bret: but, first, breaking tonight, increasing concern over aerial objects that were spotted and then shot down over the u.s. and saturday over canada. the total right now is for china blamed for at least one of these so far says the u.s. has sent multiple balloons over its territory in the past year. the biden administration denies this. more of the chinese spy craft has been recovered and is being analyzed from off the coast of south carolina. but, as for the other objects, there is still very little information about what they are, what they were doing and who is behind them. as the search for those remnants continues tonight. we have fox team coverage, brit hume has analysis of the whole affair. jacqui heinrich is at the white house with the increasing pressure for president biden to address the issue personally. but we begin with chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon with what the defense department is doing and saying tonight. good eve
impact on the ground. when the chinese foreign ministry indicated that they would respond in the way they were prepared to. and it turns out the other objects are chinese origin, is there a menu of options prepared for how we deal with that? terrific hypothetical. we re just not there yet. on to the relationship issue, the chinese spy balloon, you got china buying more oil from russia. you got china opening up cases in u.s. technology from u.s. universities. and president xi is going to be meeting with the president. and at what point does the president ask for a call from president xi? again, i don t have a call to talk about today. again, let me say here, i know i m running close on time, sorry no, it s not your fault. the president met with president xi at balanci. at the g20, the whole purpose was to move the relationship. the most consequential bilateral relationship in the world, the president knows that. and he wanted to move that forward. and secretary
with china and what point does the president ask for a call from president xi? i don t have a call to talk about today. let me again, level set here, and i know i m running close on time, sorry, but the president met with president xi at bali at g20, and most consequential bilateral relationship in the world, the president knows that and wanted to move that relationship forward in a better way and secretary blinken was dang near wheels up trying to head to beijing to have those kinds of conversations to get some of these communication vehicles and venues back on track, whether it s climate change or military to military. we were looking forward to doing that, and then the chinese decided to fly a surveillance balloon over the continental united states and would not be appropriate to have that meeting. when are those discussions going to get back on the calendar, i couldn t tell you. as secretary blinken has said, it will happen at the appropriate time. now is not that ti
friday agreement was signed, t bring if not an end, at leas some long overdue respite from the decades of fighting an violence and terrorism i northern ireland it leaves tomorrow t commemorate the good frida agreement. it will be back on friday. now it is time the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening rachel it is on msnbc you just had reinstate representative justin jone from tennessee i am going to have the not yet reinstated representativ justin pierson join us as ou first guest tonight. and so it is remarkable to see how fast this story has move and to see that reinstatemen tonight was just really, reall exciting as a video. i am glad you relayed it the way you did during our hour. that document you gave us. well, i have to say, seeing people on the lawn of the fron of a tennessee capital today saying no justin s no piece, n justin s, no peace, i though that was pretty irresistible but yeah, and looking forwar to seeing that - thank you rachel. thank you
now, we re gonna be keeping an eye tomorrow on presiden biden s trip to ireland in northern ireland, marking 25 years since the good frida agreement was signed, from the decades of fighting i violence and terrorism i northern ireland he leaves tomorrow t commemorate the good frida agreement, he will be back o friday now it is time for the las word with lawrence o donnell good evening rachel. it i on msnbc. you just ha reinstated representativ justin jones from tennessee. i am going to have the not yet reinstated representativ justin pierson join us as ou first guest tonight. and so it is remarkable to see how fas this story has moved and to se that reinstatement tonight was just really, really exciting a a video. i am glad you relayed it the way you did during ou hour. that document you gave us well, i have to say, seeing people on the lawn of the fron of a tennessee capital today saying no justin s no piece, n justin s, no peace, i though that was pretty irresistible