wolfe. >> barbara britton is in the middle.as able to learn about david, he would have never gone to that hotel room to meet harry britton. he would have never gone to that hotel room to meet michael wolfe. he agreed to come meet barbara. >> the woman who wept tears of love for her long-loved david, who professed to have held a torch all of those years, was the very same woman who called david on the phone and enticed him to go to that hotel room to be killed. >> they needed to use barbara as the lure, because david still had feelings for barbara. >> evidence? david had a roommate, reported journalist stefan kamp and that roommate heard david take a phone call just before he went out that night. >> he was pretty sure it was a woman who was on the phone. david takes the phone, goes into his room, comes out a little while later, he's all spruced up, ready to go out, he's got a smile on his face, he's combing his hair, he's putting on his cologne and david jackson left the apartment at that point. that was the last that any of his

>> that's right, wolf.mueller report set to come out later this week, president trump appears to be feeling some added anxiety, as he's once again lashing out at the special counsel's office. the president, as usual, is serving up some other distractions, making more threats of sending undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities. that's not exactly what he said in the past. ♪ proud to be an american >> reporter: traveling to minnesota to tout his tax cut, president trump appeared to have the 2020 campaign on his mind. >> we may have the best economy we've ever had. everything that we've done can be undone and bad, bad things can happen. >> reporter: but the president seems to have more immediate concerns, namely the trump administration's plan to release redacted version of special counsel robert mueller's findings to the public on thursday. even before all of the facts are in, mr. trump is alleging he's the victim, tweeting, they spied on my campaign. we will never forget. the president's personal lawyer,

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in t"the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. the political power struggle in venezuela turning violent as opposition leader juan guaido makes a new push to oust president nicolas maduro. dozens of people have been injured in clashes in the capital, where the u.s. embassy is now warning all americans to shelter in place. secretary of state mike pompeo will join us live this hour. we'll talk about u.s. options. we'll also talk to congresswoman veronica escobar of the judiciary and armed services committee and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let's get the very latest on the breaking news, cnn's brian todd is joining us. brian, venezuela's political crisis is clearly escalating. >> it is escalating, wolf, there's been a lot of violence on the streets of caracas today and it is not at all clear tonight which leader has the full backing of the venezuelan military. >> reporter: it is one of the most v

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". >> this is cnn breaking news. >> rooer following breaking news. right now house democrats are holding an urgent conference call to discuss their strategy following the release of the mueller report. part of that strategy includes the possibility of kbeeching president trump because of what the special counsel revealed about the president's repeated attempts to interview with and shut down the investigation. the president insists he isn't worried about impeachment. he also is suing congress right now, contending lawmakers don't have a right to look into his finance de financial dealings. the u.s. senate has the final say on impeachment. i'll speak with democratic senator, jack reed, and i'll get to that momentarily. and our correspondents and analysts, they will have full coverage of the day's top stories. >>> first, the politics of impeachment. our senior congressional correspondent, manu raju, is up on capitol hill, keeping tabs on sources listening in

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wolf? >> as you know, the attorney general, manu, he seemed to tap dance around the very sensitive question of whether the white house had been briefed on the mueller report. you asked the chairman nadler about this. >> yeah, i did. i asked him specifically about that comment from barr, saying that he would not discuss whether or not the white house had been briefed in any way about the full mueller report. nadler raised concerns. >> well, that's also disturbing, because, certainly, the white house should not be briefed before congress sees the entire -- sees the entire document. it indicates that the attorney general sees the president as hi client, not the country at his client. >> what caught a lot of people by surprise is that he did discuss other interactions with the white house. he did say that the white house counsel got a heads up before the four-page barr summary came out. he said they didn't change kit, but they raised a lot of questions about why he would not answer that questio

>> we want it all, wolf.he only way to protect future interference campaigns is to know who the russians worked with, how they did it and what reforms we have to put in place. we should see it all. the american people paid for this report. congress should see it and we should let the american people see as much as -- >> some of -- some of those redacted pages involving intelligence gathering, sources and methods, without revealing any sources and methods, what do you want to see? >> i want to see exactly who the russians worked with, how they did it on their end, what we know from our -- the way we collect intelligence. what do we know about what they are doing so we can stop it going forward in the future. but there's also going to be an raerks era of reformation. because the president didn't meet the legal standard of collusion and because a prior congress did not imagine someone would conduct themselves the way the president's team did, doesn't mean we shouldn't write laws to protect this from happening. i

