and good evening to you and welcome to ayman tonight. we are following two major breaking news stories. the u.s. military has shot down that suspected chinese five a loon. and at a democratic national committee has voted to officially shake up the presidential primary calendar. then, trump legal trouble. one former associate might be flipping on his old boss. and making history. three black state attorneys general will join me to discuss their historic elections. police reform, and finding republican policies. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. let s kick off this hour with some breaking news. as we mentioned, the u.s. military has shut down that suspected chinese surveillance balloon off the carolina coast on orders from president biden. at about 2:40 pm eastern and f 22 fighter jet fired a missile at that balloon, puncturing it, while it was about six nautical miles off the coast near myrtle beach, south carolina. president biden said this right after the balloon was
campaigned on the fact that he would get president trump. i m going to get him the defendant repeatedl made false statements on the new york business records. the moment we ve been waiting for, this is the indictment we now have - 34 fall statements made comer up other crimes. trump in his own voic pleaded not guilty today he s frustrated, he is upset, but i will tell you what, he i motivated. this fake case was brough only to interfere with the upcoming 2024 election america first meanwhile demonstrators clash outside the courthouse marjorie taylor greene wa also there but it promptly bailed after her insults flirt drowned out. president trump is joinin some of the most incredibl people in history bein arrested today she needs to take her - back to washington nelson mandela served tim in prison. jesus was arrested do your job marjorie taylor greene, you do not need the ne york city talking about that nonsense if this man s name was no donald j tru
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i think if we had a policy which was firm, which armed ukraine with defensive and offensive weapons so they could defend themselves i think putin would make different calculations so i think oballa s policy of weakness is actually making a larger conflict more likely that was less than eight years ago, but now, desantis wants to appease putin, calling the brutal invasion of ukraine nothing more than a territorial dispute. the latest sign the party of desantis, trump, and tucker is seriously out of touch with the views of most americans. also tonight, how the failure of silicon valley bank is exposing the myths of regulation and the hypocrisy of libertarians who seem real pro government when it comes to federal assistance for them. and donald trump rolls out the melania defense with his lawyer claiming the payment made to the porn actress whom he was allegedly cheating with were made to protect melania. not to help him get elected president. but we begin the reidout
good everybody, from msnbc world headquarters in new york, i m lindsey reiser in for alex witt. breaking news developing drama playing out over the skies of the carolinas, just a short time ago we received this video. residents say is that alleged chinese spy ballooned flying over the skies, over asheville, north carolina. floating eastwards toward the atlantic ocean. more video in our news room just a short time ago shows that over clover, south carolina, that s a neighboring city of charlotte, north carolina. president biden responded to a question about, it listen closely. joining me right now is nbc news investigative report there, dan. you can sort of make it out there, the u.s. president saying he is going to take care. but what do you take that to mean, any word from officials about these latest sightings? well that does seem to suggest that the u.s. is prepared to shoot down at the boulogne, given that it s now approaching the atlantic ocean, that could presen