I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley.

It's Friday, February 3rd, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.

U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed outrage after learning Thursday

that a Chinese surveillance balloon has been traveling over the continental U.S. including

Montana.

In a joint statement, the GOP and Democrat leaders of a House Select Committee on China called

for a strong response from the administration.

The statement read in part, quote,

The Chinese Communist Party should not have on-demand access to American airspace.

The committee leaders said the surveillance airships presence over the U.S. shows that

the threat China poses is, quote, not confined to distant shores.

It is here at home and we must act to counter this threat.

China has issued its own statement insisting the incursion into U.S. territory was unintended,

and that the balloon is meant for, quote, mainly meteorological research.

A Pentagon spokesman said that the balloon does not present military or physical threat

to people on the ground, and that they have chosen not to shoot it down thus far to prevent

risk to people below.

When asked by reporters about the balloon, President Biden declined to comment.

Investor Kathy Woods predicts that by 2030, Amazon could have more robots than it has

human workers at the company, pointing out that Amazon is adding about 1,000 robots a

day.

The net income of Facebook and Instagram's parent company, Metta, plummeted 41% over

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