Episodes

  • White House Rescinds Memo On Federal Aid Freeze

    White House Rescinds Memo On Federal Aid Freeze
    Jan 30 2025
    The White House Office of Management and Budget has rescinded a memo on federal aid freeze that sparked nationwide confusion, according to new memo obtained by CNN on Thursday from a Trump administration official. Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker, who Tuesday called the president's freeze "illegal," and "a demonstration of cruelty against people who depend on us” talks to Anderson about the confusion and impact. Plus, Robert F. Kennedy Jr's past statements on vaccines, AIDS and antidepressants were quoted back to him today in a hearing to see if senators believe he is fit to be one of the most powerful health officials in the world. Dr. Craig Spencer, an emergency physician and professor at Brown University's School of Public Health, gives his take on Kennedy's answers today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • Judge Blocks Part Of Trump’s Plan To Freeze Federal Aid

    Judge Blocks Part Of Trump’s Plan To Freeze Federal Aid
    Jan 29 2025
    A federal judge has temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s plans to freeze trillions of dollars in federal aid money. Confusion began late Monday when an internal White House memo circulated ordering federal agencies to “temporarily pause” federal grants and loans beginning Tuesday evening. Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman of New York talks with Anderson about the move. Plus, a searing letter to senators from former Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, warning that her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a “predator” ahead of his high-profile confirmation hearings this week to be President Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services secretary. Arlette Saenz has the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Trump Justice Department Fires Officials Who Investigated Trump

    Trump Justice Department Fires Officials Who Investigated Trump
    Jan 28 2025
    A purge at the Justice Department. More than a dozen officials who worked on the criminal investigations into Donald Trump have been fired, according to sources familiar with the matter. Also, the interim US attorney in Washington, DC, has launched an investigation into prosecutors who brought obstruction charges against some rioters that were ultimately tossed because of a Supreme Court decision last summer. Plus, Elon Musk under fire on Holocaust Remembrance Day for comments he made over the weekend to a far-right German political party about, quote, "too much focus on past guilt." Professor Deborah Lipstadt, the former State Department special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, speaks to Anderson about Musk's comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Trump Visits LA After Saying He Will Put Conditions On CA Wildfire Aid

    Trump Visits LA After Saying He Will Put Conditions On CA Wildfire Aid
    Jan 25 2025
    President Donald Trump is in Los Angeles to see the damage from the areas devastating wildfires, after saying earlier that he would condition aid to California on political demands. Trump also visited hurricane-ravaged North Carolina earlier today, where he threatened to eliminate FEMA. CNN anchor and Chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins joins Anderson, along with CNN’s Nick Watt in L.A. Plus, the Senate vote on Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth is tonight, and there's new uncertainty among Republicans if he has the votes he needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Hegseth Paid $50,000 To A Woman Alleging 2017 Sexual Assault

    Hegseth Paid $50,000 To A Woman Alleging 2017 Sexual Assault
    Jan 24 2025
    Despite opposition from Democrats as well as Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, it is looking almost certain that by tomorrow night that former Fox Weekend Morning host Pete Hegseth will be running the Defense Department. Today, CNN learned that Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he paid $50,000 as part of a confidentiality agreement to a woman who alleged he sexually assaulted her back in 2017. Manu Raju has the latest from Capitol Hill. Plus, President Trump has now ended Secret Service protection for two of his former top officials. The question tonight: Did he do it because they've spoken up against him? Two CNN analysts join the program to discuss, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence Beth Sanner and former Secret Service Agent Jonathan Wackrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Fast-Moving Fire Explodes North Of L.A.

    Fast-Moving Fire Explodes North Of L.A.
    Jan 23 2025
    Thousands of Southern California residents are under evacuation orders Wednesday as fire crews battle the out-of-control Hughes Fire near the town of Castaic, a suburb in the foothills and mountains of northern Los Angeles County. Within five hours, the fire grew to more than 8,000 acres, according to officials. Veronica Miracle is on the ground, and Cal Fire Battalion Chief Brent Pascua joins from the frontlines of firefighting efforts. Plus, the rewriting of the January 6 attack on Capitol Hill reaches a new peak, as a ringleader returns to the scene of the crime and the Trump administration weighs welcoming convicts to the White House. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan shares what he's hearing from some of the most notorious people who were granted clemency by President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • Keeping Them Honest: Back The Blue?

    Keeping Them Honest: Back The Blue?
    Jan 22 2025
    President Donald Trump defends his blanket pardons of January 6 rioters, even the violent individuals he once suggested would not go free. Donie O'Sullivan, who was outside the Washington, DC jail last night when this all went down, spoke today with some of the pardoned inmates, and New York Democratic Rep. Daniel Goldman joins 360° with his reaction to the President's pardons and defenses. Plus, Ed Lavandera visits the small Texas panhandle city of Cactus, where a sense of fear and uncertainty looms after the President issued new executive orders cracking down on immigration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Trump Signs More Executive Orders In Oval Office

    Trump Signs More Executive Orders In Oval Office
    Jan 21 2025
    President Trump signed a batch of executive orders while talking to reporters. One of the orders granted executive clemency pardons and sentence commutations for January 6th rioters. Other orders included declaring an emergency at the southern border and pulling out of the Paris Agreement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    33 mins