at our best, we learn from our past and we look to the future. a nation continuously striving to be a more perfect union. i m here to speak to another truth. it s because of this congregation and the black community of south carolina, and not an exaggeration, jim clyburn, that i stand here today as your president because of all of you. that s a fact, and i owe you. i ve done my best to honor your trust. that means rejecting the small, narrow, cramped view of america as well as lifting up a bigger and broader view of america that holds that, if you do well, i do well, we all do well. when our freedoms are protected, we deny hate is a safe harbor where everyone is a fair shot at a life of dignity and opportunity and where our democracy works for everybody. it benefits everybody. i don t get these guys. everybody does better. even those folks who disagree with us. i m keeping my commitment to you. that s the america we re building together instead of erasing history, we re makin
and countries around the world to address that. post counter isis campaign, you know, the active operations and when isis was defeated in syria, what we ve seen is isis metastasize like afghanistan. this is not only an iraq and syria challenge but a global challenge. you can t wish it away. you have to keep pressure on isto keep from a resurgence. as they demonstrated in 2014, if that is allowed to happen, disastrous consequences. i d like to focus on isis threat in iraq as you said. it s been largely suppressed. the u.s. has been advising and training iraqi security forces in iraq for years now. does the pentagon think that iraqi security forces are able on their own to deal with current situation that is or the threat of isis that has been largely suppressed? that s a question for the iraqi security forces to answer. we re there at the invitation of the iraqi government to help train and advise. we ve been watching this for a long time. the iraqi security forces parti
something rare on capitol hill, bipartisanship. both parties have agreed on numbers to fund the government. but can they pass it before a shutdown ensues later this month? and, florida republicans think they can own the libs by naming a new law after the vice president that mandates which truths teachers can tell in the classrooms. i m charles coleman junior, in for my friend ayman mohyeldi, and we ve got a lot to talk about. let s get started. keep your eyes on donald trump this week, for at least try to. this guy is about to redefine what it is to be on the move. tuesday, his legal team will attempt to dock accountability for trump s role in trying to overturn the election that he clearly lost, as well as for his rhetoric and his inaction surrounding the capitol attack. in federal court, trump s lawyers will try to convince a three judge panel that trump is immune from prosecution. now, this trial was supposed to kick off on march 4th, but is temporarily on hold. th
to ayman. tonight, accountability and donald trump. him and his team are due in court today to sideline his january 6th case by arguing that he s immune from being prosecuted for the decisions he made. also, tonight we found something rare on capitol hill. bipartisanship. both parties have agreed on numbers to fund the government. can they pass it before a shutdown ensues later this month? plus, florida republicans think that they can own the liberals by naming a new law after the vice president that mandates what troops teachers can tell in the classrooms. i m charles coleman junior in for my friend ayman mohyeldin. we have a lot to talk about. let s get started. keep your eyes on donald trump this week. at least try to. this guy is about to redefine what it is to be on the move. tuesday, his legal team will attempt to duck accountability for trump s role in trying to overturn the election that he clearly lost, as well as for his rhetoric and inaction surrounding the
mr. wolf blitzer in the situation room. i ll see you tomorrow. happening now, republican presidential candidates ron desantis and nikki haley are preparing to take questions from iowa voters live here on cnn. we re setting the stage for our back-to-back town halls with donald trump s top gop rivals. i ll speak with chris christie this hour. also tonight, newly released documents reveal that they spent millions of various trump-owned property while he was president. we re following the money trail. isis is now claiming responsibility for a pair of deadly explosion. how this attack could impact wartime tensions in the middle east. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. behind me are live pictures in des moines as they will soon appear in back-to-tack town hall events. let s go to kristin holmes, live from sioux city in iowa. with the caucuses only is 1 days away, what are we hearing from the c