wolf? >> thanks very much, pamela brown at the white house. >> joining us now, republican congressman jim banks of indiana. he's a member of the armed services committee. congressman, thanks so much for joining us and let's get your reaction to this top story we've been covering. does it worry you that the white house apparently routinely pushed through security clearances despite objections from intelligence and national security professionals? >> wolf, good to be with you. at the end of the day, these are white house personnel decisions. every president before president trump has had the same privileges that he has to designate at the end of the day who can and should receive a security clearance on his staff. so i defer to the president of the united states, who was elected to this position on who he determines needs those clearance s and defer to that process. >> there's this professional whistle blower who came before the house committee says that some serious issues were, according to

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news on the rapidly escalating warfare between the president and house democrats. tonight, the oversight committee has voted along partisan lines to subpoena a former white house official seeking testimony about the handling of security clearances. democrats are expected to authorize more subpoenas tomorrow as part of their fight to get the full un-redacted mueller report. president trump is lashing out about that, calling the move "ridiculous and a disgrace." i got reaction a little while ago in my interviews with the chairman of the intelligence and judiciary committees. they're standing by their demands, saying they can't give the attorney general the benefit of the doubt, as he reviews how much of the mueller report to make public. this hour, i'll talk to democratic congresswoman, jackie speier, a member of both the intelligence and oversight committees, and our correspondents and

>> well, wolf, it's still going on. it's still being fought by the firemen, 400 firemen on the scene trying to contain what's left of the flames. but at this point it's down to embers and most of the flames, visible flames, have disappeared from around the cathedral. it wasn't that way earlier. here's the way it looked earlier. the city of paris at a standstill. as one of its most iconic landmarks, theater of notre dame, engulfed in flames. parisians and visitors standing in shock as sections of the cathedral built 800 years ago, collapsed before them. >> everybody is crying. this is a symbol of paris and symbol of triumph, symbol of freedom. >> reporter: james and his family visiting the landmark shortly before closing. >> we got a couple of blocks across and turned and looked back and gasped as we saw the spire engulfed in flames. >> reporter: the spire of the cathedral, also known as our lady's arrow, destroyed by the %-pe unesco world heritage site, the site of the catholic cathedral plads drawing attention and reac

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wolf?sunlen, the speaker, nancy pelosi, just spoke in new york at the time 100 event, was asked about impeachment. what did she say? >> this, of course, is the talk up here on capitol hill, in the members' districts, as they hit the recess while the redacted version of the mueller report was released, we have seen additional calls from some democrats to call for impeachment, but that is not the view of house democratic leaders and specifically nancy pelosi. and she spoke just a few minutes ago at this time 100 event. these are her most extensive comments publicly on this since the mueller report hit. here's what she had to say. >> i do believe that impeachment is one of the most divisive forces, paths that we could go down in our country. but it's the path that fact finding takes us there, we have no choice. but we're not there yet. >> and that certainly keeps in line with what she and other house democratic leaders have been trying to push her caucus to view, that this is right now the pri

wolf? >> laura, thank. laura jarrett at the justice department. i want to bring in our senior justice correspondent, evan perez, and cnn reporter, kara scannel. evan, the attorney general made this truly stunning statement today, that he thinks the fbi, the intelligence agencies actually spied on the trump campaign. what evidence could he possibly have? >> it's not clear, wolf. and i think he says he had some concerns. and look, he was given multiple chances today to sort of clarify what he meant. and he really didn't do that. i think if you're the fbi, folks there are wondering whether he's talking about the fisa application for carter page, and, you know, from all the information that has been shown so far, that appears to have been done properly. is he talking about the cia and some of the activities they had, looking at what the russians were doing on their end, talking to people connected to the trump campaign. it's not clear what the attorney general was talking about. it's not clear

i'm wolf blitzer.in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on what's being described as a purge at the highest levels over at the department of homeland security. president trump firing the dhs secretary, kirstjen nielsen, and the director of the secret service. we're told more heads are likely to roll as mr. trump is said to be, quote, unhinged about border security. tonight sources tell cnn the president has been pushing to reinstate and expand the widely criticized family separation policy. also breaking, prosecutors say they're still investigating whether a chinese woman accused of

