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3:05pm- On Saturday, a U.S. F-22 Raptor fighter jet shot down a Chinese reconnaissance balloon off the coast of South Carolina. The balloon had been tracked for several days flying over the continental United States, as well as Alaska and Canada. According to U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerk, the balloon may have been carrying explosives, giving it the capability to self-destruct. 

3:20pm- On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre spoke with reporters about the Biden Administration’s decision to shoot down the Chinese reconnaissance balloon. Notably, KJP told reporters that the National Security Council sent out information about the balloon via TikTok—a social media account believed to be closely tied to the Chinese government and used to harvest user data on behalf of China’s Communist party. 

3:40pm- Mama Zeoli witnessed the Chinese spy balloon being shot out of the sky! And, lucky for us, actually captured the event on video—complete with play-by-play details. Rich reviews her performance as a journalist.

3:50pm- Speaking with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen blamed inflation on “boosted food and energy prices” caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

4:05pm- Congressman Jeff Van Drew—Republican representing New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss President Joe Biden’s reluctance to shoot down a Chinese reconnaissance balloon flying over the United States. Will U.S. Navy divers be able to successfully recover potentially valuable debris from the balloon? Rep. Van Drew also talks about the environmental dangers of continuing the construction process of windmill farms off the coast of New Jersey, which may have already been responsible for deaths of numerous whales. 

4:20pm- Due to the overwhelming number of undocumented migrants now being housed in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams announced that he will begin sending some of the migrants to Canada. 

4:40pm- Dave Huber—Associate Editor for The College Fix—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss students at Philadelphia-area colleges demanding greater security on campus in response to violent crime on, or near, Temple, Drexel, and University of Pennsylvania.

4:50pm- Surfing champion Bethany Hamilton implored the World Surf League to protect competition among biological women, by creating a new division for specifically transgender surfers.

5:00pm- In response to a question about whether TikTok should be banned in the U.S., President Joe Biden said he doesn’t have the application on his phone.

5:05pm- While appearing on CNN, former Obama-era Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta stated that President Joe Biden should have shot down the Chinese spy balloon before it was “allowed to traverse the entire country.” 

5:10pm- While speaking with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that the Chinese Communist Party has embedded itself in nearly every major university in the United States. 

5:15pm- According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly is set to be the home of Major League Cornhole’s first team: the Bell-Ringers. Rich vows to try out for the team.

5:30pm- In a recent episode of the Disney+ cartoon series “The Proud Family”, characters explain that America was built on slavery and that the country was founded on white supremacy. In the past, the show’s executive producer, Latoya Raveneau, has talked about her ambition to place woke storylines and imagery in Disney content. 

5:45pm- Is fast-food racist? One Rutgers professor says, yes!

6:05pm- While speaking with reporters upon his return to the White House from Camp David, President Joe Biden said that the Chinese spy balloon would not alter his State of the Union speech on Tuesday.

6:10pm- On The View, Whoopi Goldberg dismissed China’s spy balloon explaining, “we spy on them, they spy on us and the world keeps going around.” 

6:15pm- Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) called the reconnaissance balloon a “message” from China and implored President Biden to take the matter seriously, holding China accountable for its actions. 

6:30pm- Who Won Social Media? 

6:40pm- REPLAY: Congressman Jeff Van Drew—Republican representing New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss President Joe Biden’s reluctance to shoot down a Chinese reconnaissance balloon flying over the United States. Will U.S. Navy divers be able to successfully recover valuable debris from the balloon? Rep. Van Drew also talks about the environmental dangers of continuing the construction process of windmill farms off the coast of New Jersey, which may have already been responsible for deaths of numerous whales.

Congressman Jeff Van Drew—Republican representing New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss President Joe Biden’s reluctance to shoot down a Chinese reconnaissance balloon flying over the United States. Will U.S. Navy divers be able to successfully recover potentially valuable debris from the balloon? Rep. Van Drew also talks about the environmental dangers of continuing the construction process of windmill farms off the coast of New Jersey, which may have already been responsible for deaths of numerous whales. 

On Saturday, a U.S. F-22 Raptor fighter jet shot down a Chinese reconnaissance balloon off the coast of South Carolina. The balloon had been tracked for several days flying over the continental United States, as well as Alaska and Canada. According to U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerk, the balloon may have been carrying explosives, giving it the capability to self-destruct. 

