but first our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is over at the united nations where secretary questions today on this whole e-mail controversy. jeff tell our viewers what she said. >> reporter: good evening, wolf. she vigorously defended her use of that private e-mail address but it's too soon to figure out if she cleared up that controversy or provided more fodder for questions. hillary clinton breaking her silence over the e-mail controversy that consumed her campaign in waiting. >> lacking back it would have been better for me to use two separate phones and two e-mail accounts. i thought using one device was simpler and obviously it hasn't worked out that way. >> reporter: she acknowledged she may have made a mistake but insists it was an innocent one. >> even if i had two devices, you would still have to put the responsibility where it belongs which is on the official. so i did it for convenience. and i now looking back think that it might have been smarter to have those two device from the very beginning. >> reporter: at the united nations today mrs. clinton took question

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jeff zeleny has more. >>> thank you for joining us as we take on this great unfinished business of the1st century. >> reporter: hillary clinton talking about unfinished business. tonight she's still not answering questions surrounding her state department emails. >> will you explain the emails secretary clinton? >> based on 20 years of data -- >> reporter: in new york clinton was talking about not about the controversy threatening to consume her for the second week. with daughter chelsea by her side she tried sticking to women's equality. >> there's never been a better time in history to be born female. >> reporter: the rest of the political world is still asking whether she vile atted administration policy by using a personal e-mail as secretary of state. as republicans democrat answers, nervous democrats urging clinton to break her silence. >> what i will like is for her to come forward and say just what the situation is. the silence is going to hurt her. >> i agree with dianne feinstein. i think she need to explain what she did. she's called for the release of information. i not tha

jeff zeleny, cnn, lynchburg, virginia. >> a lot of reaction on social media to cruz's announcement. >> it exploded really. i'm not sure -- >> twitter's a place to watch. >> i don't know if he would pressure the hash tags. take a look for yourself. certainly take note:well, british prime minister david cameron fsz he wins re-election in may, it will be for his last term in office. >> and mr. cameron would secure a second full term as prime minister if his ruling conservative party is returned to power. however, he told the bbc he descent. the job beyond that. mr. cameron's been prime minister since 2010 and party leader since 2005. >>> want to return now to the spiraling unrest in yemen. soemgs loyal to yemen's president are fighting off a southern advance by houthi rebels. >> tanks and anti aircraft weapons are stationed around an army post to try and halt the shia rebels from reaching adan where the president took refuge after fleeing san amp certainly still is a fluid situation there. british and u.s. forces have pulled out of yemen amid all this chaos. our senior international corr

jeff zeleny has more. [ applause ] >> reporter: finally let the race begin. senator ted cruz is the first pulp out of the gate. >> i believe in the power of millions of kourmg us on conservatives -- courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of america. that is why today i am announcing that i'm running for president of the united states. [ applause ] >> reporter: with those words, cruz jump-started the 2016 presidential race. officially making his lofty ambitions known. there was no hometown rally for this freshman texas senator. he selected the virginia campus of liberty university. all for a picture-perfect backdrop of 10,000 evangelical students. he made clear that liberty would be the soundtrack of his campaign saying the word more than a dozen times -- >> how fragile liberty is. an assault on our religious liberty. we will stand for liberty. >> reporter: cruz made his announcement on the fifth anniversary of the signing of obamacare. a fitting date for a freshman senator who rose to the national spotlight with his role in the 2013 govern

i want to get the latest now and bring in our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. now, hillary clinton finally broke her silence, but she did not break the fever of controversy that's clouded her campaign in waiting for the last eight days. she vigorously defended during a news conference at the united nations her use of private e-mail. she said any mistakes were innocent ones and this is how she explained it. >> i have to add, even if i'd have had two devices, which is obviously permitted, many people do that you would still have to put the responsibility where it belongs, which is on the official. so i did it for convenience, and i now, looking back think that it might have been smarter to have those two devices from the very beginning. >> reporter: but it's unclear if that two-device defense is going to wash. some republicans in congress already saying, look, we use two devices ourselves. why would that be such an inconvenience? but secretary clinton was steadfast, saying that she did not break any laws. she said the server, th

cnn's senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny joins us live from liberty university the largest christianniversity in the world, where cruz spoke to a capacity crowd today and jeff, what was it like? >> reporter: john, he was un unapologetic unabashed and uncompromising. that's what senator cruz said republicans must do to fight the party's establishment and win back the white house. finally, let the race begin. senator ted cruz is the first republican out of the gate. >> i believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of america and that is why today i am announcing that i'm running for president of the united states. >> reporter: with those words, cruz jump-started the 2016 presidential race officially making his lofty ambitions known. there was no hometown rally for this freshman texas senator. he selected the virginia campus of liberty university all for a picture-perfect backdrop of 10,000 evangelical students. he made clear that liberty would be the sound track of his campaign, saying the word more than a dozen times. >> how fragile l

