south carolina. the president just a little while ago says it was always his plan to take it out. we made it clear to china what we were going to do. they understand our position. we will not back off. we did the right thing. has it always been your view to shoot down a chinese spy balloon or only because it became public? oh, no it was always my position. once it came to the united states from canada i told them i wanted to shoot it down as soon as appropriate. they concluded, they concluded we should not shoot it down over land. they are not a serious threat and we should wait. greg: clearly this is his finest moment since corn pop. part of this scooped up and sent over to the fbi for further analysis and despite assuring the american people there was no threat the senior u.s. official says there may have been self detonating explosives off of the vessel. just like jessie s hair appeared republicans are reacting with usual pouncing. the message they were trying to
oh! m mom! give me your hands. give me (bleep). okay. all right. (bleep) give me your hands. give me your hands. watch out. give me your hands. spray. neil: you hear a lot of shouting and screaming and tyre nichols several times calling out for his mom. at least half a dozen times by my count, could have been more than that, she lived 100 yards away, 200 yards away, literally within shouting distance. let s get more from dharls watson. hey, good morning, neil. you know, tyre nichols seemed surprised at the level of aggression that the memphis police officers used to warn him on the videos you see the officers relently beat nichols for minutes during a january 7th traffic stop that turned violent almost immediately. body cam video shows an officer aggressively yanked nichols out of his vehicle as the 29-year-old tells officers he just wants to go home. a few moments later you see nichols escape from police who then tase him as he takes off down the road. at that
in just two days, 118 congress will be sworn in with republicans in the majority in the house and kevin mccarthy is vowing to fight to become house speaker until the very end. but the question remains. could a group of heart rate lawmakers keep them from reaching the magical number of 219 votes. also one of the most controversial members of the new congress, new york republican george santos said take his seat lying about everything for his family history to his finances. we ll talk to another new yorker, democratic congressman richie torres, with reprising which insulation to make in a crime for candidates to lie. in the new year brings new concerns about a new variant. new covid variant. according to the cdc. it now presents over 40% new cases. well astronauts prior to what we should do to protect our family and ourselves. we bring with you begin with you with some for some breaking news out of new york city. where three police officers were injured in a machete attack
another. no silver bullet. is your money safe? is your job safe? jesse: everybody was hurting and we needed help. in a moment of fear, we elected a rookie senator from illinois, barack obama. he promised hope and change. but the first thing he did was bail out wall street instead of main street and something snapped. this is america. how many of you people want to pay for your neighbor s mortgage that has an extra bathroom and can t pay their bills? raise your hand? [crowd boos] president obama, are you listening? jesse: the bankers that wrecked the economy got bailed out. snagged pope newses and not a sing get one went to jail. at that moment a tea party was bon. big government in bed with big business while americans got shafted. it wasn t just the right that got angry. years later occupy wall street took over the park in manhattan and socialists could smell something was fishy. town halls started getting a little rowdy, remember that? stay out of my business.
which means it is time for greg steen corner. welcome to teen corner where we discuss the hottest topics for today s hottest teens. you may or may not be aware that there s a show on this network that airs at 5:00 p.m., and get this it s called the five how long did it take them to come up with that? also has five people, but thursday something was set on the show that in the words of the media sparked outrage. i let that definition, because it s one media outlet reports on tweets that another media outlet reported on earlier. they gossip like a group of high school girls sitting together in the calf. it s not reporting, its repurposed thing, like geraldo rivera does with five dead caterpillars to make a mustache. can t even tell, can you? amazing. so what was the offending opinion on the five let s find out? college does not look like it is fun anymore, have you seen how miserable the students are, they are ugly find themselves coming to see them on tiktok, they ar