First: Both the White House and Republicans are more upbeat after President Biden tapped three trusted aids to negotiate directly with the House speaker's team. But giant policy divides remain, despite big progress with the process. Plus: The Carolinas take center stage in the abortion debate. North Carolina Republicans override the governor's veto to enact a 12-week ban. In South Carolina, a six-week ban is the subject of a marathon debate. And: We review the results of some big primaries last ...
May 17, 2023•39 min
First: In just hours, congressional leaders head back to the White House to talk through a debt deal. But Democrats are already worrying that President Biden sounds close to caving. Plus: New and disturbing video shows a baseball bat-wielding attacker beating two staffers at a congressional office. And: Ron DeSantis nears a 2024 presidential launch with infrastructure and big money, but also with deflated expectations after months of fierce Donald Trump attacks. To learn more about how CNN prote...
May 16, 2023•39 min
First: Volodymyr Zelensky's tour of western leaders ends with a British promise of more missiles and more drones, but Ukraine's big ask -- fighter jets -- is still a TBD. Plus: Ron DeSantis puts on an apron and plays the everyman in Iowa. And: The White House suddenly sounds hopeful about avoiding a debt ceiling cliff, and the president abandons a gotcha game of semantics by calling the negotiation ... a negotiation. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Le...
May 15, 2023•39 min
First: After the end of the Covid-era Title 42 border rule, the number of migrants at the U.S-Mexico border is lower than expected. Still, asylum seekers will face a reshaped immigration landscape. We bring you an update from the southern border. Plus: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was back in Iowa yesterday to test his retail politics. But has Trump ended the DeSantis campaign before it even began? And: can President Biden and Speaker McCarthy make a deal to avoid a debt default? To learn more ...
May 14, 2023•41 min
First: The Biden White House tells migrants to turn around. That, after Title 42 comes off the books, luring thousands to the southern border, where facilities are stretched way beyond what they can handle. Plus: A big meeting to discuss the debt ceiling is cancelled, pushing the US further towards default. Is And: Declared 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising the voting age to 25 for most Americans. Is it a blatant attempt to help Republican odds? To learn more about how...
May 12, 2023•39 min
First: At a CNN town hall, the front runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination spews lies about January 6th, classified documents, and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Plus: Right now, there's a massive number of migrants waiting on the southern border as time runs out tonight on the Title 42 policy that made it easier to turn them away. And: As Ukraine gets a big delivery -- cruise missiles from the UK -- President Zelenskyy says he will win the war before the next US ele...
May 11, 2023•39 min
Rep. George Santos surrenders to authorities, accused (among other things) of using campaign cash to buy designer clothes, launder money, and stealing insurance money at the height of the pandemic. Plus: Tonight, Donald Trump gets a prime-time audience in New Hampshire right here on CNN, one day after a jury delivered a stunning verdict finding the former president liable for sexually abusing a woman and then telling malicious lies about her. And: While yesterday's debt ceiling huddle wasn't a t...
May 10, 2023•56 min
First: The US government's biggest players -- Biden, McCarthy, Jeffries, Schumer, McConnell -- sit down for talks with the stability of the global economy on the line. Plus: We're learning more about the victims of the massacre in Allen, Texas -- and the shooter who slaughtered them. And: Donald Trump's civil case goes to a New York jury after closing arguments, the focus on credibility and the former president's refusal to show up. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cn...
May 09, 2023•39 min
First: Police are mulling over possible motives after a mass shooter blasted his way through an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, taking eight innocent lives. Plus: Another eight people are dead in Brownsville, Texas, after a Range Rover bulldozes migrants. And: New polling shows America is deeply unhappy with Joe Biden -- including Democrats -- as the president confronts crises on the border and on Capitol Hill. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more ...
May 08, 2023•39 min
First, our panel discuss gun reform after eight people were killed and seven injured in a mass shooting at a mall just outside of Dallas on Saturday. Then, as a debt default potentially looms, are there signs a deal can be reached on Capitol Hill? After, the striking elements of the Donald Trump civil rape trial which has closing arguments this week. Plus, the Biden administration braces for a surge of migrants at the border. What are the challenges and solutions now facing the U.S. immigration ...
May 07, 2023•41 min
The US added 253,000 jobs last month, far exceeding expectations. Unemployment, meanwhile, remains at a 50-year low. And Black unemployment is at its lowest-ever level. The Fed suggested this week it might be done with interest rate hikes. But do these robust job numbers, following a three-month downward trend, threaten to undermine the Fed's efforts to cool the economy and tame inflation? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choic...
May 05, 2023•46 min
A Washington DC jury convicts five members of the Proud Boys for their actions on January 6th. Four are guilty of seditious conspiracy, the most serious charge. All five face significant prison time. Plus: Russia points to the United States and says Washington is somehow behind that brazen drone attack on the kremlin. The White House calls this claim b.s. And: The special counsel puts the Trump Organization in his sights. Sources telling CNN Jack Smith's prosecutors are zeroing in on how long-ti...
May 04, 2023•40 min
The Kremlin accuses Ukraine of trying to assassinate Vladimir Putin with a drone attack. Kyiv's response: We don't attack Russia. Plus: Migrants prepare to overwhelm the southern border. The Biden administration snaps into action, ordering troops to the border, orchestrating a new deal with Mexico and erecting new processing centers. And: The text message that fed the Fox decision to fire Tucker Carlson reveals the anchor rooting for a mob to kill someone ... and borrowing from Jim Crow. To lear...
May 03, 2023•39 min
First: President Biden orders 1500 active duty troops to the southern border, as thousands of people camp out ready to enter the US to cities unprepared for the migrant surge. Plus: Countdown to crisis - the Treasury Secretary puts a clock on how much longer America can pay its bills. And: Ron DeSantis nears his 2024 moment by making it clear that culture war fights on abortion, Disney, and the death penalty are central to his campaign in waiting. To learn more about how CNN protects listener pr...
May 02, 2023•40 min
First: First Republic Bank collapses. A weekend deal to buy it bales out uber-wealthy depositors but stirs worries about the strength of the economy. Plus: The head of the Republican National Committee delivers a blunt warning to Republican candidates coast to coast: ignore the abortion issue at your own expense. And: Entire lives packed into a single suitcase. CNN captures the desperation on the dock in Port Sudan as thousands are hoping to leave a nation at war with itself. To learn more about...
May 01, 2023•39 min
First: Joe Biden makes it official, declaring his candidacy for re-election. Most voters think he's still better than the alternative. Plus: Mike Pence testified before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election. Are prosecutors moving closer to indicting the former president? And: Would-be presidential candidate Ron DeSantis may have picked a fight he can't win in his battle with Disney. So why doesn't he just let it go? To learn more about how CNN protects liste...
Apr 30, 2023•41 min
First: Former Vice President Mike Pence faces a federal grand jury looking into Donald Trump's efforts to steal the 2020 election. The testimony marks a pivotal moment in the special counsel investigation. Plus: Conservative-led legislatures in South Carolina and Nebraska say no to stricter abortion laws. It's the latest whiplash moment as Republicans wrestle with their promises to ban abortion where they can in the post-roe world. And: A heavyweight showdown is now brewing in West Virginia afte...
Apr 28, 2023•39 min
First: Kevin McCarthy herds a debt ceiling bill through the House, but it's guaranteed to go nowhere in the Senate. Plus: Former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll is back on the witness stand after detailing an alleged attack by former President Donald Trump two decades ago. And: The mouse strikes back at Ron DeSantis, making him a defendant in a lawsuit. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...
Apr 27, 2023•39 min
First: Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson declares his candidacy for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, proclaiming the soul of the GOP is at stake. Plus: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy makes late-night concessions on a debt-limit blueprint. But does he have the votes? And: A state visit celebrates a 70-year partnership between the US and South Korea. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...
Apr 26, 2023•39 min
First: Joe Biden officially enters the 2024 presidential campaign. His announcement video makes clear he expects to stair down Trump in a rematch and mirrors his message in 2020. Plus: Nikki Haley tries to change the Republican party's conversation about abortion with a message calling for more compassion. And: Jury selection kicks off in a civil case over whether former President Donald Trump defamed a writer who accuses him of rape. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit ...
Apr 26, 2023•42 min
First: Fox makes a stunning announcement: It's severed ties with its highest-rated anchor, Tucker Carlson. This will no doubt raise eyebrows as it happens one week or so after a nearly $800 million settlement for election lies. Plus: The president's team rushes to lock in key pieces of a would-be 2024 campaign, videotaping an official announcement and choosing a campaign manager. But still no word on when Joe Biden will greenlight his re-election bid. And: Ron DeSantis visits Japan, trying to lo...
