[cheers and applause] greg thats all me thats my fault. My fault. All right, all right, all right. Happy wednesday, everybody. Tomorrow, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump head to the texas border to duke it out on americas current migrant crisis. The sad part is only one of them will know where he is. [laughter] the other will think hes on a beach in delaware during cinco de mayo. For bidens part, this is only the second time hes been to the border during his presidency. The other time it was to pick up a package for hunter marked baby powder. [laughter] of course trump has been to the border numerous times, and its obvious why hes been talking about it for years. It just took forever for everyone else to catch up. The truth is that trump, that terrible knuckledragging vulgarian who they love to hate, shows he knows the pulse of america better than his opponent, who may not have a pulse himself. I know. Too far or not far enough . Sure, trump is a billionaire,
tonight, we want to get some important context of the supreme court s latest ruling this term. because while we can go through the immediate ramifications of those decisions. and it s obviously important and necessary to do that. we also need to start looking to the future. in one sense to understand how ending our changing policies will affect the fabric of our society. but in another, to look at the unknown. and there s a lot we don t know because within the court s decision there is vague language that will be exploited by conservatives looking to further curtail rights. there are some urgings from republican appointed justices to legal activists pushing them to bring up cases that will also further curtail these rights. enough, fact in his term and in the last term the supreme court open pandora s box. the creative versus the court ruled that a christian web designer has the right to refuse her services of designing wedding websites to same-sex couples. the majo
how he plans to expand democratic control in 2023 and how not to celebrate black history month. we will reveal our worst of the week contenders. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. let s start this hour with the breaking news of the night the united states has shot down the suspected surveillance balloon off the coast of south carolina. officials say a f 22 missile jet took up the balloon with a single air to air missile. at 2:39 eastern this afternoon. nbc s gary graham joins me now from washington, d. c.. with the latest. gary, it s good to have you with us. what do we know about that decision-making process to shut down this blue and the evidence to collect the debris? as you can imagine,, eamonn you get our learning that this whole process was a team effort, it was a multi agency effort. the faa turned off all the arrivals and departures from wilmington airport from north carolina, from myrtle beach, from charleston. the air force is the one that shut down the ballo