also in the programme. president zelensky addresses the european parliament saying ukraine is fighting to protect europe s way of life president zelensky pleas for. we start with the devastation following monday s earthquakes in turkey and syria, where mass graves are being dug, as the death toll climbs rapidly. nearly 20,000 are known to have lost their lives. rescuers are continuing desperate attempts to find and free survivors, four days after the quakes hit. the world health organization has warned there could be a secondary disaster with survivors living on the streets with very little food and water and in freezing temperatures. our middle east correspondent anna foster is in gaziantep the epicentre of the biggest earthquake to hit the region on monday. this heavy machinery is starting to arrive mainly in the big cities like this one, it has to be said, when you think about the rural villages, towns that are as badly affected, it is so much harder to get the equip
right now, two separate senate committees are drilling into u.s. and china relations. in the wake of that chinese spy balloon entering the u.s. just last hour senator jon tester made the stakes abundantly clear. china s a real threat and one we need to take seriously, which is exactly why we re here today. house members this morning receiving a classified briefing on the balloon ahead of a vote scheduled just a few minutes from now to condemn china s use of a spy craft. senators are set to receive an all members briefing of their own in about 30 minutes. all of this happening as the state department is revealing fresh details about china s surveillance program this morning. and just what the balloon hovering over the u.s. was capable of. in a few moments, i ll talk to former u.s. ambassador to china max baucus about what we can learn and the very real threat posed by china. plus, fading hopes for survival, days after devastating earthquakes rocked turkey and syria. the
i m stephanie ruhle. new signs tonight of a legal battle brewing for the special counsel subpoena to former vp mike pence. cbs news reporting that trump s legal team is gearing up to track on the grounds of executive privilege. we learned yesterday that the jack smith subpoenaed the former vp that wants him to testify under oath that his investigation into trump s role in january 6th. jack smith is also overseeing the investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. tonight, abc news reports his legal team [inaudible] a folder with classification markings found last month at mar-a-lago. they also turned over a laptop belonging to one of trump s current aides. abc says trump s lawyers told agents, the folder had been copied onto the laptop. so far, neither trump s legal team nor the justice department is commenting. nbc news has not confirmed this reporting. meanwhile, fbi found another classified document today at mike pence s house in indiana. discover d
no right to my testimony. that was mike pence last year talking about the january 6th committee which never sent him a subpoena, but now he is facing one this time from the special counsel investigating former president trump s role in the attack on the capitol. meanwhile on capitol hill the first hearing for the select committee on the weaponization of government goes pretty much exactly as you would expect with republicans hitting their usual list of grievances. and also ahead the state department releases new details about the chinese surveillance balloon. it comes as a prominent republican defends the response from the biden administration. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, february 10th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. according to an nbc news source, pence s subpoena