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And apology accepted? some of joe bidens primary rivals dont seem entirely satisfied after he belatedly said hes sorry for touting his work with segregationist senators. this as the 2020 field has its first dropout tonight. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. were following multiple breaking stories. the house judiciary committee just released the written testimony by ...

Tape parade canyon of heroes in new york city. erica halls on the scene. were going to continue to follow these developments. but theres other news thats happening right now. including breaking news. blocking testimony. the house judiciary committee just revealed how another former administration official was advised by the white house against answering the panels questions over and over again. stand by for details. census suspense. as the president weighs options for adding a question about c...

Court. tonight sources tell cnn the administration is scram toblg figure out if they can use a presidential memorandum or an executive order to add the controversial citizenship question to the census. options that were put on the table only in recent days after the president said he wanted to fight the issue. >> were thinking about doing that. its one of the ways. we have four or five ways we can do it. >> reporter: this as the justice department replaces the legal team overseeing the census ca...

Next day or two. were told the strategy to comply with the presidents demand remains up in the air. an executive order is among the options on the table right now. barr also is weighing in on next weeks congressional testimony by robert mueller. hes accusing house democrats of force the former special counsel to appear to create, and im quoting him now, "some kind of public spectacle." this hour ill talk with house judiciary committee member steve cohen and our correspondents and analysts are al...

Fight? >> i think the president may have shot himself in the foot here. he said there are many reasons to add the citizenship to the cens census. one of the reasons is redistricting. thats one of the key reasons to bring a lawsuit. they think it will discriminate against minorities. and they believe that the republicans were working with a strategist to bliring this to hp republican efforts to gerrymander districts and to suppress the minority vote. the president said there are many reasons. but...

He were thinking very seriously. were doing well and we could also ahead an addition on so we can start the printing now and maybe do an addendum after we get a positive decision. so were working on a lot of things including an executive order. >> and the president saying that before he left for the location where our own hans nichols is located. bedminster, new jersey. we know that he spent the day doing his fafrvorite thing, golfing, but have we heard anything more about this fight to getting ...

Adding this question, president trump is still personally invested in seeing it added to the census, arguing that its needed for districting and for the allocation of taxpayer dollars. listen to the president defending it yesterday. >> we need it for many reasons. number one, you need it for congress. but districting. you need it for appropriations. where are the funds going? how many people are there? are they citizens? are they not citizens? we need it for many reasons. >> reporter: now, the l...

Department lawyers say theyre still looking for a way to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. meanwhile, an administration official says right now the census will be printed without a controversial question. an executive order with an addendum to the questionnaire are two options that president trump said hes now exploring. cnn reporter sarah westwood is in berkley heights. sarah, what are we hearing from the administration on this front? >> well, good morning, jessica. president trump...

Justification for adding this question, perhaps the equation would change. although critics say its unlikely that will happen. earlier this week, president trump created a bit of confusion when he tweeted that he is refusing to back down from the battle to get citizenship included on the census, after commerce secretary wilbur ross said, victor and jessica that he was going to go ahead and put in the census forms. >> thanks so much. a cnn exclusive, former vice president joe biden sat down wit...

Supreme courts decision that would allow the question on the cens census. we think there may be a legally available path under the supreme court decision. that is lawyer speak for giving it another try. and that is really the urgent traffic right now because the president is acknowledging that the clock is ticking because the census forms are being printed and the president is holding open the option of an addendum. but as long as census forms are being printed without that question on it, they ...