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Peter Navarro beings serving prison sentence

A top Trump White House aide learns the price of his defiance: prison. Peter Navarro is the first senior member of Trump’s inner-circle to now serve time in connection to January 6th and the man who dropped him off at prison joins. Also, panic mode is setting in for former President Trump and his orbit after he’s facing a Monday deadline to put up a $464 million bond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Mar 20, 202444 min

Trump in 2023: “we have a lot of cash”

Former President Trump says he can’t find anyone to help him cover the massive $464 million payment that is due in his New York civil fraud case. With a weak left until payment is due, Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, joins the program. Also, Paul Manafort, who once gave secret Trump polling data to Russian intelligence agent, not to mention was jailed for fraud and then pardoned by Trump, is now in talks to return to the Republican National Convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Mar 19, 202441 min

GA prosecutor resigns in election interference case

The district attorney in the Fulton County election interference case will remain on the case but her top prosecutor resigned. Plus, CNN is the first major news network to arrive in the capitol of Haiti since gang uprisings plunged the country into chaos and lawlessness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 16, 202442 min

New York hush money trial could be delayed at least a month

Donald Trump’s first criminal trial may now be postponed 11 days before it was supposed to begin. The unexpected twist coms on the same day Trump was in Florida trying to get another one of his criminal cases thrown out, and failing. Plus, Kamala Harris becomes the first sitting vice president to visit an abortion clinic as Democrats are keeping this issue front and center and trying to keep Republicans on their heels. Will it drive voter turnout in November? Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Mar 15, 202445 min

Judge drops charges related Trump’s call to “find” votes

A surprise win for Donald Trump as some of his criminal charges were thrown out in the state of Georgia. Also, Congress has started the clock on TikTok after the House overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban it nationwide. President Biden says he'll sign it if it reaches his desk. Plus, a potential Trump running mate it is posting about her brand new teeth. The South Dakota's governor is now facing ethical questions about that new smile. We dig into the video that some are calling bizarre. L...

Mar 14, 202446 min

Biden cliniches Dem nomination

Special counsel Robert Hur testified before the House Judiciary Committee today, taking fire from both sides of the aisle as he explained his decision not to prosecute President Biden over his handling of classified documents. Plus, Prudent Biden has clinched the Democratic nomination after Georgia primary results show him winning by a large margin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 13, 202453 min

“We’re all dirty”: Mar-a-Lago property manager to key witness on moving boxes of classified docs

One of the central witnesses in one of the biggest criminal cases in American history, the Trump classified documents case, speaks out. Until now, he has been known to the world as Trump Employee 5 as Mar-a Lago valet in special counsel Jack Smith's superseding indictment. He's referenced six times in it. He has never spoken out publicly until now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 12, 202446 min

Biden repeatedly attacks Trump as he tries to seize momentum

Biden goes for the jugular again as Trump host Putin’s buddy at Mar-a-Lago, a strongman accused of turning his country's democracy into his own personal dictatorship. Also, a look at the aid going into Gaza as Biden is caught on a hot mic revealing what he wants from Netanyahu. Plus, a frank conversation with four women in power fighting back in the flashpoint over abortion rights and sharing four very personal stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Mar 09, 202446 min

Biden vs. Trump matchup set again

CNN can now call Donald Trump the presumptive GOP nominee. With his last Republican rival vanquished, even Mitch McConnell is throwing his support behind Trump. Also, Maggie Haberman joins to discuss what Elon Musk was doing at Mar-a-Lago as Trump was pleading with a judge for mercy. Plus, the agonizing choice to leave your home state to terminate a pregnancy. A Texas mom explains her deeply personal decision ahead of a huge moment in the national spotlight. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Mar 07, 202446 min

Trump praises Supreme Court’s speed as he slows immunity case

Donald Trump has just won big at the Supreme Court but inside the unanimous decision, there's a blistering warning about the consequences that were just unleashed. Also, a shot across the bow at Benjamin Netanyahu, the vice president was meeting behind closed doors today with a top member of Israel's war cabinet who happens to be Netanyahu's biggest political rival in Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Mar 05, 202445 min

Delay, delay, disqualify

First: Donald Trump's strategy is unfolding in two different courtrooms: a cliffhanger in the Mar-a-Lago case, and dramatic final arguments in Georgia, where they're trying to get DA Fani Willis kicked off the case Plus: Drastic measures are planned in Gaza as President Biden says the US military is now prepared to start dropping humanitarian aid from the air to get food, water, and medical supplies to so many who are starving. And: Alabama lawmakers are rushing to protect IVF couples. Learn mor...

