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Down the predecessor, the p 3 and it had to emergency land on an island. that, again, was an incursion, aggressive act on the part of the chinese. so for the united states to be concerned about retaliation, i think thats -- frankly the entire incident for the most part being flipped is a little bit of a nothing burger. this was an opportunity for the united states to declare our priority when they first detected the balloon to say were going to do something with it. if this thing enters into the...

Good to be with you, im kay katy tur, the chinese spy balloon is still hanging over the white house. why they didnt know about it sooner and what the u.s. was able to gather about the balloon while it was still in the air. the gang of eight is waiting for a full briefing. the white house has offered one and its expected to get on the schedule next week. house intel chair republican mike turner said the balloon exposed a weakness at the top. >> clearly this was an attempt by china to gather infor...

None of us know what the decision making process was or what the decision making process may have been when apparently these balloons strayed over the continental united states. >> democratic jim himes disagrees, saying they have yet to hear the extent of what was gained by watching and waiting. expect the criticism from the right to be loud especially for the next 24 hours. tomorrow is the state of the union. unfortunate timing for the biden team who were hoping to keep the focus on the economy...

But the white house didnt tell the american public about this, and from my understanding, lawmakers, either, until people saw it over montana. they knew about it before then, but they didnt tell anyone until it was spotted by the public. why is that? >> thats one of the questions the administration needs to answer more forcefully. the president said he was briefed, and he made a decision, and behind the scenes we have been hearing from a lot of his top officials about some of the decision making...

Just dont kill us anymore? would you stop killing us? were good, were good if you stop killing us. >> you want to celebrate black history, celebrate black lives, dont kill. >> desantis, he is rewriting history. when you start trying to tell people how to think about things, thats when it gets very dangerous, just like more in with the king was white, okay? lets just correct the record, okay? he dreamed he was black. come on, seriously, its ridiculous. its thought police stuff. thats very dangero...

Have a live update in a moment. plus, an in-depth conversation about the new chair of the national governors association. democratic governor phil murphy of new jersey. how he plans to expand -- in 2023 and how not to celebrate black history month. we will reveal our worst of the week contenders. im ayman mohyeldin, lets get started. lets start this hour with the breaking news of the night the united states shut down the suspected surveillance balloon off the coast of south carolina. -- single a...

>> heres the thing, dont worry about painting your car with black history. how about just dont kill us anymore. just stop killing us. then were good. we are good. stop killing us. >> celebrate black lives, dont kill. >> i dont need to pay. job but i will say whats worse is desantis hes rewriting history. when you start trying to tell people how to think about things, thats when it gets very dangerous. just, like martin luther king day was white. okay? thats just correct the record. he dreamed he...

How he plans to expand democratic control in 2023 and how not to celebrate black history month. we will reveal our worst of the week contenders. im ayman mohyeldin, lets get started. lets start this hour with the breaking news of the night the united states has shot down the suspected surveillance balloon off the coast of south carolina. officials say a f 22 missile jet took up the balloon with a single air to air missile. at 2:39 eastern this afternoon. nbcs gary graham joins me now from washin...

House administration officials pushing back, really defending the president for his decision to wait to shoot down this balloon until it was over water. they argue that the president was deliberative and responsible in his decision-making process. today transportation secretary pete buttigieg went out on the sunday shows defending the president, saying that what he was trying to do was ensure that the safety of americans was the first priority. theyve also pointed to the presidents desire to mak...

This is an important method of collecting the intelligence, but how do nations react? are they prudent or do they take a ready, shoot, aim approach that many of the members of congress take, when they consider what other intelligence we would collect from this operation. >> yeah, this aint skeet shooting. thanks for your time. we appreciate it. >> thanks. >> all right, coming up, some republicans are still criticizing president biden to wait to long to shoot down the chinese spy balloon. you are...