Baghdad. the defense official tells cnn that the member of the iranian proxy group with, quote, u.s. blood on its hands was targeted. cnn chief national security correspondent, alex marquardt, joins us now. alex, first break down this claim from i.s.i.s. that they are responsible for the twin blasts in iran. hi boris and breonna. after this attack happened yesterday, u.s. officials had told us that it had all the hallmarks of an i.s.i.s. attack, in terms of how it was carried out with the explosives and the high civilian death toll. now we have this claim of responsibility by i.s.i.s.. they say it was carried out by two suicide bombers using suicide vests. in fact, they say the bombers were brothers themselves. the statement by i.s.i.s., this claim saying that it was directed at what they called polytheists near the grave of their dead leader, qassem soleimani, of course iran s most powerful military leader. it was the fourth anniversary
i have to deal with it. reporter: it is scary that you can t go when you need to go? it s very scary. i have a 17-year-old. am i being a terrible mom because if this continues on and the worst happens, and i die, is that, you know, how is that helping my son. reporter: in june, irena will go back to work singing for seniors. hoping that some day she ll be able to pay off her pile of covid-19 medical bills. elizabeth cohen, cnn reporting. thanks to elizabeth cohen for that report. look, the indy 500 runs today. our coy wire is there live. coy? hi boris, we are here at indianapolis motor speedway, there was a vaccination site, 90,000 people have been vaccinated. today, more than 100,000 fans expected to come back to see the
A lengthy court battle with lawmakers of the constitutional powers. and we have boris foreman with us from bard college here in berlin he s an expert on american politics hi boris thank you for joining us so lawmakers have avoided a shutdown for now but president trump is that threatening to declare a state of emergency to get the money that he wants for his wall so does that mean that his wall is going to be built well it s going to take a long time either way if he s going to actually invoke the emergency powers probably is going to face court battles which will drag out the process there s in all likelihood going to be a resolution at least by the hosts if there s a joint resolution with the with the senate some g.o.p. members would have to would have to back a democratic proposal which is unlikely in a very polarized. context so he could veto it so it s a lot of insider ping-pong but overall yes you could you could build his wall and it s a question of time but there s obviously a
House of representatives where it also easily passed the bill will now go to the white house for president trump to sign it off on friday. house speaker nancy pelosi warned that any attempt by trump to sidestep congress could have major implications for the future everyone a democratic president can do that democratic committee president can declare emergencies as well so the precedent that the president is setting here is something that should be met with great unease and dismay. while lawmakers showed a willingness to cooperate on keeping the government running they remain deeply divided on a border wall and any executive order to fund it is almost certain to land trump in a lengthy court battle with lawmakers of the constitutional powers. and we have boris foreman with us from bard college here in berlin he s an expert on american politics hi boris thank you for joining us so lawmakers have avoided a shutdown for now but president trump is that threatening to declare