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Former Wells Fargo bankers tell CNNMoney's Cristina Alesci how they tricked customers and opened fraudulent accounts.
CNN's Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on all the times President Trump has embraced violence and the way Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has tried to rewrite his past support of Trump since the riot at the Capitol.
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Documentarian Ken Burns compares the current crises in the US to World War II, the Great Depression and the Civil War during a podcast with actor Will Arnett. #CNN #News
CNN's David Culver reports on the partnership between Russia and China amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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As Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade were frantically texting Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows on the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, CNN's John Berman shows how the Fox News anchors were reporting the event publicly.
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Sharon Bass joins New Day to discuss how she helped save a Ukrainian refugee family that helped her grandmother during the Holocaust decades prior. #CNN #News
Professors and scientists are among the North Korean elite treated to a variety of perks, paid for by Kim Jong Un's regime. CNN's Will Ripley reports.
Jimmy Hill was among dozens of civilians killed by the Russian onslaught in Chernihiv. Ukrainian police said he died during artillery fire.#CNN #News
CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks recent false claims made by President Trump about Osama Bin Laden and crying farmers.
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A federal judge ruled that Ferguson police violated the Constitution when they told protesters they couldn't stand still.
Speaking to CNN's Fareed Zakaria, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Hong Kong is "part of China and this is a big psychological change which is not easy for the population to get used to."
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Businessman and Democratic 2020 hopeful Andrew Yang said he supports "Medicare for All" but would keep the option of private insurance. CNN's Dana Bash speaks with Yang on the specifics of his plan during the first joint interview with his wife Evelyn. #CNN #News
CNN's Anderson Cooper reports that Fox correspondent Benjamin Hall was injured while on assignment in Ukraine. His injury comes a day after journalist Brent Renaud was killed in Irpin, Ukraine. Jeff Newton, a friend and colleague of Renaud, shares his memories of the award-winning journalist with CNN's Alisyn Camerota. #cnn #news
CNN's Anderson Cooper and Randi Kaye discuss family members who took their own life.
David Glosser, the uncle of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, says if his family had not immigrated to the United States when they did then none of them would be here today.
CNN's Don Lemon talks to Charles Graham, a North Carolina Congressional candidate whose campaign ad telling a story about the KKK coming to town went viral. #CNN #News
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg responds to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's speech to US Congress. #CNN #News
The New York Times is reporting that former President Donald Trump's campaign tried to make up a fundraising gap during the 2020 election cycle by signing up one-time online donors for repeat donations without their knowledge.
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Author Tara Westover discusses being raised by Mormon survivalist parents with CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
CNN's Randi Kaye takes a closer look at former Trump attorney Sidney Powell's bizarre interview with Australian TV reporter Sarah Ferguson.
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CNN's Daniel Dale breaks down two videos being spread online to claim the media is broadcasting footage of "crisis actors." Neither video shows what pro-Russia social media accounts claim.
#DanielDale #CNN #Ukraine
Kyanna Parsons-Perez was trapped after the candle factory where she was working in Mayfield, Kentucky, was completely leveled by a tornado. Unable to reach 911, she broadcast pleas for help on Facebook Live.
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President Trump's legal team argued that the people who breached the Capitol did so on their own. Brent Mayr, a lawyer representing accused Capitol rioter Christopher Grider, calls that claim "absurd."
#ErinBurnettOutfront #CNN #News
Jon Stewart and Dave Chappelle weighed in on President Trump's attacks on the media and other public figures in an interview with Christiane Amanpour at the Royal Albert Hall.
After objecting to the certification of the electoral college results in January, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has repeatedly claimed -- on national TV -- that he has been canceled and silenced. CNN's Brianna Keilar looks back at Sen. Hawley's comments surrounding the 2020 election and its results.
#BriannaKeilar #CNN #News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers remarks to US Congress pleading for a no-fly zone over Ukraine as the war continues abroad. #CNN #News
Veteran Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine speaks to CNN's John King on the emotional toll the Ukraine conflict is taking on her and her colleagues on the frontlines of this story. #CNN #News
CNN's Laura Coates and former NAACP President Cornell William Brooks discuss Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn's remarks about Andre Mathis, a Black judicial nominee.
