also ahead, senator john fetterman, reaching out for help for a clinical depression. i will talk to a doctor about his prognosis, and one of the senators very public admission could help millions of americans suffering in silence. we will also take you live to turkey where the rescue operations continue, and we will have the amazing story of a mother and son who survived 129 hours under the rubble. that is ahead, as well. we begin though with the fallout from the massive train drill meant in ohio just two weeks ago now. he was on the ground. their residents continuing to provide a report wearing held some to symptoms. governor attempted easter mindset, saying aaron watcher tests have come back normal. i understand people have been traumatized. i understand skepticism. sometimes skepticism is warranted. we have a lot of people in here who have absolutely no reason to be lying, no reason to be minimizing this. and frankly, i have no reason to minimize this. joining me now,
debris from a suspicious chinese spy balloon. what we know, and how it could affect the relations between the u.s. and china. plus, the biggest changes to the primary vote that we ve seen in decades. what it means for 2024. on the other side of the aisle, ron desantis has a culture war in florida. hoping that fear in anger could be a winning mix for him and republicans. and i will ask our legal experts about the former president s finance guy. potentially facing more charges. this is american voices! we begin this hour with breaking news. experts have recovered the debris from the suspected chinese spy balloon caught underway. people watch from the south carolina coast. their phones at the ready of course. as u.s. fighter jets downed the balloon. the debris field is reportedly seven miles wide. the balloon had been slowly making its way across the u.s. for several days. president biden said he ordered the balloon shut down earlier this week, on wednesday. and explaine
this is not who we are. oh every patriotic american knows how, president biden painting the upcoming elections as the battle for the soul of the nation. more on that up. ahead leading with the breaking news in tupelo, mississippi, where a man flying a small plane is in custody, following ordeal as he left the skies saturday morning. he threatened to crash the aircraft into a walmart which led to the store becoming evacuated. the plane eventually came down. more with nbc correspondent blaine talk to us, we just heard from the officials a short time ago. whatever we learned about this individual who took this plane and perhaps as motivations here? yes, but we are learning and continuing to learn more by the hour how this unfolded and how it became unbelievably v to a peaceful and with no injuries. more about this individuals. he s 29 years old. he actually worked at that airport, in tupelo. he worked there for about a decade. he was responsible for refusing the aircraft.
Picket line with the United Auto Workers in wayne, michigan. Telling them that they deserve better. Deserve the significant raise you need and other benefits. Lets get it yeah step up for us. Wall street didnt know, the middle class built the country. Unions built the middle class. Thats a fact. So lets keep going. You deserve what youve earned and youve earned a lot more than youre getting paid. That right there, the giant boost for unionized labor and acknowledged the system is out of whack and that workers are just as entitled to success. Done by a man holding the most powerful position in our government. Also though, a man who needs a big boost himself. Because whats good for the gander here is also potentially quite good for the goose. Joining me now to explain, gabe gutierrez. Nbc news correspondent, gray jay, cnbc correspondent covering the auto industry, phil lebeau. All three are in wayne, michigan. We also have peter baker with us. Gabe, im going to begin with you. Were here
Seeing trumps very own words and rhetoric in a court filing as it gets. Attorneys for the expresident accuse the Special Counsel of asking the court to, quote, take the extraordinary step of stripping President Trump of his First Amendment freedoms during the most important month of his campaign against President Biden. They say, quote, now keenly aware that it is losing that race for 2024, the prosecution seeks to unconstitutionally silence President Trumps but not President Bidens political speech. On pain of contempt. End quote. Now, if all this sounds familiar, its because trumps attorneys have been making this argument for months now. As the New York Times notes, almost from the moment mr. Trump was indicted, his legal team has raised a First Amendment defense. Its also a defense that jack smith anticipated. His indictment of donald trump on the Election Interference Case says on the second page, the defendant had a right, like every american, to speak publicly about the eleioand