good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we go directly to the pentagon and the briefing on the china spy balloon. because we do not have internet or phone capability in this area of the pentagon for a variety of reasons, our normal call-in options will not be available. for those who have had to call in, we apologize for the inconvenience. however, we will aim to get our briefing transcripts and the audio up as quickly as possible. we will aim to answer your questions through our dod press desk when you send them to us. moving forward, we will look at ways to improve our briefing operations and the facilitation and expect that our regular press briefings will resume in the press briefing room in middle to late may. again, we appreciate your patience and flexibility and extend our thanks to the department of the air force for allowing us to use airman s hall as our temporary briefing home. secretary austin returned yesterday from a very productive series of meetings in
part of the grand jury investigation into the mar-a-lago classified documents. the former president escalates his rhetoric overnight. threatening, quote, death and destruction if he is charged with a crime. i will be joined by michigan congresswoman debbie dingell, one of the congress people who questioned tiktok s ceo. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. we start with the u.s. air strikes by f-15s against what the u.s. said are iranian-backed groups in syria. killing an american contractor and injuring five u.s. service members and another american contractor. the pentagon says the deadly strike was from an iranian suicide drone. courtney kubie reports. a rocket attack against another base in syria used by u.s. troops. president biden on his trip to canada ordering air strikes against the targets in syria in retaliation. right now, the president is meeting with canada s prime minister justin trudeau in ottawa. joining us now is white house national security counci
joining us now from nniger, courtney kubie. what the situation like today? reporter: we were pretty surprised to see the democratic elected president of niger today. we ve seen him since this coup unfolded last wednesday, it started wednesday morning when members of his own security services took him into custody in his own presidential residence. he s been held there ever ever since. they believe that he s still in good health and they ve been able to communicate with him throughout the last six days. but the president of neighboring chad was set here as a em sarry, there was a meeting of these western african nations yesterday, they came together
part of the grand jury investigation into the mar-a-lago classified documents. the former president escalates his rhetoric overnight. threatening, quote, death and destruction if he is charged with a crime. i will be joined by michigan congresswoman debbie dingell, one of the congress people who questioned tiktok s ceo. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. we start with the u.s. air strikes by f-15s against what the u.s. said are iranian-backed groups in syria. killing an american contractor and injuring five u.s. service members and another american contractor. the pentagon says the deadly strike was from an iranian suicide drone. courtney kubie reports.
the suspected chinese spy balloon shot down last week in the atlantic. the white house shooting down chatter the objects that were shot down over the weekend could be from out of this world. there is no again, no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity. joining me now is peter alexander, the co-author of weekend today and courtney kubie and peter baker and robert gibbs. peter, i think we are reassured from the white house now i think i started covering the white house in the 1970s. the first time that we were reassured there s no aliens out there. a lot of people asking a lot of good questions.