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• Video 7:51Video Brother of Gaza hostage says he’s ‘very worried’ about impact of Israeli strike in Doha 7:51
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• Video 1:44Video Polish official says Putin is mocking Trump’s peace efforts 1:44
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• Video 7:10Video Epstein survivor who invited Trump to meet with her says she’s heard ‘crickets’ in response 7:10
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• Video 4:07Video Cuomo: Mamdani is Trump’s ‘dream’ New York Mayor 4:07
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• Video 6:12Video Why American boys and men are flocking to controversial figures in the ‘manosphere’ as they struggle with a sense of self 6:12
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• Video 7:11Video Social scientist explains why Gen Z men are turning to religion more than older generations 7:11
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• Video 6:26Video ‘A load-bearing wall for our society": How social scientist Richard Reeves sees the roles of fathers 6:26
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• Video 5:44Video Former CDC Director: RFK Jr. has ‘pattern of denying simple truths’ 5:44
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• Video 9:04Video House Oversight chairman on release of Epstein files: ‘3 percent more than Joe Biden released’ 9:04
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• Video 6:36Video Why are boys and men falling behind in education? Social scientist Richard Reeves explains 6:36
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• Video 5:08Video Thousands of Ukrainian children being abducted by Russia: Yale Researcher 5:08
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• Video 7:23Video Minneapolis Police Chief speaks with CNN about church shooting investigation 7:23
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• Video 6:53Video Former CNN Reporter reflects on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina 6:53
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• Video 3:20Video Meet college football’s newest and most adorable mascot: Pudge the cat 3:20
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• Video 10:43Video How the parents of a Camp Mystic victim are trying to ‘turn her legacy into one that will save kids’ 10:43
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• Video 8:57Video ‘We have to address the hatred that is driving this": David Hogg, Parkland shooting survivor, reacts to Minneapolis tragedy 8:57
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• Video 5:09Video Attorney for Kilmar Abrego Garcia reacts after judge demands that he remains in the US 5:09
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• Video 3:43Video Attorney for Epstein Victims on Ghislaine Maxwell testimony: ‘The real story has yet to be told’ 3:43
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• Video 4:50Video Lawyer for family of 16-year-old who asked ChatGPT for advice on how to commit suicide joins The Situation Room 4:50
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• Video 4:03Video ‘We don’t want tanks rolling down our streets": Chicago Alderman on Trump’s threat to send National Guard 4:03
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• Video 13:24Video The Situation Room celebrates 20 years on the air 13:24
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• Video 8:47Video ‘They have not walked our streets": Gov. Wes Moore slams Trump administration’s National Guard push 8:47
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• Video 10:29Video Controversial Gaza aid group spokesman speaks with CNN 10:29
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• Video 2:55Video Prosecutor explains what he wants to hear from the Menendez brothers at their parole hearing 2:55
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• Video 16:13Video Extended Situation Room cut: Inside Doug Wilson’s crusade for Christian dominion in the age of Trump 16:13
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• Video 5:18Video ‘We go straight to federal court": Texas Dem on the next step in the redistricting fight 5:18
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• Video 4:01Video ‘Not about crime, this is about power and control": DC Councilman on Trump’s National Guard push 4:01
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• Video 5:39Video ‘Not sure it would work’ John Bolton on the potential of bilateral talks between Ukraine and Russia 5:39
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• Video 13:05Video ‘President Trump, it’s not too late": Hear Austin Tice’s mother plea to Trump 13 years after his disappearance 13:05
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• Video 6:45Video DC Attorney General explains why he’s suing the Trump administration for its federal takeover of the DC police force 6:45
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• Video 5:46Video Former NATO commander previews what he expects from the Trump-Putin summit 5:46
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• Video 6:26Video ‘A risk to every city, every state, every American": DC Councilman reacts to Trump police takeover 6:26
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• Video 6:27Video Grocery CEO shows which items are increasing in price the most 6:27
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• Video 6:41Video Beto O’Rourke tells CNN Texas Democrats who fled the state can ‘stay out long enough to stop this deal’ 6:41
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• Video 10:47Video ‘The Republican Governor of Texas is out of his mind": Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries on redistricting fight 10:47
