autobiography to orphans. who paying my student loans. i was recently looking at that famous jfk inauguration speech. ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. i great line, right? [ applause ] really, a gutsy line for a politician. think about it. it s his first day in the office. he says my fellow americans, don t look at me. you want something done, do it yourself. that is refreshing isn t it? that s what i want to hear more of. from now on, when i m looking at candidates, i only have one thing on my wish list. give me this one thing and all the other things fall in place. give me freedom. it s sad that we have to say that. it supposed to be a given. remember the constitution? the first amendment is all about freedom. there s a reason the founding fathers put it first. thanks all the while of white guys. [ applause ] the bureaucrats in charge said freedom is great. it would have to wait. we re in a climate crisis. we re in a health
situation room. happening now, breaking news, the first deaths are reported from a powerful earthquake that flattened homes and unleashed a wall of water in japan. stand by for new images and information on the massive 7.5 quake and its aftermath. also this hour, at a critical moment in israel s fight against hamas, the nation s high court striking down a key part of a controversial government plan to limit the power of the judiciary. the unprecedented decision now threatening to fan par time tensions and division. plus, 2024 is here. the first presidential votes are now just two weeks away. we ll get the lay of the political landscape as donald trump s rivals battle to be the last republican standing in his way to the nomination. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and this is the situation room special report. we begin with breaking news. the earthquake disaster in japan turning deadly. at
but from early morning, people in and around the russian capital did report hearing explosions. i heard them too. at home, my windows shook from the force of the blasts. russia s defence ministry accused ukraine of carrying out the attack, but said that russia s military had downed all the drones. ukraine has denied having anything to do with this. president putin clearly doesn t believe that. translation: the kyiv regime has chosen the path of scaring l russia and russian citizens by launching strikes on residential buildings. this is a clear sign of its terrorist activity. as they flew towards moscow, the drones sparked disbelief. look at that , the man says. it s right above our house! one of the drones crashed into a high rise apartment block. another flew into this residential building. here is part of it on the ground. the explosives failed to detonate. the area was cordoned off and emergency services removed it. among the local residents, the sense of shock is palpa
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unprecedented decision to kick him off the 2024 ballot. justices there now reportedly facing violent threats in the wake of the historic decision. israel ramping up operations in gaza. the u.s. increases pressure on its ally to lower the intensity of the war. a key meeting between a close confidante of netanyahu and white house officials just wrapping. amid an unprecedented surge of migrants at the southern border, cities as far north as new york are scrambling to contain the crisis. populations in shelters there are exploding. we will talk to someone who is at the center of the battle to provide shelter. kaitlan collins is off tonight. i m brianna keilar. this is the source. any time now donald trump could appeal to the united states supreme court after colorado s supreme court disqualified him from the 2024 ballot one week ago. that decision cited the clause of the 14th amendment that bars insurrectionists from holding office, ruling trump participated in the attack