top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. we begin this hour with the new reporting of the chinese surveillance balloon, and the state department is confirming that this device was capable of monitoring u.s. communications. that is likely one of the new details that lawmakers are learning this morning. the biden administration is giving classified briefings on the issue on capitol hill a short time ago, and we will give you more of what we are learning in a moment, and with reclosely following what is happening in europe. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling on the european allies to step up the assistance and talking about specifically what they could do in his mind game-changers. fresh off of the sales pitch in wisconsin, president biden is headed to florida to expect to drive home his pledge in particular to protect social security and medicare, and we will have more on that message from the white house ahead. first of all to nat
president mike pence have both said that the possible arrest is politically motivated. nate foy live with the latest, hello, nate. nate: posted on truth social. he claims those doj prosecutors are actually leading this effort against him and you mentioned today many republicans even trump s former vice president are voicing opposition to expected charges. trump s campaign put out a statement saying this isn t a prosecution, it s a persecution. the former president made his first public appearance since announcing expected arrest at the ncaa wrestling championship in tulsa, oklahoma, the crowd cheered him on as he walked in. president trump calls witch hunt and, of course, trump is a front runner in republican primary, former director of national intelligence tells morning future this is political. someone said we will not prosecute armed robberies in this office and now saying he will prosecute a misdemeanor offense against opposition political opponent, former president of
basically spend every waking hour you re not working, eating, sleeping, or fishing watching british crime dramas set in london, which is what i do now because i m a middle aged childless lesbian. anyway. whether you ve been to london or just spent a lot of time in london in your mind you might have noticed these blue plaques on the london landscape. the british government puts up these blue disks, these blue plaques on historic sites of all kinds not just in london but particularly in london. there are also some in other parts of the country of course. some of these historic plaques are exactly what you would think. exactly what you would imagine, right? winston churchill 1874-1965 prime minister lived and died here. this one mahatma gandhi 1869-1948 lived here as a law student. francis bacon, painter lived and worked here 1961-1992. lady diana spencer, princess diana, lived here. some are exactly what you would imagine if you know anything about british history. some are a l
james harden, and the incredible cast of everything everywhere all at once, including my girl jamie lee curtis, when the sag award herself. that takes us off here tonight. and on that note i wish to wall a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. d of tomorrow it s a really good to have you here we have a very interesting show for you tonight. if he had ever been to london, or if you re like, me and you basically spend every waking hour you are not working, eating, sleeping, or fishing watching british crime dramas set in london. which is what i do now because i am a middle aged childless lesbian. anyway. whether you ve been to london or you spent a lot of time in london in your mind. you might have noticed these blue blacks on the london landscape. the british government puts out these blue discs. these blue plaques on historic sites of all kinds. not just in london,
if you ve ever been to london or if you re like me and you basically spend every waking hour you re not working, eating, sleeping or fishing watching british crime dramas set in london, which is what i do now because i m a middle-aged childless lesbian anyway, whether you ve been to london or spent a lot of time in london in your mind, you might have noticed these blue plaques on the london landscape. the british government puts up these blue disks, these blue plaques on historic sites of all kind not just in london. and some of these historic plaques are exactly what you d think, exactly what you d imagine. winston churchill 1874-1965, prime minister, lived and died here. or this one. lived here as a law student. francis bacon, participator, lived and worked here 1961-1992. lady diana spencer, princess diana, lived here. some are exactly what you would imagine. some are harder to guess at. this is one featured in the the new york times not long ago that commemorates the