from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news right now. vice president kamala harris is heading back to washington after taking part in the munich security conference. the vice president using her keynote speech today to condemn moscow while formally announcing the u.s. has determined russia committed war crimes against ukraine. in the case of russia s actions in ukraine, we have examined the evidence. we know the legal standards. there is no doubt, these are crimes against humanity. [applause] u.s. calling off the search for the unidentified object over lake huron. that is two of former objects shot down by the u.s. military which included that chinese spy balloon. the last hour, democratic making member of the house adam smith spoke with me about the questions and concerns that still remain over the spy balloon that moose mystery objects. if the hobbyist and meteorologists can do this, so can the russians and
Newsroom. We begin this hour with more Breaking News. Yet another shootdown of a highaltitude object, this one confirmed a short time ago in the skies over the yukon in Northern Canada. President biden and canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave norad the order to shoot down the object early in the day. A u. S. Fighter jet successfully brought it down. Its not clear if this latest shootdown is related to yesterdays downing of another object off the northeastern coast of alaska. That was near the canadian border, nor is it clear if its related to the chinese spy balloon that was shot down last saturday. Arlette saenz is at the white house. The president was just making some remarks to some governors there in the white house a few moments ago. Doesnt sound like he took any questions or made any remarks there. But obviously this is top of mind for the administration after what you and i were Reporting On Last saturday which was the shootdown of that chinese spy balloon. And now these
newsroom. we begin this hour with more breaking news. yet another shoot-down of a high-altitude object, this one confirmed a short time ago in the skies over the yukon in northern canada. president biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau gave norad the order to shoot down the object early in the day. a u.s. fighter jet successfully brought it down. it s not clear if this latest shoot-down is related to yesterday s downing of another object off the northeastern coast of alaska. that was near the canadian border, nor is it clear if it s related to the chinese spy balloon that was shot down last saturday. arlette saenz is at the white house. the president was just making some remarks to some governors there in the white house a few moments ago. doesn t sound like he took any questions or made any remarks there. but obviously this is top of mind for the administration after what you and i were reporting on last saturday which was the shoot-down of that chinese spy ballo
the united states. that is not going to change but surely and certainly, the balloon was not helpful, which is why we shot down. so the white house is always saying that this is a conversation that continues strategic on petition, they don t seek to be in conflict with china. for everyone else wondering what is the deal with these other objects, are they still going to attempt to recover them? we are just learning overnight that the military has recommended not to continue those efforts into the object that was shot down over the arctic. those alaskan waters, and one shot down over lake huron. simply because it is been too difficult, at least so far, to recover any debris from their. the object of course, because the harsh winter conditions and lake huron, because of the death of the water. it is really possible here that we won t get any kind of picture as to what those objects ended up being. though it is possible that can officials will still try to cover what landed over the yuko
unidentified objects and who exactly they belong to, whether it s a country, a private entity. right now what the focus will be is on the recovery missions for both the one that was shot down today and the one shot down yesterday to try to determine as much information as they possibly can about their origin and also the purpose. all right, arlette saenz, we know you ll stay on top of it. thanks so much. joining us to talk about this, transportation analyst mary schiavo and inspector general for the department of transportation. where do we begin? let s start with some of the information that was coming from the canadian defense minister just a few moments ago because i have i listened to that press conference, and i had lots of questions. first of all, this canadian defense minister said that the object that is i guess of interest here in all of this, that was shot down over the skies in canada earlier today, was cylindrical in shape. that was the the exact word