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Episodes

DOJ Releases Audio From Ghislaine Maxwell’s Interview

The transcripts are out. Hear what Ghislaine Maxwell told the Department of Justice about the President and Jeffrey Epstein. And, Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, who serves on the House Oversight Committee, weighs in on the release and the first batch of Epstein files they received today from the DOJ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 23, 202545 min

Hiker Details Survival In Norwegian National Park

American journalist Alec Luhn talks with Anderson about how he survived six days in the Norwegian wilderness with no water and barely any food after getting badly injured in a hiking incident. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 22, 202545 min

Judge Denies DOJ Request To Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts

A federal judge calls out the Justice Department for requesting the release of a few dozen pages of Jeffrey Epstein material when it has 100,000 pages of files but won't release them. Anderson speaks with Sky and Amanda Roberts, the brother and sister-in-law of the late Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 21, 202545 min

Trump Escalates Attacks Against Smithsonian Museums

President Trump calls the Smithsonian museum "out of control," in part, he says, because of its focus on "how bad slavery was." Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed of Harvard University talks with Anderson about the President's latest comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 20, 202545 min

Zelensky: Ready To Meet Putin In "Any Format"

President Trump said he’s begun arranging a meeting between Ukrainian President Zelensky and Russian President Putin after a summit today with Zelensky and European leaders. The Ukrainian president, at a news conference, said he's ready for a meeting in "any format.” Anderson talks about all this with former U.S. ambassador to the UN and former national security advisor Susan Rice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Aug 19, 202546 min

Trump: Putin Will Make Deal On Ukraine

President Trump and Russian President Putin will meet in Alaska in a historic summit on the war in Ukraine. Former Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, discusses summit strategy with Anderson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 15, 202548 min

Trump: "Severe Consequences" If Putin Doesn't Agree To End War

President Trump warned Russia will face “very severe consequences” if President Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to end the war in Ukraine during their meeting Friday in Alaska. Plus, the Nobel Prize winner known as the "Godfather of AI” thinks there's a 10-20% chance artificial intelligence will wipe out humans. His solution? Program AI with motherly instincts. He joins Anderson tonight. Plus, reaction from CNN contributor Kara Swisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

Aug 14, 202545 min

WH Orders Review Of Smithsonian Museums To Ensure Alignment With Trump Directive

The White House lays out plans for getting involved in what's on display at the Smithsonian museums, with an eye toward enforcing its view of American history. Plus, with troops arriving tonight for police duty in Washington D.C., my conversation with Maryland’s Governor Wes Moore, home to Baltimore, where the President is also talking about taking over law enforcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Aug 13, 202545 min

Trump Announces Federal Takeover Of DC Police, Deploying National Guard

Citing a crime emergency, President Trump says he's taking over the DC police, sending in the National Guard and is ready to do the same in other big cities. Overall crime numbers in DC are lower this year than in 2024. Plus, one of the most well-known Palestinian journalists, Anas Al-Sharif, is dead after being targeted in an Israeli strike. Four of his colleagues were also killed. Clarissa Ward has details on the attack and the widespread condemnation that Israel is now facing. Learn more abou...

Aug 12, 202545 min

Officer Killed In Atlanta Shooting, Police Believe CDC Was Gunman's Target

Shots fired in Atlanta, and police believe the gunman was targeting the Centers for Disease Control. A police officer was killed during the incident on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, authorities said tonight. Plus, the President names a date and place for his summit with Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 09, 202551 min

Trump: Summit With Putin Not Conditional On Russian Leader First Meeting With Zelensky

After weeks of tough talk, and a day before new sanctions are supposed to hit, President Trump eases up on Vladimir Putin. The question is why? Plus, he's now a Justice Department official, but on January 6th he was one of the mob at the Capitol. And video has surfaced of him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 08, 202545 min

Vance Denies Strategy Meeting Tonight To Discuss Epstein Case

The President calls the Epstein story a hoax, and “bullsh*t” and the Vice President says a dinner meeting on the subject is not happening. Plus, all we're learning about the Army sergeant accused of opening fire and wounding fellow troops today at Fort Stewart in Georgia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 07, 202545 min

Sources: Trump Admin. Debating Releasing Transcript Of Maxwell DOJ Interview

The talks were taped. What Ghislaine Maxwell told a top Trump administration lawyer in her quest for clemency, and the possibility that they could be made public. Plus, the report is in on what doomed the OceanGate Titan sub on its trip to the Titanic wreckage. CNN's Jason Carroll has the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 06, 202545 min

TX Governor Orders Arrest Of Dems Who Fled State Over Redistricting

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders arrest warrants for missing Democratic lawmakers, in a redistricting fight that could undermine who controls half of Congress next year. Plus, the Trump DOJ launches a grand jury criminal probe of the Obama administration's handling of 2016 Russian election interference. This less than two weeks after the current President accused the former President of treason and said "it's time to go after people." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...

Aug 05, 202545 min

Keeping Them Honest: The Fact Remains

President Trump deals with unwelcome facts on the economy by firing the official in charge of gathering the facts. The markets are not fooled and we're keeping him honest. Plus, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice in sex trafficking minors as young as 14 years old, is transferred to one of the cushiest spots in the federal prison system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 02, 202545 min

Giuffre's Family: "Shocking" To Hear Trump Say Epstein "Stole" Her From Mar-A-Lago

Tonight, with his advisers trying to change the President's verbiage on Jeffrey Epstein, the family of one Epstein accuser is demanding answers about what then-citizen Trump knew, about what Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were doing. Plus, the hard lessons now coming to light in the Texas flood zone, where so many died, just a few weeks ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 01, 202545 min

Keeping Them Honest: Transparently Cloudy

The Trump administration says it wants transparency when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, but a new court filing reveals how narrow they want our view to be. Plus, what happened at sea and on shore after one of the most powerful earthquakes ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 31, 202545 min

New Details on Deadly Mass Shooting Inside NYC Skyscraper

New York City's worst mass shooting in a generation. All we are learning more about the investigation, the killer, and the lives he took, including two men who died trying to protect others. Also tonight, the president’s new explanation for his break with Jeffrey Epstein, his fixation with Epstein’s spa, and his lack of outward focus on Epstein’s victims. We will speak with the therapist who counsels some of them about how they are taking it. And the latest from Gaza on the mass starvation unfol...

