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Episodes

Barr: Hush Money Trial “Is A Political Case”

Bill Barr sits down with Kaitlan to share how Donald Trump made his job harder while he was attorney general under Trump and comment on updates in the New York hush money trial. As well, he shares his thoughts on Trump’s Supreme Court immunity hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 27, 202447 min

Meadows, Giuliani, Other Trump Allies Charged in AZ Election Case

Former top aides, attorneys, and allies of Donald Trump have now just been charged in the state Arizona for their efforts in the fake electors scheme to help Donald Trump desperately try to overturn the results of the election that he lost and to try to keep himself in power. Former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson joins to discuss the new charges against her ex-boss Mark Meadows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Apr 25, 202446 min

Trump on Trial

The People of the State of New York versus Donald J. Trump now underway, as Trump's attorney was arguing, "There is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election." There was a hush in the courtroom today, as the first witness took the stand, a longtime confidant, who helped Trump catch and kill negative stories, and could now help make the former President, a convicted felon. And Trump meanwhile, relatively quiet in court, but ranting outside court, attacking Michael Cohen, the widely expec...

Apr 23, 202446 min

Opening statements Monday in Trump’s historic trial

The stage is now set for opening statements in historic first criminal trial of Donald Trump. With the full jury seated in just four days to the great dismay of the criminal defendant who openly wants it all just slow down. Plus, more angst for Trump, New York’s attorney general is asking the judge to throw out the $175 million bond Trump posted in his civil fraud case. Could the former president’s assets now be at risk again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Apr 20, 202446 min

“We have our jury”

A rollercoaster day in court ends with a jury of peers now picked in the case of the people of the state of New York versus Donald Trump. Also, prosecutors are refusing to tell the defense who their first witnesses are because Donald Trump can’t be trusted to contain himself and the judge agrees. Plus, six of RFK Jr.’s siblings publicly snub their brother and endorse President Biden for president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Apr 19, 202439 min

New: prosecutors unveil plan to cross-examine Trump

Donald Trump’s first criminal trial resumes in hours and CNN just got hold of new information dropped by the prosecution. We look at what could be coming at the former president if he ends up taking the stand. Plus, an impeachment trail ends just hour after it began as a Biden cabinet member keeps his job as the House speaker clings on to his after teeing up a vote that’s only expanding a right-wing revolt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Apr 18, 202445 min

Seven jurors seated in Trump’s hush money trial

Seven jurors have been chosen in Donald Trump’s first criminal trail. On day two, the judge issued a sharp warning to the former president to not even think about intimidating potential jurors. Also, what is like to be in that jury pool with the former president turned defendant watching your every move as you decide his fate? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 17, 202446 min

Inside Trump’s jury selection

Day one for criminal defendant Donald J. Trump as the former president makes history for all the wrong reasons, facing prospective jurors who could make him a convicted felon. Dozens of jurors were dismissed almost immediately and not a single juror was picked today. Maggie Haberman, who has a bird’s eye view of Trump, the lawyers, the jurors, and the judge, takes you inside the hush money trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Apr 16, 202447 min

Trump says he’ll testify in hush money trial

Donald Trump is pressing his luck with the jury that will decide his fate. The criminal trial is set to begin 72 hours from now as the judge overseeing it just denied another attempt to delay it. Also, an election integrity stunt as House Speaker Mike Johnson makes the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago in an effort to salvage his speakership and also hyping a bill to ban non-citizens from voting in federal election, which is already illegal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

Apr 13, 202447 min

Kaitlan’s new reporting: key attorney leaves Trump legal team

A key attorney has left Donald Trump’s legal team. That lawyer happens to be a major witness in the classified documents case against him. Plus, O.J. Simpson has died of cancer at the age of 76. Defense attorney Carl E. Douglas, member of the “Dream Team”, joins to take us inside the sensation trial and discuss the last time he saw O.J. Simpson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 202447 min

New speaker failing at even the easy votes

A House speaker scorned by his own party, Mike Johnson is warning of chaos if he is ousted as he heads to Mar-a-Lago to meet with the man who just told his conference to defy him. Plus, for the third time this week Trump has been denied after another attempt to delay his criminal trial fails. Plus, days after saying abortion should be left up to the states, Trump criticizes Arizona’s abortion ruling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Apr 11, 202446 min

Court upholds Arizona’s 1864 near-total abortion ban

The Arizona Supreme Court puts a near-total abortion ban from the Civil War era into effect with no exceptions for rape or incest. Many Republicans who wanted Roe v. Wade overturned are now disavowing today’s decision. Plus, 96 shots were fired in just 41 seconds. Newly released video shows how a deadly police shooting spiraled so quickly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 10, 202446 min

Trump says abortion now up to the states

Donald Trump dodges on abortion in an announcement that is unclear and lands with a thud on both sides of the aisle. Also, landing at the Supreme Court tonight, a new filing from special counsel Jack Smith. The case that he is making against presidential immunity with just about two weeks before both sides face the justices in person. Plus, we are getting a look at what the potential jurors are going to be asked when Trump’s first criminal trial starts next week. On the list of topics: QAnon, An...

