hello, and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a very, very busy news day with u. not your average balloon. u.s. officials sharing new information and they say, yes, china was spying. its balloon part of a surveillance op and scooping up communications snooping on locations in the united states, plus, the president s dual purpose road show. watch me, joe biden says, when asked if he s too old for a second term and today in florida, a state donald trump won twice, the president will warn seniors republicans want to gut social security and medicare. republicans say that s a lie and duct tape and bailing wire. congress gets new behind-the-scenes evidence of how southwest sputtered stranding thousands over christmas direct from its pilots union. up first, though for us a big new download of information on the chinese balloon. that courtesy of classified congressional briefings. american defense officials and the fbi. briefers telling l
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unfortunately tomorrow and in to saturday. so, we will be watching that when are you guys leaving? this afternoon. janice: good. i will be sure to keep you up to date. do you want to say hi, to steve, ainsley, and brian. hi steve, ainsley, and brian. steve: nicely done. hi, steve, ainsley, and brian. we love you. steve: thank you. janice: they are awesome, aren t they? yeah, they are. ainsley is my favorite. janice: ainsley is my favorite. steve: janice dean, how did janice turn the weather into game of thrones? just saying. ainsley: i m taking off my high heels and this break i am coming outside to say hello. so, steve, it s all you. steve: all right. there you go. 17 minutes before the top of the hour on this very busy thursday. new video of the suspected serial killer just released. what police know now and how they are closing in on him, they hope, live from tampa next. plus, kellyanne conway and speaker of the house paul
to try to outrun it at a moment s notice. if you noticed in the last few days how the forecasts change. things can change very quickly and you may run where it s going. julie: major héctor, we appreciate you coming on. mike. mike: julie, many centers at capacity and curfews in effect in broward county north of miami as officials make final preparations for hurricane irma u state state senator from broward county joins us next. julie is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she s also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-