balloon after it reveals it was capable of collecting evidence. the president s critics say it should have been shot down sooner. they had a chance to shoot it down over water and they did and recovered major pieces of it. have relations now between u.s. and china taken a big hit? no. no. owl speak to former defense secretary leon panetta whose criticism of the spy balloon and its response has caught the president s attention. and as the death toll rises to 19,000 people, and hope fades to find any more survivors, we ll talk to david milla land, the president of the international committee helping thousands displaced across turkey and syria. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. as the 2024 campaign is right around the corner it seems with president biden arriving in battleground florida at this hour to tout his support for social security and medicare. republican governors and senators have put the stake firmly in the gop column for more than
part of the conversation. every seat has one of the pamphlets waiting for them when the president arrives, that s rick scott making it clear what the president has proposed sunsetting all federal legislation including social security and medicare every five years. part of the goal for the white house, andrea, to broaden it out and talk about ways in which other republicans have not only talked about targeting retirement programs like social security and medicare but wanting to attack and undermine health care security in general. whether it s repealing the inflation reduction act which has all sorts of new caps and insurance benefits for americans, especially seniors, or repealing the affordable care act. so that s going to be part of the president s explicit message today. but it s also, of course, interesting to note this is just the fourth time president biden is coming to florida since taking office. two of those occasions have been about disaster relief when he s appeared with gov