Laura Coates Live

Laura Coates Live episodes:

• 04.18.2024

  DA Bragg wants to bring up Trump’s past cases if Trump testifies

  If Donald Trump opts to testify at his New York criminal trial, Manhattan prosecutors want to use his past legal run-ins to discredit him to the jury. In a filing released Wednesday, prosecutors for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office say...

  
• 04.17.2024

  Trump rails against criminal trial on social media

  On day two of the Trump hush money trial seven jurors were placed on the panel that will decide former President Donald Trump’s guilt or innocence. So far four men and three women have been selected to serve on the...

  
• 04.16.2024

  Israel vows response to Iran’s attack: “face the consequences”

  After day one of Trump’s hush money trail, more than half of first batch of prospective jurors say they can’t be fair and impartial, the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape can’t be played, but Karen McDougal, an actress and model who...

  
• 04.13.2024

  The DEI debate: necessary policy or flawed strategy?

  Judge Juan Merchan has rejected yet another attempt by former President Trump to delay his criminal hush money trial set to begin in New York on Monday. Merchan issued an order denying a motion from Trump’s attorneys to delay the...

  
• 04.12.2024

  O.J. Simpsons dies at 76

  O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and broadcaster whose athletic achievements and fame were eclipsed by his 1995 trial in the brutal killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, has died of cancer, his family...

  
• 04.11.2024

  Monday: jury selection begins in Trump’s New York trial

  Sen. Raphael Warnock joins to discuss the hot-button issue of abortion after Trump and Biden both weigh-in. Plus, for the third time in three days, a New York appellate judge has denied an attempt by former President Donald Trump to...

  
• 04.10.2024

  Parents of school shooter sentenced to 10-15 years in prison

  The parents of the teenager who killed four students in the 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, were each sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 15 years in prison, weeks after being convicted of manslaughter. Plus, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled...

  
• 04.09.2024

  Trump jurors to be asked if they support QAnon, Proud Boys

  CNN has obtained the jury questionnaire in Trump’s New York hush case. Prospective jurors will be quizzed on their feelings about Trump and asked if they or anyone in their circle have ever been to a Trump rally or worked...

  
• 04.05.2024

  Trump loses bid to dismiss classified docs case

  Former President Donald Trump was dealt two major setbacks Thursday in his efforts to derail the criminal cases against him, with judges in the Georgia election interference case and in the federal classified documents case both rejecting bids by the...

  
• 04.04.2024

  Biden, Netanyahu to hold first call since strike on aid workers

  President Biden faces a red line moment and a high-stakes call over the deadly strike against aid workers in Gaza. Will it change anything? Plus, new footage from inside the raid on Diddy’s home and new reporting on the interviews...

  
• 04.03.2024

  Taiwan hit by its strongest earthquake in 25 years

  Wisconsin is sending a message to President Biden that could very well spell trouble come the November election. Plus, the strongest earthquake in Taiwan in nearly a quarter of a century strikes the country. Also, Trump seeks to remove the...

  
• 04.02.2024

  Bailed out: Trump secures $175M bond through insurance company

  The judge in the New York Trump hush money trial expands the gag order on the former president after his attacks on the judge’s daughter. Plus, former Trump aide Hope Hicks is expected to be called as a witness in...

  
• 03.30.2024

  American Evan Gershkovich marks one year in Russian prison

  Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants in the Georgia election subversion case are appealing a judge’s ruling that let Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis remain on the election subversion case. Plus, on Friday, Evan Gershkovich marked the grim...

  
• 03.29.2024

  Biden, Obama, Clinton attend “historic” $25M fundraiser in NYC

  President Joe Biden on Thursday joined Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, the only living two-term Democratic presidents, aiming to use their star power to woo big-pocketed donors as Biden tries to join their ranks. Obama and Clinton weren’t the only...

  
• 03.28.2024

  NTSB: 764 tons of hazmat on ship, some containers breached

  An American tragedy deepens as more people have been confirmed dead in Baltimore after the Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed when it was struck by a cargo ship. More families have been left with so many questions and so much...

  
• 03.27.2024

  NYT: engineers raise questions about bridge’s “fender”

  The US Coast Guard has ended the rescue operation for the six workers, who were on the Baltimore bridge when it collapsed. “We do not believe that we are going to find any of these individuals still alive,” Commander Shannon...

  
• 03.26.2024

  Historic moment: Trump’s first criminal trial set for April 15

  A New York judge says Donald Trump will be the first United States president to stand for a criminal trial and face a jury of his peers as his trial is set to start in only weeks. Plus, Donald Trump...

