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16 hours ago
Shocking first-hand account of Trump’s actions on January 6 revealed
Former aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Cassidy Hutchinson, testifies before the Select Committee, saying Trump knew the crowd had weapons and body armor when he told them to march to the US Capitol, and that Meadows told her Trump’s reaction to the “hang Mike Pence” chant was “He thinks Mike deserves it”. That, and much more.
Plus, the January 6 Committee teases it has evidence of witness tampering, Trump wanted to consider pardons for rioters, and CNN projects Pam Anderson will win the Colorado Secretary of State GOP nomination against election deniers Tina Peters and Mike O’Donnell.
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1 day ago
Surprise select committee hearing scheduled for mystery witness
The January 6 Committee rushes to add an additional hearing for Tuesday afternoon but refuses to say who is testifying, as a source tells CNN the committee is concerned about the security of a potential witness. Who could it be? Meanwhile, the DOJ's investigation heats up as John Eastman, the lawyer who told Trump that Mike Pence could single-handedly block certification of the election, says the FBI seized his phone and got access to his e-mail account.
Plus, Colorado voters got to the polls tomorrow with two election deniers on the ballot, multiple states move quickly to ban abortions after Roe over is overturned and 46 migrants are found dead inside a semi-truck in Texas.
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4 days ago
Protests across US as Roe v. Wade overturned
At least 70 planned protests begin across the US with thousands of Americans taking to the streets in the wake of SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade. That, as justice Clarence Thomas says the Court’s decision on same-sex marriage should be revisited. Congresses passes its bipartisan gun safety bill, closing the so called “boyfriend loophole” and bolstering the review process for 18 to 21-year olds buying guns.
Plus, several states move quickly to ban abortion after the SCOTUS ruling with more expected follow, Rudy Giuliani faces scrutiny in the Fulton County district attorney’s investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, and “Stop the Steal” leader Ali Alexander testifies before a federal grand jury.
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5 days ago
Behind-the-scenes film of Trump family during Capitol riot revealed
Alex Holder is a filmmaker who got behind-the-scenes access to the Trump family and their allies, before, during and after the insurrection. He tells Don about testifying behind closed doors to the Select Committee on his footage, some of which shows inconstancies in Ivanka Trump’s previous statements, what he saw on January 6, and why he believes Donald Trump is partly to blame for the attack on the Capitol.
The January 6 Committee hears witness testimony about how Trump, in collusion with Jeffrey Clark, tried to manipulate the DOJ to stay in power, with Trump only backing down after being told he was about to cause a mass walk-out that would reflect badly on him. Plus, the Senate passes its first major federal gun safety legislation in decades, and the GOP allies of Trump who pushed the election fraud lie and then sought presidential pardons.
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6 days ago
Texas official: police could have stopped Uvalde gunman in three minutes
Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo is placed on administrative leave, with the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Director saying police could have stopped the gunman in three minutes, not the 77 it tragically took. That, as Uvalde City Council unanimously votes to deny Arredondo a leave of absence from its future meetings. Uvalde resident Kim Hammond was at the meeting where the vote was taken and tells Don how she pushed for council members to “Do the right thing”.
The DOJ expands its investigation into Trump’s fake elector scheme, issuing subpoenas to Republicans across the country and the House Select Committee is forced to change its public hearing plans following a “deluge of new evidence”, including the trailer for “Unprecedented”, a documentary about the Trump family leading up to and also immediately following the former president’s election loss. Plus, Biden calls for a 3-month gas tax holiday, and the NFL commissioner testifies to Congress on the “Toxic workplace “ at the Washington Commanders team.
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Jun 22, 2022
January 6 Hearings Highlight Consequences of Trump's Lies
The January 6 hearings are underway, with government employees testifying that Trump’s lies and smear campaigns in the wake of the attack on the Capital had serious consequences. Election worker Shaye Moss shares racist and violent threats she’s received, and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger describes the invasive harassment his family has endured. GOP officials recount Trump’s pressure to overturn votes.
Plus, the Uvalde mayor accuses the head of the Texan Department of Public Safety of lying about what happened on the day of the shooting, and Goldman Sachs warns of the rising risk of recession.
The next hearing of the January 6 Committee begins Thursday at 3pm.
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Jun 21, 2022
Texas GOP adopts far-right platform at state convention
At its state convention, the Republican Party of Texas adopts a resolution falsely declaring President Biden “was not legitimately elected”, condemns any Second Amendment restrictions, declares homosexuality an “abnormal lifestyle choice” and calls to repeal the 1965 voting rights act. Texas Republican Jason Vaughn, who disagrees with some of the decisions his party made, joins to discuss.
Plus, a GOP candidate releases a video of himself brandishing a gun and urging supporters to hunt “RINOS” (Republicans In Name Only), a Georgia election worker is to testify that voter fraud accusations led to death threats for her family, and white extremist groups target the LGBTQ community during pride month.
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Jun 17, 2022
Don Lemon Tonight update for June 17, 2022
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Jun 17, 2022
Trump’s Pence insurrection tweet like “pouring gasoline on the fire”
The January 6 Committee hears testimony that multiple advisers told Trump his plan aided by lawyer John Eastman to overturn the election was illegal, but he relentlessly pressured his Vice President Mike Pence to follow his orders anyway. Trump denouncing Pence for ‘lacking courage’ in a tweet causing a surge as the mob was storming the Capitol, was like “pouring gasoline on the fire”, White House aide Sarah Matthews said. The panel says rioters came within 40-feet of Pence while they called for his head.
There's also testimony on the alarming levels of violence Trump’s lawyer was willing to tolerate causing as a consequence of his actions, and the DOJ says an informant told them Proud Boys would have killed Pence and Pelosi if they had the chance on January 6. Plus, the Dow closes at its lowest level in a year amid recession fears, mortgage rates hit 5.78% and Yellowstone National Park is staggered by rain and floods.
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Jun 16, 2022
Trump’s Pence pressure campaign ‘directly contributed’ to Capitol riot
The January 6 Committee says it will show how Trump’s pressure campaign on Mike Pence to refuse to certify the legitimate 2020 election result ‘directly contributed’ to the Capitol attack. That, as the panel plays a video showing GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk giving a Capitol tour on January 5 to a man seen threatening lawmakers the next day, screaming, “We're coming in like white on rice for Pelosi, Nadler, Schumer, even you AOC. We're coming to take you out. We'll pull you out by your hairs”.
A recession in the US is inevitable within the next two-years according to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who joins Don to discuss his prediction. Plus, President Biden signs an executive order on LGBTQ rights to combat laws passed by GOP-led state legislatures, including protecting children from conversion therapy. And, the mother of an alleged ‘patriot front’ group member speaks out after her son’s arrest for conspiracy to riot at a Pride event in Idaho and the emotional ultimatum she had to give him.
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Jun 15, 2022
Possible Trump criminal referral still on table
January 6 Committee member Rep. Adam Schiff joins to discuss the possibility of referring GOP members, including former president Trump, to face criminal charges for their roles in the insurrection. Primary election races in South Carolina and Nevada test Trump’s grip on the GOP as voters go to the polls following dramatic testimony at the second January 6 Committee public hearing that revealed what happened at the White House after Trump was told he lost the 2020 election, but refused to believe it.
Plus, the House passes a bill extending security for immediate family members of supreme court justices, Republicans and Putin are blamed for rising consumer prices and severe flooding forces Yellowstone National Park to close.
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Jun 14, 2022
Trump Ignored His 'Inner Circle' On Election Fraud Claims
In its second public hearing, the January 6 House Select Committee hears testimony from Trump's inner circle, with a former Trump campaign official saying Rudy Giuliani was “Definitely intoxicated” on election night, and advised Trump to claim an early victory against the advice of his campaign lawyers, private sector lawyers and the U.S. Attorney General, who says the then president had become “Detached from reality”.
Plus, a bipartisan group of Senators reaches a framework on gun safety legislation, Idaho police officers receive death threats after arresting 31 men with ties to a white nationalist group for planning a riot at a pride parade, and inflation rises at its fastest pace in 40 years.
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Jun 10, 2022
Don Lemon Tonight Update For June 10, 2022
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Jun 10, 2022
Rioters Testify Trump Called Them To The Capitol
The January 6 Committee begins to present its initial findings in the first of a series of prime time public hearings, with protesters testifying that Trump called them to the Capitol, Trump officials conceding he lost to Joe Biden in 2020, and Committee Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney saying Trump had a “Seven-part plan to overturn the election”. Former police officer Mike Fanone, who defended the Capitol during the riot on January 6, and suffered multiple injuries and a heart attack as a result, responds to the Select Committee’s first hearing.
The New York Times reports on transcripts of law enforcement officer’s body camera footage who were at the scene of the Uvalde massacre, in which an officer says, "People are going to ask why we're taking so long”. CNN Counterterrorism Analyst Philip Mudd joins to discuss the reasons why there was a delay of up to an hour before the classroom at Robb Elementary was breached.
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Jun 9, 2022
New Audio Of GOP Lawmakers During Days Around Insurrection
On the eve of the first January 6 public hearing, new audio emerges of what GOP lawmakers were saying in the days before and after the Capitol attack. A former adviser to the select committee says it will try to prove coordination between multiple groups ahead of the riot. As an 11-year old testifies in Congress that she put blood on herself to survive the Uvalde massacre, the DOJ announces a team to investigate the law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting.
Plus, audio of Rep. Jamie Herrera Beutler confronting Rep. Lauren Boebert for tweeting where lawmakers were during the Capitol attack, California's primaries send a message to Democrats on crime, and a suicidal man is arrested for planning to kill Justice Kavanaugh.
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Jun 8, 2022
FBI Official: Uvalde Police Didn’t Follow Their Training
As questions continue to grow over the police response at the Robb Elementary School massacre, the former head of the FBI’s active shooter program Katherine Schweit tells Don that Uvalde police officers didn’t follow their training, and says we must ask ourselves if their current training still works. Actor and Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey makes an emotional plea at the White House for bipartisan action on guns, but GOP concerns remain the key obstacle in Congressional gun talks, with raising the age of gun ownership, banning assault weapons and universal background checks now off the table. Plus, the January 6 Committee is to present its findings in prime-time hearings starting on Thursday, with promises of new information and “Disturbing” new evidence.
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Jun 7, 2022
Trump Campaign Told Fake Electors To Use "Complete Secrecy"
With the first January 6 hearings happening this week, federal prosecutors say they have an e-mail revealing the Trump campaign told so-called fake electors in Georgia to use ‘complete secrecy’ as they tried to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state. CNN Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Perez joins to discuss.
This could be the worst year of mass shootings ever in America's history, with 13 more occurring over this weekend. A small bipartisan group of gun bill negotiators are finally inching closer to taking action on gun reform. Plus, a Uvalde school shooting survivor describes what happened, families of survivors of the Uvalde massacre sue the estate of the gunman, and a Colorado Republican who lost his job for supporting red flag laws speaks out.
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Jun 3, 2022
Nation Reels From Back To Back Shootings
Biden calls for gun reform after the devastating recent back to back mass shootings, saying “We can’t fail the American people again.” More details come to light in Tulsa, Buffalo, and Uvalde; the Tulsa gunman has been identified as a patient of one of the victims, the Buffalo shooting suspect has been charged with a domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate in the first degree, and law enforcement inaction is scrutinized in Uvalde.
Plus, the January 6th committee reaches out to witnesses ahead of a public hearing next week, a new book looks at “Alabama v. King”, and teachers are on leave at a Rochester school after allegedly sending denigrating texts about students.
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Jun 2, 2022
Four Killed in Tulsa Shooting
At least four people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on Saint Francis Hospital’s campus in Tulsa, according to police. This, as the Uvalde shooting continues to horrify the nation; the Texas State Senator calls for a special legislative session as shifting accounts fuel sharp criticism of the police response.
Plus, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are both found defamed with more money going to Depp, the White House struggles to answer questions about the ongoing baby formula shortage, and rising sea levels threaten coastal communities.
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Jun 1, 2022
Uvalde Massacre Police Response Under Increasing Scrutiny
There are growing questions about the police response to the Uvalde school shooting as CNN obtains a video capturing an apparent dispatch radio call of a child at Robb Elementary saying “I got shot”. That, as police initially give misleading information about a teacher leaving a door propped open that was supposed to be locked, later correcting that she closed the door once she realized a shooter was on campus, but it didn't lock. Brian Higgins is a former New Jersey Police Chief. He joins Don to discuss the police response timeline to the Uvalde massacre and the Uvalde School District Police Chief’s refusal to answer follow-up questions.
Plus, 15 mass shootings are reported over the Memorial Holiday weekend, there’s a major defeat for the investigation of the Trump-Russia probe, AR-15 rifles come under renewed scrutiny in the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings, and the CDC encourages seniors to get a second Covid booster shot.
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May 28, 2022
Uvalde School Children Called 911 Begging For Help During Massacre
A Texas official makes a stunning admission: ‘It was the wrong decision’ not to breach the classroom at Robb Elementary. CNN learns children called 911 begging for help as up to 19 officers stood in the hallway as the horror unfolded. Jennifer Gaitan is the mother of a surviving student. She joins to speak out about the law enforcement response and how she pleaded with police to act while the 18 year old gunman was inside the school.
The NRA holds its annual convention in Texas just days after the Uvalde massacre, where Trump and other Republicans dismiss gun reforms. Plus, polls show 89% of Americans support background checks prior to gun ownership and research on mental health suggests people should not have access to a gun until they're 25 years old. Is it time to set new age rules for buying guns?
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May 27, 2022
No School Resource Officer On Site During Uvalde Massacre
A small Texas town reels from the deaths of 19 children and two teachers, shot in the place they were supposed to be safe. Officials say the 18-year-old Uvalde gunman was “not confronted by anybody” while entering Robb Elementary School. Texas police struggle to explain discrepancies over the shooting timeline and police response after initially stating there was armed school resource officer on site, then later correcting that there was not.
Plus, Republicans and Democrats begin work on a bipartisan solution to gun violence, Texas lawmakers are set to speak at the NRA Convention despite the Texas elementary school shooting, Senator Ted Cruz walks away from an interview after being asked why repeated mass shootings are ‘only in America’ and other countries report a decline in violence after changing their gun laws.
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May 26, 2022
Remembering The 21 Victims Of The Texas School Shooting
A vigil is held in Uvalde, Texas for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School yesterday that left 19 children and 2 teachers dead. In an emotional tribute, 10-year-old Lexi Rubio who tragically lost her life in the massacre, is remembered by her Great-Grandfather Julian Moreno. Eualio Diaz is a Uvalde Justice of the Peace. He joins to speak out about his role in identifying the shooting victims and comforting their families.
Gun legislation has been at a stalemate in Congress for years. CNN Senior Political Analyst John Avlon joins to discuss where Americans agree on gun reforms, and Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe joins to discuss what we know so far about the investigation into the Uvalde shooting. Plus, CNN examines the laws allowing 18-year-olds to buy assault rifles, and relatives of the Parkland & Sandy Hook massacre victims join to speak out on the horror in Texas.
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May 25, 2022
Mass Shooting At Texas Elementary School
19 children and their teacher have been shot to death at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Law enforcement reports the gunman has been killed in a shootout with police, who say he was an 18-year-old male wearing body armor that went on a murderous rampage after crashing a vehicle near the school.
As the political conversation turns towards bipartisan support for ‘red flag laws’ around mental health screening prior to gun ownership, President Biden addresses nation and asks “When in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?”
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May 24, 2022
Trump’s Personal Vendettas Cast A Shadow Over GOP Primaries
The polls are hours away from opening in Georgia as Trump’s sway faces a major test with the former president backing David Perdue as Pence campaigns for incumbent Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican who refused to help overturn the 2020 election. That, as early voting surges in Georgia despite a prohibitive new election law, and the WAPO reports the GOP Governor Association spent millions to protect candidates from Trump’s “personal vendetta tour”.
Plus, President Biden vows to respond militarily if China attacks Taiwan, satellite images appear to show Russian ships loading up and stealing Ukrainian grain, Senator Bill Cassidy is in hot water for his comments on Louisiana’s high black maternal mortality rate, a Russian diplomat resigns over the “aggressive war” in Ukraine, and the CDC confirm one case of monkeypox in the U.S. with a further six suspected.
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May 21, 2022
Rudy Giuliani’s Nine-Hour Testimony To January 6 Committee
Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to the former president and a prominent promoter of the Trump administration’s baseless 2020 election fraud claims, testifies to the January 6 Committee for over nine-hours. But how much of that was taking the Fifth? Justice Thomas takes rare public swipe at Chief Justice Roberts as SCOTUS edges towards overturning Roe v. Wade. With a number of damaging leaks and apparent infighting, CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin joins to discuss a court in institutional disarray.
Plus, the Buffalo Bills reach out to help families of the Buffalo mass shooting, a federal judge blocks the Biden administration from lifting title 42, former marine Trevor Reed details surviving horrendous conditions in Russia, and Tiger Woods rebounds to make the cut at the PGA Championship.
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May 20, 2022
Capitol Tour Given By Republican On Eve Of Insurrection Investigated
The January 6 Committee wants to know the purpose of a tour Republican Congressman Barry Loudermilk gave the day before pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol, and says there’s evidence that directly contradicts previous claims by Republicans that they were "no tours, no large groups. No one with MAGA hats on in the Capitol before January 6".
