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First: President Biden and Kevin McCarthy announce an "agreement in principle" to raise the debt ceiling and avoid an economic catastrophe. But the hardest part may lie ahead: convincing their parties to vote for it. Plus: Ron DeSantis jumps into the 2024 race and levels his toughest attacks yet on Donald Trump. But will it be enough? And: Retail giant Target is the latest battlefield for conservatives hoping to roll back LGBTQ rights. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Two days after officially launching his 2024 presidential bid, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis directly and repeatedly attacks Republican front-runner Donald Trump while floating ideas like firing the FBI director and pardoning January 6th criminals. Plus: Kevin McCarthy sounds positive as the outline of a debt deal emerges. Neither liberals nor conservatives are happy with the compromises being negotiated. And: New revelations about the Trump classified docs probe from the Washington Post, including the former president allegedly producing a dress rehearsal of moving sensitive materials out of sight. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Ron DeSantis chooses Twitter to make his official 2024 presidential campaign announcement and is plagued by embarrassing technical difficulties. When we could hear him, he pointed to abortion and spending among the issues with which he disagrees with Donald Trump. Plus: A judge decides how much time the Oath Keepers leader will spend behind bars. And: Despite the looming debt deadline, Kevin McCarthy sends lawmakers home for the weekend. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: A just-released CNN snapshot of the 2024 Republican primary race shows Donald Trump with a huge lead. However, voters say they're open to supporting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who's scheduled to officially announce his candidacy tonight via Twitter. Plus: Donald Trump's legal team wants an audience with the attorney general to complain about the special counsel and his investigation. And: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sends negotiators to the White House, insisting he's conceded a lot to President Biden in the debt ceiling debate. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Both President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy deem their latest meeting productive, but the two sides still appear to be nowhere near a debt ceiling deal. Plus: Donald Trump's words at last week's CNN town hall push E. Jean Carroll to seek more damages. And: Swing voters dread the idea of a Biden-Trump rematch, but their focus group on what would happen if there is one is quite revealing. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Today's show begins just after South Carolina Senator Tim Scott officially announces his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He joins the field with a not-insignificant amount of cash and a conservative message centered on hope, faith and opportunity. Plus: President Biden and Kevin McCarthy come together for a critical meeting about the debt ceiling with default looming just 10 days away. And: Lawyer Tim Parlatore explains why he quit Donald Trump's legal team. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden ends his overseas trip with no debt limit deal in sight, and says it’s time for the GOP to move from its “extreme positions”. Is there still time to avoid economic calamity?Plus, Ron DeSantis is finally set to announce his 2024 run, but does he have what it takes to topple Trump?And, there’s an election nightmare on HBO’s “Succession”. The question viewers are asking is, could it happen in real life? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: After days of optimism, negotiators for the White House and Kevin McCarthy's office pause debt ceiling talks, all but eliminating hopes of a deal by this weekend. Plus: Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is headed to Japan where he will ask the richest democracies to deliver more weapons at a crucial moment. And: Ron DeSantis' feud with Disney prompts the mouse company to drop plans for a billion-dollar complex in Orlando. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Sources tell CNN the official "DeSantis for president" paperwork will be filed next week. His "how to beat Trump" battle plan is a culture wars blizzard on abortion, guns and transgender rights. Plus: New reporting reveals the special counsel investigating Donald Trump will soon have his hands on 16 records that show the former president and his advisers knew how the classified document declassification process was supposed to work. And: President Biden is in Japan for a meeting of the world's leading economies. Peers want assurances the political divide over the debt ceiling won't lead to a global financial mess. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Both the White House and Republicans are more upbeat after President Biden tapped three trusted aids to negotiate directly with the House speaker's team. But giant policy divides remain, despite big progress with the process. Plus: The Carolinas take center stage in the abortion debate. North Carolina Republicans override the governor's veto to enact a 12-week ban. In South Carolina, a six-week ban is the subject of a marathon debate. And: We review the results of some big primaries last night. Trump-backed candidate Daniel Cameron is now the Republican choice to challenge Kentucky's Democratic governor. Pennsylvania and Florida voters delivered some off-year surprises. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: In just hours, congressional leaders head back to the White House to talk through a debt deal. But Democrats are already worrying that President Biden sounds close to caving. Plus: New and disturbing video shows a baseball bat-wielding attacker beating two staffers at a congressional office. And: Ron DeSantis nears a 2024 presidential launch with infrastructure and big money, but also with deflated expectations after months of fierce Donald Trump attacks. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Volodymyr Zelensky's tour of western leaders ends with a British promise of more missiles and more drones, but Ukraine's big ask -- fighter jets -- is still a TBD. Plus: Ron DeSantis puts on an apron and plays the everyman in Iowa. And: The White House suddenly sounds hopeful about avoiding a debt ceiling cliff, and the president abandons a gotcha game of semantics by calling the negotiation ... a negotiation. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: After the end of the Covid-era Title 42 border rule, the number of migrants at the U.S-Mexico border is lower than expected. Still, asylum seekers will face a reshaped immigration landscape. We bring you an update from the southern border. Plus: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was back in Iowa yesterday to test his retail politics. But has Trump ended the DeSantis campaign before it even began? And: can President Biden and Speaker McCarthy make a deal to avoid a debt default? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The Biden White House tells migrants to turn around. That, after Title 42 comes off the books, luring thousands to the southern border, where facilities are stretched way beyond what they can handle. Plus: A big meeting to discuss the debt ceiling is cancelled, pushing the US further towards default. Is And: Declared 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising the voting age to 25 for most Americans. Is it a blatant attempt to help Republican odds? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: At a CNN town hall, the front runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination spews lies about January 6th, classified documents, and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Plus: Right now, there's a massive number of migrants waiting on the southern border as time runs out tonight on the Title 42 policy that made it easier to turn them away. And: As Ukraine gets a big delivery -- cruise missiles from the UK -- President Zelenskyy says he will win the war before the next US election. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rep. George Santos surrenders to authorities, accused (among other things) of using campaign cash to buy designer clothes, launder money, and stealing insurance money at the height of the pandemic. Plus: Tonight, Donald Trump gets a prime-time audience in New Hampshire right here on CNN, one day after a jury delivered a stunning verdict finding the former president liable for sexually abusing a woman and then telling malicious lies about her. And: While yesterday's debt ceiling huddle wasn't a total failure, everybody is still dug in. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The US government's biggest players -- Biden, McCarthy, Jeffries, Schumer, McConnell -- sit down for talks with the stability of the global economy on the line. Plus: We're learning more about the victims of the massacre in Allen, Texas -- and the shooter who slaughtered them. And: Donald Trump's civil case goes to a New York jury after closing arguments, the focus on credibility and the former president's refusal to show up. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Police are mulling over possible motives after a mass shooter blasted his way through an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, taking eight innocent lives. Plus: Another eight people are dead in Brownsville, Texas, after a Range Rover bulldozes migrants. And: New polling shows America is deeply unhappy with Joe Biden -- including Democrats -- as the president confronts crises on the border and on Capitol Hill. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First, our panel discuss gun reform after eight people were killed and seven injured in a mass shooting at a mall just outside of Dallas on Saturday. Then, as a debt default potentially looms, are there signs a deal can be reached on Capitol Hill? After, the striking elements of the Donald Trump civil rape trial which has closing arguments this week. Plus, the Biden administration braces for a surge of migrants at the border. What are the challenges and solutions now facing the U.S. immigration system? