that would come. and it was handled appropriately. and we are now getting a clearer picture of exactly how the u.s. response played out, at last saturday the balloon was first detected in alaska. on tuesday, it relented continental u.s. airspace, which is when the president asked for military options on wednesday, the president ordered the military to take out the balloon as soon as practicable. on friday, the president was briefed on an execution plan, and on saturday the balloon was shot down. now, the balloons eight-day track is sparking debate and political finger-pointing on capitol hill over the administration s approach. listen here. clearly this was an attempt by china to gather information to defeat our command and control, are sensitive mission weapon sites, and that certainly is an urgency that this administration does not recognize. the president and united states military did what they did, that is my opinion, very just and very defensible. so the president
would ex ptend political capita to a very capable recognizance satellite program that gives them all the intelligence they need. reporter: but we ve heard the science excuse before from beijing when china tested a missile that went around the world in 2021 they claimed it was a routine spacecraft ex expe experiment. this is like tiktok. does anybody trust china? of course not. for good reason. reporter: china has spy satellites but they can t loitder over a big area like a balloon. the government will track the balloon as it makes its way across america. the u.s. response so far on the diplomatic front with antony blinken delaying the high stakes visit to beijing. conditions are not conducive for a constructive visit at this time. the decision to take this action, my planned visit is detrimental to the discussions we were planned to have. reporter: for where this goes from here. the pentagon says for now they re continuously tracking this balloon and determined it s
assange to sign a blockbuster plea deal. another big hearing in donald trump s classified documents case. how his lawyers are trying to get a raft of damning evidence thrown out. and a new view inside president biden s strategy for this week s debate against former president trump. how he s preparing to take on two trumps. we re also tracking deadly flooding in the midwest, straining dams and levees and causing thousands of evacuations with more rain on the way. good morning, thank you for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. right now, wikileaks founder julian assange is on his way to a remote u.s.-controlled island in the pacific where he ll plead guilty to a conspiracy charge as part of a deal with the u.s. justice department. now, under this deal, as we understand it, assange will become a free man, ending a 14-year legal odyssey sparked when his organization posted nearly half a million classified military documents, one of th
The president of the United States has just fired his National Security adviser john bolton on twitter. This is by my count the third time a top National Security official has been fired on twitter on social media. The first time of course was Rex Tillerson. The second time was dan coats, the National Intelligence director. The tweet i am now seeing says i have asked john for his resignation. I thanked i dont know for his service. I will be selecting a new National Security adviser next week. I disagreed strongly with his decisions and ever there continued to say i asked john for his resignation today. Msnbc political analyst, were going to speak shortly with peter baker who is on the Phone Reporting at the New York Times as we speak. Jim joins me now, manager of President Obamas campaign. This is pretty extraordinary. Were in a middle of a controversy over the camp david proposed meeting. John bolton objected to it very strongly, and we understand according to our reporting that priva
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