happening now, mass destruction in more than 3,400 people dead after a powerful earthquake, and dozens of after o armageddon. stand by for new reporting on the catastrophes in turkey and syria as rescuers search for survivors and the death toll keeps rising and rising. also tonight, u.s. officials reveal new information on the size, cape abilities and the vae of the downed balloon. amid rising u.s./china tensions, and as president biden faces new international emergencies, he s also engaged in last-minute preparations for his state of the union address. we ll tell you what the president just said about his prime time speech to congress and the nation a little over 24 hours from now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. let s get right to the unfolding earthquake disasters in turkey and syria and its truly devastating toll. cnn s jomana karadsheh is in istanbul. one of the most powerful quakes t
today s republican party exists in is that there s a so-called deep state and that is out to persecute the ex-president, his allies and other conservatives. now having managed to become house speaker by the skin of his teeth, kevin mccarthy is enacting an agenda based entirely off of that warped and delusional world view. one of his first acts, removing congressman adam schiff and eric swalwell from the house intelligence committee. mccarthy denied it had anything to do with the fact that they are critics of a disgraced twice impeached ex-president and his allies. the cardinal sin appears to be i led the impeachment of his master in mar-a-lago, for withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid in ukraine, a nation that was then at war with russia, in order to extort that country and to help donald trump s re-election campaign. you are seeing the fulfillment of kevin mccarthy s corrupt bargain, with marjorie taylor greene, somebody who declared on january 5,
nick peyton walsh is live in ukraine. what can you tell us about the new strikes? reporter: still very early days for precisely what is at the moment. i should caution by this point yesterday we had seen larger amount of russian missile strikes in ukraine. this appears to be lesser. some officials in odessa. others are saying some of these missiles have, indeed, been shot down. there appears to be damage to part of the energy structure but it does seem like russia is trying to sustain the feeling of constant threat ukrainians lived with throughout much of yesterday. certainly many people in the country woken by an alert on their phones. why i had s death toll now at 19. it seems dozens of people injured and here are the remarkable scenes that many ukrainians spent yesterday enduring. this was the day the war came back to all of ukraine. the capitol, kyiv, like many cities edging towards normal hit by multiple missile strikes. carnage at rush hour. central streets hit. targe
Msnbc here in los angeles. New reaction today from the January 6th Committee after it subpoenaed for President Donald Trump both through documents and testimony. The vice chair told nbc news today that they will not let trump make a spectacle out of it. We are going to proceed in terms of the questioning of the former president under oath. It might take multiple days and it will be done with a level of rigor and discipline and seriousness that it deserves. We are not going to allow the former president hes not go to turn this into a circus. Earlier today how Speaker Nancy Pelosi had sharp words when asked if she thinks trump will cooperate with the committee. I dont think he is man enough to show up. I dont think his lawyers will want him to show up because he has to testify under oath. I dont think he will show up. I dont think hes man enough. We will see. We will see. First, Breaking News. A new nbc news poll just out today is giving us a look at where voters stand just 16 days until
an arrest in connection to the murders of four university of idaho students. a 28-year-old now in custody. he was arrested in pennsylvania. what was the motive? trump s taxes. six years of trump s returns now public. turns out he paid more in foreign taxes than u.s. taxes. fighting for his political future. minority leader kevin mccarthy giving concessions behind closed doors tonight as he scrambles to get enough votes to become the speaker of the house. will it work? good evening. i m sara sidner. four counts of first degree murder. that is what bryan kohberger is facing in connection with the shocking murders of four university of idaho students. that in addition to felony burglary. police say he was arrested earlier today by state police and the fbi on the other side of the country in pennsylvania. it caps off a six-week mystery after four students in their 20s were found stabbed to death in their beds as they slept in their off campus home. the case paralyzing a uni