Today were going to tell you about that, and if you cant win, change the rules. That is what republicans are doing to try and sway states in the 2024 election. Im ayman, lets get started. All right, mark your calendars. This week judge Tanya Chutkan set a date for trumps trial. We now know it will be monday march 4th, 2024. If that does sound familiar to you, thats probably because youre familiar with politics and it happens to be just one day before what is perhaps the most important day in any president ial primary season. Super tuesday. On march 5th, Republican Voters in over a dozen states are set to cast ballots for their 2024 pick. In total, youve got about one third of all delegates that will be up for grabs on super tuesday. Thats more than any other day on the primary calendar. Meaning the parties presumptive nominee could very well be decided right then and there, on that day. And since trumps lead over the republicans is growing, that means the disgraced ex president could o
aid into gaza. netanyahu shutting down that request, one of the very latest on why. plus, some new and surprising reporting about the speaker of the house, mike johnson, and why he has never even disclosed any financial information about himself. not even listened to bank accounts on his own disclosure. i ll be joined by the reporter who raise some of these questions about why. and i m gonna bring you part of my conversation with two iranian american filmmakers, we re reclaiming the narrative that how their communities are being portrayed in hollywood. all of a sudden, we saw all of these exhibits, or these plays, or films, it inspired us to really become a part of representing our people. we want to start with the latest on the ground offensive by israel in gaza. happening right now, thousands have gathered in tel aviv to show their support for hostages being held in gaza. we ll keep our eyes on that. meanwhile, israeli troops continue to bomb the region, claiming to hav
indian airlines. air india was bailed out by the air india was bailed out by the government last month. captions by vitac www.vitac.com welcome to cnn newsroom, i m suzanne malveaux. today we are live from aspen, colorado, and beautiful setting talking about the world s most pressing problems. this is the eighth annual aspen ideas festival and leaders and thinking from the united states and the world meet to discuss ideas from policy, politics, science, art, values, culture, and everything. they have a chance to listen, learn and debate. first at the start of the hour, a huge stock market rally. a deal to help struggling banks in europe was welcomed on wall street. european countries agreed to aid the banks without adding to the country s debt. and the nasdaq is higher and the dow up more than 200 points. deadly shooting during a safety briefing in fort bragg in north carolina. one soldier killed and one of the soldiers shot another and then turned a gun on himself.
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a stunning turnd around in south carolina where mitt romney has nearly downed his support in the past month to take a solid lead. in our latest cnn orc poll, 37% of likely voters are now backing romney in south carolina. santorum and gingrich are battling for second and 18% respectly. but santorum is soaring. while gingrich has dropped 25 points. paul has jumped up to 12%. perry has slipped to only 5% in south carolina. jon huntsman stands at 1%. with a look at what s behind romney s south carolina surge, let s go to joe johns. wolf, taking a detour from new hampshire, mitt romney decided to go somewhere he thought he could use some help, hoping a little extra attention to the palmetto state would pay off. looking stronger than expected in south carolina, mitt romney wrapped up his brief swing with a rally in conway. it s a state where the candidate came in fourth in the last presidential primary, but this ti
than 50 cars set ablaze since friday. los angeles police announce arrests. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we re counting down the hours to the first voting of the 2012 presidential campaign. 28 hours to be precise, until iowa republicans gather at more than 1700 locations for their party caucuses and start picking their favorites. candidates have spent millions of dollars, logged many thousands of miles in this long iowa marathon. now it s a sprint. as they dash across the state looking for the last few votes. mitt romney is at the head of the pack trying to hold back ron paul and a hard charging rick santorum. let s go live to cnn joe johns joining us from marion iowa right now with the latest. joe? wolf, mitt romney is pushing across the state traveling hundreds of miles. certainly one of the busiest days of his entire campaign. he is trying to get his supporters to go out and caucus for him. on the final day of campaigning, energy is everything in io