next in this. china has decided to try to impose s will on the world. our economic security is connected to china whether we like it or not. imagine a missive flying so fast that you can t pick it up on radar. we ve seen behavior by the ccp, purchase of agricultural lands, strategic lands around military bases. china is the most challenging national security threat that the u.s. has faced in 30 years. martha: with that, we bring in general jack keane, fox news strategic analyst. good to have you with us. some strong voices from capitol hill about the threat that we face from china. do you expect that strength to be matched in the way that we talked about china in the president s speech tonight? i hope so. i mean, the president in his national security strategy and national defense china has identify them as a major threat in the future and now. he has to share with the american people, what are we doing about this. do we have any vulnerabilities. that s not to g
they re spying on us. they re doing this purposefully and the president should have been much stronger in his response to this. all right. a live at the nation s capitol where in just a few hours, the president will be delivering his state of the union address but will the china spy flight overshadow the big speech. we re all over it with jared burn steen on the president s economic message tonight. the senate minority whip john thune on what republicans want to hear. ben car den on if the china spy balloon is threatening to inflate that message. and cry sununu on what he thinks of the state of the union. i think it s going to be a big night. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. let s get to it with the latest from the pentagon and the china thing with jennifer griffin. there may be a simply inflammation why trump administration officials say they were never told about previous spy balloons that crossed over u.s. airspace. they saw multiple conversations trying to get
address, days after russia s invasion of ukraine. tonight, his speech is going to be heavily focused on reminding americans what his administration has accomplished over the past two years. it comes as ukraine is now preparing for a major russian offensive. we ll have more on the mobilization of troops in putin s army. meanwhile, we are learning more about the chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down, and other incidents that went undetected by u.s. force. also ahead, the latest from turkey and syria where the death toll is rising following a massive earthquake, and rescuers continue to hold out hope of finding survivors. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 7th. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria passed 5,000 and continues to climb. a 7.8 magnitude quake hit the region early yesterday along with multiple aftershocks, including a 7.5 magnitude one that struck just hours later. tens of thousands have been injured.
That s the story for this tuesday, february 7. the story goes on tonight. i ll see you at 8:55. brett and i will have special coverage of the state of the union address tonight. your world starts right now. i think the president will do a very good job at selling the accomplishments. from what i hear, there s like 40 million people to watch. it s not the super bowl but it s a lot of people. maybe he can take out of president clinton. he knew the era of big government was over. the last four years, the democrats brought that back. you need to make it clear that any future balloons or any violation of national airspace will not stand.
Of morning joe. we re going to keep on going this morning. we have a lot to talk about on this tuesday, february 7. jonathan lemire and jen psaki still with us. joining the conversation we have former msnbc anchor chris matthews. good to have you with us. joe, all eyes on capitol hill as the president delivers the state of the union and got a lot on his plate. he does have a lot on his plate. i can t wait to hear you have the smart guys there with you. i do. chris matthews, you look at the polls. i don t pay attention to them. 3.5% americans say that joe biden didding? . i m exaggerating. the polls are so amazing. even republicans and annuity gingrich would say this.