"A Real Snake Pit"; 360 On 2020; Communication Breakdown

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Vote Count Underway In Pivotal North Carolina Special Election; Source Close To WH: Bolton Thinks Trump "Caves" Too Much In Dealing With Dictators; Susan Rice: "The National Security Process has Completely Broken Down"; New Poll Shows Drop In Support For Pres. Trump; New CNN Poll Shows 60% Believe Pres. Trump Does Not Deserve Second Term; Approval Rating At 39%; New CNN Poll Shows Drop In Support For Pres. Trump; Returns Coming In For Special Election Seen As 2020 Bellwether; Malcolm Gladwell On His New Book, Spies And Trusting Strangers; Gladwell's New Book Examines Why We Are Often Wrong About Strangers; Malcolm Gladwell: "Most Spies Are Actually Really Lame"To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening, thanks for joining us.
0:02.4	Poles are closed and the vote count is underway in North Carolina, where the final race of the
0:06.8	2018 congressional midterms is finally being decided and could have a lot to say about 2020.
0:11.9	We're going to bring you the latest on that as we learn more.
0:14.6	The votes are being counted along with New Scene and polling on whether voters think that
0:18.2	President Trump deserves to be reelected.
0:21.2	New numbers out tonight.
0:22.5	We begin though.
0:23.5	Keep it in mind, with the forced departure of the president's third National Security
0:27.4	Advisor, John Bolton from a White House that the source close to the administration calls
0:31.4	and quote, a real snake pit.
0:34.0	The source who spoke to the lead's Jake Tapper goes on to say it is run by quote, an erratic
0:38.8	president who is hard to manage and who brings out the worst sensibilities in people.
0:44.5	We also might add who fires people on Twitter.
0:46.6	I'm quoting now.
0:47.6	I informed John Bolton last night that his services no longer needed at the White House.
0:51.4	I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the administration on the
0:56.2	administration.
0:57.2	And therefore I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning, which
1:01.4	by the way, Ambassador Bolton disputes that account.
1:04.7	He says he offered his resignation last night and the president told him, quote, let's talk
1:08.8	about it tomorrow.
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