Episode Details

Today's headlines: The Defense Department issued a statement that they were waiting until the Chinese surveillance balloon was over the ocean to shoot it down. The January job report showed non-farm payrolls increased by 517,000, the largest gain since May 2022. News broke on Friday that George Santos told campaign donors in 2021 that he had been a producer of the Broadway musical Spiderman, which ran from 2011 through 2014; Santos may also owe up to $3400 dollars in unpaid parking tickets and traffic citations from New York and Florida. Democrats have made South Carolina the first presidential primary voting state. Finally for today, New England and eastern Canada experienced a record-breaking Arctic chill this past weekend.

Resources/Articles mentioned this episode:

• US Department of Defense: F-22 Safely Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off South Carolina Coast
• NBC: Another Chinese 'surveillance balloon' is flying over Latin America, Pentagon says
• CNBC: Jobs report shows increase of 517,000 in January, crushing estimates, as unemployment rate hit 53-year low
• Bloomberg: George Santos Produced Ill-Fated Spider-Man Musical. At Least, He Claims He Did
• CBS: George Santos may owe thousands for traffic violations in two states
• NBC: Democrats make South Carolina first presidential primary voting state
• NY Times: Jury Rules for Elon Musk and Tesla in Investor Lawsuit Over Tweets
• Washington Post: ‘Historic Arctic outbreak’ crushes records in New England

Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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