about. we begin this morning with the latest signs that the justice department s investigation of donald trump are escalating and shifting to a more a vance s stage. on thursday, nbc news learned that former vice president, mike pence, was subpoenaed by jack smith, the special counsel appointed by attorney general merrick garland to handle this departments investigations of the january six investigation in of donald trump s handling of classified documents. the subpoena follows months of negotiations between pence s legal team and the department of justice. so, it is also the latest indication that smith is taking a hard look at the scheme to submit fake electors to falsely declared trump the winner over the election in states that joe biden actually won. in december, just about a month after he was appointed, smith subpoenaed local officials in swing states that trump s team targeted in its efforts to overturn those 2020 results. if trump had had his way, pence would ve play
run. plus, more than 12 million people are facing ice storm warnings as the deep south gets hit with a deep freeze. hundreds of flights cancelled, roads covered with ice. it s made traveling dangerous and it s contributed to at least six deaths. but we begin in memphis where starting an hour from now, the funeral for tyre nichols will attempt to take the focus away from the horrific images of his brutal death, and instead honor his life and the man his mother called a quote, beautiful soul. mourners have begun to arrive right now at mississippi boulevard christian church, less than 20 miles from where the 29-year-old lived and died. his death, the latest rallying cry for a nation sickened by watching the same images play out on police body cameras again and again. the fact that george floyd s brother and breonna taylor s mother will attend today s funeral, underscoring the sad truth that past calls for change have gone unfulfilled. reverend al sharpton was asked earlier t
i think at the end of the day we ll get everybody together. you failed three times, how do you possibly pull this off? you get to 218. how do you do it? you come back, you continue what you re doing right now, talking, solve the small problems. they say if you do the same thing over and over insanity. and expect the same that s the definition of insanity. it was supposed to be kevin mccarthy s big moment. so what the heck happened? good morning, america, good to see you. poppy and i are here in new york. kaitlan is live in washington d.c. hi, kaitlan, doing okay? we re bracing. it s the worst episode of the west wing ever playing out right now. we ll see what happens today. a chaotic day on the hill. no speaker elected. some in the republican party turned against their leader. ahead kaitlan collins is going to speak with a member who switched his vote after first saying yes. plus we have buffalo bills safety damar hamlin news, still in critical c
it will dive into the group chats in the nfl halftime show. and who we just learned to his performing after this photo was posted instagram. i m simone and i have something to say. after almost two months out of the public eye of the house select committee investigating january six it is ready to present more information to the american people. the next public hearing is on wednesday. thompson says they have significant witness testimony that we haven t seen yet. we know the committee has gathered more information since july and we have now learned from the vice chair of the committee that this will not be the last hearing. we also know that jaime thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the role in disputing the 2020 elections. it s not clear one of the clock is ticking and with just 44 days is a game-changer for house democrats. what is next? luckily we have someone with us i want to start with a lofgr
colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. without identifying any of the individuals involved, let me show you a couple of samples of answers we received to this question. this is a call received by one of our witnesses. quote, a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you re loyal, and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most americans know that attempting to influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents very serious concerns. tonight, cnn has learned that this example and one other example that congresswoman cheney highlighted were both directed at cassidy hutchinson. cnn has also learned more about this, ms. hutchinson s testimony about what fellow white house staffer anthony renato told her in the presence of secret service head of detail on january 6th. it was about the ride the former president wanted to ta