The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (02/03/2023): 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, Faceboo