U.S. shoots down "high-altitude object" near Alaska

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 10 February 2023

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The United States military has taken down another high-altitude object flying over the United States. Rep. Mike Waltz of the Armed Services Committee joins to discuss why these objects may now be appearing in U.S. airspace. Plus, Russian forces struck Ukraine’s south and northeast in what the Ukrainian prime minister is calling one of the largest air attacks to hit Zaporizhzhia since the war began. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper and we start with the breaking news in our world.
0:09.0	The United States military has taken down another high altitude object flying over the United
0:14.8	States this afternoon.
0:15.8	The White House announced the object was shot down at 145 pm Eastern time at the direction
0:22.4	of President Biden.
0:23.4	U.S. officials say it was flying off Alaska's northern coast at an altitude of 40,000 feet
0:28.1	and was approximately the size of a small carpet as if now the administration is not offering
0:33.8	many more details than that.
0:36.4	We're calling this an object because that's the best description we have right now.
0:42.3	We do not know who owns it whether it's a state owned or corporate owned or privately
0:50.3	owned.
0:51.3	We just don't know.
0:52.2	The context of course is crucial last Saturday, less than a week ago, the U.S. military
0:57.2	shot down what the Biden administration says was a Chinese surveillance balloon.
1:02.2	They did this off the coast of the United States after it had traveled across the entire
1:06.6	United States.
1:07.6	We are covering this breaking news from every angle.
1:10.1	We're going to start with CNN's film Mappingly at the White House.
1:12.3	Phil, President Biden just addressed this issue.
1:15.3	What did he have to say?
1:16.3	Jake, the president was waiting in the South Lawn for the arrival of Brazilian President
1:20.1	Lula de Silva and he was asked by our colleague, DJ Judd, if he had comment on the shoot
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