around the world. >> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation. >> room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get right to the breaking news on president trump's phone call with vladimir putin. and what happens next, including his expected meeting with the russian leader. that's likely to happen in saudi arabia soon. cnn's fred pleitgen. >> is standing by. >> for us live in moscow. but first, let's go to cnn's jeff zeleny over at the white house. jeff, first of all, tell us more about what the president just said about his phone call with putin. >> wolf. >> an extraordinary thaw in us-russian relations here, beginning with that phone call that the president of the united states and the president of russia had earlier today. i'm told it lasted about 90 minutes or so. so even with translation, about 45 minutes aside, that is considered to be a very long phone call. and of course, it i russia have had at this level in about three years since the russian invasion of ukraine. there is no doubt here that the trump administrati

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin tonight with breaking news fallout from president trump's stunning attack on the ukrainian, his ukrainian counterpart calling vladimir zelenskyy a dictator. just one day after u.s. and russian diplomats excluded. ukrainian negotiators from peace talks. now, trump allies like vice president jd vance are piling on, warning zelenskyy against, quote, badmouthing trump in the media and mr. trump's national security adviser, mike wallace is admitting the relationship between the two leaders is clearly going in the wrong direction, while emphasizing trump won't tolerate any criticism over his plans to try to end the conflict in ukraine. >> well, it's one that's. >> that's frustrated. >> right now. >> and clearly is going in in the wrong direction. but what president trump is focused on is. ending the fighting, going to a ceasefire and having. >> a broader. >> having a. >> broader agreement. >> i don't think anyone sh

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>> the situation room with wolf blitzer tonight at six on cnn. >> closed captioning brought to you by book.com. >> if you or a loved one have mesothelioma, we'll send you a free book to answer questions you may have. call now and we'll come to you. >> 808 two one 4000. >> back to the major shakeup happening in the federal government, specifically in the fbi. a day after the fbi provided some information but not specific names of thousands of employees who worked on the january 6th cases in almost any capacity. a top department of justice official, trump's former defense attorney, emil bove, is now accusing fbi leadership of, quote, insubordination. joining us now is chris maddy. he's a lawyer representing federal bureau of investigations agents association, and filed a case on behalf of several fbi agents and employees against the justice department for this action. let's start by just like trying to understand, like, who are the the of these thousands of fbi employees who are now being asked to fill out the questionnaire about whether they worked on any of these cases, not specifical

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get straight to the breaking news tonight. president trump parroting russian propaganda as he falsely accuses ukraine of starting the war, which began almost three years ago when vladimir putins troops invaded ukraine. i want to bring in our chief national affairs correspondent, jeff zeleny. he's traveling with the president in florida. so, jeff, what exactly did president trump say? >> well, if it was some of the sharpest criticism we have heard directed from the trump administration, or in fact, any american president at the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, of course, this is coming on a day when the u.s. and russia were meeting to talk about the very fate of ukraine. zelenskyy did not have a seat at the table, but the president was asked specifically about that just a short time ago at his mar-a-lago resort. he fired back at zelenskyy, suggesting that he could have stopped the war three years ago. >> i th

will blitzer is off. >> i'm pamela. >> brown and. you're in the situation room. >> and we. >> begin with the intensifying battle over the integrity of the u.s. justice department under president trump. we're standing by to see if the doj is able to take a key step forward in its effort to drop the corruption case against new york mayor eric adams, after multiple prosecutors quit in protest. jeff zeleny is standing by in the white house, but first to cnn's senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, where does all of. >> this stand right now? >> pamela, we're still waiting to see a justice department lawyer actually file the paperwork to seek the dismissal of this corruption case against the new york city mayor, eric adams. at this hour, that still has not happened. and now we're in day two of a spiraling crisis at the justice department with multiple. we now have seven people who have resigned, refusing to sign the dismissal that was ordered by the justice department. just, you know, earlier this week. now, the latest to go is is

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with the breaking news over at the white house. elon musk taking center stage with president trump for an extended q&a with reporters as their extreme government makeover is under intense scrutiny. cnn's jeff zeleny is following all of these developments for us. jeff, the optics of the oval office moment were with musk were unprecedented. >> well, if it was an extraordinary sight, seeing president trump sitting at the resolute desk and elon musk standing just a few feet away, going on at great length about the work he's been doing over the last three weeks or so inside the government. of course, it was also part of a public relations campaign as judges across the country, even some members of congress obviously are raising deep questions about this. elon musk was talking for the first time about what he's finding inside the government. not many opportunities to actually press him for details and actually check som

wolf blitzer is off today. i'm phil mattingly, and you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin with that breaking news, canada joining mexico and getting a reprieve from the hefty tariffs. president trump threatened to impose tonight. we have live reports from canada. and here in washington. first to cnn's jeff zeleny with details on the president's decision and what happens next. >> reporter tonight, president trump backing off a trade war with mexico and canada for now, at least, even as tariffs on china are still looming. >> when you're the pot of gold, the tariffs are the tariffs are very good. they're very powerful. >> trump reached a last minute deal with mexican president claudia sheinbaum and canadian prime minister justin trudeau, agreeing to a month long delay on 25% tariffs on all goods imported to the u.s., both mexico and canada agreed to bolster security at the u.s. border and increased resources to crack down on fentanyl. as he signed executive orders in the oval o

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blitzer: attempted extortion. solicitation of a bribe. blitzer: racketeering.ommit bribery and conspiracy to commit extortion. rod blagojevich was convicted on almost all counts and sentenced to 14 years. patti and i are obviously very disappointed, uh, in the outcome. i, frankly, am--am stunned. when did you realize, "oh, shit, i might actually be going to prison"? -from the beginning. -really? -i knew i was a dead man. -really? -yeah. -why? 'cause they have so much power and resources, and i, you know, wasn't really surprised when i got 14 years. the justification for the judge was, "you treated this like a golden glove boxing match," but those corrupt liars are lucky dueling is outlawed, 'cause i'd have challenged them to a duel. rapists and murderers get so much less time? that's why this system is so wrong and so broken. let me offer you an alternate theory. sure. my alternate theory is that the entire system of justice that we have in this country depends on prosecutors and police who are incentivized to get convictions. -mm-hmm. -period. what do you thin

if you are at cnn and you slash 10% of the cnn head count, turn on and see wolf blitzer, you wouldn'tdsome wolf blitzer doing the news peered you could cut 10% from any company and it probably wouldn't -- >> dana: not this one. this is the leanest company i have ever seen. >> greg: overstepped a line. >> jesse: gutfeld staff could lose a few head count. other than that, if you are $36 trillion in the hole, you can't tax your way out of it, you've got to do something else. >> greg: you did say something that was rare for you, brilliant, ultra processed news, which means you need raw, organic news. that is the solution. judge, you know i loved about musk talking about his former popularity, and it's almost like he saw his praise and popularity as expendable. i'm going to spend this in order to make the world better. he knew this was going to happen. >> judge jeanine: he did know it was going to happen. you know what? but my understanding of what he did with the patent for the electric vehicles is he gave it away. you know, once he discovered it, even though he had a patent, he said here

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin with breaking news, new protests, resignations by top u.s. justice department officials and a new york federal prosecutor. they're quitting over the trump administration's order to drop criminal corruption charges against the democratic mayor of new york city, eric adams. cnn's kara scannell is in new york. she's got details for us. kara, what do we know about these officials and their resignations? >> well, wolf, this is becoming a growing crisis at the justice department. the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, dael sassoonwho is serving in an acting capacity, informed the department of justice that she would be resigning today. that is because she will not follow through with the directive from acting deputy attorney general emil bove to dismiss those charges against eric adams. this followed this meeting that took place between the prosecutors from the southern district and bovy and adams

the situation room with wolf blitzer. next on cnn. >> our last lead start in our world lead and terrifying video that shows a humpback whale briefly swallowing a kayaker off the coast of chile. unfortunately, fortunately, fortunately, the whale released 24 year old adrian simancas. moments later tell cnn that he felt a slimy texture on his face before feeling as though he was sinking. despite the encounter, both father and son say they would absolutely go kayaking again, maybe in a swimming pool next time. in our sports lead, the list of the 100 highest paid athletes is out, and while you will surely. recognize a lot of the names, it did not escape notice of my staff that not one of them is a woman. that's right, the 100 highest paid athletes in the world. all of them men. according to the list compiled by sportico. number one is soccer star cristiano ronaldo, earning a reported $250 million. other popular athletes on the list include steph curry, lebron james and, of course, the mvp of the super bowl, jalen hurts. the qu

>> welcome to. >> our viewers here in the united. >> states and. >> around the world. >> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following. >> major breaking news right now. a delta flight from minneapolis flips upside down during a crash landing at the toronto airport. officials now say all 80 people on board were evacuated. at least 15 of them are injured, including a child. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean is joining us now. he's got the latest. pete, we just learned that we're going to get an update from officials in about, what, 30 minutes or so? what do we know >> add toronto pearson folks coming out through the r1 door just behind the pilots bulkhead? >> at the back side of the cockpit and the front of the first class cabin, and then the mid-wing exit, where they were able to get out and essentially walk away from this crash. want to show you this incredible new video taken from the evacuation inside the plane that was inverted the floor now the ceiling, the. bins, the overhead bins now on the floor. and i want you to watch this

wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim sciutto, and you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> the breaking news. president trump's meeting with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is underway right now at the white house. cnn's kaitlan collins is in the east room of the white house, where we do expect to see those leaders meet and take questions a short time from now. and, caitlin, president trump said, and he said it more than once in the last hour, that gazans would be thrilled to leave gaza, that they don't have an option but to leave their home. is he serious about forcing palestinians from gaza? >> well, jim, when you listen to the president and he did make these comments on multiple different occasions today before the israeli prime minister arrived here at the white house, and even after he arrived, when they were there together in the oval office, the first time that president trump has hosted a world leader, i should note, since he retook office just a few weeks ago. but tw

. >> room with wolf blitzer tonight at six on. >> cnn. closed captioning brought to you by book.com. >> if you. >> or a loved one. >> have mesothelioma, we'll. >> send you a. >> free book to. >> answer questions you may have. >> call now. >> and we'll. come to you. >> 808 two one 4000. >> are you planning to fire the fbi agents who worked on those investigations? >> no, but i'll fire some of them because some of them were corrupt. i have no doubt about that. i got to know a lot about that business, that world. i got to know a lot about that world. and we had some corrupt agents, and those people are gone, or they will be gone and it'll be done quickly and very surgically. >> very surgically, he said. we heard that about the january 6th pardons also, of course, wasn't so surgical. that's president trump a short time ago, telling cnn's kaitlan collins that he's going to fire some of the fbi agents who investigated the january 6th attack on the capitol. just to remind everyone what so many of those agents were investigating. here are some im

wolf blitzer is off. i'm jim sciutto. and you're in the situation. >> room. this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with the breaking news, a new ruling, putting the brakes on president trump's. >> plans to. >> wipe out nearly all of the workforce at the u.s. agency for international development, usaid. >> cnn's jeff zeleny. >> is at the white house. jeff, i wonder what this decision means and how the white house is responding. >> well, jim, it's certainly a temporary hold on this. and as fast as this administration has been flooding the zone with executive orders and actions, the judges really here in washington and across the country have been responding in kind. another ruling tonight. temporarily putting a check on these 2200 employees at usaid that were going to be placed on administrative leave tonight. now, that is on pause. a trump appointee to the federal bench here listed this ruling during a hearing this afternoon that lasted some 90 minutes or so. he said this. he said they should not put those 2200 people on administrative leave tonight. frankly,

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at capetus, we finance small businesses. >> the situation room with wolf blitzer. next on cnn. >> paging doctor gupta and our health lead doctor sanjay gupta is here to answer your questions about this year's doozy of a flu season. let's get right to it, sanjay. so, jeff from chandler, arizona, tells us he was vaccinated for the flu in september, but he still got the flu. so he asks, why can't we get a better match between the vaccine and the strains actually out there? >> they have to try and predict what. >> strain is going to be. >> circulating the next year. that's the challenge. there's all sorts of models to try and figure that out, but if it's not a great match, it's because. >> the crystal ball. >> really didn't return the predominant flu strain. take a quick look, jake. over the last several years, the effectiveness of the flu vaccine year to year, the most effective year was really in 2010. that was right after the h1n1 pandemic. this year. so far, around 42%. the year is not over yet, but we'll see. that's. but still, that's 42% effectiveness. against ge

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the news continues on cnn with wolf blitzer in the situation room happening now. >> breaking news. >> a judge. just extended the deadline for federal workers. >> to accept or. reject the trump administration's so-called buyout offer. >> thousands of government employees. >> in limbo. >> right now, as the court weighs whether. the plan is. >> legal. also, breaking. >> the white house is being accused of failing to comply with court orders. to unfreeze federal grants and. >> to. reinstate usaid staffers. >> this as vice. >> president jd vance. >> is fueling fears that the trump and musk team may ignore judges decisions that. >> they simply. >> don't like. plus. does the president really have power over pennies? we're making. sense of his order to stop producing. >> $0.01 coins. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around. >> the world. >> i'm wolf blitzer. >> you're in the situation. >> room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin with breaking news. >> one of president. >> trump's most. aggressive efforts. to force. >> out federal. workers on an extended hold. to

wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim sciutto, and you're in the situation room.his is cnn breaking news. the breaking news tonight. house republican leaders leave an hours long meeting at the white house with more questions than answers. party deeply divided over how to pass president trump's ambitious agenda. cnn's jeff zeleny is at the white house with details. jeff, i wonder, did they make any progress? >> jim, that is a central question. and the short answer is it appears not. this meeting, i'm told, went for several hours, perhaps around four hours or so. and republicans, of course, control all corners of the government here in washington. that does not mean that they are on the same page in terms of accomplishing the president's legislative agenda. that has become very clear in recent days. deep divides between the house and senate republicans. so the president had house republicans here to the white house for a meeting that was scheduled to start before lunchtime. i'm told it started shortly after that, but went until about 4:00 or so this afternoon. at is

and wolf blitzer is turning over in his grave. in graves really too soon. it really is too soon. this kind of reveals what kind of bubble the media lives in. it is a huge story because this guy was dealing with nuclear secrets and was a not job. >> it's covered so widely in looking at the end of the day i don't know anything about it to be transparent. although that does is underscore they pat themselves on the back as fact-checkers. we know they are serving as a propagandist and apologist and now we expect to believe them. that's why it's so low and why jim acosta is unemployed. and you come here for the facts. >> greg: that's our motto, come for the facts but stay for the sex appeal. jeff it is interesting how they presented all these irrational and improbable hoaxes. and then they ignore one of the most insane scandals and if they wanted something here it is and i'm jealous of how short their memory is i wish i could forget about that bozo and i can't why do all the hot ones have baggage. [ cheers and applause ] >> greg: how di

larry: gave me the finger of course, but he gave me a nice friendly finger, where is wolf blitzer i think wanted my children killed. he was not happy with what i said about him. he was not very happy. that is ok. i don't do it for the affection or for them to say "i like you." if we disagree, there is no problem with that but i think we should say this right now. mark: kara swisher will sign your book. you can hear larry wilmore on "black on the air." it has been our delight to have you tonight. kara swisher, larry wilmore thank you so much. pleasure. thank you. [applause] >> c-span's "washington journal", our live forum inviting you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics and public policy from washington and across the country. coming up tuesday morning, the president of the alliance for american manufacturing explains trump administration trade and tariff policies and how they might impact the manufacturing sector. then the mideast program senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies. she talks about the fragile cease-fire between israel and hamas an

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. >> the situation room with wolf blitzer weeknights at six on cnn. >> it has been two months since islamicbels stormed damascus, toppling the 53 year assad reign in a matter of days, stunning syrians and the world. but celebrations in the street quickly turned to deep uncertainty at the direction of the country. the rebel leader ahmed al-sharaa. the former head of al qaeda in syria, is now the interim president. so just where is syria headed? joining me now is alya malik, a syrian american journalist and the author of the home that was our country a memoir of syria. um, you're just back from syria. tell me what your dominant impressions are. >> that it's a unique and monumental moment. i say that in a value neutral way because it's loaded both negative ways and in positive ways. it's the end of something which implies several dynamics and accounting that needs to happen. and it's also the start of something. and it's a it's like a twilight moment. and it was fascinating time to be there. it was overwhelming. there was a solid 24 hours where i really didn't know what to say or how to feel.

