over the united states. eventually shot down off of the coast of south carolina by an air force fighter jet. now pentagon officials will not confirm whether or not the new object was also a balloon or its country of origin. officials did say the object was roughly the size of a small car, and was flying at an altitude that will make it a potential threat to civilian aircraft. alaska senator melissa spoke with lester holt last night, said she was briefed and told the object was not a balloon. take a listen. but today, to know that we have yet another unidentified objects successfully shot down in alaska, making sure that the message is clear that any sovereign territory or airspace in this country, and there s a threat, that there is an incursion. there will be consequences. here is nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa with more. today, the search with ice and snow is underway for any debris from that second flying object in u.s. airspace. this object shot do
are talking now in florida there are people who are trying to ban a children s book about an afro-latinos, legendary, iconic baseball player. we know that historically latinos have been raised in the history books. we have been banned from spaces, we have been forgotten and narratives, why are we doing the same? why do even a small minority feel comfortable with taking that away? that, to me, is the concerning part, we have been victims of this before, why do it to others? at least i will say this is creating a very interesting conversation that has endured something that is very complex about our community. where we don t necessarily feel comfortable talking about race and identity and colorism in our community, at least that is a good part of this debate. a 2021 poll found that 40% of latinos found that the use of the word latinx bothersome, meanwhile the biden administration is reportedly trying to work with an update on how identifies race and