msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, the u.s. racing to recover and learn more about that mysterious object shot down by u.s. fighter jets over alaska. here s what we know at this hour. the high altitude object was described as roughly the size of a small car, it was likely not man. it was flying in 40,000 feet, is for spotted on thursday before being brought down on friday. this comes a week after the u.s. military shot down the chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast after flying over several states. here is what democratic congressman told me in the last hour. i don t know that anyone, on the committees have been briefed. recovery operations are taking place, it is quite possible at 40,000 feet, a very expensive missile shooting down a weather balloon. other than that, we just do not know. it didn t seem to have its own ability to maneuver. that limits it s two more breaking news, th
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. as we come on the air, former vice president mike pence finds himself at the heart of two special counsel investigations unfolding simultaneously. one into classified documents that the fbi is searching for at his home literally as we speak. he s also facing a brand new subpoena regarding donald trump s pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 election. will he testify, and if so, could that be the key to criminal charges agains the former president? look at this extraordinary video out of southern turkey. a woman buried for 108 hours pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building. but accounts of survivors like her are few and far between with the death toll soaring over 22,000. this morning a representative with the u.n. refugee agency said more than 5 million may have been left homeless in syria alone. i ll talk to him live coming up. plus, a stunning new admission from one of those memphis police o
sensitive site expiration is done. to be thanks very much, we appreciate it. kristen o leary is the former director of hostage recovery for the united states. he s a senior vice president of global affairs for the group. coming up, donald trump continues to take a page out of the authoritarian playbook as his legal troubles grow. i ll speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. ruth joins me. then, with israel and hezbollah trading fire over lebanon s threatens to spill over into the region. we ll go to lebanon for the latest on the ground. plus, lbj and by the former vice prime minister of israel, another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning to you, it is sunday the 22nd. with wars regime between ukraine and russia, israel and hamas, and threatening to spill into other continents, global leadership is critical. we re facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the world s war. legal peri
the president showing solidarity with israel and revealing he s seen u.s. intelligence that israel was not responsible for the hospital explosion in gaza. based on what i have seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team. norah: tonight, the new video israelis say show the rocket came from within gaza by the islamic jihad. on air force one, the president later telling reporters egypt agreed to allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid into gaza. if hamas confiscates it or doesn t let it get through, just confiscates it, then it s going to end. norah: the protests tonight across the middle east and here at home, as israeli troops ready on the border of gaza. throughout the course of just over a week what, we have witnessed is a steady buildup of hundreds of thousands of israeli troops and heavy equipment like this, in staging areas, all pointed in one direction, about a mile from gaza. norah: american troops hurt after drone attacks near iraqi air force bases
the president showing solidarity with israel and revealing he s seen u.s. intelligence that israel was not responsible for the hospital explosion in gaza. based on what i have seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team. norah: tonight, the new video israelis say show the rocket came from within gaza by the islamic jihad. on air force one, the president later telling reporters egypt agreed to allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid into gaza. with hamas confiscates it or doesn t let it get through, just confiscates it, that it is going to end. norah: the protests tonight across the middle east and here at home, as israeli troops ready on the border of gaza. start the course in just over a week what we have witnessed is a steady buildup of hundreds of thousands of israeli troops and heavy equipment like this. in staging areas all pointed in, about a mile from gaza. norah: american troops hurt after drone attacks near iraqi air force bases. the concerns