Anderson Cooper 360

The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is “discussing a range of options” to acquire Greenland making clear that using the US military is not off the table. Rep. Jake Auchincloss joins Anderson to discuss. Prominent lawyer George Conway joins Anderson to talk about his candidacy for an open house seat in New York, which is heavily democratic and encompasses most of central Manhattan. Conway is running as a Democrat. He is a former Republican who gained a lot of attention criticizing President Trump while his-then wife Kellyanne Conway was a Trump advisor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump administration officials briefed a select group of bipartisan lawmakers on Venezuela in a classified setting this evening. One person who was in the briefing, Rep. Adam Smith, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, joins Anderson to discuss what was learned. And former CIA Director and head of U.S. Central Command, retired General David Petraeus, gives his perspective on the historic U.S. military operation leading to Maduro's arrest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He's only been in office for two days, but New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is already at the center of a political storm, after revoking his predecessor's recent executive order, including a directive that expanded the definition of antisemitism and another that barred city employees and agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel. Plus, it's the most enduring aviation mystery since the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, tonight a new search is underway for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, almost 12 years after it vanished.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

She fought what she called a battle with her blood and let the world in on the fight. Tatiana Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy's granddaughter. Her courage in the face of a rare form of Leukemia, and the legacy of public service and family tragedy she sadly now joins. Plus, previewing Zohran Mamdani's history-making inauguration, just after the ball drops tomorrow night, as New York's first Muslim Mayor, and one of the youngest ever to serve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New Russian threats over a claimed attack on one of Vladimir Putin's homes that Ukraine says did not happen, and President Trump says he does not like. Plus, China's live-fire war games around Taiwan. What the President says about the possibility that this is not a drill.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look back at Rob Reiner's legacy and the movies we can't stop quoting. Plus, CNN investigates scammers using phones in the high tech crypto economy. Also, the remarkable painter Amy Sherald on her rise from obscurity to art world stardom.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN's Katelyn Polantz has learned the Justice Department's leadership asked career prosecutors in Florida Tuesday to volunteer over the “next several days” to help redact the Epstein files in the latest Trump administration push toward releasing the hundreds of thousands of photos, internal memos and other evidence around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Virginia Democratic Rep. James Walkinshaw, who serves on the Oversight Committee, joins to talk about the latest developments.  Plus, Julie K. Brown, award-winning investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, whose work was instrumental in exposing the extent of Epstein's crimes, talks about the information that is coming out and the information that is being redacted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The United States is pursuing another oil tanker through the Caribbean, and President Trump says "it'd be smart" for Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to leave power. Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton weighs in on Trump's escalating pressure campaign on Venezuela. Plus, Anderson and Andy Cohen giggle through their New Year's Eve memories as the look forward to hosting again from New York City's Times Square.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump DOJ releases a trove of the Epstein files, but much of them are heavily redacted and many have yet to be released, which defies the law passed to get them into the public eye. John King speaks to one of the law's co-authors tonight. Plus, new details on that multi-day, multi-state manhunt for the suspected Brown University shooter that ended up with him dead in a storage facility. What connections he had to the school and to the MIT professor he's believed to have murdered, as well.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Live images from Salem, New Hampshire where law enforcement has converged on a storage facility and a vehicle which may have been used by the Brown University shooting suspect. Police are also investigating potential ties between the Brown shooting and this week's killing of a MIT professor in Boston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are there cracks forming in the president's wall of Republican support? The rebellion he faced in Congress today, the bruising new polling, and rough jobs report, all landing as he gets ready to address the nation at 9pm ET. Plus, new video of Nick Reiner, shortly before his arrest in connection with his parents' deaths, and new details from the medical examiner about how they died. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair about the president having a quote, "alcoholic's personality," the vice president embracing conspiracy theories, Elon Musk being a "odd duck," and more. Anderson has an exclusive conversation with the reporter Wiles spilled it all to.vPlus, the manhunt continues for the Brown University killer, as authorities release more video of a person of interest they're seeking in connection with Saturday's mass shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The sickening slaying of Rob and Michele Reiner, their son Nick, now in custody and "responsible," police say, for their deaths. Plus, with the Brown University shooter still at large, authorities put out new footage and information providing the best picture yet of the man they're looking for, someone they say should still be considered armed and dangerous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

House Democrats release more photos of Jeffrey Epstein with then-friend and businessman Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and more. Tonight, President Trump's reaction to the pictures. Plus, an in depth, revealing conversation with actor, writer, and director Ben Stiller, about growing up with his famous mom and dad, losing them, and what he discovered about them and himself going through the things they left behind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two big defeats for the president on redistricting and for the second time in a week, a grand jury says no to charges against one of the president's leading enemies, New York Attorney general Letitia James.Plus, a state of emergency in western Washington state, after days of heavy rain causing severe flooding. Anderson speaks to Governor Bob Ferguson.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The administration escalates the naval campaign against Venezuela, seizing an oil tanker said to be carrying Venezuelan crude and telling Colombia's president "he's going to be next." Plus,  the president is asked to reconcile his promise to make America affordable again, with his claim that affordability is a Democratic hoax. How he answered, how he's dodging responsibility, and where that leaves him with voters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President tries selling his record on affordability in the swing state Pennsylvania, but with midterms now less than a year away, will voters buy it, at any price? Plus, the moment Luigi Mangione was caught on police body camera video. The video was released a year to the day after his arrest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last week, President Trump said he had no problem with the Pentagon releasing classified video of the boat strike that killed two survivors clinging to wreckage, but today he says he didn't say that. Now, with lawmakers in both parties seeking more transparency, we're Keeping Them Honest. Plus, the reward's now up to $15 million in the global manhunt for a fugitive Olympic snowboarder and alleged drug kingpin accused, among other things, of ordering the execution a federal witness against him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Exclusive new reporting is casting doubt on the Trump administration's claim that hitting an alleged drug boat, then killing the survivors, was necessary, because the boat was heading to the U.S. We now know the mission commander said it was not. Plus, the president gets a new, somewhat puzzling prize, from a soccer league.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 National Committee headquarters, the night before the January 6th attack.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.com/adchoices

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 Chin, who was there with him to document it all for an upcoming National Geographic film.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.com/adchoices

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

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.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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, ever did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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's, as well as a real target, she says, for violence.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper anchor Election Day coverage as voters across the country head to the polls in the first major elections of President Trump's second term. We bring you all the latest exit polls, analysis, and up to date results.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The final hours before Americans vote. State and local races, with big national implications, and a president facing new and dismal job approval numbers, now weighing in on some of them. Plus, the president pardoned a "crypto king" who reportedly helped make his family's company billions. So why is Trump now claiming he doesn't know the guy? We're Keeping Them Honest.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the eve of nearly 42 million Americans losing food assistance payments, starting tomorrow, President Trump has just weighed in and suddenly seems to be trying to find a way to keep those food payments coming. Plus, what could have been a true Halloween terror. The FBI says it stopped an ISIS-inspired attack. CNN's John Miller has details of what authorities say the plan entailed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices