Anderson Cooper 360
Episodes
Beto O'Rourke on final campaign stretch of Biden vs. Trump
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With only 3 days until the election, there’s new CNN polling from four battleground states. Already more than 91 million Americans have either voted...
Thomas Friedman on his election concerns
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With only 4 days until the election and daily U.S. Covid-19 cases topping 90,000 for the first time, Pres. Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden c...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's thoughts on the election
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With only 5 days until the election, former Democratic Presidential candidate and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren weighs in on the race for the...
Sen. Bernie Sanders on the election and new Woodward audio with Jared Kushner
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With 6 days to election day, Sen. Bernie Sanders, a former Democratic presidential candidate, talks to Anderson about the White House race and what he...
Rep. Jim Clyburn reacts to WH claiming “ending the COVID-19 pandemic”
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The White House science office falsely claims “ending the Covid-19 pandemic” as one of the top accomplishments of the Trump administration's first...
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Reacts to Trump's Attacks on Harris
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump's campaign speeches over the last few weeks have included some attacks against Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris, includi...
New Covid-19 model: Wearing masks could save more than 100,000 lives through February
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An influential Covid-19 model suggests more than 100,00 lives could be saved if 95% of people wore masks. In September, only about 49% of Americans re...
Feds: Russia and Iran have interfered with presidential election
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced both Iran and Russia have obtained U.S. voter registration information in an effort to ...
Stimulus deal negotiations continue with Election Day two weeks away
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are in negotiations in hopes of reaching an agreement on a major relief package that ...
Pres. Trump: “People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots”
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump is attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert and White House Task Force Member, as the U.S. coronavirus death toll to...
Rudy Giuliani’s daughter: Vote for Biden and Harris to “end the nightmare”
17 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Giuliani, the daughter of President Trump’s personal attorney and former New York City mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is urging voters to vote for f...
Chris Christie: “I was wrong to not wear a mask” at the White House
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Christie spent seven days in the ICU after testing positive for Covid-19. Christie helped President Trump prepare for the first 2020 Presidentia...
William Haseltine: “Herd immunity is another word for mass murder”
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In an open letter signed by 80 scientists from around the world, they claim the idea of herd immunity is a “dangerous idea” that could lead to unn...
Democrats grill Judge Amy Coney Barrett on abortion, health care and the election
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For a second day, Judge Amy Coney Barrett took questions from Senate Judiciary Committee members on Capitol Hill on topics ranging from the Affordable...
Pres. Trump campaigns in Florida as cases rise nationally
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump had his first campaign rally, without a mask, since testing positive for Covid-19. He told the Florida crowd he feels “powerful” a...
Trump plans to hold in-person White House event
10 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump plans to hold an in-person event at the White House with thousands invited just a little more than a week after revealing on Twitter h...
13 charged in plot to kidnap Michigan governor and overthrow several state governments
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thirteen people have been charged in an alleged domestic terrorist plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and overthrow several state gover...
White House aide Stephen Miller tests positive for Covid-19
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump, has tested positive for Covid-19. At least 11 people, including President Trump and First Lady Melania ...
Pres. Trump leaves Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and returns to White House
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump returned to the White House after being treated for coronavirus symptoms at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. His return t...
President Trump: “I think I’ll be back soon”
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a video posted to his social media accounts, President Trump says he “thinks I’ll be back soon.” His doctor told reporters "the President is ...
Pres. Trump hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center after testing positive for Covid-19
03 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump took Marine One to Walter Reed Medical Center to stay “for at least a few days” after testing positive for Covid-19. In a short vi...
DHS unlikely to meet its deadline to release threat assessment, draft flagged White supremacist threat
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Homeland Security is unlikely to meet its deadline to release its homeland threat assessment. All three drafts said that among domes...
Trump claims he doesn’t know Proud Boys after name-checking them at the debate
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump says he doesn’t know the far-right group, Proud Boys, a day after he told them to “stand back and stand by” and refusing to cond...
First 2020 presidential debate preview
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On the eve of the first 2020 presidential debate, how are Pres. Trump and former Vice President Biden preparing and what do we know of how the debate ...
NY Times: Trump paid no income taxes in 10 out of 15 years beginning in 2000
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tax return data obtained by The New York Times shows Donald Trump reported he was losing significantly more money than he made and has paid no income ...
Attorney for Breonna Taylor’s family on seeking grand jury transcripts
26 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On a third night of protests in Louisville, Kentucky, Lonita Baker, an attorney for Breonna Taylor's family joins Anderson to discuss the family’s r...