you might recognize him from when he absolutely dish rag wolf blitzer. it's andy richter. >> all right. >> how you doing, amber? good to see you again. season two. michael. good to see you. >> roy, it is so good to. >> see you. >> amber, it is so. no no no no no. i was told this is how we say hello. no no no. >> now for the biggest stories of the week. amber and george, i'm going to show you a clip referencing a major news story from the past week. and you tell me, what's the story? here we go. >> okay. >> okay. we got a dog. the white house. >> of course. no. no. capital. >> okay. >> playoff. no. somebody getting fired. that's one of ellen's kids, right? >> and then there's ellen. so you were right. >> doge. >> doge. >> are very. >> ellen. doge firing people, hiring children. final answer. >> partial points. that's good enough. i give you a little bit of. that. >> wow. >> the story is doge the department of government efficiency. ellen's made up cabinet department slash influencer hype house that was named after 13 year old meme and staffed by boys roug

because i know i did have sexual wolf blitzer. >> you're sitting there thinking, what have you gotten yourself into? what have you gotten yourself into? kobe? because i'm thinking of this 17 year old kid i met who is just sort of a fish out of water, and now you're in this kind of trouble. how did this how did this happen? >> often with people that have had these traumatic experiences, details don't come right up front. but she had the details right up front. juxtapose that with what he told law enforcement, which really backs up what the what the victim is saying. detective doug winters, when you say he was grabbing your butt and chest, was he? so he was actually doing that woman when he took off his pants. that's when i started to kind of back up and to try to push his hands off of me. and that's when he started to choke me. >> detective loya so what did you have around her neck, mr. bryant? i had my right hand like this. and my other hand like that woman. >> he wasn't choking me enough that i couldn't breathe, just choking me to the point that i was scared. detective doug winters,

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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks very much for watching. erin burnett outfront starts right now. >> outfront next, breaking news, the mystery over musk. the white house insisting it's trump, not elon musk overseeing efforts to upend the u.s. government. but that's not what trump and musk have said. so who is in charge? also, breaking trump parrots putin falsely claiming ukraine started the war with russia. and video showing the moment that the delta flight crashed in canada, flipping over as new video into outfront shows the chaos on board as passengers scramble to get out of their seats. let's go out front. good evening. i'm brianna keilar in for erin burnett. outfront tonight. breaking news. call him whatever you want. just don't call elon musk the head of doge. that's the message from the president, who was pressed tonight on what exactly musk's role is when it comes to dismantling the u.s. government. >> elon is, to me, a patriot. so, you know, you could call him an employee. you could call him a consultant. you could call him whatever

i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. we have this important programing note starting monday, march 3rd, the situation room is expanding to two hours and moving to mornings. i'm excited to announce the situation room with my colleague and good friend, pamela brown every weekday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon eastern. erin burnett outfront starts right now. >> outfront next, breaking news, testing trump's power. the supreme court tonight just ruling the head of the government watchdog agency can remain on the job despite being fired by trump. plus, facing the facts, president trump finally admitting the truth. what the world witnessed that russia started the war in ukraine. but is he willing to call putin a dictator? and a blow to new york's embattled mayor. a judge not ready to dismiss the doj's case against him. and tonight, assigning a new lawyer to review the case. let's go out front. good evening. i'm brianna keilar in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, breaking news, a supreme setback. president trump suffering a temporary

. >> room with wolf blitzer. >> tonight at six. >> on cnn. >> breaking news out of el salvador. secretary of state marco rubio is speaking to reporters there, and he says he is now the acting director of usaid. >> i'm the acting director of usaid. >> i've delegated that. >> authority to someone, but i stay in touch with him. and again, our goal was to go in and align our foreign aid to the national interest. but if you go to mission after mission and embassy after embassy around the world, you will often find that in many cases, usaid is involved in programs that run counter to what we're trying to do in our national strategy with that country or with that region that cannot continue. usaid is. >> not. >> to help us make sense of this and everything else we've talked about so far is our very own fareed zakaria, host of fareed zakaria gps and author of age of revolutions progress and backlash from 1600 to the present. you're going to have to update that book pretty soon, fareed. let's start with the news out of el salvador and what the secretary of state said. and if you can just

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get right to the breaking news. just hours after the white house lobbed new attacks at volodymyr zelenskyy, the ukrainian president now says he has hope following a visit from a top trump envoy. our chief national security correspondent, nick paton walsh, has details. he's joining us from the ukrainian capital of kyiv. nick, this meeting with keith kellogg clearly left an impression on zelenskyy. >> yeah, certainly. in his nightly address to ukrainians saying how the meeting has indeed restored hope. and mentioning how they addressed security guarantees, the exchange of prisoners of war, potentially, and also the economic elements of their relationship with the united states. that pointing towards the rare earth minerals deal that trump's cabinet and trump keep talkingbout. but what a tumultuous 2440 eight hours for u.s. ukrainian relations. they've certainly taken a blow. this is the closest ukraine has got to presi

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