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we have brie jackson from washington, d.c. brie, what is the latest on this story and what precedent does it set for the future visit for u.s. and china >> reporter: good morning. china did call the u.s. reaction to this an overreaction. they had claimed the balloon was used for meteorology purposes. the president is drawing praise from his allies and criticism from those who say the biden administration should have acted sooner on this eyes were glued to the sky as an american f-22 raptor shot down the balloon on saturday. it happened over the atlantic ocean near myrtle beach, south carolina the balloon was detected on january 28th in alaska it passed over several states like montana and kansas and flying over sensitive military sites. republicans argued that china was testing president biden's strength and officials say that the president's actions weakened china's surveillance capabilities >> brie jackson, thank you so much for joining us from washington, d.c. we will follow that story as it comes out of china and the united

we hhave brie jackson in d.c. with what we know and what we don't. brie >> reporter: good morning, brian. a lot of questions surrounding the flying objects the pentagon is declining to describe these as balloons this is the fourth takedown as we have seen recently. lawmakers are left in the dark about the situation. the u.s. military shooting down a fourth unidentified high altitude object on sunday. this time over lake huron. >> what has gone on the last two weeks or ten days has been nothing short of craziness the military needs to have a plan to not only determine what is out there, but determine the dangers. >> reporter: president biden ordering the takedown after the military concerns about the object's path and altitude it was a safety hazard and threat this marks the third object blasted out of the sky in three days and commenes a week after chinese balloon was shot out of the sky. >> they seem trigger happy this seems permissible over the chinese spy balloon over the sensitive sites. >> reporter: military leaders say the pentagon has been scru

"today in the bay's" brie jackson is live in washington with more on what he said and the republican rebuttal as well. brie, we heard contrasting messages. >> reporter: we did. we heard a lot of back and forth and we continue to hear reaction this morning from lawmakers. but last night president biden urged members of congress to work together and finish the job. that's something we heard president biden say repeatedly, finish the job on key issues like police reform, while arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders blasted democrats' policies during her speech and called president biden unfit for office. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> reporter: president biden laying out a story of america's resilience during his second state of the union address. >> two years ago democracy faced its greatest threat to the civil war and today, though bruised, our democracy remains unbowed and unbroken. >> reporter: touting accomplishments since he took office. >> 12 million new jobs, more jobs created in two years than any president has created in four years. >> reporter: the pr

"today in the bay's" brie jackson is live for us in washington with more on what was said and the republican rebuttal. brie, we heard contrasting messages there. >> reporter: that's right. there was quite the contrast, marcus. good morning. well, president biden urged congress to work together and finish the job, which we heard him repeatedly say last night, finish the job on key issues like police reform. meanwhile, arkansas senator sarah huckabee sanders f blasted the policies and called president biden unfit to serve. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> reporter: president biden laying out a story of america's resilience during his second state of the union address. >> two years ago democracy faced its greatest threat and today, though bruised, our democracy remains unbroken. >> reporter: touting accomplishments since he took office -- >> 12 million new jobs. more jobs created in two years than any president has created in four years. >> reporter: the president was heckled at times. still, he says he looks forward to working with republicans. >> if we can work together

"today in the bay's" brie jackson joins us live in washington this morning. what else can we expect, brie? >> reporter: good morning. well, president biden met with the polish president today and thanked poland for their support of ukraine. president biden will be delivering a speech in a couple of hours from now and his speech will follow vladimir putin's remarks earlier today. we're expecting to hear two contrasting messages from two leaders with two very different points of view on this war. president biden in poland this morning for more face-to-face meetings with western allies, including polish president duda. this comes as we learn more details about mr. biden's covert journey to ukraine. officials say it was months in the making and involved a ten-hour train ride across the polish border, entering a war zone to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with ukrainian president zelenskyy. >> translator: the result of this visit will surely be seen and will surely have a reflection on the battlefield. >> reporter: president biden says an additional aid package is on th

brie jackson in washington this morning, thank you. >>> and happening today here in california, several california politicians are announcing attempts to pass more stringent gun laws in the state. governor gavin newsom will be joined by attorney general rob bonta and others in a virtual press conference. the announcement will take place at 11:00 a.m. we're going to bring you that news conference on our live streaming channel, on roku, samsung tv+ and online. >>> we have an update from half moon bay. we're learning more about the lone survivor of last week's mass shooting. family members of pedro perez spoke to us in spanish and say he's now starting to talk but he's still in the hospital. a family member says the gunman started shooting at pedro's brother, jose, first. pedro says he tried to defend jose and that's when he was shot. he said he had to play dead until the gunman left. in total, seven people died in last week's mass shooting. >>> taking a look at our climate in crisis, it appears more likely our planet will hit climate change tipping point, even if the cutback on greenhouse

