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Anderson Cooper 360

Impeachment Aftermath; Go Big Or Go Home; Speaker Vs. Leader; Cracks In The Base?; Putin's Input; "Morally Lost"; Grapes Of Wrath; 360 on 2020

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

President Trump Departs Washington, Closing Out Historic Week; President Said Crave A Show Trial In Senate Trump Aides Worry About President's Post-Impeachment Mar-A-Lago Vacation; Stalemate Over Impeachment Trial; Pelosi And McConnell Standoff Pushes Impeachment Into Uncharted Territory; Editor In Chief Of Evangelical Magazine Argues Pres. Trump "Should Be Removed" From Office; Editor In Chief Of Evangelical Magazine Argues Pres. Trump "Should Be Removed" From Office; Galli: "President Has Dumbed Down The Idea Of Morality"; Wash. Post: Pres. Trump Believes That Ukraine Interfered In 2016 Election Because "Putin Told Me"; Wash. Post: Pres. Trump Seized On Ukraine Interference In 2016 Election After Talking With Russian President; Buttigieg Under Fire For "Wine Cave" Fundraiser; Buttigieg & Warren Spar Over Wealthy Campaign Donors; Dems Candidates Spar, First Votes Cast In 45 Days; CNN Poll: Matchups Between Top Dems And Pres. Trump Tightening; Exclusive: Controversial Mining Company Coached Governor To Lobby White House; Controversial Mining Company Coached Alaska's Governor To Lobby White HouseTo 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

John Burman here in for Anderson, and if these aren't signs of the season, they sure

0:05.1

look like signs of something, perhaps something big.

0:08.8

An influential Christian voice calls out the president for un-Christian conduct, the first

0:14.0

sign of stress between him and his base.

0:16.1

It's been that kind of week.

0:17.9

There's new reporting that says Vladimir Putin may be directly responsible for the president's

0:22.2

Ukraine obsession.

0:23.8

According to a former top official, the president believes what he believes in the president's

0:27.8

own words because Putin told me it has been that kind of week.

0:33.4

The kind of week that sees a president in peach for only the third time ever that sees

0:37.0

his trial delayed for the first time ever.

0:39.6

A week that sees polling averse showing that despite all of the above, Donald J. Trump

0:44.1

is still a political force to be reckoned with, a week like no other.

0:48.9

Except now that the president heads for his Florida vacation, the fear is we may see

0:53.1

one more.

0:54.1

We'll talk about all of it tonight, and then some, starting with new CNN reporting on

0:58.3

concerns among people close to the president about what he might do next.

1:02.5

CNN's Jim Acosta joins us now with the very latest in Jim.

1:06.9

What is the latest on how President Trump wants to handle the Senate impeachment trial?

1:11.6

John, I've been talking to my sources.

1:13.5

We've all been talking to our sources over here at the White House all day long, and the

1:17.3

latest is that it sounds as though the president is coming around to this idea, advanced by

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