senior political correspondent brianna keilar has the latest. >> reporter: hillary clinton heads to ohio for support of the iran deal in washington. clinton said the u.s. should seize the chance to block iran from obtaining a nuclear weapons and ripping up the deal is unrealistic and dangerous. clinton emphasized her skepticism saying her motto would be distrust, but verify and they would not hesitate to use military force to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. she showed flashes of humor in the speech as they look to turn around her sliding poll numbers. she is laughing off a coughing fit as she delivered a jab. >> i apologize for my voice. suffering under massive allergy

we have cnn's brianna keilar with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine.illary clinton heads to ohio today after laying out her support for the president's iran deal in washington. clinton said the u.s. should seize the chance to block iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. and ripping up the deal is unrealistic and dangerous. clinton did emphasize her skepticism about iran's intention saying her motto would be distrust and verify. she would not back down from using military force if necessary. she used humor in the speech as they look to turn around her sliding poll numbers. she is laughing off a coughing fit. >> i apologize my voice. suffering under massive allergy assault. yes, the republican histamines are everywhere. >> reporter: in columbus, clinton is expected to talk about women and families. john and christine. >> brianna keilar, thank you. >>> uncomfortable moments for hillary clinton and campaign. a former aide who handled her private e-mail server has been called to the benghazi committee. bryan pagliano will invoke his fifth amendment right. >>

senior political correspondent brianna keilar with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, john. as candidates fanned out across key states, it was vice president joe biden in pittsburgh who gave a fiery speech to union members with populous undertones. he talked about how college should be free. he railed against trust fund babies and what sounded suspiciously like a stump speech. >> i'm mad. i'm angry. how many people in your own neighborhoods? how many people in your own neighborhoods are in trouble? can look their kids in the eye and say, honey, it's going to be okay. it's going to be okay. not enough. because the level playing field doesn't exist. >> reporter: mr. vice president, sounds like you have a rationale for running. >> i'll run part of the parade. >> reporter: he really did. he was jogging across the parade route talking to parade goers. some told him he should run and some said he should beat hillary clinton in iowa trying to shore up support there saying she had the policies and tenacity and vision to make her candidacy a successful one. bernie sanders was in new

let's get more from correspondent brianna keilar in little rock. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. hillary clinton made visits to louisiana and arkansas to tout changes she wants to make to obamacare. a way to differentiate herself from others that want to repeal the law and differ herself from obama. she will talk in more detail about the policy prescriptions. on the trip through the south, she slammed republicans who want to get rid of the law all together. >> i was proud to be part of the obama administration when he signed the affordable care act into law. i called him. i was going on one of those foreign trips i had to go on as secretary of state. i was excited and i called him and said boy, mr. president, thank you for getting health care passed to help everybody in america. think about it. they all see it. repeal it. get rid of it. why would you repeal something that is working. >> reporter: hillary clinton may be breathing a cautious side of relief. 42% nationally. bernie sanders at 24%. biden at 22%. she has widened her lead there. biden is undecided whether he

. >>> joining us are brianna keilar, and gloria borger., trump has largely avoid ed the specifics in the case, and now he is coming up with the specifics on what is his largest issue, the economy, and how is that going to play? >> well with, it is going to be playing fine for him, and there is not a lot of surprises for him. he wants to cut taxes, and he also want ts to take on wall street. and that is what this is goinging to do, cuts out the loopholes for hedge manager, and he continues to call them that, and the big concern whether you a republican or a democrat is if it is revenue-neutral or end up costing the american taxpayers money, and trump says, no it won't, and growing the economy. and wolf, this is a little bit like jeb bush's tax plan, and so those two guys may have a lot more in common than they once thoug thought. >> thank you, briana, i want to get your thoughts on the new poll. and ben carson is one point behind donald trump, and there is also significant gains for carly fiorina, and marco rubio, but the dead heat of carso

let's bring in brianna keilar. brianna, one poll of course does not a campaign make, but clinton's campaign has got to be relieved by these new numbers out today going in the right direction for them. >> reporter: yeah, jake. i would say they're cautiously relieved. the hope of the campaign being that her recent apology for her use of a personal e-mail address and server while secretary of state would stem those dips in the polls that she's seen recently. but you're right, this really is just one welcome data point. as hillary clinton travels today to louisiana and here to arkansas as she rails against republicans who want to repeal obamacare. today in baton rouge hillary clinton hit the campaign trail. she's buoyed by a new cnn/orc poll that shows she's opening her lead in the democratic field. she stands at 42% nationally with bernie sanders at 24, and joe biden still mulling a run at 22%. it's good news for clinton after months of sliding poll numbers as sanders and his passionate following have zapped away suppo

