top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. we begin this hour with the new reporting of the chinese surveillance balloon, and the state department is confirming that this device was capable of monitoring u.s. communications. that is likely one of the new details that lawmakers are learning this morning. the biden administration is giving classified briefings on the issue on capitol hill a short time ago, and we will give you more of what we are learning in a moment, and with reclosely following what is happening in europe. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling on the european allies to step up the assistance and talking about specifically what they could do in his mind game-changers. fresh off of the sales pitch in wisconsin, president biden is headed to florida to expect to drive home his pledge in particular to protect social security and medicare, and we will have more on that message from the white house ahead. first of all to nat
hello, and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a very, very busy news day with u. not your average balloon. u.s. officials sharing new information and they say, yes, china was spying. its balloon part of a surveillance op and scooping up communications snooping on locations in the united states, plus, the president s dual purpose road show. watch me, joe biden says, when asked if he s too old for a second term and today in florida, a state donald trump won twice, the president will warn seniors republicans want to gut social security and medicare. republicans say that s a lie and duct tape and bailing wire. congress gets new behind-the-scenes evidence of how southwest sputtered stranding thousands over christmas direct from its pilots union. up first, though for us a big new download of information on the chinese balloon. that courtesy of classified congressional briefings. american defense officials and the fbi. briefers telling l
i m sara sidner in new york. jim acosta has the day off. we begin with news on former president jimmy carter. the 98-year-old will begin receiving hospice care at his home in plains, georgia. that s according to a statement from the carter center. the 98-year-old has decided to spend time with family and forgo any further medical treatment away from home. reporter: the decision of jimmy carter to remain in plains, georgia, after a series of hospital stays, speaks to the center this town has been to his life. he spent nearly all of his 98 years in plains, georgia, with exception for his time in the white house and his time as a young man serving in the american military. plains, georgia, south of atlanta, has been the place this former president has done his life work in the postpresidency. he s talked about democracy. been a leader for housing, building homes himself through habitat for humanity. clearly, plains, georgia, has been his life blood. the coarter center he has c
trump s legal team says the president is expected to turn himself in early next week according to district attorney alvin bragg s office. quote. we contacted mr. trump s attorney to coordinate his surrender to the manhattan s d.a. office on arraignment supreme court indictment remains under seal. guidance will be provided when the arraignment it date is selected. fact that the grand jury indictment remains under seal means we don t know the exact charges. bragg has been investigating trump for alleged payment made leading up to the 2016 lengsdz. that includes $130,000 to adult film actress stormy daniels. bragg questioned witnesses about another 150,000 paid to model karen macdougall allegedly that is. the former president has denied all of these allegations along with affairs with both. all the while bragg has been trthrust national debate. saying in part this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg
attorney over a $130,000 check to stormy daniels prosecutors call hush money. my next guest, former u.s. assistant attorney to the southern district in new york says this, andy mccarthy in national review. progressive prosecutorsal vills, alvinbragg. we shouldn t lose sight that it s good for democratic political fortunes in the long run. andy, surprised we are at this point even though there is no confirmation of it? where do we go from here. it s not easy to be surprised because of all the reporting we have seen the last couple weeks and the d.a. seems to do the things you would do when you are serious about wrapping up a case. it hasn t happened yet, but i imagine early next week we ll see it. brian require understand you do not think much of this case. it took place in in 2007, and e payments in 2011. alvin bralg walked away from this case. what happened? it hinges not only on the testimony of the porn star, stormy daniels who look, i think it s credible for her to