shot down. the u.s. destroys the suspected chinese spy balloon that triggered a diplomatic crisis. the presence of this surveillance balloon is a clear violation of u.s. sovereignty and international law. what s the fallout for the critical u.s. relationship with china? plus, the president gears up for re-election. four more years. four more years. and trumpets a blockbuster jobs report. the biden economic plan is working. can biden convince voters that the economy is back on track? donald trump unloads on his would-be primary rivals. ron desantis got elected because of me. nikki suffers from something that s a very tough thing. she s overly ambitious. as the 2024 field takes shape, are they ready for the attacks coming their way? welcome to in inside polit sun sunday , i m abby phillip. at 2:39 yesterday afternoon a tense and dramatic diplomatic crisis ended with one shot from an f-22 fighter jet. oh [ bleep ]. those a missiles. they shot it down. they
crashing near huntsville, alabama, killing everyone onboard. the images just coming in. growing concern tonight about airline safety. the head of the faa testifying before congress about the cause behind a nationwide ground stop last month. the faa promising action following a series of dangerous close calls, including a fourth incident we re just learning about in honolulu. gio benitez standing by. days of mourning on the campus of michigan state university. vigils honoring three classmates shot and killed during a shooting rampage. students protesting at the state capitol, demanding gun reform. dramatic testimony in the alex murdaugh murder trial. for the first time, jurors seeing the moment he denies killing his wife and son. detectives asking, did you kill maggie? did you call paul? murdaugh asking if he s now a suspect. the catastrophic earthquake in turkey and syria. at least six survivors pulled from the rubble today, buried for roughly 200 hours. heartbreak
it s how you use your radar. we typically are focused on things that are moving fast. and so it s a bit more difficult to collect on slow moving objects like a balloon. and as they made adjustments, they were able to seize that. the secretary of defense giving an explanation for the string of unidentified objects over the northern united states. it comes as president joe biden may address today how his administration will deal with other objects in the future. also happening this morning, we ll get our first look at pieces of the grand jury report investigating donald trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. and meanwhile the former president s only challenger so far in 2024 kicks off her campaign with comments about her former boss and president biden that are getting a lot of attention this morning. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president j
we got a big hour ahea literally any moment now we could get three parts of the fulton county s grand jury s report about 2020 election interference by former president donald trump and his allies. we are expecting to get the introduction, the conclusion, and then a section where the jurors explain concern that some witnesses may have lied under oath. those witnesses, they re not identified. those names being redacted, of course, but these sections could give us clues about how the fulton county d.a. may proceed. plus, are answers out there? nbc news has learned president biden is set to give his most extended public remarks about the unidentified flying objects shot out of the sky. those remarks could come sometime today we re hearing, but senators are frustrated with what little they ve been told, will we all get clarity. plus, an ohio community in fear. dead wildlife, sick pets. rising health concerns. the fallout from the train derailment and controlled burn of toxic
to the 2020 election. coming up, what it tells us and what it could mean for donald trump. and at this hour, a message from residents of east palestine, ohio, to federal, state, and local officials. do your jobs because we are scared and we re worried. just a short time ago, the head of the epa arrived at the site of that toxic train derailment, but he shouldn t expect a warm welcome after residents spent hours last night laying into officials who insist the air and water are safe, despite growing reports of people getting sick. we ve got the latest on that and the notable know shows at the town hall meeting coming up. plus, after multiple days of letting his officials do the talking, president biden is finally expected to address those unprecedented shootdowns of objects in the sky, perhaps as early as today. why has it taken so long, and no matter what he says, will it be too little, too late for his critics? we start with the growing outrage in ohio. concerns escalat