, former President Trump's attorney. They wrote, quote, there is considerable

1:25.2

reason to believe they violated various Delaware laws and accessing copying, manipulating

1:30.6

and or disseminating Mr. Biden's personal computer data.

1:34.5

Fox's rich Edson, this is the same laptop. House Republicans are investigating over the

1:38.8

president's possible ties to Hunter's foreign business dealings, something President

1:43.0

Biden denies. Fox News can confirm in the coming days the FBI will search the home and

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