CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing the rampant misinformation in some midterm campaigns as they enter their final stretch, and if debates still matter. Arizona officials are deeply concerned about the safety of voters amid voter intimidation allegations. Marc Elias is the founder of Democracy Docket. He tells Alisyn Camerota about how his organization has filed lawsuits to stop alleged intimidation from masked militias at Arizona ballot boxes. Plus, NASA enlists a team of...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Bob Woodward, author of “The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump”, joins to discuss the recordings in which Trump talked about national security secrets, his relationship with Kim Jong Un, and his handling of the Covid pandemic. He tells Jake Tapper why he thinks Trump is an “Unparalleled danger”, and that the only time Trump wouldn’t answer a question was about whether he would peacefully leave office if he lost the 2020 election. Later, Woodward’s fellow W...
Oct 25, 2022•42 min
CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing the possibility of election denialism affecting the midterms, Trump’s January 6 subpoena and the response of his legal team, Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake softening her stance on accepting election results, and the case of former daycare employees being charged with child abuse after an adult is filmed using a “Scream” mask to terrify toddlers. Republican strategist and pollster Frank Luntz joins to discuss the int...
Oct 22, 2022•42 min
Steve Bannon is sentenced to four months in prison after refusing to comply with a subpoena from the January 6 Committee. His attorney tells Jake why he thinks the appeal Bannon’s case is “Bulletproof”, and responds to the issue of his client continuing to spread election lies. The parents of Aaron Nola of the Philadelphia Phillies and Austin Nola of the San Diego Padres, join to talk about the brothers making history in the baseball postseason, and crisscrossing the US to support them as they f...
Oct 22, 2022•41 min
CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing Raphael Warnock’s new campaign advert highlighting Herschel Walkers’ abortion controversy, North Carolina’s hotly-contested race to fill Sen. Richard Burr’s Seat, statistics that show American men are dropping out of the labor force and fewer are graduating, and following the record-breaking resignation of UK Prime Minister Liz Truss – how do you solve the problem of unpopular leaders? A panel of voters in battleground states weighs in o...
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Jake Tapper opens CNN Tonight talking about UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ abrupt departure from office after only six-weeks, following her ‘Truss-nomics’ causing the British economy to implode. He focuses on what happened and why, and also considers if the turmoil of Truss foreshadows more instability to come in America. Former Republican Governor of Florida Jeb Bush joins to discuss the drop in student test scores after the pandemic, Florida’s ‘Stop Woke’ Act, and also tells Jake why he thinks t...
Oct 21, 2022•43 min
CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing if the swirl of legal troubles surrounding Trump will matter in the midterms, the key issues voters will be thinking about at the ballot box in November, and the seismic changes to come if the GOP takes the House and Senate. Plus, the TikTok abortion debate divides generation Z, a proposed solution to perfectionism’s negative effect on mental health, more states open up access to legal and medical marijuana, and Miami Dolphins quarterbac...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Jake Tapper opens CNN tonight talking about the economy, inflation and recession, as polling shows 44% think the economy and infrastructure are the most important issues facing the US ahead of the midterms. Next, Jake goes one-on-one with New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu. They discuss what the Republicans would do would do to improve economic conditions and avoid a recession if they controlled the Senate, and his run for re-election while endorsing an election denier. Attorney Ken Turkel join...
Oct 20, 2022•42 min
CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing legendary journalist Bob Woodward’s audiobook of 20 interviews he conducted with then President Donald Trump from 2016 to 2020 - and it’s a goldmine. Plus, a National Institutes of Health study links chemical hair straightening to uterine cancer, lawyers for George Floyd’s daughter draft a cease and desist letter to Kanye West, and Trump's deposition in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit is imminent. Talk show hosts Mark Davis and Bill...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Rep. Peter Meijer is one of only 10 Republican members of Congress who voted to impeach then-President Trump after the January 6 Capitol attack. He joins to discuss the rise of extreme candidates in 2022, narrowly losing his primary to a Trump-backed election denier, and the responsibility he thinks the Democrats should take for their spending on amplifying the views of far-right Republican candidates. Former Army Intelligence Analyst and “README.txt” author Chelsea Manning, leaked hundreds of t...
Oct 19, 2022•43 min
CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing the backlash against Trump for attacking American Jews by saying they must “get their act together” on Israel “before it’s too late”, the heated midterm debates happening across the country, if Saturday Night Live’s take on politics sticks with voters more than what they see on the news, and Biden pushing student debt relief amid GOP opposition. Beth Kean is the CEO of the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles. She joins to remind how the Holo...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Kanye West tells Bloomberg that his move to buy Parler is prompted by his suspensions by Instagram and Twitter, and that it’s a place for “people who have been bullied by the thought police”. Tech guru Scott Galloway tells Jake Tapper about Parler’s plummeting popularity, and discusses whether Kanye can really make an impact with the platform. Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton joins to discuss Russia launching a series of Iran-supplied “kamikaze” drone attacks across Ukraine at ...
Oct 18, 2022•42 min
CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing never before seen video from January 6 of a call between Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence, trying to work out how to safely certify the electoral vote amid the chaos at the Capitol, Herschel Walker And Raphael Warnock’s face off in their close Georgia Senate race, how lies and false claims are flourishing in the American political landscape, and whether co-workers should share information about their salaries. Plus, the mother of Parkland Sch...
Oct 15, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Jake Tapper opens CNN Tonight with a monologue on political scandals past and present, covering both the quirky, and the shocking. Mark McKinnon was the Chief Media Advisor to George W. Bush. He joins to discuss Herschel Walker’s debate with Raphael Warnock in their race for the Georgia Senate, as Walker doubles-down on his assertion the abortion scandal he faces is based on a lie, and Warnock accuses him of pretending to be a police officer. Senator Bernie Sanders joins to talk about his new Op...
Oct 15, 2022•42 min
CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing new footage of the reactions of lawmakers as the insurrection unfolded, the January 6 Committee playing testimony from a top aide indicating Trump knew he lost the election, and also, the Committee arguing that Trump was directly involved in the bid to overturn the 2020 election as it unanimously voted to subpoena him. House Select Committee member Rep. Adam Schiff joins to discuss the Secret Service knowing about the potential for viole...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 20 min
First, Jake goes-one-on-one with January 6 Committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger. They discuss whether Kinzinger thinks Trump will testify after the Committee unanimously voted to subpoena the former president, the Republicans attempting to blame Nancy Pelosi for rioters entering the Capitol during the insurrection, and the never-before-see-footage of Congressional leaders during the Capitol attack, obtained by CNN. Next, Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensburger joins to discuss h...
Oct 14, 2022•42 min
CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing the jury’s decision to order conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to the Sandy Hook families, the new testimony and evidence expected to be heard at the final January 6 hearing tomorrow, and the questions looming over Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman's Health, following his near-fatal stroke in May. Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen joins to speak out about how the then president “wea...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Jake Tapper goes one-on-one with Anna Sorokin, the convicted con artist and fraudster, and the inspiration behind Netflix’s “Inventing Anna”. Now out of ICE detention but under house arrest, she tells Jake that she “definitely did” take advantage of people, why she thinks her punishment would be different he she was sentenced in her native Germany, and what’s next for her after her release. Former Trump White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews joins to discuss if she thinks Donald Trump...
Oct 13, 2022•42 min
As Vladimir Putin’s options narrow in Ukraine, Jake Tapper asks President Biden how close he thinks we are to the brink of a nuclear disaster, what other options are on the table, and Biden’s vow not to negotiate about Russia keeping any part of Ukraine, in an exclusive CNN Tonight interview. The two also discuss the backlash over Biden’s meeting with Saudi Arabia, recession fears, and federal prosecutors weighing charges on two fronts in their investigation into his son, Hunter. Plus, Jake inte...
Oct 12, 2022•46 min
CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing the backlash to Fox News mocking a recorded phone call President Biden made to his son Hunter about getting help for his drug addiction, Lizzo taking on her critics about playing James Madison’s 200 year-old flute, and how Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is leaving the door open to future a presidential run. Former police officer Mike Fanone, who defended the Capitol during the insurrection, speaks out on the political hypocrisy on both sides ...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 19 min
The panel discusses the hypocrisy of key Republicans continuing to rally around GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker amid allegations that he paid for his then girlfriend’s abortion after the two conceived a child in 2009. And, as the GOP seizes on crime as a principal issue for the midterms, the panel also debates how the Democrats can convince voters they take the issue seriously. Plus, Actress Jada Pinkett Smith joins to discuss her interview with Breona Taylor’s family, GOP leader Kevin McCa...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 20 min
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Oct 07, 2022•2 min
Herschel Walker issues a new denial over the daily Beast’s report that he allegedly paid for his then girlfriend’s abortion after the two conceived a child in 2009, claiming in a Fox News interview that he doesn’t know the identity of the woman involved. The panel discusses the reaction to the GOP Senate candidate’s denial from some prominent conservative anti-abortion voices, the political impact of past ‘October surprises’, and also how rising gas prices could impact Democrats’ chances this No...
Oct 06, 2022•42 min
Georgia GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker confronts a new scandal after the Daily Beast reports he paid for a woman’s abortion after the two conceived a child in 2009. That, as his son Christian Walker releases a video saying he is done with what he calls his father's lies. The panel discusses the report, which Walker calls a “flat out lie”, how the story could affect his political future even with the backing of GOP leaders, and also how the scandal, if true, reflects on the party of family va...
Oct 05, 2022•42 min
The highest profile January 6 case begins as opening statements are presented in the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial, with the DOJ revealing a recording in which founder Stewart Rhodes says his “only regret” after January 6 is that his group “Should have brought rifles”. Rhodes’s estranged wife, Tasha Adams, joins CNN Tonight to discuss what she thinks her ex-husband’s objective was on January 6, the abuse she faced from him over a ten-year period and how the Yale Law School graduate tru...
Oct 04, 2022•43 min
One of the most catastrophic storms in Florida's history regains strength to become a category 1 hurricane and is projected to make landfall on Friday in South Carolina. Cajun Navy Incident Commander and veteran fire fighter Jay Carter joins to talk about the personal motivation behind his involvement in the search and rescue effort, as he and his team push on through the night in treacherous conditions to help as may people as possible. Hundreds of thousands of Russians rush to the Country’s bo...
Sep 30, 2022•42 min
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Sep 29, 2022•2 min
A life-threatening category three storm surge with catastrophic 120 mph winds and flooding is expected to hit the Florida peninsula. With nearly 2-million people already under mandatory evacuation orders across the State, the Mayor of Sarasota tells Laura how the City is preparing, including shutting off water to barrier islands and closing bridges. Jury selection begins in the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial, as five members of the far-right militia group face trial for a violent plot t...
Sep 28, 2022•41 min
Records obtained by CNN show that a cell phone registered to a Capitol rioter who stormed the building, received a phone call from a White House landline at 4:34p on January 6. The call lasted for only nine seconds – but who placed the call and why? That, as new documentary video shows key Trump ally Roger Stone on pre-election day saying, “Let’s get right to the violence”. The January 6 Committee is set to hold what’s likely to be the last public hearing on Wednesday before it releases its fina...
Sep 27, 2022•43 min
CNN learns Trump’s legal team has attempted to block a federal grand jury from gathering information from the former president’s top aides about his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. That, as the January 6 Committee prepares to hold what may be its final public hearing next week before the panel releases its report. The panel discusses if it’s likely Trump’s team will prevail with his executive privilege claims in the Mar-a Lago investigation, how financial pressures might be weighing on T...
Sep 24, 2022•43 min