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let's bring in cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny. you would think the last couple weeks there would be democrats jumping into the fray. now's a good time but they are so reluctant. >> that's right. the reason is clintons are like royalty in the democratic party. many presidential candidates are afraid of crossing them even though there's a hunger among many democratic voters for an alternative. so far it's been a sleepy contest. don't expect a coronation just yet. as democrats get ready for hillary, a handful are quietly saying not so fast. call them campaign long shots, trying their luck at running against the clinton juggernaut. there is martin o'malley former maryland governor. independent bernie sanders of vermont. jim webb a former senator and decorated war hero from virginia. this weekend, o'malley is off to iowa. his latest visit to the state that kicks off the road to the white house. >> it's wonderful to be here in des moines. >> reporter: he may be even better known on this stage. armed with a guitar and his own band o'mall

let's bring in cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny and maggie haberman. jeff i have to admit i was a little surprised to learn that this thorough review of e-mails was not actually a thorough review of e-mails. >> it sounds like it was not so thorough. this is the whole problem. she is policing herself and there is no one to oversee all this. it's kind of like internal affairs at the police department. you have to take their word for it. this is just a couple days after she revealed this. so this story is far from over. we are still learning so much more. there were a lot of other things going on in the world at the time except benghazi and libya. so much more. i'm curious about so much more that was happening. she said we would be able to get an insight into how she conducted herself as secretary of state. with that limited of a scope i think that's hard to do. >> are democrats calmed or are they even more jittery than they were? >> democrats are not thrilled with how the last two weeks went. they were very happy she finally said something. they were plea

jeff zeleny, thanks so much. >> let's turn now to a major setback in the u.s. war on terror. yemen once held up as a model of successful counterterrorism strategy by president barack obama now on the brink of civil war. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, isis and the little known houthi rebel groups fighting for a foothold there. the third largest city was the latest to fall to rebel forces. the situation is so bad the pentagon decided to pull all remaining troops out of the country over the weekend and confirmed just this morning british special forces have also pulled out. senior international correspondent nic robertson joins us live from london with much more. what more are we learning? >> right now the u.n. is saying that yemen is affectively teetering on the brink of civil war. now with u.s. special forces and british special forces pulled out that al qaeda and isis who are on the ground there who are fighting and killing isis killing over 130 people last friday twin suicide bombings targeted a mosque, al qaeda attacking houthi rebels killing them and al qaeda isis will

. >> let's bring in jeff zeleny and peter hamby, our national political reporter.o now you have indiana republicans who are saying we're going to clarify this law and make sure it's clear that this is not about discriminating against gay americans. mike pence right there, very clearly, is not doing a good job of drawing a line and saying this is exactly what it is. will this continue? what do you think? >> i think it's clear that it's not enough. what's also clear is this is really the big post gay marriage debate fight. marriage is moving closer and closer to reality. this is sort of the next terrain we're going to see this fight over religious liberty and we saw how difficult it is for governor pens topence, a very tough road for republicans who don't want to talk about it at all. >> jeff is right. in a cascade of gay marriage being legalized in a lot of states states like indiana pushes this as the next stage battle while they wait for the outcome of the supreme court matter on this ruling in june which could make same-sex marriage a law of the land which would

as jeff zeleny reports, critics are not satisfied. >> reporter: hillary clinton breaking her silence over the e-mail controversy that has consumed her campaign in waiting. >> looking back it would have been better for me to use two separate phones and two e-mail accounts. i thought using one device would be simpler, and obviously it hasn't worked out that way. >> reporter: she acknowledged she may have made a mistake but insists it was innocent. >> even if i'd had two devices which is obviously permitted -- many people do that -- you will still have to put the responsibility where it belongs, which is on the official. i did it for convenience, and looking back i think it might have been smarter to have those two devices from the very beginning. >> reporter: at the united nations, mrs. clinton took questions for nearly 20 minutes. the two words came up again and again. >> looking back -- looking back -- now looking back -- again looking back -- >> reporter: now she's looking need a second presidential campaign. and she finds herself in the middle of another political firestorm with re

i'm joined by democratic strategist jeff zeleny. >> we saw him there with the glasses and the bruisesace, and he is recovering from a serious injury that he had in january, and he has been unable to see, and he has had few eye surgeries and up there in age, and it is a tough re-election seat there in nevada and not that much in a surprise but we were a little bit caught off guard, and he told mitch mcconnell i'm not gone yet, and i am here for two years, and so he is there for two more years, but it sets off a little scram scramble. >> and who are the top, dick durbin or senator shumer? >> well dick durbin is probably in the best position here and he has been by harry reid's side through it all, and he has effectively risen as the top the or the right hands for senator reid in his injury and others, but but it is far too the soon to see if he gets the seat. but the big question is if the democrats win control of the senate. of course, they lost control in the last fall and now they only have a 54 seat control in the senate and if the democrats win control, who is most helpful to that,

but important numbers, let's get to them with jeff zeleny and peter hanby.versy. hillary clinton, 62%, joe biden 15%, that's the wrong one. we'll get the right one up for you. elizabeth warren 10%. bernie sanders, 3% the most significant part to me is one no significant damage from the email controversy. that's about where she has been for some time. but there's been this very significant draft elizabeth warren movement. people who support her have had big high-profile events in iowa and new hampshire. these are national numbers, but not moving the numbers at all if you're hillary clinton you're not worried. >> i mean i think a lot of her movement is on social media. on twitter, facebook. this reflects the reality of american out there. there's room for her to grow but there's a not a groundswell for her. >> there's always going to be a vocal slice of the democratic party that's either more progressive than clinton or they don't like hillary clinton, that's always going to be there, that doesn't mean there's room for her to grow past hillary. what's interest