Anderson Cooper 360
Episodes
Protesters on the streets in Minnesota with curfews in effect
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another deadly police shooting in Minnesota. Duante Wright was killed during a traffic stop and a medical examiner has ruled his death a hom...
Medical Examiner: Floyd had heart disease but officer interaction "was more than Floyd could take"
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the tenth day of witness testimony in the Derek Chauvin murder trial, two physicians, including the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on ...
Doctor: Floyd’s preexisting conditions and drug use had no impact on death
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A renowned pulmonary critical care doctor testified that George Floyd’s preexisting conditions and drug use had no impact on his death and that he d...
CDC Director: UK variant is now dominant coronavirus strain in the U.S.
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom is now the most common strain in the United Sta...
Police use-of-force expert: Derek Chauvin’s kneeling is not trained restraint tactic
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained restraint ta...
Police Chief: Chauvin “absolutely” violated neck restraint policy
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified that former officer Derek Chauvin’s actions were “in no way, shape or form” proper and “a...
Chauvin’s supervisor: Restraint of Floyd could have ended earlier
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin’s supervisor testified that the force being used by officers should have stopped earlier. Retired Sg...
Graphic body cam videos of George Floyd’s arrest played in court
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Body camera videos from Minneapolis police officers were played in court during his criminal trial and showed the jury what witnesses saw as George Fl...
Firefighter, 9-year-old and teens give powerful testimony in Derek Chauvin trial
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Six bystanders who witnessed George Floyd die took the stand on the second day of Derek Chauvin’s criminal trial. The jury heard testimony from a...
CDC Director: “I’m scared”
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky shared a feeling of “impending doom” with Covid-19 cases spiking throughout the country and said “I’m ...
Biden: Justice Department is “taking a look” at Georgia law
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
President Joe Biden called a new Georgia law that imposes voting restrictions “Jim Crow in the 21st century” and an “atrocity.” When asked if...
Georgia lawmakers move to restrict voting access
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Georgia Republicans sped a sweeping elections bill into law that imposes new voter identification requirements for absentee ballots, empowers state of...
People line the streets of Boulder to honor slain police Officer Eric Talley
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hundreds of people lined the streets as a hearse transferred the body of Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley to a funeral home in Aurora. His patrol ve...
10 killed in Colorado grocery store shooting
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Police identified the ten people killed in the Boulder, Colorado grocery store shooting. One of the victims was 51-year-old Boulder Police Officer Eri...
Multiple people killed in Colorado store shooting
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Multiple people have been killed, including one police officer, in a shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. Authorities said one suspect is i...
Biden: Asian Americans have been “attacked, blamed, scapegoated and harassed”
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Joe Biden condemned the “skyrocketing” hate crimes against Asian Americans in the wake of the Atlanta-area shootings that left eight dead, i...
GOP lawmaker uses hearing on anti-Asian violence to invoke lynching
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reports of anti-Asian hate incidents have been on the rise in recent months and Asian American lawmakers are asking their Republican colleagues to ton...
Atlanta shootings a terrifying escalation for Asian Americans
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began Asian Americans throughout the United States have been verbally harassed, spat on and injured in a “disgusting pat...
Biden to migrants: “Don’t come” across U.S.-Mexico border right now
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Joe Biden discouraged migrants from coming to the United States telling them “don’t come” and “don’t leave your town or city or commun...
Biden administration would welcome Trump’s help in promoting vaccine
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The White House said it would welcome former Pres. Trump’s help in promoting the coronavirus vaccine to his supporters. A recent NPR/PBS NewsHour/Ma...
CDC: U.S. tops 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. has administered more than 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses as Pres. Joe Biden announced his mission to open vaccine access to all adults b...
Biden directs states to make all adults eligible for Covid-19 vaccines by May 1
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One year after the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic, Pres. Joe Biden remembered the lives lost and honored the frontline ...
Pres. Biden calls $1.9 trillion passage of Covid relief bill an “historic victory”
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is an historic day in Washington, DC as Pres. Joe Biden's signature domestic policy issue, the Covid relief bill, passed in the House of Representa...
House set to pass Biden’s Covid relief plan
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The House passed a procedural vote to move the Covid-19 bill to a final vote. The nearly $2 trillion package includes $1,400 stimulus checks to many A...
CDC releases new guidance for people fully vaccinated against Covid-19
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Highly anticipated guidance from the CDC says people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely visit with other vaccinated people and small...
Deal reached to move forward with Covid relief bill
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A source tells CNN that Democratic Senators have reached a deal to move forward with the Covid relief bill, agreeing to extend the enhanced unemployme...
Federal investigators examining communications between U.S. lawmakers and Capitol rioters
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Federal investigators are examining the communications between members of Congress and the pro-Trump mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6. ...
Biden criticizes Texas and Mississippi for lifting restrictions
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Joe Biden criticized Texas and Mississippi for lifting their Covid-19 restrictions and called it “neanderthal thinking.” Biden said “I thi...
FBI Director knocks down GOP conspiracy theories about January 6 attack
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
FBI Director Christopher Wray knocked down a conspiracy theory that the January 6th rioters were “fake Trump protestors,” a baseless claim that’...
CDC Director warns all recent Covid-19 progress could be wiped out by variants
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning Americans that the country is at risk of losing recent gains in the bat...
FDA recommends Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The FDA vaccine advisers recommended authorization of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine. In the U.S., the single-shot showed an overall effica...
Capitol Police Chief: Extremists want to “blow up the Capitol”
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The acting Capitol Police chief warned militia groups involved in the January 6 insurrection want to “blow up the Capitol” “and “kill as many ...
FDA: Johnson & Johnson vaccine is safe and effective
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Food and Drug administration found the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective and meets the emergency use authorization ...
Tiger Woods injured in car crash
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Golfer Tiger Woods suffered serious leg injuries after his SUV crossed onto the wrong side of the road and rolled over several times near Los Angeles....
Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax returns to New York prosecutor
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court ruled that former Pres. Trump’s tax returns can be released to a New York prosecutor. The decision deals a massive lost to Trump, ...
More than 14.9 million Texans impacted by water distribution
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Approximately 165,000 Texans remain without power and more than 14.9 million have been impacted by a water crisis as the state braces for another ...
Cruz responds to criticism over Cancun trip
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz returned from Cancun, Mexico with hundreds of thousands of Texans still without power and dealing with severe water ...
2.6+ million Texans without power with no end in sight
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A winter storm and lengthy cold snap has crippled power facilities in Texas and left more than 2.6 million people without power for several days. The ...
Republicans facing backlash after impeachment vote
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The North Carolina GOP censured Sen. Richard Burr after he voted to convict former President Trump. 16 other Republicans are facing similar backlash. ...
New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Capitol was under attack on January 6th, then-Pres. Trump told House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy the rioters cared more about the election...
GOP Senators and Trump’s defense team met to discuss “strategy”
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former Pres. Trump’s legal team met with Republican Senators, who are also jurors in the impeachment trial, to discuss “strategy.” Democratic Se...
Trump advisers say he hasn’t shown remorse for the insurrection
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Advisers to former Pres. Trump say he still hasn’t shown any remorse for the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th. House impeachment managers ...
Sources: Trump unhappy with lawyer’s performance on first day of trial
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sources tell CNN former Pres. Trump was unhappy with his attorney Brian Castor’s opening argument on the Senate floor during the first day of his se...
Sources: Trump telling aides he believes he’ll be acquitted
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the eve of his second impeachment trial, sources tell CNN since leaving office former Pres. Trump is fixated on “accountability” for the Republ...
Biden: “There is no need” for Trump to get intel briefings
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Biden says former Pres. Trump should no longer receive classified intelligence briefings pointing to his “erratic behavior unrelated to the in...
House strips Rep. Greene from committee assignments
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The House voted to strip Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments after past violent statements and controversial conspir...
McCarthy punts on punishing QAnon-aligned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
House Republican leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s past statements “do not represent the values or beliefs of the Hous...
House Dems: Trump is “singularly responsible” for inciting insurrection
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The House impeachment managers argue that former Pres. Trump is “singularly responsible” for inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as Trum...
Adviser: Trump wants world to know “election was stolen from him”
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An adviser to former Pres. Trump says he may add more attorneys to his legal team before his impeachment trial starts. Trump named two new lawyers for...
U.S. weighs results of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine trials
30 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Johnson & Johnson released the efficacy results of their one-shot Covid-19 vaccine candidate as coronavirus variants are increasingly being found in t...
Pelosi to GOP leadership on response to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: “What could they be thinking?”
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Republican leadership on their failure to rebuke Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over her past comments. Greene repeate...
U.S. to buy 200 million additional doses of Covid-19 vaccines
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Joe Biden announced several measures to help ramp up Covid-19 vaccinations, including his administration’s plan to purchase 200 million additi...
House delivers Trump impeachment article to the Senate
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The nine House impeachment managers delivered the article of impeachment against former Pres. Trump to the Senate. The trial isn’t expected to begin...
Trump’s impeachment trial delayed until February
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that former President Trump’s impeachment trial won’t begin until February 9, giving time for the S...
Fauci: Working with Biden is “liberating” compared to working with Trump
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Joe Biden rolled out a national strategy to combat Covid-19 in his first full day in office. Biden said his plan is “based on science, not pol...
Biden as U.S. hits 400,000 deaths: “To heal, we must remember”
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the eve of being inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, and in front of a memorial remembering the more than 400,000 lives lost to...
Trump’s final days: hiding in the White House and focused on pardons
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump has been hiding in the White House and spending his final days as Commander-in-Chief focusing on about 100 pardons and commutations he’s...
Pentagon authorizes 25,000 National Guard members for inauguration
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Pentagon has authorized up to 25,000 National Guard members for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration as the nation braces for more possible ...
Trump consumed by the unraveling of his presidency as Senate trial looms
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One day after being impeached for the second time, Pres. Trump has been lashing out at aides, allies and lawyers trying to protect him from criminal e...
Pres. Trump impeached for the second time
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump became the first U.S. President to be impeached twice. Ten Republicans sided with the Democrats as a senior Trump adviser says “it all ...
GOP Rep. Liz Cheney: I will vote to impeach Pres. Trump
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House leader, announced she will vote to impeach Pres. Trump saying “there has never been a gr...
Acting DHS Secretary resigns as FBI issues chilling warning
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chad Wolf, the acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary, announced his resignation after instructing the U.S. Secret Service to begin National...
Twitter permanently suspends Pres. Trump’s Twitter account
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Twitter announced that Pres. Trump’s account is permanently suspended “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.” Meanwhile, the White ...
Trump condemns Capitol Hill violence day after telling rioters “we love you”
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump released a video message hours after defending rioters saying “I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem.” This comes a da...
U.S. Capitol secured, woman dead after rioters storm the halls of Congress to try and block Biden’s win
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lawmakers reconvened on Capitol Hill to count electoral college votes after supporters of Pres. Trump stormed the halls of the Capitol, engulfing it i...
WH Adviser: Trump’s call to Georgia Secretary of State was “crazy” and a “mistake”
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A top Georgia election official methodically shot down a list of election conspiracy theories Pres. Trump aired in a phone call with Georgia Secretary...
CDC: Nearly 2.8 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The CDC says nearly 2.8 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administrated despite Operation Warp Speed’s goal of 20 million by the end of the y...
Fauci: “I think we just have to assume that it’s going to get worse”
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anthony Fauci warns that recent holiday travel could make January even worse than December when it comes to the Covid-19 pandemic adding the surge...
Pres. Trump gambling with dollars and lives
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The House of Representatives passes a bill with larger relief checks for coronavirus relief pushed by Pres. Trump, which the Senate has previously opp...
Trump issues more pardons including to his former campaign chairman and Jared Kushner’s father
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump pardons former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort, for longtime ally Roger Stone and Jared Kushner’s father Charles Kushner along with 23 o...
Trump issues series of pardons including to former GOP Congressmen
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump issued a series of pardons that includes two former GOP Congressmen and two men who pleaded guilty in Robert Mueller’s investigation. Am...
Trump meets with lawmakers to push election fraud claims
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump is meeting with lawmakers to push his false election fraud claims. Some in the White House fear the finals days of the Trump presidency sa...
Covid-19 Model: 562,000 deaths in U.S. by April 1
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An influential Covid-19 model from the University of Washington predicts there will be 562,000 deaths by April 1st. If 95% of people wore masks, 55,00...
The White House ignores spike in Covid-19 deaths, cases and hospitalizations
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Just over six months and 190,000 deaths ago, Vice President Mike Pence penned an OP-ED for the Wall Street Journal titled: There Isn't a Coronavirus '...
Trump has told some advisers he’ll refuse to leave the White House
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump has told some advisers he will refuse to leave the White House on Inauguration Day with one source saying “he’s throwing a f***ing tan...
Sen. Mitch McConnell finally acknowledges Joe Biden is the President-elect
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finally congratulates President-elect Joe Biden, as many Republicans in Congress still refuse to recognize his ...
Biden: “The integrity of our elections remains intact”
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Electors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia gathered to cast their votes and affirmed Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United State...
Supreme Court rejects Texas and Trump's bid to overturn 2020 election
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court rejected a bid from Texas' attorney general, which was supported by President Donald Trump, to block millions of ballots in four bat...
FDA advisers recommend authorization of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
FDA advisers have recommended emergency authorization of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as a record 107,248 people are hospitalized in the U.S. ...
All 50 states and D.C. certify presidential election results
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
All 50 states and Washington, D.C. have certified their presidential election results despite Pres. Trump asking the Supreme Court to block millions o...
Supreme Court rejects Republican attempt to block Biden victory
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The former top administration official for cybersecurity, Chris Krebs, whom Pres. Donald Trump fired after saying the election was the most secure in ...
Trump continues to ignore pandemic and lie about election fraud
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump still won’t face reality and admit he lost the election. Instead he’s ignoring the Covid-19 pandemic and the record deaths and hospita...
Influential model projects almost 539,000 U.S. Covid-19 deaths by April
05 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An influential University of Washington model is projecting there will be more than 538,800 U.S. Covid-19 deaths by April. The model also predicts dai...
Biden: I will ask all Americans to wear a mask for the first 100 days
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President-elect Joe Biden said he’ll ask all Americans to wear a mask the first 100 days after he takes office and thinks the country will see “a ...
Source: Expect a “flurry” of pardons before Trump leaves office
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A source close to the White House says the public should expect a “flurry” of pardons before Pres. Trump leaves office in January. The source also...
CDC: Healthcare workers and long term care facility residents should get vaccines first
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vaccine advisers to the Center for Disease Control voted that healthcare workers and residents in long term care facilities should be first in line to...
Fauci: “All things considered, we’re not in a good place”
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covid-19 cases are at record-breaking levels and with a possible surge in the U.S. before Christmas, White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Ant...
Millions of Americans traveling despite CDC warning
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One health expert is warning Thanksgiving could be “the mother of all super spreader events” and Dr. Anthony Fauci is asking Americans to keep ind...
Biden: “I want this country to be united”
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President-elect Joe Biden says he would consider appointing Republicans who voted for Trump to his cabinet because he wants “this country to be unit...
GSA says Biden transition can formally begin
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden and his team that the Trump administration is ready to begin the transition...
Senior GOP lawmakers grow anxious over Trump’s efforts to overturn election results
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Few Republicans have spoken out publicly but a growing number of GOP lawmakers are growing restless and pushing back on Trump’s effort to overturn t...
Georgia confirms Biden victory and finds no widespread voter fraud
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Georgia finished its statewide audit and confirmed President-elect Joe Biden won the state by 12,284 votes over Pres. Trump. The audit found no eviden...
U.S. surpasses 250,000 Covid-19 deaths
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covid-19 has killed more than 250,000 people in the U.S in less than 10 months. The country is currently averaging more than 157,000 cases per day, th...
Pres. Trump fires top DHS cybersecurity official Chris Krebs
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump fired the top Department of Homeland Security official, Chris Krebs, who has repeatedly rejected his baseless claims of widespread voter f...
Biden: “More people may die if we don’t coordinate”
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President-elect Joe Biden warned that “more people may die” if Pres. Trump doesn’t start to cooperate with the transition process and it could p...
Pres. Trump threatens to deny New York a vaccine
14 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump threated to deny New Yorkers a vaccine in his first public appearance since losing the election and with more than 244,000 Covid-19 deaths...
Biden continues transition plans as Trump refuses to concede
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President-elect Joe Biden is continuing his transition plans by narrowing down his list of potential West Wing advisers. Biden has chosen his longtime...
Biden: Trump’s actions are “an embarrassment”
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President-elect Joe Biden says he is “well underway” with his transition effort despite Pres. Trump refusing to accept the results of the election...
Keeping them Honest: “This election is over”
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President-elect Joe Biden declared “this election is over.” Meanwhile, Attorney General Barr has told federal prosecutors to look into unsuppo...
Biden and Trump hit battleground states on Election Day Eve
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are giving their final campaign pitches to voters in battleground states. Former President Bara...