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CNN Podcasts
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown: The command center for breaking news, politics and extraordinary reports from around the world. The Situation Room airs weekdays 10am-12pm Eastern, Monday through Friday on CNN.
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Feb 1, 2024 • 43min
Social media CEOs grilled at tense hearing on dangers to kids online
Powerful tech CEOs are grilled by senators and berated for failing to protect young people from grave dangers on social media with angry victims' relatives in the room. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, a senator that co-sponsored legislation aimed at keeping kids safe online, joins. Also, Donald Trump meets with the Teamsters union, hoping to drive a wedge between president Joe Biden and his traditionally loyal allies in organized labor. Plus, a dire new warning from the FBI director that Chinese hackers are preparing to wreak havoc on the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2024 • 43min
Biden: I’m not looking for a wider war in the Middle East
The world is awaiting President Biden's next move after he says he's decided how to respond to the drone attack that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan. We're breaking down the military options. Also, Israeli special forces conduct a deadly raid on a West Bank hospital disguised as medical staffers and other civilians. We'll take you inside the operation. Plus, there is breaking news on a huge controversy hanging over Donald Trump's election interference case in Georgia. The top prosecutor just entered an agreement that means he won't be questioned in court tomorrow about his alleged affair with the district attorney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, 2024 • 44min
Source: framework for ceasefire in Gaza being presented to Hamas
The United States has identified U.S. soldiers killed in a drone attack Jordan as Biden vows a response. Plus, a new broad framework for a potential release of hostages and a ceasefire in Gaza proposal is being given to Hamas amid a warning that nailing down the details may be difficult. Also, a new bipartisan deal on border security is moving forward right now in the Senate as Donald Trump and House Republicans are trying to kill it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, 2024 • 43min
Jury awards E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in damages from Trump
A huge legal and financial blow to Donald Trump as a jury says he should pay more than $83 million in damages to writer E. Jean Carroll for defamatory statements he made about her. We're breaking down the verdict and the message it sends to the former president and the clear front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 2024 • 43min
Defense rests after Trump briefly takes the stand in E. Jean Carroll trial
Donald Trump takes the stand in the civil defamation trial against him and we break down what he said under oath and why the judge struck down some of his testimony as the case is now heading into closing arguments. Also, the RNC is considering an unprecedented move to declare Trump the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, siding with the former president and against his remaining opponent, Nikki Haley. Plus, a record close on Wall Street after evidence of a booming U.S. economy with growth beating expectations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 2024 • 43min
RNC chair calls for party to unite behind “eventual nominee” Trump
Donald Trump is powering toward the Republican nomination after his big win in New Hampshire and seething at rival Nikki Haley for refusing to drop out. Also, President Biden just won a key endorsement from the United Auto Workers union. Plus, an exclusive interview with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, on the dangerous rise in antisemitism across the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, 2024 • 43min
Trump and Haley in two-person race for Republican nomination
Donald Trump and Nikki Haley are making final appeals in New Hampshire with the Republican presidential race now a two-person showdown. The first primary votes are just hours away. We're following the candidates and the contest that could effectively decide the GOP nomination. Plus, a CNN exclusive interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. She is speaking out about the Biden campaign, threats to democracy, and whether she's personally worried about a repeat of violence on January 6th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, 2024 • 43min
GOP candidates zero in on NH in final push to primary
The high stakes New Hampshire primary is now just four days away. Donald Trump is getting ready to rollout an endorsement that could rattle Nikki Haley's campaign. Also, court records now show the Trump special prosecutor in Georgia paid for trips he took with the district attorney who hired him. Standby for details on what if anything this could mean for the case against Trump. Plus, more than two years after the fatal shooting on the "Rust" movie set, actor and producer Alec Baldwin was just charged with involuntary manslaughter. We're breaking down the indictment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 2024 • 43min
DOJ report: law enforcement response to Uvalde a “failure”
Donald Trump files a new brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Colorado's decision kicking him off the ballot. Our legal experts are standing by with details on the filing and what it could mean for the truly historic oral arguments next month. Also, Nikki Haley sharpens her attacks on her rivals just five days out from the New Hampshire primary. Plus, the U.S. Justice Department releases a scathing report on the law enforcement response to the Uvalde elementary school massacre. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks exclusively with CNN about fatal mistakes made by police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 18, 2024 • 43min
Court wraps after judge admonishes “disruptive” Trump
Donald Trump just unleashed a tirade against the judge who threatened to throw him out of a courtroom today. Stand by for the latest on E. Jean Carroll's defamation damages trial against Trump and why the former president was nearly given the boot. Also, Trump is escalating his attacks on GOP presidential rival Nikki Haley referring to her birth name and Indian heritage in an online rant. Plus, President Biden has wrapped up an urgent meeting with top lawmakers. Did they find any common ground on the divisive issues of Ukraine and border security? House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


