. hello. thanks for joining me. i m paula reid in for fredicka whitfield. crimes against humanity. vice president kamala harris not pulling any punches as she describes russia s war in ukraine. speaking at the munich security conference, the vice president laying out exactly where the u.s. stands. in the case of russia s actions in ukraine, we have examined the evidence. we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. the u.s. pledging enduring support for ukraine as the war nears its one-year mark. president biden is expected to visit poland next week, and the u.s. secretary of state also speaking this morning at the munich security conference. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is there. nic, we also heard the vice president call out china for its support of russia during this war. what did you make of that moment? reporter: i think it got a lot of resonance in the room. everyone here recognizes that china is the
we have lots of news to, cover and lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. the u.s. military shoots a mystery object out of the sky for the second time in less than a week. now the races on to figure out exactly what was in the sky over alaska. what we know so far, plus new details about what that chinese spy balloon was truly capable of. plus, trump s legal team reportedly hands over additional items with classified markings and a laptop. it comes as an fbi search of mike pence s home turns out another classified document, and pence himself faces a subpoena in the january six special counsel probe. when all of these developments tell us about where these investigations are headed. and later, michael cohen, trump s former personal attorney, meets with the manhattan district attorney for the 15th time, will join us live this morning to discuss that and everything else circling around trump world as these probes heat up. all of that more is coming up. good satu
about. we begin this morning with the latest signs that the justice department s investigation of donald trump are escalating and shifting to a more a vance s stage. on thursday, nbc news learned that former vice president, mike pence, was subpoenaed by jack smith, the special counsel appointed by attorney general merrick garland to handle this departments investigations of the january six investigation in of donald trump s handling of classified documents. the subpoena follows months of negotiations between pence s legal team and the department of justice. so, it is also the latest indication that smith is taking a hard look at the scheme to submit fake electors to falsely declared trump the winner over the election in states that joe biden actually won. in december, just about a month after he was appointed, smith subpoenaed local officials in swing states that trump s team targeted in its efforts to overturn those 2020 results. if trump had had his way, pence would ve play
more on all of that later this hour. but first the critical decision set to drop soon from the federal reserve. and cnn business correspondent rahel solomon is here with us. walk us through what is to come in the next hour or so and why it really matters. so the expectation is that chairman powell will raise rates about three quurs of a percent. that is not one to one in terms of borrowing costs. we won t see borrowing costs raise 75 basis points. but it does influence all of the categories. so costs will continue to go up. and i want our viewers to enter understand what this really means for them, for their wallets. and i know you ve pulled a few examples. yeah, i ve been working the phones. let s start with credit cards. we ve already seen credit card rates accelerate quite rapidly this year. and right now the average rate is about 17.5%. according to bank rate, if you are holding a $5,000 balance which is the national average, you have a current ampt pr of 17.25%, if
to impersonate what was required in that state which was only biden electors. the other, a trump campaign lawyer who worked in arizona and new mexico. here s what that fraud meeting looked like in georgia where republicans got together and together sat in a room and claimed to represent the will of the voters. whether it is elkor fraud or massive voter fraud is being investigated. then you have brad carver, there he was, so happy at the motel, putting it on film. telling on themselves, we ll find out. according to prosecutors, whether this is a chargeable crime. the january 6th committee revealed trump s lawyers for starters thought the whole thing looked illegal. did you hear the white house council s office say this plan to have electors meet and cast votes for donald trump in states that he had lost was not legally sound? yes, sir. mr. meadows, mr. giuliani, and giuliani s associates. they knew it at the time. then there is the secret footage we keep hearing about fr