truth of identity. her work specifically has been targeted -- from the college girls and five -- be sure to join me by the, way also after president biden's state of the union address on tuesday night, for postgame coverage with my good friend stephanie ruhle, that's from midnight to a am eastern, stay right where you, are picks up our news coverage right now. e right now. >> good morning and welcome, i'm yoshimasa elder, in washington d.c.. it sounds like something straight out of the comics, it's not a bird, or a, plane it's a suspected chinese sky balloon, hovering over parts of the northern united states. this footage was captured over montana, the same day the pentagon says the balloon passed through the area. but it's not clear this is the balloon in question. the incident has officially impacted international relations, postponing secretary of state antony blinken's high stakes trips to beijing next week.

>> the presidents of this surveillance balloon over the united states, in our skies is a clear violation of our sovereignty, a clear violation of international law and clearly unacceptable. we've made that clear to china. >> last, night the pentagon said it saw all report of a second chinese ty balloon has been spotted flying over latin america. china claims -- they are civilian weather balloons gone astray, but u.s. officials say the balloon spotted over montana this week was gathering intelligence and fly near one of the country's military places that operates and stores intercontinental ballistic missiles. joining me now is abc news, reporter gary grumbach, so gary, what in the world is going on? there's so many people who are wondering, why are we not shooting this thing down? >> yeah you know this really does seem like it's all out of a movie, thinking from u.s. official is that shooting it down would do more harm than

good. president biden was given options on tuesday, when he was first briefed about, it from defense officials and others, he decided to not shoot it down while it was over the continental united states. they're thinking there is that if it were to get shot down it is the size of two school buses were talking about a massive balloon here. the debris could hit people, it couldn't houses, it could hit infrastructure, power lines. that is something that they are really concerned. about no word from officials this morning as to where exactly it is. last night we were told it was over the kansas area at this point. >> we don't know exactly where it is, but i have to ask, you how normal is this? is this just something that happens? chinese by balloons just wandering around? >> so countries gathering intelligence information on each other is nothing new. this is something that i think is no secret, we do regularly with satellites and other means to this country like north korea. but this overtly is certainly

something that is new. and it's something that back during the civil war, happened, of course in the united states, between the unions and the confederates, that was balloons. this overtly is new. i don't think china frankly cares that we're aware of, it and that they got caught. i think they're getting the information trains furred back to, then they don't need this balloon physically back to themselves. whatever information they're picking, up they likely already have. >> and as you talk about intelligence, i wonder if you could talk a bit about u.s. and china relations. antony blinken, secretary of state, he would've been -- for my understanding, the first secretary of state in four years to go to china. that trump is now been abruptly postponed, maybe even canceled. what do we know about the impact of this on u.s. relations with china? >> there is perhaps no more important relationship to the united states. because of the threat of china, then china. so this happening is certainly -- you know back in october, when president biden was in bali, he had a conversation with the chinese president, you don't

pay, and said that he wanted to continue these relationships, and continue to build the relationship there. this meeting with secretary blinken was going to be a very big step towards that. as you said, yamiche, we are not yet sure if this will be rescheduled, or canceled for good. they are still of, course communicating diplomatically about the situation. >> talking about diplomatic relations, i want to ask, you the u.s. said, we had, said that we will be far argue resource and presence in the philippines due to its potential conflict with taiwan. where does this land, thanks how does that impact possibly the relations there? >> -- so this white house has called the relationship between china in the united states, the biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century. american presidents have long been vague about how forceful they are going to be when it comes to defending taiwan. president biden was asked about this recently, and he said, quote, he'd make a commitment to protect taiwan, but he did not go further than that. every move like this just makes

asecheka ambiguity that much harder. yamiche. >> well definitely something we're gonna keep watching, because i'm still wrapping my head around the fact that there is a chinese spy balloon in the u.s.. but gary, thanks for breaking down for us. >> the democratic national committee is holding its winter meeting this weekend, in philadelphia. the dnc is set to vote on her new primary schedule as it focuses on the agenda for the coming year, celebrates its winds, and maybe, just maybe, gears up for president biden's 2024 reelection campaign. >> that's not even, all we're not even close, in fact, let me say something, we're just getting started. so any ask you simple question, are you with me? but [applause] i ran for president -- [crowd chanting]

