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How Good Are Trump's 2020 O...

07.13.2020

Coronavirus has dominated much of the year so far, so it makes sense that the 2020 referendum on Trump isn't going to be about how well the economy is doing; at least not entirely. Join CNN Senior Writer and Analyst ...

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07.13.2020 How Good Are Trump's 2020 Odds? Coronavirus has dominated much of the year so far, so it makes sense that the 2020 referendum on Trump isn't going to be about how well the economy is doing; at least not entirely. Join CNN Senior Writer and Analyst ...
07.10.2020 A Troubling Number for Trump A new poll finds that two thirds of American disapprove of President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Does that number show that the bottom is falling out of the President's re-election bid? CNN Political Director David Chalian breaks that ...
07.10.2020 John Lewis' Voting Rights Fight is Far From Over John Lewis has led the fight for voting rights for decades, from Selma to the halls of Congress. But that fight is far from over- and voting rights are facing a new threat in the form of a dangerous pandemic. ...
07.09.2020 Trump and Fauci Clash Over Wishful Thinking President Trump seems increasingly at odds with Dr. Fauci over his perilously optimistic attitude over America's fraught handling of coronavirus. CNN Political Director David Chalian delves into the possible ramifications for the Presidents' re-election, and what he should be doing ...
07.08.2020 Tucker Carlson is Doing Trump's Dirty Work One of the President's biggest media allies, Fox News' Tucker Carlson is attacking the patriotism of a leading Biden VP candidate, Illinois Senator and double amputee Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth. CNN Political Director David Chalian breaks down how this ...
07.07.2020 New Trump Book: Family Secrets and Psychoanalysis In a new book, President Trump's niece, a clinical psychologist, delves into the President's family history and makes devastating claims about his mental state. Join CNN Political Director David Chalian as he breaks down what the book means for the ...
07.06.2020 Trump's Fourth of July Message: Dividing America On the weekend the Fourth of July, a moment meant to signify country unity, President Trump continues to deliver divisive speeches aimed at his base. But with 4 months to go, will this path to re-election work? Join CNN Political ...
07.02.2020 The Economy is on the Rise, and So Are Coronavirus Cases As the economy takes a step towards recovery, President Trump takes a victory lap. But new coronavirus cases are also surging to record setting levels. CNN Political Director David Chalian talks about the calculus behind the president ignoring the worsening ...
07.01.2020 Trump's Congressional Losses CNN’s Political Director David Chalian breaks down how several far-right Republicans have recently defeated candidates endorsed by President Trump in Republican Congressional primaries... and how they could impact the future of the party.
06.30.2020 The Politics of Wearing a Mask CNN’s Political Director, David Chalian, discusses the politicized debate over masks and whether President Trump will follow key members of his own party and wear a mask publicly.
06.29.2020 Trump Retweets Racist Video CNN’s Political Director, David Chalian, discusses the impact of President Trump’s most recent retweet of a racist video in which a man chants 'white power’.
06.25.2020 The Mood vs. The Map As President Trump travels to Wisconsin, CNN Political Director David Chalian breaks down the latest on the 2020 race in the key swing states that will determine who wins the presidency.
06.24.2020 Biden Builds A Lead in Key Voting Groups CNN’s Political Director, David Chalian, breaks down the takeaways of the new NYTimes/Siena College national poll, which shows Biden with a big lead over Trump.
06.23.2020 Today in Politics: Voting During a Pandemic CNN Political Director David Chalian's thoughts on the biggest news in politics today.
06.22.2020 Today in Politics: What Matters and What Doesn't CNN Political Director David Chalian's thoughts on the biggest news in politics today.
06.19.2020 Juneteenth, 99 Years of Pain, and Trump's Tulsa Rally Today is Juneteenth, and to cap off what might be one of the most consequential weeks of the political year President Trump gets ready for his first rally in months in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Join CNN Political Director David Chalian and ...
06.18.2020 The Supreme Court Protects DREAMERs, For Now The Supreme Court blocks the Trump Administration's move to end the DACA program, protecting for now the nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from deportation. Join CNN Legal Analyst and Supreme Court Biographer Joan Biskupic and ...
06.17.2020 Is Congressional Compromise on Police Reform Possible? Republicans release their police reform bill, but Democrats say it doesn't go far enough. Former Republican Congresswoman and CNN Political Commentator Mia Love joins CNN Political Director David Chalian to break down the chance of a compromise and share how ...
06.16.2020 A Landmark LGBTQ Supreme Court Decision In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court extended civil rights protections to LGBTQ workers. What does that mean for the country, culturally and politically? CNN Supreme Court Reporter Ariane De Vogue and CNN Culture and Politics writer Brandon Tensley join ...
06.15.2020 Swing States, Cancelled Fairs, and Veepstakes President Trump is set to resume his rallies this week despite concerns over pandemic health risks. CNN Chief Washington Correspondent Jeff Zeleny joins CNN Political Director from the key swing state of Wisconsin to break down the latest in the ...
06.12.2020 Trump's 2020 Game Plan The Republican National Committee has moved their convention "celebration" to Jacksonville, FL. It will be in a 15,000 person capacity arena, and no plans for social distancing during what many experts predict will be the second wave of the pandemic. ...
06.11.2020 Politics and COVID-19: Reopening Amid Dire Predictions Join CNN Political Director David Chalian and CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen to break down the latest on Coronavirus forecasts and what large group events like President Trump restarting political rallies and nationwide protests could mean for the spread ...
06.10.2020 From Celebrating a Life to Building a Movement George Floyd's body was finally laid to rest on June 9th, after a widely attended service in Houston Texas. CNN National Correspondent Omar Jimenz covered the days of world-wide protests sparked by his death at the hands of police and ...
06.09.2020 Inside Minneapolis' Push to "Dismantle" the Police As George Floyd is buried in Houston, the city where he died is looking to dismantle its police department. Minneapolis City Councilman Steve Fletcher joins CNN Political Director David Chalian to explain what the city council's plan actually looks like, ...
06.08.2020 The 2020 Race is Now About Race A new CNN Poll shows Biden with a double digit lead over President Trump. It also shows Trump has roughly the same approval ratings that Jimmy Carter and George W. H. Bush had at this point before they both went ...
06.05.2020 Marching On: Lessons from Past Protests The protest movement following the death of George Floyd shows no signs of stopping. What lessons can be learned from the civil rights movement and the unrest of the 1960's? Incoming Yale Professor of history, law and African-American studies Elizabeth ...
06.04.2020 "Outrage on Top of Outrage" A national movement unlike any seen in decades has swept America following the killing of George Floyd. The rage behind that movement is a unique product of our time. CNN Political Commentator and New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Charles Blow ...
06.03.2020 Where American Policing Goes From Here Minnesota officials announce aiding and abetting charges against the three officers who watched George Floyd die and increase the charges against the officer who kneeled on his neck. CNN Law Enforcement Analyst and former police chief Charles Ramsey joins CNN ...
06.02.2020 Protests, Tear Gas, and a "President of Law and Order" Last night, right before calling himself an “ally of all peaceful protesters", President Trump had the peaceful protestors outside the White House cleared with teargas and rubber bullets. CNN's Political Director David Chalian is joined by White House Correspondent Kaitlan ...
06.01.2020 Unrest in America Protests across America over police brutality boil over and turn violent for the sixth night after the death of George Floyd. Minneapolis native and CNN Legal Analyst Laura Coates joins CNN Political Director David Chalian to recount her weekend in ...
05.30.2020 Prisoner's Dilemma: COVID-19 and the Legal System America's prisons are coronavirus hotspots and prisoners are turning to the courts for help. CNN Supreme Court Reporter Ariane De Vogue joins CNN Correspondent Kristen Holmes to bring you voices from inside America's penitentiaries and break down the complicated legal ...
05.29.2020 Inside a CNN Reporter's Arrest in Minneapolis A shocking moment caught on live TV: A CNN reporter arrested on air while covering protests after an unarmed black man was killed by police. CNN's Omar Jimenez joins CNN Correspondent Kristen Holmes to relive his arrest and take you ...
05.28.2020 Wolf Blitzer Reflects on 100,000 Lives Lost The US has now passed the bleak milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, highlighting the government's response and raising questions about whether many of those lives could have been saved. CNN's Wolf Blitzer joins CNN Correspondent Kristen Holmes to remember those ...
05.27.2020 Joe Biden Emerges Lights, Camera, Social Distancing. CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash joins CNN Correspondent Kristen Holmes to break down her one-on-one sit down interview with presumptive Democratic nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden and how he came out swinging against President ...
05.26.2020 Traveling With POTUS During COVID-19 With much of normal American life still shut down, President Trump traveled to Baltimore for a Memorial Day celebration. CNN Correspondent Kristen Holmes is joined by CNN Senior White House Producer Kevin Liptak, who went with the President, to take ...
05.22.2020 How Will Small Businesses Stay Afloat? More than 38 million have filed for unemployment since the COVID-19 crisis began, and the Senate just left Washington without making key changes to essential economic protection programs. CNN Washington Correspondent Ryan Nobles is joined by CNN Business and Politics ...
05.21.2020 Inside the President's Vote by Mail Fight President Trump travels to Michigan, and threatens to withhold funding from swing states looking to expand vote by mail during the pandemic. Join CNN Washington Correspondent Ryan Nobles and CNN Political Correspondent Abby Phillip as they break down the President's ...
05.20.2020 "Welcome to Team Trump Online" It often seems like the President wants cable news to look more like a Trump rally. Well, that's exactly what the Trump campaign has been producing each night with "Team Trump Online." Join CNN Washington Correspondent Ryan Nobles and CNN ...
05.19.2020 Deception and Distraction in the White House President Trump announces he is taking a controversial, unproven, and potentially dangerous drug to try to prevent coronavirus. CNN Washington Correspondent Ryan Nobles is joined by CNN Fact Checker Daniel Dale and CNN White House Reporter Stephen Collinson to break ...
05.18.2020 Trump's Obama Strategy President Trump is trying to make the 2020 election all about his predecessor, President Obama. But is that a move that could backfire and help his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden? CNN Washington Correspondent Ryan Nobles is joined by ...
05.15.2020 An Insider's Guide to Picking a VP As former Vice President Joe Biden digs into his search for a running mate, President Trump lashes out at his predecessor, President Obama, with a bogus conspiracy. On today's episode, CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama Chief Strategist David ...
05.14.2020 Muted Conference Calls, Toilet Flushes, and Frodo Baggins Imagine working from home AND deciding the future of President Trump's tax returns...That's exactly what the Supreme Court did this week. CNN Supreme Court Reporter Ariane De Vogue joins CNN Senior Political Reporter Nia Malika Henderson to break down the ...
05.13.2020 Sen. Murphy: Lack of CDC Guidance Will "Cost Lives" Senator Chris Murphy says more people will die as states reopen without CDC guidelines and that it may already be too late to prepare for a resurgence in the fall. To discuss that and more from yesterday's hearing with Dr. ...
05.13.2020 U.S. vs. China: Another Cold War? President Trump launches a tweet storm and cuts a press conference short as his rhetoric on China escalates. Today on the Daily DC, CNN Senior Political Reporter Nia-Malika Henderson is joined by CNN Correspondent Kristen Holmes and CNN National Security ...
05.11.2020 The COVID-19 Economic Crisis Deepens The official US unemployment rate reached 14.7 percent, the highest number since tracking the statistic began in 1948. CNN Senior Political Reporter Nia-Malika Henderson talks with Washington Post Columnist Catherine Rampell about the bleak economic outlook and what more can ...
05.08.2020 Senator and Mom: A Quarantine Balancing Act This Sunday is Mother's Day, and two years ago, Senator Tammy Duckworth made history as the first Senator to give birth as a sitting Senator. Amidst, a pandemic and with two young children at home, she sits down with Dana ...
05.07.2020 "We're Not As Prepared As We Should Have Been" President Trump backed off saying he would disband the White House Task force... but one GOP Senator thinks he should. Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, who chairs the health committee, joins Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash to discuss that and more ...
05.06.2020 Obama official: Pandemic Wasn't Unforseen President Trump says the Obama Administration didn't prepare his team for coronavirus. But CNN National Security Analyst and former Obama Homeland Security Adviser joins CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash to go inside the pandemic prep session during the Presidential ...
05.05.2020 Two Mayors and Longtime Friends Take On COVID-19 The Mayors of Oklahoma's two biggest cities are coordinating their responses to coronavirus -they're also lifelong friends. CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash is joined by Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt and Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum to discuss how their ...
05.04.2020 Christie Pushes Reopening: "There Are Going To Be Deaths No Matter What" With projected death tolls climbing, CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash talks one-on-one with former New Jersey Governor and presidential candidate Chris Christie, who says that America needs to reopen the economy now and be prepared for more deaths. He ...

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The Daily DC episodes:

How Good Are Trump's 2020 Odds?

A Troubling Number for Trump

John Lewis' Voting Rights Fight is Far From Over

Trump and Fauci Clash Over Wishful Thinking

Tucker Carlson is Doing Trump's Dirty Work

New Trump Book: Family Secrets and Psychoanalysis

Trump's Fourth of July Message: Dividing America

The Economy is on the Rise, and So Are Coronavirus Cases

Trump's Congressional Losses

The Politics of Wearing a Mask

Trump Retweets Racist Video

The Mood vs. The Map

Biden Builds A Lead in Key Voting Groups

Today in Politics: Voting During a Pandemic

Today in Politics: What Matters and What Doesn't

Juneteenth, 99 Years of Pain, and Trump's Tulsa Rally

The Supreme Court Protects DREAMERs, For Now

Is Congressional Compromise on Police Reform Possible?

A Landmark LGBTQ Supreme Court Decision

Swing States, Cancelled Fairs, and Veepstakes

Trump's 2020 Game Plan

Politics and COVID-19: Reopening Amid Dire Predictions

From Celebrating a Life to Building a Movement

Inside Minneapolis' Push to "Dismantle" the Police

The 2020 Race is Now About Race

Marching On: Lessons from Past Protests

"Outrage on Top of Outrage"

Where American Policing Goes From Here

Protests, Tear Gas, and a "President of Law and Order"

Unrest in America

Prisoner's Dilemma: COVID-19 and the Legal System

Inside a CNN Reporter's Arrest in Minneapolis

Wolf Blitzer Reflects on 100,000 Lives Lost

Joe Biden Emerges

Traveling With POTUS During COVID-19

How Will Small Businesses Stay Afloat?

Inside the President's Vote by Mail Fight

"Welcome to Team Trump Online"

Deception and Distraction in the White House

Trump's Obama Strategy

An Insider's Guide to Picking a VP

Muted Conference Calls, Toilet Flushes, and Frodo Baggins

Sen. Murphy: Lack of CDC Guidance Will "Cost Lives"

U.S. vs. China: Another Cold War?

The COVID-19 Economic Crisis Deepens

Senator and Mom: A Quarantine Balancing Act

"We're Not As Prepared As We Should Have Been"

Obama official: Pandemic Wasn't Unforseen

Two Mayors and Longtime Friends Take On COVID-19

Christie Pushes Reopening: "There Are Going To Be Deaths No Matter What"

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