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of mar-a-lago for classified documents. but also since he launched not one, but two special counsel investigations into both former president trump and president biden. we just saw garland walk into the hearing room moments ago. he didn't answer any questions on the way in. we are live on the hill. also, congress intensifies its scrutiny of china. one lawmakers even warning of a, quote existential struggle with the nation during the very first meeting of a house select committee dedicated to china. what we learned. plus, the warning from the head of the fbi about china's efforts ...

>> florida lawmakers can w disney on the docket, the one that ended the tax district after the magic kingdom came out against the don't say gay law. i'm hallie jackson in washington, but let's start with nbc news foreign correspondent molly hunter, and nbc news meteorologist bill karins. let's take a look about what we know about the story that has developed quite a bit over the last 18 hours or so. very strong earthquakes, two of them, in a region that includes part of turkey and syria. the first was early in the morning. 7.8 magnitude. the second later in the afternoon, 7.5. we kno...

their remains. here is spokesperson ned price at the state department just a moment ago. >> i understand we may have more so share from the fbi at the appropriate time. but from the department of state it's important for us not to impinge on investigative equities especially in an investigation that implicates the kidnapping of four americans, the death of two americans and two americans who survived what by all accounts must have been a traumatic experience. >> there are still so many questions about why these americans were targeted. they just only crossed the border from brownsvil...

. 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 momen...

safeguards to prevent fraud. but critics say, others don't. how do you see people use technology >> the phishing scams we have all seen but it's going to sound like somebody you know. >> reporter: going forward because you hear it, doesn't mean you should delete it. gadi schwartz, nbc news. that wasn't me >> very cool and creepy. we have a lot to cover in our second hour. let's get right to it. at this hour, high-stakes standoff, russia steps up its assault in eastern ukraine, as volodymyr zelenskyy says the stakes couldn't be higher. president biden getting ready to sign an exec...