MTP NOW Feb. 15 — Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin; Nikki Haley’s presidential bid

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🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he doesn't think the Chinese spy balloon and other objects downed over American airspace were an intelligence failure in an excerpt from an exclusive interview with NBC News Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube. Fmr. GOP South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley kicks off her presidential campaign without any mention of former President Trump. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday top U.S. national security officials brief Congress, the White House considers a presidential address amid rising tensions with China and new intelligence on the aerial object shot down in U.S. airspace.
0:18.8	Plus, challenge accepted. Former governor and U.N. ambassadorspace. Plus, challenge accepted.
0:22.9	Former Governor and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley holds her first campaign rally
0:24.4	as she becomes the first Republican
0:26.7	to officially run against former President
0:28.6	Donald Trump for the Republican nomination.
0:33.5	And a legal case that could dramatically alter
0:36.3	abortion access all across the country,
0:39.5	despite your state law.
0:41.6	As a deadline approaches, a Texas judge could limit the availability of abortion medication nationwide,
0:48.6	not just in Texas.
0:49.4	Thank you. Welcome to Meet the Press Now. It is Wednesday. I'm Chuck Todd reporting in Washington, where top White House officials are briefing senators amid concerns about the U.S.'s military readiness when it comes to
1:12.2	confronting China. It comes as lawmakers and the public continue to press the White House for answers
1:16.8	about the administration's response to the Chinese spy balloon that floated across the country
1:21.5	a couple weeks ago and the military's subsequent decision to shoot down three other high-altitude
1:26.5	objects over North American
1:28.0	airspace in the following days.
1:30.1	White House officials are now saying that they believe those three other objects were
1:34.7	essentially harmless and that they were likely tied to commercial or research entities,
1:40.9	not to China.
1:42.0	That disclosure only raises more questions. What were these objects for?
1:46.8	Who do they belong to? Was shooting them down an overreaction? Where do we log this information?
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