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weve got some closure here but a lot more questions now to jacqui heinrich at the white house with more. hi, jacqui. >> we learned the three objects shot down since friday were most likely linked to commercial research projects, private companies and not to chinas spy balloon program. despite that, the president says he makes no apologies for shooting down that spy balloon even after china has called it an overreaction. all week though the white house has been saying were going to soon...

>> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening, and thank with us. official assurances that all is safe near the site of that ohio toxic train derailment arent playing well with many area residents tonight, not with people experiencing physical symptoms and fish dying by the thousands in nearby streams. it has been almost two weeks since the train jumped the tracks in eastern ohio near the pennsylvania border spilling tanker cars carrying hazardous chemicals....

the economy and vowing to finish the job, with the debt limit battles loom looming, what are republicans going to do? then, mystery in the sky -- the white house says no aliens, but questions remain after the u.s. shot down three unknown objects. defense secretary lloyd austin is speaking to nbc about it. and in what is being called one of the most disturbing docuseries of the year, victims of the sarah lawrence cut cult tell their stories. there is the director joins me live, as the 1...

finish the job, with the debt limit battles loom looming, what are republicans going to do? then, mystery in the sky -- the white house says no aliens, but questions remain after the u.s. shot down three unknown objects. defense secretary lloyd austin is speaking to nbc about it. and in what is being called one of the most disturbing docuseries of the year, victims of the sarah lawrence cut cult tell their stories. there is the director joins me live, as the 11th hour gets underway on ...

we start tonight with that late breaking news that special counsel jack smith has subpoenaed trumps former chief of staff mark meadows part of smiths investigation into trump and his role in the january 6th insurrection. now, i should say this is according to a single source and being reported by cnn. nbc has not yet independently confirmed this reporting. but cnn reports tonight that meadows received a subpoena for documents and testimony some time in january. this comes just one week...

>> its how you use your radar. we typically are focused on things that are moving fast. and so its a bit more difficult to collect on slow moving objects like a balloon. and as they made adjustments, they were able to seize that. >> the secretary of defense giving an explanation for the string of unidentified objects over the northern united states. it comes as president joe biden may address today how his administration will deal with other objects in the future. also happening this m...

right now on "andrea mitchell reports" live from munich, but reporting that the georgia special grand jury report has been made public today against the objections of the district attorney that it could hurt imminent prosecutions. the president will finally speak out about the chinese spy balloon and other shootdowns. will he explain his policy after bipartisan criticism? and here in germany, vice president kamala harris attending the munich security conference and world leaders gath...

lucas tomlinson in washington on where this investigation is headed. national reviews douglas murray on why this keep happening, and the house intel committee member ryan fitzpatrick on congressional hearings that could be coming. welcome, everybody come i am neil cavuto, lets get to it in boston with alexis. >> hi, neil, yeah, very active day in boston as jack teixeira was inside the courthouse behind me, as you mentioned, his dad was in the front row, closely listening to the charges...

course, which is, again, why we are monitoring it. >> jesse: the comey spy balloon airspace and fingers around a joystick and flying it towards major cities but we are not shooting it down. >> you said this is violating our airspace so why not take it down? >> yeah, so, you know, clearly as we assess options and considering the size of the pay load on this, looking at the potential for debris and the impact on civilians on the ground or property damage, and so out of an abundance of ca...

. good to be with you, im katy tur, former vice president mike pence is putting up a fight. a moment ago in minnesota, he told reporters he is pushing back on special counsel jack smiths subpoena requiring him to testify about january 6th. pence is citing the speech and debate clause, something normally reserved for sitting lawmakers. >> my fight is on the separation of powers. my fight against the dojs subpoenas very simply is on defending the prerogatives that i had as president of...