let's bring in pierre thomas. >> and pierre, our team has learned that this subpoena comes after months of negotiations with pence's team? >> reporter: that's right, david. special counsel jack smith is investigating the former president's alleged mishandling of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. vice president pence faced enormous pressure to throw owl electoral votes on january 6th and he later had to run for his life as trump supporters swarmed the capitol. smith was appointed last november to oversee the probes. he's been negotiating with former vice president pence's team for months, and tonight, word of that subpoena. it's not immediately clear what information the special counsel is seeking. no response yet from the former vice president, david. >> pierre thomas live in washington. pierre, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the war in ukraine tonight, as president zelenskyy pleads for more help from europe. ukrainian forces are now bracing for a major new push from russia. so, let's get to tom soufi burridge in ukraine tonight. and tom, s

let's bring in our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. and pierre, our team has learned that this subpoena comes after months of negotiations with pence's team? >> reporter: that's right, david. special counsel jack smith is investigating both the former president's alleged mishandling of classified information, and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. vice president pence faced enormous pressure to throw out electoral votes on january 6th and he later had to run for his life as trump supporters swarmed the capitol. smith was appointed last november to oversee the probes. he's been negotiating with former vice president pence's team for months, and tonight, word of that subpoena. it's not immediately clear what information the special counsel is seeking. no response yet from the former vice president, david. >> pierre thomas live in washington. pierre, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the war in ukraine tonight, as president zelenskyy pleads for more help from europe. ukrainian forces are now bracing for a major new push fr

pierre thomas with us again on this case tonight. pierre, thank you. >>> and here in washington, as i mentioned a moment ago, just a short time from now, president biden will deliver his state of the union address to congress and to the country, of course. let's get right to our senior white house correspondent mary bruce live at the white house tonight. mary, the president, we know, is expected to list bipartisan accomplishments, supported by democrats, republicans, infrastructure, rebuilding bridges, roads, creating jobs, capping insulin prices. hopes to signal optimism. but this white house also knows that many americans say that they're not feeling this yet, and mary, you've just received some early looks at the speech? >> reporter: we have, and david, we've also been told that the president will likely be tweaking this right up until the last minute. we know he's been working on this for weeks. even doing some run-throughs in recent days. the president tonight will argue that the economy is strong, pointing to the latest histori

>> pierre thomas also with us right here in d.c. tonight. pierre, thank you. >>> we turn now to the latest very close call at an airport in this country. this time, at the airport in austin. a southwest airlines passenger jet taking off, given the go ahead to use the runway, but a fedex jet was landing on that same runway. well, tonight here, we learn just how close they came to each other. gio benitez covers aviation for us. >> reporter: tonight, an urgent federal investigation under way at the austin airport after what could have been a devastating accident over the weekend. a near miss between a fedex cargo jet and a southwest airlines passenger plane. >> fedex 1432, you are cleared to land. >> reporter: air traffic control giving fedex permission to land and soon after, giving the okay for southwest to enter that same runway to take off. >> southwest, confirm on the road. >> rolling now. >> reporter: but less than 30 seconds later -- >> southwest, abort. fedex is on the go. >> reporter: southwest forced to change course. the two planes c

pierre thomas with us again. thank you. >>> and here in washington, as i mentioned a moment ago, just a short time from now, president biden will deliver his state of the union address to congress and to the country, of course. let's get right to our senior white house correspondent mary bruce live at the white house tonight. mary, the president, we know, is expected to list bipartisan accomplishments, supported by democrats, republicans, inf infrastructure, rebuilding bridges, roads, creating jobs, capping insulin prices. hopes to signal optimism. but this white house also knows that many americans say that they're not feeling this yet, and mary, you've just received some early looks at the speech? >> reporter: we have, and david, we've been told that the president will be tweaking this right up until the last minute. we know he's been working on this for weeks. even doing run-throughs in recent days. the president tonight will argue that the economy is strong, pointing to the latest historic jobs report, that u

>> pierre thomas reporting. thank you. >>> now, to the search for answers after the deadly mass shooting at a michigan state university. police say the gunman left a two-page note listing threats against businesses, stores, and schools. and we're now getting a look at this body camera video from back in 2019, showing his arrest for felony gun possession. tonight, the explanation from authorities about how he was able to legally buy guns again. abc's alex perez in east lansing tonight. >> reporter: tonight, authorities hunting for a motive in that horrific attack at michigan state university. >> run! >> reporter: investigators say anthony mcrae was a man with a history of mental health issues and possibly a grudge. >> in his wallet, he had a two-page note, that kind of gave us an idea of what his motive was. threats against a dozen local >> reporter: the note included threats against a dozen local businesses including a church, a grocery store where mcrae once worked, two schools in new jersey, and michigan state

pierre thomas reporting from washington. >>> tonight the white house confirming president biden will travel to poland to mark one year since the russian invasion of ukraine. russia releasing a barrage of more than a hundred missiles today targeting power plants in ukraine and what u.s. is helping them do. >>> back home, there is news tonight a deadly high school stabbing. authorities say a 15-year-old student is dead, the school on lockdown for a time. >>> tonight, after that close call at jfk, the delta jet and the american airlines plane, the american airlines pilots now subpoenaed and why they say they won't talk to the ntsb. >>> and for the first time since collapsing on monday night football, buffalo bills star damar hamlin sitting down with our michael strahan. what he's saying about the person on that field who saved his life. >> announcer: from abc news, this is abc "world news tonight" with david muir, reporting tonight from the earthquake disaster zone in turkey. >>> good evening tonight from turkey. the horrific scene we witnessed here today five days after the earthquake,

pierre thomas reporting from washington. >>> tonight the white house confirming president biden will travel to poland to mark one year since the russian invasion of ukraine. russia releasing a barrage of more than a hundred missiles today targeting power plays in ukraine and what u.s. is helping them do. >>> back home, there is news tonight a deadly high school stabbing. authorities say a 15-year-old student is dead, the school on lockdown for a time. >>> tonight, after that close call at jfk, the delta jet and the american airlines plane, the american airlines pilots now subpoenaed and why they say they won't talk to the ntsb. >>> and for the first time since collapsing on monday night football, buffalo bills star damar hamlin sitting down with our michael strahan. what he's saying about the person on that field who saved his life. >> announcer: from abc news, this is abc "world news tonight" with david muir, reporting tonight from the earthquake disaster zone in turkey. >>> good evening tonight from turkey. the horrific scene we witnessed here today five days after the earthquake,

abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas with those images, and a warning, they are disturbing. >> reporter: tonight, newly released video showing police in shreveport, louisiana, responding to a 911 call on february 3rd. a woman claims her husband is drunk and acting erratically. >> my husband, he's threatening me and my daughter. >> reporter: within minutes, two officers arrive at the complex. >> how are you doing? >> how are you doing? >> reporter: one with its body camera rolling. they find alonzo bagley, but no clear evidence of domestic violence or a weapon. but for some reason, bagley decides to run, jumping off the second floor balcony. police in hot pursuit. they catch him. bagley unarmed, his hands up, is shot. >> oh, lord. oh, god. you shot me. >> reporter: police then frantic, literally begging him to live. >> hey, keep breathing. keep breathing. >> reporter: bagley later dying at the hospital. tonight, officer alexander tyler is charged with negligent homicide. prosecutors say he acted unprofessionally and recklessly. whit? >> pierre thomas, thank you. >>> now, to

pierre thomas in washington. >>> the funeral for tyre nichols. remembered as a loving son, brother, and father. vice president kamala harris and the reverend al sharpton. what they said. and what they vowed to push for in congress. stephanie ramos from memphis. >>> cell phone video played in the alex murdaugh trial today. the prosecution playing this video from alex murdaugh's son's phone. it was taken just minutes before the murders. and what they say it shows. eva pilgrim reporting. >>> the high stakes meeting at the white house. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. did they find any common ground? what was said afterward? rachel scott live on the hill. >>> the warning from the cdc tonight about a very common brand of eye drops. they are investigating a death and dozens of cases of infections, some leading to blindness. >>> and tom brady, and what he said today about retiring for real. gisele and her message tonight. and the sports stars, including patrick mahomes, and their message tonight. and it's universal. >>> good evening and

here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: tonight, the fbi accusing two suspected radicals fuels by racial hate of plotting to target the city of baltimore's electrical grid in the hopes of causing pain and chaos. >> the accused were not just talking. but taking steps to fulfill their threats and further their extremist goals. >> reporter: the fbi says this is sarah beth clendaniel. her plan? >> no shoot multiple electrical substations in the baltimore area, aiming to, quote, completely destroy this whole season. >> reporter: her alleged partner in crime, brandon russell, the founder of a neo-nazi group. only recently out of prison for possessioning illegal explosives. the fbi claims russell wanted to inflict as much pain as possible on the predominantly black city of baltimore. writing to an undercover fbi informant that he wanted to carry out the attack when there's the greatest strain on the grid. russell stating that such an attack could lead to cascading failure, costing billions of dollars. david, fbi and homeland security officials have warned in r

