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NORAD commander: Chinese spy balloon incident 'turned out as best it could for our nation'

NORAD Commander General Glen VanHerck spoke with Lester Holt about the high stakes mission of shooting down the Chinese spy balloon and more. We also got a rare look inside NORAD’s Joint Operations Center where potential air and maritime threats to the U.S. and Canada are tracked and analyzed. (Correction: The interview took place at NORAD headquarters not at the Joint Operations Center as this description initially noted.)