>> well you just heard, it of, course chance of four more years, and marissa para, nbc news correspondent, she's there before us in philadelphia, tallest about those chants how fired up our democrat, specifically on the idea of president biden running again in 2024. >> right, odds to get to here. one thing to keep in mind is when we talk about the potential changes here, look, the suggestion to change, the democratic primary order, was a suggestion made by president biden, to make that south carolina this is expected to pass later this morning. just in terms of where the party stands on that, it doesn't come without some pushback, particularly at the two states impacted by this the most. i wanted new hampshire, -- for 150 years or in the first two states when it comes to nominating the democratic nominee for president. so i will caucus, run for roughly 50, years new hampshire, the first to vote with their primary being the first for roughly 100 years, now will be the suggestion that this would

be south carolina that would be first. the argument here being, yamiche, that iowa in new hampshire are not diverse enough, as opposed to south carolina, which more accurately reflects the democratic voting base. so as we mentioned, this is something that president biden has suggested, and is expected to pass. keep in, mind south carolina is also a state that president biden performed well, and improved key in this last election, his path to victory. so when we talk about elections there was no formal 2024 campaign announcement, but yesterday, last night, right here, there was a rare joint appearance outside of d.c. with vice president kamala harris, side by side, with president biden. what we heard what felt like campaign promises. again no formal campaign announcement, but he was touting accomplishments by the administration, we're talking about nominating and appointing the very first black supreme court justice. talking about future fights, banning assault weapons, future fight of trying to bring

abortion rights access, and a broad sense, in a broad manner. so yamiche, as you heard, those accomplishments and those chants were followed as he was talking about the future. when we look at where the party stands, certainly not a bad indicator when he's hearing that from a roomful of the party faithful. >> and marissa, as you're talking about relations, your wonder if you can talk a bit about the conversations that are happening now, if south carolina is moving, up obviously that means that other states like iowa new hampshire, they might be moving down. is there any sort of arguments? there are there any sort of tension that you're feeling when you are in pennsylvania, in those rooms? >> i would say that new hampshire, there has been some pushback. you have to think about how much this has meant for those states, in terms of revenue, this is brought a lot to the economy. for, iowa and for new hampshire, so of course lawmakers looking out for their constituents, those who have profited you're

talking about even restaurant owners who look forward to the influx of people coming in, calm primary time. new hampshire is held that title proudly, this is a proud tradition for roughly 100 years. so, yes there's lawmakers that are pushing back against this new hampshire, this is something that could play, depending on how this morning goes, and how future weeks ago. roughly helping to talk to new hampshire lawmaker coming up in the next hour. so we'll come up with what we hear, yamiche. >> clearly there's a lot going on in philadelphia, were happier there for us, thank you so much marissa parra. >> joining me now is msnbc political -- donna edwards, and stuart stevens, senior adviser for the lincoln project, and author of it was all a lie, how the republican party became donald trump. so things this morning for being with. us so donna, what do you see what you think of and see president biden, they're giving this speech, these chants, the

excitement for him. is this possibly a preview of 2024? >> i think absolutely. i mean, there's no good reason that president biden should not run for reelection. i think most democrats, the democrats i talked, do they understand, that they're prepared for 24. i think also, democrats recognize that having a strong top of the ticket, without a food fight for the primary. it actually will help down ballot races as, well help the house go back into democratic hands, they had a tough road ahead in the senate. so i think democrats are ready for this. and again, i think in the fall there was a lot of talk and speculation about whether president biden would run or not, if there was some ups and downs. i think now, most democrats are settled on the fact that president biden is gonna run for reelection, he's going to get the nomination, and it will be a fight until the end, and there's gonna take a lot of money to get it done.

>> and stuart, of course, former president donald trump is already jumped, and it seems like we're getting a more clear picture that there might be more republicans jumping in. i wonder of, course there's a lot of democrats to see if one president biden officially says he's gonna run, what do you think of the timing of, this in the conversations about around president biden saying, i'm gonna wait until after the state of the union? >> well i think he's the president united states, he's got a lot to do. i think the congresswoman was exactly, right he'll run for reelection, lyndon johnson's the only president who chose not to run for reelection. these new job numbers that just came out, i mean, he's breaking a hell of a record here. tremendous job, growth inflation is coming, down they passing for structural. a lot of big stuff that they've been able to do. and i think what's gonna happen in congress is he's gonna make biden look more like a president and less like several partisan bickering that's gonna

be going on by the republicans. >> and donna, he said the word bickering, i don't know if bickering is what democrats are doing, but they're definitely having conversations around this primary calendar with some states like new hampshire not happy about the idea that south carolina might move up in the calendar. what do you make of what's going on there? >> well i, mean i think at the end of the day this is going to be settled, look at what the proposal is for south carolina, then new hampshire, nevada. that actually represents more of a diverse set of states, small really small states south carolina is not a big state. so it's manageable, it's possible to campaign there in a way that's very similar to the way campaigning happens in new hampshire. look, i lived in new hampshire through presidential primary. and there is nothing like. it but i don't think new hampshire really loses by coming three days greater from south carolina. so at the end of the day, i think it's gonna be worked, out and if you look at that array

of states, and it really does begin to represent the country, and represent the diversity of the democratic party. >> we'll definitely be watching to see -- what that primary and your vote. stuart, i wanna play some sound for u.s. president biden leading into that jobs report, and the better expected numbers that we saw. take a listen. >> put, simply i'd argue the biden economic plan is working. for the past two, years we've heard -- and critics right off my economic plan. they say it's not possible to grow the economy from the bottled up, they said we can't bring back american manufacturing. they said we can't make things in america anymore. that somehow adding jobs was a bad thing. well, or that the only way to slow down inflation, was to destroy jobs. well today is that it makes crystal clear, what i've always known in my gut, these critics and cynics are wrong. >> strong words from president

biden stewart, republicans have been the ones to really lean, in and say we are the party of the economy. and we know what's best for the economy. but here you are president biden talking about something that matters to a lot of americans, jobs. what do you make of what he's saying here? and how much do you think this might work if he is running for 2024 on a message like the one we just saw? >> well you, know there's moments and life one good policy is good politics. i think that's what happens here. the economy is -- record low unemployment, you have sounding numbers like lower unemployment than for women than men. you have states out there that have record unemployment. more people working america today than ever before. and what's interesting is to see a lot of times these numbers are lagging indicators of a presidential approval. what the latest number of president biden, it's his best numbers, yet up at 50%. particularly in today's environment, those are pretty

astounding numbers. i didn't really overthink we never see a president that high again, short of some national crisis. so, they're in good shape, and they're gonna run on that record. i think it's going to be in contrast to republicans. i think what happened in 2020, republicans just didn't have any programs, they don't have any policy that they were running on, no one can tell you why they were gonna vote for republicans. except of they didn't vote for democrats. and that's just not enough to kind of carry a national party to a big sweeping victory, and that didn't happen. i don't see any way, or any plans for republicans to change. >> and gianna, what he's talking about is the idea that the economy really winds with people. i want to ask you of course, what do you make of the fact that the state of the union will be coming, up president biden is likely gonna lean into the economic, numbers especially we think of the unemployment rate being the lowest it's been in decades. yachts? >> yes, i think that he's going to have a strong economic message for the congress, and

the nation, and the say the union. e >> i think it's like stewardes ed, the biden administration over the first couple of years, it really just -- at the thing that we're gonna strengthen the economy. what i've noticed around the country, and i think the president will speak to this, he will speak to those projects that are going out every day, and are now sort of billions of dollars in infrastructure dollars going to local communities. i think that that is going to be the basis of his reelection, and what you will hear on tuesday, is the president not only laying out where he thinks the state of the union is or where the economy is, but he will also be laying out what his agenda is going forward for the next two years. i think it proves a strong record for reelection. >> well certainly, i think we're gonna hear what president biden -- what you just, set in there so much more talk about that both

