We will start with developing news out of the us. This is georgia and this is to do with criminal proceedings against donald trump. You may be aware of the latest developments in georgia and those allegations of election interference. The way the system works there as there is something called a grand jury system. 0rdinary members of the public sit on that and they make a preliminary decision about Whether Terminal Proceedings should go ahead. In this case, they did. There have been reports in the last few hours that personal details, some of those ordinary members of the public, have been allegedly leaked online. We now have allegedly leaked online. We now have a statement from the Fulton County sheriffs office. Lets take a look at that and then we can on partygate. It said in a statement. As a lead agency, our investigators are working closely with local, state, and federal Law Enforcement agencies to track down the origin of threats in Fulton County and other jurisdictions. That is
And Leigh Ann Caldwell anchor at the Washington Post live. We will start with this developing news out of the us, out of georgia specifically. News out of the us, out of georgia specifically specifically. Over the last couple of hours weve specifically. Over the last couple of hours weve been specifically. Over the last couple of hours weve been hearing specifically. Over the last couple of hours weve been hearing a i specifically. Over the last couple l of hours weve been hearing a few more details and you may remember that this week we have learned that in georgia, former President Donald Trump will be facing criminal proceedings of allegations of election interference. The way that process happens is something called a Special Grand Jury which is ordinary Men And Women Hearing evidence in secret and deciding whether to proceed to further criminal case. These men and women have had their names and we think their addresses and social media profiles leaked online. There were rumours of
northwest territories of canada. then it dropped back into the united states over idaho. by last wednesday, february 1st, it was spotted by civilians in the skies over southern montana. a man staring out of the window of an office building in billings saw what he thought was a ufo. too small to be the moon, he says. he took pictures. it soon appeared on social media. almost immediately the air space over billings, over the entire town was shut down. commercial flights were diverted. f-22 raptors arrived from a nearby air force base along with refueling tankers and a wax surveillance plane. it was a big story. so it was at that point when the existence of an unauthorized chinese military aircraft over the united states became impossible to deny or hide it, at that point, officials around joe biden decided to tell him about it. we don t know joe biden s reaction to this but we do know his response. biden did nothing. he didn t order the balloon shot down. he didn t call for san
china which was scheduled for this weekend. as lawmakers react to the incident here at home, senate majority leader chuck schumer says the entire senate will receive a classified briefing on china february 15th. charles watson is live on the south carolina coast near where debris from the spy flight rained down. also standing by, congressman ryan zinke, who represents montana where that flight was respondented lingering over a nuclear silo field. first though, lucas tomlin stomp s live at the white house. reporter: moments ago, the u.s. military issued a statement that the u.s. navy has begun recovery operations off the coast of south carolina. they are combing waters about 7 miles wide and 47 feet deep. now, earlier on fox news sunday senator tom cotton says that spy ballooning should have been shot down when it crossed over the aleutian islands which is u.s. air space in alaska. what began as a spy balloon has become a trial balloon testing president biden s strength an
ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible. they decided without doing any damage to anyone on the ground, they decided that the best time to do that was out over the water within our, within a 12-mile limit. they successfully took it down. maria: but at what cost? coming up, the new chairman of the house select committee on china, wisconsin congressman, former marine mike gallagher, also a member of the house armed services and intelligence committees on how much damage has been done in one week after the secretary of state anthony blinken initially suggests just canceling his trip was enough of a response from america. it s a violation of our sovereignty, it s a violation of international law. and it was very important that we, of course, take the actions we did to protect any sensitive information, to protect our people and to make clear to china that, again, this is an unacceptable as well as irresponsible action. maria: then the surveillance balloon s