Anderson Cooper 360

Anderson Cooper 360

Anderson Cooper brings you highlights from CNN's premier nightly news program AC360.

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December 4, 2025 48 mins
The U.S. military strikes another alleged drug boat, as lawmakers are shown classified video of the earlier strike that some have called a possible war crime. We have new exclusive CNN reporting that undercuts a major claim made by defense officials about that secondary strike. Plus, a suspect is arrested and charged in the 2021 Washington, D.C. pipe bomb case. Authorities say he planted bombs outside Democratic and Republican Nati...
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A new report finds Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal, that's according to the Pentagon's own inspector general. AC360° has the exclusive reporting. Plus, never-before-seen video and photos of Jeffrey Epstein's infamous private island. Anderson talks with one of the lawmakers in Congress helping to lead the charge to get the full Epstein files released. Learn more about...
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December 2, 2025 46 mins
Polls have just closed in a key special election that could say a lot about Democrats' chances in the midterms. We've got results as they come in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The President holds an Oval Office meeting on Venezuela as questions grow over an alleged drug trafficking boat with experts and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle raising the specter of a potential war crime. Plus, Jared Kushner, a private citizen and the President’s son-in-law, is on his way to Moscow along with Steve Witkoff to try to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine with Putin.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
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We’re following breaking news in what is being a called a targeted attack on two national guardsmen in Washington, DC. We have the latest on their condition and what we know about the suspected shooter. Plus, as controversy swirls around the phone call between President Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and the Kremlin, one Republican congressman calls for him to be fired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...
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The Trump administration makes a federal case out of six democratic lawmakers after their message to service members urging them to disobey unlawful orders. What the FBI is up to, and why their investigation would be unlike anything ever seen before. Plus, not many climb Mount Everest, fewer still climb it and ski back down. Anderson talks to skier Jim Morrison who took on Mount Everest, and Academy Award-winning director Jimmy Chi...
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November 24, 2025 47 mins
A federal judge tosses cases against two presidential enemies because the president's handpicked prosecutor was put in the job unlawfully. We look at the ruling, and what the Justice Department plans to do next. Plus, with millions of Americans about to see their health insurance premiums skyrocket, what's the administration's plan to stop it and when, if ever, will we see it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....
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Call it Mamdani in the lion's den. New York City’s Mayor-elect visits the man who has called him a commie, and who he called a fascist, and it's smiles all around. Plus, breaking news. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she will resign in January. The unexpected development comes just days after her falling out with President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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President Trump calls Democratic lawmakers traitors, says their reminder that troops must disobey unlawful orders is sedition, and says the penalty for that is death. Anderson talks with one of the lawmakers he threatened, Navy veteran Rep. Chris Deluzio. Plus, with the clock ticking for releasing the Epstein files, there is already new fallout for one former Epstein associate, and new questions about how much disclosure to expect....
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Why hasn't the president signed the Epstein Transparency Act yet? And if he does, is the administration already laying the groundwork for putting a lid on releasing the files? Plus, in her first interview since announcing she's retiring, Anderson's exclusive conversation with House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who has seen more history than many lawmakers ever will, and accomplished more than most of her predecessors, all men, eve...
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The bill to release the Epstein files is now on the brink of becoming law, after every single Senate and House member but one agree to send it to the president to sign. Plus, Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the CIA says likely ordered the murder of a Washington Post journalist, gets a heroes welcome in the White House, and President Trump defends him and bad mouths the dead journalist. Learn more about your ad ...
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What's behind the president getting behind a bill to force his hand on the Epstein files? Keeping Them Honest, this is something he could have done himself, with no bill and no forcing. Rep. Ro Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie, the bill's Democratic and Republican co-sponsors, speak to Anderson. Plus, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose support for the bill, among other things, has made her a verbal target of President Trump...
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President Trump turns his vitriol again toward his political enemies and orders the Justice Department to launch an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's ties to some high-profile figures, including Bill Clinton. Plus, new developments in the Georgia racketeering case, which just got a second wind, and still has the President as a defendant.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Tonight,  only on CNN, exclusive reporting on the special treatment Ghislaine Maxwell is getting in her "Club Fed" confinement, and the inmates being punished for speaking out about it. Plus, with 20 alleged drug boats now hit and a carrier task force in the Caribbean, CNN has learned that President Trump's top advisers have briefed him on options for military operations inside Venezuela. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...
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After 43 days, the longest shutdown in US history is about to be, well, history. AC360° brings that to you live.  Plus,  the House could be one step closer to voting to release all of the FBI's Epstein case files. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, the newest Democratic congresswoman, whose signature made that step possible, speaks to Anderson.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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With House lawmakers taking their first steps tonight to reopen the government, Americans brace for lingering pain from the shutdown as President Trump tries to say the pain's not real. Plus, a CNN exclusive on how the administration's campaign against alleged drug boats is costing the United States access to potentially vital intelligence from one of the country's oldest and closest ally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...
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A vote to finally end the government shutdown could come tonight. The question now: has democratic support for the move started a war within the party? Plus, President Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election. We look at they did, and the message it now sends to his allies in future elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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As shutdown talks stall, the administration warns flight cancellations could soar, and the President jets off to Mar-a-Lago. Plus, with so many planes not going anywhere, an electric flying machine is something to dream about that one day anyone might be able to pilot. CNN’s Nick Watt got to check one out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Flights canceled.  Will there be airport chaos? How the government shutdown could leave travelers grounded starting tomorrow, and for days to come. Plus, a mind-blowing conversation with mentalist Oz Pearlman. How does he get inside peoples' heads? Anderson puts him to the test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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What a Democratic sweep last night says about President Trump, the midterms next year, and maybe the general election in 2028. Anderson talks with one of the big winners, New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill.  Plus, piecing together the first, and the last, fiery seconds of that UPS cargo jet crash in Louisville, as the death toll climbs, and the search for victims continues.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
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