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1. Their film was shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran. It won an award at Sundance

   Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's underground arts scene to the prestigious film festival.

2. On day 5 of the search for Nancy Guthrie, here's what we know

   Arizona officials say they believe Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, was taken by force from her Tucson area home this weekend. The family has pleaded for her safe return home.

3. Trump officials propose testing a citizenship question amid a push to alter the census

   The Trump administration proposes to include a question about U.S. citizenship status in this year's field test of the 2030 census, as Republicans push to alter the counts behind voting maps.

4. Some Public Health Service officers quit rather than serve in ICE detention centers

   A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.

5. 'More relevant every day' in the U.S.: A filmmaker documented Russia's journalists

   Julia Loktev's documentary My Undesirable Friends follows young independent journalists covering Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

6. Measles continues to spread in the US, but with some letup

   As South Carolina's outbreak grows to 876 confirmed cases, vaccinations in the state surged in January. Cases have also been reported in two ICE detention facilities.
   
   

7. Homan to draw down agents in Minnesota. And, U.S.-Russia nuclear arms deal expires

   U.S. border czar Tom Homan says 700 federal agents will be leaving Minnesota. And, the New START Treaty between the U.S. and Russia expired today.

8. The Winter Olympics get 8 new events, including the first new sport in decades

   Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut this year, the first winter sport to do so since 2002. Skeleton, luge, ski jumping and moguls are also getting new events.

9. Team USA settles in to athletes' villages, 'smash' pizzas

   U.S. Olympic athletes are arriving and settling into their digs for the next couple of weeks in Italy. Curlers are amazed by the mountain scenery in Cortina; figure skaters are plant fostering in Milan; and the big air slopestyle women are "smashing pizzas" in Livigno.

10. As Trump reshapes foreign policy, China moves to limit risks, reap gains

    President Trump's focus overseas may spare China for now, but Beijing still worries that his "America First" rhetoric hasn't softened what it calls U.S. "military adventurism."