Anderson Cooper 360

All we're learning about the deadly mass shooting at Florida State University, committed by a son of a law enforcement officer, according to police. Nick Valencia is in Tallahassee, FL with the latest. Plus, young children being left to face immigration courts alone, advocates say they may be hardest hit by the Trump administration's crackdown. CNN's Priscilla Alvarez has the story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump promised to let RFK Jr. go "wild" on health, now CNN has learned how wild the White House is planning to go when it comes to cutting billions of dollars from his cabinet department. Plus, a live report from a factory in China that is already feeling the brunt of the brewing trade war, CNN's Marc Stewart has the story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A judge tells the Trump administration to produce documents and answer questions about the man they mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador, and refuse to bring back.  Plus, Mark Zuckerberg on the witness stand, in a case that could reshape WhatsApp and Instagram, and how Zuckerberg's newfound friendship with the President could reshape the case, Kara Swisher joins AC360°. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The leader of the free world and the President of El Salvador both say they won't return a man deported to El Salvador's notorious prison by mistake. And now, President Trump is talking about sending U.S. citizens there. Plus, breaking news on the Trump administration's funding fight against elite universities. Late tonight, the administration froze more than two billion dollars in federal funding for Harvard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Even as markets pick up, the U-S China trade war deepens, and confidence in the economy takes its worst hit since Covid. New York Democratic congressman Ritchie Torres, who sits on the House Financial Services Committee, joins AC360°. Plus, first the Pentagon erased black heroes from its websites, now the Naval Academy is banning hundreds of books. Maya Angelou's autobiography is out, but a book by Hitler is still available.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breaking news tonight: The Supreme Court orders the Trump administration to help get back the man they deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, by mistake. Plus, all we're learning about the helicopter sightseeing trip that ended in New York's Hudson River with six lives lost, including the pilot and a family of five. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investors brace for impact, again, with huge new tariffs on China just hours away, and higher prices soon to follow. At midnight, the tariff on goods imported from China will rise another 50%, to a staggering 104%. Also, at midnight, Canada's 25% tariff on American-made cars begins, which is retaliation for the President's corresponding 25% levy on Canada imposed last week. Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who sits on the Finance Committee and is the ranking member on the Banking Committee, talks to Anderson about the state of the economy. Plus, Dr. Sanjay Gupta shares the findings of a new study on Alzheimer's that he's a part of. The results are startling, and good news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More tariff turbulence today, as rumors President Trump would change his mind shook financial markets. Then he sent it reeling when he tripled down on the tariffs instead. Plus, the Supreme Court hands the administration a big victory on its deportation efforts under an obscure law that's only been used a few times since it was enacted in 1798. Also, Anderson speaks to the lawyer for a man who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

China retaliates, markets tumble, and Americans pay the price in a brutal day two of President Trump's tariff rollout. What the days ahead could bring for prices, jobs, and 401Ks. Plus, the Trump administration admits they made a mistake, sending a father to that notorious prison in El Salvador, now a judge tells the administration to bring him back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President says his tariffs will make the country boom. So far, they are blowing up the markets, 401Ks and jobs in one key industry he promised to protect. Plus, a look at the auto industry which is already fully engulfed in tariffs, counter-tariffs and price hikes. Omar Jimenez is live from Detroit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on all trading partners, saying the country had been looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by other countries long enough. Today's announcement could raise the prices on nearly everything, shake financial markets, and cast a shadow on your 401K. Plus, the President's national security adviser Mike Waltz used his Signal app for a lot of other sensitive government communications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House declares "case closed" on the Signal text chain foul-up. We have new reporting tonight on national security adviser Mike Waltz, who let a reporter into the chat, on where he now stands with President Trump. Plus, the Harvard graduate and former Fulbright scholar who has now fled the country after federal agents came after her while she worked on her Ph.D. at Columbia University, with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem calling her a “terrorist sympathizer.” The story tonight from Shimon Prokupecz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Officials say more than 150 people are dead after a 7.7-magnitude quake struck Myanmar and the death toll is likely to rise. Will Ripley reports live from Bangkok, Thailand where the quake triggered the collapse of buildings. At least 10 people have died there and dozens are believed to be trapped under the rubble of an under-construction high-rise, officials said. Plus, how President Trump’s push against diversity, equity, and inclusion aims to reshape the Smithsonian museums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge rules the Signal messages with attack plans have to preserved but the attorney general says there will be no investigation. Plus, what looked like a mugging caught on camera is actually a graduate student being arrested by masked immigration officers in a Boston suburb.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump now says his defense secretary had nothing to do with the major security breach where highly sensitive details about United States military strikes were shared in a group chat with a journalist. New details have been reported by the journalist who first published the story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President and his national security team are aggressively downplaying a group chat with critical military strike plans that included a journalist. Trump’s Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe also insisted today that no material shared in the chat was classified as they appeared at a heated Senate hearing. The officials shifted responsibility on the defense secretary for sending potentially classified information in the group chat. Plus, inside a Southern California crime ring and their elaborate scheme targeting surfers. Nick Watt shows how the accused criminals were finally taken down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The defense secretary mistakenly sends military strike plans to a reporter and is now attacking the reporter. Plus, a judge calls the deportations of alleged gang members to El Salvador unprecedented and says that Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At a tense court hearing, a federal judge raised concerns about the Trump Administration’s use of an 18th century wartime act to deport Venezuelan migrants accused of being criminals, saying the President’s expanded use of the Alien Enemies Act could have “frightening” implications. Then, this evening, the President told reporters he didn't even sign the proclamation himself, even though his signature is at the bottom of the document from the Federal Register. Plus, John King returns to battleground Wisconsin, where once again Democrats are worried about the black voter turnout. This time, in a race just days away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump orders the dismantling of the Education Department, but his administration gives mixes signals about what happens to funding for children in need. New York Governor Kathy Hochul joins AC360 to talk about the President's latest executive order, and Democrats' struggle to unite. Plus, the President’s trade war with Canada is already threatening the summer vacation season in the U.S. Randi Kaye takes us to one beloved destination where small business owners, who depend on visitors from Quebec, are bracing for what's ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at the Pentagon's purge of references to black and gay service members on their websites. Now CNN has found that articles about the Holocaust, sexual assault, and suicide prevention have also been removed. Plus, acclaimed writer Michael Lewis joins us to talk about DOGE and shares what he found while researching some of the people working for the federal government whose very jobs may be eliminated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge blocks the dismantling of USAID, saying Elon Musk's DOGE "likely violated” the Constitution. Plus, a rare rebuke from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after President Trump demands Congress impeach a judge who ruled against him. And after more than 9-months in space, Suni William and Butch Wilmore are safely back on Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge scolds the Trump administration and demands answers over an order he issued denying the deportation of migrants to El Salvador. Plus, the legendary Voice of America is silenced. President Trump is dismantling the federally funded media organization and others that give vital information to often remote parts of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, President Trump takes a victory lap at the Department of Justice and promises more retribution against those he thinks did him wrong. CNN senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, former Republican Congressman who served on the House January 6th Select Committee Adam Kinzinger, and former US district court judge Shira Scheindlin with their take on the President's speech. Plus, CNN's MJ Lee takes us to a town near the US-Canadian border trying to navigate what these new tariffs will do to their businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN has learned Tesla, the company owned by Elon Musk, said this week that retaliatory tariffs against US manufacturers could harm its operations and that the US should carefully consider its trade policies. The March 11 letter to the US Trade Representative is a break from Musk's ally President Trump. The letter is unsigned. Plus, how some regulations at the EPA designed to help poor and minority communities fight pollution are being gutted in the name of Trump's anti-DEI policies. Anderson speaks with Christine Todd Whitman, the former EPA Administrator during George W. Bush's first term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two of the most powerful CEOs in America are now sharing their concerns about the new White House tariffs, as President Trump promises to respond to new tariffs from Canada and the European Union. Anderson talks about it with the hosts of the “Pivot" podcast,  Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at NYU, and CNN contributor Kara Swisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As markets take a tumble again, President Trump comes to the aid of his biggest donor with a White House-approved Tesla sales pitch. Plus, more on the proposed 30-day ceasefire to end the war in Ukraine. Ukraine's President Zelensky has agreed to it, and now the ball is in Russia's court. Anderson talks to CNN's Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward in Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump sparks recession concerns and a market selloff by what he didn’t say. Sen. Bernie Sanders joins Anderson to discuss the state of the economy. Plus, former President Ronald Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis, on her father's aspirations for world peace and how he'd see this moment in the Republican Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

According to the New York Times, Elon Musk is at the center of an "explosive meeting" at the White House with President Trump’s cabinet.  But, the President has a different take on what happened. Plus, New Mexico’s medical examiner reveals why legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife both died and when.