Viewers. Thanks for watching. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. The news continues next on cnn outfront next, the Supreme Court hands trump a win and we are now just hours away from the biggest de and the campaign. Yet, Super Tuesday, then tonight a competent trump celebrating high courts decision to keep him on ballots nationwide. Plus the price of loyalty to trump. Two of the former president s top aides are now facing prison time and a new guilty plea could put more of trumps inner circle in jeopardy and seizing Ukraine Russia is rolling out a new map that consumes much of the entire country of ukraine. Tonight, you go to the front lines where putins men are facing little resistance tonight. Lets go outfront and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The Supreme Court does it again, handing another major wind, donald trump, allowing him to stay on the colorado ballot and choosing to ignore the question at the heart of the case, which is whether trump is an insurrectionist under the 14th amendment. It comes just hours before trump is set to have his its biggest election night. Yet, voters in 15 states, as you can see on that map, heading to the polls, there are 865 delegates up for grabs and trump could win nearly all of them. Then york times right now is estimating 90 of those delegates will be awarded to trump tomorrow. That would leave him just shy of the 1215 needed to secure the republican nomination for a third time. Obviously, well see how those votes for tomorrow, but today, trumps sure is feeling the wind at his back, praising the Supreme Court it was a very important decision. Were very wellcrafted and i think it will go a long way toward bringing our country together, which our country dates essentially, you cannot take somebody out of a race because an opponent would like to have it that way well, todays ruling by the Supreme Court was historic and what it means, in addition to colorado is a trump will be on the ballot in to other states where he had been removed for inciting an insurrection, maine and illinois but just to be clear, when you heard trump, theyre talking about the ruling. He is praising the court because it ruled in his favor. He is not praising the court because he believes in the american judicial system every case it gets filed in the ninth circuit. We get beaten. The courts are not helping us. I have to be honest with you, its ridiculous somebody said i should not criticize judges, okay. Ill criticize judges have been treated very unfairly by this judge. Now, this judges of mexican heritage. Im building a wall and twitter after the Supreme Court ruled against him regarding the release of his taxes, trump said, this is all a political prosecution. Well, the Supreme Court rejected his effort to overturn the Election Results in texas. He tweeted the Supreme Court really let us down no wisdom, no courage his Attorney Raising Eyebrows when she seemed to suggest that the court owes trump because he appointed three of the current sitting justices people like kavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the president went through hell to get into place. Hell step up of course thats not what its supposed to be about at all. Now, kavanaugh did join for other conservative justices by writing that no state can kick any federal candidate insurrection are not off the ballot and even though the final ruling in terms of being on the colorado ballot was unanimous, the liberal justices and one conservative justice appointed by trump, Amy Coney Barrett did take issue with how far the ruling went to the liberals, writing the American People have the power to vote for and elect candidates for national office. And that is a great and glorious thing. The man who drafted and ratified the 14th amendment, however, had witnessed an insurrection and rebellion to defend slavery. They wanted to ensure that those who had participated in that insurrection and impossible future insurrections could not return to prominent roles. Kristen holmes begins our coverage. She is outfront live near maralago in florida and kristen, i know you have been talking to your sources in the Trump Campaign and obviously this is a big win, unanimous from the court, where is the Trump Campaign now focusing . Well their focus really is on the General Election. I mean, they want to enter this week feeling very optimistic, both politically and legally, talk about what happens next. Legally well, first of all, playing those clips was really something its very striking to see how donald trump talks about the court in various different stages particularly when he hes not winning. But today he was very gracious. Now he is going into this week, Super Tuesday. He is poised to win so many delegates that he becomes just shy. Of the gop nomination or when i talk to his various advisers, they say they want to look past anything primary related and focus just on joe biden, just on this General Election. And in fact, there were starting to talk about how he could Counter Program State Of The Union. They were looking at different ideas. He