Mar 02, 202446 min

Special counsel wants a new date for Trump

First: 24 hours after the Supreme Court hit the brakes on Donald Trump's federal election case, Jack Smith hit the gas on another, proposing a surprising new date for the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Plus: A split-screen plays out on the southern border with dueling visits by the current president and his predecessor. And: We bring you an exclusive conversation with Senator Bernie Sanders, who had some scathing criticism of Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, calling for an immediate end to ...

Mar 01, 202446 min

Supreme Court to take up historic case of presidential immunity

The Supreme Court will decide whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in the federal election interference case. But, they also may have just played a major role in his legal strategy. We have new reporting on Trump's reaction to it all tonight. Also, our exclusive interview with Senator Mitt Romney, the only Republican senator to vote to convict Trump twice. He'll weigh in on what he believes a second Trump term would mean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

Feb 29, 202446 min

One-on-one with Volodymyr Zelensky

After an extraordinary 48-hour journey in and out of Ukraine, Kaitlan sits down for a one-on-one interview with President Volodymyr Zelensky on the second anniversary of Putin's invasion of his country. Zelensky spoke candidly about the fight over U.S. aid which he said we so dire that Ukraine will make no new gains on the battlefield this year unless they have help. He also warned that millions of people could die. In Washington, President Biden is set to meet with the leaders of the House and ...

Feb 27, 202446 min

Netanyahu reveals his plans for post-war Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a plan for Gaza’s future, which includes the “complete demilitarization” of the enclave, closing off the territory’s southern border with Egypt, as well as the overhaul of Gaza’s civil administration and education systems. The plan comes after Netanyahu faced weeks of criticism for having no concrete plan for a postwar Gaza. Plus, the U.S. sanctions 500+ Russian targets for the Ukraine war and for the death of Russian opposition leader Alexey Na...

Feb 24, 202444 min

Navalny’s mom says she’s being pressured to hold secret funeral

President Biden embraces Alexey Navalny's widow and warns Putin that his punishment is coming tomorrow as Navalny's mother accuses Putin of blackmail over her son's body. Also, a massive outage leaves AT&T customers unable to make and receive calls for hours, including some emergency ones. What happened and why? Plus, a dramatic touchdown as America lands a spacecraft on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Feb 23, 202444 min

House GOP scrambles to salvage Biden impeachment inquiry

Republicans finally get a Biden under oath before congress right as their push to impeach the president implodes. Their star witness has been indicted for lying about the Bidens. Also, an uproar over a first of its kind ruling after the Alabama Supreme Court says that frozen embryos are children and destroying them could land you in prison. This ruling could impact fertility treatments for people who want to have a baby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Feb 22, 202444 min

One-on-one with Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp

Donald Trump is responding for the first time after Nikki Haley said that not only is she not dropping out of the 2024 race but that she doesn't fear his retribution either. Also, a one-on-one with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a key witness in both election interference cases. Also, what he makes of the 2024 race and the district attorney scandal unfolding in his state. Plus, the former FBI informant who's been indicted for lying about the Bidens now says those lies were fed to him by Russian in...

Feb 21, 202446 min

Judge orders Trump to pay nearly $355 in civil fraud trial

Judgment day for Donald Trump and his wallet as Judge Arthur Engoron leveled Trump and his businesses with a mind-blowing order to pay up to the tune of $355 million plus interest for fraud. The interest could bring the total payment closer to $450 million. The judge found that the Trumps engaged in a years-long scheme to trick banks into thinking that their assets were worth far more than they actually were. Eric and Donald Trump Jr. were both order to pay $4 million each. Learn more about your...

Feb 17, 202444 min

Fulton County DA Willis: “I don’t need anybody to foot my bills”

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, 202447 min

Police: 1 dead in Super Bowl parade shooting; 21 others shot

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, 202446 min

Trump: I wouldn’t protect NATO allies that don’t pay

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, 202445 min

WH slams special counsel’s comments about Biden’s memory

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, 202444 min

Republicans point fingers as bipartisan border deal fails

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, 202445 min

Appeals court rules Trump does not have absolute immunity

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, 202445 min

House GOP: taking up border bill a “waste of time”

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, 202444 min

US strikes Iran-backed groups after 3 Americans killed

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, 202445 min

Trump’s money man in plea deal talks

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, 202445 min

Facebook says sorry, top general sacked? Major hacking threat

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, 202444 min

Dire Trump warnings, drone response decided, undercover hospital raid

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, 202444 min
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