over the united states. eventually shot down off of the coast of south carolina by an air force fighter jet. now pentagon officials will not confirm whether or not the new object was also a balloon or its country of origin. officials did say the object was roughly the size of a small car, and was flying at an altitude that will make it a potential threat to civilian aircraft. alaska senator melissa spoke with lester holt last night, said she was briefed and told the object was not a balloon. take a listen. but today, to know that we have yet another unidentified objects successfully shot down in alaska, making sure that the message is clear that any sovereign territory or airspace in this country, and there s a threat, that there is an incursion. there will be consequences. here is nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa with more. today, the search with ice and snow is underway for any debris from that second flying object in u.s. airspace. this object shot do
in connecticut are now looking to ban the term as well, calling it, quote, offensive to spanish pickers, joining me now is paula ramos, former deputy director of hispanic media for hillary clinton, current msnbc contributor and author of finding latinx, paula, welcome, thank you. what do you make of this latest development in the debate and how concerned are you about bands like these picking up steam in other states? i am very concerned but it makes sense, right? they word has become one of the most politicized words of our time. why? because it has been completely co-opted by republicans used in the disinformation campaigns piddly targeted latinas. we know that republicans are very good at manipulating the meaning of words. we have seen it before. the word democrat has been confused with the word obamacare means socialism, a blm means extremist, and now the border means crisis. so, the word latinx is meant to