february 11th, i m stan stein, filling in for my friend ali velshi. we begin this hour with the latest signs at the justice department s investigation into donald trump s escalating and shifting to a more advanced stage. on thursday, nbc news learned that former vice president mike pence was subpoenaed by jack smith, the special counsel appointed by attorney general eric garland, to handle the justice department investigation in the january six. and donald trump s handling of classified documents. the subpoena was filed between pence s legal team and the doj. it s taking a hard look at the scheme to mistake electors to falsely declared trump the winner of the election in states that joe biden actually won. in december, just about a month after he was appointed, smith subpoenaed local officials in the spring state, the trump team targeted in effort to overturn the results. trump it had his way, would ve paid a critical role. which is why this subpoena is a significant mileston
All fronts, our reporters are on the ground in israel and lebanon this morning. To get the very latest on the state of war and the danger of the conflict expanding. And well tell you about the growing humanitarian disaster resulting from israels bombardment of gaza. Also talk about a way forward and out of this decades long conflict with an honest trial we, palestinian politician whos been at the Negotiating Table for peace before and former u. S. Deputy National Security adviser about the role america can and should play in trying to revive a enduring peace between israelis and palestinians. Then im gonna pull back the curtain and talk about how we govern this war including the complicated and difficult work of verifying images and facts from the frontlines, we begin this hour here in the Nations Capital with americas role in the world amid a growing leadership crisis, in our own house, a house that donald trump built. Velshi starts now. What good morning to, you saturday october the
election-year issue. meanwhile, the ongoing ethics scandal surrounding some of the justices could also be a major factor this fall. recent efforts to hold the justices accountable have largely stalled in congress and this week, senate republicans blocked a democratic sponsored bill that would have required the supreme court to adopt a more binding code of conduct and would have exposed the justices to greater oversight. democratic representatives alexandria ocasio-cortez and jamie raskin also announced that they plan to introduce legislation in the house that would do the same thing. but, republicans will likely prevent that from even getting a vote on the house floor and that is just the political reality right now on capitol hill. that means that the future of the supreme court might very well be another important issue that the voters will be forced to reckon with when they had to the polls in november. for more on this, i am joined by molly jong-fast, special corresponden
died while underground. but this is just absolutely amazing to watch, and it astonished me, because what would ve been hearing from experts sam was at 72 hours is the golden window when you can expect to still find people alive. but stories like that give rescue workers hope. and that is why we are still, today, as a couple of minutes ago, hearing these rescue workers telling everyone to be quiet. because they still expect to hear voices from underneath the rubble just like those people that we re hearing when i first got here to turkey on monday. sam. nbc s matt bradley, live from turkey, thank you for your invaluable reporting on this unfolding tragedy. switching now to other matters, don t call it a balloon, but the u.s. has shot down a second high altitude object. we will speak with former ambassador of china or, gary, lock on the potential implications of it. this is velshi. s velshi ber.