the senate will get its own briefing later this morning. bill: the u.s. revealing the spy flight was part of a larger espionage program going on for years. china maintains it with as a weather balloon that drifted off course and traveled over sensitive military sites in the u.s. the pentagon says no chance. i can assure you this was not for civilian purposes. we re 100% clear about that. we are very confident we ll be able to detect these kinds of capabilities as evidenced by the continuing body of knowledge that we ve been able to build up on this. obviously that s something our intelligence community will continue to work closely on for this and any other potential threats. dana: bryan llenas is in myrtle beach, south carolina where crews are still searching for debris. we begin the aishah hosni on capitol hill and more on today s briefings as we get thursday going. hi, aishah. this all-house briefing got underway an hour ago and already seen some of these members e
news out of the vatican. the former pope emeritus benedict has died at the age of 95. with sorrow, we inform you that the pope emeritus benedict xvi passed away, today, this morning, at 9:34 in the mater echess yamon tia mona stare. he was the first pope to resign, rather than stay in office for life. he was a controversial at times member of church. let s go to barbie nadeau in st. peter s square right now. barbie, i m curious, there were a lot of people already in the square and then the news breaks. so what s the reaction? what are people talking about there? reporter: yeah, you know, it s a mixed reaction, because a lot some people didn t know. some people here in rome enjoying a day. the square is empty behind us right now, they re doing a security check because pope francis is going to be coming out here in the next hour or so to visit the nativity scene there. we ve got a lot of pilgrims pushed off the square. they re coming back. but the mood is very solemn.
worse. the economy is in a recession at a 40 year high and gas prices more than doubled and supply chain is a disaster and housing market in a huge tail spin and violent crime on the rise in small towns and big cities all across the country and california, they can t keep the lights on. meanwhile broad europe at war and china threateddenning to blow us up and reunify with our ally taiwan and afghanistan is once again a safe haven for the terrorists who perpetrated 9/11. now naturally according to joe biden and his fellow democrats, maga republicans are the greatest threat to america. that s their primary campaign message. take a look. we have a enough republicans to get it past but the truth is there s a lot more republicans taking credit for the bill than we voted for. we re building this new bridge here and we re all for it. we ll have an internet. i love him, man. they ain t got no shame. no shame. republicans have awakened a powerful thing in this nation. women. no, i m
let s talk to steve more about this. steve, the problem is inflation is at decades high. recession around the corner. it s a heck of a one-two punch. you better believe it. the good news is that the inflation rate has come down a little bit the last two or three months, charles. that s good news. we went from almost 9% inflation this past summer to now we re down to about 7.1%. as you just said, that is still the highest inflation rate we ve had in 35, 40 years. so americans are feeling the punch. their wages and salaries have only gone up by 5 or 6%. that s one of the reasons that you reported that credit card debt is going up. people are trying to maintain their standard of living but paychecks are not keeping pace. i m nervous. i think inflation will come down in 2023 from the high rates of 2022. but i also think that the economy shows real signs of slowing down. i pray we don t crash into a recession. but we sure could. charles: steve, that s what i m concerned about.
grocery store. a source telling the daily mail he s not stupid and he s been very careful. live from moscow, idaho, but the latest on this, dan, stopping his victims for weeks. what more can you tell us? well, we are getting a clear picture of bryan kohberger from people who knew him growing up in pennsylvania and also classmates of his and students at washington state university, which is 10 miles away from where we are here in moscow with the murders took place near the university of idaho. we are also getting more details about the days leading up to the arrest. arrested friday morning eastern pennsylvania and according to the daily malcolm investigators had been tracking him for days and finally saw him in his white elan trip. the were looking for a vehicle and picked up on surveillance video with a nearby video. the daily mail at his father flew out to washington state and joined his son onto 2,000-mile road trip to pennsylvania in that car in early december. he