the scene of the church collapse in connecticut. roof and steeple coming down. two congregations coming to this church. a miracle only one person was inside and survived. the school shooter s mother in court. on trial in michigan. tonight her messages about the day they bought the gun from their son and her post when the son went to the range. what prosecutors say they never told the school. their son opened fires hours later. tonight, the border. democrats and republicans in the senateworking to come up with a bipartisan solution. the president has signaled he s willing to compromise. tonight has donald trump told them to stop working on any solution signaling the race for president should come first? here in new york city, meanwhile, trump taking the stand in the civil defamation trial against him. already found liable by a jury. what trump declared today in that courtroom. we re there. tonight former trump white house aid peter navarro sentenced to four months in priso
the new hampshire primary. all three top republican presidential candidates are there and for nikki haley, she says it is about beating former president donald trump. we were focused on desantis in iowa. we re no longer focused on him. it is trump in new hampshire and trump in south carolina. meanwhile, new developments around several of trump s legal issues including his new warning to the supreme court about what could happen if he s left off of more state ballots this election. in washington today, top u.s. and mexican officials are meeting to discuss the humanitarian crisis at the border. we ll talk to denver s mayor who says his city is at a, quote, breaking point. and the brutal and in some cases deadly weather conditions across the country, with at least 95 million people under weather alerts. we begin this very busy hour with a 2024 race for the white house. the republican candidates are entering the final weekend to make their pitches in new hampshire, whic
last des moines register poll a flurry of final campaign events. it s all totally normal, except for the minor detail that the front runner is a four times indicted wannabe dictator. his whites. two of my favorite political experts are standing by as we countdown to tomorrow s iowa caucus. plus, congressman adam schiff here with reaction to trump s wild argument for presidential immunity. also today, the law from neal katyal on the intimidation and harassment facing basically every and later, my day in delaware at biden campaign headquarters. as democrats freak out ahead of the general election, i ll talk to some of the brains behind the biden strategy. well, it s finally here. the first contents of the 2024 election cycle. just about 31 hours from now, caucus goers in iowa brave record cold conditions. i m talking sub-zero temperatures with life-threatening wind chills, the cast their votes for the candidate of their choice. and last night, we ve got our best prediction
piece of stripe gum. the situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. closing arguments just wrapped up in donald trump s new york civil fraud trial. the former president taking his campaign to the courtroom, launching into a rambling speech before being cut off by the judge who urged trump s attorneys to control their client. plus, we re now in the final stretch before iowa decides with the first in the nation caucuses just four days away. nikki haley and ron desantis trying to capitalize on last night s heated cnn debate and close the gap with republican front-runner donald trump. a key haley supporter, new hampshire governor chris sununu joins me live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and let s get straight to the breaking news. donald trump s new york civil fraud trial comes to
indicted, wannabe dictator. his words. two of my favorite political experts are standing by as we countdown to tomorrow s iowa caucuses. plus, congressman adam schiff is here with reaction to trump s wildes argument for presidential immunity. also today, the law firm of weissmann and katyal on the intimidation and harassment facing pretty much every judge and prosecutor involved in the trump trials. and later, my day in delaware at biden campaign headquarters, as democrats freak out outside of the general election the brains of the biden general strategy. well, it s finally here. the first contents of the new 24 election cycle. just about 21 hours from now caucus goers and iowa will break record cold conditions, and sub-zero temperatures with life-threatening wind chills to cast their votes for the candidate of their choice. last night, we got our best prediction of what that might look like. every four years, campaign staff, supporters, and the candidates themselves, wai