U.S. Prepared To Recognize Russian Control Of Crimea

In the wake of the early New Year's Day attack in New Orleans, Bourbon Street's security vulnerabilities are coming under scrutiny. Anderson speaks to one security expert who called Bourbon Street the perfect target, five years after his firm warned officials the area was especially vulnerable to a vehicular ramming attack. Plus, a New York judge has upheld President-elect Donald Trump conviction in his hush money case rejecting his effort to throw out the jury’s verdict because of his reelection. Judge Merchan set sentencing for one week from today, but indicated the case is essentially over.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 Jan 47min

Anderson is live from New Orleans tonight. Zion Parsons joins to discuss the terrorist attack in New Orleans where 14 people were killed, including his friend 18-year-old victim Nikyra Cheyenne Dedeaux. Anderson also spoke with Jeremi Sensky who was in his wheelchair when he was hit by the truck. He's now recovering from surgery and two broken legs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 Jan 49min

Tributes continue to pour in after Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died on Sunday. Carter was the oldest living former U.S. president and the first to reach 100 years old. Anderson speaks to two people who were personal friends of the former President and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, superintendent of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Park Jill Stuckey and the Carters' personal pastor Tony Lowden. Anderson also talks with PBS senior correspondent Judy Woodruff, former President Reagan's daughter Patti Davis and legendary presidential biographer and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31 Des 202447min

Rep. Jake Auchincloss, (D-MA), weighs in on President-elect Trump asking the Supreme Court to pause the upcoming TikTok ban. Plus, new signs of what may have downed a passenger jet, as one survivor speaks about what it was like when the plane was hit. CNN safety analyst and former FAA safety inspector David Soucie and William Taylor, former Ambassador to Ukraine, discuss the new developments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28 Des 202447min

Ret. Lt. General Mark Hertling and aviation analyst Miles O'Brien discuss the latest on the crash involving an Azerbaijan Airlines jet. Early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed the plane, according to a U.S. official. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27 Des 202447min

The House Ethics Committee found evidence that former congressman Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex or drugs on at least 20 occasions, including paying a 17-year-old girl for sex in 2017, according to a final draft of the panel’s report on the Florida Republican, obtained by CNN. Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s first choice to be attorney general, has denied all allegations. Plus, the latest on former President Bill Clinton, who is in the hospital where he is undergoing testing and observation after developing a fever, his spokesman told CNN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 Des 202446min

After a frantic scramble by lawmakers, the House passed a last-minute stopgap funding bill just hours before tonight's midnight deadline to avoid a government shutdown. Now, the bill heads to the Senate for approval. The latest plan would extend government funding into March and includes disaster relief and farming provisions, but does not include a suspension of the debt limit, which President-elect Donald Trump has been demanding that Republicans address. South Dakota Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson and Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin discuss the progress made today. Plus, the growing concerns about bird flu. Veronica Miracle visits a dairy farm in California, where there is now a statewide emergency over the spread of the virus livestock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Des 202446min

House Republicans failed to pass legislation tonight that would keep the federal government running until March, intensifying the threat of a shutdown ahead of tomorrow night's deadline. The Trump-endorsed plan was opposed by almost all Democrats, who are frustrated and angry after Elon Musk and the President-elect tanked an earlier bipartisan deal, as well as dozens of Republicans. But GOP Rep. Don Bacon voted for it and joins AC360 to share why and what could happen next. Plus, how the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione started the day facing state murder charges and finished it in a federal jail in New York City, facing a federal murder charge that could carry a death sentence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20 Des 202446min