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• Video 5:16Video Rep. Krishnamoorthi: ‘Absolutely’ open to hearing from Epstein survivors 5:16
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• Video 5:19Video ‘The situation has gone from bad to worse": pediatric oncologist characterizes starvation in Gaza 5:19
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• Video 5:48Video Texas Democratic Rep says threats to prosecute or remove Democrats from office from Abbott and Paxton are ‘desperate’ 5:48
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• Video 7:43Video Israeli Amb. To United Nations: ‘There is no genocide in Gaza’ 7:43
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• Video 6:37Video Texas Dem on redistricting fight: ‘nothing is off the table’ 6:37
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• Video 8:13Video Amnesty Intl. Researcher explains why the human rights group is calling Israel’s actions ‘genocide’ 8:13
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• Video 4:48Video Blitzer asks Adams what police know about NYC shooter’s motive 4:48
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• Video 13:02Video Israeli ambassador pushes back on claims that Israel is preventing aid distribution in Gaza 13:02
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• Video 3:18Video Rahm Emanuel on Gaza hunger crisis: ‘Netanyahu’s strategy is bankrupt’ 3:18
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• Video 2:13Video Doctors Without Borders coordinator describes the hunger crisis in Gaza 2:13
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• Video 5:57Video ‘Bare minimum’ of aid trucks coming into Gaza right now : Aid Group Leader 5:57
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• Video 2:44Video Wolf Blitzer previews the new season of HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’ featuring his beloved Buffalo Bills 2:44
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• Video 1:11Video Dem strategist: Trump losing GOP support over Epstein files would be ‘political catastrophe’ 1:11
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• Video 12:43Video Mahmoud Khalil says he filed $20 million claim to hold the Trump administration accountable for his 104 days in detention 12:43
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• Video 6:53Video Hostage families speak with CNN ahead of meeting with Trump administration 6:53
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• Video 8:17Video Comer says any request for a pardon or immunity from Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is ‘off the table’ 8:17
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• Video 6:53Video Maryland senator reacts to Abrego Garcia’s attorneys requesting he stay in jail if released pre-trial 6:53
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• Video 5:02Video Democratic Senator: Cost of expanding forecasting technology to detect extreme weather events is ‘worth it’ 5:02
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• Video 12:15Video Mom of 8-year-old killed in Texas floods speaks to CNN 12:15
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• Video 4:58Video Jeremy Diamond gives an update on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza as food and supplies dwindle 4:58
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• Video 5:19Video 17-year-old MLB first-round pick joins Wolf Blitzer to talk about upcoming season 5:19
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• Video 5:48Video CNN exclusive: Inside Texas summer camp after July 4 flood 5:48
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• Video 4:15Video NPR CEO on future of public media after Senate moves forward with Trump-requested cuts 4:15
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• Video 7:44Video ‘Occurrences will happen again… we need to be prepared": GOP Rep. Sessions on aftermath of Texas flooding 7:44
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• Video 8:13Video Top House Democrat blasts Trump’s “nightmare” agenda 8:13
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• Video 6:21Video Former Trump Campaign Adviser breaks down the internal MAGA fight over the Epstein files 6:21
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• Video 10:12Video ‘This information should have been released under the Biden administration": Dem Rep. Jayapal on Epstein files 10:12
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• Video 5:18Video David Axelrod: To be a big-tent party, Democrats have to make room for Zohran Mamdani’s ideas 5:18
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• Video 7:27Video ‘Incredibly sad’ Supreme Court allowing mass layoffs at Education Dept. : Union official 7:27
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• Video 5:45Video Ukrainian Amb. To U.S.: we are ‘grateful’ for President Trump’s push for peace 5:45
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• Video 2:04Video Key part of Voting Rights Act at risk of being gutted 2:04
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• Video 3:38Video Family of nine who survived floods returns to destroyed home 3:38
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• Video 3:34Video New Book chronicles the rise and impact of WNBA Superstar Caitlin Clark 3:34
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• Video 5:04Video 2 Kerrville city workers describe urgent rush to help others during the flooding 5:04
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• Video 5:47Video Texas school officials remember teacher and coach who died in the flooding 5:47
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• Video 2:18Video 9-year-old boy recalls moment he reunited with little brother during Texas floods 2:18
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• Video 1:38Video ‘Trump should fire him’: Jeffries reacts to Hegseth reportedly pausing Ukraine weapons 1:38
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• Video 7:12Video CNN speaks with astronauts aboard the International Space Station 7:12
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• Video 7:36Video Pres. Lyndon Johnson’s daughter reflects on the importance of Camp Mystic to her family 7:36
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• Video 0:53Video Pamela Brown shares her memories of attending Camp Mystic 0:53
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• Video 4:53Video Rep. Buddy Carter describes his family’s survival and loss during the Texas flooding 4:53
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• Video 5:38Video Former Sen. Jeff Flake: GOP must ‘allow dissident voices within the party’ 5:38
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• Video 7:12Video Kerrville, Texas, Mayor speaks with CNN about deadly flooding 7:12
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• Video 5:16Video Ret. Gen. Honoré: need to take ‘a strong look at the alert system’ ahead of Texas flooding 5:16
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• Video 4:29Video The timeline of warnings from the National Weather Service ahead of Texas flooding 4:29
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• Video 8:55Video GOP Rep.: Trump megabill ‘big step in the right direction’ toward fiscal responsibility 8:55
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• Video 9:38Video Man says ChatGPT spiritually ‘awakened him", while his wife worries it could end their marriage 9:38
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• Video 9:07Video ‘Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story, Gretchen": Rep. McClain to Gov. Whitmer 9:07
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• Video 2:42Video Kilmar Abrego Garcia claims he was tortured in notorious El Salvadoran prison 2:42
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• Video 6:47Video Vaccine Expert: RFK Jr.’s ‘handpicked replacements lack experience and expertise’ 6:47
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• Video 7:54Video Veteran Diplomat: US must ‘combine force with diplomacy’ against Iran 7:54
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• Video 2:24Video Environmental activist: Controversial detention facility in Florida is ‘destructive and cruel’ 2:24
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• Video 5:36Video GOP Rep. Marlin Stutzman: ‘I don’t see how’ House has enough votes to pass Trump’s megabill 5:36
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• Video 7:31Video Former Defense Secy.: Iranian nuclear facilities damage assessment will take weeks 7:31
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• Video 4:40Video CNN Media Analyst responds to false attacks on Iranian nuclear site report 4:40
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• Video 5:34Video Rep. Josh Gottheimer: Americans don’t like Trump’s big policy bill 5:34
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• Video 1:43Video CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown defend US military members involved in Iranian attacks 1:43
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• Video 6:05Video Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark: Israeli intelligence ‘is basically no better than ours’ 6:05
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• Video 7:31Video GOP Rep on leaked DIA report: ‘I’ll take Israeli intelligence over that document any time’ 7:31
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• Video 7:22Video Ret. Gen. David Petraeus: ‘damage done by the combination of Israeli and US strikes is very, very substantial’ 7:22
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• Video 4:16Video Arms Control Analyst: ‘too early to tell’ if Iran’s nuclear program has been completely destroyed 4:16
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• Video 5:29Video ‘Money in politics is really overrated": Bill De Blasio reacts to Mamdani’s victory over Cuomo 5:29
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• Video 6:33Video GOP Rep. Mike Lawler: Iran ‘will face dire consequences’ if it strikes U.S. 6:33
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• Video 5:57Video Ret. Gen. Steve Anderson: U.S. strikes an ‘operation success’ but ‘a strategic failure’ 5:57
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• Video 4:52Video Richard Haass: ‘worrisome’ that Russia could help Iran with nuclear program 4:52
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• Video 5:11Video Atlantic Council Senior Fellow says possibility of Iran moving its uranium stockpile is ‘very concerning’ 5:11
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• Video 1:10Video Mayor of Haifa responds to Trump two-week negotiating window 1:10
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• Video 4:21Video The challenges of a U.S. strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear site 4:21
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• Video 4:25Video Rep. Gottheimer on the hero’s welcome for returned U.S. hostage 4:25
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• Video 4:22Video Former Pentagon Adviser says striking Iran a big risk for U.S. 4:22
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• Video 8:26Video ‘2 in 3 chance’ Trump will strike Iranian nuclear facility, says Fmr. NATO Commander 8:26
