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Laura Coates Live

Laura Coates sparks unique conversations and covers the most interesting stories of the day through a news, legal and pop culture lens.

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Warnock places last-minute advert against Walker Oct 21, 2022

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CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing Raphael Warnock’s new campaign advert highlighting Herschel Walkers’ abortion controversy, North Carolina’s hotly-contested race to fill Sen. Richard Burr’s Seat, statistics that show American men are dropping out of the labor force and fewer are graduating, and following the record-breaking resignation of UK Prime Minister Liz Truss – how do you solve the problem of unpopular leaders?
A panel of voters in battleground states weighs in on the state of democracy, giving their views on election deniers running for office. And, as Republicans hammer Democrats on crime by claiming that liberal-led cities are unsafe, the panel discusses the truth about what’s really going on with the crime rate. Plus, visits to Disneyland are becoming more costly for families, and rising travel cost lead some consumers to embrace luxury coach buses over airlines.
Hosted by Laura Coates and Alisyn Camerota.

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UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after six-weeks of chaos Oct 21, 2022

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Jake Tapper opens CNN Tonight talking about UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ abrupt departure from office after only six-weeks, following her ‘Truss-nomics’ causing the British economy to implode. He focuses on what happened and why, and also considers if the turmoil of Truss foreshadows more instability to come in America. Former Republican Governor of Florida Jeb Bush joins to discuss the drop in student test scores after the pandemic, Florida’s ‘Stop Woke’ Act, and also tells Jake why he thinks the GOP will be yearning for new leadership in 2024.
Phil Rosenthal joins to discuss the new season of his hit Netflix show ‘Somebody Feed Phil’. He tells Jake what it’s like to eat sea urchins and ants, and pays tribute to his late parents who inspired him to create ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’. Plus, NASA Mission Systems Engineer Mike Menzel gives his insight into how the new ‘pillars of creation’ pictures captured by the James Webb Space Telescope offer clues on how stars are formed.
Hosted by Jake Tapper.

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Will Trump's growing legal troubles matter in the midterms? Oct 20, 2022

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CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing if the swirl of legal troubles surrounding Trump will matter in the midterms, the key issues voters will be thinking about at the ballot box in November, and the seismic changes to come if the GOP takes the House and Senate.
Plus, the TikTok abortion debate divides generation Z, a proposed solution to perfectionism’s negative effect on mental health, more states open up access to legal and medical marijuana, and Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa says he lost consciousness after being hit during a game.
Hosted by Laura Coates and Alisyn Camerota.

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Poll: 44% say economy, infrastructure are most important issues Oct 20, 2022

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Jake Tapper opens CNN tonight talking about the economy, inflation and recession, as polling shows 44% think the economy and infrastructure are the most important issues facing the US ahead of the midterms. Next, Jake goes one-on-one with New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu. They discuss what the Republicans would do would do to improve economic conditions and avoid a recession if they controlled the Senate, and his run for re-election while endorsing an election denier.
Attorney Ken Turkel joins to discuss Trump sitting for a deposition in Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit, and whether those answers could be used against him if she sues the former president for the related alleged sexual assault. Plus, Director Paul Feig joins to reflect on "Freaks and Geeks", discusses his passion for making female driven films, and talks about his new film, “The School for Good and Evil”.
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Exclusive: Bob Woodward releasing audiobook of 20 Trump interviews Oct 19, 2022

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CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing legendary journalist Bob Woodward’s audiobook of 20 interviews he conducted with then President Donald Trump from 2016 to 2020 - and it’s a goldmine. Plus, a National Institutes of Health study links chemical hair straightening to uterine cancer, lawyers for George Floyd’s daughter draft a cease and desist letter to Kanye West, and Trump's deposition in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit is imminent.
Talk show hosts Mark Davis and Bill Press join to discuss what voters are telling them as the GOP and Democrats ramp-up their final midterm appeals. Plus, Marco Rubio and Val Demings spar in their first and only debate of the Florida Senate race, and polls show Gen X is leaning towards the GOP heading into the midterms.
Hosted by Laura Coates and Alisyn Camerota.

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Midterms and extremism, plus, an interview with Chelsea Manning Oct 19, 2022

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Rep. Peter Meijer is one of only 10 Republican members of Congress who voted to impeach then-President Trump after the January 6 Capitol attack. He joins to discuss the rise of extreme candidates in 2022, narrowly losing his primary to a Trump-backed election denier, and the responsibility he thinks the Democrats should take for their spending on amplifying the views of far-right Republican candidates.
Former Army Intelligence Analyst and “README.txt” author Chelsea Manning, leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, shaking up everything we thought we knew about US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She tells Jake what pushed her to take that extreme step, discusses being a survivor of sexual assault while in the military, and gives a message to trans kids. Plus, “Hamilton” creator Lin Manuel Miranda tells Jake how he hopes to rally young Latino voters to support Democratic candidates in the midterms.
Hosted by Jake Tapper.

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Donald Trump criticized for anti-semitic statement Oct 18, 2022

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CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing the backlash against Trump for attacking American Jews by saying they must “get their act together” on Israel “before it’s too late”, the heated midterm debates happening across the country, if Saturday Night Live’s take on politics sticks with voters more than what they see on the news, and Biden pushing student debt relief amid GOP opposition.
Beth Kean is the CEO of the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles. She joins to remind how the Holocaust started with words, discusses Trump perpetuating the false narrative that Jewish Americans have a loyalty towards Israel as opposed to the United States, and tells Laura about how her organization uses education as catalyst for change.
Hosted by Laura Coates and Alisyn Camerota.

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Kanye West’s Parler deal reopens free speech & censorship debate Oct 18, 2022

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Kanye West tells Bloomberg that his move to buy Parler is prompted by his suspensions by Instagram and Twitter, and that it’s a place for “people who have been bullied by the thought police”. Tech guru Scott Galloway tells Jake Tapper about Parler’s plummeting popularity, and discusses whether Kanye can really make an impact with the platform.
Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton joins to discuss Russia launching a series of Iran-supplied “kamikaze” drone attacks across Ukraine at civilian targets, why it indicates Russia’s precision guided weapons are depleted, and a new Gallop poll that shows 70% of Ukrainians want to keep fighting. Plus, the panel discusses the politics of the opioid crisis after two politicians in the Ohio Senate race come under scrutiny for ties to drug companies.
Hosted by Jake Tapper.

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Rare unity seen between lawmakers on January 6 Oct 15, 2022

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CNN Tonight’s coverage continues with the panel discussing never before seen video from January 6 of a call between Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence, trying to work out how to safely certify the electoral vote amid the chaos at the Capitol, Herschel Walker And Raphael Warnock’s face off in their close Georgia Senate race, how lies and false claims are flourishing in the American political landscape, and whether co-workers should share information about their salaries.
Plus, the mother of Parkland School massacre victim Scott Beigel joins to give her reaction to the shooter avoiding the death penalty, and a juror in the Parkland trial joins to discuss why they recommended life without parole, describing how “it got ugly” in the jury room after their final vote. And, Alaska's snow and king crab harvest is cancelled due to overfishing.
Hosted by Laura Coates and Alisyn Camerota.

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Walker debates with Warnock in scandal rocked Senate race Oct 15, 2022

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Jake Tapper opens CNN Tonight with a monologue on political scandals past and present, covering both the quirky, and the shocking. Mark McKinnon was the Chief Media Advisor to George W. Bush. He joins to discuss Herschel Walker’s debate with Raphael Warnock in their race for the Georgia Senate, as Walker doubles-down on his assertion the abortion scandal he faces is based on a lie, and Warnock accuses him of pretending to be a police officer.
Senator Bernie Sanders joins to talk about his new Op-Ed, which says Democrats are wrong to focus on abortion as their closing argument ahead of the midterms, and should instead focus on the economy and their pro-worker agenda. Plus, Jake interviews actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi about her meeting with Vice President Harris on Iranian women protesting over the brutality of Iran’s morality police, and the criticizms of racism being made against "Rings of Power" in which she stars.
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