either. it s happened once previously, and several times under the man that he replaced, former president trump. more on that in a moment. in this hour, federal crews are briefing for the seven mile radius where it fell, after being shot down by an f 22 fighter jet. the big question now, we are does this ordeal take the already strained relationship between the united states and china? beijing says they are reserving the right to respond. receiving an onslaught of monday morning quarterbacking by the gop. republicans quick to attack the president. taking down over the atlantic, it s really attacking the quarterback after the game is over. this mission should never been allowed, how late into january did they know that this high altitude balloon was not where it was headed. why didn t they take action at the time, and why did they not wait until wednesday or thursday to talk about this? are they equally upset by donald trump? of course not. despite bringing similar by
we ll dig deeper into the decisions made by police and first responders and the decisions officials are faced with right now that could stop the next attack from happening. our new nbc news poll showing americans increasingly grim about the country s future saying it s a disaster. the warning signs for joe biden s expected re-election bid, how can he turn things around. no golden elevator, no wild crowds. donald trump s 2024 campaign kicks off with what one publication called a sleepy event in new hampshire. just 400 people in a high school auditorium. does that kind of kickoff open the door even wider for other republicans to jump into the race? a lot to talk about today. at this power the country is struggling to come to grips with the sheer brutality and inhumanity of the death of tyre nichols, put into devastating focus by today s new york times analysis. it concludes that officers shouted at least 71 commands in 13 minutes, many of them orders described as impossib
around all our to help us deal with the breaking news. ari melber picks up our breaking news coverage right now on the beat. hi, nicolle, thanks so much. i m ari melber, and we continue to follow this breaking news. we have a brand new filing in the dominion fox lawsuit. it has bombshell allegations. our producers are pouring through it. our experts are standing by. rupert murdoch under oath says something that may sound obvious, and yet you have to remember it s exact opposite of what fox, some of its hosts and many of its guests were presenting at the time on the road to what became a violent insurrection. murdoch exposed for admitting the election was not stolen. he knew. that when it came to the factors of why they did what they did, company alleges, to the tune of $1.6 billion, murdoch says, quote, no one wants trump as an enemy. we re pouring through this. this is one of our breaking news nights. i want to bring in our experts right now, renato murray and chai koman
democrats would agree that our border is wide open. it s almost impossible to ignore the unprecedented numbers of migrant encounters. we are averaging 2,450 a day. that s 300,000 known got aways. the amount of drugs seized is more than seized in all of 2019 and 2022 combines. enough to kill he american. yes, that s you. the border crossers evading our own acts up 40% in the del rio sector alone. it makes total sense that the republicans would choose the border as the first place to hold hearings. with these hard facts, both sides would have to agree there is a problem. and the point of contention would be on how to solve the problem. we can agree on that, right? no. the first hearings will have the extreme maga faction of the republican party. many republicans in congress seem intent on demonizing migrant families and asylum seekers portraying them as violent criminals. we keep hearing that the border is open and biden caused this crisis. we don t see that. we experie
on and colliding with a u.s. drone over the black sea we ve got exclusive reporting on what s behind the aggressive actions. plus, new details about georgia s investigation into whether former president trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results we re learning the grand jury has heard a new trump phone call and in texas, we could soon get a ruling surrounding a lawsuit that aims to ban an abortion medication that women have been using safely for decades. right now on capitol hill, treasury secretary janet yellen is testifying before lawmakers as concerns are growing that now first republic bank could be the next to fall shares of first republic fell 30% when the markets opened this morning after suffering major losses on wednesday. this after two major banks collapsed over the weekend and swiss regulators overed a lifeline to credit suisse. she insists americans deposits are safe i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound and