february 11th, i m stan stein, filling in for my friend ali velshi. we begin this hour with the latest signs at the justice department s investigation into donald trump s escalating and shifting to a more advanced stage. on thursday, nbc news learned that former vice president mike pence was subpoenaed by jack smith, the special counsel appointed by attorney general eric garland, to handle the justice department investigation in the january six. and donald trump s handling of classified documents. the subpoena was filed between pence s legal team and the doj. it s taking a hard look at the scheme to mistake electors to falsely declared trump the winner of the election in states that joe biden actually won. in december, just about a month after he was appointed, smith subpoenaed local officials in the spring state, the trump team targeted in effort to overturn the results. trump it had his way, would ve paid a critical role. which is why this subpoena is a significant mileston
we ll have the latest news and analysis from our correspondents in the region. also coming up on newsday. the united states says the chinese balloon it shot down at the weekend was definitely being used for spying. and we ll remember burt bacharach, one of pop s greatest songwriters, who has died aged 94. and rihanna gears up to perform on one of the world s biggest stages the super bowl half time show. representing for immigrants, representing for my country barbados, representing for black women everywhere. i think that s really important, that s key for people to see. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news, it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin this hour in turkey and those powerful earthquakes that have taken at least 20 thousand lives. rescuers in the region continue to work through the rubble, sometimes still finding people alive. i want to show you these pictures, which were taken only a few hours ago, you can see a turkish woman bei
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i m kasie hunt here in washington. a dangerous ice storm now crippling parts of the american south. in texas, reports of hundreds of accidents, some deadly, as roads turn into ice rinks. right now 40 million americans are under storm threat, freezing rain is raising fears of falling trees and power outages, and air travel is a mess, too. we have seen ground stops, about 1,500 flights cancelled so far, and more than 2,500 delays. we have seems tracking all of it. first, let s start with ed lavendara in dallas. ed, dicey, dangerous, deadly and, quite frankly, it is only going to get worse. what are you seeing out there? reporter: it has been an ugly morning and the rain and sleet and freezing rain is all kind of coming down sporadically. but expressway, highway 75 coming out of downtown dallas, we re on the far northern end of the city here. you can see just how little traffic there is some people driving other people driving rather slowly. it is very treacherous out th