On day two of the Trump hush money trial seven jurors were placed on the panel that will decide former President Donald Trump’s guilt or innocence. So far four men and three women have been selected to serve on the jury that will ultimately consider 34 counts of falsifying business records against Trump. Trump’s courtroom conduct got him once again – briefly – in hot water with a judge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 17, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast After day one of Trump’s hush money trail, more than half of first batch of prospective jurors say they can’t be fair and impartial, the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape can’t be played, but Karen McDougal, an actress and model who alleged she also had an affair with Trump, will be allowed to testify. Plus, the world awaits Israel’s response to Iran’s retaliatory strikes from over the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 16, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Judge Juan Merchan has rejected yet another attempt by former President Trump to delay his criminal hush money trial set to begin in New York on Monday. Merchan issued an order denying a motion from Trump’s attorneys to delay the trial due to excessive pretrial publicity. Plus, a roundtable discussion on DEI and why it is dividing America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 13, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and broadcaster whose athletic achievements and fame were eclipsed by his 1995 trial in the brutal killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, has died of cancer, his family announced Thursday on X. He was 76. Murder trial witness, Kato Kaelin, a friend of Nicole Simpson, joins to discuss the impact and legacy of the trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 12, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sen. Raphael Warnock joins to discuss the hot-button issue of abortion after Trump and Biden both weigh-in. Plus, for the third time in three days, a New York appellate judge has denied an attempt by former President Donald Trump to delay his hush money trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 11, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast The parents of the teenager who killed four students in the 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, were each sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 15 years in prison, weeks after being convicted of manslaughter. Plus, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the state must adhere to a 160-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when “it is necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life – a significant ruling that will make a Civil War-era abortion law enforceable in the state. Learn more about yo...
Apr 10, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast CNN has obtained the jury questionnaire in Trump’s New York hush case. Prospective jurors will be quizzed on their feelings about Trump and asked if they or anyone in their circle have ever been to a Trump rally or worked or volunteered for a Trump presidential campaign, the Trump presidential administration, or any other political entity affiliated with Trump. But they won’t be asked explicitly what political party they belong to, who they’ve voted for or who they have made political contributi...
Apr 09, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former President Donald Trump was dealt two major setbacks Thursday in his efforts to derail the criminal cases against him, with judges in the Georgia election interference case and in the federal classified documents case both rejecting bids by the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee to have those cases thrown out. Plus, musician Ne-Yo joins to discuss AI and music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 05, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast President Biden faces a red line moment and a high-stakes call over the deadly strike against aid workers in Gaza. Will it change anything? Plus, new footage from inside the raid on Diddy’s home and new reporting on the interviews federal agents are now conducting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 04, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Wisconsin is sending a message to President Biden that could very well spell trouble come the November election. Plus, the strongest earthquake in Taiwan in nearly a quarter of a century strikes the country. Also, Trump seeks to remove the judge with 13 days left until the hush money trial in New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 03, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast The judge in the New York Trump hush money trial expands the gag order on the former president after his attacks on the judge’s daughter. Plus, former Trump aide Hope Hicks is expected to be called as a witness in the hush money case. Also, for now, Trump has avoided the seizure of his assets after posting his $175 million bond. Trump’s stock falls 21% after reporting it lost $58 million in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 02, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants in the Georgia election subversion case are appealing a judge’s ruling that let Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis remain on the election subversion case. Plus, on Friday, Evan Gershkovich marked the grim milestone of one year in Russian detention. Shortly after his arrest, the Wall Street Journal reporter was charged with espionage — an accusation vehemently denied by Gershkovich, his employer and the US government. Learn more about your ad...
