Anderson Cooper 360

The Justice Department is facing a deadline tonight to answer CNN, MS NOW and Politico's lawsuit against the president, ahead of a hearing tomorrow regarding his media ban. President Trump said that while he believes his ban is warranted, the federal judge overseeing the lawsuit “probably will” rule in the media’s favor. Plus, with all this playing out, the president was on the world stage with a message for Iran, telling the UN General Assembly that a deal with Iran is possible after the midterm elections, but his other choice is to “annihilate the Islamic Republic.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, for the first time in modern memory, the one camera that's at the White House or that travels with a president almost always, was not there. The major television networks are standing with CNN by declining to replace its White House pool crew after the Trump administration barred CNN from fulfilling its assigned duties today. “The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting,” ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC said in a rare joint statement. Plus, the Venezuelan DoorDash driver shot by an ICE agent in Texas talks to reporters while in custody, after his attorney revealed he has "a bullet in his back". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President of the United States announced today, with no warning, that he has banned CNN from the White House along with MS NOW and Politico. President Trump was questioned by a group of White House reporters about how he would justify banning the news organizations. “Because they’re fake news,” he said. Plus, a live report from the Kennedy Center where a protest was underway over the actions by the Trump administration on the living memorial to a fallen president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is President Trump about to tear down the Kennedy Center because he cannot get his name on the building? Plus, OpenAI is revealing more AI models have gone rogue, and Anthropic's chatbot Claude is taking over the work of building its own successor. Anderson speaks to one of AI's godfathers, Yoshua Bengio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate as expected on Wednesday, marking a sharp policy turnaround for an economy increasingly shaped by the war in the Middle East. Plus, a new report on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s long-standing fixation on what the troops at his speeches look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices