Anderson Cooper 360

President Trump and Russian President Putin will meet in Alaska in a historic summit on the war in Ukraine. Former Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, discusses summit strategy with Anderson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump warned Russia will face “very severe consequences” if President Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to end the war in Ukraine during their meeting Friday in Alaska. Plus, the Nobel Prize winner known as the "Godfather of AI” thinks there's a 10-20% chance artificial intelligence will wipe out humans. His solution? Program AI with motherly instincts. He joins Anderson tonight. Plus, reaction from CNN contributor Kara Swisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House lays out plans for getting involved in what's on display at the Smithsonian museums, with an eye toward enforcing its view of American history. Plus, with troops arriving tonight for police duty in Washington D.C., my conversation with Maryland’s Governor Wes Moore, home to Baltimore, where the President is also talking about taking over law enforcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Citing a crime emergency, President Trump says he's taking over the DC police, sending in the National Guard and is ready to do the same in other big cities. Overall crime numbers in DC are lower this year than in 2024. Plus, one of the most well-known Palestinian journalists, Anas Al-Sharif, is dead after being targeted in an Israeli strike. Four of his colleagues were also killed. Clarissa Ward has details on the attack and the widespread condemnation that Israel is now facing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shots fired in Atlanta, and police believe the gunman was targeting the Centers for Disease Control. A police officer was killed during the incident on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, authorities said tonight. Plus, the President names a date and place for his summit with Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After weeks of tough talk, and a day before new sanctions are supposed to hit, President Trump eases up on Vladimir Putin. The question is why? Plus, he's now a Justice Department official, but on January 6th he was one of the mob at the Capitol. And video has surfaced of him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President calls the Epstein story a hoax, and “bullsh*t” and the Vice President says a dinner meeting on the subject is not happening. Plus, all we're learning about the Army sergeant accused of opening fire and wounding fellow troops today at Fort Stewart in Georgia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The talks were taped. What Ghislaine Maxwell told a top Trump administration lawyer in her quest for clemency, and the possibility that they could be made public. Plus, the report is in on what doomed the OceanGate Titan sub on its trip to the Titanic wreckage. CNN's Jason Carroll has the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders arrest warrants for missing Democratic lawmakers, in a redistricting fight that could undermine who controls half of Congress next year. Plus, the Trump DOJ launches a grand jury criminal probe of the Obama administration's handling of 2016 Russian election interference. This less than two weeks after the current President accused the former President of treason and said "it's time to go after people." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump deals with unwelcome facts on the economy by firing the official in charge of gathering the facts. The markets are not fooled and we're keeping him honest. Plus, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice in sex trafficking minors as young as 14 years old, is transferred to one of the cushiest spots in the federal prison system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, with his advisers trying to change the President's verbiage on Jeffrey Epstein, the family of one Epstein accuser is demanding answers about what then-citizen Trump knew, about what Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were doing. Plus, the hard lessons now coming to light in the Texas flood zone, where so many died, just a few weeks ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump administration says it wants transparency when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, but a new court filing reveals how narrow they want our view to be. Plus, what happened at sea and on shore after one of the most powerful earthquakes ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York City's worst mass shooting in a generation. All we are learning more about the investigation, the killer, and the lives he took, including two men who died trying to protect others. Also tonight, the president’s new explanation for his break with Jeffrey Epstein, his fixation with Epstein’s spa, and his lack of outward focus on Epstein’s victims. We will speak with the therapist who counsels some of them about how they are taking it. And the latest from Gaza on the mass starvation unfolding there and the growing pressure on Israel to do more to stop it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Four people, including an off-duty New York Police Department officer, were killed in today’s shooting in Midtown Manhattan, a law enforcement official told CNN. The suspected gunman was tentatively identified as a 27-year-old from Las Vegas and police believe he died of a self-inflicted gunshot. CNN has the latest from the scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aid workers in Gaza are sounding the alarm on what they are calling mass starvation. Plus, Ghislaine Maxwell is given limited immunity in her meetings with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and President Trump does not rule out a pardon for her. Also, this week in Idaho, Steve Goncalves faced down his daughter Kaylee's killer in court and delivered a message: "you failed." Jim Sciutto speaks to him tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An extraordinary meeting today between jailed Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, as the Trump administration tries to quell weeks of backlash over its handling of information on the case. In a post on X, Blanche said the interview with Maxwell will continue tomorrow and “The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time.” Plus, President Trump's feud with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell bursts into the open at the bank's headquarters, with a twist the President might not have anticipated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump was told last month by his Attorney General Pam Bondi that his name was is in the Jeffery Epstein files, sources familiar with the discussion told CNN. Republicans are making moves to subpoena those files from the Department of Justice. Plus, heartbreaking testimony from the families and friends of Brian Kohberger's victims before he was sentenced to life in prison for the Idaho murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A CNN exclusive, newly unearthed videos and photos of then-citizen Donald Trump and Jeffey Epstein together. This, as some House Republicans defy Speaker Mike Johnson over the Epstein issue. Plus, Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists that "no one has died" because the Trump administration dismantled USAID. CNN's Isobel Yeung traveled to Afghanistan to investigate. Plus, remembering Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary and often outrageous heavy metal singer turned reality TV star is dead at 76. Osbourne’s friend, former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins, shares fond memories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House tries to deflect attention on the Jeffrey Epstein case as Republican Sen. Josh Hawley says releasing the grand jury testimony isn’t enough and calls for a hearing on Capitol Hill. We ask Anthony Scaramucci, Shelby Talcott, and David Urban where things go from here. Plus, what a federal judge did today at the sentencing for a former police officer involved in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid after the DOJ requested no prison time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breaking news in the Epstein saga on two fronts. First, the Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to release grand jury testimony from the case. Second, President Trump is now suing the Wall Street Journal. Plus, Anderson’s report on psychedelics to treat post traumatic stress disorder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices