how he plans to expand democratic control in 2023 and how not to celebrate black history month. we will reveal our worst of the week contenders. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. let s start this hour with the breaking news of the night the united states has shot down the suspected surveillance balloon off the coast of south carolina. officials say a f 22 missile jet took up the balloon with a single air to air missile. at 2:39 eastern this afternoon. nbc s gary graham joins me now from washington, d. c.. with the latest. gary, it s good to have you with us. what do we know about that decision-making process to shut down this blue and the evidence to collect the debris? as you can imagine,, eamonn you get our learning that this whole process was a team effort, it was a multi agency effort. the faa turned off all the arrivals and departures from wilmington airport from north carolina, from myrtle beach, from charleston. the air force is the one that shut down the ballo
how he plans to expand democratic control in 2023 and how not to celebrate black history month. we will reveal our worst of the week contenders. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. let s start this hour with the breaking news of the night the united states has shot down the suspected surveillance balloon off the coast of south carolina. officials say a f 22 missile jet took up the balloon with a single air to air missile. at 2:39 eastern this afternoon. nbc s gary graham joins me now from washington, d. c.. with the latest. gary, it s good to have you with us. what do we know about that decision-making process to shut down this blue and the evidence to collect the debris? as you can imagine,, eamonn you get our learning that this whole process was a team effort, it was a multi agency effort. the faa turned off all the arrivals and departures from