jacqui heinrich. griff: it s great to be with you, i m griff jenkins. the balloon sighting dashing an attempt by the biden administration to ease u.s.-china tensions, with antony blinken calling off his trip to beijing. and we have coverage in london alexandria hoff in washington and let s start off. earlier some say the chinese balloon should have been shot down when this first crossed over alaska. we could have shot it down over open water, over dense, sparse parts of alaska and should it shot it down then. it leads me to believe that possibly a political decision was made by the white house not to do so for fear of interrupting the relationship with china. that s troubling if that it indeed the case. here at the white house, president biden only wanted to talk about the strong jobs report not that chinese sp, whe will you remove the balloon? when and how will you remove the balloon, mr. president? the chinese spy balloon had been spotted over charlotte, north carol
oscars the movie making history on hollywood s biggest night. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone president biden was up early in front of the cameras before the markets opened this morning in a move to calm jitters following a pair of bank collapses. mr. biden declaring the banking system is safe and telling customers your deposits will be there when you need them new york s signature bank following silicon valley bank down the road to collapse over the weekend. those banks are tonight in the hands of regulators. in addition to telling folks their money is safe, the president today called on congress and banking regulators to strengthen banking rules to prevent such failures in the future the government reassurance appeared to go a long way toward easing nerves on wall street however, concerns remain over whether it s all over. nbc s jake ward has much more. reporter: with two u.s. banks being forced into closure in recent days
at the start of the next working day. the uk prime minister is in california to discuss defence and the potential threat from china with leaders of the us and australia. and hopes of a deal between gary lineker and the bbc in a row over impartiality which disrupted sports programmes over the weekend. hello and welcome to the programme. very good to have your company. some of hollywood s biggest stars are at the 95th oscars ceremony in los angeles. it s already been a good day for the hotly tipped everything everywhere all at once at the ceremony in hollywood. its cast members jamie lee curtis won best supporting actress and ke huy quan won best supporting actor. amongst the latest winners is all quiet on the western front which won for best international film. let s cross live to hollywood and our north america correspondent, peter bowes whose at an oscars watch party at the legendary roosevelt hotel. with these awards we have had, we are still looking forward to the best pic
and hopes of a deal between gary lineker and the bbc in a row over impartiality which disrupted sports programmes over the weekend. the eccentric sci fi movie everything everywhere all at once has won best film at the annual oscars ceremony in hollywood. it also won best director, and michelle yeoh became the first asian to win best actress. two of her co stars, jamie lee curtis and ke huy quan, won best supporting actress and actor. the hotly tipped german movie all quiet on the western front won four oscars, including best international film and best score. best actor went to brendan fraser in the whale. let s cross live to hollywood and our north america correspondent, peter bowes, whose been at an oscars watch party at the legendary roosevelt hotel. peter, the big awardsjust came during the last half or so? yes, a slew of awards for everything everywhere all at once. as the room empties, this was the watch party and many other parties are just other parties arejust beginn
over the continental united states. the public has the ability to look up in the sky and see why the balloon is. john: look up and smile, that was the pentagon, moments ago senator roger marshall announcing the balloon is over his state, hovering over northeast kansas. gillian: for years we have been following beijing s spra spra sprawling apparatus, and now it s hanging over the heads of millions of americans. telling fox it s intentional and calling it a violation of u.s. sovereignty. the balloon is about the size of two school busses head to tail. pentagon says it will linger over the country a few more days. john: the president was briefed on tuesday. is he going to take any action? i m john roberts in washington. of all the things you never thought you would talk about, would this be near the top of your list? gillian: no, but interesting, makes for good discussion points, a whole range of issues. gillian turner in for sandra smith. that balloon is one of a whole