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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

The Life and Legacy of Jesse Jackson

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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We remember civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, who passed away today at the age of 84.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happening out breaking news, remembering the Reverend Jesse Jackson,

0:05.0

his life and legacy as a civil rights pioneer.

0:08.0

Plus, awaiting DNA results in the Nancy Guthrie case.

0:12.0

As investigators sift through tips, they are ruling out the Guthrie family of suspects.

0:18.0

We are live in Tucson.

0:20.0

And landmark trial, the case involving tech giants

0:22.7

could shape the future of social media. We're going to speak to a meta whistleblower on what

0:27.2

these companies know about their effects on users.

0:29.9

And a day of diplomacy talks between the United States and Iran conclude as discussions

0:36.7

about Russia's war in Ukraine

0:38.6

get underway. We're live in Geneva. Plus, reliving the deadly school shooting in Georgia,

0:44.3

survivors and first responders on the stand, sharing what happened that day as prosecutors

0:50.5

blamed the shooter's father and taking a courageous stand. We're going to hear from one of the last living members of the Little Rock Nine.

0:59.0

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

1:03.0

I'm Wolf Blitzer with Pamela Brown and you're in the Situation Room. room. This is CNN breaking news.

1:17.6

And we begin with the breaking news, sad news, announced this morning the Reverend Jesse Jackson,

1:22.6

a towering figure in American civil rights and politics has died at age 84.

1:29.2

For decades, Jesse Jackson was a force for social justice in this country, and he was

1:34.4

a democratic trailblazer.

1:36.5

With his fiery speeches and one of his signature phrases, Keep Hope Alive, he ran for president

1:42.0

twice in the 1980s and helped pave the way for others like

1:45.6

Barack Obama and Kamala Harris. CNN's Abby Philip looks back at one of the most consequential

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