at the top of the hour i bid you all a very good day from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports, we have a panel of reporters and analysts joining us to go over today s major developments for you. we re gonna get to those, but we do have some breaking news to share as just moments ago, vice president kamala harris leaving munich after giving a keynote address to the annual security conference. now, as a war on ukraine s year nearing one year, the vice president reiterate the united states commitment to ukraine, while standing a strong new message against russian aggression. the united states has formally determined. that russia has committed crimes against humanity. and i say, to all those who have perpetrated these crimes, and to their superiors who are complicit in these crimes, you will be held to account. meanwhile, the u.s. is ending the search for debris from two objects shot down by the u.s. over alaska airspace and lake huron
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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, an f
that would come. and it was handled appropriately. and we are now getting a clearer picture of exactly how the u.s. response played out, at last saturday the balloon was first detected in alaska. on tuesday, it relented continental u.s. airspace, which is when the president asked for military options on wednesday, the president ordered the military to take out the balloon as soon as practicable. on friday, the president was briefed on an execution plan, and on saturday the balloon was shot down. now, the balloons eight-day track is sparking debate and political finger-pointing on capitol hill over the administration s approach. listen here. clearly this was an attempt by china to gather information to defeat our command and control, are sensitive mission weapon sites, and that certainly is an urgency that this administration does not recognize. the president and united states military did what they did, that is my opinion, very just and very defensible. so the president
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