reporter: hi, good morning. yeah, we will likely hear from the former president today as prosecutors allege that he went beyond keeping the documents in his home, going so far as to show them to people and had the bulk of them spread out in random storage spaces throughout the estate and at that residence. trump is the first former president to face federal charges. he s accused of violating 7 broken down into 37 counts including 31 counts of willful retension of national defense information, withholding and concealing documents, making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. some of these individual penalties max out at 20 years per count. special counsel jack smith said yesterday e that his office will seek a speed eauty trial. speedy trial. we have one set of laws in this country, and they aloo to everyone. very important to note that the defendants in this case must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. re
i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. five men, one job, averting economic disaster on a global scale. will the participants in today s white house meeting recognize those incredibly high stakes and get something done? or will political partisanship push the u.s. economy closer to a first ever default. plus, tens of thousands of people arrested at the border, trying to get in before title 42 expires. thousands more waiting to get in. we ll get the latest from the border and have my conversation with one man who knows full well the politics and the passion associated with the immigration fight. that s coming up. and just days after that mass shooting in a mall, republican lawmakers in texas do something shocking, advancing gun reform legislation. but does it have any real hope of becoming law? so lots to get to. we start with a critical test for our government, to see whether the people in charge can steer the country away from an economic disast
others who bravely speak out in russia. we learn more about how tucker carlson said one thing on camera about trump and the complete and total opposite behind the scenes. and is climate change making air travel more dangerous? i m going to talk to captain sully who made that miraculous rescue. put us in jail, that s a direct request from russian soldiers. in a new video we have at out front tonight, you re going to hear a conversation between mobilized russian soldiers and their commander. the men are angry about their ordered. one of them taping this. they make it clear they would rather be put behind bars than die in putin s war. translator: are we specialists or something? you don t want us to refuse? we better go to [ bleep ] jail. put everyone in jail. we ll stay there. no one will go there to attack. how long is it? five, seven years? ten? don t give a [ bleep ]. at least we ll be alive. translator: i have no rights to put you in jail. translator: my life is
earthquake. rescue workers still finding survivors in the rubble including a 10 day old baby after being trapped for almost 100 hours. we re live at the epicenter. we ll speak to chef jose andres who just arrived in turkey to provide some much needed relief to rescuers and survivors. back here at home, a twist in one of the investigations surrounding former president donald trump, a subpoena issued to his vice president mike pence. what this could say about the investigation. also, new, up close pictures of the chinese spy balloon that floated across the u.s. as we re learning more about its capabilities, lawmakers are demanding to know why it wasn t shot down earlier. plus, president biden addresses criticism about why the u.s. didn t take action sooner. what he said in an exclusive interview. and as we re gearing up for sunday s super bowl between the chiefs and the eagles, two quarterbacks are set to make history. and we have breaking news right now from the whit