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Red Balloon: China’s Floating Surveillance

Start Here

ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

U.S. officials reveal they’ve been tracking a Chinese “surveillance balloon” high over Montana. Congressional Republicans boot Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) off the Foreign Relations Committee. And American volunteers help ferry “stolen” Ukrainian orphans from Russia to safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's Friday, February 3rd.

0:32.0

Should we be worried or is this just a lot of hot air?

0:35.0

We start here.

0:38.0

The US military says it's tracking a Chinese surveillance balloon high over Montana.

0:43.0

The question is, where was it flying?

0:45.0

Pentagon's been watching this longer than we thought, and they're not deflating any fears.

0:50.0

Republicans kick a Democratic lawmaker off her committee.

0:53.0

I assure you this is no political game.

0:55.0

Do they have a legitimate grievance or are they playing squad?

0:59.0

And they were ready to offer a Ukrainian orphan a home, then the Russians kidnapped her.

1:04.0

This is over.

1:05.0

You know, we're not. We're going to see her again.

1:07.0

Inside the race to help children escape after being stolen as spoils of war.

1:13.0

From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Brad Milky.

1:25.0

Earlier this week, if you were reading the Billings Gazette in Billings, Montana,

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