His son passed away. Cnns evan perez, he read that transcript. Hes joining us now. Evan talked to us more about what you saw on this transcript and what it shows you know, that that episode that interaction between rob hur and the president is the one one that really made all the headlines from that 388 page report. There was released a few weeks ago and what we got to see from looking at this transcript is a bit of the context of how this came to be. And so what we know is that there was a discussion between the president and the interview youre worried about where he kept papers that he was working on when he left the Vice Presidency. And as he was trying to melt and he was mulling his future, including any political future sure and he is the one that brings up. He says a timeframe is 2,017. 20, 18. And then ill read you just a part of what he says. He says, remember, in this timeframe, my son is either deployed or die. Again, hes the one that brings up beau biden, and then he says,
Phone call. Perfect call perfect, cool. Its congenial we will of course, bring you those Supreme Court arguments on april 25th and dont forget your light jacket. The news continues right now on cnn happening, now, its game on in the historic biden trump rematch. After the Super Tuesday the results persuade nikki haley to exit the republican race. Were tracking the fight for her supporters and the strategies on both sides. On this, the eve of the president s critical state of the Union Address also tonight, a big Super Tuesday winter joins us live democratic congressman adam schiff of california will weigh in on the next phase of his costly barky campaign for the us senate and the broader stakes of the 2024 election and well also get a firsthand account of the deadly russian attack near the convoy of ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Zelenskyy National Security adviser, who was there, joins us live this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world
thanks, jesse. jesse: see ya. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. following two major stories president trump has filed appeal with the colorado supreme court with the decision to keep his name off the primary ballot. we will have that plus analysis with brit hume and shannon bream in just moments. but we begin with the crisis at the southern border. more than 50 house republicans are in eagle pass, texas tonight meeting with border officials. getting a first-hand look at the migrant crisis that is forcing the biden administration to go on the offense. the white house placing blame on the house g.o.p. saying members are obstructing progress, even as president biden faces mounting criticism from democrats. correspondent bill melugin starts us off tonight in eagle pass, texas again. good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. today s congressional delegation was the largest one to ever visit the southern border. and these house republicans came here after decembe
translator: we will have our victory. reporter: volodymyr zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with cnn on the battle for it. republican scepticism about spending more. i said no blank checks. reporter: what president biden told him in the war zone. and his plea for american war planes. are u.s. fighter jets the weapon that will make or break a ukrainian victory? a cnn prime time special. the interview starts right now . good evening. i m wolf blitzer. at this very moment, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy and his country are facing a critical time in the invasion. now in its second year. for the first time in eight months, the russians could, could be on the cusp of capturing a ukrainian city, bakhumt. the sight of the bloodiest battle of the war. a warning that bakhmut may fall in the coming days. ukrainian s military claims to be holding off putin s army around the city saying they killed more than 100 russian soldiers in a 24-hour period. they also ackn
need to be a higher cost? they re not going to stop. this comes as proxy forces launched ten rockets in northeast syria earlier today. those attacks came from president biden ordered a series of retaliation strikes in response to a suspected iranian drone that killed a u.s. contractor and wounded six americans on thursday. all the breaking news in the past few minutes. our jennifer griffin following the late development from the pentagon. good evening, jen. reporter: tonight iranian forces fired more missiles based in eastern syria, near the oil fields. additional, u.s. forces received entries. we learned some may be serious and the pentagon is assessing its response. the u.s. does not seek conflict with iran but is prepared to respond forcefully to respect u.s. personnel. reporter: the iranian drone carried out an attack on a maintenance facility at a u.s. base shared with the kurdish defense forces in northeast syria, midday on thursday. a u.s. contractor was kill