politicsnation. tonight s illiad, up in the air. right now, many americans have their eyes on the skies. watching for more than just a super bowl flyover. president biden ordered the u.s. military to shoot down another unidentified object over the great lakes today. according to a congressional source briefed on the matter, and to u.s. officials. it s the fourth high altitude object shot down in north america, airspace, over the past week. in just a minute, i will talk to a member of the house foreign affairs committee about the latest developments. and as possible foreign threats loom, culture wars are raging at home. i m headed to florida this week, as international action joins in demonstrations against governor ron desantis to suppress african american studies in the sunshine state schools. i will be talking to a leading scholar at the center of the ongoing debate, just ahead. and later, a big game and a major milestone for the nfl. two black quarterbacks will go head to
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with breaking news. yet another shootdown of a high altitude object. this one in the skies over northern canada. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau this afternoon gave norad the order to shoot it down and a u.s. fighter jet successfully just did that. it is not clear if it is related to yesterday s incident off the northeastern coast of alaska. that was near the canadian border. nor is it clear if it is related to the chinese spy balloon that was shot down last saturday. natasha joins us now along with paula newton. what do we know about this latest shootdown? obviously significant enough for the canadian prime minister to tweet about this in the last hour or so. and given the week we ve had with these objects, it is pretty predictable that he would want to be fully transparent about it. we were talking about norad, the north american aerospace command observed this high altitude object, confirm
dpogood evening, everyone. i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. there sure are a lot of suspicious objects flying around our skies lately. exactly one week ago it was that chinese spy balloon. this afternoon it s what the the pentagon call a high altitude object shot down by an f-22 fighter jet about 10 miles off the northern coast of alaska. but what is that object? who does it belong to, and what was it doing up there? plus, of course, it s super bowl weekend. bob costas will be here tonight with what he s most excited about. americans are expected to bet $16 billion on this game. is this harmless fun or a new national addiction? bob costas will give us all the scoop on the big game. and congressman george santos is still at it. this time he s lying about senator kyrsten sinema according to her. we ll bring you the full compilation of santos deceptions from just this week and what his colleagues are now saying about him. let s start with the mice tearious obj
i m stephanie ruhle. new signs tonight of a legal battle brewing for the special counsel subpoena to former vp mike pence. cbs news reporting that trump s legal team is gearing up to track on the grounds of executive privilege. we learned yesterday that the jack smith subpoenaed the former vp that wants him to testify under oath that his investigation into trump s role in january 6th. jack smith is also overseeing the investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. tonight, abc news reports his legal team [inaudible] a folder with classification markings found last month at mar-a-lago. they also turned over a laptop belonging to one of trump s current aides. abc says trump s lawyers told agents, the folder had been copied onto the laptop. so far, neither trump s legal team nor the justice department is commenting. nbc news has not confirmed this reporting. meanwhile, fbi found another classified document today at mike pence s house in indiana. discover d
over the united states. eventually shot down off of the coast of south carolina by an air force fighter jet. now pentagon officials will not confirm whether or not the new object was also a balloon or its country of origin. officials did say the object was roughly the size of a small car, and was flying at an altitude that will make it a potential threat to civilian aircraft. alaska senator melissa spoke with lester holt last night, said she was briefed and told the object was not a balloon. take a listen. but today, to know that we have yet another unidentified objects successfully shot down in alaska, making sure that the message is clear that any sovereign territory or airspace in this country, and there s a threat, that there is an incursion. there will be consequences. here is nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa with more. today, the search with ice and snow is underway for any debris from that second flying object in u.s. airspace. this object shot do