Anderson Cooper 360

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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