hours ago. just days after the downing of the chinese spy balloon. another classified document is found in the possession of former vice president mike pence. the fbi removing the material from pence s indepeiana home. the hunt for survivors in the earthquake soon zone with a rescuer on the ground. we are getting accounts of people found alive. the death poll toll rises higher and higher. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. the us military shooting down a high altitude object a little while ago after tracking it over alaska for 24 hours. we have a team of correspondents and experts stand big as we break down what we know and what we don t know about this object and how it compares to the chinese spy balloon shot down nearly a week ago. first, jim sciutto. what are your sources telling you about this object that was shot down over alaska? the details
Fault. i think that goes a long way. maggie, the fact that pence is likely to run against the president he served, talking about trump, is one thing. but to now be subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating trump takes that tension to a new level. we are in a very unusual situation as was noted before. pence s team had been talking to the justice department. the justice department had reached out to pence seeking to speak to him. that was never likely to happen without a subpoena. it s not clear that pence is jumping at this opportunity. he talked about a number of these events in his book. there are many more detailed questions the justice department would like to ask. i think we are going to get into a lengthy. he he cann iveexecutive privile.
Asser as assert prifsh privilege. i referred to my role on january 6. i said, i m never going to stop praying for you. reporter: they will search pence s office for classified documents. they will decide whether to appoint a special counsel. there s a desire by the pence team to move this along as he tips to contemplate a presidential rate. thanks very much, paula, for that report. joining us now karrie cordaro and adam kinzinger and maggie haverman. what does this mean for pence
Hours ago. just days after the downing of the chinese spy balloon. another classified document is found in the possession of former vice president mike pence. the fbi removing the material from pence s indepeiana home. the hunt for survivors in the earthquake soon zone with a rescuer on the ground. we are getting accounts of people found alive. the death poll toll rises higher and higher. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. the us military shooting down a high altitude object a little while ago after tracking it over alaska for 24 hours.
Ongoing federal investigation. and that s just one of his investigations into the former president. the other is his efforts to try to subvert the 2020 election. and, look, wolf, the former president s lawyers would like to tell you that these investigations are pretty much over. but our reporting has shown in the past few days that these are very active and ongoing. we re seeing in addition to this new evidence they are gathering they are out sending out fresh subpoenas to top trump officials including robert o brien. he was subpoenaed in both investigations and of course, as we reported yesterday and today, vice president mike pence also subpoenaed in the january 6th probe. paula reid, thank you very, very much. just ahead, new revelations on george santos very murky past, including a previous charge of theft for deceiving dog greeters in amish county. lincoln s witnessed a good bit of history. even made some themsmselves.