msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, the u.s. racing to recover and learn more about that mysterious object shot down by u.s. fighter jets over alaska. here s what we know at this hour. the high altitude object was described as roughly the size of a small car, it was likely not man. it was flying in 40,000 feet, is for spotted on thursday before being brought down on friday. this comes a week after the u.s. military shot down the chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast after flying over several states. here is what democratic congressman told me in the last hour. i don t know that anyone, on the committees have been briefed. recovery operations are taking place, it is quite possible at 40,000 feet, a very expensive missile shooting down a weather balloon. other than that, we just do not know. it didn t seem to have its own ability to maneuver. that limits it s two more breaking news, th
it was days after that tense exchange during the state of the union and what you sparred with republicans. and a lot of time over the matter, take a listen. some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset, i am not saying it s a majority. and a buddy who doubts it, contact my office. i will give you a copy. i will give you a copy of the proposal. you may have had someone on a debate on the state of the union but i was glad to see everybody says we will not cut social security and medicare. i noticed that happen but i hope that s true. all that back push there, the op of the word was some republicans. that is absolutely true. i could listen right now but that said what do you make of that exchange and how he handled it? biden was brilliant. he baited them into it and he rose right to the bait. rick scott who has all kinds of problems and his background including trying to cheat the government out of 1 million and a half dollars when it was the
okay so let s talk about the new article, this one comes from time magazine. w it s a just power that heckles to in the state of the union into a biden 2024 ad. saying the president sees and handling the exchange with republicans, in front of the audience in millions to your point. analysts said the establishment is not yet ready to toss their 80 year old standard bearer overboard. you know look, do you agree? there was a performance under pressure, does it strengthen his standing as a possible 2024 campaign candidate? it certainly does but look, the establishment the quote unquote establishment whoever they are wasn t going to trust biden overboard anyway. they probably can t. i mean you would have to have a much younger candidate with a whole party behind them, that is not the way the democratic party or the republican party works for that matter. that will not happen, as i said before it s a washington park lure game and biden really, really did a good job and i
[applause] we had a debate on the state of the union. i m glad to see everyone says we are not going to cut social security and medicaid. i hope that is true. julie noted. now, one of the republican senators singled out by the president, rick scott, has come out with a new plan that he says will safeguard funding for both programs. we are going to talk about whether some republicans can change their tune on this. we will do that with howard in later this hour. but first, the breaking news on that object shot down over alaska. let s go to monica alba who s joining me from the white house once again. monika, welcome, what are we learning today? we know that the recovery efforts are now underway, alex. this is very different than what we saw a week ago because again, that chinese spy balloon was shot down over open water off the coast of south carolina and they knew that they re gonna have to dispatch the navy
think he did strengthen his standing. he strengthened the enthusiasm inside the beltway, here is a guy that knows how to punch well above his weight. you just cold cocked the republicans and everybody is writing about it which i think is great. yes, let me ask you quickly though i am out of time, south carolina moving up to number one other democratic primary. what do you think? i think it is fair, i am a little uneasy about. it certainly i what was never going to happen. it is through the iowa and new hampshire and mostly white states and our core party is very mixed. it looks like the rest of america unlike the republicans of course. i don t think it s unreasonable to give south carolina attorney. i like small state first because i think that you force people to meet individuals and not go in there with a gazillion dollars and buy a television. i think it makes a lot of sense. okay howard dean, you make sense as always, thank you very much my friend. let s go now to arizona, th