The Source with Kaitlan Collins

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Republican hardliner Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has now made good on his threat to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his job. Also, new reporting on why Donald Trump chose to show up in court today to face the judge who found him liable for fraud and the attorney general who brought the case against him. Plus, a nine-year-old who had vanished on a camping trip has just been been found alive after 400...

The government is set to shut down and right now there is no deal and no hope of one as House Speaker McCarthy is outlining new demands. Yet, his own conference is still voting against him once again. Former Vice President Mike Pence joins to analyze the negotiations. Also, one of Donald Trump’s codefendants in Georgia has pleaded guilty, striking a plea deal with prosecutors. The question now is,...

President Biden rebukes Republicans for their silence on threats to democracy, calling out his predecessor by name. Cindy and Jack McCain, the wife and son of the late Senator John McCain, join to discuss the Trump movement heading into the 2024 election. Plus, the Biden impeachment inquiry is not off to a strong start with one GOP aide calling it an unmitigated disaster as every Republican witnes...

Donald Trump is on the brink of losing his real estate empire after a judge effectively branded him a fraud and exposed a decades worth of financial lies. Plus, the US soldier who mysteriously bolted over the border into North Korea is on his way back to the US right now. We analyze why Kim Jong Un let him go. Also, after more than six years in NFL exile, Colin Kaepernick is trying to get back in....

A New York judge has found Donald Trump liable for repeated and persistent fraud alongside two of his adult sons. Plus, former White House insider Cassidy Hutchinson gives an interview with CNN, now warning former President Trump, in her view, poses a great threat to US democracy. Also, President Biden makes history as the first sitting president to join the picket line.  Learn more about your ad...

A third Democratic Senator calls for the resignation of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) who remains defiant, refusing to resign after an indictment alleges bribery. Plus, former President Trump threatens the highest-ranking military officer in the nation, who also happens to potentially be a witness in the special counsel’s case against him. Also, the RNC has announced the second GOP debate lineup whic...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joins to discuss what may be a historic deal on the horizon with Saudi Arabia, the furor over the controversial judicial overhaul, his relationship with former President Trump, and much more. Also, the bars of gold, the stashes of cash, and the calls growing for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign after being indicted once again on corruption charges. Plu...

Even more Republicans are revolting against House Speaker McCarthy who is now saying the GOP hardliners are trying to burn the House down or at least cause a government shutdown. Plus, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with President Biden, pleading for more military aid. Also, what does it mean for the future of American politics now that Fox and News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch plan...

A new Joint Chiefs chairman is finally confirmed, but Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is still blocking hundreds of military confirmations with military families caught in the middle. Plus, Attorney General Merrick Garland fires back at some of his fiercest Republican critics today, declaring that he is not the president’s lawyer. Also, a fight for number two in the Republican GOP race and it is no...

At the United Nations, President Biden urges the world not to grow weary on standing with Ukraine, but that might be a tougher sell in Washington. Plus, what a central witness in the Trump classified documents case has now reportedly told federal investigators. It relates to what the ex-president apparently urged her not to tell them. Also, Rudy Giuliani is now being sued by his own attorney.  To...

Five American hostages are on their way home as political backlash grows in regards to the terms of the deal. Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie joins to answer if he would have made the same negotiation with Iran. Also, a break in the mystery of the missing $80 million US fighter jet. Plus, the Champions for Change series spotlights Sherman Williams who went from football star to gu...

President Biden sides with auto workers over the auto makers in the first ever strike against the Big Three US automakers. Biden said “record profits have not been shared fairly…with those workers.” Plus, special counsel Jack Smith asks a judge for a limited gag order against former President Donald Trump, warning that the former president is trying to undermine the criminal justice system. Also,...

The Biden Justice Department indicts a Biden in the first charges ever against a sitting president’s child. Our panel dissects former President Trump’s perspective on Hunter Biden’s indictment on gun charges. Plus, a major strike looms at midnight against the big three automakers in America. It could upend not only the car industry, but the entire US economy. Also, the judge overseeing the Fulton...

Republican Senator Mitt Romney is headed for the exit and won’t seek re-election, citing his age and suggested other leaders, including Biden and Trump, should also step aside to welcome a new generation of leaders. Plus, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Flo.) joins to share his perspective on why an impeachment inquiry is warranted even there no evidence that Biden has profited off of his son’s business.  To l...

Under pressure from the family voices in his party and at risk of losing his job, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy directed a House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Plus, Kim Jong Un is in Russia as Putin himself weighs in on Donald Trump’s criminal charges. Also, an escaped killer is not only desperate and dangerous, he is now armed nearly two weeks after his Penns...

House Speaker McCarthy is on a collision course as pressure is growing from his right flank to impeach President Biden which could end up shutting down the government. Plus, Donald Trump wants the judge overseeing his federal election case out, now calling on her to recuse herself. Also, a look back as the nation remembers 9/11 and families continue to seek justice.  To learn more about how CNN pr...

A big decision in the Georgia election interference case as former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows cannot move his case to federal court. This comes as a bombshell report was made public, revealing a sitting US Senator was among those recommended for charges. Plus, there have been at least eight confirmed sightings of an escaped murderer with nearly 400 officers on the case and a prison gu...

Donald Trump is headlining a high-priced fundraiser for his codefendant Rudy Giuliani as the former president says he might try to get his Georgia election fraud case moved to a federal court. Plus, tens of thousands of migrant children are starting school in New York City and Mayor Eric Adams says there is no end in sight to that problem. Also, Elon Musk secretly ordered satellites turned off, th...

The first televised hearing in the Georgia case occurred as well as the very first ruling. Two of Donald Trump’s codefendants are stuck together after the judge denied their request to try them separately. What it all means for the former president. Plus, a murderer’s daring escape from prison is caught on tape. Also, the Justice Department now says it will indict Hunter Biden sometime this month...

The former leader of the Proud Boys just got the most severe prison sentence yet for January 6th. His pleas for mercy were unsuccessful as the federal judge who imposed the sentence said he had no indication of remorse. Plus, the world’s two biggest pariahs, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, are soon to meet for an exclusive summit. We examine what the US intelligence community says they are plottin...

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New not guilty pleas in Georgia, including from Rudy Giuliani, who just waived his right to an arraignment. Mark Meadows awaits a crucial ruling that could potentially impact the entire criminal case. Plus, President Biden and Gov. Ron DeSantis met in Florida after Hurricane Ian and the surfside condo collapse. Biden said he would be with DeSantis again tomorrow when he is in Florida. But, now the...

Donald Trump is pleading not guilty for the fourth time this year as Georgia’s Republican governor rejects demands from his own party to punish the prosecution in that case, blaming it all as political theater. Plus, two former leaders of the Proud Boys were just given some of the longest sentences yet over the Capitol attack. Also, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is making an admission abou...

The storm surges from Hurricane Idalia, now a tropical storm, continue to pose a threat with houses underwater and rescues still underway. Plus, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to freeze up one month after a similar health scare. Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins to analyze what could have happened. Also, students in North Carolina sum up an American crisis better than any photo perhaps ever c...