could live posted on truth social, he could put up videos at one point, they were talking about having him do some remarks as a prebuttal to the State Of The Union but really, again, they are entering this week, as you said, feeling very good about where they stand both politically and legally and its not just about winning this case they thought they were going to win this case. They felt like this was the case of all of their different legal cases that they had the most legs to stand out of the most evidence. They thought that they were going to be successful here the part thats really carried them is this Immunity Claim as the Supreme Court deciding to take up that argument, the reason for that is because they believe and if you talk to many, if not all of trumps advisers that ive spoken to, they do not believe he is going to face a federal case before the November 2024 election. And remember, this was there big goal . Their goal was to push and delay an exhaust every single avenue. There was not any kind of trial in terms of federal trials before that november election with the hope that donald trump wins in november, then can dismiss these cases and they move forward. The cases go away. They believe that is happening now, particularly given the fact back that if you look at the Supreme Court timeline and of course, we dont have confirmation that its going to be pushed past november. But if you look at the Tideline Hearing the remarks in april late april getting an answer in zhu having to prep for the trial, giving them months of discovery of preparation. They believe its going to push it past that november deadline and the deadline, of course in the election. And that is what theyve been trying to do this entire time. All right. Kristen, thank you very much. In our coverage continuing here, i want to go to the democratic governor of colorado jared polis. And thank you very much. I appreciate your time, governor. So you know you hear kristin, that trumps team, they feel good, they feel great legal side of things. Theyre feeling good they dont believe any trials are going to happen in the federal cases until after the election so youve had a few hours here to digest this. Do you think the Supreme Court today made the right decision in saying that the trump pass to beyond the ballot in colorado well, tomorrow Super Tuesday in colorado, of course, other republican ballot are not only donald trump and nikki haley, but several people who dropped out after the filing deadlines. So in november, i think the democratic nominee should face the republican nominee. And frankly, if the republican nominee is donald trump, and that seems likely competent colorado, well, well go for President Biden but i guess just to try to understand in terms of the decision itself i guess youre not surprised by it. Probably no ones really surprised by it where you surprised that it was unanimous. I mean, do you feel disappointment or not no, im im glad its unanimous. I mean, i think if anything really adds authority to the court, there overseeing a number of Different Cases related to the former president , including cases that could affect the time timeline for his criminal charges and potentially even the civil charges against them. So again, i ive always said i think the democratic nominee should face the republican nominee in november. And i think that Donald Trumps brand is frankly toxic to the republican brandon, colorado, and thats one of the reasons that hes running so far behind here. So the group that brought the Trump Ballot Challenge in colorado, theyre arguing governor that they lost on technical legal technicalities at the Supreme Court. And theyre honing in, obviously on the crucial thing here, which is that the courts opinion did not address the heart of the matter. Right. Which is the reason why trump would have been removed from the ballot, which is whether hes an insurrectionist they just avoided that, which of course your states Supreme Court had, had done do you think the court should have gone further given whats at stake, given in fact, that this timeline is kristen is just laying out. Hes at the American People may not get any kind of illegal verdict other than this, right . Should they have made a statement there on the insurrection issue well, first of all, you know, when talking to me, youre talking to a nonattorney, so i just want to make that disclaimer. There are governors that are attorneys as well. I was in business before i went into politics. I dont think i think former President Trump became less popular with january 6, but frankly, it was a lot of the shenanigans during his presidency that i think made him is unpopular as he is in colorado and frankly underwater across the country as well. I think hes really the weakest possible republican nominee. And while as an american, we wish that both parties had strong candidates. I also happen to be a democrat and obviously hes somebody that im confident we can defeat november. So youve said having trump on the ballot is better than biden. For biden than facing nikki haley, at least youve made that point before governor and now theyre of course, the New York Times poll this weekend. Perhaps gave you pause as it did many and understanding at least the current state of the race according to that poll, it shows trump beating biden nearly threequarters of voters in that New York Times poll say biden is just too old to be an effective president. And that includes 61 of voters who supported biden last time around governor. Now i know that you were recently with biden at the white house. Youre the vice chair of the National Governors association. So you just had a chance to spend some time with him personally . What can you tell us about that . Do you have any concerns about his mental acuity or ability to do the job a little look. First, of course, is going to be erased down to the wire was last time too look. No, i spent a lot of time with the president and he actually sat at his table for dinner. He was nice enough to entertain me and governor cox and my my my daughter was with me and he and jill were terrific and he just spoke frankly with us and 42 governors or however many were at that event, he answered questions on the spot, even called an additional questions. So i mean, he was in colorado few months ago with in pueblo where we visited a wind turbine factory. I got to spend a lot of time with them look, the president is is terrific. I mean, the same guy he always was. I got to know when he was Vice President was just a wonderful, thoughtful person, always shows that empathy, empathy, and warmth, and he surrounds himself with a great team that i think is doing well with record low unemployment. And i think inflation is on his way down and those fundamental most will help his reelection but in terms of the mental acuity issue, just since this is clearly so front and central with voters, is there any anecdote that you could share on that . Well, again, i mean, first of all, hes same age basically as the likely republican nominee. I mean, theyre in high school at the same time and yes. I think that theres probably if youre comparing Health Problems to Health Problems, theres, its probably more likely than the other guy has more problems and the likely democratic nominee. But no lucky. Hes, hes its right on top of everything. I mean, hes hes the same guy that ive always known and hes able be enjoys telling funny stories and engage and i think its great to the staff is getting them out there more, right. I mean, its been its busy being president. I get that. Im a Chief Executive of a state. You always have to balance the work you do with being available to the public. Im glad hes getting out there more Evaluation Winter the border. Im glad he shows his strength. And the more he gets out there interacts with people the better the better youll do. And you also got to remember that this is a guy that has always had a stuttering issue, is very open about talking about it hes and i think thats part of his charm, frankly, is that very Human Dimension to it . The but youre not going to compare them on oratory to an orator, but hes somebody that oneonone and in small groups has always been the dynamic, thoughtful leader that he is today. All right, well, governor, i appreciate your time. Thank you very much. And all right. Good to see you, governor and the former Trump White House lawyer ty cobb, is outfront with me now and ty here we are you predicted it three months ago. You can on the show, you predicted how you thought the Supreme Court would rule on the colorado case, less anyone forgot here is ty cobb three months ago i think it could be 90 and Supreme Court for trump you are right so whats it stands out to tay and the actual opinions . So i thought the opinions were solid. I think i think the court picked it past that you know brought It Back Unanimity by focusing on the Federalism Aspects making it clear that the decision to bump a president ial candidate from state ballot was a uniquely federal decision. Whether, whether a former president and could be disqualified uniquely federal decision . Yes and i think theyre i think theyre 100 , right . Its nine, nothing nothing, nothing really to argue about there. The argument that they have over whether the court went too far as Amy Coney Barrett made it clear, you know, thats understandable. She agrees that they went too far. On the other hand, they didnt go radically far and congress is the only entity mentioned in article three that could have enforcement authority. Youd have to youd have to really reach out to derive authority elsewhere. So i dont think you can coral necessarily about the opinion being no radical in any way. The incremental steps that they took to enforce the perception they only congress could act, i think was the right to was the right move on. The other hand, you know, as Amy Coney Barrett said, the most important takeaway here is the unanimity. Yes. And that is important. What do you like the ruling or not . Something . I hope people can celebrate that those justices who clearly disagreed, for example, on the issue of president ial immunity and how to handle that, did come to a unanimous decision here. And were able to do that. But this issue of insurrection, and obviously you had i know you werent expecting them to weigh in on that, but were you surprised at all that they didnt obviously, as you point out, saying, very narrowly on the issue of federalism here, and not weighing in on the issue of whether the former president was an insurrectionist when given the schedule in the calendar here, we may get no ruling from the court that has anything to do with his role in january 6. This mightve been the only other know youre 100 , right . Erin . And as always, you know, this is, this is a situation where they had no reason. Once you once you decide that the state court had no authority to act whatever they did is irrelevant. So no, there was no reason to parse it. And i will say, you know, people forget that on the insurrection side, its not as difficult as some pundits have suggested that insurrectionists, theyre gonna be running wild. There is a statute congress has already yeah, good. 18 usc 23, 83, which criminalizes insurrection and disqualifies people who are convicted under that statute should, should bidens Justice Department want to pursue that . They could do that. Likewise, keep in mind that the january 6 committee interpreted the statute or excuse me, the interpreted the Section Three and the issue identically with the Supreme Court and recommended that Congress Take action under that under that amendment to declare an insurrection and be disqualified trump. Now, Speaker Pelosi would not let that come to the floor largely, people suspect because she wanted to have trump to kick around in the selection but congress did at least suggest that they should proceed that way through the january 6 commission. All right . Thank you very much, ty, as always for that. My pleasure is not always nice to be with you. All right. Next trump orgs chief Financial Officer is about to go back to the notoriously Brutal Rikers Prison because of his loyalty to trump. He is not the only person who is now ending up behind bars for the former president. Plus in tonights voters outfront series of biden trump rematch. As voters in one battleground state, looking for another option ive got. A trigger for a while now, at the whole notion of public legitimate third party to us adversaries both knew clear superpowers are joining forces using Artificial Intelligence in their militaries. And as i speak, reshaping war, as we know it that night out on the ice, he saw something. I saw nothing either with some as charming man, youre ever were going to meet or he was your Worst Nightmare he was bad math. Youve adopted a kid and now theyre trying to kill you, want people to pay for what theyve done you have to dig too. Yes. To the truth this is going to bad for everybody so. I can take. 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Com, or call one 8778668555 were here to get your side of the store. Why do we keep ending up here . You cant write this stuff. United states of scandal with Jake He Tapper next sunday at nine on cnn tonight to trump allies facing prison time, the former trump org cfo, Allen Weisselberg, pleading guilty to perjury over lies he told in a 2020 deposition less than a year after he was released from prison for committing tax fraud at the trump org the Justice Department also urging an Appeals Court to send extrump adviser Peter Navarro to prison. He is challenging his Contempt Of Congress conviction. They are far from the only trump allies to learn the price of loyalty to trump. Brynn gingrass is outfront mr. Allen weisselberg heading to jail again after serving 100 days in the notorious Rikers Island prison thank and not a word incriminating donald trump, the man who secured loyalty from weisselberg for decades, even now, after two more criminal convictions the former Trump Organization chief Financial Officer and protector of the trump family money, raising his hand today and admitting that he lied under oath. Are you familiar with that acronym . Ive heard of that yet. Okay. In a 2020 Video Deposition and on the stand during the Civil Fraud Trial Last year when the new York Attorney general accused from above inflating his assets for his financial benefit to fraudulent people rule the house that was akin more they gave michigan at its word, maybe close to 100 times. It all comes down to the Square Footage of trumps a three Floor Triplex in new york city, the Manhattan District Attorney says weisselberg knew trump inflated its Square Footage by nearly three times over evaluating its worth by about 200 yet weisselberg lied for him anyway, the 76 yearold joins a growing list of Trump Associates whose loyalty to the former president landed them in hot water. This is going to the Supreme Court, former white house adviser to trump, Peter Navarro, appealing a four month sentence for refusing to testify and provide evidence to the Congressional Committee investigating the january 6 attack. Steve bannon showing the same loyalty to trump, the maga enthusiasts drop one is also fighting his conviction on similar charges. Courts found separate convictions against trump allies, roger stone and michael flynn, but trump exoneree raided both men. I think the Whole Manafort Trial is very sad. Then there are others formerly in trumps orbit who have already seen the inside of a prison cell like his wants Campaign Chairman paul manafort, sentenced to seven years, but released early during the coronavirus pandemic chita world. He wants to again, appear to have this thick skin. Hes not thickskinned and the most outspoken former friend, now enemy of trumps michael cohen, who served time in federal prison after lying to congress and violating Campaign Finance law. I believe that he will be found guilty on all charges. Cohen now playing getting to continue his crusade against his former boss by testifying for the state at trumps criminal trial in new york, fringing grass. Cnn, new york all right Ryan Goodman Outfront legal analyst is with me. Okay. So you believe that this guilty plea from Allen Weisselberg could have farreaching implications in other trump cases. So what exactly the main so i think it has Ripple Effects in the to new york cases. So the upcoming criminal trial for falsifying Business Records at this point, itd be very difficult for trump to put the Stormy Daniels hush money case. Yeah, exactly. And Allen Weisselberg might have been a witness for the defense but its very hard to now put him on because the prosecutors will say, well, look at this person, he lied before for you in this prior trial that just happened in new york, the civil fraud trial. So why would you believe him now . And they could even use it affirmatively to say this is a person who just pled guilty to lying to courts in order to cover up cooking the books. And what is he here for . But he was involved with you, the defendant, mr. Trump, in cooking the books with respect to the hush money payment. Same kind of set of allegations. I think thats one big big one. The second one is the new york city fraud trial. Thats now on appeal to 450 million judgment. It kinda insulates the judgment because thats part of the argument in favor of the lowercourt factual findings that the judge found that many of the witnesses on trumps side were not credible. This person dont just noncredible. Hes now just pleaded guilty to having lied in the court about trying to cover up there. So serious implications okay. Means im fulton county. Were still waiting on that, judge, that he had said it could take him up to two weeks, but it could come at any moment whether hes going to disqualify fani willis or not. Due to alleged misuse of taxpayer funds because of the relationship she was having with her lead prosecutor so today there was a state Senate Committee in georgia that subpoenaed ashleigh merchant, who was the attorney arguing to get rid of fani willis on the trump side here, who had raised the allegations of misconduct. Now that committee doesnt have the power to remove willis from the case but is the Committee Still a risk or a threat to willis i certainly think so because i think the followup is easily can be the question of, for example, did ms willis make false statements when she testified in these proceedings that weve just had in the last couple of ditchey testify falsely about the relationship. And thats the Cell Phone Data that weve talked about that seems to contradict her testimony that that really started in 2021 and that would be very bad for her, said, no, they dont have enforcement power, but could they could really raise the stakes, public pressure could be enormous if its found that the district attorney, in fact, lied to the court, that would be the problem for her. Right. And a hugely hugely reputationally issue and also for the people believing in come here. All right, ryan, thank you very much. 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Ai, ai or download the app but im trying to cope with a bit more than infatuation all my shall feel my gut rugae streaming exclusively on Max Live Pictures right now from fort worth, texas, thats where nikki haley will be taking the stage in a moment for our final Campaign Event before tomorrows Super Tuesday contests Republican Voters in 15 states heading to the polls with more than a third of the gop delegates at stake. Jeff zeleny has the latest dispatch and our voters outfront series from a battleground Super Tuesday state i would vote for joe biden over donald trump in a heartbeat. What are you doing that with trump with a bounce a little vomit but i cant vote for joe biden, kim brand, and Stacey Van Grand again, are both voting for Nikki Haley On Tuesday and dreading what likely comes next. Had a Weekend Rally in North Carolina. They watched haley together, but parted ways that the notion of a rematch between joe biden and donald trump should she not . Win the nomination . What are you doing november brand, a retired bankers said shell back biden banned grant again, a retired consultant said shell vote for trump again. First time i did with joy the second time i did with my nose pled. But ill do it again with my nose plug i just cant believe though