Episodes
First: Trump on Trial. As Donald Trump makes history in the courtroom, Biden spends the week on the trail. How will Trumps case reshape the race? Plus: An exclusive interview with Vice President Harris And: Johnson in jeopardy. New behind the scenes details as Speaker Johnson takes on his right flank, but will it cost him his job? Plus: End of an era. Our exclusive sit down with two Senate dealmakers. Will they support Biden or Trump? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Published 04/22/24
Published 04/22/24
Jury selection is nearly complete in the case the People of the State of New York versus Donald J. Trump. 12 jurors and one alternate have been sworn in, and the judge and lawyers from both sides are trying to fill up the panel with five more alternates. Trump is inside the room and we're told that he's been looking right at jurors as they answer questions and whispering with his attorney.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 04/19/24
First: As of last night, seven jurors were seated in the Donald Trump hush money trial. Now, there are only six.  Plus: Will Mike Johnson's decision to push a Ukraine aid bill cost him his gavel?  And: A Kennedy family reunion with a notable no-show.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 04/18/24
First: For the first time in nearly 150 years, a cabinet member will be tried in the Senate for high crimes.  Plus: We're minutes away from the start of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment trial, which could be over soon after it starts.  And: "Israel makes it own decisions." That's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's message to the world and his own political coalition.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 04/17/24
First: Jury selection in the unprecedented criminal trial of former President Donald Trump continues. CNN is inside and outside the courtroom with all the breaking details on this critical moment in American history.  Plus: Joe Biden heads to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania to channel his working class roots and talk about taxes.  And: "I am not resigning." That was Mike Johnson's message to his caucus as another House Republican joins the push to kick him out as speaker.  Learn more...
Published 04/16/24
First: Vice President Harris is on her way to Arizona where she'll attack Republicans for the state's civil war abortion ban that could soon be back in effect. It's an issue the Biden campaign hopes will carry them to reelection.  Plus: The people of the state of New York versus Donald Trump kicks off on Monday. The former and perhaps future president will spend the next two months in court fighting criminal charges.  And: Where does a Republican go when fighting for political survival?...
Published 04/12/24
First: An Arizona court ruling rolls abortion rights back to the civil war era, igniting a massive GOP problem in November that Donald Trump thought he had just tamped down.  Plus: New economic numbers show inflation on key items is, once again, headed in the wrong direction.  And: Behind the Republican fight to change the way Nebraska awards its electoral votes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 04/10/24
As today's show begins, James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the teenager who killed four students in a 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, are about to be sentenced, weeks after they were convicted of manslaughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 04/09/24
First: Breaking point. Biden puts Israel on notice as pressure over Gaza ramps up, will it move the needle? Plus: Trench warfare. Exclusive new details of Democrats plan to take back the House. Where are they spending their millions? And: As Republicans try to pull off a stunner in Maryland, will it decide control of the Senate this Fall? Also: Total eclipse. How solar eclipses have captivated Washington over the years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 04/08/24
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake jolts New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, with tremors even felt as far away as Washington DC. The quake hit at the region 10:23 am and caused a full ground stop at JFK and Newark airports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 04/05/24
First: As today's show begins, President Biden is speaking with Benjamin Netanyahu. It may not be the friendliest of chats, given that Biden is said to be furious at how Netanyahu was prosecuting the war in Gaza. The question is, will there be any US policy change?  Plus: Donald Trump is demanding Nebraska change how it awards its electoral votes. Nothing short of the outcome of the entire presidential election could hang in the balance.  And: The DNC uses the "Golden Girls" theme song to...
Published 04/04/24
First: Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden are trying to win votes about what Americans are most worried about. Trump stokes fears about "carnage" at the hands of migrants. Biden warns of an American where abortion is unavailable and health care is at risk.  Plus: Biden puts out a blistering statement after the Israeli government apologizes for unintentionally killing eight aid workers. But some fellow Dems say words are no longer enough.  And: The special counsel does something remarkable,...
Published 04/03/24
Donald Trump goes to swing states Michigan and Wisconsin where he stokes immigration politics thousands of miles from the southern border. Meanwhile, Democrats zero in on the not-so-swing state of Florida, thanks to big news there on abortion last night that the Biden campaign is scrambling to capitalize on.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 04/02/24
First: "Evil, sick, deranged, crooked, and corrupt." Donald Trump chose those words in his Easter message to describe the prosecutors and judges leading the criminal cases against him.  Plus: House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will allow a vote on desperately needed military aid for Ukraine. Could it cost him his gavel?  And President Biden may have a problem with the voting critical to his reelection: Black voters. We have new reporting on campaign plans to keep them in his corner in...
Published 04/01/24
First: Trump keeps up his attacks in the NY judge in the New York hush money case and leans into violent language at upcoming events. Plus: The fight over the GOPs future spreads to contentious primaries. Biden responds to Gaza protesters and faces a protest votes in a key battleground state.  And: How Trump’s message is playing with Evangelical voters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 04/01/24
First: Our headline quote today is exactly how Joe Biden described Donald Trump's ideas at a star-studded fundraiser with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. We have new reporting on the presidential trifecta and the mega millions they're raking in.  Plus: A CNN exclusive: A federal judge is weighing in on Donald Trump's attacks on the judge overseeing the former president's hush money case while warning that Trump's words threatened the viability of the US legal system.  And: Marking the one-year...
Published 03/29/24
First: The Georgia election racketeering case against Donald Trump is back on. We'll bring you all the breaking details from the first hearing since a judge allowed Fulton County DA Fani Willis to continue spearheading the case, which the former president's legal team is trying to get dismissed.  Plus: Three presidents and a queen (Latifah) will attend an unprecedented fundraiser for President Biden tonight that's already brought in millions of dollars. But will those dollars translate into...
Published 03/28/24
First: Investigators are on the cargo ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, trying to figure out what went so tragically wrong.  Plus: Was the 2020 election stolen? Of course, there is zero evidence of that, but sources say it may be a litmus test for potential hires at the RNC.  And: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Queen Latifah and Lizzo are all part of the Biden campaign's new push to get out the vote. What role will Joe's former boss play on the trail?    Learn...
Published 03/27/24
Continuing coverage of the catastrophic collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 03/26/24
Moments before today's show began, we learned that a New York appeals court had reduced the bonds he must pay in a civil fraud case to $175 million and gave him more time to pay. That means he might have the cash to put up without having to sell any of his assets. Meanwhile, Trump was in a different courtroom today in the separate, criminal case involving porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump's legal team was chastised by the judge for accusing the Manhattan district attorney's office of...
Published 03/25/24
Upheaval in the GOP – House Speaker Mike Johnson is in danger of losing his position. Sources say Democrats are willing to save him if he outlines a pathway to providing aid for Ukraine, which has been stalled for months and badly divides the GOP.   While Congress just ended a saga over funding the US government, one that cost the previous Speaker his job in an unprecedented uprising last fall, the new Speaker is facing a similar revolt over the major deal he just cut with the White House to...
Published 03/25/24
As today's show begins, Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has just filed a motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson just after the House passed a critical spending bill.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 03/22/24
First: New fundraising numbers are out and Joe Biden is dominating the race for campaign cash. Meanwhile, former President Trump is asking his supporters to cough up donations for the half a billion dollars he needs by Monday. His pitch? "Keep your filthy hands off Trump Tower."  Plus: New reporting this hour about how more than a dozen people pardoned by Donald Trump are now helping the push to get him back to the White House.  And: Benjamin Netanyahu may be heading to Washington. Speaker...
Published 03/21/24
First: President Biden is in battleground Arizona today where he'll announce $20 billion in loans and grants for Intel to produce advanced computer chips, which could create thousands of new jobs.  Plus: CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports Trump world is in "panic mode" as he scrambles to find a half a billion dollars to cover the judgment against him in the New York fraud case.  And: A new survey shows Americans are much less happy than a year ago. What can we do about it? The author of "The Amen...
Published 03/20/24