If it's Friday ballooning crisis with Beijing, distrust grows and relations further deteriorate

between the U.S. and China as Pentagon officials and the Secretary of State provide new details

on the suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over the continental United States.

Plus, it's not just the economy. President Biden touts a surprisingly strong

jobs report today ahead of his biggest political speech since the midterms, as our latest NBC

news poll shows the president has a polling problem heading into 2024. And NBC News exclusive reporting

that more than a million migrants who crossed the U.S. border in the last two years don't have a court date.

And thousands are now untraceable.

We don't know where they are.

Okay. Happy Friday and welcome to meet the press now.

I'm Chuck Todd reporting from Washington.

The United States, the deteriorating relationship with China crumbled even further today.

Any hopes of tamping down tensions between the countries is also diminishing.

The State Department announced today that Secretary Blinken will not be visiting China next week.

It was a planned visit. All of this cancellation has to do with the suspected Chinese spy balloon that has been spotted over the continental United States.

Moments ago, Secretary Blinken, alongside his South Korean counterpart, discussed the situation.

In my call today with Director Wang Yi, I made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in U.S. airspace is a clear violation of U.S. sovereignty and international law.

That it's an irresponsible act and that the PRC's decision to take this action

on the even by planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were prepared

to have. I told Director Wong that the United States remains committed to diplomatic engagement

with China and that I plan to visit Beijing when conditions allow.

Secretary Blinken said the U.S. is confident this is a Chinese surveillance balloon.

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