That they had a u. S. Navy Surveillance Aircraft with three dozen crew members on board in their sights who also did not take the shot. The pentagon is confirming to cnn that the plane was in the area when the drone was shot down. But they say that like the drone, it was in International Airspace at the time. We have a team covering the story starting with cnn washington correspondent joe johnson, live they white house. Joe, remarkable for a president to tweet out that he was minutes away from military action and his exactly reasoning and the exact intelligence he got about how many iranian lives were at risk. Reporter absolutely. And thats just the start of it. What we have here, if you look at it from a the 30,000foot view is a potentially Pivotal Moment in this trump administration, the president facing the choice of whether after the shooting down of the United States drone, to escalate into potential conflict with iran, he decides at the last moment or in the last ten minutes not
I need to hear it. Im not being selfish. I just want to be informed on what the policy is. Please let me hear his answer. On the policy, i will tell you specifically i spoke to i dont want to say the two doctors names i spoke to. They will hopefully come forward somewhere in the future, had talked about and what its called and this is blunt, its called load and go. As quick as we can get somebody within that golden hour to the operating room, not just the e. R. , to the operating room is the mostly optimal time we can to save somebodys life. I dont know if those are the exact circumstances that happened sunday. When will you know so that you can inform us . Yes, maam. When will you know so you can inform us . Is that investigation still ongoing . Everything is still with the prosecutors. Any video, any body camera, and there may be body camera, incar video, all the things that happened out there. Maybe not one specific officer, but all the officers that responded out there. I look forw
Participating and mayor Pete Buttigieg is also joining in a march starting at any moment there in South Carolina. And then up next in the palmetto state the black Economic Alliance forum where the kinds hope to make their pitch to black voters. Lets check in with cnns senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny. This is extremely important. What messages do you think the candidates are focusing on delivering today . Reporter well good morning. No question South Carolina the first in the south primary at the end of next february is critical to all of these candidates, certainly to send them on their way when the primaries start happening across the country. But right now several of these candidates are introducing themselves to voters particularly but, beto orourke, cory booker, Elizabeth Warren, coming as well trying to make their case. They are making an economic argument as well. You said this morning that senator booker and beto orourke were joining striking workers, a mcdonts strik
By attacking each other. Biden has already taken fire in the past month for showing personal warmth to other people thats not allowed, for not loving abortion enough, and for caucusing with fellow democrats 45 years ago. How does he get back in the good graces of voters in by saying lunatic things. Biden claimed that trumps election was tail amount to a political assassination. I think donald trump may have reawakened sensibilities in this country to say, whoa. Maybe we can do this now. Just like our generation is awakened when dr. King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. A whole generation said im back in now. Sitting across from the democrats moral leader, alstarton. But bidens we could was better than some candidates. To break it all down, were join by independent womens lisa boot, who has been covering the scramble for the democratic nomination. Hey, tucker. Tucker goes to see you so how was it, pete bull judging. Were getting reports back from the United States that pete by the j
Senator Bernie Sanders dropping from second to fourth place, and mayor pete blue judge remaining stagnant. There is a big sign of trouble for the south bend mayor as he gets a 0 with africanamerican voters in this poll. He was and i were talking about that today. I m asked how im going to her in the black vote in the polls. Ten times more often than i am asked how my policies would actually benefit black americans. Its as if im being asked more about how to win them out to deserve to win. Dagen Melissa Peter doocy live in iowa following several candidates campaigning the state today. Pete . Melissa, a few days after mayor pete admitted before 18 million debate watchers that the south Bend Police Department is not more diverse because he couldnt get that done, he is in chicago now trying to explain himself to civil rights activists. Looks, when you are new on the scene and you are not from a community of color, youve got to work much harder in order to earn that trust. Because trust is