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  • Trump’s Personal Vendettas Cast A Shadow Over GOP Primaries

    The polls are hours away from opening in Georgia as Trump’s sway faces a major test with the former president backing David Perdue as Pence campaigns for incumbent Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican who refused to help overturn the 2020 election. That, as early voting surges in Georgia despite a prohibitive new election law, and the WAPO reports the GOP Governor Association spent millions to protect candidates from Trump’s “personal vendetta tour”.

    Plus, President Biden vows to respond militarily if China attacks Taiwan, satellite images appear to show Russian ships loading up and stealing Ukrainian grain, Senator Bill Cassidy is in hot water for his comments on Louisiana’s high black maternal mortality rate, a Russian diplomat resigns over the “aggressive war” in Ukraine, and the CDC confirm one case of monkeypox in the U.S. with a further six suspected.

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    1 hr 17 min
  • Trump-Pence Rift Widens On Eve of Georgia Primary
    The Trump-Pence rift widens as Georgia voters head to the polls and Pence campaigns for a Georgia Governor who wouldn’t help overturn the 2020 election. That, as in-person voting surges in the State, despite a controversial new voting law that critics feared would lead to a fall-off. Pence has signaled he’s open to a 2024 run during an interview with the NYT, but a Trump spokesman says the former vice president is “desperate to chase his lost relevance”. Who is right?Plus, the Pennsylvania GOP Senate race is likely headed to a recount, Kate Moss is expected to testify in the Depp-Heard defamation trial, a civil suit accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assaulting a teenage girl in the 1970’s heads to trial, nearly 100 cases of monkeypox are confirmed in 15 countries, and a life sentence is handed to a Russian soldier at the first war crime trial since the invasion of Ukraine began.
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    43 min
  • Rudy Giuliani’s Nine-Hour Testimony To January 6 Committee

    Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to the former president and a prominent promoter of the Trump administration’s baseless 2020 election fraud claims, testifies to the January 6 Committee for over nine-hours. But how much of that was taking the Fifth? Justice Thomas takes rare public swipe at Chief Justice Roberts as SCOTUS edges towards overturning Roe v. Wade. With a number of damaging leaks and apparent infighting, CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin joins to discuss a court in institutional disarray.

    Plus, the Buffalo Bills reach out to help families of the Buffalo mass shooting, a federal judge blocks the Biden administration from lifting title 42, former marine Trevor Reed details surviving horrendous conditions in Russia, and Tiger Woods rebounds to make the cut at the PGA Championship.

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    1 hr 16 min
  • Supreme Tension Over Roe V. Wade
    Internal SCOTUS tensions flare as it edges closer to overturning Roe v. Wade, with justices beginning to publicly call each other out on the issue. That, as Oklahoma abortion providers brace for a near-total ban, with Republican Governor Kevin Stitt set to sign a bill that bans the procedure “from fertilization”, and allows civil suits to be brought against anyone helping to access abortion services. Could we see a health care crisis if Roe is overturned?21-year-old Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin stands trial in the first war crime case since Russia invaded Ukraine and pleads guilty to shooting an unarmed 62-year-old civilian. CNN Tonight brings you what he had to say in a Kyiv courtroom. Plus, Georgia could see a rematch of the 2018 Abrams/Kemp battle for Governor, and a W.H.O. official is concerned the monkeypox outbreak “could accelerate” this summer. How concerned should Americans be?Hosted by Laura Coates.
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    43 min
  • Capitol Tour Given By Republican On Eve Of Insurrection Investigated

    The January 6 Committee wants to know the purpose of a tour Republican Congressman Barry Loudermilk gave the day before pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol, and says there’s evidence that directly contradicts previous claims by Republicans that they were "no tours, no large groups. No one with MAGA hats on in the Capitol before January 6".

    Votes are still being counted in Pennsylvania where the GOP Senate primary could be headed for a recount, with Trump-endorsed Mehmet Oz holding a razor-thin lead over Dave McCormick. Plus, a Buffalo mass shooting survivor shares her story, a confirmed case of monkeypox is identified in Massachusetts, and some Texas border communities warn of a migrant surge if the “Title 42” restriction is lifted by the Biden administration.

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    1 hr 17 min
  • Oklahoma Poised To Ban Abortion “From Fertilization”
    The Oklahoma legislature passes the nation’s most restrictive abortion bill, banning abortions from the moment of fertilization and allowing private citizens to sue abortion providers who “knowingly” perform or induce an abortion “on a pregnant woman”. Dr. Yashica Robinson, Medical Director of the Alabama Women’s Center, and Nancy Northup, President of the Center for Reproductive Rights, join to discuss.Nina Jankowicz is the former head of the newly created Disinformation Governance Board. She joins CNN Tonight to talk about her resignation three-weeks after being appointed, following attacks from far-right influencers who push the disinformation she was tasked with governing. Plus, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joins to update on the Biden administration’s efforts to solve the baby formula shortage crisis.Hosted by Laura Coates.
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    42 min
  • Trump Encourages Oz To Declare Victory In GOP Senate Race

    The Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary race is neck-and-neck, as Trump encourages the candidate he endorsed, Memhet Oz, to declare victory ahead of the mail-in ballot count result. And with John Fetterman comfortably winning the Democratic Senate primary in the State, does it challenge the conventional wisdom about who’s electable? CNN’s Dana Bash and the New York Times’ Astead Herndon join to discuss.

    Plus, The son of the hero supermarket security guard who died trying to stop the Buffalo mass shooting speaks out, the U.S. reopens its embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, the Dow suffers it’s biggest loss in nearly two years dropping 1,100 points, and the Biden administration invokes the defense production act to alleviate the national baby formula shortage.

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    1 hr 17 min
  • Oz, McCormick Deadlocked In Key GOP Senate Primary
    Dave McCormick and Trump-endorsed Memhet Oz are deadlocked in a too-close-to-call Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary, as mail-in ballots are being counted in race that could impact the balance of power in Washington. Jonathan Wackrow is a corporate security consultant. He joins CNN Tonight to discuss the “around-the-clock security” U.S. Marshals are to provide at the homes of Supreme Court justices ahead of their upcoming abortion ruling.Plus, Professor Michael Eric Dyson joins to discuss how to combat racist extremism in the wake of the Buffalo shootings, an ex-officer pleads guilty to the manslaughter of George Floyd, the House agrees $28 million in funding to address the national baby formula shortage, and a key lawmaker says UFO’s pose a “potential national security threat” as Congress holds its first UFO hearing in half a century.Hosted by Laura Coates.
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    42 min
  • Dr. Oz, McCormick In Tight GOP Senate Primary Race

    It’s all go for the midterm primaries, with Republicans Dave McCormick and Trump endorsed Dr. Memhet Oz in an extremely tight Senate race in Pennsylvania as Kathy Barnette trails behind. That, as CNN projects John Fetterman wins Pennsylvania's Democratic Senate primary, against Conor Lamb and Malcolm Kenyatta.

    In North Carolina, Madison Cawthorn concedes to Chuck Edwards after multiple scandals; everything from bringing a loaded handgun through a TSA checkpoint to accusing his own GOP colleagues of using cocaine and inviting him to an orgy. Plus, as the polls close, Don and the panel discuss the latest results from the Idaho and Oregon primaries.

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    1 hr 20 min
  • 10 Killed In New York Mass Shooting By White Supremacist

    10 people are killed and three are injured in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that police say was fueled by the racist “White replacement” conspiracy theory. The shooting suspect has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. New York Governor Kathy Hochul joins to discuss what she calls as an act of ‘white supremacist domestic terrorism’, and her plea for a national response to fight gun violence.

    CNN Political Director David Chalian joins to give a rundown of the big races to watch in Tuesday’s primary elections, as MAGA conservative Kathy Barnette’s rise in Pennsylvania has the GOP reeling over potential upset and what it could mean for November. Plus, top Republicans speak out against the “Replacement” conspiracy theory as it creeps into mainstream GOP politics, a viral video shows a Rideshare driver standing up to racism, and hundreds of Ukrainians are evacuated from Mariupol.

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    1 hr 16 min

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