Seventy-five years after the Battle of Iwo Jima, images captured on film during the bloody World War II assault will be made public for the first time. Thanks to a partnership between the history division of the Marine Corps and the University of South Carolina, a large collection of footage from the Marine Corps’ deadliest battle will be available in a digital archive. Greg Wilsbacher, the curator of newsfilm and military collections at the University of South Carolina, joins CBSN with the details. Source
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Bloomberg qualifies for Nevada Democratic debate
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg qualified for Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns, Washington Post senior political reporter Aaron Blake, and Politico reporter Maggie Severns spoke to CBSN’s “Red & Blue” about the state of the race heading into Nevada. Source
Bloomberg campaign responds to attacks from rivals ahead of Nevada debate
Campaigns are targeting former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in attacks ahead of Wednesday’s democratic debate. Sabrina Signh, the national spokesperson for the Bloomberg campaign and Lynda Tran, a democratic strategist, joined “Red and Blue” for more. Source
Early voting takes off in Texas ahead of Super Tuesday
Early voting is underway in Texas, allowing many of the state’s voters to cast their ballots before the Nevada caucuses and South Carolina primary. CBS News 2020 campaign reporter Adam Brewster joins CBSN to discuss the significance of early voting in Texas. Source
Retailer will lend clothes to any woman running for U.S. office
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lauded the company’s move on Instagram. Source
LeBron James weighs in on Astros cheating scandal
“If someone cheated me out of winning the title and I found out about it I would be F*^king irate!” James tweeted. Source
2/18/20: Red and Blue
Last day of early voting in Nevada caucuses; WaPo: Trump’s most expensive 2020 fundraiser Source
Kenan Thompson will host this year’s White House Correspondents’ dinner
The longest-tenured “Saturday Night Live” cast member will be joined by comedian Hasan Minhaj. Source
Biden tells Las Vegas congregants that racists are “living in the White House”
After disappointing results in Iowa and New Hampshire, former Vice President Joe Biden is banking on success in the next two early voting states. Biden spent the final weekend before the Nevada caucuses campaigning in Vegas. On Sunday, he slammed President Trump’s record on race during mass at the First AME Church in Las Vegas. 2020 campaign reporter Bo Erickson joins CBSN with the latest. Source
Ruth Webber on how she survived Auschwitz
In this web exclusive Ruth Muschkies Webber, who was a child when she and her mother were interned at the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz, talks with correspondent Martha Teichner about how her mother kept her alive. Source