obviously, tensions are already high between the two nations over involvement in ukraine. senior correspondent mike tobin is in kyiv tonight with the latest on this. good evening, mike. good evening, bret. a brazen violation of international law. that s the way the state department describes this contact between a u.s. drone and two russian fighter jets that ended with the u.s. drone being ditched in the black sea. the pentagon says for a half hour this morning two russian su-27 fighter jets harassed a u.s. mq 9 reaper drone in international fuel space. dumped fuel on it and pass sod close struck one of the propellers dropping it down into the southwest of crimea. this is the first contact of this sort since the height of the cold war. this incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional. russian defense ministry denies that the jet impacted the u.s. drone and says the drone was headed in the direction of russia with its transpo
[ inaudible ] no time? big mistake. reporter: jake, that was an assessment that lined one what we heard with his advisers over the course of the last 24 hours. not notably, president putin s announcement came hours before joe biden s speech. just a short time ago, an interview was released where the president called it a big mistake but was confident they could work things out. that underscores a subtext here. u.s. officials make clear this is a reversible position. the treaty goes until 2026. there is time to figure this out. keep in mind, this was the first agreement reached by joe biden and putin at the start of his time in office. it goes to show even on issue where is they thought they could negotiate and reach agreements, the relationship is all but imploded at this point. phil, the president is set to land back in washington in a few hours. what will await him as republicans continue to splinter on the subject of support for ukraine? reporter: yeah, there are
over the western united states. it may have come all the way from china. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details from the pentagon. hi, jennifer. good evening, gill i can t believe. the pentagon says it has detected and been tracking for the past several days a chinese surveillance balloon that entered u.s. airspace and appears to have been sent bye bye jing to spy on sensitive sites in montana. one of three sites where the u.s. houses it s siloed nuclear weapons. nbc first reported the news. a senior u.s. defense official just briefed reporters on the balloon which is still hovering over the continental united states. adding the u.s. government has very high confidence that this surveillance balloon was sent by the peoples republic of china. the balloon is currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground. instances of this kind of balloon activity have been
possession, and i i remain confident that that was done in a thorough and careful way. uh-oh. now it s mike pence. and his lawyers. got to be hard. i said it can t be that hard. it s hard. can t anybody play this game? what you ve got to be asking. well mike pence s lawyers are explaining how classified material ended up at the former vice president s home. more on the timeline and the response from pence s team in just a moment. also ahead speaker kevin mccarthy again rewards marjorie taylor greene. this time with placement on a subcommittee investigating the coronavirus. mtg previously had been kicked off social media platforms for spreading covid misinformation. great. plus, a special grand jury s report on efforts to overturn the 2020 election by former president trump and his allieses. it will stay sealed for now, but the d.a. is promising imminent action in the case. good morning to morning joe. it s wednesday january 25th. with us host of way too
buffalo, new york. he is urging people to stay home. inside the select committee s final report. one of our guests says it reads like a horror novel. the detail on the scope of former president trump s pressure campaign to overturn the results of the election. will the people the committee blames for the attack face what they recommend? we start with the january 6 report. 845 pages of painstaking detail that all come to a single and in the committee s view inescapable conclusion. former president donald trump was the driving force behind the insurrection. in fact, one of the biggest takeaways is the committee s recommendation that congress come up with a way to ensure trump is never president again. with the new congress in session, just 11 days from now, recommendations like that will not pass. the massive scope of the report shows the efforts to overturn the election went beyond donald trump, involving officials and aides who pushed fake electors and media personalities