msnbc headquarters in new york city. we got a lot to get to this hour. first a community in mourning as michigan state university remembers three killed during a mass shooting monday. students still trying to process the violence. all of us are numb to the whole situation. we have lived this our entire lives. i m still processing it. i honestly don t know if i can ever take a step foot into na union anymore. you see it on the news, but you never think it s going to be your school. and in fact, it is their school. we re learning more about the victims now as well, 20-year-old brian fraser was the president of his fraternity, 19-year-old ariel anderson, an aspiring surgeon, and 20-year-old alexandria verner, an all state athlete studying biology. police are still investigating the motive. we are learning more about the suspected gunman, ahead, the details about his criminal background and the chilling details that his father is now sharing. also this morning, fear a
. good to be with you, i m katy tur, former vice president mike pence is putting up a fight. a moment ago in minnesota, he told reporters he is pushing back on special counsel jack smith s subpoena requiring him to testify about january 6th. pence is citing the speech and debate clause, something normally reserved for sitting lawmakers. my fight is on the separation of powers. my fight against the doj s subpoenas very simply is on defending the prerogatives that i had as president of the senate to preside over the joint session of congress on january 6th. for me, this is a moment where you have to decide where you stand and i stand on the constitution of the united states. yesterday if you were with us, you would have heard former federal prosecutor paul butler tell us that argument, that speech and debate clause would be a good academic paper for a law student but not as good of an argument in court. after all, pence was not a legislator, technically. he was vice presi
searchers and survivors refusing to give up. at least nine people freed from the mountains of concrete and twisted metal that used to make up their homes tuesday. these rescuers finding the out sketched hand of a 65-year-old survivor pulled out after nearly nine days, rescue crews digging long tunnels to reach them. many exhausted, some sleeping on piles of debris. more than 200,000 homes in turkey were destroyed or so badly damaged they ll have to be demolished. turkey s president saying more than 35,000 have died in this country alone. close to the fault line, the quakes changing the landscape. this used to be a single olive grove. now separated by a deep canyon a mile and a half long. tens of thousands are homeless and hungry. these volunteers feeding a thousand people a day.
badly damaged they ll have to be demolished. turkey s president saying more than 35,000 have died in this country alone. close to the fault line, the quakes changing the landscape. this used to be a single olive grove now separated by a deep canyon a mile and a half long. tens of thousands are homeless and hungry, these volunteers feeding a thousand people a day. there was no food. no water no help. reporter: amid so much destruction, incredible stories of survival. and today those two brothers who were rescued yesterday are recovering. one said they shared protein powder to stay alive. our thanks to nbc s kelly cobiella for that stunning report. russian forces are pressing forward with attacks on eastern cities in ukraine. today russia hit kharkiv luhansk