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The roots of QAnon run deeper than you think, tapping into centuries-old conspiracy theories with echoes of anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic bigotry.
In the latest “Reality Check with John Avlon: Extremist Beat,” Avlon traces how far back these false beliefs go and explores the present-day implications with CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan.
The FBI's Denver office said that remains found in a Florida nature reserve are those of Brian Laundrie, who disappeared last month just days after his fiancée Gabby Petito was reported missing
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President Trump has constructed a narrative in which he clawed his way to the top by sheer will. The New York Times released a story that calls that narrative into question. Were Trump’s financial successes heavily funded by his father Fred? (Spoiler alert: Yes.)
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
The New York Times story on Trump’s finances
https://nyti.ms/2xSIq8K
Trump’s response to that NYT story
https://bit.ly/2P5YVoE
The creation myth of the billionaire businessman Donald Trump just imploded
https://cnn.it/2xXZOZU
Donald Trump says his life has been a lot of ‘no’
https://nbcnews.to/2RoTkLH
Back in 2014, Trump said he’d release his returns if he decided to run for president
https://bit.ly/2oHdxzZ
A long list of things Trump has said about his tax returns
http://cnnmon.ie/2puP3Zr
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In a 1997 interview with CNN's Peter Arnett, Osama bin Laden explains why he has declared a jihad on the U.S.
Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian state TV employee who protested the war in Ukraine during a live news broadcast, speaks to CNN's Christiane Amanpour in her first major television interview since her protest.
Yevgenia Albats, a journalist in Moscow who is staying in Russia despite a new law that could jail journalists, speaks to CNN's Brian Stelter.
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The Omicron surge and Covid-19 have frayed nerves and pushed the physical and mental limit of medical professionals across the country. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports on the toll it's taking as many hospitals near capacity. #CNN #News
Marina Ovsyannikova, an employee at one of Russia's major state television networks who interrupted a live broadcast to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine, was arrested and interrogated for more than 14 hours and charged with organizing an unauthorized public event. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
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Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and his brother who is fighting with the Ukrainian army, Wladimir Klitschko, tell CNN's Dana Bash they are ready to fight to defend the capital city from Russian forces.
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Karen Shakhnazarov, a Russian filmmaker, criticized Russia's invasion into Ukraine on the state-owned channel Russia 1.
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Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco tells CNN's Evan Pérez that investigators are looking into the fake elector certifications pushed by Trump allies to steal the 2020 election from Joe Biden. #CNN #News
CNN's Chris Cuomo talks about advice given to him by a pulmonary expert on how to fight Covid-19 and says you have to fight back against the virus to beat it. #CNN #News
CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from Kyiv where Ukranians woke up to war on their doorstep.
#ClarissaWard #CNN #Ukraine
Amanda Gorman, the United States' first-ever youth poet laureate, recited a powerful poem at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
#BidenInauguration #CNN #AmandaGorman
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reacts to Russia's claim that they are not targeting civilian and residential buildings. New Day's John Berman speaks to Klitschko's brother, Wladimir, a former boxing champion who's now serving in the Kyiv Territorial Defense Forces. #CNN #News
King's College London Director of Russia Institute Dr. Sam Greene says Russian President Vladimir Putin appears increasingly isolated and inscrutable, but hasn't always been this way.
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After receiving a plea on Twitter from a daughter looking for her lost mother, CNN's Clarissa Ward went out on the search for her in the hard hit city of Irpin. #CNN #News
The escalating Russian assault on Ukraine is sparking concern for three Americans currently being detained by the Putin regime. CNN's Brian Todd reports. #CNN #News
Ukrainian officials say more than 20,000 volunteers are interested in joining Ukraine's international legion. CNN's Jim Sciutto speaks with volunteers to learn why they plan to join the fight against Russia.
#JimSciutto #Ukraine #CNN
Abigail Disney, a longtime critic of her family's business, speaks with CNN about "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales," her new documentary that takes a critical look at the company's pay practices. #CNN #News
CNN's Jim Sciutto talks to Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) about Donald Trump's comments about Putin's invasion of Ukraine. #CNN #News
