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Authorities say the parents of the Michigan school shooting suspect are considered fugitives after failing to show for their arraignment. The prosecutor for their case joins to share updates.  A lawyer that crafted a plan for Vice President Mike Pence is joining other Trump allies to defy a subpoena by the January 6th select committee. Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Adam Schiff...

President Biden warns the nation needs to be ready for a winter resurgence of COVID-19 as the Omicron variant is now confirmed in the United States. The White House revealed a new plan to combat the virus which includes changing rules on international travel and requiring insurance companies to pay for at-home tests.   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Le...

The Omicron variant has been detected in the United States for the first time in a patient who traveled from South Africa to California. Our medical experts are assessing the threat as federal health officials are doubling down on their push for vaccines and boosters.  Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows reportedly reveals in a brand-new book that Trump tested positive for Covid-19 just...

The U.S. is urgently tracking the spread of the Omicron variant. It’s now in at least 20 countries and the CDC is stepping up surveillance at U.S. airports as federal officials brace for the variant to be detected here.  Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is now cooperating with the January 6th select committee revealing a critical shift in the investigation. At the same time, Presiden...

The CDC just weighed in on the newest coronavirus variant, “Omicron”, as President Biden is urging all Americans not to panic about the threat. Moderna’s Chief Medical officer joins to address if this new variant will evade immunity from the Covid vaccine.  Former Trump associate and top Department of Justice official, Jeffrey Clark, could soon face a criminal contempt referral for defying the Jan...

The jury found all three men on trial for murder of Ahmaud Arbery guilty. The verdict sparked cheers in Brunswick, Georgia, where Arbery’s family has been waiting for justice ever since he was gunned down.  Attorneys for former President Trump say that the committee probing the January 6th attack on The Capitol could permanently damage the presidency. Will a panel of judges buy his argument?   To...

A jury in Charlottesville, Virginia, orders the White supremacist organizers behind the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally to pay millions in damages to nine plaintiffs. It could be any moment a verdict is reached in the trial of three men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery as the prosecution makes a strong rebuttal today. President Biden is taking on soaring gas prices releasing 50 million barre...

Closing arguments are done for the day in the trial of three men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man gunned down while jogging last year in Brunswick, Georgia. Jurors in Charlotte have wrapped up another day of deliberations as they consider whether organizers behind the 2017 white supremacist rally are responsible for the deadly chaos that ensued.  Police in Wisconsin say the...

Kyle Rittenhouse is found not guilty of all charges after claiming he fatally shot two racial justice protesters and wounding another in self-defense. The events occurred amidst social unrest in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake in 2020. Jacob Blake’s lawyer, B’Ivory LaMarr, joins to discuss Rittenhouse’s acquittal.  President Biden’s landmark $1.9 trillion social spending bill has been appr...

The defense just rested its case in the trial of three white men charged in the killing of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery. The defendant who fired the fatal shot admitted under cross examination that Arbery never threatened him nor pulled a weapon. Closing arguments in the trial will begin Monday morning. The House is closing in on a long awaited vote on President Biden’s nearly $2 trillion social spe...

A divided House casts an historic vote to censure Republican congressman Paul Gosar and expel him from committee assignments. Partisan tensions rise over Rep. Gosar’s posting of a cartoon video depicting violence against President Biden and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial requested and are reviewing key video evidence as they deliberate on the five felo...

The January 6th Select Committee is on the brink of issuing more subpoenas but the panel still has not decided how to approach the defiance of former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. This as Trump is making a new argument for hiding his records from the committee.  Jurors are entering hour eight of deliberations in the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial. CNN is live in Kenosha, Wisconsi...

Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney James Kraus concludes his rebuttal for the state today arguing that Kyle Rittenhouse's actions were not reasonable self-defense. Mr. Kraus said "it is not up for Mr. Rittenhouse to be the judge, the jury, and eventually the executioner." The jury will begin deliberations tomorrow. Rittenhouse, the armed Illinois teenager who killed two people and wounded...

A federal grand jury has indicted former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress, the Justice Department announced today. Attorney General Merrick Garland has been under political pressure to indict Bannon since the House referred the Trump ally to the DOJ for contempt back in October. Each count carries a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of one year in jail, the Justice Departm...

A federal appeals court granted former President Donald Trump's request to pause the release of his White House records to the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The injunction is to protect the court's jurisdiction to address the appellant's claims of executive privilege and the judge noted the ruling should not be construed as a ruling on the claim's mer...

A significant day today in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse as the defendant sobs on the stand, the judge admonishes the prosecutor for a “grave constitutional violation”, and the defense says they will ask for a mistrial leaving the jury to make the final distinction between self-defense and vigilante killings.  President Biden spoke today at a port in Baltimore to convey how his Build Back Better a...

Republican congressman Rep. Paul Gosar posted an animated video depicting him stabbing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden on a social media platform. In response, many are calling for his account to be suspended and for GOP leadership to intervene.  A new batch of subpoenas have been released targeting 10 high-ranking Trump associates including Trump senior advisor Ste...

Ahead of the signing ceremony for his cornerstone legislative achievement, the $1.72 trillion infrastructure bill, President Biden is facing unfavorable polling numbers. A CNN poll shows a majority of American voters feel that Biden is focused on the wrong issues. Now, with the Build Back Better bill up next on the agenda, can progressives work with their moderate colleagues to pass the social saf...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi vows the House will vote tonight on the infrastructure bill despite sources suggesting about twenty progressives could be prepared to vote “no.” Although progressives say the social safety net bill will provide meaningful impact on working class voters, splitting up the two packages up is not negotiable.  The jobs report is showing some economic recovery with the...

Sources say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to vote on the $1.75 trillion social safety net bill tonight and the infrastructure bill tomorrow. Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal joins to discuss the status and strategy of both bills saying “we are now ready to pass both bills through.” Starting January 4th, certain health care workers, federal contractors, private businesses with 100 or more employe...

Republicans win election races across the state of Virginia, from the Governor’s seat to the attorney general’s race. President Biden sidestepped responsibility suggesting the election results were a referendum on Congress, not his Build Back Better plan. Democrats did score mayoral victories as Eric Adams wins in New York City and Michelle Wu wins in Boston. With the 2021 election results now in,...

Major updates from the White House today after Biden spoke on the last day of the UN climate conference. President Biden expressed confidence he can receive a crucial vote from moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin on the sweeping spending bill. Further, Biden said Russia and China could have lost influence on the global stage by not attending the climate conference calling their absence a “big...

Over 100 world leaders gathered in Glasgow to address what scientists call one of the world’s biggest threats: climate change. Prime Minister Modi announced India would pledge to become carbon neutral by 2070. Some smaller island nations responded with tepid encouragement saying the targets don’t go far enough. At the conference, President Biden apologized for the U.S. pulling out of the Paris Cli...

The President bonded with the Pope and then tried to mend fences with Macron. Was he successful? Wolf reports live from the Vatican on Biden’s “remarkable” day. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden and House Speaker Pelosi were unable to garner enough votes to pass the infrastructure bill after each speaking with members of congress today. Several key provisions have now been removed, but remaining items include childcare/universal pre-k, $555 billion in climate incentives, 3 years of ACA premium support, and $150 billion for affordable housing. Biden says without a doubt thi...