nbc news has exclusive new details that the infamous chinese spy balloon shot down near south carolina in february w was, in fact, able to collect intel from sensitive american military sites despite the pentagon s best efforts to block it that s according to two current and one former senior u.s. official for more than a week, the balloon traveled across the country, hovering near several bases, including one in montana where the u.s. houses a portion of its nuclear arsenal nbc news white house correspondent carol lee helped break the story. she joins us now this new reporting hits on two of the big remaining questions about the balloon, which was, a, why was it here, and what could it do to help china. what did we find out well, what we found out, chris, from multiple officials is that the balloon, when it was traveling over the u.s., that it
welcome back panel is here. nbc news white house correspondent carol lee. peter baker of the new york times, former congressman carlos carvalho, and former white house press secretary jen psaki here before the debut of her new show here and on peacock. congratulations. thank you very much thanks for doing pregame with us carol, i want to start with what the former president was up to this is a strategic decision this is a campaign strategy, you know, they don t keep it a secret they know they believe focusing on this manhattan case will d essentially trickle down sort of what the steel dossier did to the mullen investigation they hope the d.a. does to the special counsel in georgia is this the strategy that s exactly rate we ve seen this playbook before. it s trying to pre-butt, set the tone, create the narrative, the
claims he will be arrested and calls on his supporters to protest as he faces the possibility of an indictment in new york city. an indictment in new york city. as his legal threats grow, trump tries to use this case about hush money and an afar to distract from the more serious charges he faces in georgia. the prosecutor of new york has done more to help donald trump get elected president than any single person. joining me for insight and analysis are, nbc white house correspondent carol lee, jen psaki, former congressman carlos cabello and peter baker. welcome to carvalho and white house correspondent peter baker. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. press with chuck todd. a good sunday morning. brace yourself, folks, it is going to be a whirlwind of a week. it starts with the russian
him what to do. it s very clear, if kevin mccarthy wants to go to china or taiwan, i should say, he will end up doing so. at this point, there are no official plans on the books to make that happen. if it were to happen, it would probably happen sometime over the summer. ryan nobles, courtney kube, carol lee, thank you very much. and coming up, what president biden said in the last hour about our economy as we re hearing new warnings about when the u.s. could default on its debts. plus, she s in, but can she beat her former boss? what nicky haley says she can do that trump cannot. and enough is enough. what michigan state students did just two days after three of their classmates were shot and killed on their campus. e shot ad killed on their campus (woman 1) i just switched to verizon business unlimited. it s just right for my little business. unlimited premium data. unlimited hotspot data. (woman 2) you know it s from the most reliable 5g network in america? (vo) when it come
to use this privilege to shield his testimony. pence ends up looking a lot like someone who doesn t want to testify. someone who has something to hide, and that s the sort of behavior that really piques federal prosecutors interest. interesting. i assume we re going to talk to you about this again as it winds its way through the courts. joyce vance, thank you very much. and now to capitol hill with our other lead story. senators are getting a classified briefing on china. senator chris coons told us relations with china are at a cold point. those were his words. how cold exactly? joining me now is nbc news white house correspondent carol lee, nbc capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, and nbc news pentagon correspondent, courtney kube. they re in a classified briefing, it s happening yigt right now, can you give us an expectation of what senators were expecting.