Votes are still being counted in Pennsylvania where the GOP Senate primary could be headed for a recount, with Trump-endorsed Mehmet Oz holding a razor-thin lead over Dave McCormick. Plus, a Buffalo mass shooting survivor shares her story, a confirmed case of monkeypox is identified in Massachusetts, and some Texas border communities warn of a migrant surge if the “Title 42” restriction is lifted by the Biden administration.
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May 19, 2022
Trump Encourages Oz To Declare Victory In GOP Senate Race
The Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary race is neck-and-neck, as Trump encourages the candidate he endorsed, Memhet Oz, to declare victory ahead of the mail-in ballot count result. And with John Fetterman comfortably winning the Democratic Senate primary in the State, does it challenge the conventional wisdom about who’s electable? CNN’s Dana Bash and the New York Times’ Astead Herndon join to discuss.
Plus, The son of the hero supermarket security guard who died trying to stop the Buffalo mass shooting speaks out, the U.S. reopens its embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, the Dow suffers it’s biggest loss in nearly two years dropping 1,100 points, and the Biden administration invokes the defense production act to alleviate the national baby formula shortage.
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May 18, 2022
Dr. Oz, McCormick In Tight GOP Senate Primary Race
It’s all go for the midterm primaries, with Republicans Dave McCormick and Trump endorsed Dr. Memhet Oz in an extremely tight Senate race in Pennsylvania as Kathy Barnette trails behind. That, as CNN projects John Fetterman wins Pennsylvania's Democratic Senate primary, against Conor Lamb and Malcolm Kenyatta.
In North Carolina, Madison Cawthorn concedes to Chuck Edwards after multiple scandals; everything from bringing a loaded handgun through a TSA checkpoint to accusing his own GOP colleagues of using cocaine and inviting him to an orgy. Plus, as the polls close, Don and the panel discuss the latest results from the Idaho and Oregon primaries.
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May 17, 2022
10 Killed In New York Mass Shooting By White Supremacist
10 people are killed and three are injured in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that police say was fueled by the racist “White replacement” conspiracy theory. The shooting suspect has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. New York Governor Kathy Hochul joins to discuss what she calls as an act of ‘white supremacist domestic terrorism’, and her plea for a national response to fight gun violence.
CNN Political Director David Chalian joins to give a rundown of the big races to watch in Tuesday’s primary elections, as MAGA conservative Kathy Barnette’s rise in Pennsylvania has the GOP reeling over potential upset and what it could mean for November. Plus, top Republicans speak out against the “Replacement” conspiracy theory as it creeps into mainstream GOP politics, a viral video shows a Rideshare driver standing up to racism, and hundreds of Ukrainians are evacuated from Mariupol.
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May 14, 2022
Is Elon Musk Backing Out Of Buying Twitter?
Elon Musk says he's putting his $44 billion deal to buy twitter on hold over fake accounts. Kara Swisher of the New York Times joins to discuss whether the Tesla boss was trolling all along, or if he’s using a negotiating tactic following falls in the stock market. There’s further division in the GOP as Mike Pence defies Trump by campaigning for Governor Brian Kemp ahead of the Georgia Primary, and with other key primary races just days away, CNN’s Tom Foreman joins to give a rundown of the five states to keep an eye on.
Plus, a Russian troop withdrawal near Kharkiv, Ukraine, reveals new atrocities, a judge signals the end to federal oversight of the Oakland police department, a proposed Missouri bill bars pharmacists from questioning Invermectin effectiveness, and President Biden announces measures to address the national baby formula shortage.
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May 13, 2022
January 6 Committee Subpoenas Five Top Republicans
The January 6 Committee raises the stakes in its investigation, sending unprecedented subpoenas to fellow lawmakers, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. All previously refused to voluntarily tell what they know. Will they comply? CNN investigates deadly civilian bombings in Kharkiv, Ukraine, identifies the Russian commander behind the shelling, and tracks evidence of potential war crimes.
Finland‘s leaders announce support for NATO membership, with NATO’s Chief saying the country would be “warmly welcomed", but Russia vows retaliation over the move. Plus, Ukraine says another Russian naval ship is on fire in the Black Sea, astronomers reveal the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our milky way galaxy and a CNN reporter who lived through Shanghai's strict Covid lockdown documents how he was able to leave.
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May 12, 2022
Key Vote To Protect Access To Abortion Fails In The Senate
A key vote on the Women's Health Protection Act, which aims to protect access to abortion services, fails in the Senate, as President Biden Warns if SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade, same-sex marriage will be next. Is Putin's war backfiring on him? Ukraine pushes Russian forces out of key towns near its border, as President Zelensky says his desire to negotiate declines “With each new Bucha, with each new Mariupol”.
After 10 months of investigation and nearly 1,000 interviews behind closed doors, in less than a month it will all come to light. Who will the January 6 Committee call to testify? Plus, a Florida judge hints he’ll declare Ron DeSantis’ new congressional map unconstitutional for diminishing black representation, and an historically black college's women's lacrosse team accuse police of racial profiling after a drug search.
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May 11, 2022
All Eyes On Key Primaries As Trump’s Influence Tested
Results are being tallied in the Nebraska and West Virginia primaries, in races that will test just how much of a hold the former president still has over the GOP. That, as brand-new audio emerges of another top Republican leader speaking his mind about Trump to a New York Times reporter right after the attack on the Capitol, saying, “He plays the TV game and he went too far here”.
The top U.S. spy chief says Putin's war is likely to become “more unpredictable and escalatory”, after a Russian bomber fires three hypersonic missiles at the city of Odessa, Ukraine, leveling civilian targets. Plus, Elon Musk confirms he'll restore Trump’s account if his deal to acquire Twitter goes through, gas prices jump to a record high of $4.37 a gallon, and a passenger with no flying experience lands a plane after its pilot becomes incapacitated.
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May 10, 2022
Manhunt For Ex-Corrections Officer & Inmate Ends In Tragedy
After 11 days on the run, the manhunt for an Alabama escaped convict and an ex- corrections officer is over. Vicky White is found dead, reportedly of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and inmate Casey White is back in custody. Why would a trusted law enforcement officer suddenly take off with a murder defendant already serving 75 years? Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton joins to discuss how the situation unfolded.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot joins to discuss her announcement of a $500k reproductive health care fund for residents of Illinois and neighboring states. On Russia’s “Victory Day”, Putin delivers a muted speech defending his invasion of Ukraine while blaming NATO for Russia’s aggression. Plus, there’s protests at the homes of some justices over the leaked SCOTUS draft opinion on Roe v. Wade, a leading GOP gubernatorial candidate pushes the "big lie" of election fraud in the 2020 race, and a predominantly black college that opened in 1865 shuts down.
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May 7, 2022
Ukraine On Heightened Alert Ahead of Russia’s “Victory Day”
Fears grow that Vladimir Putin could formally declare war on Ukraine on Monday, Russia’s “Victory Day”, meaning an even more brutal assault on the Country. That, amid disturbing new accusations Russian forces are taking civilians from their homes, confiscating their passports and holding them in ‘filtration camps’ in horrific conditions. CNN's brand-new poll finds 66% say that they do not want to see Roe overturned. CNN’s Justice Correspondent, Jessica Schneider, joins to discuss what a post-Roe America would look like.
The escape vehicle used by the Alabama corrections officer and the inmate she is accused of springing from jail is found in Tennessee. Lauderdale County Sheriff, Rick Singleton, joins to discuss the latest on the search. Plus, the Pentagon says it was not involved in Ukraine’s decision to strike Russia’s Movska warship, and a judge rules Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene shouldn’t be disqualified over the January 6 insurrection.
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May 6, 2022
13 States To Ban Abortions If Roe V. Wade Overturned
Thirteen states will see ‘trigger bans’ go into effect if Roe v. Wade is officially overturned, almost immediately banning abortions. Texas, which already has one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the country, is one of those states. Former Democrat presidential candidate, Beto O'Rourke, is running in the Texas governor's race. He joins to discuss the impact the trigger ban will have on Texans seeking abortion services, and what a possible Roe decision could mean for the midterms.
Plus, the Chief Justice speaks out on the SCOTUS leak controversy, the U.S. provided intelligence that helped Ukraine target Russia’s Movska warship, the manhunt Intensifies for an Alabama inmate and corrections officer who fled county jail together, and GOP leaders are fed up with Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s antics.
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May 5, 2022
Is The Integrity Of The Supreme Court In Doubt?
There’s a stark divide in the House on the SCOTUS draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, in a move that could enable more than half of States to ban abortions. With Senators raising concerns about whether some SCOTUS nominees were truthful about their stance on the legislation during their confirmation hearings, CNN’s Laura Coates and former U.S. Senator Doug Jones join to discuss what overturning Roe would mean for the integrity of the Court.