Jul 30, 202546 min

NYPD: Suspect Dead After At Least One Police Officer, 2 Civilians Shot

Four people, including an off-duty New York Police Department officer, were killed in today’s shooting in Midtown Manhattan, a law enforcement official told CNN. The suspected gunman was tentatively identified as a 27-year-old from Las Vegas and police believe he died of a self-inflicted gunshot. CNN has the latest from the scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 29, 202555 min

Gaza Doctor: Airdrops Are A “Joke” And “Distraction”

Aid workers in Gaza are sounding the alarm on what they are calling mass starvation. Plus, Ghislaine Maxwell is given limited immunity in her meetings with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and President Trump does not rule out a pardon for her. Also, this week in Idaho, Steve Goncalves faced down his daughter Kaylee's killer in court and delivered a message: "you failed." Jim Sciutto speaks to him tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jul 26, 202545 min

Deputy AG Meets With Epstein Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

An extraordinary meeting today between jailed Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, as the Trump administration tries to quell weeks of backlash over its handling of information on the case. In a post on X, Blanche said the interview with Maxwell will continue tomorrow and “The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time.” Plus, President Trump's feud with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell bu...

Jul 25, 202545 min

Sources: AG Bondi Told Trump His Name Appeared In Epstein Files

President Trump was told last month by his Attorney General Pam Bondi that his name was is in the Jeffery Epstein files, sources familiar with the discussion told CNN. Republicans are making moves to subpoena those files from the Department of Justice. Plus, heartbreaking testimony from the families and friends of Brian Kohberger's victims before he was sentenced to life in prison for the Idaho murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jul 24, 202545 min

CNN Finds Photos Of Trump, With Ivanka By His Side, Taking To Epstein

A CNN exclusive, newly unearthed videos and photos of then-citizen Donald Trump and Jeffey Epstein together. This, as some House Republicans defy Speaker Mike Johnson over the Epstein issue. Plus, Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists that "no one has died" because the Trump administration dismantled USAID. CNN's Isobel Yeung traveled to Afghanistan to investigate. Plus, remembering Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary and often outrageous heavy metal singer turned reality TV star is dead at 76. Osbour...

Jul 23, 202545 min

WH Asked About Releasing Epstein Docs: "Should Ask The FBI"

The White House tries to deflect attention on the Jeffrey Epstein case as Republican Sen. Josh Hawley says releasing the grand jury testimony isn’t enough and calls for a hearing on Capitol Hill. We ask Anthony Scaramucci, Shelby Talcott, and David Urban where things go from here. Plus, what a federal judge did today at the sentencing for a former police officer involved in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid after the DOJ requested no prison time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

Jul 22, 202545 min

Trump Files At Least $20 Billion Libel Lawsuit Against WSJ Publisher

Breaking news in the Epstein saga on two fronts. First, the Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to release grand jury testimony from the case. Second, President Trump is now suing the Wall Street Journal. Plus, Anderson’s report on psychedelics to treat post traumatic stress disorder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 202545 min

WSJ: Racy Letter Bearing Trump's Name Given To Epstein

The White House is facing more questions on Jeffrey Epstein amid new reporting from the Wall Street Journal, which the president denies, that he sent Epstein a racy letter for Epstein's 50th birthday. Award-winning investigative reporter Julie K. Brown, of The Miami Herald, has been investigating the Jeffrey Epstein saga from the beginning. She's also the author of, "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jul 18, 202546 min

President Trump Reframes Epstein Case As Democratic "Hoax"

President Trump continues to face blowback from within his own base over the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Now he says questions about the case and all the action against him by Democrats over the years are “all the same hoax." Award-winning investigative reporter Julie K. Brown, of The Miami Herald, has been digging into the Epstein saga from the beginning. She's also the author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story”. Learn more about your ad choices....

Jul 17, 202545 min

Trump On Epstein Controversy: “I Don’t Understand Why It’s Still Going”

If President Trump trying to put the lid on the Jeffrey Epstein story, why does he keep talking about what’s in the pot? Plus, the President defends his decision to give Russia more than a month and a half to come to terms with Ukraine even as Moscow continues its attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 16, 202545 min

Epstein Case Fallout Divides Trump's Officials And His Base

The Jeffrey Epstein case divides Trump world, with one staunch ally calling for a special counsel, and the #2 man at the FBI on very shaky ground. Plus, former President Obama's tough message for Democrats and who he thinks the party should focus on as they search for future leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 15, 202545 min

Sources: Deputy FBI Director Considering Resigning

Multiple sources say the FBI's number two was a no show at work today. Dan Bongino, the Deputy Director of the FBI, has told people he is considering resigning amid a major clash between the FBI and Justice Department over the continued fallout from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein memo, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Plus, a week after people in Texas Hill Country woke up to the worst of the flooding, President Trump tours the area and questions continue over FEMA's delayed respon...

Jul 12, 202545 min
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