call themselves conservative and will likely dominate his way through the rest of the primaries despite what nikki haley does or does not do. but november 5th, 2024, is not a primary race and a candidate cannot rely on the strength of their base alone, and that is where it is helpful to read between the lines of last night s vote. unlike iowa, which is a lock for the gop, new hampshire s electorate is swingy trump lost moderates to haley, two lost college graduates to haley, and three, lost independents to haley, it is a problem, especially when 68% of independents flat out said they will not vote for him. and 42% of primary voters say they don t think someone convicted of a crime would be fit to be president, if that happens to donald trump. a reminder, for all we talk about the general election, what we really mean is the general election in six specific states. arizona, nevada, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. you see them there. so let us untangle what we k
good morning, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 20th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. we re starting with breaking news out of syria. several people are reportedly dead, after an israeli missile struck a multi-story building in damascus. cnn s ben wedeman is following the story, joining us now from beruit. what can you tell us about what happened? reporter: well, what we know, a few hours ago, there was a large explosion in a district of damascus, an upscale neighborhood where many embassies are located. what we ve seen on social media, there was a huge explosion, massive column of smoke apparently brought down a three-story building. now, syrian state media is saying it was an israeli air strike. cnn has reached out to the israeli military. they have yet to comment on that. but we understand from the news agency, a semi-official iranian news agency, they are quoting the irgc, the islamic revolutionary guard corps
and teachers that have been reaching out in support. and it really meant a lot getting messages from some of the women i went to the academy with saying, thank you for showing the country that we serve beyond our uniform. and that we can lead as women and out of it. and so i m super excited to get to carry all of them with me throughout this entire year. madsison marsh, so many congratulations. i think your name is one we ll be talking about for years. thank you. thank you so much. cnn this morning continues now. roughly half of the iowa caucusgoers that made another choice. there is an appetite for a different leader z. can you make it that long? do you have enough money? we ve never been a racist country. she needs to stop tiptoeing around this shall and needs to call it out. we ve got to get back on to biden, not wasting a lot of time with these two. they won t punch back at him. if you actually want to be a leader, you have to be willing to stand up.
the kids. happy birthday, grandpa. i said great. a got 400 years of proximity. add them all up. a fake 400 years. thank you, darling. that is so nice. it s a wonderful birthday. we are going to make it into the greatest birthday of all. when caught, hillary then deleted and acid wash. nobody does that because of the expense, but it s pretty conclusive. 33,000 e-mails in defiance of a congressional subpoena. they already launch the subpoena. it was there when she decided to delete, acid wash and smash and destroy her sell phones with a hammer. and then they say participated in obstruction? now think of it. that is called obstruction. there has never been obstruction as grave as that. she did this in the face of everything, and yet nobody did anything about it. the fbi and the doj protected her and did not issue subpoenas. they did not use a grand jury and did not execute search warrants. and then the corrupt head of the fbi james comey declared no reasonable prosecutor would b
special edition of the i can gramg gram angle from new york city tonight the second batch of documents tied to jeffrey epstein has just dropped and we are going through it page by page. we will bring you all the details as soon as we can but, first, tomorrow is the big day. biden s first campaign speech of the year. he is heading to valley forge, pennsylvania to do what the associated press describes as deviling into some of the country s darkest moments jacqui, what can we expect from joe biden tomorrow? good evening, judge. president biden s under water approval ratings and voter anxiety about his age have reportedly pushed the campaign to have the 81-year-old president stop competing with himself, where he is losing, and start competing with trump. or as one aide told cnn, quote: it s about when to go full hitler when the leading republican candidate s speeches and actions go so far that the biden team goes all the way to a direct comparison to the nazi leader rather tha