it s the top of the hour in cnn newsroom. we re following multi-. concerns about that chinese spy balloon hovering over the u.s. secretary blinken just postponed his stop in china. the pentagon is about the size of three buses. it s huge. it was spotted soaring over montana at 60,000 feet. just moments ago the balloon was spotted over columbia, missouri. the national weather service tweeted these images of what they say is a large balloon in the kansas city area. despite growing calls to shoot it down, for now president biden is opting against that. the chinese are saying it s a weather balloon that blew off course. we re aware of the statement. the fact is we know it s a surveillance balloon. i can t be more specific than that. we know the balloon has violated u.s. air space and international law which is unacceptable. we ve conveyed this directly to the prc at multiple levels. john miller is here with us, cnn s intelligence analyst and kylie atwood. tell us abo
thing. the pentagon briefing has begun, let s go there. the pentagon for a variety of reasons our normal call-in options will not be available, for those that have had to call in, we apologize. we will get it up as quickly as possible for reporting purposes and answer questions from the dod press desk. moving forward we ll look at ways to improve briefing operations and expect regular press briefings will resume in the press briefing room in middle to late may. we appreciate your patience and extend our thanks to department of air force for using airmen s hall for temporary briefing home. secretary austin returned yesterday from a productive series of meetings in the republic of korea in the philippines, the secretary and his counterpart reaffirmed measures for deterrence on the korean peninsula, and pledge to closely cooperate regarding assets in the future, as well as further expand and bolster level and scale of combined exercises and training. in the philippines, secret
good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we go directly to the pentagon and the briefing on the china spy balloon. because we do not have internet or phone capability in this area of the pentagon for a variety of reasons, our normal call-in options will not be available. for those who have had to call in, we apologize for the inconvenience. however, we will aim to get our briefing transcripts and the audio up as quickly as possible. we will aim to answer your questions through our dod press desk when you send them to us. moving forward, we will look at ways to improve our briefing operations and the facilitation and expect that our regular press briefings will resume in the press briefing room in middle to late may. again, we appreciate your patience and flexibility and extend our thanks to the department of the air force for allowing us to use airman s hall as our temporary briefing home. secretary austin returned yesterday from a very productive series of meetings in
ring out across ukraine as russia steps up the assault in the east. tonight, drive ukraine out of one town that is key to russia s plans to take a crucial city plus, breaking news, trump invited back, face facebook and instagram inviting him back. mr. war george sanchez got his money is deepening tonight. the embattled congressman suggest the $700,000 personal loan was not personal at all. details ahead. let s go out front. good evening i m aaron burnett. at front sight, ukraine sounding the alarm. air sirens blaring across much of central and eastern ukraine today. as forces wrap up. forces are making gains in the east but, any small gains are becoming a great cost. just take a solo door. no one knows the number of dead there, except that it is unbearably high, not strategically located town. tonight russia controls this so take a look at this what does it mean to control the town? there is new video that you can see, a total wasteland. total total destruction. and it s
performance on wall street today. a positive jobs report was not enough to overcome worries over rapidly rising crude price prices oil prices. the dow cratered 630. down 700 at one point. the s&p 501 o5. for the week the dow gained 2 percentage points. the s&p 500 was up 1.5. the nasdaq gained three quarters of a point. let s find out what today was all about with the markets. fox business correspondent kelly o grady is in los angeles tonight with the latest. good evening, kelly. good evening to you, bret. after a strong couple of days to start off the fourth quarter earlier this week, stocks are now plummeting and driving that sell off is today s jobs report. at first glance the report is strong 263,000 jobs were added beating an expectation of 250,000. the unemployment rate also came in slightly lower than expected at 3.5%. president biden today touting the economy s performance. just look at today s jobs report. our economy created 263,000 jobs last month. that s 10