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i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following multiple breaking stories tonight. democratic congressional leaders just said "no" to the attorney general william barr's offer to let some key leaders read a version of the special counsel's report with fewer redactions. the rejections come only hours after the democratic chairman of the house judiciary committee subpoenaed the entire unredacted mueller report and all the underlying evidence, setting up a court fight over how much of mueller's work congress will be able to see. also breaking, former republican presidential nominee mitt romney becomes the first republican in congress to harshly criticize the administration, because of what's revealed in the special counsel's report. romney calls himself, and i'm quoting him now, sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection in the highest office of the land, including the president. all of this comes as the pr

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news, parisians are holding a vigil right now after a raging inferno gutted the iconic notre dame cathedral. now the struggle has begun to salvage the cathedral's priceless treasures. donors have already pledged $700 million to restore the landmark and the french president, emmanuel macron, says he wants the cathedral rebuilt within five years. also breaking, as president trump's frantic tweets reveal some anxiety about the soon-to-be-released mueller report, some officials say they're more worried about facing the president's fury if the redacted report reveals what they told the special counsel in hundreds of hours of interviews. i'll speak with congressman denny heck of the intelligence community. and our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with the breaking news in paris. cnn's melissa bell is outside notre dame for us, where experts are getting their fi

i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >>> breaking news. president trump's outside lawyers havef e president's tax returns, from the democratic chairman to the powerful house, ways, and means committee. white house officials are preparing for battle, warning they'll take the fight to the supreme court. the opening skirmish in that fight is playing out as president trump visits the border with mexico and warns would-be migrants, and i'm quoting him now, our country is full. after a week of threatening mexico, then climbing down from those threats, the president then headed to look at a section of the border barrier. he calls it a new wall, but it's more of a fence and a replacement for what already existed there. >>> i'll speak with congressman hakeem jeffries of the judiciary committee. and our correspondents and analysts, they will have full coverage of today's top stories. let's begin with our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, the p lawyers play defense back home over his tax returns. >> that's right, wolf. president trump

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news tonight. new evidence americans aren't buying president trump's claim he was exonerated by the mueller report. a new national poll shows 53% do not think mueller's investigation cleared mr. trump of all wrongdoing. the president is now likening the russia probe to an attempted coup against him, standing by that unfounded comparison in new comments just a while ago. >>> also breaking, joe biden beats his democratic presidential -- raising $6.3 million in the first 24 hours of his campaign. but his first tv interview since announcing is getting some mixed reviews. among other things, biden declined to directly apologize to anita hill for his handling of the 1991 clarence thomas hearings. this hour, i'll talk with democratic congressman ruben gallego. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. >>> first let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. as americans are wei

>> hey, wolf. chilling details we are learning from officials regarding the arrest of a 26-year-old former army infantry man, resident in the los angeles area, they describe was in the process of attempting to place a bomb in a crowded area here in the los angeles area. this is a case that involved fbi undercover agents, informants and the suspect himself attempting to gather ingredients for the device. let's listen to officials describe his role. >> this is a case in which law enforcement was able to identify a man consumed with hate, bent on mass murder, and stop him before he could carry out his attack. nevertheless, the criminal case outlines a chilling terrorism plot that developed over the past two months and targeted innocent americans. he requested instruction of improvised explosive devices he planned to use in the attack. he allegedly purchased several hundred three inch long nails to be used in iuds as shrapnel, specifically because the nails were long enough to penetrate the human body

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> the breaking news this hour, cnn has learned that house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler has subpoenaed former white house counsel don mcgahn, the clearest sign yet the panel is planning a deep dive into possible obstruction of justice by president trump. also breaking, deeply divided house demps holding a high-stakes conference call discussing whether or not to move to impeach the president based on the findings of special counsel robert mueller. and tonight sources are telling cnn the u.s. is narrowing in on a key terrorist it believes it tied to both isis and the sri lanka terror attacks who killed almost 300 people including four americans. we'll talk about that and more with congressman of the intelligence and oversight committees. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first let's go straight to capitol hill, our senior congressional correspondent manu a raju is joining us. fi

wolf. >> the scandal continues to expand.ryn in boston, thanks for the report and to our viewers thanks for watching. you can follow me on twitter and instagram @wolf blitz pepper erin burnett "outfront" starts now. >> outfront next breaking news democrats officially demanding six years of president trump tax returns. moments ago the president responding. also breaking this hour, the fbi now investigating the security breach at mar-a-lago. looking into whether it was an espionage attempt by the chinese. fbi now in this. and joe biden breaking silence, speaking to the camera is it all but certain now he has decided to run? let's go out front. >>> and good evening i'm erin burnette. outfront tonight president trump making it clear he is not handing over his tax returns. this after the chairman of the powerful house ways and means committee juf

