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right now, two separate senate committees are drilling into u.s. and china relations. in the wake of that chinese spy balloon entering the u.s. just last hour senator jon tester made the stakes abundantly clear. china s a real threat and one we need to take seriously, which is exactly why we re here today. house members this morning receiving a classified briefing on the balloon ahead of a vote scheduled just a few minutes from now to condemn china s use of a spy craft. senators are set to receive an all members briefing of their own in about 30 minutes. all of this happening as the state department is revealing fresh details about china s surveillance program this morning. and just what the balloon hovering over the u.s. was capable of. in a few moments, i ll talk to former u.s. ambassador to china max baucus about what we can learn and the very real threat posed by china. plus, fading hopes for survival, days after devastating earthquakes rocked turkey and syria ....
and communities on the florida gulf coast are boarding up, stocking up and getting ready for impact and the possibility of a storm surge that could reach up to ten feet. people are taking it very seriously. we re trying to be ready. who knows, may be real bad or not bad at all, but if it is, we want to make sure we are ready. now, nasa is sharing this stunning view of the storm from the international space station. we have the latest. details emerging ahead of the january 6th hearing, and nbc is hearing from two services the secret service confiscated the phones of agents. and then footage that put roger stone s role in days leading up to the riots in focus. and then all facing seditious conspiracy charges. the impact this one trial could have on others surrounding january 6th. let s start with hurricane ian battering cuba before lowly making its way towards florida. joining me, bill karins, and ellison barber. ellison, let s go to you. the national hurricane ....
Information in the future about the extent of this balloon spying program. ali, the house is set to vote in the next 20 minutes on a resolution condemning china s use of this spy balloon. what do we expect from that and from all the activity happening on the hill today centered around china? reporter: look, it is briefing season up here. it is hearings season on the china balloon. this is something that lawmakers have been pushing towards for the last week or so, just clamoring to get more information and this is what it looks like as they re starting to get more of these briefings from key state and defense department officials like wendy sherman. watch. that we not only have an integrated strategy towards china, working with the interagency as well, but every single mission around the world has a bespoke china strategy because as you pointed out, china s everywhere in the world. reporter: so sherman there speaking about the broader policy and foreign policy landscape around c ....
Merchandise, $80 billion, a new record. worried about all this, we do are to protect the national security. let s remember, let s not overblow this thing. ambassador, ali vitali mentioned there is bipartisanship on making sure that dealing with these china relations are a top priority. there is a lot of disagreement on how this has been handled so far. we know there is that all senator briefing coming up at 11:30, but just this morning we heard from senator marco rubio, vice chair of the intel committee. let s hear what he said. agencies of the federal government knew this balloon was headed towards the continental united states, something we had never seen it do in terms of this flight pattern days in advance. they didn t notify congress until one of the news outlets was about to run with the story and they allowed it cut a diagonal path across the middle of the country and never explained to us it was coming or why. is that also your read on the situation? ....
Learn and the very real threat posed by china. plus, fading hopes for survival, days after devastating earthquakes rocked turkey and syria. the u.s. state department says three u.s. citizens are among the now more than 19,000 dead. and yet miraculous stories of survival including this dog trapped in debris finally freed by rescuers. we ll have a live report from a sprawling tent camp set up for survivors ahead. president biden is taking his message to desantis country. his message including this hint about whether he ll run for re-election. watch me. we are going to start on capitol hill. and the flurry of hearings and briefings on u.s./china relations. al ali vitali is monitoring all of it. dan delouis is at the pentagon and i m joined by max baucus, ....