brie jackson is live in washington this morning. we expect them to clash on a number of issues, including the nation's debt ceiling. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, marcus. the two leaders are coming into today's meetings with different strategies. president biden says, show me your budget, i'll show you mine. while house speaker kevin mccarthy says he's not interested in playing political games. president biden preparing to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy for the first time today. the president coming with a clear message in mind. >> show me his budget. >> reporter: in a memo, white house officials revealed two critical questions president biden will pose. will the speaker commit to not allowing the u.s. to default on its financial obligations, and what is the house republican's budget plan? the gop is demanding spending cuts, but has yet to provide details. house speaker kevin mccarthy says he's coming to the white house ready to negotiate. >> i think we could find common ground, that we could find a lot of savings

"today in the bay's" brie jackson is live on capitol hill. white house leaders say that china would be crossing that red line. >> reporter: good morning. that's correct. the white house sending a clear message to china as well as russia, but as laura mentioned, president biden's trip was filled with significance or packed with significance as well as being packed with secrecy. we're told that it was meticulously planned over a period of months and the president says he wanted to make this trip to reaffirm the united states' commitment to ukraine. president biden making a surprise trip to ukraine and meeting with ukrainian president zelenskyy in kyiv as russia's war against the country nears the one-year mark. >> one year later, kyiv stands, ukraine stands, democracy stands. america stands with you. >> reporter: the president's trip comes as the u.s. is expected to announce another large military aid package for ukraine in the coming days. however, it is not expected to include the f-16 fighter jets ukraine's president and some lawmakers have

"today in the bay's" brie jackson is live in washington tracking the latest. what is the pentagon saying about this? >> reporter: good morning. well, the pentagon is declining to describe these objects as balloons, these most recent objects as balloons. military officials are still trying to recover the object that was last shot down so that they can get more information about it. but lawmakers here on capitol hill say they're being left in the dark about the situation. the u.s. military shooting down a fourth unidentified high altitude object, this time over lake huron. >> what's gone on the last ten days has been nothing short of craziness and the military needs to have a plan to not only determine what's out there, but determine the dangers that go with it. >> reporter: president biden ordering the takedown after military officials raised concerns about the object's path and altitude, saying it was a safety flight hazard and a threat due to its potential surveillance capabilities. this marks the third object blasted out of the sky in just three days, and co

"today in the bay's" brie jackson is live. white house leaders say that china would be crossing a red line. >> reporter: good morning. that message came over the weekend. the administration is trying to send a clear message, meanwhile president biden's historic visit to ukraine was really shrouded in secrecy. the president said he wanted to make that trip to reaffirm his support to the country. president biden making a surprise trip to ukraine and meeting with ukrainian president zelenskyy in kyiv, as russia's war against the country nears the one-year mark. >> one year later, kyiv stands and ukraine stands, democracy stands. america stands with you. >> reporter: the president's trip comes as the u.s. is expected to announce another large military aid package for ukraine in the coming days. however, it is not expected to include the f-16 fighter jets ukraine's president and some lawmakers have pushed for. >> the longer they wait, the longer this conflict will prevail. >> reporter: as the violence rages on, white house official

comes as the biden administration continues to face scrutiny over its response to the incursions brie jackson joins us from washington with more brie, good morning the white house has had to come out and repeatedly say that these objects are not alien spacecraft you think we should call moulder and skull ecully just in case >> this does sound like something out of the "x-files" or some other science fiction movie, but the appearance of these unidentified objects and lack of concrete details from the white house has prompt ed a hard-line of questioning from officials and the american people this comes after the u.s. military took down the chinese spy balloon. but since then, the military has shot down three other unidentified objects, one off northeastern alaska on friday, another in yukon on saturday and one more over lake huron on sunday john kirby joined the white house press briefing monday to talk about this issue. >> while we have no specific reason to suspect that they were conducting surveillance of any kind, we couldn't rule that out. that is why the president, at the recommendation o

their conclusion on what led to the spread of the virus for more on this, let's bring in nbc's brie jackson in washington brie, good morning we have wanted to know this for three years now. what led to the outbreak that changed our lives. so what did the department of energy conclude? >> good morning. the "wall street journal" reported that members of congress and the white house received a classified report and briefings from the department of energy the department reportedly assessed with low confidence that the covid-19 virus likely originated from a lab leak in wuhan. the report maintains that they do not believe that the virus was part of any chinese bioweapon program and the like was likely an accident president biden in 2021 ordered the intelligence community to investigate the origins of the virus, but the agencies have not been able to agree on any conclusion the fbi similarly concluded with moderate confidence that the pandemic was a result of a lab leak, while four other agencies maintain that the virus spread naturally. two agencies remain undecided. the lab leak theory has been