i am brianna keilar.n room." >>> tonight, more than 400 local, state and federal officers are hunting for three suspected cop killers. the manhunt has been under way for more than a day now after an officer north of chicago radioed he was chasing three suspicious men on foot. the officer's body was discovered later. police admit the suspects may have left the town and even the state. investigators are concentrating on a 17 minute time line, looking through surveillance video from the area. our correspondents and experts have been working sources on the story all day, and all of the other developing news that we are following. we want to begin with cnn national correspondent ryan young. he is in fox lake, illinois. give us the latest. >> reporter: we're outside the police department, that 17 minute time line will be important as they start to analyze the video they're going through. the surveillance video we talked to several store owners about yesterday. you can see the outpouring from the community here,

we have cnn's brianna keilar with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. hillary clinton heads to ohio today after laying out support for the president's iran deal in washington. clinton said the u.s. should seize the chance to block iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and ripping up the deal is unrealistic and dangerous. clinton emphasized her skepticism saying her motto would be distrust, but verify. she would not hesitate to use military force to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. she showed flashes of rumor in the speech. something her advisers urged her to do as they try to turn around her falling poll numbers. here she is laughing off a coughing fit. >> i apologize my voice. suffering under massive allergy assault. yes, republican histiamines are everywhere. >> reporter: clinton is expected to talk about women and families today. christine. >>> thank you. hillary clinton and her campaign. a former aide who handled her server for the e-mail will testify before the benghazi hearing. bryan pagliano will testify and invoke his fifth amendment

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brianna keilar is in pittsburgh with the vice president. biden is perceived an more likable in the latest polls. that's not all. he runs better than december bush of course he's not a candidate yesterday, so no one is attacking him yet. >> reporter: he's in and out under the glaring political spotlight yet, but certainly toying with reporters and getting a lot of encouragement from supporters here in pittsburgh along in labor day route. you see in iowa that is trump -- donald trump beats hillary clinton, but joe biden beats donald trump, and then just generally speaking, in the two early contest states joe biden does just better than hillary clinton. he fielded questions and had a lot of different answers about whether or not he's going to be running. listen to this. >> nobody to stand between us and the major -- no, no. you have to talk to my wife about that. i've got to talk to my wife about that. >> reporter: and jake, i asked him after what was really a remarkable speech, pretty much because it really contrasted to his somber speech las

. >>> i'm brianna keilar and you're watching breaking news on cnn.e monitoring a community not far outside of chicago. this is fox lake, illinois, where searches are currently under way for three suspects involved, authorities believe, in the killing of a police officer there this morning. we should mention -- and the reason this is moments ago -- this is on a considerable delay that we are running this video of sthooerjzthese searches. we don't want to interfere with operations as they conduct them by air and on foot. we're seeing police officers go door to door. we know canine units are involved. we have seen officers in these pictures that we've looked at with guns drawn patrolling train tracks that are adjacent to homes in this area in this residential community of 10,000 people about an hour outside of chicago. you can see in this video there are police officers hanging outside, sitting on the edge of this helicopter as the wind coming from the rotors is parting the grass. obviously they're trying to make sure suspects are not concealed in that

i'm brianna keilar.in "the situation room." >>> tonight, a widening mystery after the death of a veteran police officer and a massive manhunt that led nowhere. authorities in fox lake, illinois, now say several videos have surfaced in the search for three possible suspects. they're also revealing the officer's gun was found next to his body but they won't say if that weapon caused his death. it's one of many unanswered questions and law enforcement veterans say they're baffled by the handling of this investigation. >>> donald trump lashing out at a conservative radio host accusing him of asking gotcha questions. trump was unfamiliar with the leaders of terrorist groups and he stumbled on some other foreign policy matters. this is new video from new york 1 showing trump's bodyguard apparently ripping a protester's sign and reportedly hitting the man in the face. we have correspondents, analysts and newsmakers standing by to cover all of the news that is breaking now. first we want to go to cnn's rosa flor

