hovering over the northern u.s. plus, do you know what negative 60 degrees feels like? well, tens of millions from the northern plains to new england are under alerts for what could be some of the coldest windchills in a generation. and an nbc news exclusive, new reporting on why more than half a million migrants living in the u.s. are in legal limbo. migrants telling us quote, i couldn t believe what i was seeing. fresh outcry over another police killing. a double amputee missing both his legs trying to run from police. in just minutes, president biden expected to address those huge numbers in the latest jobs report released just this morning. what those numbers mean for our economy. we begin this hour with the pentagon on alert. nbc news was first to report that the u.s. is monitoring a suspected chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern u.s. a witness in billings, montana, captured this footage on wednesday the same day the pentagon sa
tensions with china. nbc news was first to report the suspected chinese surveillance balloon hovering over the northern united states around montana for the past few days. china is now responding claiming it is a civilian airship used for weather research that was blown off course. but how credible is that claim? minutes ago we learned secretary of state antony blinken is postponing his trip to china for what was supposed to be a highly anticipated meeting with china s leader next week. the pentagon is set to hold a briefing in the next hour. we know the department of defense is tracking the balloon closely, even at one point discussing shooting it down. we even have air traffic audio from wednesday about a, quote, special mission. we just got alerted from salt lake tmu we re on a ground stop right now until further notice for a special mission going on over the livingston area. we don t know exactly when we can have our next departure. it is landing with a thud on capito
Was a little black woman spraying trees and it scared him. after learning of the incident, the yale school of public health decided to honor bobby in a ceremony last month for her efforts to curb the invasive species. the peabody museum of natural history at yale, in a rare move, accepted bobby s donation of her personal lantern fly collection. and gave her the title of donor scientist. an important term. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. i ll see you tomorrow night on nbc nightly news saturday. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good friday morning. i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. this morning, major new national security concerns and escalating