First: Trump on Trial. As Donald Trump makes history in the courtroom, Biden spends the week on the trail. How will Trumps case reshape the race? Plus: An exclusive interview with Vice President Harris And: Johnson in jeopardy. New behind the scenes details as Speaker Johnson takes on his right flank, but will it cost him his job? Plus: End of an era. Our exclusive sit down with two Senate dealmakers. Will they support Biden or Trump?

Apr 22, 2024

Jury selection is nearly complete in the case the People of the State of New York versus Donald J. Trump. 12 jurors and one alternate have been sworn in, and the judge and lawyers from both sides are trying to fill up the panel with five more alternates. Trump is inside the room and we're told that he's been looking right at jurors as they answer questions and whispering with his attorney.

Apr 19, 2024

First: As of last night, seven jurors were seated in the Donald Trump hush money trial. Now, there are only six.  Plus: Will Mike Johnson's decision to push a Ukraine aid bill cost him his gavel?  And: A Kennedy family reunion with a notable no-show.

Apr 18, 2024

First: For the first time in nearly 150 years, a cabinet member will be tried in the Senate for high crimes.  Plus: We're minutes away from the start of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment trial, which could be over soon after it starts.  And: "Israel makes it own decisions." That's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's message to the world and his own political coalition.

Apr 17, 2024

First: Jury selection in the unprecedented criminal trial of former President Donald Trump continues. CNN is inside and outside the courtroom with all the breaking details on this critical moment in American history.  Plus: Joe Biden heads to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania to channel his working class roots and talk about taxes.  And: "I am not resigning." That was Mike Johnson's message to his caucus as another House Republican joins the push to kick him out as speaker.

Apr 16, 2024

First: Vice President Harris is on her way to Arizona where she'll attack Republicans for the state's civil war abortion ban that could soon be back in effect. It's an issue the Biden campaign hopes will carry them to reelection.  Plus: The people of the state of New York versus Donald Trump kicks off on Monday. The former and perhaps future president will spend the next two months in court fighting criminal charges.  And: Where does a Republican go when fighting for political survival? Mar-a-Lago, of course. Speaker Mike Johnson is there to meet with Trump today.

Apr 12, 2024

First: An Arizona court ruling rolls abortion rights back to the civil war era, igniting a massive GOP problem in November that Donald Trump thought he had just tamped down.  Plus: New economic numbers show inflation on key items is, once again, headed in the wrong direction.  And: Behind the Republican fight to change the way Nebraska awards its electoral votes.

Apr 10, 2024

As today's show begins, James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the teenager who killed four students in a 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, are about to be sentenced, weeks after they were convicted of manslaughter.

Apr 9, 2024

First: Breaking point. Biden puts Israel on notice as pressure over Gaza ramps up, will it move the needle? Plus: Trench warfare. Exclusive new details of Democrats plan to take back the House. Where are they spending their millions? And: As Republicans try to pull off a stunner in Maryland, will it decide control of the Senate this Fall? Also: Total eclipse. How solar eclipses have captivated Washington over the years.

Apr 8, 2024

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake jolts New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, with tremors even felt as far away as Washington DC. The quake hit at the region 10:23 am and caused a full ground stop at JFK and Newark airports.

Apr 5, 2024