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we are coming on the air with breaking news on today's top story. for the first time, we will see secretary of state tony blinken on camera. you're looking at it live on the left side of your screen there. potentially reacting to that suspected chinese spy balloon, flying over u.s. airspace. also this hour, you've got president biden in philadelphia after a better than expected jobs report. we're juggling all of it live here in the next 60 minutes on msnbc. i'm hallie jackson in washington. i want to bring in one of our chief white house correspondents, foreign correspondent janis ma...

opinion? >> we continue to believe people who have left the area have a right to come home if they wish to do so, a right that should be upheld. >> i asked the other day when you are in asia, and then asked the european desk, and ask you, too. do you consider the occupation -- your allies, turks, occupation or something else. they said to me we believe -- all countries should be respented and protected but they don't say if there is -- if the occupation of cyprus is an occupation. >> we believe -- we support a u.n. facilitated effort to unify. >> occupation, you know that. >> we thin...

United states remains committed to diplomatic engagement with china and i plan to visit beijing when conditions allow. in the meantime, the united states will continue to maintain open lines of communication with china, include to go address this ongoing incident. indeed that's why we need direct and regular communications in the first place, and that's why it's critical that such lines remain open at all times, to help avoid miscalculation, and conflict. one final but important note, the world expects the united states and china to manage our relationship responsibly. and, indeed, addressing ...