committee and the countdown to the state of the union speeches on, folks. president biden is expected to make his case for reelection after more positive news on the economy. i will get a preview from a member of the council of economic advisers. plus, we are continuing our special series on living black history with trail blazers cynthia marshall. the first black woman ceo of an nba team. i am symone with sandra townsend and i have something to say. and the balloon is out of this guy. the questions surrounding u.s. security and relations with china are still up in the air. on saturday, and f-22 fighter jet shot down a chinese surveillance balloon over the atlantic off the coast of south carolina. the balloon entered u.s. continental airspace last tuesday. china s defense department condemned the strike and denies the balloon was intended for surveillance. but a senior administration official has rejected that claim, telling nbc news this. this was a prc surveillance balloon.
whole situation here. i m with you. y all was not first in the first place. exactly. they weren t first in the first place. thank you all for breaking this down for folks. it was something i know folks out there were wondering about. the other thing that has been at the top of folks s minds in conversations this week has been this chinese surveillance balloon, of the spy balloon, as we were calling it. susan, you have now seen the defense department official is telling nbc news and that military sites immediately took action to block the surveillance as soon as this balloon entered our airspace. do you think that is getting lost in the criticism? folks are saying president biden should have taken action sooner. the administration has continued to give explanations about why the timeline was what the timeline was. to go back with four to the new hampshire situation, i m so sorry to bring this, up i know you are short on time, but what is important is, while it does not affect the
the cover of your book is quoted as saying, you want to be looking at? you have come to the right place by buying this particular book. there is so much happening in the lead up to this as i was introducing you i talked about people literally trying to stop the teaching of black history in classrooms across the country. yes. how do all these outside factors affected the work you are doing now? i am in touch with it because we have a platform. i mean, i work for a fabulous nba team. the nba is a great organization. we have a platform and we use our platform. i try to stay in touch with what is going on. so then we can speak out and not just speak out but take action to be a part of it. we started the program after the george floyd killing called maps take action. action standing for advocacy, communication, training, investment, outreach, and noise. investment in education, investment in the community. we lose our platforms and