Hey there, from CNN. I'm Christabel Polanco with the five things you need to know for Friday, February 27th.

Former President Bill Clinton is being questioned today in the House Oversight Committee's Jeffrey Epstein probe.

This comes just a day after his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton concluded hours of defiant testimony before the committee,

repeatedly saying she had no ties

to Epstein or his criminal conduct. CNN's Annie Greyer has more from Capitol Hill.

Unlike his wife yesterday who said she never met Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton has a long-documented

relationship with Epstein. He flew on Epstein's plane multiple times. Epstein visited Clinton at the White House.

And Bill Clinton is all over the Epstein photos released by the Justice Department,

including a photo of the former president in a jacuzzi with women whose faces are redacted.

Now, Bill Clinton has never been accused of any wrongdoing and says he's cut ties with Epstein long before any knowledge of his crimes became public.

And Hillary Clinton said as much yesterday and argued that a lot of people in the early 2000s, like her husband, who were friends with Epstein, didn't necessarily know anything about what Epstein was doing.

More news after a quick break.

The clock is ticking in the showdown between the Pentagon and a major AI company.

And speaking of AI, we'll tell you about the company who's cut about half of its workforce because of it.

The clock is ticking for Anthropic.

The AI company maker of Claude has until 501 p.m. Eastern today to respond to a Pentagon demand to make its flagship AI system available for what the government calls all lawful purposes.

If the company refuses, it could be labeled a supply chain risk.

That's a designation usually reserved for companies thought to be extensions of foreign adversaries.

So that could limit its ability to do business with the federal government in the future.

So CNN's Hadass Gold is here to tell us what's next.

Hey Krista, the Pentagon says they don't want to have to ask a private company for changes or permission

in the middle of a live national security situation.

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