is being made when they aren t feeling or seeing it? one thing that could help, the billions set to be spent on fixing our nation s infrastructure. transportation secretary pete buttigieg will join me live later in the hour to explain when people might actually see those changes in their own communities. and the latest on the staggering scope of destruction after the earthquakes that flattened parts of turkey and syria. moments ago, the death toll was raised to 6,376. with temperatures dropping and search and rescue efforts stretched to the limit, i ll talk to one expert who thinks the death toll could grow significantly. but we start with arguably the biggest speech of joe biden s political life now just a few hours away. a huge opportunity to frame his vision and the agenda for the next two years even beyond in front of what is likely to be the biggest tv audience he ll see all year. the task is a big one, persuade a divided congress and country to embrace unity, and conv
can t give or on what timeline. and if one of our allies and partners wants to provide fighter aircraft to president zelenskyy, that s a sovereign decision they have ever right to make we would welcome that. $100 million in the appropriations bill in july to train ukrainian pilots on u.s. aircraft. what s the status no training underway right now, there s no commitment by the united states to provide fighter aircraft. you don t have to have fighter aircraft. no p training right now on fighter pilots. president biden s trip to poland, can we expect any deliverables, like a new military package for ukraine or new framework of support for ukraine and another one you just mentioned at the beginning of this press briefing that there are 10,000 u.s. troops in poland. why is there no meeting with the troops on president biden s schedule? the president routinely visits with the men and women of the military and their families, so does the first lady. you cannot look at
and the latest on what china is saying about that balloon hovering over the u.s. and president biden is going to speak following a new jobs report that smashed expectations. 517,000 jobs added in january and nearly three times the forecast. we will bring you reaction live. and a life-threatening deep freeze headed to the northeast, and millions are bracing for once-in-a-generation sub-zero temperatures. china is confirming that the balloon floating over to the u.s. is theirs, and it is not a spy balloon as the pentagon says, but it is a civilian airship used for research are the words of the foreign ministry, and it is said to be the size of three buses. china says it accidentally drifted off course. and the sources says that china cannot manually control it, but how did it get there in the first place? the continental u.s. is a big target. yes, what happens next is the big question. the pentagon says it is not a military or physical threat to the people on the ground
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
market could be a plus for the fight on inflation. we ll talk about why. but let s start with the president s chilling warning on the increasingly disturbing nublt nuclear threats from vladimir putin. president saying, quote, we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. i don t think there is any such thing to use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with armageddon. jeremy diamond joins us and alex mar court following all of this. jeremy, let me begin with you. not expected by the white house, i think those around the president that he would say this and he said it as a fundraiser. so not on camera here in new york. but reporters were there and i think stunned to hear what the president said. reporter: yeah, that was a stark warning from the president of the united states. perhaps one of the most stark warnings that we ve heard so far about the elevated risk which is real and there is real concern within the administration