committee and the countdown to the state of the union speeches on, folks. president biden is expected to make his case for reelection after more positive news on the economy. i will get a preview from a member of the council of economic advisers. plus, we are continuing our special series on living black history with trail blazers cynthia marshall. the first black woman ceo of an nba team. i am symone with sandra townsend and i have something to say. and the balloon is out of this guy. the questions surrounding u.s. security and relations with china are still up in the air. on saturday, and f-22 fighter jet shot down a chinese surveillance balloon over the atlantic off the coast of south carolina. the balloon entered u.s. continental airspace last tuesday. china s defense department condemned the strike and denies the balloon was intended for surveillance. but a senior administration official has rejected that claim, telling nbc news this. this was a prc surveillance balloon.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2023 – President Biden is delivering on his promises to build a better America and rebuild the backbone of the country, the middle class. As
washington, you have to deliver for the american people. last, week the president was in baltimore, philadelphia, and new york. every case, showing the kinds of bipartisan infrastructure law investments being made in some of our key infrastructure. water systems, tunnels, bridges. he s going to talk about how 2023 is a year of implementing the inflation reduction act, the chips act, the bipartisan infrastructure law, standing up domestic manufacturing industries and ship production and clean energy and reversing decades of disinvestment in our public goods. we will be watching for what the president says on tuesday, jarred. i will have my highlighter outs. me too. i want to ask you about the debt ceiling. these negotiations, the white house has said it is not negotiating on a debt ceiling. we do expect negotiations on spending. president biden said he would negotiate with a speaker mccarthy once they both presented their budgets. we don t have time to play this out here but ron k