This week on Flashpoint, WCNC Charlotte's Ben Thompson sits down with Congressman Jeff Jackson, where Jackson admits his opinion on the recent Chinese spy balloon shifted after speaking to members of the U.S. military.

"I started in a place of skepticism about the timeline for their decision-making and ended in a place of confidence that they handle this in the best possible way," Jackson said on WCNC's Flashpoint.  

Later, Ben talks to Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Braxton Winston and his push for Charlotte's stalled $13.5B transportation plan.

"I have high confidence that we will get there because at the at the end of the day, the Charlotte region is the economic lungs of this state," Braxton Winston said on WCNC's Flashpoint.  

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