Urgent arms drop to Syrian Rebels president obama is taking more heat over his policy. Im wolf blitzer in las vegas. Youre in the situation room. The excitement is building here in las vegas ased clock counts down to the first democratic president ial debate on cnn. The stakes are huge. Hillary clinton is the favorite in the democratic campaign, but her four rivals led by senator Bernie Sanders may have some surprises in store when they play their cards in the debate. Clinton may be building a lucky streak. Two new cnn orc polls show that she has sizable leads in key states, the key states of nevada where we are, as well as South Carolina. Theres a new wild card in the president ial running, that would be the Vice President joe biden the noncandidate. He outpolls sanders in South Carolina. President obamas record may be a big factor in the debate as he struggles to defend his National Security policies. Isis is being blamed on a massacre to an ally capital. The u. S. Fight against isis
Slowing a Bernie Sanders surge. A new cnn orc poll shows her besting sanders by 16 points. The spread is even bigger in South Carolina. Clinton leads sanders by 31 points and the vermont senator sees opportunity. I dont get into personal attacks, you know that but differences of opinion should be discussed. Thats what that election is about. Sunday on nbc sanders tried out a main debating point, clinton is late to positions he supported like her opposition to a trade deal she backed as secretary of state. People have to contrast my consistency and willingness to stand up to washington corporations, big corporations. Sanders trails clinton nationally in the polls but his lead in the all important first primary state of New Hampshire makes him tough competition. In 2008 she came from behind to win the New Hampshire primary after this moment went viral. I dont want to see us go backwar backwards. When it was over, i just felt drained. I didnt feel anything other than that. I didnt realize
Landed their rocket engine on a ship. The single best thing about the footage is how nuts they go over the fact they did it. Weve got that ahead tonight. And some interesting rock n roll news tonight. And political news for a real underdog in republican politics. Weve also got some unexpected Democratic Political news tonight thats actually making a lot of democrats across the country really happy, really relieved, including some news that comes from the jane sanders sbroou on this show tonight. As i said, lots going on, lots ahead tonight. It is really nice to have you here. But we start tonight with news that has what i consider to be, um, a grand canyon effect. Ever been to the grand canyon . Everybody says its awesome, right . Everybody says, its amazing, itll blow your mind. Youve seen pictures of the grand canyon like these pictures. Its very pretty and very impressive. Heres the thing about the grand canyon. No matter how much youve heard about how great it is. No matter how pre
Confirmed she will not gavel in the convention under pressure from others in the party because it might have caused quite a scene. This is what it locked like at breakfast when she was booed and heckled off the stage. You have been talking to your sources. What are you hearing about that . They were hearing from their delegates in the various delegations all through this arena here. Tes a message that they will be shouting and jeering. Some said there would be a booing fest until she left the stage. That word got through to the Clinton Campaign to Democratic Leaders and others at the top of the committee and pressure really built. There was not another alternative. So as we first reported here on msnbc, there were talks that were underway between the party leaders, Clinton Campaign as well as Debbie Wasserman shultz herself. Thick and thin, trying to bring donors along, trying to get the message along. What a devastating blow to her personally and professionally to lose the gavel. When
The reddit user posted an apology after cnn identified and tried to contact him. On he apologized for some of his other posts that were racist and antisemitic. Cnn is not publishing the users name because of his apology, hin removal of all the offensive posts, and his pledge not to repeat this behavior on social media. Tucker there is a lot to unpack here. First, one of the biggest News Organizations in the world spend a ton of money and a ton of time trying to find out who made this video. You probably do not care who made it because why would you care . Some guy on the internet is not that important. But cnn felt it was vital. Why did they feel that way . Because in politics, all of this dissent merits a response, evens if it was a joke. Whatever it takes to beat your opponent, in this case, trump, is worth doing. This is Oppo Research opposing as journalism. Then there is this guy, his name, cnn is keeping it secret. . Where are they doing that . You just heard them explain, because