Apr 24, 2023•39 min
In just a matter of days, President Biden is expected to take the plunge and formally announce his bid to retake the White House. Plus, Ron DeSantis ups the ante in his contentious war against Disney, as the Florida Governor continues to lose Republican endorsements to Trump. And, could GOP hardliners upend Speaker McCarthy’s debt limit deal? Also, the Tennessee Democratic lawmakers targeted by Republican State House officials for protesting on gun reform, join to talk about the future of gun re...
Apr 23, 2023•42 min
First: The official re-election announcement for Biden-Harris 2024 will come in a video likely early next week. This, even though many Democrats are lukewarm about a second term. Team Biden is betting again that Republicans are about to remind voters why they chose Biden back in 2020. Plus: All eyes today are on the Supreme Court, which faces a midnight deadline for a pivotal decision on the abortion drug mifepristone. And: Brand new CNN reporting on how Donald Trump's allies looked for ways to ...
Apr 21, 2023•39 min
First: SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever, gets off the launch pad, then explodes just minutes into its mission. Plus: Mediators order election denier Mike Lindell to give an expert $5 million for debunking Lindell's election lies. And: We look into an IRS agent's stunning allegations: that the President Biden's team is mishandling the investigation into his son Hunter, and that Attorney General Merrick Garland lied to Congress. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy...
Apr 20, 2023•39 min
Fox inks a $787 million settlement with Dominion -- a historic and embarrassing sum. But ... the network escapes without publicly saying these words to its viewers: "Sorry. We lied to you." Plus: Two Florida men battle for the approval of mostly other Florida men, as Donald Trump tries to outshine Ron DeSantis by nabbing more congressional endorsements from Florida. And: Alabama police announce they've arrested two teens on reckless murder charges in connection to the Sweet 16 mass shooting that...
Apr 19, 2023•39 min
First: The fate of the abortion pill mifepristone is in the hands of the Supreme Court. A decision could happen at any moment. Plus: The man who shot a Black teen who rang the wrong doorbell is still not under arrest. Attorneys for Ralph Yarl's family say that's an outrage ... and that the reason is Black and White And: More on the Florida governor versus the house the mouse built. Ron DeSantis threatens retaliation against Disney with rival amusement parks, perhaps with a state prison to crowd ...
Apr 18, 2023•39 min
First: Congress is back today, and lawmakers returned to a very long to do list this morning. The House Speaker Kevin McCarthy used the New York Stock Exchange as the backdrop for a speech in which he placed blame for the debt ceiling stalemate at President Biden's feet. Plus: House Judiciary Republicans hold a hearing in Manhattan to try and turn up the pressure on DA Alvin Bragg, calling him soft on crime. Is it an attempt to deflect attention from Bragg's prosecution of Donald Trump. And: Doe...
Apr 17, 2023•39 min
Why did a young member of the Air National Guard have access to some of America’s closest held secrets? Also, Ron DeSantis signs an abortion ban in Florida as some conservatives worry they’ve gone too far for most voters. Will GOP leaders moderate their policies or just their rhetoric? Plus, some Democrats are calling for Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) to resign after a series of health concerns. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ...
Apr 16, 2023•41 min
First: 21-year-old Air National Guard member Jack Texiera made his first court appearance today, where he was formally charged with leaking top-secret US intelligence documents online. Plus: New CNN reporting on an intriguing avenue of investigation for Special Counsel Jack Smith, who wants to know if Donald Trump is using an army of lawyers to intimidate potential witnesses. And: Did Ron DeSantis just make himself unelectable? Florida's governor just signed one of the nation's most restrictive ...
Apr 14, 2023•39 min
Just moments before today's show begins, the Justice Department announces it's asking the Supreme Court to intervene in an abortion pill case with ramifications from coast to coast. Plus: The New York attorney general deposes Donald Trump, who likely faces hundreds of questions with $250 million in the survival of his family business on the line. And: 89-year-old Senator Dianne Feinstein says she won't resign after missing a month plus of work and after a California colleague says she's no longe...
Apr 13, 2023•40 min
