officials tells nbc news, president biden directed the and i-5 object to be shut down this afternoon. told the president make the call at an abundance of caution at the recommendation of the pentagon. the source also is saying the u.s. has no indication this latest object had surveillance capabilities. they cannot rule it out at this point. this all comes after the u.s. military shot down a high altitude object flying over alaskan airspace on friday. then on saturday u.s. fighter jets shot down another unidentified objects over uconn territory in canada. back in february 4th, the u.s. downed a chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. joining me now, nbc news congressional correspondent, julie tsirkin. julie, how are members of congress responding tonight? what answers do they hope to get from the pentagon? look, they have more questions than answers. i should note, alicia, all of these different rank and file lawmakers from michigan, from us conson, from montana, al
that democrat josh shapiro when the governor s race in the midterms. democrats are now on track to get some big things accomplished. access to abortion will likely be safeguarded. a minimum wage hike is also any work. lgbtq pennsylvania s are likely to gain new protections and police reform, gun control measures, green energy measures, could be on the table. in short, as we d like to say every time on this show, every election matters when the vote count. coming up on the second hour of ayman, breaking news, a third high altitude object has been found. this one in northern canada. plus, president biden goes on offense after a state of the union effect and republicans are running scared. undermining democracy. new conservative majority on the north carolina supreme court might overrule past decisions that protected voting rights. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. we begin this hour with our breaking coverage of a third unidentified object, shot down over north america
the other two won the races by 50 and 75 points. for months on this show, we have been covering the chaos that ensued when due to a series of unexpected issues, three seats won by democrats in the november elections were left vacant. pennsylvania republicans took that opportunity to in effect, steal their way to a majority in the state house. clearly ignoring the will of the people by pretending that they had a majority while those seats remained unfilled. but now that those special elections have been held and the winner settled, it seems like a more drama free environment will be coming into effect because democrats will now control the commonwealth s legislature for the first time in a dozen years as we mentioned earlier. and it is coupled with the fact that democrat josh shapiro won the governor s race in the midterms. democrats are now on track to get some big things accomplished. access to abortion will likely be safeguarded. a minimum wage hike is also any work. lgbtq
former president donald trump officially kicking off his 2024 campaign with his first rally in waco, texas. that is expected to get underway at any minute. do not worry. we will not be bringing it to you live. tonight s event comes after a tough week for trump, as a multiple criminal investigations have been intensifying. learning his top aides will be forced to testify against him, trump exploded. on friday, a federal judge ruled ex chief of staff mark meadows and many other trump officials must speak to the grand jury and the january 6th investigation. now, trump is of course expected to appeal that division. meanwhile in new york, manhattan da alvin bragg is receiving hundreds of threats from trump s supporters, notes containing powder minutes ago, on hour ago an hour, downplaying this threat. he claims trump did not share an image of himself waving a baseball bat next to the da s head. i understand it was not his photo. it wasn t an article he re-posted it. but
it. only once before have i seen so many books in one place. like fahrenheit 451, life is imitating art, in florida, with desantis might as well be burning books because he sees them as more dangerous than guns which he wants people to be able to carry around without license or even training. also tonight, the investigation of donald trump s hush money payments to an adult film actress moves into a significant new phase. and on the eve of tyre nichols funeral, we re going to expose the serious flaws in police training in america, which led to nichols brutal killing by officers sworn to protect the public. we begin tonight in the not so free state of florida, where in the year 2023, it s probably easier to get a gun than it is to get a history book. right now, florida republicans led by governor ron desantis, are trying to push through a bill that would eliminate concealed weapons permits, calling the right to bear arms, quote, central to our freedom. those same lawm