Donald Trump will face the first of his four criminal trials on March 25, 2024. All in one courtroom will be adult film star Stormy Daniels, former Donald Trump, and hush money payer Michael Cohen. Plus, in another Trump criminal case, the top prosecutor in Fulton County, Georgia, Fani Willis took the stand in her own defense as Trump and his codefendants are trying to get her thrown off the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2024•47 min
The Super Bowl celebration turned into a scene of sheer terror in Kansas City as dozens are wounded, many of those shot are children, in another mass shooting in America. Also, new CNN reporting on a cryptic warning of a national security threat. That threat we have learned concerns Russian nuclear weapons in space as some lawmakers on Capitol Hill say it is so serious it should be declassified and made public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 15, 2024•46 min
Donald Trump's emergency appeal to the Supreme Court could be his best and last shot to quash his trial until after the election. His argument to the justices is that without absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, the presidency, as we know it, would cease to exist. Plus, shockwaves from Washington to Warsaw tonight as the former president is deriding a 75-year-old security alliance with U.S. allies. Instead, Trump says Russia can do whatever the hell it wants. Our guest tonight knows firs...
Feb 13, 2024•45 min
Donald Trump is weighing in after President Biden is facing no charges in his classified documents investigation. The former president is claiming that he cooperated with the feds, which he didn't, also alleging that Biden did not, which he did. The White House is blasting the report as politically motivated and certainly a political headache. Also, Israel's prime minister wants its military to have plans to evacuate Rafah where over a million Palestinians are sheltering as the White House is wa...
Feb 10, 2024•44 min
It is being called an epic fail of losses for Republicans as another critical bill goes down. Nikki Haley is calling it chaos, Donald Trump is celebrating, and Biden is saying it is time for Republicans to decide who they serve. Plus, nine justices on the Supreme Court will give their first indication where they lean in the fight over removing Donald Trump from the ballot ahead of the election for what he did over the last one. Also, the U.S. is striking back for the deaths of three Americans in...
Feb 08, 2024•45 min
Donald Trump's claims are outright rejected by a federal appeals court. The judges referred to him is citizen Trump saying the former president cannot escape being held accountable for his actions while in office. Also, the Republican effort to impeach the Homeland Security secretary just went down in flames. Plus, for the first time ever the parent of a school shooter has been held responsible for her actions related to her own son’s murderous rampage. What it could mean for the future school s...
Feb 07, 2024•45 min
A bipartisan border deal appears to be on the verge of going bust as a dramatic fight is playing out among Republicans, battling each other behind closed doors while Donald Trump is warning that anyone who is considering voting yes could be end their career by doing so. Also, Mike Pence wouldn't help Donald Trump overturn the election, but a prominent senator and 2024 vice presidential contender is now suggesting he would have. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 06, 2024•44 min
The US retaliates against Iranian-backed militias for the deaths of three American soldiers, hitting more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria. Plus, Trump’s former lawyer joins to discuss his DC election interference trial delay. And, Civil Rights Attorney Areva Martin joins to talk about the closing arguments of the Michigan school shooter’s mother in her involuntary manslaughter trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 03, 2024•45 min
Trump's long-time CFO Allen Weisselberg is in talks to plead guilty again, this time for allegedly lying on the witness stand at the former president's civil fraud trial. Plus, in another landmark trial, the mother of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley takes the stand in her own defense against involuntary manslaughter charges. And, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faces reporters for the first time since his secretive hospital stay, apologizing for not telling the President, saying: “I did...
Feb 02, 2024•45 min
An extraordinary moment at a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill as Mark Zuckerberg stands up to apologize after he and other tech execs were accused of having blood on their hands. Plus, the fate of Ukraine's top general is up in the air this evening. Could a major military shake-up be under way? What that means for the state of the war. And, a stark warning from the FBI Director on major threats facing the US. Christopher Wray says hackers in China are preparing to wreak havoc, and we aren't p...
Feb 01, 2024•44 min
Donald Trump's former national security advisor joins to give dire new warnings about what could happen if the former president returns to the White House. Plus, President Biden says he's decided on a response to the deadly drone attack that killed US troops in Jordan. And, Israeli commandos disguised as nurses and medics raid a West Bank hospital, killing suspected terrorists in hiding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 31, 2024•44 min
E. Jean Carroll gives her first CNN interview since her $83 million victory against Donald Trump. What she says she plans to do with the money and what it was like to come face-to-face with the man found liable of sexually assaulting her. Plus, more details on the three US soldiers killed in a drone attack in Jordan. The Pentagon says Iran's fingerprints are on the strike, and President Biden is preparing to respond tonight. And, a scandal that has engulfed the United Nations agency after a doze...
Jan 30, 2024•48 min
The staggering cost of Donald Trump's own words. More than $83 million for years of defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll, even after a jury found that he sexually abused her. Is this enough to make it stop? Plus, two insiders give Kaitlan their takes on the case, one person from the courtroom, along with the person who first told E. Jean Carroll to consider suing the former president. And, details of the chance run-in at a party that got this case going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...
Jan 27, 2024•45 min
Trump takes the stand again to testify in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, breaking court rules again, and being scolded by the judge to keep quiet, yet again. Plus, a Trump ally proposes declaring the former president the presumptive nominee two states into the Republican Primary. Details of the major backlash that saw that plan withdrawn. And, an unprecedented trial is underway in the US for the mother of a teenage school shooter. Will the parents be held responsible for their son's deadl...
Jan 26, 2024•44 min
Nikki Haley fights on, while Donald Trump is fighting mad. Why instead of celebrating, the former President is seething. The Source has new reporting about what set him off, and what he is demanding. Plus, a Russian jet said to be carrying 74-people plunges to the ground killing everyone on board. Russia claims that Ukraine shot it out of the sky killing dozens their own prisoners of war. And, Alabama is about to kill a convicted murderer using a method that no state has tried before. Learn more...
Jan 25, 2024•45 min
A show of force for Donald Trump in New Hampshire as several of his former rivals rush to endorse him, giving Nikki Haley the one-on-one race she's been asking for. Plus, can the “Kingmaker” of Democratic politics help put President Biden in the White House again? Congressman Jim Clyburn joins to discuss. And, as families of hostages burst into Israel's Parliament demanding the Government do more to bring their loved ones home, The Source has new reporting on conditions for a possible 2-month ce...
Jan 23, 2024•45 min
A searing snub for Nikki Haley after Tim Scott, the Senator she once appointed, endorses Trump just four days out from the make or break New Hampshire Primary. Plus, the district attorney who indicted Trump in Georgia now faces allegations of her own misconduct involving the man that she hired as the lead prosecutor. What new credit card records reveal, and what it could mean for the future of the case. And, Alec Baldwin is indicted for a second time for involuntary manslaughter in the deadly ‘R...
Jan 20, 2024•44 min
House Speaker Johnson talks to Kaitlan, fresh from an official high-stakes meeting with President Biden ahead of a looming government shutdown. Plus, a contentious day in court for Trump as the judge threatens to evict him from the courtroom in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial. And, body camera footage released from a police raid is under scrutiny after flash bangs were used inside of a home for a toddler that was on a ventilator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...
Jan 18, 2024•46 min
There is no new episode of The Source showcast, but we’ll be back in your feed soon. If you haven’t already, please check out CNN’s other podcasts and showcasts at cnn.com/audio. Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 16, 2024•2 min
Donald Trump and his GOP rivals cancel almost all of their in-person events in Iowa less than 72-hours before the critical first vote in the Nation, as extreme weather and subzero temperatures upend their plans. Plus, the US launches further strikes against Iranian backed militants in Yemen, hours after President Biden said he had delivered a message to Iran with an initial attack. Is escalation now inevitable? And, there are potential complications for the Trump case in Georgia following allega...
Jan 13, 2024•44 min
The US and its allies strike back with a massive bombing attack on Iranian backed forces in Yemen, in what could be a significant expansion of the war in the Middle East. Plus, a chaotic conclusion to Donald Trump's civil tax fraud trial in New York after the former president launches into his own closing argument, insulting the judge who will decide his fate. And, Kaitlan Collins goes one-on-one with legendary quarterback Joe Namath to discuss the remarkable legacy of football coach Nick Saban,...
Jan 12, 2024•46 min
There is no new episode of The Source showcast, but we’ll be back in your feed soon. If you haven’t already, please check out CNN’s other podcasts and showcasts at cnn.com/audio. Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 11, 2024•2 min
Does a president have sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution on anything they did while in office? The historic showdown over the central question in Special Counsel Jack Smith's case. Plus, the reason why Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been in the hospital for the last week and the specific details of his care he kept from both his deputy, and the White House. And, with Nikki Haley now polling within single digits of Donald Trump in the first primary state, does this make the case for ...
Jan 10, 2024•45 min
A new statement from the Pentagon about the growing scandal surrounding the secret hospitalization of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who was rushed to hospital without the President being informed for days. Plus, Trump chooses to leave the campaign trail to concentrate on his presidential immunity and tax fraud cases that are being heard in court this week. And, the missing door of the Alaskan Airlines plane that blew off at 16,000 feet in the air has now been found. The Source has the latest d...
Jan 09, 2024•44 min
SCOTUS agrees to take on one of the biggest cases in American history - whether Donald Trump can be kicked off the ballot in Colorado just ten days before the first votes of the 2024 election are cast. Plus, Biden condemns Trump while marking the third anniversary of January 6, arguing that people died because of the then President’s lies and so could democracy, as he ramps up his re-election fight. And, the longtime leader of the NRA resigns on the eve of his corruption trial. What Wayne LaPier...
Jan 06, 2024•48 min
CNN Anchor Kaitlan Collins moderates a live Republican Presidential Town Hall with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis from Des Moines, Iowa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 05, 2024•57 min
Trump launches an urgent appeal to the Supreme Court to get back on the ballot in Colorado. Eric Olson is the attorney representing the voters who are suing in Colorado. He joins to respond to Trump’s legal team’s arguments that January 6 was not an insurrection, and even if it was, the then president did not engage in one. Plus, some big names are dropping in the long secret Jeffrey Epstein case files – details of who else has now been linked to the dead sex offender. And, a mystery after twin ...
Jan 04, 2024•50 min
Donald Trump formally challenges the decision in Maine on to remove him from the State’s primary ballot based on the 14th Amendment insurrectionist ban. Plus, after a senior leader of Hamas is killed in an explosion near Beirut, Lebanon, Hezbollah warns Israelis this action won't be tolerated. Could it lead to another front in Israel’s war? And, Claudine Gay is officially out as Harvard’s President. Her resignation follows mounting accusations of plagiarism after her controversial testimony on C...
Jan 03, 2024•48 min
There is no new episode of The Source showcast, but we’ll be back in your feed soon. If you haven’t already, please check out CNN’s other podcasts and showcasts at cnn.com/audio. Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 01, 2024•2 min
Trump urges the Oregon Supreme Court to dismiss the 14th Amendment case against him, as the Republican presidential frontrunner faces being removed from the 2024 ballot in a third state. Plus, Ukraine reels from the largest Russian bombardment since the early days of the war, with more than 150 missiles fired in total across the country. And, Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen says he didn't realize he sent AI-generated fake citations to his lawyer, that were then submitted in a court filing as ...
Dec 30, 2023•49 min
