Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CNN Evening News for 2017-07-24

This program is about 1 hour long

• Introduction/Preview Anderson Cooper (Washington)

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  07:00:10 pm — 07:00:20 pm

• Trump / Russian Connection / Kushner / A Discussion

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  07:00:20 pm — 07:11:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The first public account from President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner of his four meetings with Russians during the presidential election campaign & transition after all the denials by Trump introduced. [Feb. 16, May 18, May 11, TRUMP - says Russia is "fake news."] [On CBS, Jan. 15, Vice President Mike PENCE; July 24, 2016, Paul MANAFORT; on CBS, Dec. 18, 2016, Trump adviser Kellyanne CONWAY; on NBC, Feb. 19, White House chief of staff Reince PRIEBUS; May 24, 2016, Donald TRUMP, Jr. - deny any ties to/contact with Russia.]

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; Capitol Hill: Manu Raju) Kushner's accounts before the Senate committee of four meetings with Russians, including the Trump Tower meeting to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, possible public hearings for Trump, Jr. & Manafort discussed. [At White House, KUSHNER - says his actions were proper, he did not collude with Russia.]

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's David Gregory, Laura Coates, Ryan Lizza & Gloria Borger about Kushner. [BORGER, LIZZA, GREGORY, COATES - offer views on what Kushner said about the Russian meeting, inconsistencies in the statements that will be followed up on, how the Trump people were open for business, Kushner's decision to portray himself as naive, the inappropriateness of dealing with the Russians: that the Trump people did not care.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Taltz; Geico; Tums; Infiniti; ancestry.com; Aleve; tripadvisor; Panera.

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  07:11:50 pm — 07:15:50 pm

• Trump / Sessions / A Discussion (Part I)

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  07:15:50 pm — 07:25:30 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; White House: Jeff Zeleny) The latest criticism form President Trump of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was most supportive of Trump during the presidential election campaign, the talk about former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani replacing Sessions discussed; scenes shown of Trump being asked whether Sessions should resign.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's Kirsten Powers, Matt Lewis, Paul Begala, Trump supporter Jason Miller, David Gregory & Gloria Borger about Trump & Sessions. [MILLER, BEGALA, LEWIS, POWERS, GREGORY, BORGER - offer views on whether Trump needs to fire Sessions, who does have a strong support base, whether Sessions needed to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, how Trump is toying with Sessions, why Trump is going after Sessions now, the attorney general options.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Dr. Scholl's; Allstate; Red Lobster; Morgan Stanley; Lifelock; CNN "The Nineties"; MRHFM/mesothelioma; RockAuto.com; MRHFM/mesobook.com.

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  07:25:30 pm — 07:28:00 pm

• Trump / Sessions / Zapotosky Interview / A Discussion (Part II)

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  07:28:00 pm — 07:36:20 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with "Washington Post" reporter Matt Zapotosky† about President Trump's discussion of removing Attorney General Jeff Sessions. [ZAPOTOSKY - explains the informal discussion about the future of Sessions & the idea of removing him & maybe also the special counsel.]

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's Ryan Lizza, Matt Lewis, Laura Coates, Jason Miller, David Gregory & Gloria Borger about Trump & Sessions. [LIZZA, LEWIS, COATES, MILLER, GREGORY, BORGER - offer views on Trump & Sessions, who is the biggest supporter for the Trump agenda, the difficulties in replacing Sessions, the level of sabotage in the Trump administration, should there be a Republican groundswell in support of Sessions.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Hyundai; Men's Wearhouse; CNN "The Nineties"; ClearChoice.

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  07:36:20 pm — 07:38:40 pm

• Senate / Health Care Vote / Whitehouse Interview

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  07:38:40 pm — 07:48:00 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The plans for a Senate vote tomorrow on a health care bill introduced. [President TRUMP - speaks out against Obamacare.] [Seven times in the past, TRUMP - says change begins with repeal/replace of Obamacare.]

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; Capitol Hill: Phil Mattingly) The current status of the Republican vote on the health care bill, the dealings with the holdout senators, how the bill is not a final product, the "wild West" nature of the process with a very risky vote coming discussed.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Earlier interview held with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the health care bill. [WHITEHOUSE - offer views on the administration blaming the senators, the wish for "regular order", the Democratic message beyond being anti-Trump, the importance of open hearings for testimony from Jared Kushner, Donald Trump, Jr. & Paul Manafort.] Other material: [Senator Charles SCHUMER - says the door to bipartisanship is open.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Dr. Scholl's; Choice Hotels; Tums; CNN "The History of Comedy"; Entyvio; CNN "The Nineties"

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  07:48:00 pm — 07:50:50 pm

• Trump / Pardons / A Discussion

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  07:50:50 pm — 07:56:20 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) A tweet from President Trump about presidential pardon powers quoted. Live discussion held with constitutional law experts Norman Eisen & Jonathan Turley about pardons. [TURLEY, EISEN - offer views on whether the president can pardon himself according to the Constitution using the case of President Richard Nixon as precedent.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Honda; snhu.edu; Vanda; Aleve; Nutrisystem; ancestry.com; ServPro.

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  07:56:20 pm — 08:00:20 pm

• Start of second hour of AC360.

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  08:00:20 pm — 08:00:20 pm