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
we know that black, brown, unintentional indigenous people are disproportionately burdened with these issues. if we keep making recommendations that are very based in, quote, white american food base, people are gonna wreck the i can eat the foods that are recommended. what we need to tell people is your cultural foods fit, and let s find ways to modify them so they can meet your health and nutritional goals. i think a lot of us internalize that message that we received somewhere along the way, but the foods we grew up loving, the ones that are grandmothers made for us in their kitchens, were somehow unhealthy, or were wrong. can you give us an example of healthy meals from around the world that are often overlooked when you re talking about healthy food here in this country? absolutely. just today, i was speaking with my husband about taleblu. that s a dish that shows up in trinidad and tobago. the base is, you know, non-starchy vegetables.
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oh, they re about to wreck. boom! boom! oh, i got that. i got all that. i just said it they re gonna wreck. can you tell we like playing the video? joining me a member of the activist group that helps organize bree newsome s actions. let me begin with you. what was it like there early that morning, doing that action? were you guys scared? it was a mix of emotions. it was, we hope this goes through. like sending all power and love to bree while she scaphalled the pole. hoping the state police didn t shoot her down or something catastrophic happen. it was almost beautiful, brought me too tears seeing the flag come down. as activists, people who believe in humanity it s a beautiful feeling of liberation and empowerment. what do you say to meme who say i support you, that flag should come down but there s a