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, the upper portion of the most powerful launch system ever made, exploded during its eighth test flight this evening, creating a massive debris cloud near populated islands in the Caribbean and Atlantic. Today’s test flight came after SpaceX waved off plans to launch earlier this week as engineers troubleshot undisclosed issues. Plus, the President in retreat, not once, but twice today on two key initiatives. What the future looks like for President Trump's tariffs, after markets tanked again today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump granted an exemption on auto tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month, issuing a major, albeit temporary, concession on a key part of his administration’s economic plan. Plus, Elon Musk met with House Republicans on Capitol Hill tonight. Some of them are telling him they want a say in what he's doing at DOGE and pointing to the Constitution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump is ordering military aid to Ukraine to be paused after his Friday Oval Office argument with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a White House official told CNN Monday. CNN’S Oren Liebermann and Kaitlan Collins have the breaking news. Plus, a special report tonight on what's happening to a crucial USAID item that helps malnourished children in Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New reaction from Ukrainian President Zelensky and President Trump after their heated 10-minute exchange in the Oval Office led to the end of the White House visit. Also, Russia cheers Zelensky's treatment, as America's allies are left reeling from the historic breakdown. Plus, breaking news surrounding the mysterious deaths of film icon Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With America now siding with Russia at the UN, Britain's Prime Minister comes to Washington trying to shore up our alliance against President Putin's aggression. Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton, who also served as UN Ambassador in the George W. Bush Administration, joins Anderson tonight. Plus, authorities release their first autopsy findings in the shocking deaths of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today President Trump had his first cabinet meeting, with an appearance from non-cabinet member Elon Musk. What Musk and the President said, and what the White House is now signaling about where he ranks, compared to all those Senate-confirmed cabinet secretaries. Plus, several more accidents, incidents and near-collisions, in what has already been a deadly four weeks in commercial aviation. CNN's Brian Todd and our aviation correspondent Pete Muntean give us the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US and Ukraine have agreed to terms on a deal over natural resources and reconstruction, according to a Ukrainian official. The source saying that agreement was reached after "everything unacceptable was taken out of the text, and it is now more clearly spelled out how this agreement will contribute to Ukraine’s security and peace." Plus, what are Democrats to do with so much power amassed in Trump's hands? Legendary Democratic strategist James Carville has an idea to "play dead." He explains his thinking tonight on AC360°. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three years into Russia’s invasion into Ukraine, the United States is taking Russia’s side at the United Nations and is making our European allies nervous. Plus, a star podcaster in the MAGA movement is now the number two man at the FBI. Also, the one time leader of the Proud Boys was pardoned from his 22-year prison sentence but now gets into a new confrontation with a former police officer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"I think it's very, very reckless:" Former Ambassador to Japan and CNN Senior Political & Global Affairs Commentator Rahm Emanuel reacts to President Trump firing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General CQ Brown, his top military adviser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar joins Anderson to talk about why the U.S. doesn’t want to refer to “Russian aggression” in an official G7 document and why President Trump called Ukraine’s president “a dictator.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump twice today called the democratically-elected leader of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, a dictator. Those words are likely music to the ears of an actual dictator, Vladimir Putin, who sent his army and his missiles into Ukraine. Massachusetts Democratic Congressman and Armed Service Committee-member Seth Moulton joins Anderson to discuss. He visited Ukraine during this war. He's also a Marine combat veteran of the Iraq War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As top U.S. officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio met in Saudi Arabia with top diplomats from Russia, President Trump told reporters today he would "probably" meet with Russia leader Vladimir Putin before month's end. This came only moments after he blamed Ukraine for starting the war. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut, who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, talks about what this all means.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former US Airways Captain C.B. 'Sully' Sullenberger, who landed on the Hudson River, talks about what we know about the plane crash in Toronto.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After seven resignations over two days, the Trump justice department finally finds someone to sign-off on dropping the corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams. Now a federal judge must approve the decision to drop the case. Plus, more than 300 workers in charge of securing this country's nuclear weapons arsenal were fired, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. And we've learned the administration fired them without realizing what they actually do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stunning high-level resignations from the Department of Justice. Manhattan’s U.S. Attorney and several DOJ officials in Washington have all stepped down after a boss told them to drop the corruption case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Plus, they thought they would spend a week in space, but they've been on the International Space Station since June. Anderson speaks with astronauts Sunni Williams and Butch Willmore. Just how much longer will they be up there? Plus, they give a tour of the ISS and share a message for their families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, a federal judge gave the Trump Administration a victory just hours after the White House railed against federal judges. CNN's Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Pérez has the breaking news. Plus, the President speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and says Ukraine has to make peace but does not say Ukraine will be an equal partner in deciding its own fate. Anderson discusses the new developments with Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton, a Marine Corps veteran and member of the House Armed Services Committee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump today with Jordan's King Abdullah by his side, said the United States would simply take Gaza. New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist and bestselling author Thomas Friedman, reacts to the president's comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump on Monday in a radio interview expanded on his criticisms of the judiciary system, criticizing judges for wanting to “tell everybody how to run the country.” Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat from Minnesota and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joins Anderson to talk about what this means for the country and justice system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge late today temporarily blocked the Trump administration from putting at least 2, 200 employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave starting at midnight. Also, Elon Musk sent the Justice Department a list of people to investigate, and the acting US Attorney for Washington, DC promised to quote, "chase them to the end of the earth." Plus, one of the staff members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, who resigned after the Wall Street Journal uncovered racist posts of his, is apparently getting his job back with the blessing of the Vice President.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is making decisions that are affecting the world's poorest people and America's largest workforce. Anderson speaks to former USAID administrator Samantha Power on Musk and the Trump administration's dismantling of most of the agency, and the staggering impact it will have on the rest of the world. Plus, the alarming turning point in the bird flu outbreak. Scientists say the virus is one key mutation away from possible human to human transmission. CNN's Chief Medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has the new developments.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President's takeover plan for Gaza. His administration's claim today that he didn't really mean what he said about the central points of it, on camera, in great detail, and in some cases more than once. Plus, the Trump administration's effort to trigger mass resignations at the CIA. Why it's happening, and what it could mean to the country's premiere intelligence organization. Voices tonight include Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders and Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder whose Gates Foundation is one of the largest charitable organizations in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At a press conference tonight with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Trump declared the U.S. will take over Gaza. As for the men, women and children displaced by the fighting in Gaza, he says that they need to leave. Asked whether Trump was willing to send U.S. troops to fill a security vacuum in Gaza, the President did not rule it out. Earlier today, Trump suggested Gazans move to a new location provided by one or more nations in the Middle East. A panel of experts and analysts join John Berman to break down today's shocking announcement, and its implications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new lawsuit attempts to stop President Trump and Elon Musk from being able to shut off any federal payments they want, whenever they want, to whomever they want, including you. CNN Anchor and Chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins, has the latest developments from the Trump administration and Illinois Democratic congresswoman Tammy Duckworth gives her reaction to the scope and pace of changes the President and DOGE leader Elon Musk are making. Plus, two key deadlines that could potentially lead to thousands at the FBI being forced out over their role in investigating the January 6 riots. Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe and CNN chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller give their thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The FAA says a Lear business jet crashed in northeast Philadelphia at a local mall at about 6:30 PM EST. This deadly crash comes just two nights after Wednesday’s midair collision in northern Virginia. The private business jet, which had six people on board, was en route to Missouri, the FAA said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The deadliest airplane crash in the United States in nearly quarter century occurred in Washington D.C., after a collision between an American Airlines jet and a United States Army Blackhawk helicopter. We learned that one of the flight recorders aboard the airplane has been recovered. However, 67 men, women, children are dead. Donald Trump offered words of condolences which was then followed a press conference where he blamed the crash on efforts to improve diversity in the workforce and past presidents Obama and Biden.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House Office of Management and Budget has rescinded a memo on federal aid freeze that sparked nationwide confusion, according to new memo obtained by CNN on Thursday from a Trump administration official. Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker, who Tuesday called the president's freeze "illegal," and "a demonstration of cruelty against people who depend on us” talks to Anderson about the confusion and impact. Plus, Robert F. Kennedy Jr's past statements on vaccines, AIDS and antidepressants were quoted back to him today in a hearing to see if senators believe he is fit to be one of the most powerful health officials in the world. Dr. Craig Spencer, an emergency physician and professor at Brown University's School of Public Health, gives his take on Kennedy's answers today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge has temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s plans to freeze trillions of dollars in federal aid money. Confusion began late Monday when an internal White House memo circulated ordering federal agencies to “temporarily pause” federal grants and loans beginning Tuesday evening. Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman of New York talks with Anderson about the move. Plus, a searing letter to senators from former Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, warning that her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a “predator” ahead of his high-profile confirmation hearings this week to be President Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services secretary. Arlette Saenz has the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A purge at the Justice Department. More than a dozen officials who worked on the criminal investigations into Donald Trump have been fired, according to sources familiar with the matter. Also, the interim US attorney in Washington, DC, has launched an investigation into prosecutors who brought obstruction charges against some rioters that were ultimately tossed because of a Supreme Court decision last summer. Plus, Elon Musk under fire on Holocaust Remembrance Day for comments he made over the weekend to a far-right German political party about, quote, "too much focus on past guilt." Professor Deborah Lipstadt, the former State Department special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, speaks to Anderson about Musk's comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump is in Los Angeles to see the damage from the areas devastating wildfires, after saying earlier that he would condition aid to California on political demands. Trump also visited hurricane-ravaged North Carolina earlier today, where he threatened to eliminate FEMA. CNN anchor and Chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins joins Anderson, along with CNN’s Nick Watt in L.A. Plus, the Senate vote on Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth is tonight, and there's new uncertainty among Republicans if he has the votes he needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Despite opposition from Democrats as well as Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, it is looking almost certain that by tomorrow night that former Fox Weekend Morning host Pete Hegseth will be running the Defense Department. Today, CNN learned that Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he paid $50,000 as part of a confidentiality agreement to a woman who alleged he sexually assaulted her back in 2017. Manu Raju has the latest from Capitol Hill. Plus, President Trump has now ended Secret Service protection for two of his former top officials. The question tonight: Did he do it because they've spoken up against him? Two CNN analysts join the program to discuss, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence Beth Sanner and former Secret Service Agent Jonathan Wackrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thousands of Southern California residents are under evacuation orders Wednesday as fire crews battle the out-of-control Hughes Fire near the town of Castaic, a suburb in the foothills and mountains of northern Los Angeles County. Within five hours, the fire grew to more than 8,000 acres, according to officials. Veronica Miracle is on the ground, and Cal Fire Battalion Chief Brent Pascua joins from the frontlines of firefighting efforts. Plus, the rewriting of the January 6 attack on Capitol Hill reaches a new peak, as a ringleader returns to the scene of the crime and the Trump administration weighs welcoming convicts to the White House. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan shares what he's hearing from some of the most notorious people who were granted clemency by President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump defends his blanket pardons of January 6 rioters, even the violent individuals he once suggested would not go free. Donie O'Sullivan, who was outside the Washington, DC jail last night when this all went down, spoke today with some of the pardoned inmates, and New York Democratic Rep. Daniel Goldman joins 360° with his reaction to the President's pardons and defenses. Plus, Ed Lavandera visits the small Texas panhandle city of Cactus, where a sense of fear and uncertainty looms after the President issued new executive orders cracking down on immigration.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump signed a batch of executive orders while talking to reporters. One of the orders granted executive clemency pardons and sentence commutations for January 6th rioters. Other orders included declaring an emergency at the southern border and pulling out of the Paris Agreement.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President-elect Trump has announced that his inauguration will be moved indoors citing dangerously cold temperatures forecast for Washington, DC, Monday. The inaugural address will be delivered from the Capitol Rotunda for the first time since Ronald Reagan's second term began in 1985. Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe breaks down the security concerns around moving the festivities indoors with only three days' notice, scrapping months of planning. And later, Forbes Magazine investigative reporter Emily Baker-White joins Anderson to discuss the looming ban of TikTok. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal hits a snag, a look at where the holdup was and the effect it’s having on both the timetable and the hostage families. Plus, as President Biden warns about the United States becoming an oligarchy, we tell you which tech billionaires will be on the dais for Trump’s inaugural. Also, Rudy Giuliani reaches an agreement with the women he defamed to settle the $150 million judgement against him.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden delivered his farewell address to the nation, after announcing Israel and Hamas have agreed to a deal that includes a ceasefire and a phased release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners. CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports from Tel Aviv. CNN Political and Foreign Policy Analyst Barak Ravid, along with and a panel of political experts, join Jake Tapper and Anderson to discuss the deal and Biden's speech. Plus, Anderson returns to an Altadena neighborhood ravaged by the California wildfires one week ago. He shows what it looked like then, also before the flames, and now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anderson and his team spent the day with search and rescue crews as they looked for remains of anyone who may have died in the Eaton Fire. The death toll has risen to 25 people in Los Angeles County, and the fire danger is not over. Powerful winds are forecasted overnight into Wednesday afternoon and could spark a new inferno. Anderson speaks to Ian McFeat, the executive director of a charter school in Altadena. Last week's fire there destroyed one of the school's two campuses, the homes of 13 teachers and about 60 school families, and his own home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least 24 people have died in the wildfires that have ravaged Los Angeles County, and officials are warning that the danger is not over yet. Wind speeds are expected to strengthen tonight into Wednesday. The National Weather Service has issued an expanded red flag warning for Southern California, which could see winds up to 70mph, and has told residents the “setup is about as bad as it gets.” Anderson and his team spent the day with fire crews racing the coming winds as they work to keep hotspots from reigniting. A resident who lost his home in the Palisades Fire shares how the community is coming together to help one another. Plus, CNN's Gary Tuchman sees the damage done to a Pacific Palisades home, and it's deeply personal.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least 11 people are now confirmed dead due to the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. More than 10,000 structures are destroyed and 100,000 people are under evacuation orders, the sheriff’s department said Friday, with tens of thousands more under warnings. California Governor Gavin Newsom is now calling for an independent investigation into what caused some hydrants to lose water pressure during the height of this week’s firefights. CNN's Nick Watt has more on the reports of water shortages. Plus, Anderson speaks to Richard and Alex Jennings, a father and son who worked with neighbors to protect their home from the Palisades Fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Several major wildfires are burning, mostly still uncontained, in Los Angeles County. Officials have confirmed at least seven deaths, but warn the actual toll will remain unclear until it’s safe for investigators to access neighborhoods. Nearly 180,000 people have been impacted by evacuation orders since Tuesday. According to authorities, more than 10,000 structures have burned in the Palisades and Eaton fires. Anderson speaks to Aaron Samson, who evacuated with his elderly father-in-law thanks to the kindness of two strangers.  