that thats what we had to choose from. We have to start in the waning in days of the primary conversations with haley, voters offer important lessons, perhaps less so for her own candidacy than for trump. Biden, or even a Third Party Candidate in november, if shes not on the ballot at all . Im voting for biden because i dont want donald trump to be anywhere near my country. Ive been intrigued for a while now at the whole notion of it, have a legitimate third party eve, you dont think you need that 30 or 40 of us. You are showing exactly why youre going to lose a General Election. North carolina, one in 15 States Holding republican contest tuesday is emerging as an early General Election battleground. The fastgrowing suburbs in College Educated voters are in in the sites of both parties as the next chapter of the Campaign Take shape, we know that they state is 50, 50 anderson clayton, his chair of the North Carolina democratic party. Its so in 16 years since barack obama, one here, the last democrat to do so trumps margin of victory has narrowed a little more than one point in 2020 down from more than three points in 2016. I job in my opinion, right, is to go chase every democrat that from 2008 did not vote afterwards, did not see themselves represented in this party afterwards. Billy ward is Vice Chairman of the Wake County Republican Party in raleigh. He draws a different lesson in the booming Population Growth we see a lot of people that are moving in because even though theyre democrats, theyre frustrated with the way the democrats have been running their former states, their former cities and in. Many ways, the country, the big question is whether the fall election becomes a stark choice with trump or referendum on biden the economy and more, i think people are ready to go back to what we have four years ago. Sir, 3d jones, mrs. Trumps policies and said she can tolerate all that comes with it. Suburban women are afraid they cant pay the bills. Theyre having to go back to work at the end of the day. Theyre worried about personal safety and theyre worried about providing for their families, go out and vote on tuesday as haley ways whether Super Tuesday will be her last stand. Supporters like brand and von grand again, brace for a long road to november. So will you try and work on each other . Other over the next eight months or your value independent so of all the states voting tomorrow, North Carolinas stands out for what it could mean for the fall. And those nikki haley voters are squarely in the middle. Now theres no doubt as you heard there some supporters or antitrump, but many, many we spoke to also antibiden. But erin, the outcome of this primary could expose trumps vulnerabilities, particularly among College Educated voters in those fastgrowing suburbs, where biden also has considerable ground to makeup. If he wants to turn it into a winning battleground and earn those 16 electoral votes all right, jeff, thank you very much. Fascinating. Everyone could learn from those two womens friendship and finding independent thinking and being able to be friends such Close Friends with someone voting the other way. Id run now, Kristen Soltis anderson, republican strategist and pollster along with karen finney, the former senior spokesperson for Hillary Clintons 2016 campaign all right. So kristen, you just heard those Super Tuesday the voters telling jeff that theyre intrigued by the idea of a legitimate third party is how they put it and obviously no labels that group has said theyd be opened. Nikki haley leading that ticket. Shes publicly rejected it, but shes got a lot of money. I mean, you just raised 12 million in february so what do you think it would actually due to the race if i understand its an f shes currently rejecting, but if she pursued an independent run, what would it do, kristen if nikki haley pursued an independent run, it would really make things challenging for donald trump to put together the coalition he would need to win in november. You do not want to go into a General Election in these polarized times with a divided party. Now i think it is highly unlikely that nikki haley would ever do this. She has a law im career in politics. I think she has her sights set on a future republican nomination, running as an independent would really just sink that particular boat for the long term but i think if somebody was compelling as an independent, we do see a real dissatisfaction in both major party presumptive nominees this time around right. And of course, as you point out, when you look at the generational divide and she talks about this new generation, i mean, she is young. Shes got a lot ahead of her if she does want to pursue more in republican politics, obviously. But karen, for those sitting at home they suddenly say, wait a minute what if there was a Ballot Choice and its joe biden, donald trump, nikki haley, and rfk junior what the heck happens donald trump likely becomes our next president thankfully, no laotzu. One thing about no labels. Theyve said theyre interested in hurts my understanding. Shes not interested in them and