And tensions between them. Also tonight, the president is preparing to address the nation and the many challenges hes facing right now, ill ask a key member of the biden camp what the president needs to accomplish in his state of the Union Address tomorrow night and a terrifying close call for the Ukrainian President , Volodymyr Zelenskyy, or russian missiles striking not far from his convoy and killing five people welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, a urine. The Situation Room tonight the path is clear for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to do battle again an unprecedented and likely very divisive rematch that both of them have been expecting. And Many Americans have made it clear they dont want youre cnns jeff zeleny tonight. The curtain finally goes up on a historic president ial rematch. Joe biden and donald trump emerging from Super Tuesday primaries as the effective nominees of their parties. But there are
room where some of the nation s top-secret missions like the raid on bin laden take place. house republicans opening up their own investigation, calling the events shameful, but national security advisor jake sullivan says there is no need to worry. the situation room is not in use, has not been in use for months, because it s currently under construction. the only people going in and coming out of the sit room in this period are workers getting ready to go. things got super tense in the briefing room. the white house asked point-blank if the cocaine belonged to the biden family. that question did not go over well with press secretary karine jean-pierre. can you see whether or not the cocaine belonged to the biden family or not? avoiding the question, that is not true. we ve answered this question, litigated this question for the last two days exhaustively. the biden family was not here. they were not here. they were at camp david. they were not here friday. they were
michael steele. these are some of the stories we are following today. donald trump s attorney and e. jean carroll s defamation case renewing calls for a mistrial. congressman jim hines is here to discuss the improving biden economy, and we are just 72 hours from primary day in new hampshire where the states could not be higher for republicans in for this country. grab your coffee, settle, and welcome to the weekend. we begin this hour with newly-released video from donald trump s april 2023 deposition and the new york civil trial trial against him and his company. during the interview, trump not only bragged about his finances and his brand, but also claimed his presidency save the planet from a quote, nuclear holocaust. you re too busy for the company? anyway, yeah. i can say, it another way of saying. it i was very busy. i consider this the most important job in the world, saving millions of jobs. i think we would ve had nuclear holocaust if i didn t deal with n
ari melber starts right now. i m glad i let you go because i remember you have your own show to anchor. thank you. our thanks to nicolle wallace and the whole team there doing this cover nl. we continue the breaking coverage of the first ever federal indictment of a former president. today the justice department unsealed an indictment of defendant donald trump of 37 counts. we re covering this historic and unprecedented development with our legal experts who have been pouring over this 44-page indictment since it was first unsealed this afternoon. the nation heard from special counsel jack smith for actually the first time ever today. a prosecutor known for his work and today his actions, indicting the former president after about seven months on the job. and he spoke clearly and concisely about this indictment and national security crimes. today an indictment was unsealed charging donald j. trump with felony violations over national security laws, conspiracy to obstruc
politics comedian bill maher doesn t care if you re democrat or republican. his decades of cross roads of politics and comedy has given him an inside pollical consultants and bookies would die for. all those people who say donald trump could not go all the way i don t think they re right. to this just a few years later. i don t think he s leaving. even if he loses the election in 2020. tonight bill maher looks ahead to 2024 and trump s odds now. do you think he s going to get the nomination and do you think he can beat joe biden? and maher doesn t hold back against president biden or the democrats either. democrats sometimes can take it too far. reporter: he gives us his in filtered take. so you re a connoisseur i think that s fair to say. from realtime to prime time this is a cnn one-on-one special. welcome to cnn special one-on-one with bill maher. bill maher has been a figure in the world of political comedy for more than 40 years and he doesn t seem to care wh