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nearly a week after it was detected in united states airspace. u.s. military is now working to recover the balloons debris off the carolina coast, as china lashes out and suggested could retaliate. as you hear terry chairman jim jordan fires off his first subpoenas targeting the biden administration. the doj pumps the brakes on some of his other requests. it is cut the legs out from other republicans plain investigations? and later. democratic congressman does something rare in modern politics. hiring a former gop rival to join her team. she is here to talk about whether she could be an example for others in these times of extreme polarization. all of that and more is coming up. and a good sunday morning to you. i m katie. thing right, now the search is on for what is left of the chinese balloon. which the american military says it has been used to spy on our country. the tensions between our two countries are even more tense now than they were 24 hours ago. on saturday ....
southwest much crimea near ukraine. russian fighter jet collided with it. stop hostile flights in the area. raising concerns about sensitive u.s. military technology falling into russian hands. there are no u.s. warships in the area. here is reaction from the white house and pentagon officials. we do not want to see this war escalate beyond what it has done. this is inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional by the russian pilots. this is unsafe and unprofessional. the senator did not hold back while speaking to our colleague, jennifer griffin. i would like to get your reaction to what happened today in the red sea. pissed off, be honest, from our government, this is unsound. they shot down a united states war plane. they took it out of action. that is the response we get back? yeah, not very happy about it. lucas: the u.s. drone is worth up to $32 million, roughly same price as a fighter jet that collided with it. pair of russian flankers what the pentagon call ....
ali will be back next weekend. catch him from 10 am to noon eastern. stay right where you are, alex witt reports begins right now. eports begins right now. if you from msnbc headquarters in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we have developing for you this hour, donald trump, trying to keep his hold on the republican party, giving it a nearly two-hour speech to close out cpac, after dominating the stronghold with 52%, the former president has some fiery words. in 2016, i declared, i am your voice. today, i add, i am your warrior, i am your justice. and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution, i am your retribution. the former president was also asked if you are drop out of the 2024 race if he is indicted. here is his answer. i would not even think about leaving. these are fake stories, these are horrible. the press is pressing them to do something. and i think it is very sad for our country, i think it is very dangerous ....
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 ne ....
the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election ....