face questions any moment now, we expect john kirby to join karine jean-pierre on the podium after a busy weekend on the international front. more on that in just a moment. sandra: the briefing comes amid renewed questions about president biden s age and the 2024 election. we ll see if the white house gets pressed on any of that. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour number two. i m john roberts in washington, off to a rolicking start this week. sandra: we will be monitoring that press briefing and will bring the news as it comes in, but first this fox news alert. john: major powers testing the united states on the world state yet again, starting with saudi arabia after the oil rich kingdom announced more cuts and threatening another summer of high gas prices. sandra: china making waves in the taiwan strait, a chinese navy ship cutting across the path of an american destroyer. john: don t forget about russia, vladimir putin leaning on the back of
trump were seen at the department of justice. also, the mysterious sonic boom heard around washington, what we know about the investigation into the scrambling of f-16 fighter jets after a private plane was flying off course and into protected air space above the capitol. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to start in washington with the latest on that plane crash and nbc s tom costello. tom, what s happening right now? reporter: investigators are now on the scene. ntsb investigators are on the scene of this remote plane crash in virginia. in a very thick, wooded forest. there is nothing left of this private plane, a citation cessna that went down midday yesterday. you can see the charred remains. investigators say it literally is decimated there on the ground. it s so remote it takes hours to hike in. this will not be a quick or a fast or an easy investigation. this all started, of course, with a flight that seemed to be really
7:00 in the morning, they re our teams will continue working. now we have had a past few days here at hiroshima, i think we ve had very important, productive meetings of the g7 summit. we also held a quad meeting here in hiroshima rather than australia, and important bilateral discussions, with primary issues prime minister of japan, prime minister of australia, and president zelenskyy in ukraine as well as the prime minister of india. this is my third trip to the north pacific as president, and i look forward to rescheduling my stops in popular guinea, and australia later. i spoken with the prime minister and probably in the guinea, and secretary blinken s traveler to meet with the pacific island partners in that moment. also i will be hosting, and i ve spoken with the prime minister, hosting the leaders of the pacific island forum in washington this fall, because i will be unable to make it to pop what new guinea. and with prime minister albanese, we ll have a state visit l
head back because it s what five or six, seven in the morning there, and our teams are going to continue working. now, we have had a packed few days here at hiroshima and you think we have had productive meetings at the g7 summit. we also held the quad meeting in hiroshima rather than australia and important bilateral discussions with prime minister kishida of japan, prime minister albanese of australia and president zelenskyy of ukraine as well as the prime minister of india. this is my third trip to the indo-pacific as president and i look forward to rescheduling my stops in papa new guinea and australia later. i have spoken with the prime minister of papa new guinea and secretary blinken is traveling there to meet with the pacific islander partners and yi am goig to be hosting the leaders of the pacific islander forum in washington this fall because i won t be able to make it to papua new guinea. and prime minister albanese, we will have a state visit later this year. i al
wednesday. this balloon is going down. this balloon has been taken down and falling from the sky. ashley: but officials want to know why it took seven days for the biden administration to handle this. china has been for some time and will be the primary strategic adversary of the united states. a message they are trying to send the world we can do whatever we want in the america can t stop us. they should not have this encouragement in the united states. we have a real problem. this bible and has become testing president biden strength and unfortunately the president failed that test. griff: brooke singman has more exclusive reporting and kicks things off for us on this monday morning. hey, brooke. with the gang of eight will be meeting as her list tomorrow for the briefing on the chinese spy balloon floating across the mainland last week. navy divers are working to recover debris after air force after air force f-22 fighter jet shut down the balloon on the coas