Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CNN Evening News for 2017-07-19

This program is about 1 hour long

• Introduction/Preview Anderson Cooper (New York)

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  07:00:10 pm — 07:00:20 pm

• McCain Health

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  07:00:20 pm — 07:10:20 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta) The diagnosis of Senator John McCain with aggressive malignant brain cancer after his surgery with him already home, the options for dealing with this tumor discussed.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's David Axelrod, Gloria Borger & Dana Bash about McCain. [BORGER, BASH, AXELROD - offer views on McCain's remarkable impact, how he is a fighter, is revered, who keeps going, being a giant in the Senate.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: United States Postal Service; ChoiceHotels; One-A-Day; "Valerian"; Honda; Red Lobster; CNN "Declassified"; Anoro; CNN "After O.J."

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  07:10:20 pm — 07:14:00 pm

• Trump / Russian Connection / "New York Times" Interview / Haberman Interview / A Discussion

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  07:14:00 pm — 07:32:10 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Earlier discussion held with "New York Times" reporter Maggie Haberman about the interview with President Trump. [Voice of HABERMAN - explains how Trump was upset/angry with Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Russian investigation, Trump's view he is not under investigation by special counsel former FBI director Robert Mueller, his specific criticisms about former FBI director James Comey; comments on what Trump said about his second meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his upbeat mood.]

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's Gloria Borger, Jeffrey Toobin, Dana Bash, Molly Ball & Matt Lewis about the Trump interview. [BORGER, BASH, TOOBIN, LEWIS, BALL - offer views on Trump's criticism of Sessions for recusing himself, whether Sessions could/should resign. the link of Sessions to the Russian investigation, his accusations against Comey & Mueller, his obsession with these things, how he remains upbeat.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Jos. A. Bank; Tums; Wonderful Pistachios; Verizon; Dr. Scholl's; Land Rover; "Will"; ClearChoice.

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  07:32:10 pm — 07:36:00 pm

• Trump / Russian Connection / The Meeting

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  07:36:00 pm — 07:38:20 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; Washington: Jessica Schneider) Next week's scheduled Senate testimony from Donald Trump, Jr., Paul Manafort & Jared Kushner about the meeting with a Russian lawyer about dirt on Hillary Clinton, the questions that might be asked, Kushner's Monday meeting in a closed session about that meeting & his security form amendments discussed.

• Trump / Russian Connection / Trump-Putin Meeting / A Discussion

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  07:38:20 pm — 07:50:00 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Today's no-camera White House press briefing with deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders noted.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; White House: Jeff Zeleny) The undisclosed meeting between President Trump & Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit without an American translator, so there is no record of the meeting & what Trump said in the "New York Times" about the short length of the meeting discussed. [Voice of SANDERS - says the setting was a social dinner so it would be silly to have disclosed this.]

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer & former US Ambassador to Russia Thomas Pickering about the Trump-Putin meeting. [BREMMER - offers views on how Trump's closest foreign relationship is with Putin & they had a one-hour conversation, not 15 minutes, the issue of Russia getting back US properties, the reasons for concerns about this meeting.] [PICKERING - offers views on how this was a long conversation that could have led to decisions as about no longer supporting the opposition in Syria, how it is unusual not to have a US interpreter at such an unprepared & unverifiable meeting.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Taltz; Geico; Hilton; Kiddie Academy; Nutrisystem.

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  07:50:00 pm — 07:53:30 pm

• Senate / Health Care / CBO Report

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  07:53:30 pm — 08:01:00 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; Capitol Hill: Ryan Nobles) The CBO score on the number of uninsured if Obamacare is repealed & the Senate meeting about a bill to repeal & replace Obamacare, but there is still a split within the Republican Party, discussed.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The White House criticism of the CBO numbers noted. [President TRUMP - says the Democrats are just obstructionists.] [In earlier interview, West Virginia Senator Joe MANCHIN - explains how taxpayers pay for medical work on the uninsured, how all groups in his state will be hurt, how a group of governors can get things done, the politics of repeal/replace.]

• Start of second hour of AC360.

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  08:01:00 pm — 08:01:00 pm