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US added 253,000 jobs last month, far exceeding expectations. Unemployment, meanwhile, remains at a 50-year low. And Black unemployment is at its lowest-ever level. The Fed suggested this week it might be done with interest rate hikes. But do these robust job numbers, following a three-month downward trend, threaten to undermine the Fed's efforts to cool the economy and tame inflation? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Washington DC jury convicts five members of the Proud Boys for their actions on January 6th. Four are guilty of seditious conspiracy, the most serious charge. All five face significant prison time. Plus: Russia points to the United States and says Washington is somehow behind that brazen drone attack on the kremlin. The White House calls this claim b.s. And: The special counsel puts the Trump Organization in his sights. Sources telling CNN Jack Smith's prosecutors are zeroing in on how long-time President Trump employees handled the evidence. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Kremlin accuses Ukraine of trying to assassinate Vladimir Putin with a drone attack. Kyiv's response: We don't attack Russia. Plus: Migrants prepare to overwhelm the southern border. The Biden administration snaps into action, ordering troops to the border, orchestrating a new deal with Mexico and erecting new processing centers. And: The text message that fed the Fox decision to fire Tucker Carlson reveals the anchor rooting for a mob to kill someone ... and borrowing from Jim Crow. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: President Biden orders 1500 active duty troops to the southern border, as thousands of people camp out ready to enter the US to cities unprepared for the migrant surge.Plus: Countdown to crisis - the Treasury Secretary puts a clock on how much longer America can pay its bills.And: Ron DeSantis nears his 2024 moment by making it clear that culture war fights on abortion, Disney, and the death penalty are central to his campaign in waiting. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: First Republic Bank collapses. A weekend deal to buy it bales out uber-wealthy depositors but stirs worries about the strength of the economy. Plus: The head of the Republican National Committee delivers a blunt warning to Republican candidates coast to coast: ignore the abortion issue at your own expense. And: Entire lives packed into a single suitcase. CNN captures the desperation on the dock in Port Sudan as thousands are hoping to leave a nation at war with itself. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Joe Biden makes it official, declaring his candidacy for re-election. Most voters think he's still better than the alternative. Plus: Mike Pence testified before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election. Are prosecutors moving closer to indicting the former president? And: Would-be presidential candidate Ron DeSantis may have picked a fight he can't win in his battle with Disney. So why doesn't he just let it go? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Former Vice President Mike Pence faces a federal grand jury looking into Donald Trump's efforts to steal the 2020 election. The testimony marks a pivotal moment in the special counsel investigation. Plus: Conservative-led legislatures in South Carolina and Nebraska say no to stricter abortion laws. It's the latest whiplash moment as Republicans wrestle with their promises to ban abortion where they can in the post-roe world. And: A heavyweight showdown is now brewing in West Virginia after Jim Justice announces his run for Joe Manchin's seat. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Kevin McCarthy herds a debt ceiling bill through the House, but it's guaranteed to go nowhere in the Senate. Plus: Former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll is back on the witness stand after detailing an alleged attack by former President Donald Trump two decades ago. And: The mouse strikes back at Ron DeSantis, making him a defendant in a lawsuit. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson declares his candidacy for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, proclaiming the soul of the GOP is at stake. Plus: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy makes late-night concessions on a debt-limit blueprint. But does he have the votes? And: A state visit celebrates a 70-year partnership between the US and South Korea. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Joe Biden officially enters the 2024 presidential campaign. His announcement video makes clear he expects to stair down Trump in a rematch and mirrors his message in 2020. Plus: Nikki Haley tries to change the Republican party's conversation about abortion with a message calling for more compassion. And: Jury selection kicks off in a civil case over whether former President Donald Trump defamed a writer who accuses him of rape. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Fox makes a stunning announcement: It's severed ties with its highest-rated anchor, Tucker Carlson. This will no doubt raise eyebrows as it happens one week or so after a nearly $800 million settlement for election lies. Plus: The president's team rushes to lock in key pieces of a would-be 2024 campaign, videotaping an official announcement and choosing a campaign manager. But still no word on when Joe Biden will greenlight his re-election bid. And: Ron DeSantis visits Japan, trying to look the part of Commander-in-Chief. But he's still playing coy about if or when he'll challenge Donald Trump. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In just a matter of days, President Biden is expected to take the plunge and formally announce his bid to retake the White House.Plus, Ron DeSantis ups the ante in his contentious war against Disney, as the Florida Governor continues to lose Republican endorsements to Trump.And, could GOP hardliners upend Speaker McCarthy’s debt limit deal?Also, the Tennessee Democratic lawmakers targeted by Republican State House officials for protesting on gun reform, join to talk about the future of gun reform ahead of their White House visit tomorrow.Finally, former First Lady Michelle Obama gets personal in a new interview with Jimmy Fallon about what it was like living in the White House. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The official re-election announcement for Biden-Harris 2024 will come in a video likely early next week. This, even though many Democrats are lukewarm about a second term. Team Biden is betting again that Republicans are about to remind voters why they chose Biden back in 2020. Plus: All eyes today are on the Supreme Court, which faces a midnight deadline for a pivotal decision on the abortion drug mifepristone. And: Brand new CNN reporting on how Donald Trump's allies looked for ways to challenge -- possibly even decertify -- the Democrats' win in a key Georgia Senate race. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever, gets off the launch pad, then explodes just minutes into its mission. Plus: Mediators order election denier Mike Lindell to give an expert $5 million for debunking Lindell's election lies. And: We look into an IRS agent's stunning allegations: that the President Biden's team is mishandling the investigation into his son Hunter, and that Attorney General Merrick Garland lied to Congress. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fox inks a $787 million settlement with Dominion -- a historic and embarrassing sum. But ... the network escapes without publicly saying these words to its viewers: "Sorry. We lied to you." Plus: Two Florida men battle for the approval of mostly other Florida men, as Donald Trump tries to outshine Ron DeSantis by nabbing more congressional endorsements from Florida. And: Alabama police announce they've arrested two teens on reckless murder charges in connection to the Sweet 16 mass shooting that killed four. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The fate of the abortion pill mifepristone is in the hands of the Supreme Court. A decision could happen at any moment. Plus: The man who shot a Black teen who rang the wrong doorbell is still not under arrest. Attorneys for Ralph Yarl's family say that's an outrage ... and that the reason is Black and White And: More on the Florida governor versus the house the mouse built. Ron DeSantis threatens retaliation against Disney with rival amusement parks, perhaps with a state prison to crowd Cinderella's castle. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Congress is back today, and lawmakers returned to a very long to do list this morning. The House Speaker Kevin McCarthy used the New York Stock Exchange as the backdrop for a speech in which he placed blame for the debt ceiling stalemate at President Biden's feet. Plus: House Judiciary Republicans hold a hearing in Manhattan to try and turn up the pressure on DA Alvin Bragg, calling him soft on crime. Is it an attempt to deflect attention from Bragg's prosecution of Donald Trump. And: Does a delay on the eve of a billion-dollar trial signal Fox is ready to settle with Dominion are headed for a settlement? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why did a young member of the Air National Guard have access to some of America’s closest held secrets? Also, Ron DeSantis signs an abortion ban in Florida as some conservatives worry they’ve gone too far for most voters. Will GOP leaders moderate their policies or just their rhetoric? Plus, some Democrats are calling for Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) to resign after a series of health concerns. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: 21-year-old Air National Guard member Jack Texiera made his first court appearance today, where he was formally charged with leaking top-secret US intelligence documents online. Plus: New CNN reporting on an intriguing avenue of investigation for Special Counsel Jack Smith, who wants to know if Donald Trump is using an army of lawyers to intimidate potential witnesses. And: Did Ron DeSantis just make himself unelectable? Florida's governor just signed one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws, barring the procedure after just six weeks of pregnancy. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just moments before today's show begins, the Justice Department announces it's asking the Supreme Court to intervene in an abortion pill case with ramifications from coast to coast. Plus: The New York attorney general deposes Donald Trump, who likely faces hundreds of questions with $250 million in the survival of his family business on the line. And: 89-year-old Senator Dianne Feinstein says she won't resign after missing a month plus of work and after a California colleague says she's no longer fit to serve and that she should quit. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The Justice Department responds to a late-night filing in an abortion court battle that could impact women from coast to coast. Plus: The top Democrat in the House says he hardly remembers his uncle's flagrant antisemitic remarks, but CNN's K-file uncovers an opinion piece from a college-age Hakeem Jeffries defending his uncle and defending Louis Farrakhan from the "white media." And: Tim Scott (R-SC) forms an exploratory committee as he eyes a potential 2024 run for president. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show begins immediately following an emotional press conference in Louisville concerning yesterday's massacre at a local downtown bank. "This will keep happening until we say enough," said Mayor Craig Greenberg, who implored the state legislature to pass new laws to fight gun violence. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Police in Louisville say a shooter killed at least four people and sent at least eight more to the hospital -- including two police officers -- after a morning assault at a downtown bank. The shooter, believed to be an ex-bank employee, was killed. Plus: A federal judge tries to take abortion pills approved by the FDA off the market. And: How did some of America's most sensitive secrets wind up on the internet? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federal judge in Texas blocked the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Less than an hour later, a federal judge in Washington State ordered the federal government to keep the drug available in 17 states plus the District of Columbia. For now, the medication remains available and the case is likely headed towards the Supreme Court. Today’s panel looks at what comes next. Plus, did Tennessee Republicans’ decision to expel two Democratic lawmakers from the state House backfire? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new jobs report out today shows hiring cooling some but is still strong, while the unemployment rate matches a 50-year low. Yet new CNN poll numbers reveal most Americans see the economy as weak, and half tell us their bottom lines are worse today than a year ago. Plus: Joe Biden delays big choices about 2024, such as who to lead his campaign, where to put the headquarters, and when to make his reelection bid official. And: Is it a moment or a movement? Republicans exile two of Tennessee's youngest Black lawmakers from the statehouse over a protest demanding stricter gun laws. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Brand new CNN polling reveals just one-third of Americans believe President Biden deserves to be re-elected, and a majority in his own party say they would like to see someone else as the Democratic nominee for president next year. Plus: A new report finds Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose luxury travel around the world worth hundreds of thousands of dollars -- trips that were paid for by a billionaire conservative activist. And: Controversy right now in Tennessee, where three Democrats in the legislature could soon be expelled for staging a gun-reform protest on the floor of the statehouse. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Top aides to former President Donald Trump tell a federal grand jury about his plan to seize voting machines. And there's new fallout from the 34-felony-count New York indictment. That case is now on a parallel path with the 2024 nominating calendar. Plus: We analyze the results of two big Middle-America elections in Illinois and Wisconsin. And: The Speaker of the House plays host to Taiwan's president. Beijing reacts angrily even though this meeting is a compromise of sorts. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Donald Trump is traveling from Mar-a-Lago to Trump Tower today, starting a chain of events that could very well alter American history. Tomorrow, he goes before a New York City judge as a criminal defendant and earns the infamy as the first-ever former president to hold that title. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first time in history, a former US president will appear before a judge as a criminal defendant. Donald Trump's lawyers say he's the victim of political persecution. His opponents say no one is above the law. Plus: How strong is the case against him? After attacking both the prosecutor and the judge, should he be invoking his right to remain silent? And: In the race for president, his would-be 2024 rivals are forced to defend the man they want to defeat. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Manhattan grand jury makes history, charging Donald Trump with more than 30 counts connected to a hush money coverup of his alleged affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels. All those details are still under seal. But Republicans aren't waiting on the facts, instead rushing to defend the former president. We have it all covered from multiple angles on today's show. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices