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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
debris, once it gets out of the water and they are able to look at it some more, the u.s. is gonna be able to learn even more about what is there. late tonight, i want to share a statement with you. china s out with a statement calling strong dissatisfaction and protest over the united states use of force to attack civilian unmanned air ships. and as you might expect, the united states is really not buying that at all. senior administration official is firing back in a statement with to nbc news in the last few minutes in, quote, this was a prc surveillance balloon. this surveillance balloon purposely traversed the united states in canada and we are confident it was seeking to monitor a sensitive military site. it s route over the united states near many potentially sensitive sites contradicts the prc government explanation that it is a weather balloon. they go on to say that this is not only prc surveillance balloon operating in the western hemisphere. there is a second balloon that w
more. the u.s. is going to learn even more about what is there. late tonight, i want to share a statement with you. china s out with a statement calling strong dissatisfaction and protest over the united states use of force to attack civilian unmanned air ships. and as you might expect, the united states is really not buying that at all. senior administration official is firing back in a statement with to nbc news in the last few minutes in, quote, this was a prc surveillance balloon. this surveillance balloon purposely traversed the united states in canada and we are confident it was seeking to monitor a sensitive military site. it s route over the united states near many potentially sensitive sites contradicts the prc government explanation that it is a weather balloon. they go on to say that this is not only prc surveillance balloon operating in the western hemisphere. there is a second balloon that was observe transiting central and south america and another prc surveillance balloo