thinks things will shake out. we start with a dramatic move that could have huge implications for the fraught relationship between the u.s. and china. the biden administration pulling the plug on secretary of state blinken s planned chip to china, just hours after the pentagon revealed it had detected a chinese surveillance balloon over montana. so right now the video, this video was taken in billings, montana, on thursday, although it s not clear if this is the balloon in question. obviously there s the balloon. that was secretary blinken who was supposed to leave tomorrow. that s now on hold. the u.s. has decided to monitor the balloon instead of shooting it down, even though it s apparently still gathering intelligence as we speak. a decision not sitting well some republicans. this is the fist time in my lifetime i ve ever seen anything like this, and it s very disturbing to know that it s still up there in the air near our military installations. the time is now, let
flight and the scope of the beijing surveillance operation raising concerns about our national security. we are getting new images showing federal agents pouring over the remnants of the spy flight as the u.s. continues efforts to see just how extensive the surveillance capabilities were peer sources confirm to fox news at the craft had western made parts with english writing although it s not clear if the writing was discovered before or after it was shot down or in the wreckage. now yesterday the state department revealed that the chinese spy craft shot down by fighter jets was likely capable of listening in on america s munication s. and pinpointing the location of those conversations as it flew across america. official say it was part of a fleet that had flown over more than 40 countries and across five continents. now, that was a far cry from china s claim that it is just a weather balloon. but president biden downplay the incident in an interview with telemundo telling
trump are not the same. plus, week one of the radical republican agenda, what we learned from kevin mccarthy s first week of the cast making speaker and freedom of the press, here the harrowing story of one journalist fight to report the truth, despite intense pressure and threats from far-right politicians. i am ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. breaking news, more documents have been found at president biden s delaware home, according to the presidents own special counsel, richard silver. and a statement today, silver said he found the documents on thursday, as he was working with justice department officials to hand over one final page of classified material. and while there, silver who has the security clearance needed to handle secure documents, set a found five additional pages with classification markings. the biden administration has maintained that they will be following standard search particle, but there is an important question that remains, why was the pr
we ll see if we learned anything new about who this man really is. indeed. alicia, thank you, my friend, enjoy the rest of your evening. good evening, welcome to ayman tonight. we have new news in the biden classified case. there will be a massive fat check from us. why the issues from biden and trump are not the same. plus, week one of the radical republican agenda, what we learned from kevin mccarthy s first week of the cast making speaker and freedom of the press, here the harrowing story of one journalist fight to report the truth, despite intense pressure and threats from far-right politicians. i am ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. breaking news, more documents have been found at president biden s delaware home, according to the presidents own special counsel, richard silver. and a statement today, silver said he found the documents on thursday, as he was working with justice department officials to hand over one final page of classified material. and whil
so we ll get to our top story this morning. willie. it s front page of all the newspapers, pictures of president biden and governor ron desantis together one week after hurricane ian made landfall in florida, president biden warning more storms will come. the president visited florida yesterday, just days after surveying storm damage in puerto rico. in florida, president biden and governor ron desantis temporarily put politics aid aside as they met with residents in the fort myers area. we were fortunate to have good coordination with the white house and fema. one of the things you re seeing in this response, we are cutting through the bureaucracy, we are cutting through the red tape, and that s from local government, state government, all the way up to the president, so we appreciate the team effort. i think he s done a good job. look, i called him i think even before he called me when i heard the storm was on its way, we worked hand and glove. we have very different