Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CNN Evening News for 2018-02-27

This program is about 1 hour long

• Introduction/Preview Anderson Cooper (New York)

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  07:00:20 pm — 07:00:20 pm

• Trump / Kushner / Business / Security Clearance / Harris Interview / A Discussion (Part I)

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  07:00:20 pm — 07:10:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) A "Washington Post" story that four countries looked into way to manipulate Jared Kushner introduced. [Reporter Shane HARRIS - lists the four countries as Israel, China, Mexico & UAR that were interested business-wise in Kushner, who needed international finance for real estate in New York City, how Kushner met for business with Russia during the presidential transition that affected his security clearance, the element he had unreported conversations with foreign officials, reporting on his high-level meetings on his own with China.]

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's Carrie Cordero, Philip Mudd, Michael Zeldin & Carl Bernstein about Kushner. [MUDD, CORDERO, ZELDIN, BERNSTEIN - offer views on Kushner's downgraded security, the FBI options after the background investigation & what President Trump & White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly could decide, the options for the president, how special counsel former FBI director Robert Mueller'S investigation is focusing on Kushner & his conflicts of interests with private vs. public business.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: One-A-Day; T-Mobile/Netflix; ancestry.com; Coricidin; TD Ameritrade; Vanda; "Red Sparrow"; legalzomm; Claritin; Banquet.

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  07:10:50 pm — 07:14:50 pm

• Trump / Kushner / Business / Security Clearance / A Discussion (Part II)

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  07:14:50 pm — 07:23:40 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; White House: Jim Acosta) The secretiveness of the White House about Jared Kushner losing his top-secret security clearance {along with others}, whether this is a win for White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly discussed..

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion continued with CNN's Carrie Cordero, Philip Mudd, Michael Zeldin & Carl Bernstein about Kushner. [MUDD, CORDERO, BERNSTEIN, ZELDIN - offer views on what President Trump may do about the Kushner security issue, how he would need top-secret briefings, why his clearance matters, how no one really knows what Kushner has been up to, the issues of countries interested in Kushner's properties, how we do not know what special counsel former FBI director Robert Mueller has, but he is investigating.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: VISA; DirecTV; Aleve; Constant Contact; cars.com; Qunol; SoFi.com.

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  07:23:40 pm — 07:27:10 pm

• Trump / Russian Connection / Business

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  07:27:10 pm — 07:39:10 pm

  (Studio:Anderson Cooper; Washington: Jim Sciutto, Gloria Borger) Breaking news on special counsel former FBI director Robert Mueller's interest in President Trump's business dealings in Russia prior to the 2016 presidential election campaign & the financial questions being asked discussed.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion continued with CNN's Carrie Cordero, Philip Mudd, Michael Zeldin & Carl Bernstein about Mueller's investigation of Trump's ties to Russia. [MUDD, BERNSTEIN, CORDERO, ZELDIN - offer views on the areas of investigation around dirty money, how Mueller will present a vast narrative report on the Trump family & US policy, the real issues as to whether the business dealings have compromised Trump, the president, who is not acting on a national security threat, the June 9 meeting with the Russians that goes back to Trump's business ties.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Flonase; tripadvisor; Dexcom; legalzoom; Wayfair; ADT; CNN "The Axe Files"; ClearChoice; CNN "The Kennedys"

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  07:39:10 pm — 07:43:00 pm

• Trump / Hicks Testimony / Swalwell Interview

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  07:43:00 pm — 07:47:30 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with House Intelligence Committee Representative Eric Swalwell about the testimony from White House communications director Hope Hicks before the committee; many Hicks photos shown. [SWALWELL - offer views on Hicks's assertion of executive privilege & refusal to answer questions about President Trump with limitations on what she was able to talk about, others who have refused to comment based on Trump family/organization privilege, the future for Jared Kushner, who does not have full security clearance & has business entanglements that should keep him from classified information.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: T-Mobile/Netflix; CNN; PC Matic.

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  07:47:30 pm — 07:49:50 pm

• Trump / Russian Connection / Mueller / Starr Interview

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  07:49:50 pm — 07:57:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The latest tweet from President Trump about the investigation by special counsel former FBI director Robert Mueller quoted.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper, Jeffrey Toobin) Live in-studio interview held with Ken Starr, who investigated President Bill Clinton, about Trump & the Mueller investigation. [STARR - offers views on so far there is an absence of collusion or conspiracy, how this is a shadow indictment of Russian President Vladimir Putin, what the Supreme Court says about obstruction of justice, how "corruption" is the key word in the investigation, Mueller's accountability to deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Progressive; VISA; "Red Sparrow"; Quicken Rocket Mortgage; tripadvisor.

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  07:57:50 pm — 08:00:20 pm

• Start of second hour of AC360.

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  08:00:20 pm — 08:00:20 pm