Also, veterinarian Dr. Annie Harvilicz offers tips to those with pets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anderson is on the scene as at least six fires tear across Los Angeles County forcing the evacuations of residents. Anderson shows how the flames destroyed homes and vehicles in one neighborhood of Altadena, California. At least five people are dead. California Governor Gavin Newsom tells Anderson the death toll  is "likely" to rise. Anderson also talks with a mother and her son who lost their home in Pacific Palisades, other survivors and fire officials working to put out the flames.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN's Nick Watt and Natasha Chen are in the Los Angeles community of Pacific Palisades, where more than 30,000 people have been asked to evacuate as a fast-moving wildfire spreads. The city of Los Angeles has declared a state of emergency and will have all resources on deck, said the president of the city council. Plus, President-elect Donald Trump spoke to reporters today and covered a wide range of subjects, including his frustration over the legal cases brought against him and the Biden administration's handling of the transition, his thoughts on special counsel Jack Smith and refusing to rule out using military force to add Greenland to the United States and retake control of the Panama Canal. Kaitlan Collins, anchor of CNN's The Source, and New York Times senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman, break down the new developments. Plus, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook and Instagram will drop  fact checkers and replacing them with user generated "community notes.” Donie O'Sullivan has details on the new policy and we get perspective from Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing at New York University's Stern School of Business.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The difference four years can make and what the next four years might bring as the 2024 loser certifies the 2024 winner. Also, tonight, having spent a quarter billion dollars on the presidential race, the world's richest man now turns his attention to inflammatory allegations toward politics overseas. Kara Swisher, who knows Elon Musk, will join. And later, what Jimmy Carter, perhaps the most highly praised ex-president ever, was like as president. 60 Minutes Lesley Stahl joins tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the wake of the early New Year's Day attack in New Orleans, Bourbon Street's security vulnerabilities are coming under scrutiny. Anderson speaks to one security expert who called Bourbon Street the perfect target, five years after his firm warned officials the area was especially vulnerable to a vehicular ramming attack. Plus, a New York judge has upheld President-elect Donald Trump conviction in his hush money case rejecting his effort to throw out the jury’s verdict because of his reelection. Judge Merchan set sentencing for one week from today, but indicated the case is essentially over.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anderson is live from New Orleans tonight. Zion Parsons joins to discuss the terrorist attack in New Orleans where 14 people were killed, including his friend 18-year-old victim Nikyra Cheyenne Dedeaux. Anderson also spoke with Jeremi Sensky who was in his wheelchair when he was hit by the truck. He's now recovering from surgery and two broken legs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tributes continue to pour in after Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died on Sunday. Carter was the oldest living former U.S. president and the first to reach 100 years old. Anderson speaks to two people who were personal friends of the former President and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, superintendent of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Park Jill Stuckey and the Carters' personal pastor Tony Lowden. Anderson also talks with PBS senior correspondent Judy Woodruff, former President Reagan's daughter Patti Davis and legendary presidential biographer and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rep. Jake Auchincloss, (D-MA), weighs in on President-elect Trump asking the Supreme Court to pause the upcoming TikTok ban. Plus, new signs of what may have downed a passenger jet, as one survivor speaks about what it was like when the plane was hit. CNN safety analyst and former FAA safety inspector David Soucie and William Taylor, former Ambassador to Ukraine, discuss the new developments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ret. Lt. General Mark Hertling and aviation analyst Miles O'Brien discuss the latest on the crash involving an Azerbaijan Airlines jet. Early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed the plane, according to a U.S. official. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The House Ethics Committee found evidence that former congressman Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex or drugs on at least 20 occasions, including paying a 17-year-old girl for sex in 2017, according to a final draft of the panel’s report on the Florida Republican, obtained by CNN. Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s first choice to be attorney general, has denied all allegations. Plus, the latest on former President Bill Clinton, who is in the hospital where he is undergoing testing and observation after developing a fever, his spokesman told CNN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a frantic scramble by lawmakers, the House passed a last-minute stopgap funding bill just hours before tonight's midnight deadline to avoid a government shutdown. Now, the bill heads to the Senate for approval. The latest plan would extend government funding into March and includes disaster relief and farming provisions, but does not include a suspension of the debt limit, which President-elect Donald Trump has been demanding that Republicans address. South Dakota Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson and Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin discuss the progress made today. Plus, the growing concerns about bird flu. Veronica Miracle visits a dairy farm in California, where there is now a statewide emergency over the spread of the virus livestock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

