shot down, we are getting new information on past incursions by china, including three during the trump administration. we are also getting new details on president biden s state of the union. now just days away. new developments in two major criminal investigations of the former president in new york city, georgia as well. we will take a look at the very latest there. and then a dire warning from a mental health professional in the state of utah who says a new law aimed at trans teens could literally cost lives. all of that, plus, in my next hour, a little girl gets a very big honor. i m going to talk to nine-year-old bobby wilson, her research on bugs caused a neighbor to call the cops on her but that incident has not led to a major honor for the scientists. a conversation you will not want to miss. we begin off the coast of south carolina, where navy divers are retrieving what remains of that chinese spy balloon after being shot down by an air force fighter jet. we are a
the republican presidential primary, we will look at who, and what is their chance to defeat the former president. and later on this hour, from getting cops called on her to a shout out from, of all places, yale, i m going to speak to nine-year-old bobbi wilson whose fascination with lanternflies made one neighbor suspicious but has made her family very proud. that s ahead this hour as well. we want to begin though once again with the fallout from the chinese spy balloon shot out of this guy off the carolina coast. beijing condemning the move to bring down the balloon. this is happening as u.s. senior government officials confirm the chinese balloon crossed into the u.s. at least three different times during the trump administration s. i wanna bring in msnbc national security analyst nick watt as well. george, let me start with you on this. when you are there in myrtle beach. what have you been seeing? good afternoon, yasmin. we know military operations to recover the bal
Balloon has become a straw balloon testing biden s strength and resolve. unfortunately, the president failed that test. the concern of course is how you do it in a way that absolutely minimizes the danger to american lives on the ground and in the aviation operations? the president and the quarterback, tackling the quarterback after the game is over. the president himself said the military made it thoughtful. i trust the united states military. lots of differing opinions there to say the least. and a moment, i will speak to representative jim hines, member of the house intel committee, about this, including one of his republican colleagues calling for a biden impeachment over the balloon. i m also going to ask the congressman about what he wants to hear at the presidency to the union address, as we get details on those preparations. we ve got a lot more this hour as well. more candidates starting to emerge and take on donald trump.
A balloon provides better granularity and it s images. it is possible the attempt was and that temp to gather data on u.s. which would be valuable in a future conflict. such data information would be limited in potential let s talk about the political fallout from all this. republicans essentially ignoring this intelligence. that three of these balloons were over u.s. territory over the trump administration. 20 to 30 over the past decade, really. instead, pointing the finger directly at president biden because he did not act quickly enough. what do you make of that? it is a political spectacle. it is hard for not to be. when you have a balloon floating over the united states for almost a week it is tailor made for criticism that the president is not acting decisively enough. you have to ask yourself, what if he had shot the balloon down, initially. there was some danger of people
Being hit by the debris. there was danger to american citizens. what employee would have potentially lost the intelligence value of being able to capture the pod and electronics that chinese have broad a. part of this by mission that was much easier to do once it was over water. it s my understanding that that has been a priority for the pentagon over the last 24 hours. trying to get as much with electronics as they can if they do, this will end up being a net intelligence gain for the united states. that said, balloon and people have called is tailor made for political criticism. the fact that similar things happened under republicans does not mean that republicans won t say that this was a gross violation of our sovereignty. president biden allowed it and should ve taken action more quickly. the only point is if he had taken action, the intelligence benefit we will probably get would ve been lost.