pierre thomas in washington. >>> the funeral for tyre nichols. remembered as a loving son, brother, and father. vice prsident kamala harris and the reverend al sharpton. what they said. and what they vowed to push for in congress. stephanie ramos from memphis. >>> cell phone video played in the alex murdaugh trial today. th prosecution playing this video from alex murdaugh's son's phone. it was taken just minutes before the murders. and what they say it shows. eva pilgrim reporting. >>> the high stakes meeting at the white house. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. did they find any common ground? what was said afterward? rachel scott live on the hill. >>> the warning from the cdc tonight about a very common brand of eye drops. they are investigating a death and dozens of cases of infections, some leading to blindness. >>> and tom brady, and what he said today about retiring for real. gisele and her message tonight, and the sports stars, including patrick mahomes, and their message tonight. and it's universal. >>> good evening and i

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chief justice correspondent pierre thomas is tracking the effort. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. we have new images of the u.s. navy pulling out what's left of china's spy moon from the atlantic ocean. the navy has pinpointed the location of the balloon's huge technology bay which is the size of three buses. authorities are increasingly confident they will be able to exploit a potential intelligence bonanza. recovered pieces are being sent to the fbi lab in quantico, virginia, and we're learning new details about the massive surveillance device. a senior official telling abc news the balloon had a self-destruct capability, possibly containing explosives. china meanwhile is furious. defense secretary austin.s from- robin? >> pierre, thank you. quite a recovery effort going on there. >>> we're going to turn now to that breaking basketball news overnight. the king has been crowned. lebron james stands alone as nba's all-time scoring leader. matt gutman was in the arena when it happened and joins us now from los angeles. good m

pierre thomas has the story. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: michael, good morning. imagine a series of attacks against substations in a major u.s. city with the idea of shutting off power during a freezing winter impacting homes, hospitals and every part of urban life. this morning, allegations of a white supremacist plot to bring the predominantly black city of baltimore to its knees. the alleged hate-fueled plan. >> shoot multiple substations in the baltimore area aiming to, quote, completely destroy this whole city. >> reporter: the fbi claims sarah beth clendaniel allegedly seen here wearing a mask and holding an assault rifle had joined in a conspiracy with this man, brandon russell, a founder of the neo-nazi group atomwaffen only recently out of prison for possession of illegal explosives. >> suggests that the far right threat inside the united states and specifically the neo-nazi white supremacist threat is still very acute. >> reporter: according to federal prosecutors, russell planned to inflict as much pain on baltimore as possible writing to an undercover

chief justice correspondent pierre thomas is tracking the case. fwo good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning. the special counsel investigating former president trump is seeking information about his former vice president. mike pence now facing a subpoena from jack smith who was appointed last november to investigate president trump's alleged mishandling of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. sources telling abc news smith wants information about those attempts to stop joe biden from becoming president. we know that pence was under enormous pressure to throw out electoral votes on january 6th. trump was furious with him in the days leading up to the insurrection. pence running for his life as trump supporters swarmed the capitol and trump doing nothing to help. pence's attorneys have been negotiating with federal prosecutors for months as they sought his testimony. so, now, no comment from pence. and we don't know if he might try to invoke executive privilege, but clearly, this marks an escalation in the sp

and the only offensive player on the list, former cleveland lineman joe thomas. >>> president joe biden has not committed to the customary sit down with the network broadcasting the super bowl. white house press secretary jean-pierre only saying she had nothing to preview as the president traveled to florida. fox will carry the super bowl on sunday. biden did sit for an interview with nbc last year, which was broadcast as part of the network's coverage and cbs before and we should note president obama sat down with fox twice while they had the game when he was in office. >>> and of course we're almost thereafter two weeks of relentless hype super bowl 57 between the kansas city chiefs and philadelphia eagles kicks off at 6:00 p.m. sunday in glendale, arizona. my official prediction kansas city, 27, philadelphia, 23. let's now turn to meteorologist angie lassman for the forecast but first let's get angie's prediction. >> i'm going to go with the eagles. you see my green today. i honestly don't care but we'll see who wins this bet. weather wise, jonathan, a little busy for folks who have