Attorney for Breonna Taylor’s family reacts to grand jury’s decision
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The attorney for Breonna Taylor's family, Benjamin Crump, joins Anderson to discuss the family's reaction to a grand jury’s decision to charge one o...
Reaction to grand jury’s decision on Breonna Taylor’s death
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Protesters took to the streets in Louisville and other cities after no police officers were directly charged in the death of Breonna Taylor. The 26-...
Remembering Adeline Fagan, 28-year-old coronavirus victim
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Doctor Adeline Fagan was just 28 years old. She was in her second year of an OB/GYN residency at a hospital in Houston, where she also worked the fron...
Nearly 200,000 Americans killed by Coronavirus
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Rebecca Shadowen was a specialist in infectious diseases and healthcare epidemiology in Bowling Green, Kentucky. As a frontline doctor, she help...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
19 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer at 87. She was appointed by Bill Clinton in 1993...
Trump: Redfield was "confused" and "made a mistake" on vaccine distribution timeline
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CDC Director Robert Redfield told a Senate Committee he thinks a Covid-19 vaccine won’t be available to the American public until the late secon...
Bob Woodward: “Trump is the wrong man for the job”
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Woodward interviewed President Trump 18 times for his new book “Rage.” Trump talked to Woodward about a wide variety of topics from his handli...
Trump: “This thing is a killer if it gets you”
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When speaking to Bob Woodward back in April when nearly 30,000 Americans had already died from Covid-19, President Trump admitted that the virus “is...
New Covid-19 projection: 415,000 deaths by January 1
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New Covid-19 projection: 415,000 deaths by January 1 As the U.S. Covid-19 death toll nears 200,000, an influential model projects nearly 415,000 dea...
New book reveals Trump knew in early February that Covid-19 was dangerous, highly contagious, and "deadly"
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Woodward’s new book, “Rage,” reveals President Trump admitted in early February he knew just how dangerous, highly contagious, and "deadly" ...
Three Trump advisers: Atlantic story losing punch unless sources go public with allegations
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump is back on the campaign trail days after the bombshell Atlantic report claiming he disparaged the military. In several conversations s...
Trump says report that he called U.S. service members who died in war “losers” and “suckers” is a hoax
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump forcefully denied a report in The Atlantic magazine that claimed he disparaged U.S. service members killed in battle. The report also ...
Jacob Blake tells Joe Biden he’s not going to give up and nothing is going to defeat him
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Biden traveled to Wisconsin to speak with Jacob Blake’s family and community leaders in Kenosha. Biden also spoke with Jacob Blake, the Black Wi...
CDC tells states to get ready for vaccines as soon as late October
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has told states across the country to prepare for a possible Covid-19 vaccine as soon as late Octo...
Trump doesn’t address systematic racism during Kenosha visit
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At a roundtable event during President Trump’s visit to Kenosha, he neither addressed systematic racism nor met with Jacob Blake’s family, the Bla...
Trump refuses to denounce violent actions by right-wing agitators
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump refused to denounce the actions of his supporters in Portland and Wisconsin. Trump also said Kyle Rittenhouse, who is facing homicide ...
Jacob Blake's father: "We're not taking it anymore, I ask everyone to stand up"
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob Blake, a Black Wisconsin resident who was shot seven times in the back by a White police officer who tried to detain him in Kenosha, is no longe...
FDA authorizes Covid-19 treatment
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of convalescent plasma to help treat patients with Covid-19 saying the “known...
Covid-19 model projects 310,000 U.S. deaths by December
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump says his administration is delivering “one victory after another” as more than 175,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus. ...
Democrats prepare for Democratic National Convention
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats are getting ready for Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris to officially accept their nominations in an unconventional Democratic National C...
Postal service IG reviewing Postmaster General’s policy changes and potential ethics conflicts
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Postal Service Inspector General is reviewing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s controversial policy changes and his compliance with federal ethi...
Pres. Trump doesn’t refute false birthday theory about Sen. Kamala Harris
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During a press briefing President Trump refused to refute a false birther story about Senator Kamala Harris saying he “will take a look.” Harris w...
Biden and Harris appear together for first time as running mates
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made their first public appearance a day after Biden chose the California Democrat to be his running mate. In Harris’s ...
Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made history by picking California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Harris will be the...
Pres. Trump continues to falsely claim children have immunity to Covid-19
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A new report says there’s been a 90% increase in the number of Covid-19 cases among children in the U.S. in just the last four weeks. President Trum...
