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President Biden slammed the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity, which ruled that presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts. The president's comments come as he faces increasing turmoil about his health and fitness for office. Plus, Steven Bannon reports to prison, but not before delivering a message to supporters.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

More than 51 million people watched last night's historic presidential debate, and today Team Biden is trying to subdue any panic after the President's performance. CNN’s Arlette Saenz has new reporting from inside the Biden campaign. Plus, what voters in the host state and swing state of Georgia took from the debate and whether it changed how they plan to vote. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Counting down to the CNN Presidential Debate, Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett anchor with a panel of CNN experts including: John King, David Axelrod, Abby Phillip, David Urban, Van Jones, Kate Bedingfield, Scott Jennings, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Audie Cornish, Chris Wallace, Kaitlan Collins and Kasie Hunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 24 hours, President Biden and former President Donald Trump will square off on the CNN debate stage, and the list of superlatives attached to the event is long: the earliest general election debate ever, the first debate between a president and former president and the first with a convicted felon, to name a few. Kristen Holmes and MJ Lee tell us how each side is preparing. Plus, John Berman an...

It's crunch time ahead of Thursday's CNN presidential debate and preparations by both campaigns are in full swing. We have details on the debate rules, including how long the candidates get to answer the questions. Plus, inside the U.S. Department of Justice deal that allowed Julian Assange to be a free man after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

With just three days until the first 2024 presidential debate, both the Biden and Trump campaigns are strategizing and preparing in different ways. Plus, in a 360° exclusive, Anderson speaks with California Democratic congresswoman and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi about what she expects to see on the CNN debate stage Thursday night and the issues she feels will motivate voters on election day. Lea...

New reporting tonight on who Donald Trump might be considering as his running mate. Three different names are being touted by some of his key allies. Plus, two NASA astronauts are currently stuck at the International Space Station as engineers look over issues with their Boeing Starliner spacecraft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former President Trump is talking plenty about revenge lately. Now he’s taking it one step further by amplifying calls for chasing down perceived opponents. So are some of his allies. And, for the first time, one of his most prominent targets is responding on 360. Plus, the remarkable rescue of two beluga whales from war-torn Kharkiv, Ukraine to another aquarium in Spain. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz has...

A second person has died as a result of the fast-spreading wildfires in New Mexico. The flames are tearing through tribal land and villages, with the South Fork Fire forcing at least 8,000 people to evacuate their homes. Plus, CNN’s Ryan Young looks back at the legendary life and career of baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays who has died at the age 93. His passing has created new significance aroun...

It's primary night in three states, including Virginia where one race is getting national attention. GOP Rep. Bob Good, chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, is hoping to fend off an opponent backed by the former President. Plus, Russian President Vladimir Putin sets foot on North Korean soil for the first time in 24 years for two days of talks with Kim Jong Un.  Learn more about your...

With 10 days until the first 2024 presidential debate, airing on CNN, the Biden and Trump teams are ramping up their attacks. Biden's campaign released a new ad slamming the former president as a "convicted criminal." Meanwhile, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon spoke to supporters in Detroit, and said "November 5th is Judgment Day, January 20, 2025 is Accountability Day." Plus, two major wildfire...

On Saturday, Catherine, Princess of Wales, is set to make her first public appearance in months following the announcement of her cancer diagnosis in March. She will be attending King Charles' official birthday celebration. The Princess also gave an update on her cancer battle on Friday, saying her treatment is ongoing and will be for a few months. CNN's Max Foster reports from London and our chie...

Former President Donald Trump vented about his legal troubles to House Republicans in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill today, the first time Trump has returned to the Capitol campus since leaving office after the January 6, 2021 riot. Trump aired his grievances regarding his legal and electoral challenges, attacked his critics in the room, and only briefly addressed policy matters like aborti...

The New York Police Department said they arrested a 27-year-old man early Wednesday morning with a cache of weapons. According to the NYPD Chief of Department, officers searched his SUV and found a gun, large amount of ammunition, handcuffs, multiple knives, two axes and other items. Former NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counterterrorism John Miller and former FBI Deputy Director Andre...

A federal jury convicted Hunter Biden guilty on all three felony gun charges he faced, concluding that he violated laws meant to prevent drug addicts from owning firearms. The conviction marks the first time a president’s immediate family member has been found guilty of a crime during their father’s term in office, though his crimes predate Joe Biden’s tenure as president. After the verdict, Hunte...

Hunter Biden’s fate in the federal gun trial is now the in the hands of a Delaware jury. A look at how the prosecution and defense did in making their case. Then, the latest in a string of CNN exclusives on decades of sexual abuse at the United States Coast Guard Academy. Also, four Israeli hostages were freed in a special operation in central Gaza according to the IDF. Plus, Donald Trump is calli...

President Biden gave a speech at Pointe du Hoc in Normandy on Friday, warning about the dangers of isolationism. Historian Garrett Graff and Protect Democracy editor Amanda Carpenter join Anderson to discuss. And New York Times opinion columnist Frank Bruni joins Anderson to discuss the 2024 presidential election and why he says it's a mistake to think Donald Trump can't win. Learn more about your...

Does former President Trump mean what he says when he keeps suggesting he'll use the justice system for payback if he's elected again? We're Keeping Them Honest. Speaking in Phoenix, at an event put on by conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Trump confined the bulk of his remarks to immigration and the economy, but also railed against his criminal prosecutions saying "We're in more danger from the...

A Georgia appeals court has halted the election subversion conspiracy case against former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants until a panel of judges rules on whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified, the latest indication this trial won't occur before election day in November. Also, Judge Eileen Cannon, who’s overseeing his classified document...

The former president's legal team asked Judge Juan Merchan in the criminal hush money trial case to lift the gag order, now that a jury has found him guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, and the trial is over. When asked about the status of the gag order, a court spokesman said, “the order is part of the court record that has been made publicly available and it speaks for...

The leader of the Republican party faces a sentencing date for 34 felony convictions, and former president Trump's supporters are rallying around him. In a new letter CNN obtained today, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan is proposing to defund federal and state prosecutions targeting what he called, quote, “political opponents.” Separately, Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene...

This morning, at Trump Tower, Donald Trump denounced the historic guilty verdict in his criminal hush money trial. He also vowed to appeal his conviction in remarks that were filled with false claims about Judge Juan Merchan, President Biden, New York City's crime rates and other topics. New York criminal defense attorney Arthur Aidala and former Manhattan Chief Assistant District Attorney Karen F...

Former President Donald Trump is now a convicted felon after a jury of 12 found him guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his hush money criminal trial. Anderson gets reaction to the historic verdict from presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, journalist Ronan Farrow, who is the author of the 2019 best-selling book "Catch and Kill," and New York Times senior politi...

Jury deliberations have begun in the former president's criminal hush money trial and the jurors have some questions. The jury sent two notes to Judge Juan Merchan this afternoon. In one, they asked to rehear testimony from David Pecker and Michael Cohen. In the other, they asked to rehear the judge's jury instructions. The Washington Post’s Philip Bump, who served as a juror in the high-profile 2...

Closing arguments in the former president's historic criminal hush money trial wrapped up in a lower Manhattan courtroom tonight. The prosecution told jurors they’ve seen a “mountain of evidence” to prove that Donald Trump falsified business records in order to cover up a damaging story involving an alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels at the end of the 2016 election. On the other si...