#shorts a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “So, Karine, we know of these few balloons that had flown in the past — the one, of course, from last week. You say the relationship is up to China going forward. Should the expectation be for the American public that — that this is it with balloons then? Or is it that this could potentially happen again in the future? And if that’s the case, that the standard procedure going forward is wait for it to get over water and then it’ll be shot down?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I — I’m not going to get into going to get into, you know, specifics of what might happen next or hypotheticals from here. I’m just not going to do that. What I can say is, as you’ve heard me say, there is a — there was a China surveillance program — right? — balloon program that we have — that has been going on for some time, that Congress certainly was briefed on back in late — in last August. But just — just not going to get into hypotheticals from here.

On 2/6/2023, the spy balloon first entered US airspace over Alaska last Saturday, and the balloon soared over nuclear silos and military installations. The balloon was 200 feet tall and weighed thousands of pounds according to the Pentagon. Jean-Pierre faced numerous questions on the topic during Monday’s press briefing. Biden emphatically told reporters on Saturday that he told the military to shoot down the balloon on Wednesday, perhaps in response to growing criticism from Republican lawmakers.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/Kh52IJGRHAI
Q: this could…happen again?
A: not get into hypotheticals & refused to answer question