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hovering over the northern u.s. plus, do you know what negative 60 degrees feels like? well, tens of millions from the northern plains to new england are under alerts for what could be some of the coldest windchills in a generation. and an nbc news exclusive, new reporting on why more than half a million migrants living in the u.s. are in legal limbo. migrants telling us quote, i couldn t believe what i was seeing. fresh outcry over another police killing. a double amputee missing both his legs trying to run from police. in just minutes, president biden expected to address those huge numbers in the latest jobs report released just this morning. what those numbers mean for our economy. we begin this hour with the pentagon on alert. nbc news was first to report that the u.s. is monitoring a suspected chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern u.s. a witness in billings, montana, captured this footage on wednesday the same day the penta ....
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 unacceptabl ....
This. yeah, and i m just wondering, i mean, is there any kind of tech on that balloon that maybe it would be interesting for the u.s. to get a look at? you know, it s probably not anything cutting edge. apparently the take on it was this is some of their standard equipment. the only real advantage they have on this is that these balloons operate 100,000, 150,000 feet. as courtney explained, well above commercial and military aviation, but low enough and slow enough and persistent enough to possibly give them a better picture of one of the three u.s. nuclear silo fields. but i can t imagine we re going to shoot it down. it s no active threat to people on the ground. i also don t believe it was much of a threat shooting it down to people in montana, you know, mountainous low population. we could have brought it down. i doubt we will. ....
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