nbc news president biden directed the unidentified objects be shot down this afternoon. the president made the call out of an abundance of caution, at the recommendation of the pentagon. the source also saying the u.s. has no indication this latest object had surveillance tape capabilities, but they cannot rule it out at this point. this all comes after the u.s. military shot down a high altitude objects flying over alaskan air space on friday. then, on saturday, a u.s. fighter jet shot down another unidentified object over uconn territory in canada. back on for very fourth, the u.s. downed chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. joining me now, nbc news congressional correspondent julie. julie, how are members of congress responding tonight? what answers to they hope to get from the pentagon? well, look, they have more questions than answers. i should note, alicia, that all these different rank and file lawmakers from michigan, wisconsin, montana all of these
katie: i will do my best to stay up. it s been a long week of work. you only get so many here on this earth. griff: i hope i stay away i m actually going to be on tv got more to promo that you re not going to stay up. joey: 10:00 p.m. this whole thing shuts off. it s not that it s not exciting to me. it s that i enjoy my sleep and i haven t had much this week because i have been so excited to wake up with y all right here and talk about this amazing we re we just had. katie: i m going to stay up so i can watcher the all-american new year down in nashville. rachel, everyone is going to be down there doing that i love cowboy boot and country music. a good excuse to get ready, get riled up right around 10:00 p.m. on fox news and watch them ring in a new year full of lots of different happenings. joey: i think being in daytona you will be full of red bulls. griff: i m not ready at all. did anything give it away? [cheers] griff: listen, it s going to be great. i have
Campus unrest spreads. Police at atlantas Emory University tasing a protester in handcuffs. Restraining others with zip ties. Harvey weinsteins Rape Conviction in new york overturned. The egregious errors the judge is accused of making. Will it lead to a new trial . Tracking severe storms across several states tonight. The School Principal police say was framed with fake racist remarks using a. I. The suspect, a former staffer, arrested at the airport with a gun. And after the first video of their son in 200 days, the parents of an americanisraeli hostage speaking out. Their message of hope. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. An extraordinary give and take in the u. S. Hours wrangling Supreme Court today, as the nine justices spent nearly three hours wrangling with lawyers over questions of when or whether a former american president is immune from federal prosecution over acts while taken in office. The questions raised during oral arguments
Election, and if so, will it happen before november. What the justices appear to signal. Mr. Trump, meanwhile, back in a new york courtroom. David pecker, the former National Enquirer publisher back on the stand, testifying about the alleged catch and kill scheme to help mr. Trumps 2016 campaign. The tense Conversation Pecker says he had over paying off Stormy Daniels. Also tonight, usc canceling its main commencement after the arrest of dozens of propalestinian protesters. The new clashes as campus unrest spreads. Police in atlantas Emory University tasing a protester in handcuffs. Restraining others with zip ties. Harvey weinsteins Rape Conviction in new york overturned. The egregious errors the judge is accused of making. Will it lead to a new trial . Tracking severe storms across several states tonight. The School Principal police say was framed using fake ai. Arrested at the airport with a gun. And after the first video of their son in 200 days, the parents of an americanisraeli h
now if you re paying attention any attention to liberal you comments made post-verdict you would have noticede hear thu were hearing not so subtle warnings of maga uprising. trump and his maga followersi are digging in, trying to tear w down the system. he s perfectly willing to call out the mob, basically, and them attack all these people and threaten their safety. there s going to be violence, b there s going to be trouble. this is wrong. there s going to b herbee some maybe some violence. and this president, former president, should not have done what he did. i don t think he has a problem with the concept of violence. seems now, why would they all say this seems almost coordinated? after all, they won the battle,s at least convicting trump.e flas that was their dream. so what s their motive for, fanning the flames now? well, since they can t credibly argurediblgue thate that you reu than you were four years ago, they need more than just lawfare to win november. and ev