thats smart because that is a slush fund for the two people, the donors who founded it. Theyve even said their goal is not to win its, to offer a choice. I would just remind people, all those women who were bawling when donald trump won in 2016 those folks who voted for jill stein and gary jonathan, how did you feel when you found out the total trump won . So i think thats a history we dont want to see repeat itself but i think we look as democrats, we were taking it very seriously. The potential challenge. I just wanted the onethird other thing i would say about nikki haley, though, she is a smart politician, i think she probably knows her future is in the republican party, not as an independent. And if she was seen as a spoiler, that could be a problem. I think she should go out and campaign for other candidates down ballot so kristen, the context here, of course, is, heres another poll i mentioned the New York Times, the beginning of the show. So let me give you the ap1 now, 80 of independent voters are not confident in bidens mental capabilities. 56 say the same about trump. I mean, it is overwhelming in terms of people feeling this way about biden much more than they do about trump. Yet listen to trump this weekend putin has so little respect for obama that he started to throw around the nuclear war terror. You heard that nuclear, the biden border will, well, you know this right . The Biden Border Bill did you just see maduro, venezuela its unbelievable. We are a nation that just recently heard that saudi arabia and russia i will repeat will be reducing and you know, people pull together these clubs, christine, weve all seen them on twitter, you know, to theyre trying to make the point that, oh, look at trump, he stumbles, He Confuses Pelosi and haley, and He Confuses Biden and obama. But why isnt that resonating with voters in the same way that it is with biden on age well, this has been part of nikki haleys message for the last couple of weeks now, is that it is unfathomable that as a country, this is the choice that were gonna be facing. I think the reason its hit biden a little bit harder thus far is that he he has stayed more off the radar most of what americans hear about him are these gaps where for donald trump, theres a lot of well, hes just weird. Well, he just says stuff priced into how people already think about him with that said, i do think that clips like the one you just showed if that begins to at least eliminate some of the advantage trump has over biden on the who is older and more with it question that could be a problem if enough of them accumulate as we get closer to november. And karen, evan osnos just got a rare interview with the president. I wouldnt when youre talking about him appearing more and evan said he did not see much of a difference its in the president physically and he writes in his article for the new yorker that he wrote about this quote, his voice is thin and clotted and his gestures have slowed. But in our conversation, his mind seemed unchanged. He never bungled a name or a date thats an honest assessment, right . I mean, no one wants to hear their voice being clotted and thin, but mine seems on change, never bungling a name or a date. Is that bar high enough for voters . Well, look, i think its going to play itself out over the coming months. I mean, americans are going to have to see that for themselves. But i will say as someone who has had worked for people in evan osnos profile is no joke. And thats it. Those are tough, long interviews so thats for those of us who know that, thats a positive sign. But again, i think its going to be more about the president getting out there and talking to people for folks to see for themselves. I will also say though the amount of coverage of joe biden and his age has far out, matt . Yes. What weve seen about trumps, so i agree it meant we may see that even out, all right. Thank you both very much. I appreciate it. And tomorrow we will have special coverage of the Super Tuesday contest. It starts live at 04 00 eastern with wolf blitzer in me next, ukraine is definitely russia. Those are the words of a top putin ally while standing in front of this map, ukraine is basically swap hello, to hold. It comes as dwindling american support is being felt on the battlefield. Were going to take you live to Eastern Ukraine. Our reporters been embedded with those troops for days. And a Dangerous Alliance china and russia comparing notes on the military capabilities of ai start your day with nature me. The number one farm mrs. 