House Republicans failed to pass legislation tonight that would keep the federal government running until March, intensifying the threat of a shutdown ahead of tomorrow night's deadline. The Trump-endorsed plan was opposed by almost all Democrats, who are frustrated and angry after Elon Musk and the President-elect tanked an earlier bipartisan deal, as well as dozens of Republicans. But GOP Rep. Don Bacon voted for it and joins AC360 to share why and what could happen next. Plus, how the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione started the day facing state murder charges and finished it in a federal jail in New York City, facing a federal murder charge that could carry a death sentence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The clock is ticking on Capitol Hill. With the government about two days from a shutdown, President-elect Trump brought his own party to a halt with new demands on the spending bill, and only after a push from Elon Musk. Democratic congressman Dan Goldman from New York reacts to Trump and Musk's efforts to kill this bill. Plus, the suspect in the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting could soon be on his way to New York to face local charges. Could federal charges also happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Manhattan grand jury on Tuesday indicted Luigi Mangione for murder as an act of terrorism in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to newly released court documents. Mangione faces 11 counts, including one of murder in the first-degree and two of murder in the second-degree in Thompson’s killing on December 4 in New York, along with other weapon and forgery charges, the indictment says. Why authorities decided to seek that rare-for-New York charge, and what they will need to do to make it stick. Plus, new developments tonight in the wake of yesterday's school shooting in Madison, WI and all we're learning about what motivated the 15-year-old girl responsible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, WI, Monday morning left one student and one teacher dead, and six others injured. According to a law enforcement official, the shooter was a 15-year-old female student at the school and is believed to have died from a self-inflicted wound. The latest details we're learning tonight, including new reporting from a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation that the shooter planned the attack in advance. Plus, Judge Juan Merchan ruled President-elect Donald Trump does not have immunity from prosecution in the New York hush money case in which a jury found him guilty earlier this year. Two former federal prosecutors and CNN's Kara Scannell on what this means for Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The highest-ranking government official yet, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told CNN "we know of no threat" to the American public, in regard to the unidentified drone sightings over parts of the U.S. Federal agencies are facing intense pressure to give the public more details on the drone sightings going on for weeks over neighborhoods as well as restricted sites and critical infrastructure. Plus, President-elect Trump has praised the polio vaccine as the “greatest thing,” but a lawyer has petitioned the FDA to revoke approval of the vaccine used in the United States. Turns out that attorney is now an adviser to Trump’s pick to run HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, himself a polio survivor, issued a warning about the issue Friday that was apparently intended for Kennedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sources are telling CNN that authorities have executed as many as three search warrants in New York as part of their investigation into the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. At least two of the warrants include the backpack found in Central Park and the burner phone found near where the shooting occurred, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation. Anderson shares what we have learned so far, and what we still don't know about the suspect. Plus, what the White House said today about the mysterious drones flying at nighttime over many parts of New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York police now say the 3D-printed gun that CEO killing suspect Luigi Mangione had when he was arrested in Pennsylvania this week matches shell casings at the crime scene. Mangione’s fingerprints also match those investigators found on items near the scene, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Wednesday. Plus, a clearer timeline on when Mangione’s mother reported him missing and when at that time she said she last spoke with him. And, for weeks, mysterious drones have been flying low over parts of New Jersey. Our Gary Tuchman has video of some of the drones and shares what officials are saying about the sightings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, a source tells CNN's John Miller that the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter made a to-do list for a killing, as well as notes justifying those plans. Law enforcement also said Mangione had a three-page handwritten “claim of responsibility” as police characterized his manifesto. In one notebook passage, Mangione concludes that using a bomb against his intended victim “could kill innocents” but shooting would be more targeted, musing what could be better than “to kill the CEO at his own bean counting conference." Plus, a tip from the public was the key to the apprehension of Luigi Mangione, Randi Kaye takes a look at other high-profile investigations that came to a close with the help of good Samaritans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We examine how the suspected New York CEO killer was caught and what the police found tying him to the crime. Plus, a look at the suspect’s background and why he was almost invisible to authorities in the days before his capture. Also, a report from inside Syria and what’s being found after the fall of its brutal dictator.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NYPD told the New York Times investigators are looking into the possibility the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson may have used what is known as a veterinary gun, a larger firearm used on farms and ranches. Also Friday, a backpack believed to belong to the suspect was found in Central Park, a law enforcement official told CNN. Plus, the race to identify the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter is hardly the first time a manhunt captivated the nation's attention. What can high-profile investigations into the Boston Marathon bombing and DC Sniper tell us about how the current search might end? CNN's Brian Todd takes a look.