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will continue to move forward, both from a legislative stand for point, as well as executive and community base decisions. but the focus will always be on public safety. public safety for all communities. >> members of the congressional black caucus say that during their meeting with president biden this week, they've reached agreement on how to move forward on police reform.

that announcement came a day after the funeral for tyre nichols. 29-year-old black man died after he was brutally beaten by memphis police officers, and police are now saying a six officer was fired yesterday in the case. we don't know the details of the police reform agreement, and it would likely face significant obstacles from republicans. in fact on the day that the white house meeting happened, republican senator tim scott tweeted that any discussions about bringing back the george floyd justice and policing act are quote, a nonstarter. meanwhile, a new federal report on guns in crime, is the most expansive of its kind in 20 years. finding in part that there is a short turnaround between gun purchases, and got recoveries from crime scenes. there's also an emotional toll on survivors and gun violence wounds around 85,000 peoples each year in america, according to everytown for gun safety. this all comes to our a national gun violence survivors week, seen clay as someone has more. >> dexter creatures life was

changed by gunfire. >> as soon as i got hit by the first, bullet i was paralyzed, instantly, until anything. >> the 28-year-old says it started as a meeting with a woman in indianapolis over a borrowed item in 2018. it quickly escalated to a verbal, intense physical altercation. at that, point dexter says two men who knew the women got involved, and dexter was shot three times. >> this is me when i first got shot. >> paralyzed from the chest down, doctors say he may never walk or move his arms again. >> how did you react to that? >> i started crying. like a baby. >> he's assailants arrested, charged with after a beta battery, and both sentenced to 12 years. dexter, a father of three, once active on his, feet force to reckon with his new reality, and he's not alone. gun violence non fatally wounds around 85,000 people each year in america, according to a report from advocacy, group everytown for gun safety, using cdc data. dr. lauren mckee studies non

fatal shootings in indiana. >> non fatal firearm injuries occur all over the body, the most prevalent are in the arms and legs, which are the least severe. there are survivors who are hit in the head as well, as injuries to the main torso, and surgery. >> she says her son rachel told, to the cdc saying gun survivors can have mental struggles and ptsd, challenges mckee says, require multiple approaches. >> it has to be partnerships between the health system and the police department, in the community, to really wrap around these families and communities. >> an indiana group called purpose for my pain, is doing just that. it's founder, doctor dyke, us knows the trauma of gun violence vic personally. her 13-year-old son was shot at a birthday party in 2013. >> deandre was a innocent bystander in the, home got a bull in the back of his skull. >> deandre was paralyzed and left unable to speak.

deandre visits him every week out a full-time care facility. >> how did you take that pain, and turn it into this organization? >> the main thing that motivated me was wanting people to know that the stigma between young black, men or black children being shot, and wounded, or shot and taken, it's not true. >> downturn outworks with the indianapolis metropolitan police department, her nonprofit hosts monthly survivor's family, needing a time to connect in address financial, physical, and emotional needs for individuals and families often navigating disability for the first time. dexter carter is one of the survivor she helped. >> she made me feel comfortable, and she will always -- what i needed, what i needed around. she had it within two weeks for me. >> after the shooting, dexter was unable to move his arms, but today -- >> i can get in and out of the car and everything. >> today? >> today. >> i can go over that van right now by myself.

and dr. stint thank you to be able to? >> yeah. >> what do you want people to understand about your experience, as someone who thankfully did not die? >> but you're living with the injuries. >> thank god you're still here for a reason, he has a purpose for. you >> got dexter and deondra finding a purpose for their pain. but hoping for a day when gun violence will no longer cause it. >> touching reporting, they're just heartbreaking to see those people, but also courageous work that's being done there. single a estimate, thank you so much for that report. >> coming, up legal pressure, our former president donald, trump former executive from his organization is already in, jalen could face even more charges unless he turns on the formal president. we'll explain after the break. plain after the break.

