top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. we begin this hour with the new reporting of the chinese surveillance balloon, and the state department is confirming that this device was capable of monitoring u.s. communications. that is likely one of the new details that lawmakers are learning this morning. the biden administration is giving classified briefings on the issue on capitol hill a short time ago, and we will give you more of what we are learning in a moment, and with reclosely following what is happening in europe. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling on the european allies to step up the assistance and talking about specifically what they could do in his mind game-changers. fresh off of the sales pitch in wisconsin, president biden is headed to florida to expect to drive home his pledge in particular to protect social security and medicare, and we will have more on that message from the white house ahead. first of all to nat
from a british business. and there s been an increase in people taking up detectoring in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? hello and welcome to bbc news. next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. us president biden is scheduled to give a speech on tuesday in neighbouring poland on the same day that vladimir putin is due to give an address in moscow. ukraine s president zelensky has again called on western allies to speed up their delivery of weapons warning that delays would cost lives. it all comes as the munich security conference is underway with calls for nato to give kyiv long term security assurances. rishi sunak will address the conference, telling western countries they need to redouble their military support for ukraine. he ll also tell delegates that kyiv needs security guarantees even after the war has ended. our correspondentjenny hill spoke to me earlier about the general message c
the uk prime minister, rishi sunak is about to address the munich security conference he s expected to tell kamala harris is winding up her comments. in the next few minutes, we expect her to be replaced by rishi sunak. an audience of professionals in the security and intelligence field, as well as world leaders including the japanese prime minister, the taiwanese foreign minister, the taiwanese foreign minister, president of finland. i could go on, it is a huge list. also of course, the conference was opened remotely by ukraine s president a lenskl remotely by ukraine s president a lenski. we will be live in munich for the speech by the british prime minister. next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. us president biden is scheduled to give a speech on tuesday in neighbouring poland on the same day that vladimir putin is due to give an address in moscow. ukraine s president zelensky has again called on western allies to speed up their
8 pm eastern, the 11th hour starts right now. ht now tonight, explosive new evidence in the dominion lawsuit against fox news what host we re saying behind the scenes about the big lie. then, the five former memphis police officers accused in the death of tyre nichols appear in court for the first time. how the nichols family is reacting after today s developments, and the vice president doubling down on america s support for ukraine, what future aid could look like with a divided congress. as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. gratings i m simone sanders tanden in for stephanie ruhle. donald trump and the tv network that s been loyal to him for years are both facing escalating legal troubles, stemming from false claims about her so-called stolen 2020 election. a damning legal filing has revealed that on air personalities at fox news publicly promoted those claims, while ridiculing them behind the scenes. this was all released as part of a 1.6 billion dollar de
escalating legal troubles, stemming from false claims about her so-called stolen 2020 election. a damning legal filing has revealed that on air personalities at fox news publicly promoted those claims, while ridiculing them behind the scenes. this was all released as part of a 1. 6 billion dollar defamation suit against fox news by dominion voting systems. here is part of one text message from november 19th 2020 between tucker carlson and laura ingraham, all about trump campaign loyal lawyer, sydney powell. carlson told ingram, quote, sydney powell is lined by the way. i caught her. it s insane. ingram responded, quote, sydney is a complete nut. no one will work with her. ditto with rudy. now, here s what powell and other trump actors were saying from fox news. tonight, millions of americans do feel betrayed, according to politico, look at this. 70% of republicans don t believe this election was free and fair and for good reason. the most important part of democracy is