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Strides. >> guys, there is a lot more to come up but i want to end this part of the conversation now and quick reminder to our viewers. were jus over tt over two hour president obama joining anderson cooper for a cnn prime time event. "guns in america" that begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. coming up, a terror attack thorted and an isis symbol shot down exactly one year after the slaughter at the charlie hebdo magazine and allegations about bill clintons sexual behavior going back decades. all of a...

Will cut the candidate loose and run in their own direction. ive been told the same thing. >> but they are both -- they are both two republican front runners at least in iowa right now. let me just show you a little clip. bill clinton was giving a speech today on the campaign trail for his wife. watch this. >> keep americans up at night. and my phone is ringing. [ laughter ] >> ill have to call hillary back and explain why i couldnt take it. [ laughter ] >> very candid moment from bill clinton. ...

Its already friday in north korea, which is about to celebrate kim jong-uns birthday as it also celebrates his claim of a hydrogen bomb test. in a cnn exclusive, our will ripley is the only american television correspondent inside north korea right now. hes joining us on the phone from pyongyang, the capital. will, theres very harsh worldwide reaction. are the north koreans worried about new sanctions that are about to be imposed? >> reporter: wolf, i met with some north korean officials last ni...

Our top story on this the one-year anniversary of the bloody massacre of the "charlie hebdo" magazine, paris gets a new terror scare as police shoot dead a knife wielding assailant who had a fake explosive device and carried an isis symbol. all this coming as we get breaking news about who was behind the slaughter of 130 people in paris in november injuring hundreds more. joining us now our cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank, our cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd, former cia official, a...

Whats happening right now is every time the president talks about more gun control issues, more americans go buy guns. 24 million guns sold last year, 1 1 million were sold the year before the president took office. hes been a tremendous salesman for firearms in the united states because every time he talks about another executive action, there is an additional increase with gun sales, constitution is pretty clear on this issue. you cannot remove this basic second amendment right but we should b...

Special town hall event on gun violence. youll see it live only here on cnn. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." paris gets a new terror scare a year to the day after a bloody attack on the "charlie hebdo" magazine. french officials say a knife wielding man is shot dead as he tried to enter a police station. they say the assailant had a fake explosive device and carried an isis symbol. its the latest in a wave of terror including the november 13th slaughter over 130 people and atta...

Sexual misconduct allegations that dogged bill clinton during his presidency are resurfacing as he campaigns for his wife including a decades old allegation of rape dating back to his time of the attorney general of arkansas. our senior political correspondent brianna keilar is live tonight where hillary clinton is campaigning tonight. the clintons arent commenting on any of this, are they? >> reporter: the clinton campaign certainly is not, wolf, but bill clinton has been asked and asked about ...

It had no arms, but it welcomed me. (crow cawing) it had no heart, but it was alive. (train wheels on tracks) it had no mouth, but it spoke to me. it said, "rocky mountaineer: all aboard amazing". were back with our political experts as we await president obamas departure for tonights cnn town tall. pushed back against the controversial graphic on the ted cruz campaign website showing the president as a storm trooper wants to take away peoples guns. lets go to our senior white house correspond...

Well. >> greg dont you think shes ready to play at the big fish level? i think she was ready before and obviously shined because she was in the smaller pond. i think shes ready to go at wit the big dogs. >> im sure if her name was carl not carly it would be a different story. i cant believe they put carol costello on the air. have you watched her? >> come on, greg. >> they wont put carly? >> its insulting. >> it is insulting. but shes probably the most articulate candidate going. >> yeah. >> car...

The coming weeks. i want to go to eric on this one. is it that hedge fund managers just push paper and dont do much? >> maybe. its almost impossible to target just the hedge fund managers when youre going after carried interest youll go after international businesses and international banking. they all have to use that carried interest. if you raise the cost of doing business youre going to end up losing people to hire. donald trump says hes going to release his tax plan in four weeks. the cnn d...