there is no intergalactic space shape. he s taken our money so he could build one hell of a spaceship. all right, 47 past the hour. for the first time in over half a century, unidentified aerial phenomenon are being debated if the halls of congress. right now congress is holding a public hearing on what are commonly known as ufos. the hearing will feature testimony from two top defense intelligence officials who will be discussing concerns raised by a report released last year from the director of national intelligence on the subject. nbc news correspondent gadi schwartz has the details. reporter: this morning ufos
but they move in ways that aren t consistent with what we understand about physics. reporter: chairman adam schiff and andre carson are leading democrats holding the public hearing. do you think this could be extraterrestrial life. we don t know. but the focus isn t on extra terrestrials, it is on unidentified aerial phenomenon that might pose a national security risk. and now the two set to testify about what is known about ufos, all eyes are on the hill and the effort to unravel the mystery in our skies. all right. nbc s gadi schwartz with that report. and we ve seen the fake and the funny ufo video clips from our youth. but, man, when you start seeing these clips that are released from the pentagon, i remember looking at the first ones especially with the one that was going at an extraordinary speed and then suddenly it stops and
we ve had at least 11 near misses though. and have we attempted to communicate with those objects? no. i want to bring in now nbc news correspondent gadi schwartz. you are in washington today. it s a treat to have you here on this coast. you re here because you are as obsessed as i think the rest of us are on this uap phenomena, right? what was really interesting about this hearing today is for the most part, it wasn t treated like a big joke. you know, propagated by people in tinfoil hats. this was members of congress and members of the military taking this phenomena seriously. and i think you found the moment of surprise that you just played, and that was when you heard somebody from the pentagon say we ve had 11 near misses. so 11 near misses when you re talking about uaps, these are things that are floating or flying in the sky that we can t explain. in this particular case that you re seeing right there, the pentagon released two videos today. this video they released almo
6:33 out in los angeles. 9:33 here on the east coast. the markets are now open with investors hoping to end the week on a better note after days of volatility. but crypto has been taking a beating with bitcoin losing $200 billion in market value in a single day. and losing more than a trillion dollars, a trillion dollars in the past six months. correspondent gadi schwartz has more. despite high-profile celebrity endorsements, cryptocurrency has been in a sudden free fall. since that matt damon ad aired during the super bowl, bitcoin has lost half its value. this week dropping below 27,000 for the first time in over 16 months. the reason experts say could be traced back to the collapse of a controversial luna and its
visit paycom.com for a free demo. so here is what climate scientists say when it comes to climate change. there are two things, two big things that we need to do. reduce our global carbon emissions and capture the carbon already in the atmosphere. so when it comes to the second, we already have a natural solution. that s the good news. mangroves. they grow in coastal communities around the world, clearing the air. but mangroves are also under constant threat from coastal development and climate change. joining me now is nbc news correspondent gadi schwartz. so gadi, explain to me how they do it. reporter: yeah, katy, this is one of those solutions that s literally been hiding in plain sight. it is absolutely mind-boggling how incredible mangroves are at