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this week that their recommendation to president biden was not to shoot this down because of risk to people and property below. so this balloon made its way across a good chunk to have united states, from montana on tuesday and wednesday to where it is now over essentially north carolina where its reaching the coast and open water beyond that where you no longer have the risk to people and property below. therefore, the question then becomes, does the military change its recommendation...

youre live in the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. spy balloon down. a single missile took out a chinese spy balloon that floated across americas skies this past week. that dramatic sound just off the coast of south carolina earlier today. recovery efforts offshore are now under way as u.s. intelligence officials want to gain insight what china was up to. president biden said the order to shoot down the balloon came directly from him. >> on wednesday, when i was briefed on th...

nation once again. were not a free nation right now. we dont have free press. we dont have free anything. >> just a small sample of donald trumps dark speech at cpac. well have more of the former presidents maga messaging in just a moment. meanwhile it sure sounds like his former secretary of state is also running for president. mike pompeo is making the rounds, criticizing trumps fiscal record while in the white house. and also ahead, well have a look at president joe bidens visit...

its a familys worst nightmare. its happening far too often in this country, far too often. while we gather more information theres one thing we do know to be true, we have to do something to stop gun violence from ripping apart our communities. >> president joe biden marks another deadly mass shooting by once again calling on congress to pass gun reform legislation. well bring you the latest on the victims and the investigation in just a moment. plus evacuations, toxic chemicals, and...

msnbc headquarters in new york city. we got a lot to get to this hour. first a community in mourning as michigan state university remembers three killed during a mass shooting monday. students still trying to process the violence. >> all of us are numb to the whole situation. we have lived this our entire lives. >> im still processing it. >> i honestly dont know if i can ever take a step foot into na union anymore. >> you see it on the news, but you never think its going to be your sch...

security concerns for days. most of the wreckage is believes to be sitting in 47 feet of water at this hour. lets go now to oren at the pentagon. do we think we might have get an update this evening as to whether or not they have been able to secure that wreckage and retrieve it? >> theyll put a perimeter around it with navy and coast guard assets that were in the area. whether they can retrieve it tonight or tomorrow, thats a different question. 47 feet of water according to a senior ...

health and safety after that fiery train derailment triggered a major chemical spill. officials now telling some people there not to drink the water. we begin this hour with the latest on the deadly shooting at michigan state university. were learning new details about the three students murdered in this tragedy. three bright futures cut short. arielle anderson was a sophomore at msu, her family described her to local media as kind hearted, driven, straight-a student. they say she wa...

what the voters want? at the same time, its a legal challenge, not a political one, that may pose the biggest danger to the only other declared candidate, donald trump. whats the special counsels latest request from a judge say about the possibility that trump faces criminal charges? and were watching the white house where the president could face questions from reporters just a few minutes from now. under pressure to talk publicly about the shootdowns in the sky. new nbc reporting...

they say was a coordinated attack on a future police training facility. fireworks, rocks, bricks, even molotov cocktails thrown at officers according to police. dozens of people detained. what police say led up to it all. plus now, massive snowfall again on the west coast threatening to dump feet of snow on communities already buried and cut off after historic back-to-back storms. people in californias mountain communities trapped in their homes. some reportedly at risk of being snow...

from last months derailment in east palestine. and right now the fbi offering a reward for the return of four americans believed to have been kidnapped at gunpoint in mexico. well bring you details on what happened. and jurors who convicted alex murdaugh of killing his wife and son are speaking out. >> i didnt think he was crying. he turned it on and off, yeah. it wasnt genuine. >> do you think he hurt himself by taking the stand? did he make it worse? >> i think he did. >> we begi...