we began this morning with an update on that traumatic incident with the chinese spy balloon 60,000 feet in the air. eight days after it was first spotted in u.s. airspace, and have 22 raptor shot down the balloon with a single missile yesterday off the carolina coast. the search for degree is now underway. it my touch off a war of words between the u.s. and china. heightening tensions in an already data diplomatic relationship. china expressed its, quote, strong dissatisfaction. they have insisted that the device was a civilian weather balloon. a u.s. senior administration official said in response that they were confident the balloon was, quote, seeking to monitor sensitive military spots. we shift the focus now tuesday state of the union. president biden s first before the new republican house majority. security is being ramped up with plans to install fencing around the u.s. capitol ahead of the primetime address. we don t know too many specifics about what the president
Twisted version of new york values. From Rockefeller Center in new york, this is politics nation with al sharpton. Good morning. Im al sharpton, its two days before the New York Primary, and we start with donald trump waging war on the Republican National committee. Hes gone after Party Leaders before, but not like this. After getting outmaneuvered in the delegate fight in colorado and other states, trump let loose. It makes it impossible for a guy that wins to win. Its a crooked system, folks. Its a crooked system. Its a rigged, disgusting, dirty system. Its a dirty system. The Republican National committee, they should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this kind of crap to happen. Following trumps tirade, the rnc released a pointed memo about the delegate rules in each state. Quote, each process is easy to understand for those willing to learn it. And the head of the rnc said the whole debate is a distraction. Quite frankly, the complaining that goes on is something that i think
against george santos, and so unless something comes out of, that is hard to see kevin mccarthy come out against it. joan tara, you and eugene are sticking around, but first, programming note. tonight, msnbc films looks at immigrants in the united states threatened by deportation, and the determined lawyers who stop at nothing to keep those families together. journalist alice sperry talks about how we can use the trump administration to better our immigration system. the silver lining of the trump administration is that he really exposed just how terrible the system is. shame. we should take the outrage that we felt in the trump years, from the muslim ban to kids being ripped from their families on the border. and take that, and use it to help us understand how this system functions, or doesn t