"today in the bay's" brie jackson is live in washington.ow is the administration responding to this? >> reporter: good morning, marcus, laura. administration officials say they are monitoring developments and warned china that providing weapons to russia would be against its interest. meanwhile, china responded today accusing the u.s. of disinformation and claiming that the u.s. is using the allegation to sanction chinese enterprises. as russia's attacks enter year two, president biden is doubling down on support for ukraine. his administration pledging another $2 billion in aid. >> we find ourselves in a situation where the cost of walking away could be considerably higher than the cost of helping ukraine maintain its independence. >> reporter: u.s. officials raised new concerns that china is considering providing russia with weapons and ammunition, but say beijing has not done so yet and strongly warn against it. >> if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china. >> a lot of our partners in nato and europe have been a littl

brie jackson joins us from d.c and good morning what is the job that president biden is pushing congress to finish in. >> good morning, frances in his speech, president biden called on congress to fin shall t job on several items >> let's finish the job and ban these assault weapons. let's finish the job there's more to do we have to reward work, not just wealth pass my proposal for the billionaire minimum tax. >> reporter: and as you said, this was the president's first speech in front of a divided congress he said he looks forward to working with house speaker kevin mccarthy, but that did not stop booing and heckling from republican members of congress on a number topics, most notably on medicare and social security. >> instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset. i'm not saying it's a majority [ crowd reacts ] let me give you, anybody who doubts it, contact my office i'll give you a copy of protest posal. that means congress doesn't vote as we all apparently agree, social security and medicare is off the books now, ri

our washington reporter, brie jackson, will join us with more ahead at 5:00. you can find updates online at nbcbayarea.com and, of course, our free nbc bay area news app. >>> also breaking at this hour, crews are still at the scene of a three-alarm church fire in oakland. this started around 11:00 last night at the first african methodist church at 37th street and telegraph avenue. as of 3:30 this morning, the fire was contained but not fully under control. at last check, crews were still putting out active pockets of flames in the attic area. no one was hurt. telegraph is still closed between west macarthur and 34th. firefighters do not think the cause was suspicious. >>> residents are waking up in the dark this morning after a pg&e substation in oakland caught fire yesterday. it cut power to more than 50,000 customers. >> pg&e crews have been able to restore power to most customers, but at this hour more than 8,000 customers are still in the dark. crews are expecting to restore the power by noon today. the outage triggered headaches for travelers at oakland

>> brie jackson for us, thank you. >>> the tennessee national guard says two of its members were killed in a helicopter crash a doorbell camera capturinmomenr went down near huntsville, alabama during a training mission flight the chopper crashed along a highway. the two guardsmen were the only onc ones on board. no one on the ground was hurt. >>> we may soon get more clarity on the mysterious objects blasted out of the sky president biden plans to deliver his most extensive remarks yet about the objects the military recently shot down and is expected to explain how his administration is forming new rules to deal with similar objects in the future. the exact timing has not been set, but the remarks could come as soon as today meanwhile, the defense secretary discussed this issue in an interview courtney kube. >> reporter: defense secretary lloyd austin sitting down for his first interview since the u.s. shot down a chinese spy balloon and three other objects over north america has anyone claimed ownership of the last three >> no, they haven't. >> reporter: now they believe they were not

nbc's brie jackson joins us now from d.c brie, good morning this was the third object shot out of the sky by the u.s. military in one weekend. so what's the pentagon saying now? >> that's right. good morning, francis. on saturday, the u.s. worked with canada tyke down an object flying over the yukon. and on friday, an object was shot down off of the coast of alaska and officials are saying these three objects are different than the chinese spy balloon that was shot down last saturday. overnight, defense officials held a briefing and said the pentagon has been more likely scrutinizing u.s. airspace after the spy balloon incident they acknowledge that many countries and companies could operate these objects for legitimate research. the puig said the latest object over lake huron was shot down because it could have surveillance capabilities, and there were concerns about risks to civil aviation. a senior administration official described it as having an octagonal structure with strings hanging off. glen vanherck, the mander of norad said the last three objects were similar in size and sh

