we began this morning with an update on that traumatic incident with the chinese spy balloon 60,000 feet in the air. eight days after it was first spotted in u.s. airspace, and have 22 raptor shot down the balloon with a single missile yesterday off the carolina coast. the search for degree is now underway. it my touch off a war of words between the u.s. and china. heightening tensions in an already data diplomatic relationship. china expressed its, quote, strong dissatisfaction. they have insisted that the device was a civilian weather balloon. a u.s. senior administration official said in response that they were confident the balloon was, quote, seeking to monitor sensitive military spots. we shift the focus now tuesday state of the union. president biden s first before the new republican house majority. security is being ramped up with plans to install fencing around the u.s. capitol ahead of the primetime address. we don t know too many specifics about what the president
you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to, alex witt reports. the race to the 2022 midterms is nearing the finish line. and just three days, in a matter of hours, the results will begin coming in for what could be one of the most consequential elections in u.s. history. new today, a trio of u.s. presidents bringing their star power to the campaign trail in this final weekend. president biden, and former president obama, will be in philadelphia together later today. that because after biden makes a stop in illinois, and obama holds a rally in pittsburgh, this in the next few hours. then former president trump will be in western pennsylvania rallying for republican candidates. more than 38 million americans have already cast their vote ahead of tuesday s elections. earlier today on msnbc, some candidates and key contests stressed the importance of reaching those voters yet to cast their ballots. races in the state are always close. our last three
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bret: breaking to make him gt a former president trump will get arba third-party arbiter to review documents taken from his home in florida by federal agents last month. a judge came down in favor of the trump team s request today, rejecting arguments fromcial prosecutors that the special master was both unnecessary and unwisedavi. correspondent david spunt has tonight s top story. good evening. good evening tood eveni you.u this judge s order out just hours ago as a temporary legal victory for the former president and gives him more political opportunities to attack an ongoing grand jury investigation his handling of sensitive documents. days after asking what is the harm with naming an outside neutral party to review thousands of documents seized by the fbi, judge eid a cited to review the seized property for personal items documents potentially privileged materials to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege. the order still allows intelligence communit