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news, hout democrats have new weapons in their showdown with the trump administration. a growing arsenal of subpoenas. the judiciary committee along party lines has authorized the use to pressure the justice department to turn over the full unredacted mueller report along with all the underlying evidence. also approved subpoenas for five former white house officials who democrats say are instrumental investigating possible abuses and a day after issuing a subpoena in a probe of white house security clearances, the white house oversight committee chairman says he'll send one to the president's former account ing firm which he says has agreed to furn over documents. i'll speak with steny hoyer and our analysts will have full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with manu. democrats are showing off their power ahead of a likely clash with the trump administration. what is the latest? >> jerry nadler is n

wolf, this is about power. everything i've been listening to on your show, trump resisting the subpoenas and could you tell him that is illegal and we're going to take you to court and you're a bad guy, these guys understand one thing. they understand power. and when they've got it, they exercise it. and unless you take power away from them, all of the other arguments are utterly -- i'm afraid irrelevant. >> these guys, who do you mean? >> i mean trump and the republican party. i go back, wolf, to my main point we discussed before. we have a president without shame. he's backed by a party without spine and they are both backed by a network utterly without integrity. that has become the proud of american journalism and that is a powerful trifecta. it could only be defeated ultimately at the ballot box by democrats putting forward a candidate who is more compelling to the american people and registering voters, getting enough support for that candidate to win. my view, nothing else matters. >> some democrats argu

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in t"the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news. a major terror plot thwarted in california where police have arrested a suspect they say was, quote, consumed with hate and bent on mass murder. also breaking, democratic presidential candidate joe biden, proclaiming himself a union man as he courts working class voters in his first campaign rally, this one in pittsburgh. president trump, meanwhile, as tweeted about biden at least four times today, ignoring advisers who warn giving a rival too much attention could backfire. we'll talk about that and more with congressman steve cohn of the judiciary committee and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let's get to the breaking news out of los angeles, where officials say they have thwarted a major terror plot. our justice department, jessica schneider is working the story for us. jessica, we're now learning some very disturbing new details. >> we are, wolf. this is a 26-year-old former army soldie

one thing is certain, wolf. we've seen this today, we've seen this repeatedly over the first three months of this house democratic majority. they aren't going to stop anytime soon. in fact, the expectation is, everything's only going to be expanded from here going forward. >> it will go forward, there's no doubt about that. phil mattingly, thank you very much. as president trump threatens to close the entire southern border with mexico this week, we're told the white house is considering appointing a so-called czar to manage the surge of migrants coming into the united states from mexico. let's go to our senior white house correspondent, pamela brown. pamela, what are you hearing about the president's ultimatum? will he actually go ahead and shut down, close that border? >> well, i can tell you, wolf, with the administration officials i've been speaking with today, that is the question they're all asking. many of them, who would be involved in such a move, are now left in the dark. they're actually looking to th

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> breaking news. we're just hours away from the release of the mueller report, and the justice department says attorney general william barr will hold a news conference about it in the morning. president trump suggests he may follow suit, and in radio interviews, the president says you'll see a lot of strong things come out tomorrow, his words. it will be a redacted version of mueller's report, but administration officials are worried the president will explode in fury if it reveals their testimony to mueller's team. a republican source warns the president will, quote, go bonkers. he's already been hyperventilating via twitter, calling the mueller probe a witch hunt, a total fraud, instigated, and i'm quoting him now, by a bunch of dirty cops and democrats. while he falsely claims chon ration, democrats note the report does not draw conclusion on obstruction, and they're poised to subpoena the full report with supporting evidence. i'll speak with congressman andre carson of the intelligence committee.

later, wolf wrote his own message under his mug shot on twitter. >> saying i'm now in recovery. i've got almost eight months clean and sober. >> thanking the salvation army and officer ho fe. >>, we spoke. how you? nice to meet you. >> if he hadn't been on me so much to get me out of there, i might not be talking to you today. i might be in the grave instead. >> how does that make you feel knowing he sees you as his life-saver? >> i was kind of able to give tom a push in the right direction, i think. tom is the one that has done all the hard work. >> stephanie elam, san francisco. >> isn't that a nice story? >>> today got off to an unusual start for workers at a lumberyard in dloefr cloverdale. they discovered this prosthetic leg, shoe still attached. a skydiver lost the leg during mid dive. after posting the find on social media and old-fashioned detective work, deputies found the owner in marin. this afternoon deputies returned the leg to its owner. the man whose name is deion says the leg is worth about $15,000. those things are not cheap, those good prosthetic legs. he says

wolf? >> what a disturbing story that is. we're going to have much more on this story coming up later in "the situation room." tom foreman, thanks for that report. joining us now, democratic senator ben cardin of maryland. he's a member of the foreign relations and finance committee. senator, thanks so much for joining us. >> wolf, it's good to be with you. thank you. >> let's begin with our top story. do you support the efforts by the house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler to access the communications between the attorney general and robert mueller's team? >> absolutely. i think it's critically important that there be complete transparency on the mueller report and efforts made by the justice department, with mr. mueller. so we have to draw our own conclusions. not just the congress, but the american people. there's now different views as to how the attorney general's summary was handled and whether it's a fair representation of the conclusions reached by the mueller team. the way to solve this is for the public and

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>> of course it does, wolf. as clear as day. remember, we went into this having been told incorrectly, totally mischaracterizing the report, having been told by the attorney general that the choice of the mueller team was whether or not to prosecute. the choice that was given to the mueller team because of the r e rules at the justice department was simple. exonerate, find the president not guilty of obstruction, or don't find the president not guilty. because you can't exonerate. and that was the conclusion that mueller reached. and if that's the conclusion and he then goes on to make clear that it is congress that can apply these obstruction laws and that there are more than ten times laid out in great detail that the president attempted to obstruct justice, then it's incumbent upon the house of representatives and our judiciary committee to continue this investigation, to insure as mueller asks us to do, to insure that no one is above the law. >> it's one thing to continue the investigation. it's another thing to launch forma

>>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. cnn has learned germany's giant deutsche bank has started giving new york state's attorney general documents related to loans to donald trump and his business. at the same time the president is drawing a battle line in his war with house democrats investigating him saying, and i'm quoting him now, we're fighting all the subpoenas. the latest stonewall the justice department telling the house oversight committee it won't comply with a subpoena over the citizenship question on the u.s. census. that's the third time if two days the administration has stonewalled a congressional demand for information. we'll talk about that and more with congressman dan kilde of the ways and means committee, they are refuse to go provide with the president's tax returns and our analysts are standing by. first straight to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. the president calls the subpoenas ridiculo

>> you know, wolf, i think he makes an exceptionally strong case and here is why. we are in defining times. whenever there is an issue that occurs that rips apart the nation and tears at the heart of who we are, it is time for leadership and four someone to stand up and say things that may not be appealing to a group of people who support you. that may not be popular with people who support you. but are the right thing to do. leadership about expending your political capital to do what is right and say what is right and set the appropriate and proper tone. we're in a time where immigrants are attacked and criminals and rapists and terrible people and in a time while walking while black or going to a coffee shop and bread and breakfast while black and those are assailing times at a time like that when you are drawing a moral equivalency between white supremacists and those who would stand for justice, stand for what is proper, stand for what is right and stand for what we should be about as a society, we expect the president to condemn it. and when it doesn't happen

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on what's being described as a purge at the highest levels over at the department of homeland security. president trump firing the dhs secretary, kirstjen nielsen, and the director of the secret service. we're told more heads are likely to roll as mr. trump is said to be, quote, unhinged about border security. tonight sources tell cnn the president has been pushing to reinstate and expand the widely criticized family separation policy. also breaking, prosecutors say they're still investigating whether a chinese woman accused of illegal entry at the mar-a-lago resort was actually trying to spy. at a hearing in florida, they warned she lies to everyone she encounters. this hour, i'll talk to the house judiciary and foreign affairs committee member david cicilline. our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first let's go to our cnn chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, we're learning more about the t

welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max keyser time now to go to wolf richter or wolf street but cohen wolf welcome back thanks for having me back maxwell fritter larry kudlow drama trumps chief economic advisor says that interest rates will never rise again in his lifetime this is saying that this economy is dead and will never rise again all for well maybe he's saying several things you know i don't know about his life expectancy but. i doubt that interest rates will never rise again in that sense we are in a period or low interest rates seem to have been fairly well established. if lation this super high right now the federal funds rate is about the rate of inflation as measured by c.p.i. so in that point of view you know. you can say that interest rates are about or they need to be kharkiv in current inflation but never is is a long time and. so i don't want to totally buy into that never but right now i think interest rates are bad the short term interest rates about where they where they should be yeah right here are like interest rates are above. the consumer price index as if t

