hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim bruen herber. ahead on cnn newsroom. clinging to hope that survivors can still be found, trapped under the mountain of rubble in turkey and syria. well, the u.s. vice president, mike pence was subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump. what we learned from his testimony. and, russia s new offensive appears to be getting underway in zaporizhzhia s energy infrastructure among the targets. it is ten a.m. across turkey and syria with the death toll from monday s earthquake has now risen to more than 21,000. the hopes are fading that rescuers can find any more survivors. this is the scene in southern turkey, emergency crews blow their whistles when they hear noises under debris that call for silence. but the destruction is immense, an entire neighborhood reduced to rubble under the thousands of families left homeless. many are sleeping in their cars or
good monday morning to you i m jim sciutto. a significant day in ukraine and europe as the u.s. president joe biden makes a surprise visit to the war-torn capital of kyiv as air raid sirens sounded around him. [ air raid sirens ] walking side by side there in the capital with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, president biden with this visit sending a strong message to ukraine and to russia, it is his first trip to the country since russia invaded ukraine nearly a year ago. cnn has learned the president made the final decision only on friday to make the unannounced visit, this after multiple invitations from zelenskyy. this morning, the ukrainian president says that biden s visit leaves ukraine, quote, closer to victory. calling it the most important visit to his country in the history of u.s./ukraine relations. during a news conference, president biden announced a fresh swath of sanctions against russia as well as pledging another half billion dollars in military aid,
and tonight here, the moment, what we witness with rescuers on that pile. ian pannell and marcus moore right here on the ground with me tonight. back in the u.s., the urgent hunt for crucial pieces of that chinese spy balloon off the east coast. tonight, u.s. officials now revealing the balloon was capable of not only conducting surveillance, but monitoring communications, as well. martha raddatz with new reporting. in the u.s., at least four reported tornadoes across multiple states. and tonight, the system now moving into the northeast. rob marciano timing it out. the breaking headline from washington tonight. abc news has learned that former vice president mike pence has now been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing probes into former president trump. pierre thomas in washington. the war in ukraine tonight. and the troubling signs. russia planning a major new offensive. on capitol hill tonight, the major u.s. airline and the acknowledgement, saying, we m
also right here on msnbc. from all of our colleagues across the network of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i ll see you this weekend. ou this weekend. thanks to you at home for joining us this evening, we have some big breaking news, nbc news has now confirmed the former vice president, mike pence has been subpoenaed by special counsel, jack smith. the man who is overseeing the investigation into trump s effort to overturn the results of the 2020. election including the attack on the u.s. capital. the news was first reported by abc news. we don t know exactly what information was sought, in that subpoena, but according to abc it comes after months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and pence s legal team. both the special counsel s office and the spokesman for the former vice president are declining to comment to nbc about this new development. but, this is the first time the former vice president has been subpoenaed in any matters, related to the 2020 elect
would you like me to read the tweet? now that it s my hour we can put it in. we can put in public record, that s awesome, and hilarious. i m sorry the studio could hear me chortling. i m glad, you know me. i love laughter. it was a plus television production my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. we have some big breaking news. nbc news has now confirmed that former vice president, mike pence, has been subpoenaed by special counsel jack smith. the man who s overseeing the investigation into trump s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. including the attack on the u.s. capitol. the news was first reported by abc news. we don t know exactly what information was sodden at subpoena. but according to abc, it comes after months of negotiations between federal prosecutors, and pence s legal team. but the special counsel s office and a spokesman for the former vice president, are declining to comment nbc about this new development. thi