Apr 09, 202446 min

U.S. preparing for “significant” attack by Iran

America is on high alert bracing for what senior U.S. officials are calling a significant attack by Iran on Israeli or American targets in the Middle East. Both countries are now working on finding who or what they plan to strike and when. Plus, aftershocks rattle New York City after an earthquake hit the Northeast. Also, with 10 days until his first criminal trial gets underway, Donald Trump is making a last minute push to get the judge kicked off his hush money case by taking aim at his daught...

Apr 06, 202446 min

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss classified docs charges

The judge in the Mar-a-Lago case rejects Donald Trump’s bid to have the charges facing him dismissed. Plus, President Biden's ultimatum to Benjamin Netanyahu: do more immediately to protect civilians in Gaza or the U.S. could reconsider its support for Israel. The warning is coming after the Israeli strike that killed seven aid workers. Is this a tipping point in the war? Also, a brazen break-in right out of a scene from Ocean’s 11. Thieves stole $30 million in one of the largest cash heists in ...

Apr 05, 202447 min

Chef Andrés calls for neutral investigation of IDF strike

Chef José Andrés shares his first on-camera reaction to the Israeli airstrike that killed seven of his aid workers. Israel says it was a terrible accident but Chef José Andrés says the convoy was systematically targeted. Plus, in an extraordinary move by special counsel Jack Smith, he put the judge in Trump’s classified documents case on notice. We examine what she did that set off prosecutors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Apr 04, 202446 min

Trump dodges questions on abortion; promises statement next week

Donald Trump is dodging questions about abortion on the campaign trail as Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joins to discuss. At the White House, Biden is hosting Muslim-American leaders, but only a few of them after many rejected his invitation due to the war in Gaza. Also, Trump has been promising to free January 6th inmates in DC jails. But, a new report details how almost all of them were charged with assaulting law enforcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

Apr 03, 202446 min

Trump gag order expanded in NY hush money case

The judge overseeing Trump’s criminal trial has just expanded his gag order to include a ban on talking about the judge’s family. Plus, Trump posted the $175 million dollar bond and managed to avoid seizure of his assets. The big question tonight is how did he do it? Also, once considered to be one of Trump’s top aides, Hope Hicks is now expected to be called as a witness at one of Trump’s criminal trials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Apr 02, 202445 min

Manhattan D.A. suggests Trump broke gag order in hush money case

A new war over Donald Trump's gag order. Prosecutors argue that it covers the judge’s daughter that he's been attacking while Trump's legal team says it doesn't. Plus, new reaction to our exclusive interview with a sitting federal judge raising alarms that Trump's attacks on the judicial system could lead to tyranny. Also, Trevor Reed joins, the former Marine who was once held captive by Vladimir Putin who is now fighting to help free other U.S. citizens including journalist Evan Gershkovich. Le...

Mar 30, 202441 min

Biden, Obama, Clinton: Dems’ mega fundraiser happening now

All hands are on deck at Radio City as three presidents, a star studded lineup, and a multimillion dollar show of force against Donald Trump. More on the Clinton, Obama, Biden trifecta fundraising event. Plus, the massive recovery effort to dismantle the twisted wreckage of the Baltimore bridge is now underway. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Mar 29, 202441 min

NTSB: numerous alarms heard on ship before crash

The National Transportation Safety Board revealed what's been discovered on a newly obtained data recorder from the cargo ship which caused a Baltimore bridge to collapse. The ship contained 764 tons of hazardous material on board when it crashed. Plus, an architect in the plot to keep Trump in power is tonight facing a major reckoning. Also, are smartphones and social media dooming a generation? A guest tonight who has studied the science says yes and to take them all the way until high school....

Mar 28, 202447 min

Six people presumed dead in Baltimore bridge collapse

As the search for survivors is over in Baltimore, a rescue mission is now a recovery. Amid the search for answers, CNN is now hearing about the heroic actions of the ship’s pilot and the moments it slammed into a bridge. Also, a new message from the judge in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, telling him he’s banned from talking about witnesses and jurors hours after Trump went after prosecutors in the case and the judge’s own daughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

Mar 27, 202447 min

Trump’s civil bond cut to $175M, has 10 days to pay up

Donald Trump received both a lifeline from the courts Monday and a trial date for the first criminal trial of a former president in US history. A New York appeals court allowed him to post a reduced $175 million bond as he appeals the $464 million New York civil fraud judgment. Trump’s historic criminal trial in the New York hush money case against him will begin with jury selection on April 15th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Mar 26, 202446 min

Inside Trump’s lavish estate New York is moving to seize

New York’s attorney general is moving in on some of Donald Trump’s prized properties, taking her first step to prepare to seize some of Donald Trump’s assets if he can’t put up nearly a half-billion dollars by Monday. Plus, the Justice Department files a blockbuster lawsuit against Apple, accusing the phone-maker of keeping hundreds of millions of Americas reliant on their products. We examine what it could mean for your smartphone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

Mar 22, 202438 min

Falling short on cash

Hurdling toward a nearly a half-billion dollar deadline, the attorney general who sued Donald Trump is now warning an appeals court not to let him off the hook. Plus, a congressman disguised as Vladimir Putin showed up to an impeachment hearing on Capitol Hill today. Also, March Madness is finally here and Charles Barkley joins to analyze Kaitlan’s bracket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Mar 21, 202445 min

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
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