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
officials tells nbc news, president biden directed the and i-5 object to be shut down this afternoon. told the president make the call at an abundance of caution at the recommendation of the pentagon. the source also is saying the u.s. has no indication this latest object had surveillance capabilities. they cannot rule it out at this point. this all comes after the u.s. military shot down a high altitude object flying over alaskan airspace on friday. then on saturday u.s. fighter jets shot down another unidentified objects over uconn territory in canada. back in february 4th, the u.s. downed a chinese balloon off the coast of south carolina. joining me now, nbc news congressional correspondent, julie tsirkin. julie, how are members of congress responding tonight? what answers do they hope to get from the pentagon? look, they have more questions than answers. i should note, alicia, all of these different rank and file lawmakers from michigan, from us conson, from montana, al
. the crazy thing about this is that this is protective net. that s crazy. wow. look at that. yeah. it looks like it s water. geez. that is pretty crazy. good morning, everyone. we re so happy you re with us on assignment in los angeles. the northeast, is bracing for anarctic blast. extreme wind chills set to be the lowest in decades. this morning, the areas impacted by the cold temperatures. we ll take you live to boston. plus, a suspended chinese spy balloon the size of three buses has been seen hovering over usair space. where it was just spotted and what the pentagon plans to do now. plus this they see me as a powerful voice that needs to be silenced. that is congresswoman omar. she has been removed from the house foreign affairs committee. democrats accusing republicans of racism. what kevin mccarthy is staying ahead. we do begin this hour with extreme arctic weather unleashing some of the coldest temperatures the northeast has seen in decades. forecasters ar
transportation secretary pete buttigieg will visit that ohio train derailment site one day after donald trump. the lead starts right now. big names descend on a small town, east palestine, ohio, the scene of that toxic train wreck. norfolk southern vows to help but critics know how much the company is giving victims versus company investors for stock buybacks. plus after the speeches and fanfare, ukraine left with the realities of war. do you have any idea how many bodies you have taken back to their hometowns at this stage? cnn s clarissa ward is on the front lines for us with the somber work of returning bodies of fallen ukrainian soldiers to their families as russia s brutal invasion nears one year. and a coast to coast winter storm. ice and snow and conditions not seen in some spots in 30 years. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we start in east palestine, ohio, where the fallout from that toxic train wreck starts to get messier by the hour and i don t
including some top secret material. the documents first appeared on online platforms such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraine s air force may not be able to withstand more russian attacks. other leaked material included intelligence on other countries such as china, israel, and south korea. officials say they do not currently know the source of the leaks. the bbc s barbara plett usher has more. the pentagon says the us is still very much in the finding out phase. we are told that this is a serious risk to us national security and that it is a matter of top priority. a number of government agencies are working together to try to find out how this happened and what the poten