hello, everyone. at this hour, trying to cling to hope as rescue and recovery efforts continue in turkey and syria and the death toll continues to climb. plus, new details out today of what that chinese spy balloon may have been capable of. a member of congress who was just briefed on the incident is our guest. and north korea is showing off the military arsenal a very big way as kim jong-un s daughter is stepping out into the spotlight. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan, and the images coming out of turkey and syria continue to boggle the mind of how widespread and just complete the devastation is just building after building pancaked and freezing temperatures the of course challenging every effort to find survivor and yet still moments of hope. a mother and two sons were just rescued alive today after being under the rubble for more than 70 hours, and the death toll is still rising passing 17,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of people without a place
doj could not be sptrusted to v the documents. trump s attorney said the filter team at the fbi is using the review the seized papers has virtually unchecked discretion in addressing potential privilege disputes. the judge was appointed by former president trump and has already indicated that she is leaning toward a special master. now, that was before the explosive brief from the justice department. it laid out the months-long effort by federal investigators to get back the government s classified records. cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez is tracking all the developments. he is joining us from washington, so what s happening so far? reporter: well, so far, we don t really know much about what s going on in court. we can t get any updates until the hearing is over, victor and alisyn, but what we know is that the trump team is going to is trying to present to the judge this idea that it is no surprise that there were what they said, sensitive documents that we
the january 6th committee. that house committee is still at work. one of the washington post reporters behind the latest january 6th scoop will join us. plus, for the first time we re learning of the secret scramble on the day of the insurrection, prompted by something president trump said and something the house committee is now investigating. also, the race to lead the country s second biggest city going down to the wire, a billionaire businessman up against someone who at one point was reportedly on the short list for president biden s vp. we have a lot to get to. i want to bring in garrett haake, along with white house correspondent carol lee. i want to start with you, cara. at times briefings can be somewhat lighthearted. now this one. matthew mccoy hi had a very clear and emotional message not just to the audience in the briefing room, but presumably the audience watching live across the country. that s right, hallie, he made an impassioned plea to pass legislat