and the suicide bombing at kabul s airport. an intelligence failure, chaotic scenes and americans and afghan allies stranded in that country, some still today. yet, the white house officials say they were proud of how that exit went correspondent mark meredith at the white house with the latest on that live at the north lawn tonight. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. tonight the white house is essentially blaming former president trump for out how the end of the war in afghanistan was carried out even though the war ended in august of 2021 under president biden s command. critics are saying this report out today is an obvious attempt to try to shift the blame over how america s longest war came to an end. the president s decision to end the war in afghanistan was the right one. the white house is defending how it ended the war in afghanistan. even after images like these showing afghans fleeing for their lives sent shock waves worldwide. today the white hou
good to be with you, i m katy tur. first it was the leaked memo from an air force general, warning his officers to prepare for a hot war with china in 2025. then it was news the u.s. is expanding its military presence in southeast asia, adding four more bases in the philippines on the doorstep of china. and now, the pentagon is faced with a chinese spy balloon first spotted over montana, which, by the way is home to one of the united states three nuclear silo fields. just a moment ago in a series of questions from reporters, brigadier general patrick ryder confirmed the balloon is not just drifting, that china is in control of it. the balloon is maneuverable. clearly it s violated u.s. airspace, and again, we ve communicated that fact to the prc. the fact is we know that it s a surveillance balloon. and i m not going to be able to be more specific than that. and we do know that the balloon has violated international airspace and international law which is unacceptable. we
hotels, escorts and cars, instead of paying his taxes. how he s responding. plus, police revealing that the professor behind a deadly nevada college shooting had a target list, along with 150 rounds of ammunition. what former students are sharing about his history of what they call peculiar behavior. we re now hearing from north dakota senator kevin cramer after his son was charged in a police chase that ended with the death of a sheriff s deputy. and the new information on why police say a man fired a shotgun and yelled free palestine outside a synagogue in upstate new york with a day care inside, and the terrifying moment that is put a nearby hospital into lockdown. we begin with news that president biden s son is facing an expansive new indictment on tax charges. nbc s tom winter is following this story for us. we heard from hunter biden, rare today, he basically says this is political, aimed at his father. tell us about the details in this indictment, and what else
map for discrimination. an investigative news site is clarence thomas and his wife have taken luxurious vacation trips paid for by a dallas businessman and republican donor for more than two decades without disclosing them. propublica reports that includes a trip to indonesia in 2019 valued at more than half a million dollars. we have asked justin thomas and the court for responses nothing yet. businessman harlan crow acknowledges to the post he has extended what he calls hospitalities to the thomas over the years but adds it is no different than gifts he gives to many other dear friends. stocks were up today ahead of jobs report. the s&p 500 gained 15. the nasdaq rose 91. if you are a russian national, uncle sam wants you. specifically the fbi wants you. the bureau is actively recruiting russians as tensions with that nation escalate, particularly over the invasion
i m feeling good vibes big economic news, unemployment is 3.4%. the last time the united states had a jobless rate this low was may 1969 when nixon was president, gun smoke was a top tv show and neil armstrong was getting ready to walk on the news. shout out to msnbc s charlie herman for that. the economy added 517,000 new jobs, smashing the expectation of 187,000. joining me now is nbc news business and data reporter, brian cheung. where did they come from. leisure and hospitalities, bars and restaurants, and health care. overall, we have to really underscore, again, this is not what analysts were expecting.