Mar 30, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast President Joe Biden on Thursday joined Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, the only living two-term Democratic presidents, aiming to use their star power to woo big-pocketed donors as Biden tries to join their ranks. Obama and Clinton weren’t the only former presidents in New York tonight, Donald Trump attended the wake of an NYPD officer in Long Island. The officer was killed during a traffic stop in Queens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast An American tragedy deepens as more people have been confirmed dead in Baltimore after the Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed when it was struck by a cargo ship. More families have been left with so many questions and so much pain. Also, former vice presidential candidate and senator Joe Lieberman has died at the age of 82. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast The US Coast Guard has ended the rescue operation for the six workers, who were on the Baltimore bridge when it collapsed. “We do not believe that we are going to find any of these individuals still alive,” Commander Shannon Gilreath said. Plus, authorities searched musician and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs’ homes on Monday because he is a target of a federal investigation carried out by a Department of Homeland Security team that handles human trafficking crimes, according to a senior federal la...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast A New York judge says Donald Trump will be the first United States president to stand for a criminal trial and face a jury of his peers as his trial is set to start in only weeks. Plus, Donald Trump gets a lifeline as a New York appeals court reduces his bond from $454 million to $175 million. Also, the son of the founder of the Oath Keepers is running for office as a Democrat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 26, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Princess of Wales reveals her cancer diagnosis amidst weeks of widespread speculation. Plus, co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, joins to discus the antitrust lawsuit that may change the way one billion people use their iPhones. Also, a deal has been reached to avoid a government shutdown with a Senate vote expected shortly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 23, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast We look at what the New York attorney general may do if Donald Trump does not come up with half one billion dollars by Monday. Democrats are also warning this could be a huge national security risk. Plus, Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis is pushing to revive the Trump case with a summer trial request before the November election. Also, a look at threats and controversy amid the sports gambling gold rush. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 22, 2024•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cruel and unusual is the new defense from the Trump world to have him avoid paying his half billion dollar bond. A former Trump attorney joins to make the case. Plus, the DNC prepares for a war with third-party candidates and one of them joins the program to discus the 2024 presidential election. Plus, rap artist Glorilla joins to discuss meeting Biden and Harris at the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 21, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast The lawyer who fought to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case joins to discuss why she pursued the motion to remove Ms. Willis, if there was any racial motivation in the filing, and to react to the judge’s ruling allowing Ms. Willis to stay on the case. Plus, a federal appeals court late Tuesday night put Texas’ controversial immigration law back on hold, hours after the Supreme Court had cleared the way for the state to begin enforci...
Mar 20, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former President Donald Trump can’t find an insurance company to underwrite his bond to cover the massive judgment against him in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case, his lawyers told a New York appeals court. Trump’s attorneys said he has approached 30 underwriters to back the bond, which is due by the end of this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 19, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast We finally find an answer to the question we’ve been waiting months to find out: Fani Willis is not disqualified from prosecuting Donald Trump and his codefendants. But, the judge ordered an ultimatum that either Ms. Willis leaves the case or the top prosecutor, Nathan Wade, goes. So, Mr. Wade resigned from the case. Judge Glenda Hatchett joins to discuss the developments in the case. Plus, the prosector who oversaw the trails of Ethan Crumbley’s parents speaks out. Learn more about your ad choi...
Mar 16, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast According to a court filing, the Manhattan district attorney’s office is willing to delay Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial for up to 30 days. Plus, the judge presiding over the classified documents case in Florida denied Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss charges based on unconstitutional vagueness. Earlier, the former president was in court as the judge heard arguments on motions to throw out the charges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 15, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s been almost two weeks to the day since the judge of the Fulton County, Georgia election subversion trial, Scott McAfee, said he would decide if district attorney Fani Willis would be disqualified. This as the judge threw out six charges against Trump. Plus, RFK Jr. confirmed he is considering NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers for his possible vice presidential running mate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 14, 2024•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast The mystery man referred to as Trump Employee 5 in Jack Smith's classified documents indictment steps into the spotlight. Brian Butler worked behind the scenes at Mar-a-Lago for two decades. Now, he is speaking out for the first time in a CNN exclusive. He's already given testimony to federal investigators and tonight, he told Kaitlan Collins that back in June of 2022, he helped Trump's body man, Walt Nauta, deliver boxes of classified information from Mar-a-Lago to Trump's plane. Learn more abo...
Mar 12, 2024•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hip hop artist Fat Joe joins to discuss attending the State of the Union speech and meeting President Biden. During the speech, the 81-year-old president set out to defuse his biggest liability: deep-seated fears among millions of Americans that he’s too old to serve a second term. Plus, Trump hosts far-right Putin ally Viktor Orban at Mar-a-Lago. Also, a United flight makes emergency landing after the engine catches fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 09, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast President Biden is preparing for his State of the Union address tomorrow as a rematch between Biden and Trump is now clear after the results from Super Tuesday. Plus, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) joins to discuss her IVF journey following the recent Alabama ruling which threw the future of infertility care into turmoil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 07, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Supreme Court ruled former President Donald Trump should appear on the ballot in Colorado in a decision that follows months of debate over whether the frontrunner for the GOP nomination violated the “insurrectionist clause” included in the 14th Amendment. Although a massive victory for Trump, the decision has no impact on the four ongoing criminal cases that Trump is facing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 05, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Donald Trump's preferred legal strategy comes down to a single word: delay. And it looks to be working. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 02, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Big news tonight out of Florida. Looks like special counsel Jack Smith wants to get Donald Trump's classified docs case moving ASAP. In fact, he's asking for a new trial date: July 8. That's just one week before Trump is all but certain to become the nominee at the Republican convention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 01, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast