and the latest on what china is saying about that balloon hovering over the u.s. and president biden is going to speak following a new jobs report that smashed expectations. 517,000 jobs added in january and nearly three times the forecast. we will bring you reaction live. and a life-threatening deep freeze headed to the northeast, and millions are bracing for once-in-a-generation sub-zero temperatures. china is confirming that the balloon floating over to the u.s. is theirs, and it is not a spy balloon as the pentagon says, but it is a civilian airship used for research are the words of the foreign ministry, and it is said to be the size of three buses. china says it accidentally drifted off course. and the sources says that china cannot manually control it, but how did it get there in the first place? the continental u.s. is a big target. yes, what happens next is the big question. the pentagon says it is not a military or physical threat to the people on the ground
prime minister. there are rules and boundaries set to those roles by the code and their employment. but they are very much code and their employment. but they are very much not code and their employment. but they are very much not civil code and their employment. but they are very much not civil servants, - are very much not civil servants, therefore they are answerable only to the minister who appoints them, governed by or constrained by their special advisers code to which they are subject? special advisers code to which they are subject? are sub ect? correct. formally, the prime are subject? correct. formally, the prime minister are subject? correct. formally, the prime minister appoints are subject? correct. formally, the prime minister appoints all - are subject? correct. formally, the prime minister appoints all special| prime minister appoints all special advisers, even those who are attached to ministers and often move with them. so their personal affiliatio
about this being a brazen affront to the sovereignty, but how high does sovereignty go. if you want to use that rationale, then the overhead reconnaissance by the chinese and russians are potentially an affront to the sovereignty, and so we need to take on all of these fronts, and as loathe as i am to take on what the chinese say, i am willing to accept what they say this time. and how should the issue priority be here, taiwan? south china sea? i mean, there are so many to go on? well, the overarching issue is to try to arrive at some form of partnership at least for communications purposes, and there are many subissues,
initially they would be doing these five six page memos and sending them up and word came back and they said why don t we cut it to a page and i talked to a bunch of people that said it didn t seem unreasonable. so they started doing that, they sent up one page memos. word comes back this is still too much. can we do less? then what happened is there was a directive where a senior official at the nsc said is there any way the president is a very visual person. is there any way we could describe things pictorially? it s back to the narrative we describe from knowing him. we don t think he reads, at all. it s so difficult. the talking points that you get from the career experts are already it s necessary to boil them down in a way to be communicated, just for communications purposes and then i can t imagine the difficulty of trying to use pictures to as the talking points. i think, though, what i took away from the story was that you have a fairly traditional nsc
maybe. maybe they did. even publicly, though, they were saying, look, everything is wrapping up. the interviews are wrapping up. this is going to be done soon. you know, it s fascinating, like you point out, someone told my colleague, gloria borger, a source familiar with all this, when she asked who is going to lead the legal strategy now at this crucial time and that person said well, the president is. and that is the problem. the old adage of a person who represents themselves has a fool for a client now appears to apply here. and we don t know who it is that is left to be the outside lawyer. sekulow is not a criminal attorney. digenova is there more for pr strategies. he s a pitbull. even if he wasn t he s not a roll up your sleeves, file motions in court lawyer. he s there for communications purposes. there is really no one left in charge that is a practicing