Even as we await the final iowa results. They certainly didnt expect to be in this position with a week less than a week ahead of the New Hampshire primary. Jessica dean is with us. Lets start with mayor Pete Buttigieg and what he is saying about what is really now a very narrow lead. Yeah, thats exactly right. Its a very, very tight, tenth of a percentage point now. Pete buttigieg told his supporters, look, when its all said and done you can expect an incredibly tight race. What did Pete Buttigieg do . He took advantage of the fact there was no for sure narrative or result coming out of iowa so that they were victorious and has really ridden that story line all the way here into New Hampshire. So hes really been able to take advantage of the fact that they were these muddled results coming in that we still dont know on, gosh, thursday now, what those final results are. So hes forging ahead like so many. Like all the 2020 candidates. Iowa has already happened. New hampshire is what com
Reporting that the message may have been run by the administration before he delivered it and this morning the president responding for the first time if you guessed it, in a tweet saying, as president , he could intervene in a criminal case if he wanted to but hasnt and this is key, so far. Cnn crime and justice reporter Shimon Prokupecz joins me. Youve covered the Justice Department for some time. Tell me the view inside the Justice Department of this, and do they find this criticism from barr sincere, heartfelt . Theres a real credibility issue inside the department of justice with the attorney general right now. I think any good lawyer, any good person who works for a prosecutor works on investigations should be skeptical of this. Look what the president just tweeted this morning. This doesnt change anything. So there is a lot of concern. Continued concern within the department of justice whether or not their integrity has been compromised. The attorney general last night, when he
Third among some brand new surprising cnn polls. Happy monday, everyone, im john berman. Im michaela pereira. Those stories and more at this hour. In paris right now, a Fragile Coalition appears to be taking shape against the terror group isis but the threat posed by the sunni militants is so unprecedented that its not at all even certain the world even knows how to deal with it. What we do know right no is that about 40 nations have agreed to take on some sort of limited role. France today began surveillance flights over iraq. Saudi arabia has offered to help train Syrian Rebels and Great Britain says it will help arm Kurdish Forces in iraq. Now, in some quarters, the urgency to do something greatly ramped up over the weekend when isis beheaded its third western hostage, british aid worker david haines. Isis is believed to be holding at least two other americans as well as several other people from other countries as well. Western nations join the fight against isis include canada, it
Im rosemary church. Good to have you back here, rosemary. Hey, everyone, im errol barnett. U. S. President barack obama is now setting up a commission to sudden di the relationship between police and the communities they serve. Attorney general eric holder is promising new guidelines for federal Law Enforcement to help end racial profiling . Yeah, all this comes as there seems no end in sight to the anger over the Police Shooting of an unarmed black teenager in ferguson, missouri. Monday brought protests in cities across the United States and holders announcement that a federal probe continues drew a standing ovation. While the grand jury proceeding in st. Louis county has concluded, i can report this evening that the justice departments investigation into the shooting death of Michael Brown as well as our investigation into allegations of unconstitutional policing patterns or practices by the Ferguson Police Department Remain ongoing and remain active. [ cheers and applause ] and as y
Cnn, the top democrat in the senate, senator harry reid, is throwing his weight behind clinton. Cnns senior political reporter, manu raju just spoke with the senator and he joins us from capitol hill. Manu, this is a big thing. It is. Harry reid becomes the highest ranking democratic official to get behind Hillary Clinton. A sign the leadership that the party can consolidate behind her as she struggles to fend off the surging candidacy from Bernie Sanders. Bernie sanders is a senator but he doesnt have any senator support at this time. 40 senators have publicly expressed their support behind Hillary Clinton. Harry reid becoming the latest and most significant. Had a chance to sit down with him and he told us why he decided to put his weight behind secretary clinton. I think the middleclass would be better served by hillary. I think that my work with her over the years has been something i looked upon with awe and she was the first lady she started the trend toward doing something about