Recent polls with former Vice President joe biden at 32 . Then it are Bernie Sanders at 15 , closely followed by senator elizabeth warren. Thomas tyer at 8 and Pete Buttigieg at 6 . Have been pretty consistent over the last couple of months. Why . Guest the former Vice President has had a very durable base of support in South Carolina. He is by far the best known of the candidates. Favorablyed particularly by black voters in South Carolina who make up a majority of the democratic electorate in South Carolina. About 61 in 2016. Because of his association with president obama, probably because he has been coming to South Carolina for many years and has a lot of lengthy relationships here. He has been very popular with that group of folks. It has been very hard for any other candidates to try to chip away at it. They have all been competing for second so far. And his lead has not really diminished. It will be interesting to see whether the results are whether the results in New Hampshire
We also welcome your comments on twitter. Tweet us cspanwj. Down thursday, one of a number of final rulings for the court as they wrap up their current term. This is from the wall street journal on that case, the headline, justices let cross stay on public land. Int is the piece cross maryland, dedicated to 49 servicemen who died during world war i. The wall street journal writes that the Supreme Court voted 72 ,o allow a cross to remain claiming that it holds a secular meaning that comports with the constitutional separation of church and state. Justices in the majority issued six separate opinions, offering different views on the intersection of government and religion following an impassioned dissent from the courts two most liberal members been it drove home the divide between conservatives and liberals and within the courts ideological wings. The point of our question this morning, whether you support or oppose the decision, here is what the usa today writes. They are saying the q
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
Taliban and the United States. Nic, we have to enter ript y interrupt you here. Lets listen to secretary of state mike pompeo. Thank you to qatar in the valuable hole as hosts for these historic talks. The support of you mr. Foreign minister, in support of both sides in helping to reach this momentous day. The United States and taliban have endured decades of hostility and mistrust. Previous talks have faltered. This effort only became real for the United States when the taliban signaled interest in pursuing peace and ending their relationship with al qaeda and other foreign terrorist groups. They also recognized that military victory was impossible. I then asked embassy khalilzad to serve as our negotiator to gauge the talibans sincerity. The agreement that we will sign today is the true test of this effort. We will closely watch the talibans compliance with their commitments and calibrate the pace of our withdrawal to their actions. This is how we will ensure that afghanistan never a
Asked to close for a month, starting monday. In iran, a religious tradition, friday prayers, brought to a screeching halt. This after the virus has killed more than 30 people there. Saudi arabia is now barring people from taking pilgrimages to mecca and medina. Millions of people go to islams holiest sites. In italy, authorities coy ies c off areas where tens of thousands of people live. A free fall continuing on wall street, the dow, a fifth straight day of declines, down almost another thousand points today. It is remarkable as you watch the numbers. Earlier the futures were pointing to a much smaller drop. Things can turn on a dime there. Lets look at the hard facts. The World Health Organization is giving an update on the situation now. Were going to monitor that. Were going to bring you all the news and all the advice you can use as we get it. Lets begin with Cnn International correspondent frederik pleitgen. Youre in europe. You also cover iran a lot. Look at the whole region if