Four dozen hostages released by isis, all of them turkish, no ransom was paid and no conditions were accepted in return for their release. Were going to talk about that. Plus, the president s plan to arm and train moderate islamic rebels in syria. Passed the big test in congress this week in a vote that scrambled party lines and created bipartisan alliances like you have never seen before. We begin this morning with nfl commissioner Roger Goodell breaking his silence with the First Press Conference Surveillance Video punching his wife in an elevator surfaced last week. Adrian peterson was indicted after beating his son with a switch and goodells first appearance, these were the very first public words since all of these controversies erupted. I said this before, back in august 28th and say it again now, i got it wrong in the handle of the ray rice matter. Im sorry for that. I got it wrong on a number of levels, from the process that i led, to the decision that i reached. But now, i wil
At the Tactics Police use against minorities as one lawmaker visits the site of eric garners death and meets his mother. He joins us live this hour and well talk about their emotional exchange. Hollywood cyber attack. We have new details of the unprecedented breakin that revealed personal and embarrassing information about some of hollywoods biggest stars. Sources tell cnn there is a new clue pointing directly to north korea and the kim jongun regime. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news this hour and sources telling cnn a notorious terrorist bombmaker initially thought to have been killed in a u. S. Airstrike is, in fact, alive. That news comes hours after the release of a new isis video containing new horrors and brutality and as militant websites are now calling for retaliation in the wake of the Senate Report detailing cia interrogation of terror suspects. Were covering all of this and a lot more this hour with our
Millions of dollars today. But can he win africanamericans by reaching out to civil rights leaders like al sharpton . Well see why some notable members of the black community are switching their votes. Whats next in this incredible race after a 22point loss to Bernie Sanders last night, Hillary Clinton hopes for a better showing in nevada on saturday february 20th. And then they face off in South Carolina the following week. On the republican side the gop primary in South Carolina is next weekend on the 20th, and then they go to nevada. Its tuesday february 23rd. And both sides look ahead to the big kahuna, thats super tuesday, march 1st, when 16 primaries and caucuses are held. In the gop race the big focus is now on South Carolina. Joining me now, hugh hewitt, host the hugh hewitt show. Happy monday, sir. Lets play your last prediction monday night before the New Hampshire primary. So your prediction, you said, is donald trum s p. Trump, kasich, rubio. All right. You were pretty clos
See weather making things worse . Table too far. President obama pardons two turkeys in a Longtime White House tradition. These birds, named tater and tot, bound for a wonderful lot at virginia tech. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and and around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. We are following breaking news tonight. President elect donald trump is adding the first women to his cabinet. Hes named South Carolina governor nikki haley to be u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Her selection is notable not only because she lacks Foreign Policy experience, but because she supported marco rubio during the primary campaign and was very critical of donald trump. At one point he attacked her on twitter saying that South Carolina was embarrassed by haley. Trump named betsy devos as education secretary. She promoted common core standardized testing. She now says shes not a supporter of common core. And w
In Police Custody in an area hospital right now. There are so many questions about who the gunman is and why he did this. Also, we are hearing stories of heroism and bravery on the part of Capitol Police and the First Responders who showed up on the scene in what is obviously would have been a chaotic and terrifying unfolding situation. We were doing batting practice and im on the third base side of home plate and i hear this bang, and i look over toward the third base dugout and on the other side of it is the cinder block dugout and i see what appears to be a rifle and a quick succession of shots. At first when i first heard the first pop ring out i thought it was a gun. I didnt know it was a gun, but within a matter of 30 seconds it was a barrage of bullets flying everywhere. As you can hear them going by, you can hear them skimming off the gravel and hitting the fence and after a couple of shots i realize there are trash cans right there and let me get behind them and then just layi