Collects could provide clues about the origins of the earth and our solar system. Our correspondent, Fred Pleitgen, is over at Mission Control in germany. Also joining us, the former u. S. Astronaut ken bauersox. Fred, why is this such an important moment for them over there at Mission Control . Reporter because theyve been waiting, some of them 20 years for this. This has been traveling through the air or ten years to make it to this point. So i have a replica here of the comet that it landed on. This is a replica of the philae lander. Its about here on this comet. I also have a guest with me right now. Hes a flight dynamics engineer for the European Space agency. First of all, i have to ask you, how excited are you . Im excited, elated. Im happy. Literally had tears in my eyes. Im overwhelmed. Reporter tell me about the status of the lander right now, because it was supposed to fire off harpoons to pull itself onto the comet. Those didnt fire. Whats the status now . We know that the
Now. The long awaited announcement from joe biden could come thkt. This weekend. The u. S. Vice president is expected to make a decision within three days. There is still no word on that what decision will be but joe biden has made it clear his family is on board for a third run for the white house. Jim acosta from washington. Reporter Hillary Clinton looked like she was test driving running mates. I love being la hillary. Reporter earlier in the day at the Hispanic Chamber of commerce, clinton accused republicans of parroting donald trump. They all to a degree or so sound like him. They just dont have the pizzazz and the hair. Reporter her campaign is hammering comments on republican congressman richard hanna, two weeks after Kevin Mccarthy seemed to suggest that the Committee Investigating benghazi was designed to hurt clinton. I think it was designed to go after an individual, Hillary Clinton. The Clinton Campaign fired back saying the Benghazi Committee has zero credibility left. B
Violence thats included stabbing attacks on civilians. Is this the beginning of another crisis in the middle east . Ill ask the former president ial envoy expert on the region dennis ross. Capitol drama. House republicans bitterly divided as they try to find a new speaker. A favorite ruled out a bid now reconsidering under enormous pressure as conservative and Establishment Republicans battle it out. How it all will impact everything from your paycheck to your health care. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Critics called it too little too late. Now the pentagon is admitting its program to train and equip moderate Syrian Rebels to fight isis is simply not working with millions of dollars already spent and only a handful of rebels battle ready, the u. S. Military has now decided to suspend the program in a significant setback to u. S. Efforts to fight isis. Were also following a huge setback for irans fight against isis and its effort to support the syrian president Bashar Al
Hes been doing well in the polls in places like New Hampshire. Its somebody shell have to worry about for the foreseeable future. Former maryland governor, martin omall omalley, Lincoln Chafee and jim webb. The xfactor in all of this is joe biden. The Vice President is said to have been up in delaware over the weekend trying to determine whether or not he wants to run for president. No ig doeses have been made, according to his spokespeople. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said on state of the union yesterday, if he decides to fly in at the last minute, hell be more than welcome. He has been carefully considering whether he wants to run for president of the United States and, of course, in the democratic primary we would always have room and welcome the sitting Vice President. Now, just to run down where things stand right now in the latest polls, we have new polling from cnn orc in terms of where the race stands at this point. And the first poll we want to show you, which candidate has the b
We begin in tianjin, china, where the grim numbers are rising. Is 12 112 people are now dead in last weeks devastating chemical explosion. Government officials fear the numbers will go up. They are combing the debris for any survivors. Miraculously, a 56yearold man was rescued earlier. He was found barely conscious and rushed to the hospital, reported in critical condition. Our will ripley is live for us in tianjin. Weve seen the aerial shots of this of the scope for this. You are up close and right there in the thick of things. Whats the latest . Reporter thats right, natalie. You can look at all of the destruction but behind a lot of this devastation are thousands of people who are going through a very difficult time right now. One of them is this man who i met just a short time ago and he gave me a tour of his building, it was a condo. He and his wife and her parents and his parents have been saving up for years so that they could have a home together. This newlywed couple and you s