  
• 03.23.2024

  Catherine, Princess of Wales, announces she has cancer

  The Princess of Wales reveals her cancer diagnosis amidst weeks of widespread speculation. Plus, co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, joins to discus the antitrust lawsuit that may change the way one billion people use their iPhones. Also, a deal has...

  
• 03.22.2024

  NY AG signals she’s preparing to seize Trump assets

  We look at what the New York attorney general may do if Donald Trump does not come up with half one billion dollars by Monday. Democrats are also warning this could be a huge national security risk. Plus, Fulton County...

  
• 03.21.2024

  Deadline looms large for Trump

  Cruel and unusual is the new defense from the Trump world to have him avoid paying his half billion dollar bond. A former Trump attorney joins to make the case. Plus, the DNC prepares for a war with third-party candidates...

  
• 03.20.2024

  Lawyer who exposed Fani Willis affair speaks out

  The lawyer who fought to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case joins to discuss why she pursued the motion to remove Ms. Willis, if there was any racial motivation in the filing, and...

  
• 03.19.2024

  Lawyers say Trump can’t make $464 million bond in civil fraud case

  Former President Donald Trump can’t find an insurance company to underwrite his bond to cover the massive judgment against him in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case, his lawyers told a New York appeals court. Trump’s attorneys said...

  
• 03.16.2024

  D.A. Fani Willis can stay on GA case after judge’s ruling

  We finally find an answer to the question we’ve been waiting months to find out: Fani Willis is not disqualified from prosecuting Donald Trump and his codefendants. But, the judge ordered an ultimatum that either Ms. Willis leaves the case...

  
• 03.15.2024

  Manhattan D.A. willing to delay Trump hush money trial

  According to a court filing, the Manhattan district attorney’s office is willing to delay Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial for up to 30 days. Plus, the judge presiding over the classified documents case in Florida denied Donald Trump’s motion...

  
• 03.14.2024

  Judge tosses six charges against Trump, co-defendants

  It’s been almost two weeks to the day since the judge of the Fulton County, Georgia election subversion trial, Scott McAfee, said he would decide if district attorney Fani Willis would be disqualified. This as the judge threw out six...

  
• 03.12.2024

  “Trump Employee 5” speaks out

  The mystery man referred to as Trump Employee 5 in Jack Smith's classified documents indictment steps into the spotlight. Brian Butler worked behind the scenes at Mar-a-Lago for two decades. Now, he is speaking out for the first time in...

  
• 03.09.2024

  One-on-one with Fat Joe

  Hip hop artist Fat Joe joins to discuss attending the State of the Union speech and meeting President Biden. During the speech, the 81-year-old president set out to defuse his biggest liability: deep-seated fears among millions of Americans that he’s...

  
• 03.07.2024

  President Biden to deliver State of the Union speech tomorrow

  President Biden is preparing for his State of the Union address tomorrow as a rematch between Biden and Trump is now clear after the results from Super Tuesday. Plus, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) joins to discuss her IVF journey following...

  
• 03.05.2024

  Supreme Court keeps Trump on CO ballot

  The Supreme Court ruled former President Donald Trump should appear on the ballot in Colorado in a decision that follows months of debate over whether the frontrunner for the GOP nomination violated the “insurrectionist clause” included in the 14th Amendment....

  
• 03.02.2024

  Delay, delay, delay

  Donald Trump's preferred legal strategy comes down to a single word: delay. And it looks to be working.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  
• 03.01.2024

  What's up, docs?

  Big news tonight out of Florida. Looks like special counsel Jack Smith wants to get Donald Trump's classified docs case moving ASAP. In fact, he's asking for a new trial date: July 8. That's just one week before Trump is...

  
• 02.29.2024

  SCOTUS agrees to hear Trump’s immunity claim

  The Supreme Court has decided to hear Donald Trump’s claim that he should be shielded from criminal prosecution. The country’s highest court wants the final word on the former president’s assertion of immunity, even if it may ultimately affirm a...

  
• 02.27.2024

  Biden facing test from ‘uncommitted’ vote in Michigan primary

  Some Democrats are using tomorrow's primary to protest the president's handling of the war in Gaza by not voting for Biden, not for Trump, but for "uncommitted." If thousands of Michigan Democrats actually do vote “uncommitted” tomorrow, that could be...

  
• 02.24.2024

  Trump suggests Black people like him because he was indicted

  Trump made remarks suggesting Black people see themselves in him because of his indictments. To discuss the latest in the GOP presidential race, Nikki Haley’s campaign manager joins. This as questions remain if Nikki Haley still has a path to...

  
• 02.23.2024

  ‘Rust’ film armorer’s manslaughter trial opens

  The October 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was tragically hit by a live round of ammunition fired from a prop gun held by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the movie “Rust.” There were opening...

  
• 02.22.2024

  Russian-American arrested in Russia for allegedly donating $51.80 to Ukraine aid

  A 33 year-old woman who is a Russian-American dual citizen is now under arrest in Russia on charges of treason for allegedly donating to a Ukrainian charity in the United States. Now, Russia's federal security service, the FSB, says that...

  
• 02.21.2024

  The Alabama Supreme Court ruled IVF embryos are children

  The Alabama Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos created through IVF are babies kept alive in a cryogenic nursery while they awaited implantation. The ruling states that those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death. This decision puts...

  
• 02.20.2024

  Navalny’s widow accuses Putin of killing him, vows to continue his work

  As world leaders condemn the death of Alexey Navalny, a man who knew he was risking his life for the sake of his country, Donald Trump shares a post on his social media comparing himself to Navalny and going on...

  
• 02.17.2024

  Judge orders Trump to pay nearly $355 in civil fraud case

  A judge in New York City ordered Trump and his companies to pay nearly $355 million in a crushing defeat in the civil fraud trial. Plus, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny died suddenly in a Russian penal colony. Learn more about your...

  
• 02.16.2024

  Fulton County DA Willis testifies: “I’m not on trial”

  Fulton County District Attorney Willis is in the middle of a hearing on whether she should be disqualified from the Georgia election subversion case. She fired back today during her testimony about her romantic relationship with a prosecutor. Plus, Donald...

  
• 02.15.2024

  KC police: 1 dead in Super Bowl rally shooting, 21 others shot

  At least one person was killed and local hospitals say that 29 people have been treated for injuries after a mass shooting in Kansas City. Three people have been detained and are now under investigation and we're learning the name...

  
• 02.13.2024

  Supreme Court’s response to new Trump filing will impact timing of his Jan 6 prosecution as he seeks trial delay

  Deep into the 2024 campaign, any one of Trump’s trials could actually be he a break glass in case of emergency kind of moment and could change the course of this election. Donald Trump's strategy on the case of immunity...

  
• 02.10.2024

  What could still happen with 269 days until the election?

  This week alone a federal appeals court ruled against Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claim, House Republicans failed to impeach Homeland Secretary Mayorkas, the bipartisan border deal died, Israel warned the war may escalate again with a new ground incursion, and...

  
• 02.08.2024

  Trump and the 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrectionist ban’

  In a case that can change the course of the election, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments in a historic effort to ban former President Trump on the ballot for his alleged role in the January...

  
• 02.07.2024

  Court: Trump not immune from prosecution in election case

  A federal appeals court said Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency, rejecting Trump’s arguments that he shouldn’t have to go on trial on federal election subversion charges. Plus, an unprecedented verdict...

  
• 02.05.2024

  Key senators signal border deal may be dead

  A significant bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package appears on track to fail in the Senate later this week amid continued attacks from former President Donald Trump and top House Republicans. Republicans opposed to the deal, including Trump, have...

  
• 02.03.2024

  US launches retaliatory strikes on Iran-backed targets

  The US launches strikes on 85 targets in Iraq and Syria, retaliating against Iran-backed militias following the deaths of three American soldiers. President Biden says the military response “Will continue at times and places of our choosing”. Plus, the closing...

  
• 02.02.2024

  Mass shooter’s mother on trial

  Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the Michigan teenager who shot four classmates to death in 2021, takes the stand on involuntary manslaughter charges in a case that’s testing the limits of who might be found responsible for a mass shooting....

  
• 02.01.2024

  Haley on racism, tech chiefs slammed, NFL concussion settlement

  What GOP Presidential candidate Nikki Haley said about racism in America during an interview on “The Breakfast Club”, while taking her sharpest shots at Trump yet. Plus, Mark Zuckerberg makes a stunning apology as he and other tech chiefs are...

  
• 01.31.2024

  What’s behind the immigration crisis?

  Senate negotiators try to finalize a bipartisan border deal as House Republicans declare the not yet done deal dead on arrival. Our panel goes in-depth on the border crisis, and the politics behind it. Plus, the prosecutor who spearheaded the...