The New York Times releases new audio of Kevin McCarthy calling Trump’s actions on January 6 “Atrocious” and “Totally wrong”, and also discussing invoking the 25th Amendment to remove the then President from office. Plus, the manhunt for Alabama corrections officer Vicky White and murder suspect Casey White (not related) continues following their disappearance from Lauderdale County jail, the Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.5% amid high inflation, and Ukrainian forces retake another village as they inch towards R…
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May 4, 2022
Roe V. Wade Draft Opinion Leak Sparks National Protests
Protests begin across the U.S. in the wake of the SCOTUS draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, as the Chief Justice confirms the draft is authentic and orders an investigation into how the document was leaked. Dr Richina Bicette-McCain is the Medical Director of McNair Campus Emergency Department. She joins to discuss what a post-Roe world would mean for women’s health.
An Alabama sheriff says the corrections officer and inmate who disappeared on Friday had a ‘special relationship’, as a new surveillance video shows officer White leading the inmate to her patrol car, claiming she was taking him to the courthouse for a mental health evaluation. Plus, CNN projects J.D. Vance will win the Ohio GOP Senate primary, a proposed Missouri law would criminalize residents seeking abortions in other states, and Russian missile strikes hit Ukrainian power stations in Lviv.
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May 3, 2022
Supreme Court Draft Opinion Overturning Roe v. Wade Published
BREAKING NEWS: A Supreme Court draft of a majority opinion that would overturn the landmark 1973 abortion rights ruling Roe v. Wade is published by Politico. It could mean a seismic shift for women’s reproductive rights in America, but will it hold? Michael Moore is a former U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. He joins to discuss the investigative special grand jury that has been picked to determine if former President Trump and his allies committed any crimes in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi travels to Ukraine, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. official to meet with President Zelensky since the war began. Plus, Western officials believe Putin could formally declare war on Ukraine as soon as 9 May, and a manhunt is underway for a missing inmate and an Alabama corrections officer who vanished on Friday.
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Apr 29, 2022
Russia Blackmails The West With Nuclear Threat
Vladimir Putin sends a message to the West with ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv immediately after the U.N. Secretary General's meeting with President Zelensky in the Capital. CNN Host Fareed Zakaria joins to discuss Putin’s latest act of aggression, continual nuclear and economic threats, and whether the West’s thinking about global security and stability has to fundamentally change.
Douglas London is a former CIA operations officer. He joins to discuss the mysterious deaths of two Russian Oligarchs who fell out of Putin’s circle. Plus, Rep. Madison Cawthorn angers GOP leaders after being caught with a gun at an airport for a second time, a class action lawsuit alleges Wells Fargo Bank discriminates against black mortgage customers and The January 6 Committee is to hold eight hearings in June. Who will be called as witnesses?
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Apr 28, 2022
Russian Military Unit Executed Surrendering Ukrainians
The U.S. says it has credible information that a Russian military unit executed Ukrainians who were attempting to surrender near Donetsk. CNN's Isa Soares reports on the latest, live from Ukraine. House Republicans are divided after GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s comments accusing Reps Matt Gaetz and Mo Brooks of endangering fellow Republicans after the Capitol riot were caught on tape and released this week.
CNN’s Business-At-Large Editor, Richard Quest, joins to discuss Putin’s war and the risks to the global economy, and an investigation after George Floyd’s killing finds a decade of ‘discriminatory, race-based policing in Minneapolis’. Plus, rents spike 20% on average in 2-years, the World Bank warns higher food and energy prices could last for years, and American Trevor Reed is released from Russia in a prisoner swap.
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Apr 27, 2022
Meadows' Texts Reveal Rep. Scott Perry's Key Role In Election Fraud Lie
Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ texts reveal new details about the key role of Rep. Scott Perry in pushing the 2020 election fraud lie, and the attempts to overturn the result. As Putin pushes the false narrative that evidence of the massacre committed by Russian forces in Bucha, Ukraine, is fake, the local prosecutor building the case for war crimes shares photos of civilians killed in the town.
The New York Times releases new audio of Kevin McCarthy after January 6, worrying the rhetoric of some members of his own party could incite violence. Plus, GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn is cited for bringing a loaded handgun to an airport, V.P. Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid-19, the Dow falls 800 points over recession fears and China erects fences in Shanghai to stop the spread of Covid.
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Apr 26, 2022
Elon Musk Strikes Deal To Buy Twitter For $44 Billion
The world's richest man, Elon Musk, buys Twitter in a $44 billion deal. He says it’s about free speech, but is it? Kara Swisher of the New York Times joins to discuss. More than 2000 of Mark Meadows’ text messages reveal the Trump inner circle’s communications before and after January 6, including one in which Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene raised the topic of martial law to keep Trump in power.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meet with President Zelensky in the highest-level U.S. visit to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began, delivering the message that the U.S. wants to see Russia’s military capabilities weakened. That, as a Kremlin spokesman says of Putin’s nuclear threat, "the danger is serious, it is real, it cannot be underestimated".
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Apr 23, 2022
Russia Reveals Ukraine War Goal
For the first time, a Russian military official reveals on state television that the goal of its invasion of Ukraine is to take full control of the South, as well as the Eastern Donbas region, and establish a land corridor connecting Russia to Crimea. That, as investigators look into the mysterious deaths of two Russian Oligarchs and their families 24-hours apart in Moscow.
Damning new audio reveals GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy told lawmakers that Trump admitted to bearing some responsibility for the Capitol riot, and Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene testifies she doesn’t remember her actions leading up to the January 6 insurrection at the unprecedented hearing challenging her congressional candidacy. Plus, Governor Ron DeSantis stokes the culture wars as Florida education officials reject maths textbooks they claim are indoctrinating students.
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Apr 22, 2022
GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s Lies About Trump Caught On Tape
The New York Times reports that Kevin McCarthy wanted Trump to resign in the wake of January 6th, and has released supporting audio evidence to back up the claim, which McCarthy has previously denied. Amid Putin’s claim that Mariupol has been ‘liberated’, Ukraine’s military releases an apparent Russian communications intercept which references an order to kill Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Florida’s GOP-led legislature strips Disney of its special status as a self-governing district after the company publicly opposed Governor DeSantis’ so-called ‘Don't Say Gay’ law. Plus, Florida’s new Congressional map eliminates two districts repped by black Democrats, Johnny Depp is cross-examined in his defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard, and CNN’s film “Navalny” sheds new light on the poisoning of Putin’s nemisis.
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Apr 21, 2022
Russia Tests New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
As Russia openly tests a new intercontinental ballistic missile, Ukrainian forces intercept alleged communications between Russian soldiers complaining about their commanders, and a Russian Billionaire blasts Putin’s invasion, urging the West to "Stop this massacre". That, as Ukrainian officials head to Mariupol to negotiate with Russians amid fears that the City could fall at any moment.
Plus, the DOJ appeals the federal court ruling which ends the travel mask mandate after the CDC deems it necessary to continue, Johnny Depp testifies about his finger getting severed in his $50 million defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard, and Michelle Obama's brother sues his kids' former school, alleging unfair treatment of students of color.
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Apr 20, 2022
Putin Plans To Bomb Civilians Trapped In Mariupol
Ukrainian forces in Mariupol make what maybe their last stand, as a Ukrainian marine commander speaks with CNN, saying “We have only a few days, or hours left”. Eastern Ukraine is under attack as Russian forces launch a new, more brutal phase of the invasion. That, as Putin awards an honorary title to the brigade accused of committing war crimes in Bucha.
Plus, Johnny Depp takes the witness stand in his defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard, a Michigan lawmaker takes on false outrage over critical race theory, and the DOJ is to appeal the federal mask mandate ruling if the CDC says it's necessary to continue wearing masks.
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Apr 19, 2022
Russian Forces Begin Battle For Donbas
Russian forces begin the battle for Donbas, attacking the West and East of Ukraine. With no ceasefire on the horizon and fighting only escalating two months into the war, former U.S. Defense Secretary, William Cohen, joins to discuss what it’s going to take to force Putin to come to the bargaining table.
Sara Nelson is the International President of the Association of Flight Attendants. She joins to discuss the confusion at U.S. airports after a federal judge strikes down the CDC’s travel mask mandate. Plus, an Ohio school asks the author of “It’s Okay To Be A Unicorn” not to read his book about being different to students, Ukraine uses facial recognition technology in its fight against Russia, and the World Central Kitchen remains undeterred by Russian missile strikes in Ukraine.
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Apr 15, 2022
Russian Military Facing Multiple Setbacks in Ukraine
Russian forces pulled from Northern Ukraine are now gathering in the East. The CIA warns that we cannot take lightly the threat of Russia using nuclear weapons, as widespread shelling continues. This, as Russia says its warship “Moskva”, the flagship of their Black Sea fleet, has sunk, a major blow to Putin; Ukraine claims its missiles sank the ship.
Plus, the Brooklyn shooting suspect appeared in federal court today, Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for 41 billion, Ukraine launches an information war to combat Russian propaganda, Roma refugees face discrimination as they flee Ukraine, and the family of Patrick Lyoya, an unarmed Black man shot in Grand Rapids, Michigan, demands justice.
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Apr 14, 2022
Russian Forces Pour Into Eastern Ukraine
New satellite images show Russian troops and armored vehicles repositioning in Eastern Ukraine, as accusations of using cluster munitions and chemical weapons mount against Russia. That, as France’s military warns that Russia could launch a “large-scale offensive” in the Donbas region in the coming days. 180,000 Ukrainians are waiting to be evacuated from Mariupol, as units continue to defend the city.
The subway shooting suspect is in federal custody tonight. 62 year old Frank James was arrested by officers earlier today; James called the tip line himself and revealed his whereabouts. Plus, 37 million Americans are under severe weather threat, a 26 year old Black man was shot and killed by police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Shanghai remains in Covid lockdown.
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Apr 13, 2022
NYPD Identifies “Person of Interest” in Brooklyn Subway Shooting
A manhunt is underway for the shooter who opened fire in a NYC subway earlier today. CNN learns that the man left behind a bag with a gun and multiple magazines, detonated and undetonated smoke grenades, fireworks, and a hatchet. 62 year old Frank James has been identified as a “person of interest”.
Biden calls Putin’s invasion of Ukraine a “genocide” for the first time. This, as fighting intensifies in Eastern Ukraine near Mariupol, Bashtanka, and Zaporizhzhia. Putin says peace talks are at a “dead end”, and vows the war will go on.
Plus, U.S. Inflation hits a new 40 year high, Shanghai’s 25 million citizens in Covid lockdown find ways to entertain themselves, and Gilbert Gottfried, comedian and actor, dies at 67.
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Apr 12, 2022
Russian Army Makes Ready for New Offensive in Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claims “ten’s of thousands” dead in Mariupol as a large column of vehicles has been confirmed heading towards the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
Julian Lennon sings ‘Imagine’ for the first time in support of Ukraine. Julian had long said that the only time he would consider singing the iconic song written by his father, Beatle John Lennon, “would be if it was the ‘End of the World”. The cover came in support of the #standupforukraine fundraising effort organised by the non-profit Global Citizen.
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Apr 9, 2022
Russians Targeted Children At Train Station
A Russian missile strike on a train station in Kramatorsk, Eastern Ukraine, kills at least 50 people including children fleeing Putin’s war. Ukrainian officials say the Russians knew the station was full of civilians, with President Zelensky calling the attack a “war crime”.
Celebrating a moment of real change, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson gives a speech at the White House to mark her family's journey from living under segregation to her Supreme Court appointment. Plus, Donald Trump Jr. texted his father’s Chief of Staff ideas to overturn the 2020 Election while votes were still being tallied, the Russian soldiers who occupied Chernobyl contaminated themselves with radiation, and the Academy bans Will Smith from the Oscars for 10 Years.
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Apr 8, 2022
Judge Jackson Becomes First Black Woman Confirmed To SCOTUS
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed to become the 116th Supreme Court Justice, the first black woman in history to be confirmed to America’s highest court. CNN’s Fareed Zakaria joins Don to discuss the growing evidence of further atrocities being committed by Russian forces and answers the question: what will it take to stop Putin’s war?
Ukraine's top diplomat warns the battle for Donbas will rival World War II, and makes a plea for more weapons. Plus, the German Foreign Intelligence Service says it's intercepted radio communications of Russian soldiers talking about shooting Ukrainian civilians, a Kremlin spokesman admits to a massive loss of Russian troops, there are 37 positive Covid cases after the Gridiron dinner in D.C., and Tiger Woods returns to the Masters.
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Apr 7, 2022
Mariupol Mayor Says The City Is The “New Auschwitz”
The Mayor of Mariupol, Ukraine, says at least 40% of the city’s destroyed infrastructure is no longer recoverable and calls Mariupol the “new Auschwitz” amid its City Council’s claim that Russian forces are using mobile crematoria to dispose of bodies there. That, as Russian state media increases its pro-war rhetoric, urging the Kremlin to “go all the way” in Ukraine.
Russian forces withdraw from areas near Kyiv and Chernihiv, as NATO braces for a “concentrated” attack in Eastern Ukraine. Plus, the U.S. slaps new sanctions on Putin’s daughters and Russian banks, adding to the existing sanctions on 140 Oligarchs and 400 Russian Government Officials, and water levels plummet at America’s second largest reservoir.
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Apr 6, 2022
President Zelensky Confronts U.N. With Horrors Of Putin’s War
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confronts the U.N. Security Council, urging them to act over Putin’s war in a speech describing the atrocities being committed against Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces in horrifying detail. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour joins to discuss the experiences of former Ukrainian prisoners of war who describe daily beatings and mental abuse from their Russian captors.
The U.S. announces sweeping new sanctions on Russia, including Putin's family and will also send 'switchblade-600' drones to Ukraine. Plus, Russia lies about Ukrainian horrors despite video evidence, Obama returns to the White House to tout the affordable care act, and Tiger Woods practices for the Masters one-year after suffering serious leg injuries in a car crash.
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Apr 5, 2022
Horrific Photos From Ukraine Spark Global Outrage
Horrific images of the execution-style killings of Ukrainian civilians and mass graves emerge from Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, following the withdrawal of Russian forces as they prepare for a large-scale attack on Eastern Ukraine. President Zelensky says of the atrocities in Bucha, “The occupiers did things that the locals had not even seen during the Nazi occupation 80 years ago”.
Plus, SCOTUS is soon to have its first female black justice, Biden urges a Putin war crimes trial, Russia claims the images of bodies in the streets of Bucha are ‘fake’, and the DOJ’s ‘Kleptocapture’ Task Force coordinates the seizure of a Russian Oligarch’s luxury yatch in Spain.
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Apr 2, 2022
Kremlin Blames Ukraine For Strike On Russian Fuel Depot
The Kremlin accuses Ukraine of attacking a fuel depot inside Russia, but President Zelensky refuses to confirm or deny if he ordered the airstrike. That, as new satellite images confirm Russian forces have apparently abandoned their positions at a key air base just outside of Kyiv.
Plus, Odessa is hit with Russian missiles, western sanctions in Russia kick in, how the west is using intelligence in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, and Will Smith resigns from the Motion Picture Academy after the Oscars slap.
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Apr 1, 2022
President Zelensky Removes Two Traitor Top Generals
Ukraine's President Zelensky removes two top generals, calling them traitors, as NATO warns Russian forces are not withdrawing and the Pentagon says there is still no indication that Russian troops are going to be sent home. Amid allegations of becoming further isolated from the Kremlin, what will Putin do next?
President Zelensky’s chief diplomatic adviser joins to discuss what Ukraine’s military needs are, and says the international community should push Putin to meet and negotiate with Zelensky. Plus, President Biden announces an historic oil reserve release and presses oil companies to do their part to reduce gas prices, and the Shadows Project takes on Russia’s “historical revisionism” on Ukraine.
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Mar 31, 2022
Russia Drops Bombs Despite De-Escalation Claims
As Ukraine's president says negotiations with Russia are “only words”,
CNN's teams on the ground in the Capital of Kyiv continue to hear shelling well into the night as the battle rages in the suburbs. That, as a U.S. official says intelligence shows Vladimir Putin is being misinformed by his advisers about Russia’s military advancement in Ukraine.
Plus, the U.S. sends an additional $500 million in budgetary aid to Ukraine, Republican Senator Susan Collins will vote to confirm Biden's SCOTUS nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Chris Rock speaks out publicly for the first time since the Will Smith slap at the Oscars.
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Mar 30, 2022
Russia's Troop Movement In Ukraine Is "A Repositioning, Not A Withdrawal"
CNN's team in Kyiv hear increased shelling throughout the night despite Russia claiming it will drastically reduce military activity around the Capital and Chernihiv, following diplomatic talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul. That, as the Pentagon calls Russia's troop movement near Kyiv, "a repositioning, not a withdrawal".
Plus, the war in Ukraine risks a global food shortage, an American teacher freed from Russian detention is now home after being imprisoned for 10 days, Ukrainian museum staff salvage artworks, a Ukrainian artist In Kyiv documents the war and the U.N. reports more than 3.9 million refugees have fled Ukraine.
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Mar 29, 2022
President Zelensky Ready To Negotiate With Kremlin
On the eve of a new round of diplomatic talks between Ukraine and Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine is ready to accept a neutral, non-nuclear status as part of a peace deal which would mean they wouldn't be able to join NATO. That, as Russia intensifies its attack on Western Ukraine including an oil depot, and the Wagner group is expected to deploy more than 1,000 mercenaries to Ukraine to bolster Russian forces.
President Biden pushes back on questions about his speech in Poland this weekend, offering no apologies when he said of Vladimir Putin, "for God's sake, this man cannot remain in power”. Plus, Russia bans all Zelensky interviews, Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock for slapping him at the Oscars and the efforts underway to get Ukrainian orphans out of the warzone.
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Mar 26, 2022
Russian Forces Stop Moving Towards Kyiv
As Russian forces dig into defensive positions on the outskirts of Kyiv, a top Russian general claims what he calls the ‘first stage’ of Russia's military plan is completed, and says it will now focus on "the liberation of Donbas in Eastern Ukraine”. That, as NATO moves more troops to the Eastern flank, amid fears the Ukraine conflict could spill over.
Plus, President Biden visits U.S. troops in Poland, mercenaries are believed to be in Ukraine to kill President Zelensky, a Ukrainian rock star joins the war effort and becomes lieutenant in the army, and Putin compares his country to J.K. Rowling, saying the west is trying to ‘cancel’ Russia.
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Mar 25, 2022
U.S. & NATO Will Respond If Provoked By Russian Chemical Attack
President Biden meets with European allies in an emergency summit and vows the U.S. and NATO will respond if Vladimir Putin uses chemical weapons. As battles intensify in several directions just outside of Kyiv and Ukraine fights to push back Russian forces, the U.S. announces it will accept 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine, and provide more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid.
Plus, the Ukrainian Navy destroys Russian ships, the U.S. announces new sanctions on hundreds of members of the Russian Duma, and Chef José Andrés and World Kitchen feed thousands of Ukrainian refugees displaced by war.
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Mar 24, 2022
Ukraine's Fight Is Everybody's Fight For Democracy
President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a message in English to the whole world warning that Russia is waging war not just on Ukraine, but on freedom itself. That, as a senior U.S. defense official says Ukraine has forced the Russians back on the front lines East of Kyiv some 15 to 20 miles today. And, with Putin's desperation likely growing, President Biden says the danger of chemical warfare is very real.
The U.S. formally declares Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine, citing attacks on a maternity hospital in Mariupol and a theatre where hundreds of people, including children, sheltered. Plus, WNBA star Brittney Griner’s fate remains undetermined as she remains detained by Russian authorities, and Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. Secretary of State dies at 84.
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Mar 23, 2022
Ukraine Takes Back Territory From Russians
The Pentagon says there are indications Ukraine is now going more on the offensive, as Ukrainian forces say they’ve taken back the devastated city of Makariv, a strategic point to cut off supply lines to Russian forces. That, as a Putin spokesman refuses to rule out the use of nuclear weapons if Russia faces an 'existential threat’.
Plus, Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson defends her judicial record from relentless Republican attacks on day two of her confirmation hearings. And, Russian opposition member Gary Kasparov joins to discuss top Putin critic Alexey Navalny being sentenced to nine more years in prison.
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Mar 22, 2022
Senate Begins SCOTUS Hearings For Ketanji Brown Jackson
SCOTUS confirmation hearings begin for Ketanji Brown Jackson. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman to sit on the high court. CNN Justice Correspondent Jessica Schneider and CNN Legal Analyst Eliot Williams, join to discuss the lines of attack Biden-nominated Judge Jackson is facing from Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A Russian tabloid reports then removes a death count of 10,000 Russian troops killed in Ukraine, as President Zelensky tells CNN he’s ‘ready for negotiations’ with Putin. Plus, President Biden confirms Russia’s use of hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, 62,000 Mariupol residents have been evacuated to Russia against their will, and will Ukrainian refugees have anything left to return to?
Hosted by Don Lemon live from Lviv, Western Ukraine.
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Mar 19, 2022
Exclusive One-On-One With Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
Don hosts live from Bulgaria, bringing you his exclusive interview with Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin. The two discuss opposition to President Zelensky’s request for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, concerns that China will aid Putin’s war, and the threat of Russian forces using chemical weapons.
In historical echoes of Nazism, Putin tries to hide the truth from his own people, ordering Russian school teachers and students to attend a massive rally in Moscow to prop up support for his invasion of Ukraine. Plus, Russia intensifies indiscriminate attacks on Ukrainian civilians, President Biden warns China not to help Russia and Rep. Don Young dies at the age of 88.
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Mar 18, 2022
Vladimir Putin’s Hidden Billions
Vladimir Putin is rumored to be worth at least $100 billion, reportedly enriched by corrupt oligarchs. Experts say his vast wealth is hidden. Is he the richest man in the world? CNN investigates.
As Russia continues indiscriminate attacks on civilians, Don reports from Ukraine’s neighbouring country, Slovakia. He talks to 11-year-old Hassan who travelled over 600 miles there from Ukraine by himself with only a bag, passport and a phone number written on his hand. Plus, Arnold Schwarzenegger takes to twitter, telling Russian troops “This is an illegal war” and President Biden sends $800 million in new military aid to Ukraine.
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Mar 17, 2022
Biden: Putin Is A “War Criminal”
As Russian forces target Ukrainian citizens, including children, President Biden calls Putin a “war criminal“ and announces $800 million in new military aid to Ukraine following President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Congress. The Russian journalist who protested the Ukraine invasion on State TV says “It was impossible to stay silent”, as Vladimir Putin calls some of his own people “traitors” and ominously threatens what he calls the “natural self-cleaning” of Russian society.
Plus, Russia and Ukraine's dispute may lead to WW III, Ukrainian moms make homemade flak jackets for soldiers, and a 15-year old junior golfer who fled the violence of Ukraine for the safety of the U.S. joins to talk about his ordeal.
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Mar 16, 2022
Biden To Announce New Military Aid To Ukraine
President Zelensky is to address the U.S. Congress in a live broadcast tomorrow morning, after which President Biden is expected to announce new military aid to Ukraine including anti-tank missiles, but will stop short of a no-fly zone. That, as Biden is to join NATO leaders in Brussels attending the European Council summit next week, amid the Ukraine War.
The anti-war protester on Russian State TV is held for questioning for over 14 hours, has been fined, and is now being investigated for possibly violating Russia’s draconian censorship laws. Plus, Kyiv braces for a massive attack, a member of Ukraine’s parliament speaks out about the Russian invasion and Ukrainian pop star Tina Karol works to get the truth of war out to the world.
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Mar 15, 2022
Russian State TV Interrupted By Brave Anti-War Protester
BREAKING NEWS: As Russia cracks down on free speech, an anti-war protester bravely interrupts a live Russian State TV news broadcast, holding up a sign reading, "No war, stop the war. Do not believe propaganda. They tell you lies here". That, as the U.S. warns China not to help Vladimir Putin with military or financial assistance.
Yaryna Arieva and Svyatoslav Furson, a Ukrainian couple who were married on the first day of the Russian invasion and have taken up arms to defend their country, join to discuss their harrowing experience. Plus, Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall is hospitalized after being injured while reporting near Kyiv, the UN says more than 2.8 million refugees have now fled Ukraine, and Russian forces attack Ukrainian healthcare systems.
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Mar 12, 2022
U.S. Not Willing To Engage In World War III
As President Zelensky compares Russian forces to ISIS terrorists, President Biden has a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian leader, highlighting new sanctions to punish Russia and suspend normal trade relations, but makes it clear the U.S. will not fight World War III in Ukraine.
Plus, pundits break with Putin’s propaganda narrative on Russian State TV, the DOJ ‘Kleptocapture’ Task Force targets Russian oligarch’s yachts and assets, a concert violinist posts a video of her playing from a bunker in Kharkiv amid shelling, and how some Americans are impacted by inflation.
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Mar 11, 2022
Putin’s Propaganda Campaign Reaches New Lows
Putin’s propaganda campaign continues; following a failed diplomatic meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Russia’s Foreign Minister falsely claims that it “did not attack Ukraine”. As Russian forces advance on Kyiv from multiple directions, Ukraine fights back hard with Ukrainian armed forces releasing a video showing the destruction of a Russian tank regiment Northeast of the Capital, and the diffusing of a bomb from a downed Russian fighter jet.
Plus, Russian arts and sports stars feel the backlash from the Ukraine invasion as they are rejected on the world stage, thousands escape Ukraine through humanitarian corridors and WNBA star Brittney Griner has been held in custody for three weeks after Russian authorities say they found cannabis oil in her suitcase at Moscow airport.
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Mar 10, 2022
White House Warns Of Chemical Weapon Attacks In Ukraine
The White House warns that Putin could use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, or create a false flag operation through using them. As Russia doubles down on its attacks of Ukrainian cities, new video footage emerges of air strikes hitting civilian buildings and a power plant in Zhytomyr, and a Children’s hospital in Mariupol. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls the bombing proof of a genocide of Ukrainians taking place, and demands to know what kind of country destroys maternity wards.
Ukrainian I.T. specialist Victor Fateyev joins to discuss how he is working to get the truth of the war out to the Russian people. Plus, President Zelensky asks NATO to “Close the sky” to stop Russia’s killing, the U.N. says 2.1 million refugees have now fled Ukraine, and thousands are stuck in Mariupol without basic necessities.
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Mar 9, 2022
Biden Approves Banning Russian Oil
President Biden supports Ukraine by announcing a ban on Russian oil and gas imports but warns there could be a spike in gas prices in the U.S. That, as the CIA predicts an ugly next few weeks in Ukraine, saying Vladimir Putin is likely to escalate Russia’s aggression with no concern for civilian casualties.
Plus, the letter ‘Z’ becomes a symbol of Putin’s war against Ukraine and a key part of his propaganda campaign in Russia, the Pentagon calls Poland’s offer to transfer fighter jets to the U.S. for delivery to Ukraine not ‘tenable’, and McDonalds, Starbucks and Coca-Cola suspend their business operations in Russia.
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Mar 8, 2022
U.S. & NATO Deliver Weapons To Ukraine
BREAKING NEWS: Refugees flood across Ukraine’s borders as Russia increases bombardments on Ukrainian cities, targeting civilian infrastructure and residential areas. An undisclosed airfield in Eastern Europe is home to a multinational effort to send weapons to Ukraine, as CNN reports the U.S. and NATO have supplied the country with nearly 20,000 missiles.
Plus, President Biden faces pressure to ban Russian oil, Romania welcomes refugees from Ukraine, WNBA star Brittney Griner is detained in Russia, and what does Ukraine need from the West?
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Mar 5, 2022
Russian Forces Target Ukraine’s Nuclear Facilities
As Russian troops occupy Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant, and close in on a second nuclear facility, the U.S. and NATO believe Russia is poised to "bombard cities into submission in Ukraine", which could inflict many more civilian casualties.
Plus, the U.S. and NATO don't agree with a no-fly zone in Ukraine, Russian troops target peaceful villages, a news crew comes face to face with a Russian tank, and young men from around the world answer Ukraine's call to help fight "Russian war criminals".
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Mar 4, 2022
Ukraine's Largest Nuclear Power Plant On Fire
A fire is still burning at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, following a Russian tank attack. Reports say the fighting has now stopped and radiation levels are currently normal. President Zelensky says it’s now time for Europe to ‘wake up’ to Putin’s brutal military assault on Ukraine.
As Russian forces advance in southern Ukraine amid the warning the “the worst is yet to come”, thousands of Russians are arrested in anti-war protests. Plus, the International Atomic Energy Agency is on ‘full alert’ over a potential nuclear disaster in Ukraine, and how the terrible reality the world sees is never seen in Russia, as new video footage emerges of devastating Russian military strikes on a Chernihiv apartment complex.
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Mar 3, 2022
Trump’s Alleged Criminal Plot To Subvert The 2020 Election
The January 6 Committee alleges Trump and his Conservative lawyer John Eastman were part of a ‘criminal conspiracy’, including obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiring to defraud the U.S., as part of their efforts to subvert the 2020 election. CNN Senior Legal Affairs Correspondent Paula Reid joins to discuss what this could mean for the former president.
Kherson is the first major city in Ukraine to fall into Russian hands with Putin’s tanks and heavily armed soldiers now patrolling the city of 300,000 people. Plus, the DOJ launches a ‘kleptocapture’ task force targeting Russian oligarch’s yacht’s and high value assets, the U.N. reports 1 million refugees have fled Ukraine in a week, and the human cost of Putin's war, including one mother’s journey as she flees Kyiv with her four-year old child.
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Mar 1, 2022
Should Vladimir Putin Be Charged With War Crimes?
With at least 406 civilians killed or injured after only five days, the International Criminal Court opens an investigation into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Michael P. Scharf, Dean of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, joins to discuss if Russia’s aggression captured in video footage so far, has reached the criminal threshold.
A 40-mile long Russian convoy approaches Kyiv as U.S officials fear the worst is yet to come for the Ukrainian Capital. Plus, a coalition of Western and Asian countries are to “Freeze all assets” from the Russian Central Bank, and Ukrainian newlyweds Yaryna Arieva and Sviatoslav Fursin, who just hours after they tied the knot grabbed weapons and joined the fight to protect their country, speak out.
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Feb 26, 2022
Russian Forces Reach Ukraine’s Capital
The battle for Kyiv is underway as Russian troops close in on Ukraine’s Capital. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelelnsky says “many cities in our country are under attack, as the U.S. and NATO reassure support to Ukraine. CNN Senior National Security Correspondent Alex Marquardt reports live form Kyiv on this rapidly developing story.
Plus, CNN visits the sites of some of fiercest Ukraine-Russia fighting, a Ukrainian couple spend their first day of marriage collecting rifles to defend their country, and why winning Ukraine is not a piece of cake for Putin.
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Feb 25, 2022
Ukrainian President Is Russia's Main Target
BREAKING NEWS: As Russia wages war on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian sabotage groups have entered Kyiv, and have marked him as their No.1 target. After launching over 160 missiles at Ukraine, Russian forces are now just 20 miles from Kyiv, where fears grow that a Russian-backed government will be installed by deadly force.
Plus, the Ukrainian President introduces martial law, and bans Ukrainian males aged 18-60 from leaving the country, the White House condemns Russia over ‘credible’ reports of hostage taking at Chernobyl, and the U.S. is on high alert for Russian cyber attacks.
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Feb 24, 2022
Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Begins With Missile Strikes
BREAKING NEWS: As Vladimir Putin announces a ‘military operation to protect Donbas’, the adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry says a Russian invasion has begun. CNN brings you live reporting from multiple cities in Ukraine where our correspondents are hearing artillery fire and explosions.
Former NATO Allied Supreme Commander, General Wesley Clark joins to respond Putin’s clams he intends to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine, and his baseless claim of genocide in the country's Donbas region. Plus, Ukraine’s foreign minister tweets Putin has launched a “full scale invasion of Ukraine”, and Russia and Ukraine’s tit-for-tat at a tense U.N. Security Council Meeting.
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Feb 23, 2022
U.S. Slaps Russia With Tough Sanctions Over Ukraine Aggression
President Biden hits Russia with new sanctions over Putin’s ‘Flagrant violation of international law’ in Ukraine, targeting two financial institutions, U.S. investment, Russian foreign debt and in cooperation with Germany, ensuring the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will not move forward.
As a federal jury convicts all three of Amhaud Arbery’s killers of hate crimes, Amhaud’s parents speak out about their family finally getting justice. Plus, the U.S. soccer and U.S. women’s national team reach an agreement in their equal pay lawsuit, Don celebrates black history month with an interview with filmmaker Lee Daniels, and later pays tribute to democratic strategist and political pundit Bob Beckel, who has died at 73.
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Feb 22, 2022
Military Move Escalates Ukraine Invasion Fears
BREAKING NEWS: Vladimir Putin recognizes separatist areas of Eastern Ukraine as independent, escalating fears of an imminent Russian invasion. As footage of a military convoy emerges, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. calls Putin’s claim he’s sending ‘Peacekeepers’ into Donetsk and Luhansk, ‘Nonsense’. Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen joins to give his perspective.
Trump’s former White House assistant press secretary is asked to voluntarily cooperate with the January 6 committee about discussions in a meeting held between Trump and his staff the day before the insurrection. Plus, the jury begins deliberations in the federal hate crimes trail of the three white men who killed Amhaud Arbery, and strong late-winter storms affect millions.
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Feb 19, 2022
Judge Suggests Trump Could Be Culpable For January 6
It’s been a bad week for Trump as the former president is dealt legal blows on civil cases involving his businesses and the insurrection, with a judge suggesting Trump could be culpable for January 6, allowing lawsuits against him to proceed. President Biden says he has intelligence Putin will invade Ukraine, starting with Kyiv. That, as a U.S. defense official confirms 40-50% of Russian forces are in attack positions.
Ex-officer Kim Potter is sentenced to 2-years in Daunte Wright’s death, much less than the 5-years prosecutors requested. With Potter ultimately likely to serve 16 months, Daunte’s mother says “Today the justice system murdered him all over again”. Plus, Olympic speed skating gold medalist Erin Jackson joins to talk with Don about her win, and on being the first black woman to achieve gold in the event.
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Feb 18, 2022
Trump Organization Ordered To Testify About Business Practices
A judge orders Trump, Don Jr. and Ivanka to testify in the New York Attorney General’s civil investigation of their business practices. The ruling come just days after the accounting firm the former president used for nine years says it could no longer vouch for the financial statements it has compiled over the past decade, and has cut all ties.
The ‘BA.2’ sub-variant detected in 74 countries and 47 U.S. states is 40% more contagious than Omicron. CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner joins to discuss the data. Plus, President Biden says Russia may attack Ukraine in the next few days as U.S. officials warn Russia plans to fabricate a justification for war, Russian skater Kamala Valieva finishes 4th after multiple falls amid her doping scandal and minority leader McCarthy backs a top Cheney challenger.