nbc news' brie jackson joins us with more from washington. brie, what's the latest on the situation as we enter a new week >> good morning, frances, phillip. as we know the chinese surveillance balloon was spotted over montana thursday and was finally shot down by a fighter jet near south carolina on saturday afternoon the incident has only increased tensions between the u.s. and china during an already fraught period for the two super powers. china had harsh words for the biden administration following the takedown of the balloon. their defense ministry on sunday called the actions taken by the u.s. a clear overreaction and that the country now has the right to use necessary means to deal with similar situations additionally, china has claimed that the balloon was being used for research, meteorological purposes the president is receiving praise from his allies and criticism from his opponents over his handling of the situation. here is what house intelligence committee chairman mike turner and senate majority leader krs ha chuck schumer had

including nearly 500 guilty pleas and dozens of prison sentence >> brie jackson for us, thank you. >>> a top southwest airlines executive was grilled by congress and apologized for the condition's holiday travel meltdown >> i want do sincerely and humbly apologize to those impacted by the disruption let me be clear. we messed up in hindsight, we didn't have enough winter operations. >> they say they are investing in improvements. the company says they're still trying to return about 200 bags that have no identification and have reimbursed more than 270,000 travelers with about 11,000 claims still to process >>> millions of people rely on the colorado river basin for water and power. but drought has caused levels to drop dangerously low, putting cities like las vegas in jeopardy we share how sin city is keeping the fountains flowing. >> reporter: in a city famous for access, nothing says over the top like giant fountains, while just over the hill, lake mead dips dangerously low. but like the shoshow on the vegp the fountains are not as they appear a deadpool level would allow no water

brie jackson joins us. it will be a chance for him to turn those numbers around what do we expect >> reporter: that's right, good morning, phillip one white house official describes the tone of tonight's speech as optimistic aides tell nbc news that the president is extremely mindful that the country is still very divided and he will try to build on his message of unity. we can also expect to hear about foreign policy three white house sources tell nbc news that some lines of the speech that refer to china are being edited after that spy balloon was shot down. but the changes are not expected to include major policy announcements. the president is also expected to focus a lot on the economic wins and recovering from challenges caused by the pandemic he will refer to the spending battles to come and the debt ceiling. now this marks the first time the president will address the joint session of congress since republicans took control of the house. yesterday house speaker kevin mccarthy gave a pre-state of the

into allies of former president trump as well as a prominent host at a cable news network nbc's brie jackson joins us with more good morning this is a new strategy coming from hunter biden. >> it is, good morning, phillip. since 2019, hunter biden has been a constant target for conservatives. when the gop took back the house last fall they made going after the younger biden a priority for their agenda here's what republicans andy biggs and james comer said last year from when we start talking about hunter biden, we need to talk about what did the doj and fbi do, did they suppress? and yes, they did suppress >> one way we can get them in front of the committee quickly is say we're not giving you a penny until you come down here and explain to us what this task force was, why you told twitter to suppress the hunter biden laptop story when you knew darn well it was true >> but hunter biden's attorneys sent letters these letters are asking for a probe to be opened into individuals they believe, quote, violated various federal loss in assessing, copying, manipulating and/or disseminating mr. bide

nikki haley declared she is running for the republican nomination for president brie jackson joins with us more. it's safe to say the 2024 election has officially kicked off. >> the former u.n. ambassador is the first prominent republican to throw her hat in the ring and challenge the presumed front runner, former president trump she released a video in which she stated it's time for a new generation of republicans to step up. take a listen. >> i was born and raised in south carolina so i have seen the very best of our country. the washington establishment has failed us over and over and over again. it's time for a new squen r generation of leadership you should know this about p kn. me i don't put up with bullies, and when you kick back, it hurts them more if you're wearing heels. >> reporter: she's oofrften hada contentious relationship with the former president she condemned his actions following the january 6 attack on the capitol but later said she would still support him if he were to run again in 2024 mr. trump said through his campaign spokesperson on tuesday, even though nikki

brie jackson joins us from d.c what can we expect from the president today after the surprise trip to kyiv? >> reporter: today we can expect to hear more of president biden's pledge of unwavering support for ukraine. president zelenskyy is pressing the united states and other western allies for more military aid. the u.s. has already announced another $500 million in assistance and while speaking in kyiv, president biden delivered a message that we will likely hear echoed today in poland >> one year later, kyiv stands and ukraine stands democracy stands america stands with ou, and th world stands with you. remind us that freedom is priceless. it's worth fighting for for as long as it takes, and that's how long we're going to be with you mr. president, for as long as it takes. >> reporter: the u.s. has given ukraine more than $100 billion in aid so far. but the challenge for president biden, a nbc news poll this month shows americaning are nearly evenly divided when it comes to spending taxpayer money for ukraine. we're also learning that the risky operation to get president biden into

with more on this let's bring in brie jackson in washington with the layest what does the department of energy conclude? >> "the wall street journal" first reported that members of congress and white house received a classified report and briefing from the department of energy the report maintains that they do not believe that the virus was part of any chun he's bioweapon program. and that the leak was likely an accident president biden in 2021 oorded the intelligence community to investigate the origin of the virus. the agencies have not been able to agree on any conclusion four other agencies maintain the virus spread naturally two agency rez main undecided. the house gop has already begun hearings on the origins of the covid-19 virus since they retook control of the house republican senator dan sullivan was asked about the issue on "meet the press. >> i think we need to do extensive hearings i hope our democratic colleagues in the congress can support that i know the republicans in the house are certainly supportive of that. but i think if that happens, we need to make sure every

brie jackson joins us with more. good morning student debt is a major issue and very polarizing. how did we get here? >> student debt forgiveness was a major issue for president biden on the campaign trail, and the white house unveiled its plan for student debt relief back in august the proposal would forgive up to $10,000 in student debt for people earning less than $125,000 per year. and cancel up to $20,000 for pell grant recipients. while millions of americans applied for the program, it was met with immediate backlash and blocked by a federal appeals court in november. the supreme court will hear two different challenges starting today. one is from a group of six republican-led states that sued last sent. they argue the president overstepped his authority by taking the action without approval from congress the other challenge comes from two student borrowers who claim that they would be excluded from the plan they argue that the biden administration deprived them of their procedural rights by not allowing the public to weigh in. president biden acknowledged the challenges du

brie jackson with more good morning, brie a lot of talk between these two through the media.hat's on the agenda >> reporter: good morning, frairng. president biden says you show me your budget, i'll show you mine, while speaker mackay think says he's not interested in political games president biden prepared to meet with house speaker khem today, a clear message in mind in a memo white house officials reveal two critical questions biden will pose. will this group submit to not allowing the house to fall on its financial obligations and what's the house budget plans? the gop is planning spending cuts to lift the debt limit but has yet to provide details he's coming to the white house to negotiate. >> i think we can find a lot of grounds and savings of the spending of government that can save americans their money and put them in a strong academic nomic position. >> they state they'd vote no on anies by to raise the nation's debts without cuts senator mitch mcconnell said he supported bar gagaining agreemes >> the president is not going to negotiate or allow the full faith and

after signing key information about the chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down nbc's brie jacksonoins us now. what are you learned >> reporter: they say president biden should release more information publicly and he owes the american people more explanation about these flying objects. after what recovery experts are calling significant debris, crews continue searching for clues about the three unidentified objects shot down from the u.s. >> they could very well be balloons of a benign nature, perhaps commercial or scientific. >> they're still demanding answers. >> how can i tell you not to worry about something when i can't tell you what it is. >> i'm not in any way afraid that we're under a threat of attack or physical harm to our homeland. >> some members of congress are urging the aid min stlags. with the plern public. >> now that this cow is out of the barn, the president and director of national intelligence needs to address it. >> reporter: they've been deciding whether president biden should deliver the national address, but there are no-no formal plans yet. >> there's a l

nbc news' brie jackson has more on the story brie, it sounds like the energy department is echoing what we heard from the fbi interestingly, the white house seems to be insisting there is no consensus over the origin of covid. what can we expect from the house committee on china which is holding a hearing later today? >> reporter: good morning, julianna what we do know is it is a mystery which is the origin of covid. the white house is insisting there is no conclusion after the department of energy updated assessment found was low confidence that covid originated from the lab leak in wuhan four other agencies maintain that the virus was no likely spread naturally lawmakers want answers about this and calling for investigation into the matter. both parties are pressing china to be more transparent we heard that china did fire back in a statement telling the u.s. to stop polit sicizing the origin of covid. >> brie, thank you for that report we are awaiting the origin and this is a fascinating time for the story to come out with the tension with the u.s. and china. >>> bringing it back to

nbc's brie jackson has more on the story. brie, bring us up to speed what do we know about china's plans and potential involvement in providing military support to russia >> reporter: good morning, julianna three sources tell nbc news that china intelligence suggests that china is considering providing weapons and ammunition and artillery to russia amid the conflict so far, china has denied the allegations. this has come up in the past china has denied allegations u.s. officials will continue to monitor very man developments. they are warning that providing weapons to russia is against their interests. president biden is doubling down giving support to ukraine. pledging another $2 billion in aid. that includes high tech military equipment. the white house is continuing to rule out sending f/16 fighter jets we heard bipartisan calls for that so far that is not something the biden administration is planning to do. as the fighting intensifies in ukraine, there is a concern that china may amplify the war by providing weapons to ru

we have brie jackson with more ahead of the president's trip. is the second time he has visited poland brie, what is on the agenda? >> reporter: good morning, joumanna president biden is expected to meet with nato allies and deliver remarks and reaffirm commitment to ukraine. the u.s. is expected to announce another large military aid package for ukraine in the coming days. that is not expected to include the f/16 fighter jets that the ukrainian president and others pushed for president biden's visit is concern to provide lethal aid to russia the u.s. has already sent tens of billions of dollars in aid to ukraine and the biden administration is pledging on support for the country and condemning russia's actions. the biden administration has or the white house officials said they determined that russia has committed war crimes and the administration is expected to announce new sanctions against russia soon. joumanna >> brie, thank you very much for that report. we are watching the visit over the next couple days closely don't forget, friday is th

china stepping up with a formal protest after calling it overreaction we have brie jackson joining us from washington, d.c >> reporter: good morning, frank. the president's allies are praising him and critics say the administration should have shot down the surveillance balloon sooner eyes were flood to the sky on saturday >> i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down. >> reporter: first detecting the balloon in alaska on january 28th crossing over to montana, wyoming, kansas, missouri and finally the carolinas. flying over sensitive military sites before it was blown to pieces over the atlantic ocean near myrtle beach. debris picked up and brought to shore. >> the president taking it down over atlantic is like tackling the quarterback after the game is over. >> reporter: china was testing president biden's strengths. >> the president failed that test that's dangerous for the american people. >> i would use two words in answering the gop criticisms they are premature and political. our friends are playing politics with u.s. intelligence >> reporter: officials saying the president's actio

. >> brie jackson in washington. thank you. >>> we want to give you a look right now at the international space station where astronauts are doing a spacewalk. they are installing a modification kit on the international space station truss structure, and are preparing the orbital lab. the spacewalk should last about seven hours. >>> kari has been tracking the green comet, right? >> yeah, this is the first time that we have seen this particular comet since the stone age, so we have never seen it and we won't see it again for another 50,000 years. it's at its closest approach and looks like a little light moving across the sky. you will need a little binocular or telescope because most of us can't see it with the naked eye. we are clear as the clouds are going to be moving in later today. our temperatures head for the upper 50s this afternoon for napa as well as santa rosa. 59 in martinez. low to mid-60s from oakland down to the south bay as well as the south county. a little warmer this afternoon compared to what is a

. >> and brie jackson is live in washington with more on the exclusive interview that you will only see on nbc. haley, not mincing her words about former president donald trump. >> no, she's not. good morning, marcus. she's not backing down. that's for sure. in an interview you will see later this morning on the "today" show, nikki haley talks about a variety of things, including her stance on key issues and former president trump as a competitor and how she feels about the race moving forward. >> i am running for president of the united states of america. >> former south carolina governor, nikki haley, announcing her 2024 presidential bid. >> we are more than ready for a new generation to lead us into the future. >> in an exclusive interview with the "today" show, haley said it's time for new leaders to tackle serious challenges like chaina. >> republicans and democrats thought for too long if we be nice they will like us, but they want to destroy us. we should not have americans look up at the sky and see a spy balloon from china looking back down on us. >> haley is the first republic