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN is learning more details about the alleged gunman's movements prior to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Police believe the gunman arrived in New York City on November 24th, 10 days before the shooting, a law enforcement official told CNN. He arrived at the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan and then went to a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Earlier Thursday, the NYPD released new images of an unmasked “person of interest wanted for questioning” over the killing. Our law enforcement experts including CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and former FBI Special Agent Bryanna Fox break down the latest developments in the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Authorities in New York are searching for a killer tonight. A suspect was caught on video in the heart of midtown Manhattan shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in cold blood with a pistol and what looks like a silencer. CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on the “brazen, targeted attack" and the continued manhunt. Plus, former secret service agent Jonathan Wackrow, who also has years of experience in private corporate security, on the threats against corporate executives and the business of protecting them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, continues to draw doubts after several damaging reports on his alleged drinking problem, alleged sexist behavior, and alleged financial mismanagement in a job related to veterans. Hegseth is expected to sit for an interview with Fox News tomorrow, according to sources. Multiple GOP senators say he faces a tough road to win confirmation. Plus, new developments from South Korea, where the sudden declaration of martial law shocked the world, and the sudden end to it leaves more questions than answers about one of America's leading allies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter has left some Democrats fuming over his previous repeated comments claiming he would never take that step. Kaitlan Collins, Jeffrey Toobin, David Axelrod and Shermichael Singelton discuss the President’s controversial decision. Plus, The New Yorker's Jane Mayer shares her reporting that Pete Hegseth was pushed out as the head of two veterans’ advocacy organizations after allegations of mismanagement and personal misconduct. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Could President-elect Trump offer New York City Mayor Eric Adams a way out of his criminal prosecution once he’s back in the Oval Office? CNN's Chief Law Enforcement Analyst John Miller looks at how it could come together. And Randi Kaye reports on the new scene in South Florida where Trump's reelection has turned the Palm Beach area into the center of the MAGA universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN’s political and foreign policy analyst Barak Ravid and CNN Jerusalem Correspondent Jeremy Diamond have the latest on the expected Israel and Hezbollah ceasefire in Lebanon.  President Biden said the agreement “is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities.” And a Kentucky man nearly became a full organ donor, even though he was still alive, leading to an investigation and calls for changes. Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta has the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Special Counsel Jack Smith announced Monday he is dropping both the federal election interference and the mishandling of classified documents cases against Donald Trump. The President-elect has said he would fire Smith once he retook the office, shattering previous norms around special counsel investigations. Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, a former federal prosecutor, reacts to the decision. Plus, the Menedez brothers were back in court today, virtually, for the first time in decades. Mark Geragos, an attorney for the brothers, joins 360° to give more details on today’s developments and the efforts to get his clients released.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the national intelligence community, was briefly placed on a TSA watch list that prompts additional security screening before flights after her overseas travel patterns and foreign connections triggered a government algorithm earlier this year, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Plus, a 30-year-old woman from Hawaii has mysteriously vanished after missing a flight at LAX. Her family is alarmed by some text messages they got from her. CNN’s Veronica Miracle has the latest on the investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President-elect Donald Trump has announced former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi as his new pick for the next US attorney general, after former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his nomination for the position. Earlier today, CNN reached out to Gaetz regarding our new reporting that the House Ethics Committee was told of a second alleged sexual encounter between him and the 17-year-old at the center of the accusations. Shortly after that Gaetz announced on X that he was stepping aside. Plus, David Culver talks to ranchers and residents in Arizona about their support for the more aggressive immigration stance the President-elect has promised. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new report from the New York Times alleges “federal investigators established a trail of payments from Matt Gaetz,” President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general, “to women including some who testified that Mr. Gaetz hired them for sex.” According to the Times, the chart they obtained ”shows a web of thousands of dollars in Venmo payments between Mr. Gaetz and a group of his friends, associates, and women who had drug-fueled sex parties between 2017 and 2020.” Gaetz denies any wrongdoing since these allegations surfaced. The report comes after Republicans on the House Ethics Committee blocked the release of a report on the former Florida congressman. Kaitlan Collins is near Mar-a-lago with how this new report could further complicate Gaetz's nomination. Plus, 30 years after Susan Smith drowned her two children and blamed it on a black carjacker, she is up for parole. Gary Tuchman looks at the infamous case, her argument to go free, and how the parole board ruled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tomorrow the House Ethic Committee is expected to discuss the fate of its report on Matt Gaetz, President-elect Trump's choice for attorney general. The former Florida congressman has denied accusations he had sex with a minor years ago. Plus, John King has a new "All Over The Map" report. He goes back to Iowa to speak with voters who initially said they would not vote for Donald Trump but are now glad they did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices