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
sky for tracking china suspected surveillance balloon as its sales across the united states. the pentagon says another balloon is making its way across latin america. the latest reaction from the white house and why the military hasn t shot it down plus cooperate or face more charges the manhattan da s office reported ultimatum to jail trump organization cfo allen weisselberg can prosecutors flip the longtime exec against his former boss later, ron desantis this week making his priorities crystal clear his government working to make access to guns easier, while making access to some books harder. we ll dive into his latest controversial proposals all of that more, that is coming up. a good hopefully warm saturday morning to you, i m kati phang thanks for starting your weekend with us. right now there s a balloon that the united states military says it is for chinese surveillance and it s still in the air over the united states four days after it was first spotted. so just how
nbc news president biden directed the unidentified objects be shot down this afternoon. the president made the call out of an abundance of caution, at the recommendation of the pentagon. the source also saying the u.s. has no indication this latest object had surveillance tape capabilities, but they cannot rule it out at this point. this all comes after the u.s. military shot down a high altitude objects flying over alaskan air space on friday. then, on saturday, a u.s. fighter jet shot down another unidentified object over uconn territory in canada. back on for very fourth, the u.s. downed chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. joining me now, nbc news congressional correspondent julie. julie, how are members of congress responding tonight? what answers to they hope to get from the pentagon? well, look, they have more questions than answers. i should note, alicia, that all these different rank and file lawmakers from michigan, wisconsin, montana all of these
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