"today in the bay's" brie jackson is live in washington. brie, what can we expect from the president today after that historic trip to kyiv? >> reporter: good morning, marcus, laura. today you can expect a sharp contrast to russian president vladimir putin's speech. today president biden will deliver remarks in poland and the two are expected to provide a split screen moment of two leaders with two vastly different views. president biden in poland this morning for more face-to-face meetings with western allies, including polish president duda. this comes as we learn more details about mr. biden's covert journey to ukraine. officials say it was months in the making and involved a ten-hour train ride across the polish border, entering a war zone to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with ukrainian president zelenskyy. >> translator: the result of this visit will surely be seen and will surely have a reflection on the battlefield. >> reporter: president biden says an additional aid package is on the way with more military equipment and weapons like ant

and brie jackson is live in washington. let's start with the meeting between the two leaders. how did it go? >> well, the white house is under the microscope when it comes to the classified documents as president biden tries to move forward with his agenda. the president did meet with house speaker, kevin mccarthy, for more than an hour where there were no signs of a breakthrough agreement on the debt ceiling. negotiations over avoiding a catastrophic default on the debt continues, after what is being described as a good first meeting between president biden and house speaker, kevin mccarthy. >> we both laid out some of our vision of where we want to get to. >> republicans demanding spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling but are not providing specifics. >> do the republicans have a plan? what is that plan? >> speaker mccarthy expressing optimism in reaching a deal. the top house republican faces opposition within his own party. >> kevin mccarthy doesn't have 218 points to put an actual deal and proposal forward for spending cuts. >> one thing gop members are un

"today in the bay's" brie jackson joins us live from washington this morning. brie, it seems that lawmakers really agree on at least one thing, that we need more information about these objects and what they are. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, laura. senators from both parties say that president biden should release more information publicly and say that the administration owes the american people an explanation about these unidentified objects. after recovering what military leaders are calling significant debris, including sensors and electronics from the chinese spy balloon, crews continue searching for clues about the three still unidentified objects shot down by the u.s. >> these very well could be balloons of a completely benign nature, perhaps commercial or scientific research. >> reporter: senators are still demanding answers following tuesday's classified briefing on the aerial objects. >> how can i tell you not to worry about something if i can't tell you what it is? >> i am not in any way afraid that we are under a threat of attack or physic

"today in the bay's" brie jackson joins us live in washington, tracking the very latest. what's the pentagon saying, brie? >> reporter: good morning, laura, marcus. the pentagon is declining to describe these latest incidents or these latest objects as balloons. military officials say teams are working to recover the debris and the objects, but it's still unclear what they are and where they came from. meanwhile, lawmakers are capitol hill say they're being left in the dark about the situation. the u.s. military shooting down a fourth unidentified high altitude object sunday, this time over lake huron. >> we haven't been able to gain access to the three that were shot down friday, saturday and yesterday in large part because of weather conditions. >> reporter: president biden ordering the takedown after military officials raised concerns about the object's path and altitude, saying it was a safety flight hazard and a threat due to its poe essential surveillance capabilities. this marks the third object blasted out of the sky in just three days and comes a week after a chin

"today in the bay's" brie jackson is live on capitol hill this morning with a preview of what we can expect. >> reporter: good morning, laura. well, president biden is expected to talk about how far the country has come over the past two years since he's taken office, and talk about overcoming the challenges faced during the covid-19 pandemic. president biden preparing to deliver his state of the union address tonight. >> let them know the state of affairs, what's going on, what i'm looking forward to working on from this point on, what i've done. >> reporter: touting accomplishments, including record low unemployment, rebuilding the nation's infrastructure and lowering prescription drug prices, while making changes to address challenges, such as rising tensions with china after the u.s. shot down their surveillance balloon. >> we're not going to back off. we did the right thing. >> reporter: facing a divided congress, the president will call for bipartisanship. >> he's going to talk about how we can finish the job and how we can keep getting things done over the next two years. >> r

"today in the bay's" brie jackson joins us live in washington. president biden is really facing some mixed reaction to his decision. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, laura. well, president biden is receiving praise from allies while critics say that the biden administration should have shot down that chinese spy balloon much sooner. >> boom! >> reporter: eyes were glued to the sky as a raptor shot down a chinese spy balloon on saturday. >> i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. >> reporter: the biden administration first detecting the surveillance tool on january 28th in alaska, its path crossing into montana, wyoming, kansas, missouri, and finally the carolinas, flying over sensitive military sites before it was blown to pieces near myrtle beach. debris picked up and brought to shore. >> the president taking it down over the atlantic is sort of like tackling the quarterback after the game is over. >> reporter: republicans argue china was testing president biden's strength. >> and, unfortunately, the pre