Rising inflation, a Covid surge, tensions in Eastern Europe: President Biden is facing challenges nearly everywhere he turns. As voters grow frustrated with higher prices and the ongoing pandemic, Biden tries to balance acknowledging the frustration with insisting his administration has made significant progress. Plus, Democrats return to the negotiating table as they try to figure out which parts of Biden's agenda they can pass. And 49 years since the Supreme Court legalized most abortions, adv...
Jan 23, 2022•40 min
The President tries to connect his work with Americans’ anxiety, highlighting a big new investment in the US supply chain. Plus: The high-stakes meeting between Russia and the US in Geneva – deemed “not a negotiation” – fails to yield a major breakthrough. CNN reporting shows Rudy Giuliani led a quiet coup attempt trying to install bogus electors in seven states Trump lost. Brand new numbers from the CDC reinforce the power of Covid boosters vs. Omicron. To learn more about how CNN protects list...
Jan 21, 2022•39 min
After causing international alarm over remarks about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the President warns Vladimir Putin that any military action will bring a heavy price. Plus, the Supreme Court says no – again – to Donald Trump, allowing the January 6 committee access to White House notes and records detailing what the former President did and what he refused to do as his supporters stormed the Capitol. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn m...
Jan 20, 2022•44 min
As the President prepares to hold a rare news conference, his leadership on pressing issues such as the pandemic, his stalled agenda, and Ukraine is being questioned. Plus, New York’s attorney general says the Trump business inflated its assets by hundreds of millions of dollars. She wants the former President’s children to explain the fuzzy math under oath. And, is a Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more abo...
Jan 19, 2022•39 min
The current math in the Senate adds up to a stinging defeat for President Biden and his party on their voting rights agenda. How far is Chuck Schumer willing to go to change the rules? Plus: As Russia plots its next Ukraine move, and the US shows solidarity with the Baltic state, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Kyiv where he will meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. And, a brand new study details the terrible mental health toll of school clo...
Jan 18, 2022•38 min
As the nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King, prominent Democrats and activists are expressing anger at those who won’t change the filibuster to advance the voting rights MLK championed. Plus, Virginia’s new governor stirs an immediate Covid showdown by stripping away a statewide school mask mandate. And, Donald Trump makes his midterm year debut. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jan 17, 2022•39 min
With the losses piling up, is it time for Joe Biden to hit reset on his Presidency? Plus, the administration announces a new testing plan, but is it too late to stop the surge? And, Donald Trump versus the GOP establishment. On today’s panel: Toluse Olorunnipa of the Washington Post, CNN’s Melanie Zanona, Margaret Talev of Axios, the Washington Post’s Seung Min Kim, CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more ab...
Jan 16, 2022•41 min
Stuart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, makes his first federal appearance in court after being charged with seditious conspiracy – by far the most serious of the 700-plus indictments filed against defendants connected to the Capitol insurrection. Plus, President Biden looks to end a brutal week of setbacks in the courts, in Congress, and in the inflation numbers, on a brighter note. And, some major cities are nearing the end of the brutal Omicron surge, but the national numbers remain q...
Jan 14, 2022•39 min
House Minority Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’s not going to voluntarily turn over any records of what happened on insurrection day, and refuses to talk about the details of what spoke about with the then-President of the United States, Donald Trump. Plus: Joe Biden promises more test and more masks. And, the President travels to Capitol Hill to speak to Senate Democrats, two of whom remain opposed to Biden's voting rights plan. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.co...
Jan 13, 2022•39 min
Inflation spikes to its highest level in nearly 40 years, as everything from gas to your couch to your sweatpants is getting more expensive. Plus, big pressure on two Senate Democratic moderates to change their minds about the filibuster and voting rights. And, Mitch McConnell speaks truth about the 2022 election, which (of course) makes Donald Trump mad. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...
Jan 12, 2022•39 min
The President visits Atlanta for a big voting rights push, but many activists say they are in no mood for another speech and demand Presidential action in Washington. Plus, a new pandemic record: 145,000 people are now hospitalized with Covid. And, the former President targets a Republican Senator who told the truth, and Kevin McCarthy promises if he gets power he’ll use to punish Democrats. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad cho...
Jan 11, 2022•39 min
The disruptions caused by the Covid-19 variant include millions of workers calling out sick, kids unable to go to school, and travelers stranded, sometimes for days on end. Plus, the U.S. and Russia meet for talks, but while the goals are clear – avoiding an invasion of Ukraine – there's little insight into how to do it, and even less confidence Vladimir Putin is in the mood to listen. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. ...
Jan 10, 2022•42 min
One year after rioters ransacked the Capitol and delayed the certification of President Biden's victory, Biden accused Donald Trump of "holding a dagger to the throat of democracy." Plus, Democrats renew their push for voting rights as Biden and Vice President Harris plan to deliver speeches in Atlanta on Tuesday. And why Dr. Ashish Jha says children should be in school despite the Omicron surge. On today’s panel: Catherine Lucey of the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post’s Paul Kane, CNN’s...