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• Video 5:58Video Ro Khanna on US involvement in Iran: ‘This is the time for Congress to weigh in’ 5:58
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• Video 5:35Video CNN Global Affairs Analyst says ‘military maneuvers are getting in place’ for US strike on Iranian nuclear facility 5:35
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• Video 5:47Video Sen. Schiff: Israel ‘can’t afford to allow Iran to get the bomb’ 5:47
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• Video 8:02Video Sen. Welch on U.S. potentially striking Iran: ‘We should be taking care of America first’ 8:02
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• Video 7:43Video McMaster on Middle East conflict: US oftentimes ‘undervalue the ideological drivers of the Iranian leadership’ 7:43
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• Video 6:51Video Rep. Moskowitz on Israel-Iran conflict: ‘The Iranians are the ones who chose this path’ 6:51
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• Video 8:31Video Chicago Mayor responds to Trump directive expanding ICE operations in Democratic-run cities 8:31
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• Video 4:28Video Rep. Kustoff on whether the US should join Israel’s military strikes against Iran 4:28
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• Video 9:01Video Israeli President: ‘Our objective is to remove the Iranian nuclear program’ 9:01
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• Video 6:22Video Retired judge says ICE is conducting raids ‘willy nilly,’ ignoring legal guardrails 6:22
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• Video 7:07Video Ontario Premier encourages Canadian PM to be ‘polite… but stern’ in G7 meetings with Trump 7:07
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• Video 2:42Video ‘In some ways this G7 really is a G6+1": Former U.S. Amb. on G7 summit 2:42
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• Video 6:22Video Israeli Amb. to U.S.: ‘Iran will not have a nuclear path to a nuclear bomb’ 6:22
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• Video 5:31Video GOP Rep. Brian Mast on Israel’s strike against Iran: ‘this is good escalation’ 5:31
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• Video 5:36Video Christiane Amanpour says Iran is ‘outmatched’ in the escalating Middle East conflict 5:36
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• Video 4:29Video Former NTSB Director breaks down the Air India plane crash 4:29
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• Video 5:42Video ‘You now have a real threat of military force": Former US Diplomat on negotiations with Iran 5:42
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• Video 5:37Video Ron Brownstein: Trump views blue states as ‘hostile territory to be subdued’ 5:37
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• Video 8:37Video Washington Post contributor says she wouldn’t be surprised if Trump renames nation’s capital ‘Trump DC’ 8:37
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• Video 5:43Video Ex-FBI Official: Noem’s request for military to arrest protesters shows ‘a totally incompetent view of the law’ 5:43
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• Video 4:26Video ACLU official on Trump’s claim he had to send troops to L.A.: ‘That’s just absolutely false’ 4:26
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• Video 7:13Video Maryland Senator reacts to Abrego Garcia’s return to US, new charges 7:13
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• Video 3:48Video Former WH Covid Czar slams RFK Jr.’s firing of vaccine advisory panel 3:48
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• Video 11:04Video LA mayor says ICE raids were ‘fuel for a fire that was unnecessary’ 11:04
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• Video 8:49Video West Virginia women ‘might be’ prosecuted for miscarrying, attorney says 8:49
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• Video 5:04Video Kara Swisher: Trump and Musk behaving like a pair of ‘toddlers’ 5:04
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• Video 4:43Video WH official responds to Elon Musk’s criticism of Trump’s major bill 4:43
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• Video 6:43Video Ian Bremmer: we’ve not seen full extent of Putin’s retaliation for drone strike 6:43
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• Video 8:13Video Sen. Tim Scott: Trump’s major policy bill will ‘protect American recipients of Medicaid’ 8:13
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• Video 7:30Video Bill De Blasio on Andrew Cuomo’s debate performance: ‘I think the Emperor had no clothes’ 7:30
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• Video 4:26Video Hear what Wolf Blitzer loves most about his hometown 4:26
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• Video 5:57Video Colorado Governor on the antisemitic terror attack in Boulder 5:57
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• Video 7:11Video Ontario Premier on Trump’s latest tariffs: ‘Five steps forward and 10 steps backwards’ 7:11
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• Video 6:25Video Sen. Coons: ‘President Trump’s bill certainly is big, but it’s not beautiful’ 6:25
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• Video 13:28Video Hear why a January 6th rioter is rejecting Trump’s pardon: ‘I couldn’t dare live with myself” 13:28
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• Video 7:46Video Rep. Gottheimer: Boulder attack “totally despicable and unacceptable” 7:46
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• Video 4:00Video ‘My congregants feel wounded, they feel enraged, and vulnerable and sad": Boulder Rabbi on antisemitic attack 4:00