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3:05pm- On Thursday, United States officials announced they’ve tracked a Chinese reconnaissance balloon flying over the continental states. According to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the balloon had flown over Alaska and Canada prior to F-22 fighter jets being sent to monitor it over Montana. WSJ writes, “[t]he U.S. maintains an arsenal of 150 nuclear-armed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken had been scheduled to visit Beijing, China over the weekend—though, that trip has now been postponed. 

3:10pm- Paul Bedard, of The Washington Examiner, hypothesized that high-altitude balloons could potentially be used to deliver an electronic magnetic pulse (EMP) nuclear attack designed to disrupt America’s electrical grid.

3:15pm- Pentagon Spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder spoke to reporters on Friday and insisted that the Chinese reconnaissance balloon does not pose a threat to the United States or national security. Brigadier General Patrick explained that while the balloon is “maneuverable”, the Pentagon has decided to simply monitor it and will not shoot it down. 

3:30pm- Speaking with Kaitlin Collins on CNN, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said that if attempts to capture China’s surveillance balloon failed, it should be shot down. 

3:35pm- At the conclusion of a White House press conference on the state of the United States economy, President Biden was asked about the Chinese surveillance balloon but walked away, refusing to provide answers. 

3:40pm- Christopher Ruddy—CEO of Newsmax—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss AT&T-owned DirectTV’s decision to pull Newsmax from its satellite services, upsetting many of the services 13 million subscribers. Though AT&T claims the decision was motivated by a need to cut costs, they allowed other channels with lower ratings to remain a part of their services. Ruddy believes Newsmax was unfairly targeted because of its conservative politics and that this amounts to an act of “censorship." In response to the decision, former President Donald Trump has called on AT&T and DirectTV subscribers to cancel all accounts they hold with either entity. 

3:50pm- During a joint press conference with South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken briefly addressed the Chinese spy-balloon flying over the continental United States. 

4:05pm- Has the Biden Administration responded appropriately to China’s reconnaissance balloon flying over the United States? Should it be shot down? Zeoli speaks to listeners about what should be done. 

4:30pm- While appearing on CNN, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) implored Americans to delete the TikTok app from their phones—claiming it is not only a national security risk, but that it is also negatively influencing the behavior of children.

4:40pm- In a Wall Street Journal opinion editorial, Kimberley Strassel argues that Hunter Biden attorneys admitted that the infamous laptop abandoned at an electronics repair shop in Wilmington, Delaware belonged to him. Addressing Hunter's numerous legal complications, Strassel writes: “How’s it going to look if, at the demand of the president’s son, the Justice Department unleashes the full force of the federal government on the people who exposed Hunter’s problematic foreign dealings, including documents that raise questions about Joe Biden’s knowledge of those affairs?” Read the article at: https://www.wsj.com/articles/hunter-biden-claims-his-laptop-scandal-washington-russia-misinformation-leak-candidate-debate-truth-11675377236?mod=hp_opin_pos_1

4:45pm- On Thursday, House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced an investigation into White House Special Climate Envoy John Kerry and his use of tax-payer money.

4:50pm- According to The Daily Wire, Facebook and Instagram have threatened to permanently ban Project Veritas from their social media platforms over their hidden camera video featuring Pfizer official Jordon Trishton Walker talking about potential COVID-19 mutations stemming from the company’s research. 

5:00pm- President Joe Biden refused to take blame for inflation when asked about it by reporters, explaining that he inherited a bad economy. However, as the Washington Examiner notes, inflation was at 1.4% the month President Biden took office and reached a high of 9.1% in June of 2022.

5:20pm- Rich is joined by Mike Opelka! The two discuss The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof suggesting that inclusive language, specifically the use of terms like “Latinx” to refer to Latinos, has gone too far. Rich Zeoli fills in for Mark Levine tonight—Opelka closes out the show and is joined by columnist Gordon Chang. 

On Thursday, United States officials announced they’ve tracked a Chinese reconnaissance balloon flying over the continental states. According to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the balloon had flown over Alaska and Canada prior to F-22 fighter jets being sent to monitor it over Montana. WSJ writes, “[t]he U.S. maintains an arsenal of 150 nuclear-armed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken had been scheduled to visit Beijing, China over the weekend—though, that trip has now been postponed.