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Feb 17, 2022
Trump’s White House Visitor Logs Going To January 6 Committee
President Biden rejects Trump’s request to shield his White House visitor logs, as the National Archives informs the former president it plans to send them to the January 6 Committee in 14 days. What will they reveal? Russia deploys a further 7,000 troops along the Ukraine border, despite claims of a pullback. CNN Military Analyst, Colonel Cedric Leighton (Ret.), joins to give his perspective.
A video showing police breaking up a fight between a black teen and a white teen in New Jersey prompts outrage, with the NAACP calling for the officers to be immediately removed. Plus, as voters oust San Francisco School Board members over school closings, are Democrats failing to hear the concerns of parents about Covid mandates and schools?
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Feb 16, 2022
Republicans Subpoenaed Over Fake Elector Plot
The January 6 Committee subpoenas six more people involved in the so-called ‘fake elector plot’, in which illegitimate electors from key swing states that Trump lost were put forward to justify delaying the certification of President Biden's victory. The subpoenas include Trump campaign members and prominent GOP officials.
There’s emotional testimony as prosecutors call their first witnesses in the federal hate crimes trials related to the Amhaud Arbery and George Floyd murder cases. Plus, Biden calls for diplomacy to defuse the Russia-Ukraine crisis and warns the U.S. will respond to Russian aggression, Don interviews Rep. James Clyburn about the first test of Texas’ new restrictive voting laws and in the first case of it’s kind in the U.S., the families of the Sandy Hook massacre victims agree to a $73 million settlement with gunmaker, Remington.
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Feb 15, 2022
Rudy Giuliani Considers Testifying About Bogus Election Fraud Claims
CNN learns that that Rudy Giuliani may be willing to testify to the January 6 Committee, under oath, about the bogus 2020 election fraud claims pushed by Trump and his allies. The source said Giuliani doesn't intend to waive executive or attorney-client privilege. Why is he reconsidering testifying? The Trump Organization’s accounting firm says nearly 10 years of its financial statements are unreliable and has cut ties, citing a conflict of interest.
The U.S. closes its embassy in Kyiv, as the White House warns Russia could invade Ukraine at any moment, with U.S. Intelligence indicating Russia is ‘Clearly advancing their ability to invade’. Plus, Russian skater Kamila Valieva is cleared to compete in the Winter Olympics despite testing positive for a banned substance, the hard truth about lifting Covid restrictions, and a report on two flights which were diverted this weekend due to the growing trend of unruly passengers.
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Feb 12, 2022
3000 U.S. Troops Head To Poland Amid Russia Tensions
Fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine grow as 3000 more U.S. troops head to Poland to bolster NATO allies. The White House says an attack could happen "at any time” and advises Americans to leave Ukraine within 24 to 48 hours. As the Canadian trucker protesters defy a judges' order to clear the Ambassador Bridge, Michigan workers could lose up to $51 million in wages this week.
Plus, the teaching of Critical Race Theory is to be banned In Mississippi, Dave Chappelle speaks out against an affordable housing plan in his community, Joe Rogan apologizes after clips of him saying the N-word on his podcast go viral and three former Minneapolis officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights go on trial.
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Feb 11, 2022
Gap In White House Phone Logs During Capitol Riot
White House phone logs obtained so far by the January 6 Committee show no record of calls to and from Trump during the Capitol riot. Why does such a gap exist? That, as sources tell the Washington Post a number of the White House documents improperly taken to Mar-a-Lago by the former president after he left office were clearly marked as classified, including some at top-secret level.
The U.S. right-wing media cheers the Canadian trucker protest as American workers face lost wages and the DHS warns of domestic trucker protests disrupting the Super Bowl. Plus, a CNN poll shows 56% of Americans feel democracy is under attack, and in a case which echoes Ahmaud Arbery’s, a white father and son in Mississippi are charged for chasing and shooting at a black Fedex driver.
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Feb 10, 2022
Trump Took Possible Classified Information From White House
The National Archives find possible classified material in records returned by Trump after he left Washington in disgrace. With the Archives now asking the DOJ to investigate, will there be a legal case for the former president to answer? The January 6 Committee subpoenas Peter Navarro, as the former Trump adviser blasts Mike Pence for saying their former boss was wrong for asking him to refuse to certify the 2020 election results.
Plus, Russia adds another 2,000 combat forces to Ukraine border areas, Roger Goodell says the NFL won't tolerate racism, numerous states drop indoor mask mandates and the Department of Homeland Security warns trucker protests could begin in the U.S.
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Feb 9, 2022
Several States Begin Lifting Mask Mandates, CDC Disagrees
Several states move to end their mask mandates, with New York expected to announce the lifting of its indoor mask mandates for businesses tomorrow. The CDC says Covid cases and hospitalizations are still too high for changes to mask guidance. Who is right? Dr. Richina Bicette-McCain, Medical Director of the Baylor College of Medicine, joins to give her perspective.
The GOP continue to split over the Republican National Committee’s censure of its two members who sit on the January 6 Committee and the ‘legitimate political discourse’ narrative still being pushed by key Republicans including GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy. Plus, the NFL meets with civil rights leaders to discuss concerns over the sport’s hiring practices, the Canadian trucker protests block the busiest international crossing in North America, and CNN brings you a special investigative report on the Kabul Airport bombing which occurred during America’s military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Feb 8, 2022
Republican Leaders Condemn Censure of Cheney & Kinzinger
More than 140 GOP leaders condemn the Republican National Committee for censuring Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and calling the insurrection “legitimate political discourse”. Former police officer Mike Fanone, who defended the Capitol on January 6, joins to respond to the RNC’s statement. That, as CNN learns wannabe Wisconsin electors met in a ‘secret location’ and signed a fake election certificate declaring Trump won the State in 2020.
Joe Rogan and Spotify apologize for his past use of the N-word with the streaming giant standing by the controversial podcaster. Grammy Award winner India Arie joins to speak out about her decision to remove her music from the platform and why she doesn’t think Rogan should be cancelled. Plus, some states move towards lifting mask mandates, Trump and his allies try to redefine racism by casting white men as victims, and calls grow to ban no-knock warrants following the fatal shooting of Amir Locke.
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Feb 5, 2022
Mike Pence Finally Calls Out Trump’s Election Lie
Mike Pence calls out his former boss, saying, “President Trump is wrong, I had no right to overturn the election”. What does this mean for the former Vice President’s hopes of a future in GOP politics? Congressman Jim Jordan now admits to having a ’number’ of phone calls with Trump on January 6, but cannot remember the times. How long can he continue to avoid telling the truth?
The Minneapolis Mayor bans no-knock warrants after body camera footage shows police officers shooting and killing 22-year old Amir Locke. Plus, the U.S. economy adds 467,000 jobs in January, the NAACP calls for a new black and Jewish alliance in America, the Winter Olympics begin in Beijing and Ahmaud Arbery's convicted killers are to stand trial for federal hate crimes charges.
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Feb 4, 2022
ISIS Leader Killed In U.S. Special Forces Raid
The U.S. delivers a “catastrophic blow” to terrorism as Special Forces kill Haji Abdullah, the global leader of ISIS during an overnight raid at his compound in Syria. CNN's Oren Liebermann reports from the Pentagon on how the deadly strike unfolded. The January 6 Committee has had a ‘significant discussion’ about whether to subpoena lawmakers who have so far refused to voluntarily cooperate with their insurrection investigation.
Video footage emerges of Trump’s fake electors in Arizona, signing fake certificates and proclaiming their votes for Trump and Pence in the 2020 presidential election. Plus, President Biden plans to allocate $300 million in federal funds to increase community policing as he announces an anti-crime push, Covid cases trend down in all states but Alabama, NFL teams and executives deny a former Dolphins coach’s allegations of racism and Trump endorsements spark frustration in the GOP.
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Feb 3, 2022
Oath Keepers Leader Testifies To January 6 Committee
Oath Keepers leader Stuart Rhodes testifies to the January 6 Committee from jail about his role in the alleged plot to stop the transfer of power by force at the Capitol. As Trump doubles down on his wild claims he’ll pardon Rhodes and the January 6 rioters if re-elected, The New York Times reports on previously undisclosed legal memos showing the roots of the former president’s focus on alternate electors to overturn the 2020 election.
Fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores joins to talk with Don about his explosive lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in the NFL. Plus, President Biden relaunches his ‘Cancer Moonshot’ initiative to cut the cancer death rate in half, the GOP are now openly outraged that Biden’s SCOTUS nominee will be a black woman, and the ex-Chicago police officer who killed Laquan McDonald gets early release from prison, with Laquan’s family demanding new charges.
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