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• Video 8:46Video ‘We have to take what we can get right now": House Republican chair on budget package 8:46
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• Video 6:09Video ‘Children are crying out in agony for food": Aid distributor on humanitarian crisis in Gaza 6:09
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• Video 17:30Video Comedian Nathan Fielder shares what he learned being a 737 pilot on new season of HBO’s ‘The Rehearsal’ 17:30
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• Video 3:17Video Wolf Blitzer celebrates 35 years with CNN with a look at his career 3:17
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• Video 5:24Video ‘It’s not going to work’ Jonathan Capehart on Elon Musk’s attempts to distance himself from Trump 5:24
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• Video 8:37Video ‘Your Voice": radio hosts from opposing viewpoints discuss tariffs, trade and Musk’s departure 8:37
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• Video 6:12Video ‘Gaza will not get better until Hamas is destroyed": Ret. Gen. H.R. McMaster on the Israel-Hamas conflict 6:12
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• Video 7:26Video ‘Nothing in their life or their career gives me confidence": James Comey on the top two leaders of the FBI 7:26
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• Video 6:36Video ‘It will cost less and be less risky for NATO to stand up to Putin now": Ret. Gen. McChrystal on the Ukrainian war 6:36
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• Video 6:44Video Keisha Lance Bottom tells Wolf Blitzer why she’s running for Georgia Governor 6:44
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• Video 8:05Video New book details how the White House hid President Biden’s decline 8:05
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• Video 6:00Video Pinterest CEO reveals how tariffs are changing consumers’ habits 6:00
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• Video 5:08Video ‘Presence of metastatic cancer now does suggest that he’s had prostate cancer for some time’ : Doctor on Biden’s diagnosis 5:08
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• Video 9:36Video ‘Alzheimer’s research has always been bipartisan and it must continue’ : Maria Schriver on the fight against this disease 9:36
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• Video 7:37Video ‘People will die as a result of this": Gov. Gretchen Whitmer slams proposed GOP Medicaid changes 7:37
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• Video 9:50Video ‘Toxic piece of legislation": House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries slams Trump’s major bill 9:50
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• Video 9:11Video Labor Secretary on how she sees the economy after stronger-than-expected jobs report 9:11
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• Video 7:10Video A remarkable story of narrowly surviving the Holocaust 7:10
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• Video 11:41Video Pronatalist couple reacts to Trump administration considering incentives for baby boom 11:41
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• Video 15:01Video Pamela Brown presses State Department spokesperson about Rubio’s absence from Ukraine peace talks 15:01
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• Video 7:05Video Rosie O’Donnell slams HHS Secy. RFK Jr.’s ‘deplorable’ autism comments 7:05
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• Video 10:27Video Four Democratic lawmakers denied visit with Kilmar Abrego Garcia 10:27
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• Video 3:35Video Bishop David O’Connell: ‘I feel the loss’ of Pope Francis 3:35
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• Video 5:44Video Astrophysicist reacts to ‘strongest evidence yet’ of life on a distant planet 5:44
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• Video 5:00Video Union president ‘almost 100% certain’ Abrego Garcia is not MS-13 gang member 5:00
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• Video 2:57Video Soybean farmer on trade war: ‘We do want to make sure that our voice is heard’ 2:57
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• Video 2:09Video GOP Rep. Donalds: ‘Not really concerned’ about possible dip in tourism from Canada to Florida 2:09
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• Video 2:57Video Wildlife educator: ‘There’s a little bit of concern’ over three new dire wolf pups 2:57
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• Video 10:09Video Sen. Booker: Americans encouraging me to ‘keep fighting… pushing’ after marathon speech 10:09
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• Video 13:38Video Commerce Secretary: Trump is ‘not going to back off’ on tariffs 13:38
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• Video 6:15Video Washington Nationals GM surprises Wolf on Opening Day 6:15
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• Video 8:49Video Is Rahm Emanuel planning to run for President? 8:49
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• Video 6:47Video David Axelrod: Pentagon trying to ‘erase history’ with diversity purge 6:47
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• Video 8:16Video Wolf asks Ret. Justice Breyer whether the U.S. is headed for a Constitutional Crisis 8:16
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• Video 1:09Video Pamela Brown and Wolf Blitzer discuss ‘Song of the Day’ tradition 1:09
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• Video 5:39Video Gov. Wes Moore: Trump tariffs going to hit Maryland ‘very, very hard’ 5:39