Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CNN Evening News for 2018-02-09

This program is about 1 hour long

• Introduction/Preview Anderson Cooper (New York)

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  07:00:00 pm — 07:00:10 pm

• Trump / FBI / Democratic Memo / A Disussion (Part I)

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  07:00:10 pm — 07:18:30 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; White House: Jim Acosta) The decision by President Trump not to declassify & release the Democratic {Representative Adam Schiff} memo in response to the Republican memo from Representative Devin Nunes discussed; White House lawyer Don McGahn's call for a more suitable version of the memo considered too sensitive noted.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's attorneys Jeffrey Toobin, Anne Milgram; former FBI agent Josh Campbell & Evan Perez, Van Jones, Scott Jennings, Jen Psaki about the president & the memos. [MILGRAM, TOOBIN, CAMPBELL, PEREZ, JONES, JENNINGS, PSAKI - offer views on the issue of declassifying the second memo, which is longer than the first memo, how the Democratic memo is a political response, why neither memo about FISA warrants should have been released, how the FBI opposes the memos: this kind of information is never released & can do damages, how the problem is we have a one-party state, a rationale for sending the memo back to the committee & later release it, how it is about politics, the issue of many in the White House not having FBI clearances, how we are in a whole new world with the House Intelligence Committee releasing this kind of information.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Hainan Airlines; Ford; Golden Corral; Entyvio; Entresto; TD Ameritrade; Atkins.

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  07:18:30 pm — 07:21:20 pm

• Trump / FBI / Democratic Memo / A Discussion (Part II)

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  07:21:20 pm — 07:29:20 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The decision by President Trump not to declassify & release the Democratic {Representative Adam Schiff} memo in response to the Republican memo from Representative Devin Nunes introduced. Live interview held with Representative Eric Swalwell about the memo. [From Phoenix, SWALWELL - offers views on obstructionist behavior in reacting to the Democratic memo.]

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's attorneys Jeffrey Toobin, Anne Milgram; former FBI agent Josh Campbell & Evan Perez, Van Jones, Scott Jennings, Jen Psaki about the president & the memos. [TOOBIN, JENNINGS, MILGRAM, CAMPBELL, JONES - offer views on the politics of the memo, how it could be edited & released, the selective release of information, the issue of transparency & national security.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Bouqs.com; Geico; CNN "The Radical Story of Patty Hearst"; Jittebug; namely.com.

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  07:29:20 pm — 07:31:50 pm

• Trump / Porter Resignation / Abuse / A Discussion

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  07:31:50 pm — 07:47:00 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The White House coverup of the spousal abuse allegations against former White House staff secretary Rob Porter by his two ex-wives & the offer from White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly to resign over his handling of the scandal introduced; photo of the ex-wife's black eye shown. [President TRUMP - says Porter says he is innocent & we wish him well.] [Last night, ex-wife Jennie WILLOUGHBY - recounts what Porter did: punched in the glass so she was scared.] The president's lack of acknowledgement of the abuse against three women & his history of this kind of support for "predators" noted. [July 22, 2016, TRUMP - speaks about Fox's Roger Ailes: such a great guy.] Trump's past call for the death penalty in the "Central Park Five" case recalled. [Nov. 21, 2017, TRUMP - says Roy Moore denies it & women are very special.]

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's former Trump adviser Steve Cortes, former Obama adviser Jen Psaki & Republican Tara Setmayer about Trump, Porter & domestic violence. [PSAKI, CORTES, SETMAYER - offer views on Trump's legacy as a defender of abusers in a morally corrupt White House, how Trump has treated Hispanics well, whether Trumps always defends white professional abusers, how Trump did not mention the female victims, how domestic violence is not a partisan issue, the profile of abusers.] Other material: [TRUMP - says Porter did a great job in the White House, we hope he has a wonderful career & he says he is innocent, so we wish him well.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Publishers Clearing House; BuyLeesa.com; CNN "The Radical Story of Patty Hearst"

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  07:47:00 pm — 07:48:50 pm

• Trump / Porter Resignation / Kelly

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  07:48:50 pm — 07:53:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper, David Axelrod) White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly's account of events about the firing/resignation of White House staff secretary Rob Porter, with hope Hicks, who is dating Porter, providing the talking points praising Porter, which indicates Kelly has a problem with White House staff, so he may leave the job, with President Trump out talking about it without mentioning the women involved discussed.

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: CNN; Sherri's Berries/ProFlowers; Peloton.

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  07:53:50 pm — 07:55:40 pm

• White House / Security Clearance

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  07:55:40 pm — 07:58:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; Washington: Jim Sciutto) Questions about how many {30 to 40} White House staffers are operating without full security clearances because of questions in their background checks by the FBI, as in the Rob Porter case, & when the issue will be cleared up discussed.

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Taltz; Experian.

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  07:58:50 pm — 08:00:50 pm

• Good Night

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  08:00:50 pm — 08:00:50 pm