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, the democratic chairman of the house judiciary committee is threatening to issue a ississ i and go to court if necessary. that followed testimony by william barr who told lawmakers he expects to release a redacted version of the report within a week leaving the stage set for a sharp showdown between house democrats and the trump administration. i'll talk about the breaking news and more with congressman denny of the intelligence committee. our correspondents are standing by. let's get details on the breaking news. sarah mur ray is joining us. democrats not happy with what they heard today from the attorney general. >> that's right. battle is obviously brewing as the attorney general makes it clear he's just days away from having a report ready and democrats are making it very painfully clear that's not going to be enough. >> reporter: attorney general william barr saying he will be ready to share robert mueller's report. >> i think th

wolf and wanted to shine a light or important issues. one is sexual assault on campuses that was very important and the governor went around the state talking at different universities saying we must end the courage of sexual violence on campus. he works with me on issues of gun violence and clean water. and i talked to him last week on all of those issues and the budget for our school kids and education. so i was surprised i have to admit when i was legitimated here they asked me to stay on the commission. i remained on the commission with the governor and mrs. wolf. >> let's go back to your writings. where does that come from, your love for writing? >> my father was a talented writing, formidable writer and for some of us at a young age intimidating. he would assign us a weeklyes a. we hated it, but it made all of us good writers. and my father would constantly say to me, writing is thinking. i didn't really understand what he meant. and then i had the chance to teach writing so i improved my own writing skills. my father gave me the l

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. the former vice president joe biden on the campaign trail tonight just hours after announcing his third bid for the white house in a video sharply, sharply rebuking president trump. also breaking, house democrats launching another investigation of the administration. this one focusing in on the ouster of several top officials at the department of homeland security and the role of the white house aide stephen miller in the firings. we'll talk about that congressman himes. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. >>> first to our political reporter who is joining us from philadelphia. biden is there in philadelphia tonight. give us the latest. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. i've been following joe biden throughout this first day of his official presidential campaign. first in wilmington, delaware. he's going to be arriving shortly where we are here in philadelphia, pennsyl

they just pulled up to the great wolf lodge in colorado.e sister was sleeping right next to her. >> we're at great wolf lodge! >> she's like, i don't care where we at, why you screaming like that, girl? >> are you excited? >> no, of course not. >> are you excited? >> yes. >> wait until she sees the slide. >> well, actually there's a post that shows the family enjoying this amazing place. look, they all have enormous smiles on their face. >>> now, terry over here has just come back home. she and her daughter just picked up some takeout. >> what's this? >> when she opens the takeout bag, there's an open in there and she's a little confused by it. she opens it up thinking it's cue pons, offer for the next purchase and just like that -- >> is she going to great wolf lodge too? >> no. [ screaming ] >> her daughter just bought her tickets to go see phil collins and his tour "still not dead yet" live. >> you did it. >> here is the thing, though, mom is 90% deaf. she wears hearing aids, mainly reads lips. phil collins songs, she knows all of them.

i am wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news tonight. outrage among congressional democrats after a bombshell statement from the attorney general, william barr. in his second day of testimony on capitol hill, he claimed that the fbi or the intelligence agencies may have spied on the 2016 trump presidential campaign. at the same time, "the wall street journal is reporting new york prosecutors have gathered more evidence than previously known in the investigation into hush money payments to women who say they had affairs with mr. trump before he was president. i'll talk about that and much more with congressman steve cohen of the judiciary committee and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let's get details of the attorney general's truly stunning claim about spying on the trump campaign. our political correspondent sara murray has the latest. democrats are furious about bill barr's you be substantiated allegation. >> that's correct. it made a splash on capitol hill when he said he believes the trump campaign was spied o

wolf. >> we'll watch this together with you michelle. thanks very much.t "outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next trump team declaring war over taxes preponderate president ready to take the fight to the supreme court. what is he hiding. >>> plus president trump with a startling message tonight. the country is full. turn around now. that's a quote. >>> and pete buttigieg's husband always on the campaign trail, all over social media, who is chasten buttigieg, let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnette. outfront, the team trump team is ready to die on the words from a trump official. who tells cnn tonight the president will go for the supreme court to keep taxes secret. the battle lines