Was a direct fact check to j. D. Vance he did complain that cbs was violating its own rule. It is the top of the hour. Super grateful to have you watching our coverage of the Vice President ial debate. It started as a Slow Burn. Not sure what is happening on the substance, the pace was slower at the beginning and then about midpoint it really took off. And then we had what i think was a almost knock out. He wobbled on guns and then when we got to January 6 He Was out cold. There was stonns, too. I remember that lieberman debate, they were sitting next to each other, it was, we agree on stuff. Some of that vibe. You saw a little bit of this is j. D. Vance that made a lot of friends at yale this is tim walz that won a republican district in difficult times including 2010 when every other democrat got kicked out. You saw an heability i can talk to people who dont agree with me, right . But the thing that really Sort Of like cut it was the democracy question. Walz apologize for it. This is
Im going to turn you over into the trusted hands of one mr. Wolf blitzer, who is in this Situation Room, which just is actually in Philadelphia Today it is Debate Night in america and we are now just a few hours away from what will be an historic President Ial Debate. And the first Facetoface Meeting between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Good evening to all im Erin Burnett im Wolf Blitzer in philadelphia. Welcome to our viewers here in the united states. And around the world. This is a Special Edition of the Situation Room. Erin, the unprecedented Showdown Tonight will be thank you. Place right here in philadelphia. These are brand new pictures were getting right now the Debate Stage former President Trump now making his way to the city of brotherly love. Cnn is learning. He will be joined by two family members, Eric Trump and his wife, lara trump. And wolf. The stakes obviously couldnt be higher. This is a Razortight Race from every single poll. Early
Trump, Dominant On Super Tuesday pulling off. A nearsweeps. Thats could spell the end for his only real primary opponent left in the race. And President Biden, hoping to drive home to key points when he delivers his state of the Union Address, why hes fit for a second term, and why donald trump is not. And nikki haley is still hanging on. But for how long after seeing her hopes all but slip away on super tuesday a live look at the white house right there in front of the washington monument. Theres still not awake there. Can i its 06 00 a. M. Here on the east coast. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. It looks like that november rematch that most americans tell us they dont want. Well, its exactly what were all going to get after Donald Trumps near sweep on super tuesday, trump dominating nearly every race, winning by big margins and state after state and now closing in pretty quickly on the 1,215 delegates. He needs to clinch the nomination they ca
you know, we ve been talking a lot about racism in this country and race relations more broadly. after the fatal police beating of tyre nichols, an unarmed black man, there s been conversations about race, policing and about power and its abuse for years. complicated, of course, by the fact that the five officers charged in nichols death are also black. that s about how we teach about the legacy of race and racism in this country. and why it s become, frankly, so controversial. especially in places like florida, where the republican governor, ron desantis, have been slamming a new a.p. african-american studies course. tonight, the college board is out with changing to the curriculum, raising questions about why they chose to remove certain topics. look at this traffic. for 42 years, not knowing this man was killed right here, from that moment, was never the same. reporter: the man was arthur mcduffie, a black father, beaten to death by white police officers in 1979. the o
officials. only the president and some members of his cabinet have access to them. let s bring in shawn turner, national security analyst and former director of communication for u.s. national intelligence. this reporting is quite interesting. what do you make of the idea that document like this was in a country club for 18 months? yeah, you know, when i saw this first of all, thanks for having me this morning. this really struck a chord with me, the fact that we now know that there were highly classified secret restricted access documents being stored at mar-a-lago, this is a game changer for our national security and risks to our national security. i ve been clear from the start that we need to avoid speculating about the intent with regard to these documents until we had more information about the substance of these documents. but now that we know that we re talking about nuclear defense capabilities for another country, this really raises the bar with regard to that i