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mount on former president donald trump. this week new reporting from the new york times is revealing that manhattan prosecutors are considering whether or not to file new insurance fraud charges against jailed former trump organization executive, allen weisselberg. the move puts additional pressure on him to cooperate on him in their broader investigation into the former president. the times report prosecutors believe weisselberg has direct knowledge about trump's hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels in 2016. the possible new fraud charges are unrelated to the hush money investigation, but if weisselberg continued refuses to flip on time, the 75 it could be facing the possibility of significantly more jail time. on top of the five month sentence he's already serving and rikers island. joining me now is barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney in michigan, law professor at the university of michigan law school, and msnbc legal analyst also with, us joe -- former assistant watergate special prosecutor, and author of the watergate, girl and co-host of hashtag sister in

law podcast. thank you both so much for being here. what do you make, first i'll go to barbara, on this new reporting by the new york times? >> well it makes some sense to me, i mean, it seems that today, the witness that we are aware of who is central to the stormy daniels charges against donald trump's michael, cohen and although he is there, he is an instrumental witness he's a witness with some baggage. and i think that he's got a conviction for perjury for example, so i think juries would be rightfully skeptical of any testimony that he has. if your prosecutor, you're looking for ways to bolster his testimony, to corroborated, either with documents or other witnesses. so allen weisselberg becomes an obvious choice, he's a cfo of the organization, he likely knows all about these financial transactions, what's tricky about it, is i think that he is previously shown them he's not ready to beat -- donald trump. in the tax case for which he was, convicted and is serving five months. he was willing to testify

against the trump organization, but not donald trump himself. maybe the fear of additional jail time would be enough of an incentive, but i don't know if they're going to be successful in flipping alan weisenberg. >> definitely a big question, joe, what are your thoughts? >> i agree with everything barb said. but i would point out that as a prosecutor, in most cases, particularly in the kinds of cases i've prosecuted, the witnesses are fellow conspirators. they are criminals. and so i would not say that having only michael cohen would stop me, i would agree with barbara i would want additional, allen weisselberg has always been the most likely person with the most knowledge, i before he was convicted of tax fraud, he had a clean record. now he's not in that much better shape than michael cohen perjury, tax fraud, both make you on reliable. but he does have the documents.

he has the inside scoop. so he would be a great witness to this particular crime. >> he certainly has a lot of information, i want to stick with you, because we also saw an informal adviser to former president, trump in a conservative activist, call tom fenton. he was seen walking into the federal d.c. courthouse, the same courthouse that housing the grand jury is overseeing the special counsels, that are -- jack smith, i wonder what you make of the fact that this person wasn't informal possible is not walking into this courthouse where we know a lot of stuff is going down. >> it certainly looks like he was probably testifying, the same day we saw someone from jack smith steam entering the courthouse. so people jump to the conclusion that it was about the january six investigation, or the mar-a-lago documents. and he certainly is in the position to know about both of those, but we don't know why he was there. it could've been for some other

reason, and we'll have to wait and see what comes out. the department of justice operates under secrecy, because graduations to monee is protected by the laws, you cannot disclose it, and you should not disclose it. so we may have to wait for an indictment, we hope that will take some precedence, and it will happen soon. but it will take however long it takes. >> we will definitely be waiting for that, and barbara, i want to play some sound for you from last summer, because donald trump has a lot of legal challenges, including of course, the new york attorney general letitia james, and her investigation. take a listen to trump during the deposition. >> i respectfully declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the united states constitution. >> the 2019 statement of financial commission contained -- false evaluations and statements, is that correct?

>> same answer. >> you know at the time it was finalized at the year 2019 statement of financial condition contained false and misleading statements, is that correct? >> same answer. >> nbc news -- trump invoked the fifth amendment more than 400, or nearly 450 times. so barbara, what can be the possible impact of, that especially if there's a civil case? >> well, first yamiche, i never fault anyone for invoking their fifth amendment rights under the constitution. it's a right that effect protects the innocent and the guilty, and it's a bedrock part of our constitution. but what does bother me is the hypocrisy, because donald trump has repeatedly said only criminals invoke the fifth amendment. yet, when it's his time to come, he's so happy to do it. you'll notice, you may, she doesn't use the word fifth amendment. i think he is very aware that that clip would be played on television, so he talks about constitutional rights, without actually addressing the words fifth amendment, even though we all know that's what it means. the answer your question, there could be consequences for

