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
john: speculation is finally over. president biden kicking off his 2024 re-election bid at the age of 80. we are just moments away from the first white house briefing since the president s announcement. sandra: vice president kamala harris is not going anywhere either, staying at the president s side as they team up to run for another term. john: but if they were expecting big excitement over their decision to try for four more years, the polls of voters, even democrat, could show they are in for a disappointment. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts in washington. sandra: i guess sandra: and a lot of news is expected. could be setting up a possible trump rematch but this time around, president biden will have to defend his record as americans are struggling to make ends meet. our economic plan is working. we now have to finish the job and there s more to do. i ran for president to rebuild the backbone of american, the midd
staying one step ahead for over a decade, if he was taking that much dope. i would submit to you. just one other lie that i would submit to you is a lie that he s trying to get you to believe to feel sympathetic for him as if the dope was the cause of the money and the cause of his issues when the reality is it wasn t. this had been going on for a long time and the finances prove differently. but what else about this? you ve seen the interviews, and we re going to play some clips of these interviews. i m not going to play them all for you again. you ve watched, but if you have any question, go back and watch them. he talks about being paranoid. watch those interviews when he s with dave owen. he doesn t look like he s withdrawing from any drugs. his responses are appropriate. he s not displaying any paranoia. he s smooth. he s focused on the events. he s focused on trying to get information about the case from law enforcement officers, which is interesting in its own right. w
to religious bias. frantic search for survivors, the latest on a fiery and fatal train crash that left at least 36 people dead and 66 hospitalized in greece. an inside look at intelligence on the mysterious so called havana syndrome, and what caused it. but first, that new video just in of the murdaugh murder crime scene and the same scene the jurors toured this morning, and closing arguments are set to resume just about 20 minutes from now. our nbc news reporters are here following all the latest developments, and we begin with what has truly been a fascinating day at the murdaugh murder trial. ellison barber is outside the courthouse for us. i know you ve had a little bit of a chance to sift through some of the footage of the crime scene. what does it tell you? what might the jurors have learned from being there? reporter: they were able to see and we see in moments of this video the pool reporter when the press was able to see what the jury saw outside pointing out e
the senate will get its own briefing later this morning. bill: the u.s. revealing the spy flight was part of a larger espionage program going on for years. china maintains it with as a weather balloon that drifted off course and traveled over sensitive military sites in the u.s. the pentagon says no chance. i can assure you this was not for civilian purposes. we re 100% clear about that. we are very confident we ll be able to detect these kinds of capabilities as evidenced by the continuing body of knowledge that we ve been able to build up on this. obviously that s something our intelligence community will continue to work closely on for this and any other potential threats. dana: bryan llenas is in myrtle beach, south carolina where crews are still searching for debris. we begin the aishah hosni on capitol hill and more on today s briefings as we get thursday going. hi, aishah. this all-house briefing got underway an hour ago and already seen some of these members e