Jan 09, 2022•40 min
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky holds her first solo briefing with reporters since the summer, as new CNN reporting details frustrations with her at the White House and among some CDC scientists. Plus, the first jobs report of the new year is weak, but the unemployment rate sinks to a new pandemic low. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jan 07, 2022•39 min
On the heels of President Biden’s speech marking the one-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection, CNN’s John King, Dana Bash, Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and others take an in-depth look at this tragic event in our nation’s history. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Chicago teachers refuse to go to their classrooms as many Americans find the CDC’s new isolation guidance more confusing than helpful. Plus: newly revealed texts show Trump propagandist Sean Hannity was saying one thing to White House insiders but something very different on TV and on the radio. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jan 05, 2022•39 min
For the first time in four months, pandemic hospitalizations exceed 100,000, with Omicron now responsible for 95% of new infections nationwide. Plus: a jarring look at the Jan 6 lies Trump supporters believe to their core. And: Chuck Schumer’s math problem. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jan 04, 2022•39 min
As Omicron disrupts schools and causes a surge in pediatric hospitalizations, the FDA authorizes Pfizer’s booster for 12-15-year-olds, while also chopping a month off the timeline to get the third shot. Also: The NY Attorney General subpoenas the former President’s children, Ivanka and Donald Jr. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jan 03, 2022•39 min
Holiday travel plus the highly transmissible Omicron variant equals record-breaking Covid cases across the country. Thanks to vaccinations hospitalizations and deaths remain lower than last winter's surge. But, the variant is causing staffing shortages from airlines to hospitals. Plus: nearly a year since the January 6th Capitol attack, 6 in 10 Republicans still believe there was significant voter fraud in the 2020 election. And Biden holds back-to-back calls with Russia and Ukraine's leaders. C...
Jan 02, 2022•45 min
Omicron pushes the average U.S. daily Covid case count above 300,000. Now the variant has some states rethinking when and how kids will go back to school. Plus: Despite low unemployment and stock market records, the everyday economic reality for some Americans feels very different. And: Biden and Putin prepare to speak again. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dec 30, 2021•39 min
As an American Covid-19 case record falls, the CDC chief explains why the agency reduced its isolation advice if you’re asymptomatic … and why it left testing out of the equation. Plus: Putin reaches out to Biden. And: a look back at Harry Reid’s remarkable life. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dec 29, 2021•39 min
Omicron has scrambled everything. Daily Covid cases climb to 237,000, more kids land in hospitals and the CDC changes its isolation guidance to 5 days for asymptomatic cases. Plus, Democrats run over the same old ground. Is President Biden's agenda dead, or can Joe Manchin be swayed? And, Democrats have the slimmest of majorities in the U.S. Senate with the balance of power at 50/50. CNN identifies the ten Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022. On today’s show: Jonathan Martin of the New York...
Dec 28, 2021•40 min
As the Omicron surge continues, the U.S. is now averaging nearly 200,000 new Covid cases per day, and the biggest concern, with New Year's Eve celebrations around the corner - will a spike in hospitalizations and death come next? Plus, President Biden closes out his first year in office where he began, with his giant rewrite of the American social safety net still unfinished. Senator Cardin says the Democrats are "open" to breaking Build Back Better into stand-alone bills, but will this be enoug...
Dec 27, 2021•44 min
President Biden ends his first year in office with the lowest approval ratings of his career. He can also point to some big wins, like a bipartisan infrastructure bill and low unemployment. But can he recover politically as long as Covid still dominates voters’ lives? Plus – Manchin in the middle. How the West Virginia Democrat became Washington’s indispensable man. Can fellow Democrats convince him to change his mind on the “Build Back Better” plan? And Donald Trump is dominating the GOP as muc...
Dec 26, 2021•45 min
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Dec 20, 2021•2 min
Noting the Omicron variant may be “the most contagious virus that civilization has faced in our lifetimes,” doctors predict a "a viral blizzard" with “millions of cases in our communities.” Plus: Biden’s year-end agenda falls short, leaving a 2022 scramble. And: More evidence the Trump coup attack was real. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dec 19, 2021•41 min
There is no new episode of the Inside Politics showcast. If you haven’t already, please check out CNN’s other podcasts and showcasts at cnn.com/audio . To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 17, 2021•2 min
Colleges retreat to online learning, big games are postponed, and big Broadway shows are shuttered. Omicron, Delta, plus the flu bring a new season of uncertainty … President Biden’s biggest priorities are stalled because Democrats can’t work out their differences … Wall Street likes the new Federal Reserve plan to fight inflation, but how might they impact you? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...
Dec 16, 2021•39 min
A brand-new CNN poll reveals two-thirds of Americans have doubts about President Biden’s leadership … Will the Justice Department pursue criminal charges against Mark Meadows? … The Omicron explosion. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 15, 2021•39 min
As the House prepares to hold President Trump’s former Chief of Staff in contempt, new evidence – texts from Donald Trump Jr. on January 6 – makes clear why getting the full truth is so important … Encouraging data on the Covid pill that fights serious illness and death … New reporting on one of the Democratic senators holding up a central piece of President Biden’s agenda. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...
Dec 14, 2021•39 min
