Keeping Them Honest: Downplay, Disparage, Deny

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

5 Aug 45min

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

2 Aug 45min

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

1 Aug 45min

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

31 Jul 45min

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

30 Jul 45min

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

29 Jul 55min

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

26 Jul 45min

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

25 Jul 45min