than 35,000 after two earthquakes devastated the region, and yet miracles bring glimmers of hope one week later. back here at home in kansas city, fireworks and celebrations after the chief s star quarterback patrick mahomes led the team to victory over the philadelphia eagles during sunday night s super bowl thriller. and we begin this hour with the mystery surrounding those objects in the sky. this weekend the u.s. shot down three flying objects over north american air space bringing the total to four in just over a week. on sunday, president biden directed a shootdown of an unidentified object flying over lake huron. the day before a u.s. jet was authorized to shoot down an unidentified obvious flying through canadian air space. on friday the u.s. shot down an object over northern alaska. this all comes after u.s. officials shot down a chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of south carolina last weekend. this morning the white house is denying a new claim from chine
situation. we re going to have a live report from ukraine. and we ll speak with former ukrainian president on how his country can defend itself. 28 days until the midterm elections and georgia senate candidate herschel walker is getting help from two key republican senators. we ll have a report from georgia. pressure is growing on several city council members to resign after the release of a recording revealing of making racist remarks. we ll talk with with one of the reporters who broke the story. and an attorney at the center of the investigation into former president trump s handling of classified information speaks to federal investigators. and we ll speak with an iranian journalist about the situation in her homeland. why she s calling it iran s berlin wall moment. we begin this hour in ukraine where overnight air raids rang across the country including in kyiv as russia launched another wave of missiles striking multiple cities for a second day in a row. the mayor s
reported phone call between the white house and one of the rioters involved in the attack. the u.s. is warning russia to stop what antony blinken calls loose talk about nuclear weapons as vladimir putin continues to face military challenges in ukraine. also this hour, we will get an update from iran where the leader is issuing a new warning in the wake of historic protests after a woman died in police custody. we begin this hour with the latest on hurricane ian which is intensifying quickly. the national hurricane center says it expects ian to rapidly strength especially today and produce significant wind and storm surge in western cuba. it is expected to make landfall between tonight and tomorrow morning, bringing more than 13 inches of rain. in florida, governor desantis declared a state emergency across the entire state. and president biden approved a state of emergency already. tampa is now at a higher risk for heavy rainfall, storm surge and strong winds. residents
i m jose diaz-balart. president biden addressing president putin s state of mind saying he completely misjudged his invasion of ukraine. plus we ll play for you what the president says about whether he thinks putin will use nuclear weapons. president biden also vowing consequences for saudi arabia after opec nations announced major oil production cuts. we ll be speaking with congressman khann, a about that. and we have an nbc news exclusive. pennsylvania senate candidate john fetterman giving an in-person interview for the first time since suffering a stroke in may. what we learned about his health and why he needs to use closed captioning. plus health officials are closely watching omicron sub variants as the white house pushes to get more people boosted heading into winter. dr. jha will be with us live. s. we begin this hour with a very latest on the war in ukraine, where we are following multiple new developments. right now, the united nations general assembly is hosti
that s next. josé, take it away. good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i amjosé diaz-balart. in a few moments, a major announcement from the white house. today president biden is set to announce new actions that would protect undocumented spouses of u.s. citizens from being deported. the policy would allow them to obtain work permits on a case by case basis, and they must have lived in the u.s. as for three years as of yesterday. and it would allow daca recipients to have work permits. joining me, monica alba and julia ainsley. what else do we know about the president s executive actions and when could families begin to apply? it s significant, josé, for several reasons. first of which this is the component president biden was teasing when he announced he would use the authority and executive action to temporarily shut down the border to certain asylum seekers, and he said in the weeks to come he would announce new steps to make the immigration syste