i am yasmin vossoughian, i hope amidst overwhelming tragedy in turkey. [speaking non-english] survivors amidst the rubble, people still being found alive days after the earthquake that has killed more than 25,000 people. we are alive on the ground there in just a moment. another object in the sky shut down by the u.s. military, this time over alaska. what we know and just as important don t know about what happened. we are also following some breaking news this hour. nbc news confirming donald trump getting involved and a subpoena issued to his former vice president. have the very latest on that. and then a rally. set to begin in just a couple of hours, in texas. as a judge there gets ready to rule in a case, that could ban the abortion pill everywhere and this country. all of that plaza historic matchup at the super bowl. first time two black quarterbacks will face off. the eagles jalen hurts and the chiefs, patrick mahomes. the next, our talk to doug williams, the fir
a new exclusive telemundo interview. does he regret not shooting it down sooner? high wind warnings for tens of millions. gusts up to 60 miles per hour. we re tracking it. a top executive from southwest airlines on the hotseat on capitol hill, telling lawmakers the company messed up when it canceled nearly 17,000 flights over the holidays. the warnings that pilots say southwest ignored. alec baldwin facing new legal troubles from the family of the cinematographer fatally shot on the zest of rust. and remembering the composer behind dozens of hit songs, the legendary burt bacharach. what the world needs now this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. welcome. against a backdrop of lives lost, now in the tens of thousands, each single survivor pulled from the earthquake rubble in turkey and syria is a story of defying the odds. cause for celebration. an injection of hope for those still digging in search of life. one of those moments p
a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news smith is overseeing the dual probes involving pence s former boss regarding the classified documents trump took with him to mar-a-lago and the january 6th attack on the capitol. we do not know exactly why he has subpoenaed pence and if it is in reference to one or both of these probes but when a former vice president of the united states is subpoenaed, it is a big deal. according to abc news which was the first to report this news, it follows months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and pence s legal team. not surprising, but spokespeople for both the former vice president and the special counsel have declined to comment. joining me now is my colleague and anchor of the beat, ari melber. peter strzok, former fbi counterintelligence agent, and charles coleman, former prosecutor. ari, i m going to start with you. it is a big deal, but not a specifically big deal because we don t know exactly what these probes are abou
chris hayes starts now. tonight on all in. the presidents actions and words on january 6th were reckless. the special counsel wants to get mike pence under oath. i would hope that they would not bring charges against the former president. tonight, what we know about the subpoena for the vice president and what it means for the january 6th investigation. then i read your opening statement isn t actually an excerpt from your book. is that right? well, it covers some of the same territory, yes. next time make sure you give us a heads up and we can set up a table for you to have a book signing after this. from witnesses pushing books to cable pundits pretending to be twitter experts have you ever work for twitter? now. you have any formal relationship with the company? now. i just have an account. a surreal scene in today s first mega hearing on weaponization. if weaponization of the department justice has any meaning this is yet. all in starts
dear colleagues, your subcommittee could become part of a proud history of serious, bipartisan oversight, stretching from the teapot dome investigation to the boeing investigation to the watergate hearings to the tobacco hearings to the select committee on the january 6th attack. or you could take oversight down a very dark alley, filled with conspiracy theories and disinformation. a place where facts are the enemy and partisan destruction is the overriding goal. appears house republicans are going to go with the dark alley path. the first hearing for the subcommittee to investigate the, quote, weaponization of the federal government was nothing but grievance politics. meanwhile, in the senate, minority leader mitch mcconnell is trying to distance the party from a fellow republican senator. who could that be? it comes as president joe biden takes his post state of the union message to florida, keeping the focus on the fate of social security and medicare. and the admi