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how he plans to expand democratic control in 2023 and how not to celebrate black history month. we will reveal our worst of the week contenders. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. let s start this hour with the breaking news of the night the united states has shot down the suspected surveillance balloon off the coast of south carolina. officials say a f 22 missile jet took up the balloon with a single air to air missile. at 2:39 eastern this afternoon. nbc s gary graham joins me now from washington, d. c.. with the latest. gary, it s good to have you with us. what do we know about that decision-making process to shut down this blue and the evidence to collect the debris? as you can imagine,, eamonn you get our learning that this whole process was a team effort, it was a multi agency effort. the faa turned off all the arrivals and departures from wilmington airport from north carolina, from myrtle beach, from charleston. the air force is the one that shut down the ballo
strohmier. we talked to a farmer who says this could snowball into a food shortage. there is all kinds of shipping delays, it s a big snowball effect happening at this point. ashley: griff jenkins live in washington with more, good morning. griff: inflation was 1.4%, yet in his first interview with a reporter since february, president biden tells the ap we re in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome inflation. if it is my fault, why is inflation higher in other countries in the world. we are higher than germany, france, israel, and saudi arabia. he does admit the country is in a funk, which he blames on the pandemic. people are really, really down, consequence of the covid crisis, this after biden blamed oil companies for $5 gas threatening them with emergency powers. at least one company is firing back writing, exxon mobil has been developing more than any other country and globally invested more than we ve earned over the last five years. we kep
the white house put an unofficial gag order on border agents. mask for the but not for me, john kerry lying maskless, his explanation as fox and friends first continues right now. another story we are covering this morning, talk about hypocrisy and it was a few minutes, he had his mask off, we will hear his explanation coming up later, regardless not a good look. not to mention he s the climate czar and yet he jets around the world, takes these private jets everywhere, it is hypocrisy and you wonder why you have to do face-to-face meetings to cut down on carbon emissions. he has answered and we will tell you what he says coming up. good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. let s get right to this extreme weather alert because millions of americans are on high alert bracing for potential tornadoes across the southeast. at least 21 reported touchdown slammed the deep south, stores leaving a trail of destruction in alabama and mississi
disappointed if i didn t talk about the victims of conflict. let s talk about the gop double standard here for a moment. that was minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar moments before house republicans voted to remove her from the house foreign affairs committee. early in the week, house republicans from across the political spectrum expressed concern about setting such a controversial president. and after the deed was done, one republican admitted it was the, quote, stupidest vote in the world. and yet, all of the republicans who voiced their authorization to the vote still voted to remove congresswoman omar from the committee. that s because the party of so-called free speech champions was upset. they were upset with some poorly chosen offensive statements that congresswoman once made. we are not trying to minimize those statements. they were wrong. but omar apologized for those