President Trump continues to claim the virus will “go away”
08 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the U.S coronavirus death toll tops 161,000, President Trump lays out potential executive actions if Congress doesn't reach agreement on a Cov...
President Trump continues to claim the virus will “go away”
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As nearly 158,000 Americans have died from coronavirus, President Trump continues to suggest the virus will “go away.” But, White House Task Force...
Trump on Covid-19 death toll: “It is what it is”
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With more than 156,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus, President Trump says the death toll “is what it is.” David Hart lost his husband, Dr. ...
Pres. Trump publicly criticizes WH Task Force Coordinator Dr. Birx
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump criticized White House Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx in a tweet after she said the pandemic is “extraordinary widespread”...
Trump: “I think we’ve done really well in Florida”
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Florida just recorded the highest daily coronavirus death toll for the fourth straight day but President Trump says he thinks “we’ve done really w...
Pelosi: All lawmakers and staff required to wear masks in the House
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced all lawmakers and staff members will be required to wear face coverings in the House chamber. Pelosi anno...
Trump as U.S. nears 150,000 deaths: “Nobody likes me”
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During a coronavirus press briefing President Trump questioned why his approval rating wasn’t as high as White House Task Force Member Dr. Anthony F...
Florida cases up more than 1,500% since May reopening
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stood outside the White House two months ago declaring his state’s victory against the deadly coronavirus. Less than 1...
WH Press Secretary: “There has been no change” in Trump’s tone on coronavirus
25 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. is on track for topping 1,000 daily coronavirus deaths for the 4th straight day. In the last week President Trump canceled the Republican Na...
Trump on coronavirus crisis: “Cases remain low and very stable”
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump held another coronavirus briefing without the nation’s top doctors. He declared “cases remain low and very stable” as the U.S. n...
Pres. Trump: Pandemic will probably get worse before it gets better
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In his first coronavirus briefing in months, President Trump admitted the Covid-19 crisis will probably get worse before it gets better. The President...
Pres. Trump: Mask wearing is “patriotic” when you can’t distance
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump tweets out a photo of himself wearing a mask and says that “it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can’t socially distance”...
Fauci: U.S. may need to “reset” as virus spirals out of control
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As Covid-19 cases continue to rise throughout the South and Southwest of the U.S., White House Task Force Member Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested the count...
Pres. Trump gives campaign-like speech at the White House as coronavirus cases surge
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump gave a campaign-like speech in the Rose Garden and offered no plan to help stop the surge of coronavirus cases throughout the count...
Pres. Trump: “I have a very good relationship with Dr. Fauci”
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump says he has a very good relationship with White House Task Force Member Dr. Anthony Fauci despite the White House attempting to discr...
Pres. Trump: “We’re getting back on track”
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump says the United States is “getting back on track” as the country saw the highest single-day coronavirus cases, 63,900. Meanwh...
Trump threatens to cut funding if schools don’t reopen
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As coronavirus cases are surging in some areas of the country, President Trump and his administration are pushing schools to reopen by fall. Trump thr...
President Trump: “We are in a good place”
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump claims the country is “in a good place” despite more than 131,000 people dying from COVID-19 and the U.S. seeing the highest sin...
Keeping them Honest: Pres. Trump’s divisive, inflammatory and racist words
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump says that 99 percent of Covid-19 cases are totally harmless and instead focuses his national leadership message on dividing the cou...
7,500 people gather for Pres. Trump event, without social distancing or enforced mask use
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the U.S. continues to see record increases in new coronavirus cases, Pres. Trump prepares to speak to an estimated 7,500 person crowd at an early F...
Dr. Fauci: U.S. isn’t going in the right direction
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As 38 states see a rise in coronavirus cases, White House Task Force Member Dr. Anthony Fauci says he thinks “it’s pretty obvious that we are no...
Pres. Trump says he thinks at some point Covid-19 will just disappear
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the U.S. sees the highest single-day increase in new coronavirus cases, Pres. Trump repeats his claim that he thinks at some point the illness w...
Dr. Fauci warns U.S. could hit 100,000 cases a day
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With the U.S. seeing 40,000+ new cases a day, White House Coronavirus Task Force Member Dr. Anthony Fauci warned a Senate committee that new cases cou...
At least 16 states have paused reopening plans
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Florida is one of at least 16 states that have paused or rolled back reopening plans. Governor Ron DeSantis suspended alcohol consumption in bar...
Pence: U.S. is opening “safely and responsibly” even as cases surge in many states
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the first White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing in nearly two months, Vice President Michael Pence claims Americans are seeing “encoura...
