oh, man he kicked it down now. he kicked it down. there s two of them. there was a shot at that. yeah. they got it. they got it. did you hear the noise? they got it. did you hear that noise? that was a missile. wow. the balloon was first seen last week saturday over alaska, by wednesday it was over montana, by friday over missouri, and yesterday, over the carolinas. defense department officials told nbc news that it clearly crossed over sensitive sites, including military locations. a massive recovery operation is ongoing down here from myrtle beach, involving the navy, coast guard, national guard, and the fbi. in just the last hour, a police spokesperson said they are working to secure the area to help the federal government recover hardware that plunged into the ocean with the balloon deflated. we re preparing for if this washes up anywhere on the coastline in the city. so that s the big reason that we want to, we re speaking on behalf of all of our pa
try and stay away from, but at some point, i won t coming up, on the second hour of ayman, democrats historic artist. i will speak with congresswoman barbara lee about the big wins the biden administration is knocking up, and how to turn those winds into electoral victories. plus, merrick garland finally takes action against donald trump and republican lies about the fbi search on mar-a-lago are fueling concerns of political violence. i am charles blow in for ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. it s hard to overstate the massive, historic month the biden administration has had. the sheer number of legislative and foreign policy victories in such a short span of time is historic. this week, democrats successfully passed the inflation reduction act, which will provide 430 billion dollars for fighting climate change, lowering prescription drug prices, and reforming the tax code to ensure corporations pay what they owe. once biden signs the ira it s a law, he will have
happens. our justice department, which i try and stay away from, but at some point, i won t coming up, on the second hour of ayman, democrats historic august. i will speak with congresswoman barbara lee about the big wins the biden administration s notching up, and how to turn those winds into electoral victories. plus, merrick garland finally takes action against donald trump and republican lies about the fbi search on mar-a-lago are fueling concerns of political violence. i am charles blow in for ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. it s hard to overstate the massive, historic month the biden administration has had. the sheer number of legislative and foreign policy victories in such a short span of time is historic. this week, democrats successfully passed the inflation reduction act, which will provide 430 billion dollars for fighting climate change, lowering prescription drug prices, and reforming the tax code to ensure corporations pay what they owe. once biden
balloon. earlier today, the house the telegenic committee chair is expressing his concern. the administration said they will try to collect whatever is left of having this strewn across the ocean to see what we can learn their. we re going to find what signals intelligence, that the administration might have been able to capture from that, understand what this was doing. anytime it s good all or adversaries, you re not going to get to come to the united states and take a tour of our sensitive military sites, and have a free shot. joining me now is massachusetts congressman, jake i democratic member of the select committee on china. welcome to the show, congressman. first on the breaking news, is that kind of diminish any republican criticism here? the fact that it happened three times under the trump administration? good to be on. the entire republican criticism is disappointed and hypocritical. this is a foreign policy victory for joe biden. he responded to an international in
pits. also, last week, biden scored a major foreign policy victory, when a u.s. conducted drone strike killed an al-qaeda leader. and biden s big wins didn t start in august. if you were turned in a report feeling wet i did last summer, it would include the single greatest expansion of gun control protections in america in decades, which passed congress in june. that included enhanced background checks for gun buyers under 21, a new federal grant program encouraging states to adopt red flag laws, and a federal statute banning gun trafficking. and the president did all of this with razor thin margins in both the house and the senate. now, with all these successes under their belt, the question is, of course, turning to how biden and the democrats can or if they will sell them to the american