Laura Coates Live

Legal issues are mounting for Donald Trump: CNN is reporting that special counsel Jack Smith is in the home stretch of the Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation, Trump’s criminal trial in the hush money case is set for March 2024, and there is also the Georgia investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This as Ron DeSantis is expected to seize the GOP spotlight tomorrow with a big announcement - Kara Swisher joins the panel to examine. Plus, is LeBron James considering retirement? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

E. Jean Carroll seeks further damages beyond the first $5 million recommended by a jury in her defamation lawsuit against Trump because of what the former president said about her in his CNN Town Hall. Plus, Trump's attorney took highly detailed notes about all of the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago, and they’re now in the hands of the special counsel. Our panel dives into what those reveal. And, the real world danger of artificial intelligence is not just a worry, it's already here. A fake image of an explosion near the Pentagon went viral this morning, sending shock waves through the stock market.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The race for the 2024 GOP nominations is heating up. Key announcements from Governor Ron DeSantis and Senator Tim Scott are expected next week. Our panel tells us what to look out for on the political horizon. Plus, the head of a veteran’s organization denies rounding up homeless men in New York and paying them to claim they were veterans being displaced from their hotel lodgings to make room for migrants. We have the facts. And, Alisyn Camerota discusses the downsides of A.I. with a former Google executive. Also tonight: debt crisis talks between Biden and the Republicans have stalled, a Maryland man protests gun reform by standing at a school bus stop with an assault rifle, and NFL Legend Jim Brown dies at 97.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Senator Dianne Feinstein has been sicker than we thought. The 89-year-old had a brain inflammation, is suffering from a rare neurological disorder, and has been away from work for months. Our panel debate how old is too old to serve in Congress. Plus, Walgreens will pay San Francisco nearly $230 million for its role in the city's opioid epidemic. But can they use that money to fix what the mayor calls brazen open air drug dealing? And, the lawsuit by parents and authors against a Florida School District that's been removing books from shelves in a battle of freedom of speech versus parents' rights. Also tonight: Salman Rushdie makes his first public appearance since being stabbed, Disney scraps plans for a new $1 billion Florida campus, and SCOTUS protects Twitter and Google.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The inside story of what happened when Harry and Meghan were chased by paparazzi through the streets of New York last night from the taxi driver who was at the wheel. Plus, remember when Trump claimed he could declassify documents just by thinking about it? Our panel discusses the new evidence that shows he and his top advisers knew how real declassification works, and what that means for the ongoing Mar-a-Lago investigation. And, the license plates that are too lewd even for New Jersey, and the clever spellings being used to attempt to trick the DMV. Also tonight: inside the debt ceiling negotiations, the Capitol Hill shouting match over Rep. George Santos, and the truth about shark attacks.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The number of migrants crossing the Southern border after Title 42 expired has dropped 50% in the past few days. But that does not mean the crisis has ended. It’s just spread North. In New York, about 300 migrants are now living in public school gyms and parents are not happy. Plus, a security guard shoots and kills a suspected shoplifter at a Walgreens in downtown San Francisco. Our panel discusses why the D.A. is not pressing charges. And, former President Barack Obama gets personal talking about his marriage to Michelle and more, in a new interview.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Florida teacher is under investigation for showing her students a Disney movie with a gay character. Jenna Barbee joins to tell Alisyn Camerota if she thinks she made a mistake. Plus, the legal defense crowdfunder for the Marine Veteran charged with manslaughter in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely has now raised more than $2 million. And, Taylor Swift defends a fan from security mid-concert.Also tonight: can A.I. help with the loneliness epidemic? Plus, Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant is suspended again after a second incident involving a gun, and, a special counsel report finds the FBI rushed to investigate Trump in its Russia probe, but fails to find a conspiracy against him.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daniel Penny, the suspect in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, was arrested and charged with second degree manslaughter. Neely’s family says it’s not enough as the case raises questions about mental illness and homelessness. Plus, what is President Biden doing about what’s happening at the U.S-Mexico border? The panel discusses the end of Title 42. And, a look at the culture wars after a librarian’s Mother’s Day lesson for kids who do not have a mother and a father was cancelled. Later, two fishermen accused of stuffing a fish with weights during a fishing tournament were sentenced to 10 days in jail.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Border Patrol brace for a migrant surge as Trump-era pandemic policy Title 42 expires. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports live from El Paso. Plus, the many false and unsubstantiated claims Donald Trump made to Kaitlan Collins and the CNN Town Hall audience, and why E. Jean Carroll may sue him again.Also tonight, the man who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold is expected to be charged with manslaughter tomorrow, Rep. Santos avoids prosecution in his Brazilian fraud case after making a deal with the authorities, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalie Holloway will be extradited to the US, and Elon Musk says he’s found a new CEO for Twitter.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the 2024 presidential election underway, former President Donald Trump took questions from moderator Kaitlan Collins and a live audience during a CNN Town Hall from St. Anselm College in New Hampshire. Aired at 8 p.m E.T. on May 10, 2023.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices