Anderson Cooper 360

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

Britain's Prince Andrew is soon-to-be evicted from his royal home and stripped of his title by his brother King Charles, in the most dramatic attempt yet to quell the scandal over the disgraced prince’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, he is on the cusp of becoming the first Muslim, and one of first Democratic socialist mayors of America's largest city. Anderson talks with New York mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two federal prosecutors who described the people who attacked the Capitol on January 6th as a "mob" are suddenly suspended, and their court document is replaced. Plus, new images of the enormous destruction Hurricane Melissa did to Jamaica, when it came through as a Category 5 storm. And, Anderson's interview with legendary music journalist and filmmaker Cameron Crowe, who first made a name for himself interviewing rock and roll royalty in the 1970s when he was just a teenager. He talks about his new memoir "The Uncool”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Punishing winds, torrential rains, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded comes ashore, hitting Jamaica as a Category 5 storm. Plus, a deeply moving conversation with country music superstar Luke Bryan, about grief and loss. He's the first guest in the new season of Anderson's podcast, "All There Is.” The audio and video podcast is available right on our grief community page at CNN.com/AllThereIs or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest hurricanes ever measured with sustained winds of 175 mph, heading straight at Jamaica. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam joins us live from Kingston and Anderson speaks to the prime minister of Jamaica about how the country is preparing. Plus, the president again does not rule out seeking a third term, just days after his former top strategist says there’s a “plan" and he’s going to get one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a major escalation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sends the country's newest, biggest aircraft carrier toward Latin America, while the president considers targeting cocaine facilities inside Venezuela. Plus, if you thought TikTok was soul sucking for your kids, wait till you see what this new avalanche of online "AI slop" is capable of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The East Wing of the White House, and the 123 years of American history it embodied, is now reduced to rubble. This comes as the cost of the ballroom, and with it opportunities for donors to curry favor with the President rise. Perspective from former Trump campaign adviser David Urban, former senior adviser to President Obama David Axelrod, and CNN Presidential Historian Tim Naftali. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is defending the demolition of the White House’s East Wing. Months ago, he said the construction "won’t interfere with the current building." We're Keeping Them Honest. Plus, presidential historian and Rice University history professor Douglas Brinkley gives his take on the extensive project to build a ballroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New reporting that the President is asking the Justice Department to pay him $230 million in taxpayer money for prosecuting him. With one catch, top Justice officials have to sign off on it. The good news for the president: he appointed them, and one's his former defense attorney in the case. Plus, the co-author of Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir, on their collaboration, and the chilling revelations in the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He's up for a big job in the Trump administration but perhaps not for long: a new report of deeply disturbing text messages allegedly sent by Paul Ingrassia to a group of fellow Republicans. The Senate's top republican, Majority Leader John Thune, has just weighed in. Plus, with French authorities racing to find several priceless treasures before they are broken up and fenced, all we are learning about how four daring thieves broke into the Louvre and made off with them, including video of them in the act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Expelled from the House, convicted of fraud, sentenced to prison, and now George Santos is getting sprung by a president who says he was "somewhat of a rogue." Plus, after meeting with Ukraine's president, and talking by phone with Putin, President Trump now says that both sides should claim victory and stop the fighting where they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton was indicted today on charges of mishandling classified information, the third critic of the President to be federally charged in less than a month. Plus, Chef José Andrés on the lifesaving work his group is doing in Gaza, with Hamas gunmen seeking retribution against Palestinians they accuse of collaboration, and hunger a daily reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the U.S. conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, the President confirms he authorized a CIA action inside Venezuela, and now he says he'll stop drugs from there by sea and by the land. Plus, a new report on racist texts by members of Young Republican groups , and the Vice President's claim that it's just, "what kids do." Turns out they're not kids--and they are texting about loving Hitler and calling other Americans "the watermelon people." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An ultimatum from Defense Secretary Hegseth to reporters: sign this pledge or lose access to the Pentagon. Find out which news organizations refused to sign and why. Plus, CNN investigates how scammers are stealing millions of dollars from victims using crypto ATMs and see how the companies who own those machines are fighting as they try to claw back what police seize in those transactions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A historic day, more than two years in the making as hostage families are reunited with their loved ones. In Gaza, more than 1,700 held without charges by Israel, were released. Families are now reunited in the hopes that the war is now truly over. Plus, former President Obama sounds off on President Trump's second term, and how he says the guardrails of our democracy have been deliberately damaged. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest on a massive blast at a military explosives plant in Tennessee that officials say has left 19 dead or missing, and law enforcement is treating it as a crime scene.Plus, the Trump administration following through on its threat to lay off federal employees during the shutdown. Tonight, the President saying he's targeting people who are "Democrat-oriented." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Trump, has been indicted by the same DOJ prosecutor targeting James Comey. Plus, celebrations in Gaza and Israel, and now we've learned 200 U.S. troops will be sent to help oversee the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire resolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, President Trump announced a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, at least what he calls the "first phase" of one. The President says it will bring about a ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of the hostages held by Hamas. Plus, an arrest in connection with the Palisades Fire that destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and killed 12 people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As former FBI Director James Comey prepares for his arraignment tomorrow, we have the latest on Attorney General Bondi dodging questions about what led to his indictment, and a whole lot more. Plus, the air traffic controller shortage is spreading across the country. Now, Chicago, Las Vegas, Houston, Newark, Nashville, and other cities are affected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump's battle to send the National Guard into blue states has him hinting at a new threat, invoking the Insurrection Act. Plus, it just got even harder to tell what is real and what is not. OpenAI's new video generator Sora 2 has some cheering at the possibilities and others bracing for a firehose of misinformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices