joins us live. and the race to 2024 officially heating up, the first challenger to donald trump for the republican nomination. his one-time ally turned opponent. what nikki haley is saying about pushing back on belize, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good valentines evening, i m stephanie ruhle. we may be on the verge of several major legal battles involving the justice department. donald trump, and his former vp mike pence. a source tells nbc news that the former vp plans to challenge a subpoena from special counsel, jack smith. smith wants pence to testify under oath in the investigation in trump s role in the january 6th riot. pence was the focus of a major pressure campaign by trump himself to block biden s victory. pence had to certify those electoral resorts before a joint session of congress, you know when, january 6th. the votes for president of the united states are as follows, joseph r. biden junior of the state of delaware has received 306 v
of a major pressure campaign by trump himself to block biden s victory. pence had to certify those election results before a joint session of congress, you know when, january 6th. the votes for president of the united states are as follows, joseph r. biden jr. of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j trump from the state of florida has received 232 votes. the announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the united states. each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2021. the special counsel is also running the inquiry into trump s handling of those classified records. nbc has learned jack smith has asked a judge to compel trump lawyer evan corcoran to and questions before the grand jury in that case. we are also soon going to learn more about georgia prosecutor, fani willis s investigation into trump and election interference
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. more than 8,000 flights have been delayed just today after the faa made a rare move in the ground of safety. they grounded flights to work out major flights in a messaging system. pilots use this system to learn about safety hazards in realtime. somewhere overnight, there was an issue with irregularities in the messages that were going out that reflected a bigger systems issue, and this morning at about 7:00, there were still problems validating that the messages were going out. so for safety reasons to make sure that every aircraft that took off was doing so safely, faa implemented a ground stop. secretary buttigieg said it s still not clear what caused this system failure, but it does not appear to be a cyberattack. what is clear is the ripple effect for thousands of passengers so let s bring in cnn s adrienne broaddus. what are passengers telling you, adrienne?
simultaneous joy and despair. it will be hard to bridge the gap, but we must try. we re about to be tested. soon we ll learn can our democracy recently strained in the aftermath of our most recent presidential election with stand the new pressures to come? can controversial laws be enforced in a country as diverse as our s? not without reconciliation. those who are grieving need to recognize the sincerity of neighbors with deeply held beliefs who dreamed of seeing this day. and the many who are celebratory would be well served to recognize the heart break and devastation of citizens who feel they ve had their personal freedom violated. opinions on both sides probably have little to do with justice alito s argument in 213 page opinion. i doubt many have actually read it. i m not being critical. it s a slog even for lawyers. but it s not the work of mullahs. the supreme court is obligated to follow the constitution and precedent. the court of public opinion is guided by an indi
regulations for concealed carry pistol permits which allows. lot of murderers in the audience that allows more law abiding americans to write to carry in public spaces were not so law-abiding citizens are already doing the same. funny how a meditech in the courts know the court is packing the public. [laughs] we go to the nra for comment. [laughs] [laughs] [laughs] greg: it would be able. greg: the frantic miserable takes came in hot and heavy we may not notice that these freaks are miserable all the time. all men do they hate it when men abiding citizens get the same protection as thugs. they re worried that those poor felons might get shot when they re trying to shoot you. remember it s these idiots who pushed for defining the police and gun control at the same time i can intern for andrew cuomo you get squeezed at both ends. [laughs] i don t get it i don t write this stuff it s disgusting. the system won t protect you and neither can you elect a kidnapping victim after