Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CNN Evening News for 2018-02-19

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 / Tweets / FBI / A Discussion (Part I)

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  07:00:10 pm — 07:13:00 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The tweets from President Trump on the days of funerals for Florida school shooting victims Luke Hoyer, Alaina Petty & Alyssa Alhadeff reviewed; his tweets on the FBI & no collusion, the Russian indictments quoted with the facts reviewed. [On Thursday, TRUMP - speaks about being here for the families.] [[In Munich, national security advisor H.R. McMASTER†- says the evidence {against Russia} is incontrovertible.] His tweets critical of McMaster & "little" Representative Adam Schiff quoted. [SCHIFF - says the American people have a right to know what was going on.] What Trump has said about Russia meddling & believing Russian President Vladimir Putin quoted.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's Philip Mudd, former FBI agent Josh Campbell, Kirsten Powers, Matt Lewis about the veracity of Trump's tweet claims. [CAMPBELL, MUDD, POWERS, LEWIS - offer views on targeting of FBI agents for political reasons: the organization reaction to the criticism of the agency by either party, the need to get agencies to work together, Trump's undermining of McMaster because his only interest in the Russian investigation is how it applies to himself, the errors by former President Obama & by the FBI.]

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  07:13:00 pm — 07:17:00 pm

• Trump / Tweets / Russian Connection / A Discussion (Part II)

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  07:17:00 pm — 07:22:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The weekend tweets from President Trump re-introduced; Nov. 11, 2017, tweet about Russian President Vladimir Putin quoted. Live discussion continued with CNN's Philip Mudd, former FBI agent Josh Campbell, Kirsten Powers, Matt Lewis about of Trump's tweet claims & Russia. [LEWIS, MUDD, POWERS, CAMPBELL - offer views on the possibility Trump's administration is doing something covertly about the Russia problem, but he has never said anything bad about Russia & Putin, what government agencies should be doing about Russia, Trump's tweet storm adding nothing to the conversation, how we need to look forward.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Panera; Dr. Scholl's; Vanda; KnowPneumonia.com; FAIR; Aleve; CNN "Stand Up:"; "X Company"; DealDash.

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  07:22:50 pm — 07:28:20 pm

• Trump / Kushner / Business Investigation / Entous Interview

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  07:28:20 pm — 07:34:30 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; Washington: Shimon Prokupecz) The investigation by special counsel former FBI director Robert Mueller of President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner's business ties to foreign financing with China & Qatar for his 666 building & what Mueller is looking at during the transition discussed; Kushner attorney Abbe Lowell quoted.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live interview held with "New Yorker" writer Adam Entous††, who wrote about Kushner. [ENTOUS - explains Kushner's dealings with the Chinese via an introduction from Henry Kissinger, Kushner's meetings with foreign counterparts, his lack of a permanent security clearance. the intelligence intercepts of these meetings.]

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  07:34:30 pm — 07:37:50 pm

• Florida / School Shooting / Kelly Interview

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  07:37:50 pm — 07:45:00 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; White House: Pamela Brown) A bill on gun background checks that President Trump might support in light of the school shooting in Florida last week & why it would not have prevented the Parkland shooting, how Trump talked about gun control this weekend discussed.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live interview held with Capt. Mark Kelly, husband of former Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who is a shooting survivor, about gun control after the Florida shooting. [From Tucson, KELLY - offers views on possible gun legislation, the weak gun laws in Florida & the possibility of state restraint orders to prevent those troubled from owning a gun.] A statement from Senator Richard Blumenthal quoted.

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  07:45:00 pm — 07:49:30 pm

• Florida / School Shooting / Wind Interview

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  07:49:30 pm — 07:56:20 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) What James & Kimberly Snead, the family who took in Nikolas Cruz, the Florida school shooter, said introduced. [The SNEADS - explain what he said to them in custody; this was not the person we knew.]

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; Parkland, Florida: Kaylee Hartung) More signs that were missed about Cruz's gun buying spree, his history of disturbing behavior {examples cited}, his depression & what is known about President Trump's White House "listening session" discussed.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) A 'lie-in" protest in Washington, DC, about the shooting shown. Live discussion held with Parkland's Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School student Alex Wind about gun control. [WIND - offers views on not going to the White House listening session, on Trump's tweet about the FBI, the lack of gun control, the student movement Never Again that will demand action with a March 24 march, how he feels unsafe in his school.]

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  07:56:20 pm — 08:00:30 pm

• Start of second hour of AC360

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  08:00:30 pm — 08:00:30 pm