COVID-19 model projects nearly 180,000 deaths by fall
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An influential COVID-19 model projects nearly 180,000 deaths in the U.S. by October 1. That number drops to 146,000 if 95% of Americans wear face mask...
Dr. Fauci: “We’re going to be doing more testing, not less”
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
White House Coronavirus Task Force Member Dr. Anthony Fauci testified in front of a House committee on the Trump’s administration’s response to th...
Two more Trump campaign staffers test positive for coronavirus after Tulsa rally
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Right before Trump’s weekend rally in Tulsa, OK, it was reported that six campaign staffers had tested positive for COVID-19. Since then the campaig...
Trump pushes ahead with Tulsa rally as coronavirus cases spike in Oklahoma
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders and health experts have raised concerns about President Trump’s upcoming rally in Tulsa. Theyworry it could be a new hot spot for coronavir...
Former officer who shot Rayshard Brooks charged with felony murder
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Garrett Rolfe, the former Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks, is facing 11 charges, including a felony murder charge. At a news conferenc...
Key model projects 200,000+ coronavirus deaths by October
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump is getting ready to hit the campaign trail for his first rally since the coronavirus shut down most of the country. That rally will be...
Atlanta Mayor: “We saw the murder of Rayshard Brooks”
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rayshard Brooks was shot twice in the back by an Atlanta police officer after two officers tried to handcuff him for suspected DUI. Videos show Brooks...
President Trump: “We have to dominate the streets”
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump spoke at a "justice disparities" event in Dallas and didn’t focus on police violence against African Americans. And, in an inte...
George Floyd’s brother to Congress: ‘I am here to ask you to make it stop. Stop the pain’
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Philonise Floyd testifies on Capitol Hill one day after his brother George Floyd’s burial in Houston. He asked the House Judiciary Committee to ta...
George Floyd laid to rest after 14 days of protests
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two weeks after George Floyd was killed while in Minneapolis police custody, his family, friends and prominent figures gather in Houston to celebrate...
Samuel L. Jackson on race in America
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alumni of George Floyd's high school are gathered for a vigil at the football field in Houston where Floyd once played. Meanwhile, protesters continue...
Goodell: “We, the National Football League, believe Black Lives Matter”
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump says it's a "great day” for George Floyd without speaking about the injustices leading up to his killing or how to end them going fo...
George Floyd remembered at memorial service in Minneapolis
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Family members, community leaders, and activists gathered in Minneapolis to honor and remember George Floyd in the first of many memorial services. Fl...
All four former police officers charged in George Floyd’s death
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck, has had his charge of third-degree murder upped ...
Bishop of DC church Trump visited: “I just can't believe what my eyes have seen”
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A day after having peaceful protesters tear-gassed so he could have a photo-op in front of St. John’s Church, President Trump, along with First Lad...
Pres. Trump says he’s an “ally of all peaceful protestors”
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pres. Trump says he’s an “ally of all peaceful protesters” as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at peaceful protestors so he could have ...
Fired officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck charged with murder
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis police officer, who was seen in a video with his knee on George Floyd’s neck is charged with third-degree murde...
U.S. death toll surpasses 100,000
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More than 100,000 people in the United States have died from the coronavirus, almost twice the number of Americans lost in the Vietnam War. Dr. Anthon...
As coronavirus deaths approach 99,000 in the U.S., Joe Biden speaks out about Pres. Trump.
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CNN’s Dana Bash speaks to Former Vice President Joe Biden for his first in-person interview since being knocked off the campaign trail during the co...
Beach towns full of people not wearing masks spark fear of future covid-19 outbreaks
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Large crowds over Memorial Day weekend could cause new outbreaks as people ignore the CDC guidelines which state that “everyone should wear a cloth ...
Pres. Trump says CDC director doing a “very good job”
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Despite CNN’s reporting that Dr. Redfield, the CDC director, is on the hot seat, Trump says he’s doing a “very good job.” Kathleen Sebelius, f...
Pres. Trump defends use of hydroxychloroquine, says it “doesn’t harm you”
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Despite the FDA’s warning of serious side effects from taking hydroxychloroquine, the President of the United States has defended his decision to ta...
President Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The President of the United States says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent coronavirus, despite the FDA warning it could have harmful side ef...
Trump: Dr. Fauci's comments on schools reopening "not an acceptable answer"
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anthony Fauci testified in front of a Senate committee that some schools shouldn't reopen in the fall and President Trump called those comments "...