around. to those reasons, the decision was made let it go for now, but the pentagon said if this risk being ins, increases, they could change that calculation and could shoot it down. of course what we re watching for is when it travels out over the ocean because then you no longer have the risk to the conti continental united states. there is already pressure from republicans on capitol hill to take that action. there has not been a specific response to the pressure coming from the hill to shoot it down and take a more hard line against it, but what we have seen the pentagon already rejeblreject the chinese claim that it was simply a weather balloon blown off course. pentagon saying this is a surveillance balloon, it has the ability to maneuver and loiter. that is what the pentagon told us at a press conference yesterday. and that is what we re watching as they continuously monitor this thing as it goes from where we saw it thursday up over montana out toward the east
meanwhile, a prominent republican says it is time for the party to move on from former president donald trump, calling him a quote proven loser. we ll have more of those comments just ahead, and we ll also dig into the faa s explanation for its massive system failure earlier this week. the agency is now placing the blame on contract workers. could one person literally ground all planes across america? that s the question we ll be looking into. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s friday the 13th, willie. joe has the morning off, but we have a lot going on, starting out in washington, d.c. again. yes, and big news concerning the president of the united states. attorney general merrick garland has appointed a special counsel to investigate how classified documents ended up in the personal possession of president joe biden. at a press conference yesterday, garland announced the selection of robert hur, a former trump appointed u.s. attorney to
probably ran it through dmv. he owns a white hyundai. you know, he is a student, nine miles or so away from the location where the murders took place. they had surveillance no doubt on him while he was still in the area, because they tracked him across the country. and while he was en route, perhaps they did a search warrant, got hair samples or something from his apartment to be able to match dna. in the old days, we used to follow people around. if they discarded a cigarette butt or bottle of water you recovered it and get dna from that. there are a variety of ways they could have gotten his dna enough to establish probable cause to get a warrant for his arrest in pennsylvania. one of the things that struck me as i was watching the press conference yesterday, and there is a lot of information that state and local officials said they couldn t talk about. according to idaho law it s under seal until the extradition. there is a lot of criticism of
a brave person to leave the england captain out of the team now he is declared fit. he is so important to the team, he is the biggest goal threat the team has, all time goal scoring record, so it s great news for gareth southgate that harry kane is available. what is the other news in terms of the teams today? there has been a couple of selection issues gareth southgate has had to work to do with harry kane, he plays club football, he came off at the first match with an illness, but has since recovered and he was at the press conference yesterday and was speaking how he has been through the various tests, he is ready and raring to go. making his 50th appearance for his country, the
an injury he picked up in the first game against their own, he has trained since come through that well, they said it would take a brave person to leave the england captain out of the team now he is declared fit. he is so important to the team, he is the biggest goal threat the team has, all time goal scoring record, so it s great news for gareth southgate that harry kane is available. what news for gareth southgate that harry kane is available. kane is available. what is the other news in terms kane is available. what is the other news in terms of kane is available. what is the other news in terms of the kane is available. what is the other news in terms of the teams - kane is available. what is the other news in terms of the teams today? | news in terms of the teams today? there has been a couple of selection issues gareth southgate has had to work to do with harry kane, he plays club football, he came off at the first match with an illness, but has since recovered and he was