over the western united states. it may have come all the way from china. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details from the pentagon. hi, jennifer. good evening, gill i can t believe. the pentagon says it has detected and been tracking for the past several days a chinese surveillance balloon that entered u.s. airspace and appears to have been sent bye bye jing to spy on sensitive sites in montana. one of three sites where the u.s. houses it s siloed nuclear weapons. nbc first reported the news. a senior u.s. defense official just briefed reporters on the balloon which is still hovering over the continental united states. adding the u.s. government has very high confidence that this surveillance balloon was sent by the peoples republic of china. the balloon is currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground. instances of this kind of balloon activity have been
investigators. plus a supreme court keeps a trump-era immigration policy in place. thousands will continue to be turned back. no condemnation, no rebuke, no nothing, from top republicans after an incoming lawmakers admits to gaslighting voters about his resume. this is what we re watching this hour. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan, christmas is over, but the holiday travel nightmare is not. relief could still be days away. today on the seventh day of the chaos, more than 2500 flights canceled by southwest so far. that is more than 60% of its entire schedule. u.s. transportation secretary pete buttigieg calls it a total meltdown. he s vowing to hold the airline accountable. the southwest ceo issued an apology to passengers and employees, but the implosion continue to say impact the holidays for countless families. some completely missed gatherings, some are racking up expenses while trying to find out ways to make it to that you are destination. c han live team covera
The past. Theyve done it in wars over the past. They can do it again, and thats what we need to protect civilians in gaza. Sari bashi thank you very much for joining us tonight. That is all in for the week. Alex wagner tonight starts right now. Good evening, alex. Just an unfathomable loss of life and it continues, thank you my friend, and thanks to athome for joining me this evening. Throughout the trump era, the 45th president used one tactic, over and over again, to try and get what he wanted, bullying. Sometimes, it came in the form of want cruelty and bigotry directed towards everyone from war heroes, to disabled reporters, to judges of mexican heritage. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured. Youve gotta see this guy, oh, i dont know what i said. I dont remember. We are building a wall, hes a mexican, we are building a wall between here and mexico. Sometimes it came in the form of hostile exchanges with the press. You know you are a fake, you k
45th president used one tactic, over and over again, to try and get what he wanted, bullying. Sometimes, it came in the form of want cruelty and bigotry directed towards everyone from war heroes, to disabled reporters, to judges of mexican heritage. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured. Youve gotta see this guy, oh, i dont know what i said. I dont remember. We are building a wall, hes a mexican, we are building a wall between here and mexico. Sometimes it came in the form of hostile exchanges with the press. You know you are a fake, you know that. Its okay, i know youre not thinking. You never do. Im sorry . No, go ahead. You are a rude terrible person. Sometimes trump recruited other people to aid in the bullying, like encouraging crowds to beat up protesters, or getting fox news to pressure republican senators to oppose his impeachment. From the day he entered the president ial race, to his final days in office, trying to reverse the results of t
half of them americans in exchange for a three day humanitarian cause. 0ur international editorjeremy bowen has travelled with the israel defence forces into gaza and while the bbc had editorial control of the next report, the section with the idf has been viewed by them. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations tojoin israel s invasion of the gaza strip. they re moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already inside the strip have surrounded gaza city. these men might be part of the next stage, locating hamas tunnels and fighting street by street. israel s prime minister promised his country a mighty vengeance against hamas. but with so much firepower, one question is israel following joe biden s advice not to be blinded by rage, to defend itself, but also, protect the lives of palestinian civilians? we went into gaza with the israeli army on condition we didn t revea