invoking the fifth amendment here. because although those statements cannot be used in a criminal case, against donald trump or any other person who invokes her fifth amendment rights, they can be used in a civil case. and that is the kind of case that attorney general james has brought here. in a civil case the jury would be told that's the answer, and they be further told that they may draw an adverse inference from the fact that the person refused to answer the question, that perhaps the answer would've been in some way damaging to their interests. so in that way, there is a consequence for invoking the fifth amendment in the civil case, as trump did here. >> definitely a lot to watch and continue to see what happens there. thank you so much barbara mcquade, and joe winds been, later we'll take you back to philadelphia, where the democratic national committee is expected to vote today and changes primary calendar. we'll dig into all of that in the next hour, we'll also preview, tomorrow's grammy awards where queen bee, of course beyoncé, who just announced her worldwide

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enforcement was shipped from a young age when she was a teen mom raised in poverty in fear of police. and bases billionaire alexander has more on her journey. >> inside the county jail, the free riders class has a special guest. >> this isn't the end of the line for you. >> sheriff tawanta went, a few weeks on the job, it's not unusual to see her here, but what might surprise you is what she says. >> i was that person who is afraid of the police, i saw my brothers but get kicked many times by the police. >> it's why she says she never expected to find herself in a uniform. >> what led you to law enforcement? >> you know i used to tell people it was an accident, i do tell people this is my purpose. >> cindy? >> if there is a conventional path to law enforcement, sheriff which is far from it. going up in south minneapolis with her four siblings, drugs in violence were always nearby. by age 15, the wanna was a mother. i saw myself as a statistic. >> as a teenage?

mother >> as a teenage mother, as someone growing up in poverty. my mother had a drug addiction, my father was an alcoholic. >> and with an environment, came a very early mistrust of police. >> the man was shot, he was shot by the police, actually and i could've been all of four or five years old. >> but 24 years ago, something changed when sheriff wet, then working for a nonprofit happen to take a tour of the jail. >> at the end of that tour they talked about how they needed women in the field, and women of color. she applied on a whim and got hired as a detention deputy. that's when her views charge started to shift. >> i started having more encounters with law enforcement, men and women, and getting to know them as individuals. you know, my barriers that i had, they were falling. >> over the next two decades, she worked her way up through the ranks, then in january. >> according to the law on my best of my ability, sheriff dewitt came the first woman to lead her department. and the first black female

sheriff of the state of minnesota. a milestone that's all the more meaningful when you consider where she is. we hennepin county, the very county where george floyd was killed. the street where he died was just a block away from the community center where sheriff which grew up. >> you watched that video, along with the rest of the world. the big difference of course is that you are watching it happen in your own community. >> that was probably one of the most difficult times of my entire life, it ruined a lot of things that had been done to make this profession better and the bridge the gap within the communities. >> she says the hits came from all sides. >> people would look at me as a black woman, as a black person and in uniform like what are you doing, being called names like traitors to anti tammy instead of uncle tom. >> he's your fellow black people that would look at you and wonder where your mom forsman. >> yeah, it's like you know

you're on the wrong side. and that's i'm sorry, i can never talk about this without getting a little bit choked up. but if people would have just known the story of like what it takes to do this job, as a black person and to have people say those things to you, it was hurtful. >> despite it all, she says she never thought about leaving the job. i knew that i needed to be a person who could interpret, if you will what people were saying because everybody couldn't understand that. >> for sheriff what, then a major that meant talking to people. protesters face to face, even one other officers warned her not to. a step toward building trust. >> that we had a sense of safety and security. >> last november, one of her very first visits after winning the election was the jail. and as she walked among the inmates, sheriff which got a big surprise. >> people were standing up and

applauded me, and they're like that's our share of y'all. you know i realize that i'm a symbol of hope for some people. and i hope for change so, i have a lot to live up to but i'm up for it. >> my goodness, talking about finding your purpose and being inspiring, it's just amazing to learn about sheriff weight. so thank you so much leon alexander for that report. we should point out that that interview took place before the place of tyre nichols death and the subsequent fallout. sheriff went has since issued a statement condemning the off of the memphis police officers involved. next that brutal blast of icy air makes its way up the northeast, but for how long. we'll check in with our correspondent in boston after the break. also a huge number of people found jobs in january. more than what experts expected, what that means for the economy, we'll be right back after a quick break. k break.

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the northeast are waking up to record a bitterly cold temperatures. according to the national weather service, this arctic outbreak is expected to bring dangerous wind chills as cold as minus 38 degrees in northern maine, no cities windchills will make it feel like ten degrees below zero. other cities like boston will feel like minus 30 degrees. goodness gracious. nbc's emily ikeda joins me now from boston. emily i'm sorry are out there, please tell us what's going on. >> i can confirm, minus 30 when chill is not pleasant. we were out here reporting starting yesterday in boston, it started around 32 degrees. temperatures have really plunged since then. you look at the murkier in hotel, here we're not sitting around's or degrees, but actual temperature earlier today, we saw minus ten degrees. to put that in perspective for, you boston has not seen double digit negative temperatures

since the 1950s. that's why you hear the national weather service talk about this epic generational arctic outbreak. that's without even factoring in the wind chill. with the wind chill we saw minus 35 earlier today here in boston. we also saw record lows, recorded in providence today, in new york, but nothing compares to what was recorded on the summit of near about mount washington new hampshire, minus 100 windchill. almost on packable cold these winds gusting up from here above 60 miles an hour, proving to be difficult for trees -- 45,000 customers in massachusetts alone. we're talking to people trying to beat the bitter cold here in boston. take a listen. >> i'm definitely, definitely feeling. it >> it's biting i can't do anything, i can't even take a photo without, if i had to take my gloves off it's too hard to take a photo. >> what's the key to staying

warm? >> layers. >> unfortunately, this arctic blast took a deadly turn in southwest eustis where authorities say powerful winds toppled a tree onto a vehicle, inside that car, tragically an infant died. you mean? >> that's so heartbreaking to hear to think about the fatalities involved in this but emily, thank you so much for that report. you get the economy continues to defy expectations. yesterday, a stunning job support saw over half 1 million jobs added to the economy. the employment rate dropped to 3.4%. the report comes on the heat of federal reserve moving to raise interest rates at a quarter of a percentage point, nbc's brian chung has the latest. >> yeah, it was a really busy week an economic data when you consider when it all began on wednesday when the federal reserve, the natural central bank decided to lift interest

rates by a quarter of a percentage point. this continues that compassion that they began in the spring last year hoping to raise borrowing costs to deliberately slow this economy. the fed and jay powell saying that they weren't done with interest rate hikes yet and that they didn't see cutting interest rates any time later on this. here now all of that came a day after we heard from these big tech companies that had been responding to these bag interest rates have been dramatically cutting their. staff meta, which is as well as alphabet, we don't google, both companies say they are not going to aggressively higher this year. they're going to slow the pace of hiring after slashing more than 10,000 jobs each. we have to say that is also microsoft an amazon that made it dramatic cuts as well. although it doesn't appear that tech locks are having a impact on overall jobs market. friday morning we got data that show the u.s. economy added a blockbuster 517,000 jobs a

month. those well above what analysts had expected around 187, 000, moreover the unemployment late fell to 3.4%, matching a low that we have not seen since 1969. you have to rewind to october 1953 seen unemployment rate even lower than that. mostly gains were in leisure and hospitality, also business and professional services, as well as health care. so the overall picture on the u.s. market in terms of labor looking very good, all of which kept off a very busy week. back to you. >> certainly a very, very busy week. thanks so much brian chung for that report. coming up in the next hour of msnbc reports, the democratic national committee is just minutes away from voting to change their primary calendar. apparently the south has something to serve. plus, we can expect what we can expect what we expect from president biden's speech on wednesday. he faces fronts on domestic and international --

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