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Most here, they dont have enough shells sometimes they just wont far at all for a whole day. Other days is still v shooting constantly and it is loud on the other side of that hill and its sort of surreal to hear. That sort of noise over there and see this tank unit having a russia, there are visible year, the year so i mean its giving the less mature chablis militia is a little better. We learned they didnt fire a tool that day. All the day before or the next day. The silence here is what losing sounds like. So too is what these soldiers had to say. Easily. And logans of need a shirt found the Dng Still Wanted is a here in him kyiv i. Do know that theres certain units that there here. Are running out of tanks. How angry does it make you . Yeah, im im absolutely off. Theres no point in trying to paint this in any sort of light where its good for us that russia takes ukraine. Thats gonna be very, very, very bad for us geopolitically the near avdiivka, homes that dealt with about ten years of war just up the road. Finally, emptying out. They do as a potential money in the menorah is valid i put on doors texting should do merge to the hurley with so much sure. Drifted down initially you made the skyline is bleak enough as it is but now rumbles with russia advancing ukraine said it would hold steady at three villages near here after it left avdeevka that hasnt happened. All three are now heavily contested at best. And the noise of the russian approach is louder bull lot of women basel really i dont know, doublewide many of go to ms so so much dallas total scheme its good when used will do my knowledge the spotco, its a surely that channels. They said these firing American Rounds in a donated paladin but still less than before we didnt see much in the way of heavy defenses around here. And the worry is was and will be the russia does not stop. It may not be huge and southern enough to make the west pay urgent attention but thats exactly what putin wants anyway now, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying that in february, ukraine has managed to down 15 russian jets and also his defense its intelligence officials suggesting theyve managed to take out a bridge 500 miles inside russia. Thats the changing nature of this war though, because ukraine is showing capabilities, it didnt have at the start of the war, frankly. But still facing relentless russian assaults along a key line of villages. And without holding them back, there is the risk that it begins to look like a sense of inability for them to hold the defensive line. They so clearly stated they wanted when they pulled out of abdivka and thats extremely bad news right now all right. Nic, thank you very much. In Eastern Ukraine tonight. Next, this photo shows former President Trump meeting black voters a look at that picture because theres one problem with it. 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Com, Anderson Cooper 360 next on Cnn Tonight Former President Donald Trump posing with black supporters, except for the picture is not real. The image was generated by Trump Supporters using ai to target black voters. But this picture, and were putting a thing on, so its very clear, its not real, has been viewed more than 1 million times times in an election, already ramping with ai misinformation and misinformation that often comes from us adversaries like russia and china. And tonight our will ripley is reporting how those two countries are cooperating more than ever using ai and this time for military purposes to Nuclear Superpowers forging what some call a Dangerous Alliance that could reshape modern warfare china and russia, long time us rivals meeting in Beijing Strategizing A new battleground. The military use of Artificial Intelligence with discussions the Russian Foreign ministry says, potentially delving into ai powered weapons systems, a top Military Priority of russia, china, and the us. Autonomous submarines and warships fighter jets, and Ground Combat vehicles, even testing swarms of ai powered drones, as shown in this Chinese State media Video Weapons that could deliver increased firepower. Experts say ai could even influence military decision making. And analyzing vast amounts of satellite, radar and online data giving commanders better and faster asked her understanding of the battlefield, President Joe Biden and chinese leader xi jinping, agreeing to hold talks on ai in the spring at their San Francisco summit last year, were going to get our experts together to discuss risk and safety issues associated with Artificial Intelligence the worlds Major Military powers, all investing heavily in ai. The Us State Department warns there are risks and military ai us has to be done responsibly. A warning in the west and the far east from china is opposed to using Ai Advantages undermine the sovereignty of other countries Chinese State media, picking up reports on open ais policy change, potentially allowing cooperation with the us military. The report says, beware of the us militarys collusion with tech giants moscow and beijing conspiracy to asli absent from a Us Led Coalition promoting responsible military use of ai and autonomy, raising questions about their intentions at a critical time. Military experts warn the risk of a major global conflict no longer a distant threat, but a looming crisis, ongoing wars in the middle east. And you ukraine threatening to spill over highly Sensitive Technology moving at lightning speed. Golden rule to china pays close attention to Security Risks posed by Military Applications of Ai Technologies chinas military capabilities, ex