brianna keilar is "outfront" tonight. remarkable turn around for clinton. >> it is but the drip, drip, drip release has been killing her campaign's attempts to cut through with a message that really resonates with voters clinton is trying to put the issue behind her by finally after months of resistant very directly saying she's sorry. hillary clinton's number haves taken a dive down ten points nationwide as she tries to turn a corner. tonight for the first time, she directly apologized for her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state telling abc news. >> that was a hmistake. i'm sorry about that. >> according to the new york times, aids are crafting a strategy for her to show more spontaneity, heart and humor. >> i do kind of know what donald is going through, and if anyone wonders if mine is real, here is the answer, the hair is real, the color isn't. [ laughter ] >> but president obama's former advisor david axle rod is poking fun, read more like the onion showing authenticity and responsibili spontaneit

brianna keilar in washington, thank you so much. with debate day tomorrow for the republicans, right now, it's like cramming for a final exam. millions of people across the country will get to see the final answer. what plan of action will the candidates use to try to get their point across on stage tomorrow night? i will ask one of the men on that stage, gop contender, next. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern. we were in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen. so i just started poking around on ancestry. then, i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. it turns out i'm scottish. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. i started with pills. and now i take a long-acting insulin at night. i ta

brianna keilar on the trail. thanks very much. former michigan governor jennifer granholm, for a pro-hillary clinton super pac, and former political director for ronald reagan and rory cooper. rory, this new poll shows donald trump dominating in new hampshire and iowa. many thought that he wouldn't be able to maintain this for long. it's now two months in. he is consistently leading here. is it time for the republican party to admit that he may very well be the gop nominee? >> i don't think we have go that far just yet. the polls are snapshots in time. we have conducted focus groups of trump supporters in new hampshire. listen, there's not much you can tell them that takes them away from donald trump right now. what you are seeing when you are seeing the second and third surging of carson and fiorina and kasich and rubio, you are seeing people looking for second choices. donald trump is not a second choice for many voters. you are with him or he is down your list. very hard for him to persuade people looking at bush or kasich or r

brianna keilar, thank you so much. i want to bring in our political commentators paul begala and paul hye. i want to go back to the joe biden interview with stephen colbert. it's absolutely riveting. listen again to one part that is very telling. he talks about how if you're going to run for president you need to have 110% of all your heart and soul in it, and this is what he said. listen. >> i'd be lying if i said that i knew i was there. >> every time i watch that, paul, i just keep asking myself, did joe biden just tell us that he's not running for president? >> i wouldn't overinterpret it though, john. i watched the tape of the vice president in pittsburgh at the labor day rally in front of steel workers, they're cheering and chanting, run, joe, run. i know joe biden for 29 years. this is a very authentic guy going through a really researching decision. now, you know but our viewers should know i advise a super pac that's trying to elect hillary clinton so i'm going to be for hillary for the end but i'm still a hum

>> i want to head south to brianna keilar standing by right now live. listen, i don't think people realize that joe biden isn't running yet because it always feels like we've got a reporter on his trail, that he's giving a speech and that he's polling really well, again, not having declared he's in the running. talk to me about the head-to-head contests, though, that were matched up in these polls. >> these head-to-head contests, ashleigh, would be very encouraging to joe biden because he actually bests hillary clinton in pairups, matchups against jeb bush and donald trump both in iowa and new hampshire but let's check out the iowa numbers. he's within striking distance of jeb bush, two points behind him, he bests donald trump by three points and the favorability of joe biden is very high in iowa. higher than hillary clinton's. you'll see there among democrats they both are doing pretty well on favorability. but joe biden bests her on favorability among all caucus goers, depths and republicans. if you watched him last week, it was a really tough speech

let's bring in senior political correspondent brianna keilar in washington. >> good morning, john and christine. hillary clinton is still leading in the polls, but the trend lines are troubling for her campaign. she has been dipping, and bernie sanders and vice president biden who's not even a declared candidate at this point have been on the recognize, particularly of concern, these early states of new hampshire and iowa. in polls, democratic voters say they actually don't really care about this e-mail controversy, but it is killing the clinton campaign's ability to really cut through with the message that resonates with voters. so for the first time after months of resistance, hillary clinton trying to turn the corner on this by very directly apologizing. >> in retrospect, certainly, as i look back at it now, even though it was allowed, i should have used two accounts. one for personal, one for work-related e-mails. that was a mistake. i'm sorry about that. i take responsibility. and i'm trying to be as transparent as i possibly can to not only release 55,000 pages of my e-mails, tu

our senior political correspondent brianna keilar has that part of the story for us.t. tell our vars what he said. >> he told stephen colbert he's getting by at this really difficult time by saying the rosery by relying on god, on messages and quotes his wife jill tapes on his bathroom mirror while he is shaving. he was very open in this interview with stephen colbert and it's clear he is struggling as he grieves for his son beau. >> dad, i know how much you love me so you've got to promise me something, promise me you're going to be all right. because no matter what happens, dad, i'm going to be all right. >> reporter: vice president joe biden's most emotional interview yet since his son beau's death as supporters continue to push him to get into the race. democratic front-runner hillary clinton is sliding in the polls, losing her edge over republican candidates in hypothetical matchups. and biden, who spent today in new york honoring those lost on 9/11 -- >> anniversaries are bittersweet, man. it all comes back. >> reporter: stacks up better. he beats donald trump b

i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room." >>> we are only two days away from the cnn republican debate. and for donald trump and his rivals the stakes could not be higher. new polls show that trump's lead is growing despite all of his controversies and name calling. and tonight even though trump is bragging that it's unlucky to attack him, some of his opponents are considering a more in-your-face strategy during this upcoming debate. we're also looking closely at a new call from the head of al qaeda for lone wolf attacks inside of america. this coming just as law enforcement sources tell cnn the fbi is monitoring suspected jihadist chatter about attacks against the pope who arrives in the u.s. next week. our reporters are working their sources on all of the day's developing stories. they are standing by along with our political analysts and our experts. i want to begin with cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zellny at the debate site in california. jeff. >> reporter: hey,brianna, good aft

our coverage continues now with brianna keilar in "the situation room." >>> gina -- [ speaking in a foreignlord.

i'm brianna keilar.are bringing you live pictures of the papal mass at catholic university in washington, d.c. this is going to be the pope's last event of the day that started this morning with a visit to the white house. tomorrow is bringing another highlight of the pope's first trip to the u.s. it's an address to a joint meeting of congress. much-anticipated by both republicans and democrats. right now i want to get to cnn's chris cuomo. he is there at catholic university watching this service. so many people there, chris. what are really the takeaways of the pope's message that they received today? >> well, you know, brianna, that's the right question. this is very interesting. he is by definition preaching to the converted, right? catholic university created by the u.s. bishops in 1887, 3,500 seminarians. those celebrating with 1,000 con celebrating priests. his message is very different than what they're used to hearing in homilies. homilies in the united states are about what you believe and the r

let's bring in brianna keilar. maybe it's a welcome break. >> she seemed to welcome the chance to talk about the campaign certainly doesn't think it's just going to go away, but they do hope that clinton's apology will better help her bring her message to voters. >> that was a mistake, i'm sorry about that and i'm trying to be as -- a mega kulpa she razz resisted for months. >> the server will remain private. >> in june, as more -- >> i can only tell you this has been a theme that has been used against me and my hut for many, many years. >> what, like with a cloth or something? >> clinton edged closer to an apology, but didn't quite get there. >> i am sorry this has been confusing to people and has raise a lot of questions. >> then tuesday, one day after telling the associated press she had no reason to apologize, she finally, finally did repeatedly admitting mistakes. >> i do think you could have and should have done a better job answering questions earlier. i didn't -- >> clinton is trying to move past her focus

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watch this exchange he had with brianna keilar out there, even though he's not a former candidate. he seems more enthusiastic about running. listen to this. >> reporter: mr. vice president, it sounds like of a rationale for running. >> i'm going to run part of this parade. >> is that a declaration? >> no, i'm going to run part of the parade. >> he certainty looks like a potential candidate. >> that's the kind of answers that politicians give you when they don't want to tell you what he's thinking. joe biden will have to make a decision sometime -- at least before the first presidential democratic debate. if he decides to run, i think that will put her on the offense we haven't seen before. >> does he take away votes? >> it's hard to tell, because a lot of people when you poll aren't taking him seriously. a lot of people are skeptical, but there was in this latest nbc news/marist poll question, that they asked the question with joe biden, hillary clinton, and bernie sanders, and they tonightal, and most of his supporters went to bernie sanders. you see a lot of people potential supp

i'm jake tapper, turning you over to brianna keilar, in for wolf blitzer, in "the situation room."ening now, manhunt mystery, police say they have new videos that may show the three suspects in the killing of an illinois police officer, but there are also new questions about why investigators haven't released information on the suspects or how the officers died. >>> trump strum ables when asked about war in the middle east, donald trump is tripped up. tonight he's complaining about a gotcha question and calls his conservative interviewer third rate. >>> terror and suffering, driving from their homes by civil war, civil strife and terror, hundreds of thousands of immigrants pour into europe from the middle east.

let's bring in our panel, our cnn senior political reporter nia-malika henderson, jeff zeleny and brianna keilar. nia, can hillary clinton stop this serious slide in the polls? all the national polls, the key state polls have shown her numbers going down over these past several weeks and months. >> i think what we've seen over these last couple days is her campaign's attempt to course correct. we saw her out there with ellen, she's been giving more interviews, the campaign has sort of telegraphed bluntly that they want to do this, that they want to show a more sort of relaxed hillary clinton and someone more willing to talk about that e-mail controversy that's surrounded her all summer and very much explains this summer a slide. i think also what we've seen is there's something of a sanders surge and a biden boomlet. if you look at those numbers, she was up 10, she slid ten points and biden is up six points soty think he's benefited from some of this conversation around whether or not he's run. in talking to her campaign officials, they see this almost as a rite of passage for presidential candi

we're back with brianna keilar, dana bash, jeff zeleny, gloria borger.ean it up, the comment he gave to "rocking stone" magazine, he said carly fiorina, look at that face, would anyone vote for that, can you imagine that, the face of our next president? now he's saying he told chris cuomo earlier on "new day," he said he was referring to her persona, not necessarily her face. >> chris cuomo, i think did a masterful job pushing back saying, if that's the case why didn't you say that, why did you talk about her face? trump kept going on and on beyond her persona, about her experience, about her time at hewlett-packard, which he said was terrible, and she did a terrible job there, and that her job before that at lucent, the fact that she lost in a landslide in california against a beatable senator, barbara boxer. and so the bottom line is that those are all things he now says he meant to say. but it doesn't matter because that's not what he said to "roing stone." whether or not that was in a moment he didn't necessarily think was going to be on the record o

brianna keilar reporting live from pittsburgh.ewis and political anchor at new york one news. hi, errol. so what do you think -- >> hi, carol. >> joe biden kind of sounding like a candidate in pittsburgh, didn't he? >> absolutely. i mean, you don't go out and talk to union members on labor day unless you really, really love unions or you might like to talk about some of the issues that would be very much front and center in a race for president. >> can he possibly win though? he's 71 years old. he's going -- if he enters the race, he will enter very late, and he hasn't raised any money at all. is it feasible that he could do well? >> i think it is feasible because in the age of citizens united, you only need one billionaire who has decided to maybe put $100 million or so behind you, and you're competitive, and as you know very well, carol, once the first few early states happen, everything can change. i meaning obama in 2008 wasn't supposed to have a chance in that world and he made that surprise move and won in iowa and everythin

i'm brianna keilar and i'm in for wolf blitzer. it is 1:00 p.m. in washington and 7:00 p.m. in berlin and wherever you are watching from around the world, thank you so much for watching us. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we are e bebin can -- we are beginning this hour with breaking news of an active shooter on the campus of delta university in cleveland, mississippi. this is according to the coroner there in delta county who said that there is one fatality, and the campus is remaining under lockdown and stay inside and away from the windows and tweeted out from the university. and now we go to elina machado who is following the details. >> well, briana, this is a active scene, and developing situation, and we learned about the situation a little bit over an hour ago of a lockdown situation at delta state university in cleveland, mississippi, and as a result of the active shooter situation, and just a little, and a few moments ago we heard from the coroner's office in this area, and they told us that a male professor was shot and killed at delta state. the victim was in hi

i'm brianna keilar and i'm in for wolf blitzer. it is 1:00 p.m. in washington and 7:00 p.m.rlin and wherever you are watching from around the world, thank you so much for watching us. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we are e bebin can -- we are beginning this hour with breaking news of an active shooter on the campus of delta university in cleveland, mississippi. this is according to the coroner there in delta county who said that there is one fatality, and the campus is remaining under lockdown and stay inside and away from the windows and tweeted out from the university. and now we go to elina

i am not officially turning you over to brianna keilar, filling in for wolf blitzer. a place i like to call "the situation room." thanks for watching. \s >>> on the run, police brought in the manhunt after the killing of an illinois officer. they say three suspects may already be out of state. they're scanning survey onvideo for possible cluings but will it take a tip from the public to break the case open? >>> police in peril, a wave of deadly attacks on law enforcement. why are police being targeted. will they have to change the way they carry out their adults. >>> war of words, accused of being a lib regard, donald trump fires back saying the arrive 58 should be speaking english while in the united states. how will it play with the latino voters? >>> drone wars, eyes in the

i'm brianna keilar sitting in for wolf blitzer here in "the situation room." erin burnett "outfront" beginning right now. >>> tonight, the manhunt widens. the search for the three men suspected of shooting and killing an illinois police officer expanding tonight. how did they escape? >>> there's a second video of the shooting death of a texas man by police. does the video answer whether the man was surrendering or threatening to attack? >>> donald trump telling jeb bush to set an example by speaking english in the u.s. what's behind their vicious back and forth battles and who is winning? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm pamela brown in for erin burnett. the manhunt expands. 100 investigators, more than 40 search dogs, helicopters and multiple law enforcement agencies are in a search for two white men and one black man. their races were the only description officer gliniewicz gave dispatch before he was killed. now officers across the region volunteering to join the manhunt on their own time. as investigators follow up on more than 100 tips from the

i'm brianna keilar in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." he's here tomorrow. erin burnett "outfront" is up next. >>> speaking live in this hour, donald trump brings his boisterous style to supporters in dallas. >>> plus, with the cnn debate less than 48 hours away, how does jeb bush take on the king of the one liners, donald trump? and turn around his own fading poll numbers. >>> and carly fiorina turned a trump insult into her advantage. will she double-down at the debate and try to goad trump into another? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm jim sciutto in again tonight for erin burnett and "outfront," breaking news, donald trump stages a texas-sized rally. minutes from now addressing a big, boisterous crowd at the american airlines center in dallas. this arena, normally home to the nba dallas mavericks, seats up to 20,000 people. the tickets are free tonight but scalpers getting as much as $100 a piece to see trump live. the seats are filling up very quickly. the inside crowd in that arena may be excited but there is a crowd outside that is angry. la

>>> hi there, i'm brianna keilar reporting from washington. it's friday. wolf blitzer is off today. >>> up first, donald trump stumped by detailed questions about u.s. foreign policy. trump blames his stumble on what he calls "gotcha questions" from a conservative radio host. and at one point during this interview with hue hewitt, trump misinterprets the question. listen. >> are you familiar with general -- sole manny? >> yes, go ahead, tell me. >> he runs the quds forces. >> yes, okay, right. >> do you expect him -- >> and i think the kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated by us. >> not the kurds, the quds forces, the iranian revolutionary guards quds forces, the bad guys. >> yes, right. >> do you expect -- >> oh i thought you said kurds, kurds. sorry, i thought you said kurds. >> hue hewitt is a popular, respected radio host. he joins us now live from denver. you did this interview, donald trump trying to explain the mixup of his interview with you in another interview. listen to what he said on msnbc's "morning joe". >> when you say quds versu

i'm brianna keilar reporting from washington. what we wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall.th the chairman of the republican national community. the monmouth university poll shows trump at 30%. that is a new high. he's followed by ben carson at 18%. jeb bush tied with ted cruz at 8% and followed by marco rubio at 5%. carly fiorina, mike huckabee at 4%. scott walker is at 3%. and at this meeting this hour with the rmc chairman, trump is likely to sign this right here, it's a pledge to endorse the eventual republican nominee and a promise not to run as a third party candidate. cnn chief political correspondent dana bash is outside of trump tower in new york. dana, what's the impetus behind the meeting and why do we think trump is likely either to sign the pledge or to keep his word if he does? >> reporter: it's a great question since for the past many weeks since that famous moment at the last debate

i'm brianna keilar. erin burnett "outfront" with pamela brown starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, trump stumbles. donald trump lashing out at a radio host calling him third rate after he fails to identify top terror leaders. could this be trump's achilles heel? >>> the clerk who refused to grant same-sex marriage licenses, tonight she's behind bars and vowing to stay there as long as it takes. >>> investigators pouring over mu multiple videos from the shooting of an illinois police officer. are they closer to naming the suspe suspects? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening to you. i'm pamela brown in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, donald trump stumped. the republican frontrunner unable to answer key foreign policy questions. accusing the questioner of trying to play gotcha. see what happened when trump was asked to identify some top terror leaders. >> as far as the individual players, of course i don't know them. i haven't been in a position to meet them. if they're still there, i will know the

i turn you over to brianna keilar in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, thumpingrepublican presidential candidates head into a make or break debate on cnn. new polls show donald trump soaring over all of his rivals. we're getting details about who is planning these strategies to take him down. and will it be enough? or is trump about to send more of his rivals to the sidelines? fast moving flames, california fire crews struggle to cope as wildfires force thousands to flee and reduces hundreds of homes to ashes as states of emergency are declared in county after county. does california have the resources to cope with what may

more on the story and back story from brianna keilar.is the first time that we're hearing her actually apologizing for this, right? >> reporter: definitely. this was a clear apology, anderson, unlike what we've heard so far. she still stressed that the way she conducted her e-mail practices was allowed under the regulations that governed her while she was secretary of state, but she clearly said there i am sorry, this was a mistake. just compare this to last week when andrea mitchell interviewed her and asked her about this. clinton apologized not for what she did but for the confusion that it accused. yesterday she told the associated press that she had nothing to apologize for because her e-mail procedures were allowed. so it's really what a difference a day makes here. and back in july when i interviewed her in iowa, she was adamant that she had done nothing wrong, there was no contrition, so this is quite a departure today. a contrite hillary clinton we just haven't heard before. >> she was also asked about two e-mails now classified

let's go to our senior political correspondent brianna keilar. the democratic front, brianna? >> reporter: well, wolf, as joe biden weighs whether to even get in this race, we're getting mixed signals from him and his wife jill biden and right now here in arkansas in the building behind me, hillary clinton is speaking. she may be breathing a cautious sigh of relief looking at the new cnn orc poll numbers. her campaign hopes it is a data point that could signal the beginning of a turn around. today in baton rouge, hillary clinton hit the campaign trail previewing changes she would like to make to obamacare as she railed for trying to repeal the law. >> i'm not going to let them tear up that law, kick 16 million people off their health coverage. >> reporter: she's buoyed but a poll showing she's opening her lead in the democratic field and stands at 42% nationally with bernie sanders at 24 and joe biden still mulling a run at 22%. it's good news for clinton after months after sliding poll numbers. as sanders and his following sapped away support. cl

>> the fact she has given the interview, and she spoke with brianna keilar and was defensive, and shebject, so her willingness to answer this is a sign that the campaign knows the e-mail saga will not go away for a long time and she has to seem to answer the questions and explain things. her unwillingness to apologize could remain a problem for her. she likes to say it's all going to become clear later and she is sorry the public is confused and she is confusing us over the definition of classified information. she sent classified information. she didn't send documents and those are only accessible through a separate system, but she certainly did share conversations from foreign officials and that kind of information is always classified, not in its marking but in its nature, and that's something you are trained to know and you are given clearance for and you are responsible for. >> it did seem like this was an opportunity to really show a humble side, but what you heard, as you mentioned, without apologizing, is she going to break through when it comes to the trust and transparency i

. >>> i'm brianna keilar, this is cnn's live coverage.the house of representatives stunning the nation by announcing he will resign next month. the man who inspired the decision pope francis is leaving an historic mark not only on capitol hill, but also here in new york. from world leaders at the united nations to 9/11 first responders, the 78-year-old pontiff is reaching out to all of them. and many others in between. and in less than an hour, he will visit the children at our lady queen of angels school in harlem. he began speaking to the general assembly and visited the 9/11 memorial where there was an interfaith prayer service. the pope then walked the museum that is dedicated to september 11th. here are some highlights of the holy father's day so far. ♪ >> i have many different feelings by being here at ground zero where thousands of lives were taken in a a senseless act of violence and destruction. ♪ >> and yet so some families of the first responders that fell, the family members show us the face of pain, peace in our homes, in our

. >> the state department spokesman told cnn's brianna keilar that the u.s. most likely accept about 3,000 refuges from that region the end of the year. do you suspect or anticipate that number should go higher? >> if finland can take 30,000 and united states can take more from argentina who said they would open their doors. the u.s. is a considerable distance farther away but that has not stopped in the past. historically, people have made the jurn yourney to the united s from even greater distances. a country that is involved directly and indirectly in the syrian crisis. the u.s. does have a bigger role to play. but in addition to taking more people, there are other things the united states can do. it can provide aid, it can provide, you know, the army corps of engineers can build camps and reasonable shelters and housing in other parts of the world for these refuges and countries that don't have that kind of engineering and technical skill and the u.s. could put pressure on the arab countries that take none. president obama met the king from saudi arabia y