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  • CNN Tonight update for September 28, 2022
    There is no new episode of the CNN Tonight showcast. If you haven’t already, please check out CNN’s other podcasts and showcasts at cnn.com/audio.
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    2 min
  • Florida braces for category three hurricane hit

    Florida braces for a direct hit from category three hurricane Ian, with millions of people now under tornado and hurricane warnings across the State. CNN National Correspondent Ryan young reports on the ground from Tampa Bay, where those in danger are preparing for what officials are already calling “Devastating amounts of water”.

    Ex-D.C. Police Officer Michael Fanone, now a CNN Law Enforcement Analyst, joins to give his reaction to the rioter who assaulted him as he defended the Capitol on January 6 being sentenced to more than seven-years in prison. Plus, jury selection is underway in the historic Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial, President Zelensky slams Russia’s “Sham” referendums as a ploy to “Steal” Ukrainian land, and a new lawsuit attempts to block Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.

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    1 hr 19 min
  • Florida fears catastrophic flooding as Hurricane Ian nears
    A life-threatening category three storm surge with catastrophic 120 mph winds and flooding is expected to hit the Florida peninsula. With nearly 2-million people already under mandatory evacuation orders across the State, the Mayor of Sarasota tells Laura how the City is preparing, including shutting off water to barrier islands and closing bridges.Jury selection begins in the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial, as five members of the far-right militia group face trial for a violent plot to subvert the 2020 election on January 6. The panel discusses the impartiality issues faced in such a globally recognized case and also the Oath Keepers’ planned defense strategy. Plus, Minority House Leader Mitch McConnell gives a big boost to the bipartisan ‘Electoral Count Act’ bill in response to the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and the Democrat’s risky bet in funding far-right GOP candidates may be paying off.Hosted by Laura Coates.
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    42 min
  • Documentary shows key Trump ally advocating political violence

    “F**k the voting, let’s get right to the violence”: CNN obtains clips from the new documentary ‘A Storm Foretold’, which focuses on key Trump ally Roger Stone in the three-years leading up to the 2020 presidential election. Filmmakers Christoffer Guldbrandsen and Frederick Marbell join to discuss the eight-minutes of their documentary footage subpoenaed by the January 6 Committee, and the topics Stone did not want to be filmed, including the planning of the ‘Stop the Steal’ rally.

    Plus, Liz Cheney says she is willing to campaign for Democrats over election deniers, Giorgia Meloni claims victory to become Italy's most far-right prime minister since Mussolini, NASA's D.A.R.T. mission successfully slams into an asteroid, and Hurricane Ian is now on its path to Florida.

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    1 hr 17 min
  • White House call to Capitol rioter on January 6
    Records obtained by CNN show that a cell phone registered to a Capitol rioter who stormed the building, received a phone call from a White House landline at 4:34p on January 6. The call lasted for only nine seconds – but who placed the call and why? That, as new documentary video shows key Trump ally Roger Stone on pre-election day saying, “Let’s get right to the violence”.The January 6 Committee is set to hold what’s likely to be the last public hearing on Wednesday before it releases its final report. Plus, texts from Mark Meadows reveal direct White House communication with a pro-Trump operative behind plans to seize voting machines in key battleground states, Brett Favre is under fire for his alleged role in the misappropriation of $8M in public funds intended for Mississippi welfare recipients, and NASA crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid for the first time.Hosted by Laura Coates.
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    44 min
  • Trump tries to block testimony from ex-aides about January 6

    In a CNN exclusive, sources reveal Trump's legal team is fighting a secret court battle to block a federal grand jury from gathering information from his ex-aides about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Former Nixon White House counsel John Dean and former general counsel for the Director of National Intelligence, Robert Litt, join to discuss.

    Plus, Russians desperately try to escape Vladimir Putin's call up of hundreds of thousands of people to fight in Ukraine, stocks fall to their lowest levels since November 2020 amid recession fears, an Arizona judge rules the State can enforce a near-total abortion ban, and Rolling Stone Magazine founder Jann Wenner joins to discuss music’s influence on civil rights and his front row seat to music history.

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    1 hr 17 min
  • Trump wages secret court fight to block January 6 testimony
    CNN learns Trump’s legal team has attempted to block a federal grand jury from gathering information from the former president’s top aides about his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. That, as the January 6 Committee prepares to hold what may be its final public hearing next week before the panel releases its report. The panel discusses if it’s likely Trump’s team will prevail with his executive privilege claims in the Mar-a Lago investigation, how financial pressures might be weighing on Trump’s decision to run in 2024, and what the January 6 Committee’s endgame could be.Art Spiegelman is the author of Pulitzer Prize winning “Maus”, a graphic novel retelling Spiegelman’s father’s experiences as a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust. He joins to discuss the banning of his book by a Tennessee school district and the “Orwellian” censorship battle that's rapidly rising across the US. Plus, new laws restricting teaching about race, history & gender identity come into effect in more than a dozen states, and Florida Governor Desantis rewrites the history of the anti-slavery movement in a rant against the New York Times’ 1619 project.Hosted by Sara Sidner.
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    43 min
  • Special master demands proof of Trump's allegation

    The special master in the Mar-a-Lago case orders Trump’s legal team to back up its claims of the FBI possibly ‘planting evidence’ during its search of the former president’s home. CNN Senior Legal Analyst Laura Coates joins to discuss the burden of proof put on Trump and the surprising move of the special master opening the door to witness testimony in the investigation.

    Florida lawmaker Jason Pizzo joins to discuss the lawsuit he has filed to stop Governor DeSantis sending more migrants from the southern border to other states. Plus, Russians flee their country as forced reservists head to the conflict in Ukraine, and the judge admonishes conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as the Sandy Hook defamation trial goes off the rails.

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    1 hr 19 min
  • Trump: president can declassify documents "even by thinking about it"
    Trump bizarrely claims a president can declassify documents "Even by thinking about it" during a Fox News interview, amid the order from the special master in the Mar-a-Lago investigation to prove he followed the process to declassify documents taken to his home. His ex-personal attorney Michael Cohen joins to discuss the mounting legal woes the former president is facing, and also why he represented Trump for so long.Civilian action intensifies across two countries, as thousands of Iranian women protest the death of 22 year-old Masha Amini in police custody for allegedly breaking hijab wearing rules, and more than 1,300 anti-war protestors are detained in Russia. CNN Global Affairs Analyst Aaron David Miller joins to discuss if these protests signal the start of movements for change in Russia and Iran. Plus, the panel reacts to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones saying "I'm done saying I'm sorry" for spreading the Sandy Hook shooting hoax, and the dramatic scene it caused in the courtroom in the damages phase of his defamation trial.Hosted by Sara Sidner
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    41 min
  • New York Attorney General sues Trump family for “staggering” tax fraud

    The New York Attorney General sues Trump and his company alleging the former president lied more than 200 times about the value of his assets and that his three oldest children knowingly participated in the scheme. Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen joins to discuss the content of Letitia James’ civil lawsuit, which she has also referred to federal prosecutors and the IRS for potential criminal investigation.

    An appeals court says the DOJ can resume a criminal probe of the classified documents from Mar-a-Lago amid Trump’s bizarre claim that Presidents can declassify documents “Even by thinking about it”. Plus, Biden rebukes Russia at a U.N. Security Council meeting as Putin calls up 300,000 reservists and threatens nukes in the biggest war escalation since the Ukraine invasion began. And, Florida Governor DeSantis responds to the class action lawsuit he faces from a group of Venezuelan migrants he arranged to be transported from Texas, claiming they flew to Martha’s Vineyard voluntarily.

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    1 hr 18 min

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