CNN Special Report - Episode Guide

Once considered a more underground activity, marijuana has become increasingly popular over the years, resulting in legalization to grow, sell and smoke it in states like Colorado and Washington. Cannabis has become one of the most controversial topics in America, but just decades ago it was a legitimate medication on U.S. formulary. No matter the circumstance, the debate over marijuana still exists and one question remains the same. Is marijuana bad for you or, could it actually be good for you?

In "Weed" - a one hour documentary - CNN's chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta spends nearly a year traveling the globe to shed light on the debate.

While it is part of a lifestyle for some, it is a lifeline for others including five-year-old Charlotte Figi. Charlotte suffers from a rare condition called Dravet's syndrome, making her prone to up to 300 seizures per week. Like many people who use marijuana for medicinal purposes, parents Paige and Matt Figi tried every other option before resorting to this type of prescription. Sanjay follows their journey.

Sanjay takes you to Colorado where weed dispensaries and pot cafes have become the norm. Dealers, doctors, users - Gupta meets with various people, like the Figis, offering a raw insight to what's been dubbed "The Green Rush". He also talks to experts about whether marijuana can be addictive - and whether it can contribute to long-term damage in the brain. Sanjay's final stops are in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem where he meets with some of the pioneers behind marijuana study, offering access to decades of innovative and cutting-edge research.

Innovator, visionary, trailblazer, humanitarian – Cable News Network founder, Ted Turner, is the subject of a profile encompassing his remarkable life and achievements.  Reported by CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, this special explores his difficult early years, his extraordinary career, his legendary America's Cup win, Turner's historic humanitarian, environmental, and cable television legacies – and everything in between.

Blitzer traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, and outside of Bozeman, Montana – to Turner's Flying D Ranch – where Turner works to preserve bison and land and water reserves for future generations – for the exclusive profile as Turner approaches his 75th birthday in 2013. During revealing interviews with Blitzer, Turner opens up about his successes and failures, both personal and in business.  Intimate interviews with Turner's five children and key figures in his life, including ex-wife Jane Fonda, President Jimmy Carter, broadcaster Larry King, Atlanta Braves MLB players Phil Niekro and Dale Murphy, and former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, add additional layers to the complex portrait.

"Weed 2: Cannabis Madness: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports", premiering Tuesday, March 11 at 10 p.m. ET, looks at U.S. federal laws that consider marijuana a drug with no medicinal value and serious scientists who say they're wrong. It is the politics of pot - the politicians vs. the patients.

Anderson Cooper reviews the tragedy of the killings at Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, 1970.

In a searing installment of her Black in America series, award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien uses graphic videos and incisive interviews to show how the lives of young Black and Latino men are fractured by aggressive policing.

A look back on the 20th anniversary of the Nicole Brown Simpson/Ron Goldman murders and the infamous white Ford Bronco with O.J. Simpson in the backseat chase; Kyra Phillips speaks to lead detective Tom Lange, Nicole's sister Denise, and Ron Goldman's family as they reflect on these tragic events.

Seven months after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people on board, and the world's most extensive search turned up nothing, CNN goes back to the beginning, retracing the key moments before the disappearance. Host/journalist: Martin Savidge

(This comes from the Time Warner Cable Guide description for a showing at 10:00 pm on 3/4/2016 on CNN.)

An extraordinary spy story tells of double agent Morten Storm, who was a boxer, biker and family man; he became a committed jihadist who really worked for U.S., British, and Danish intelligence agencies.

People, who were in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem 50 years ago when Malcolm X was assassinated, tell their story of the events surrounding that day. 

Two people brutally murdered; a superstar on trial for their murder; returning to the trial that captivated a nation 20 years later.

Two people brutally murdered; a superstar on trial for their murder; returning to the trial that captivated a nation 20 years later.

A look back on the 20th anniversary of the Nicole Brown Simpson/Ron Goldman murders and the infamous white Ford Bronco with O.J. Simpson in the backseat chase; Kyra Phillips speaks to lead detective Tom Lange, Nicole's sister Denise, and Ron Goldman's family as they reflect on these tragic events. Originally aired June 10, 2014.

New look at the murder case involving the former New England Patriot. A year ago he was a 23-year old blue chip tight end for the New England Patriots with a newly signed 40-million dollar contract; but now he sits in a jail cell accused of killing a 27-year old friend, and if that wasn't enough, investigators in Boston have just indicted him for the 2012 murders of two young men; and on top of that, a former friend says Hernandez shot him in the head in February 2013, causing him to lose an eye; welcome to the world of Aaron Hernandez. Original broadcast on 9/30/2014; also updated 4/21/2017 after Hernandez committed suicide.

Elizabeth Cohen tells stories of disturbing mishaps experienced by real-life patients and encourages viewers with simple ways to help doctors and nurses get things right.

More than 900 people - almost one-third of them children - died in Jonestown, Guyana, in a mass murder-suicide pact led by Rev. Jim Jones in 1978.

Seven months after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people on board, and the world's most extensive search turned up nothing, CNN goes back to the beginning, retracing the key moments before the disappearance. Host/journalist: Martin Savidge

(This comes from the Time Warner Cable Guide description for a showing at 10:00 pm on 3/4/2016 on CNN.)

Anderson Cooper investigates the secretive lives of teenagers engrossed in social media.

CNN returns to the courtroom 20 years after the O.J. Simpson verdict.

The Savopolus family of three and their housekeeper are murdered in their suburban Washington DC home; questions such as the who and why remain; updated insight.

More of your favorite Internet videos and the stories behind them.

The 2000 election, the most controversial in history, is revisited with testimony from key players who helped decide the outcome after botched results.

Reflecting on the 35th anniversary of Beatles icon John Lennon's murder.

Reflecting on the biggest news stories of 2015.

The mysterious manhunt for the killer of hometown hero Lt. Joe Gliniewicz in Fox Lake, Ill.

On May 17, 2015, a fight between two rival biker gangs at a restaurant in Waco, Texas became a bloody and horrifying gunfight that wounded 18 and killed 9.

A special look inside the life, pursuit and capture of alleged Mexican drug lord and alleged head of the Sinaloa Cartel criminal organization, Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka El Chapo.

Former presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Michael Dukakis, John McCain, Walter Mondale and Bob Dole share their experiences of losing the presidential race.

Exploring the possibility of the world being on the verge of an arms race in outer space and the belief by some experts - military and civilian - of the inevitability of conflict in space.

Fareed Zakaria examines the successes and failures of Obama's eight-year presidency, looking at both his ambition and the way that led him to try to put new policies into place. Too often, Zakaria said in an interview, "We focus on the sensational and the daily scamper. What we are trying to do is ask what will this presidency look like when the history books are written?"

Exploring the theories, secrets and bombshells of the mysterious murder of JonBenet Ramsey; a rare interview with John Ramsey.

Spotlight on Ivanka Trump, her role as one of her father's most successful surrogates on the campaign trail, and the issues she's most passionate about as her father moves into the White House; Gloria Borger hosts.

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress followed by commentary and summation by CNN News staff.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) take questions from a live studio audience at The George Washington University; Dana Bash moderates.

Friends and longtime Trump watchers give insight into Melania Trump's upbringing in Slovenia, her relationship with Donald Trump, and how she may shape the office of the First Lady.

Fareed Zakaria searches to find the true nature of the relationship between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, and the implications of their relationship for the world.

Clarissa Ward examines the story of 28-year-old Younnes Delefortrie, a former Catholic altar boy from a middle-class Belgian family, who converted to Islam and joined ISIS in Syria.

Nearly two months after spending 28 hours under siege in ISIS-held Mosul, CNN senior international correspondent Arwa Damon and photojournalist Brice Laine return to the embattled city to find out what happened after they escaped.

CNN investigates the dramatic events surrounding the case against famed NFL football player Aaron Hernandez. He committed suicide by hanging on April 19, 2017. Story was first broadcast on September 30, 2014. First update broadcast on June 13, 2015.

Ten years after her mysterious disappearance from a family vacation, the world still wonders what happened to Madeleine McCann; Randi Kaye returns to the scene of the crime for the latest on the search.

Jim Sciutto and Pamela Brown with a special report on the recent developments from Washington; live in D.C.

CNN looks at the charges against Bill Cosby as his criminal trial begins.

CNN looks at the charges against Bill Cosby as his criminal trial begins.

Doctors at Montefiore Medical Center separated conjoined twins Jadon and Anias McDonald in 2016; CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta follows the twins through separation and recovery.

Politicians and cyber experts reporting; Jim Sciutto and his team tell the story of Russia's hacking of the 2016 presidential election; from the very beginning to today.

Anderson Cooper returns to the Pulse night club to help tell the stories of the people of Orlando; the battle to establish the legacy of the attack from agony to triumph.

An investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election and possible ties to President Donald Trump's campaign has bogged down the administration's agenda and created turmoil in the White House; Jim Sciutto and Pam Brown host live.

CNN's Randi Kaye with a look at President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., in the wake of recent controversies.

CNN correspondent Kyra Phillips plays never-before-heard excerpts from the tapes that rocked the O.J. Simpson trial and sits down for a rare interview with the woman who recorded them.

Carolyn Warmus has maintained her innocence since the day she was charged with the murder of her married lover's wife. Kyra Phillips investigates.

Fareed Zakaria examines how Trump's own life story helped him forge a powerful connection with Americans who felt they'd been left behind.

Twenty years after Princess Diana died in a tragic car crash, CNN's senior international correspondent Clarissa Ward examines the events and circumstances surrounding her 1997 death. This report explores the lesser-known moments of the princess' journey and shares intimate details from interviews with some of her closest friends and those near to her on the night of her death, some of whom have never spoken publicly on the subject before.

North Korea has shown the world its missiles and military might; the rest of the country remains veiled in secrecy; exclusive and unprecedented access; Will Ripley returns to North Korea for a record twelfth trip.

Donald Trump first used twitter to promote himself and his projects; candidate Trump used twitter to rally his supporters; President Trump still tweets, but it may be possible that twitter will become his Achilles' heel.

Jake Tapper hosts live coverage on the day's developments in the Special Counsel investigation, led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller. The first criminal charges are filed in the investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 Election. New evidence shows the Special Council zeroing in on possible collusion.

The demand for Donald Trump humor transforms late-night talk shows and the hosts who front them; CNN analyzes the impact of President Trump on current comedy; the blurred lines between late night and news. Hosted by Brian Stelter.

Retired Lt. General Michael Flynn, a decorated military intelligence hero and leader in the War on Terror, finds himself caught up in the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Hosted by Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent for CNN.

Correspondent Randi Kaye explores the mysterious burning death of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers on Dec. 7, 2014, and a small town's hunt for her killer. Two months before her 20th birthday, her car is set on fire and she's left for dead on the side of the road in Courtland, Mississippi.

All the best moments and all the worst moments from the year 2017. Tom Foreman hosts.

Trump one year later. Jim Sciutto and Pamela Brown host.

The stories of the Trump Tower meeting; the shocking firing of FBI Director James Comey; Donald Trump's long history of financial dealings in Russia; the legal jeopardy of all the President's men; where the investigation could now be going. Pamela Brown hosts.

CNN goes inside President Donald Trump's first year in office, speaking with people inside the U.S. government and those who have recently left it. Jake Tapper hosts.

James Duncan maintains his innocence even after a judge sentences him to 70 years in prison for abusing his newborn son, Kody; the emotional journey of James Duncan and his son Kody, now in his 20s and fighting for his father's release. Jean Casarez hosts.

An in-depth look at the tragic and gruesome fraternity death of 19-year-old Penn State University student Tim Piazza; his murder led to one of the largest criminal indictments in history against a fraternity and its members.

Jim Sciutto and Pamela Brown present live reaction and analysis of James Comey's first interview since being fired as F.B.I. director. This follows "James Comey - An ABC News Exclusive Event Interview" just broadcast with George Stephanopoulos interviewing Comey.

Anderson Cooper moderates a conversation between James Comey and a live audience; they discuss his FBI career, his public firing, and the high profile cases he oversaw, including the bureau's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

The FBI raid on the office and home of President Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, opens up new avenues of inquiry in the investigations surrounding the President. What's this all about, and how much trouble could it be for the President? An in-depth look at what led to the raid and what may happen next.

The controversial thought that cannabis could help solve or ease the opioid epidemic; Dr. Sanjay Gupta meets patients, pioneers, and critics in an in-depth look at marijuana's potential as both an alternative to opioids in treating pain and in ending opioid addiction.

CNN's tribute honoring the life of Anthony Bourdain.

Fareed Zakaria addresses what he sees as the real reasons for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sudden transformation; stories of Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather; how the fearsome North Korean propaganda machine developed.

Donald Trump is taking over TV. Not just the daily news cycle, but primetime, scripted television. CNN examines the impact of Donald Trump's presence on TV and the blurred lines between entertainment and reality.

Impeachment was meant to be a drastic, last-resort measure, but in the last few decades, it has become a political weapon. We trace the history of impeachment and ask the question: will impeachment still work when we really need it? Examining impeachment with the backdrop of the Trump Presidency and the Mueller Report, Fareed Zakaria traces the history of impeachment and its implications.

The Framers intended impeachment as a remedy of last resort, a defense from the tyranny of the British Crown, designed by its former citizens. But since its first use more than 150 years ago, impeachment has become such a normalized partisan weapon, that it has been seriously threatened against the last four presidents, and during campaigns against candidates before they are even elected. CNN's Fareed Zakaria, host of the global public affairs program Fareed Zakaria GPS, traces the history of why and how Article II, Section IV of the U.S. Constitution has been used. He explores why constitutional historians feel America's democracy may not be strong enough to withstand an exercise of this extraordinary check on presidential powers.

February 2019 marks the 15-year anniversary of the social network. CNN's Laurie Segall explores how Facebook has changed how we connect for the good but also for the bad. The history is a complicated one and now begs the question: what's the future for this social network giant?

Fareed Zakaria explores a country where women are property and music and movies are evil, until a new crown prince brings unimaginable freedoms, but here is a dark side.

Erin Burnett takes a look at how President Trump and his businesses make money as he battles to keep his taxes and other financial documents away from scrutiny.

Kate Bennett profiles first lady Melania Trump, talking to those who know her best.

Fareed Zakaria traces the roots of the current white supremacy crisis in the United States and reports on how the number of hate groups has soared to a record number and hate crimes are up by double digits.

From small towns in the Midwest to the President of the United States, Ed Lavandera travels across America uncovering the country's deep and contingent need for undocumented workers.

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon 25 years ago. Now, it's a tech behemoth that fuels everyday life. CNN's Poppy Harlow examines Amazon's journey from online bookstore to e-commerce giant and beyond.

On the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, correspondent Bill Weir takes a trip across America, speaking with legendary musicians who performed at Woodstock and examining the historic event's impact on future generations.

CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta goes on a nationwide investigation to look at the real-life impact of dozens of deregulations at the EPA and what it means for the health of American families.

Alisyn Camerota takes a look back at the NBC sitcom "Friends" which debuted in September 1994.

Anderson Cooper and Jake Tapper with the latest developments into the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump

Anderson Cooper and Jake Tapper with the latest developments into the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

More than six years since CNNs first investigation into medical marijuana, Dr. Sanjay Gupta searches for the truth about CBD, which has turned into a multi-billion-dollar industry.

Fareed Zakaria looks at the frenzied competition for slots at elite schools that has exploded into the biggest cheating scandal in American history, a scheme that exploited the desperate quest for higher test scores.

In the last few decades, impeachment has become a political weapon. Now we find ourselves in the middle of an impeachment inquiry, looking to history to understand how, why, and even if Donald Trump should be impeached.

Laying out the secretive, months-long effort by administration officials to pressure the Ukrainian government to announce investigations of former Vice President Joseph Biden and alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Jake Tapper speaks to scholars, historians, and philosophers about how the president's statements foster a culture of mistrust, leading Americans to question the integrity of scientists, economists, world figures, and the media.

An investigation into the Salesians, a Catholic religious order whose stated mission is to minister to children.

President Trump is the third president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives; Fareed Zakaria examines the history of impeachment, and what it means today. Also, subtitled: A Fareed Zakaria Special

All the best moments and all the worst moments from the year 2019.

As the nation prepares for the impeachment trial of President Trump, CNN's Wolf Blitzer takes a look back at the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. With anything possible, the trial was more surprising, dramatic, and eventful than most people remember.

An updated look at Harry and Meghan's lives as they step back from their roles as senior members of the British Royal Family. Alisyn Camerota hosts.

For the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, CNN's Wolf Blitzer looks back through the eyes of those who were imprisoned there. Those who lived to tell their stories. Those who, by living the last seven decades with courage and hope, have defied the evil that was meant to destroy them.

The events that led Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, to embark on new lives as non-working members of the royal family; an exploration of what their future may hold.

CNN's Miguel Marquez goes to the front lines of hospitals and emergency rooms as doctors, nurses, and health care workers battle the coronavirus.

Bill Weir interviews the nation's top climate change experts and leaders, including former vice president Al Gore. They help explain the wide-ranging threats communities will increasingly face as climate change continues unabated. 

The timeline of how the coronavirus spread across the globe and how President Trump reacted to the virus's developments as they occurred.

Fareed Zakaria presents the story behind China's deadly secret including the timeline of what China knew and when they knew it about the coronavirus pandemic.

Host Don Lemon focuses on the violence and racism faced by black people in the United States.

Fredricka Whitfield will explore the impact of implicit biases in workplaces, schools, and communities and will also discuss how to bridge the gap of community policing and unconscious biases. Featured are live interviews with Dr. Robin DiAngelo, author of "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism;" Mayor-Elect of Ferguson, Missouri Ella Jones with Captain Ron Johnson; and teacher and activist Jane Elliott, who discusses her "Blue eyes-Brown eyes" exercise, the construct of race, and what everyone can do in the fight against racism.

The funeral service of George Floyd in Houston, Texas; anchored by Brianna Keilar and Victor Blackwell.

Anderson Cooper looks at how human infringement on bats' territory may contribute to the transmission of diseases, including the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Jake Tapper examines President Trump's experiences with the legal system before and during his presidency, and he looks at the president's words and actions related to legal norms and the rule of law.

Fareed Zakaria examines the president's interest in conspiracy theories.

Wolf Blitzer anchors a special look exploring the origins and execution of the coup attempt Donald Trump inspired on January 6, 2021, to prevent his successor from taking office.

Anderson Cooper looks back at the rioters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021: who they were, what spurred them on, and what consequences do they face. Interview subjects include former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe and white supremacy expert Kathleen Belew.

Senior Political Correspondent Abby Phillip closely looks at the historic career of Kamala Harris, the first woman and the first Black American and South Asian American to be elected Vice President. Phillip examines Harris' path to the Vice Presidency, including her barrier-breaking roles as U.S. Senator from California and California Attorney General. It reports untold details of her childhood, her upbringing in Berkeley, and the defining role her parents' activism played in her life. Phillip speaks with Harris herself and conducts a rare joint interview with Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff, about what the next four years will mean for their family. Phillip also talks with close friends and colleagues, including U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Catherine Cortez Masto and her sister Maya Harris.

Honoring the legacy of broadcasting giant Larry King: The longtime host of CNN's Larry King Live became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers and his sartorial sensibilities. He died at age 87 in a career spanning 60 years. With his trademark suspenders and his deep baritone voice tinged with a Brooklyn accent, he interviewed just about everybody.

Anderson Cooper, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Ken Burns discuss United States President Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20, 2021, the legacy of President Donald Trump, and how the U.S. can meet its challenges moving forward. 

Anderson Cooper takes a deep look into the origins and beliefs of the conspiracy group that is called Qanon. He investigates how they operate, how they reel people in, and the dangers they pose.

Fareed Zakaria investigates how the divide between Republicans and Democrats in America has become a national crisis. Why did political hatred in America get so bad? 

In the wake of the violent attack upon the U.S. Capitol during the Congressional certification of the 2020 national election, Zakaria and others offer analysis and historical context. They include: three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and author Thomas Friedman (The New York Times; Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations, 2017); CNN commentator and former Obama Administration official, Van Jones; author and columnist Ezra Klein (The New York Times; Why We're Polarized, 2020); author Jane Mayer (Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, 2017); historian Jon Meacham (The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, 2019); writer and author, George Packer (The Atlantic; The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, 2014); law professor and author, Joan Williams (the University of California, Hastings College of the Law; White Working Class, 2019); and CNN political analyst, professor, and author, Julian Zelizer (professor, Princeton University; Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker and the Rise of the New Republican Party, 2020). 

An updated look into the origins and beliefs of the conspiracy group called QAnon; an interview with a QAnon believer and the backstory of what QAnon is and how it rose quickly; Anderson Cooper hosts.

Jake Tapper investigates how America can safely reopen our schools as parents and teachers struggle to stay healthy throughout the covid pandemic. This report will include video diaries from parents, students, and teachers that show the real-life, day-to-day challenges of education in the Covid era. CNN's Chief Medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta will be one of the many voices to clarify some of the pandemic's most critical questions: are schools fully prepared to allow students, teachers, faculty, and staff to return to in-person classes safely? What is the science telling us, and what are the risks associated with keeping kids from returning to school as soon as possible? Guests will include U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and National Education Association president Becky Pringle.

In the year since the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country, close to 30 million Americans have contracted Coronavirus, many of whom have struggled, and more than 530,000 have died as a result. And those are just the numbers. CNN correspondent Miguel Marquez reports on the impact of those who have been affected by the pandemic. 

Among the millions of stories across the U.S., Marquez highlights a son who left behind his wife and life in New Jersey to care for his ailing, now widowed mother. He also talks to a long-married, once healthy couple who had to adjust to life where one of them might be permanently disabled due to COVID. And a sister haunted by the possibility that she may have been the one who transmitted the virus that killed her younger brother. Dalton, Georgia, is like many other American towns affected by COVID-19, as nearly one in seven have been infected by the virus. These accounts are from one area of America, but they repeat in town-after-town, state-after-state, and coast to coast.

CNN Correspondent Ed Lavandera investigates the nation's unemployment insurance program when Americans need it the most. The financial trauma caused by the Great Depression moved the United States to action in 1935. No tax-abiding American would suffer such destitution under the nation's new unemployment insurance program. Through personal stories, Lavandera explores the reliability of America's most important economic safety net. 

CNN travels to Kentucky to explore this governmental service's systemic issues through conversations with politicians across the aisle, local reporters, the state auditor, and former state workers. More importantly, Lavandera meets with Americans who have lost nearly everything. At the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, almost 22 million Americans lost their job, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Was America's financial lifeline, the unemployment insurance program, there when its citizens needed it the most?

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Stephen Hahn, and Dr. Robert Redfield discuss what went right and what went wrong with the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes an in-depth look at the proven science of vaccines and the backlash against them amidst the backdrop of COVID-19 with increasing numbers of parents choosing not to vaccinate their children pre-COVID. More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and after over half a million American lives lost, there is now finally hope.  Currently, there are three vaccines available in the United States, and scientists say if enough people get vaccinated, this pandemic will come to an end, and life can return to normal. Yet polls show that one-third of Americans are still hesitant or downright unwilling to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Anti-vaccine sentiment is not new — the movement has a long history. A history that Dr. Sanjay Gupta was investigating and filming before the COVID-19 pandemic began.  

CNN's Don Lemon explores the impact and genius of Marvin Gaye, his unprecedented "What's Going On" album, and the anatomy of several of the 1971 record's iconic hits that reflect significant challenges and divisions in the nation today. 

Britney Spears' legal battle over a contentious conservatorship has garnered attention worldwide, from the diehard fans leading the #FreeBritney movement to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. CNN's Alisyn Camerota and Chloe Melas explore the explosive revelations that emerged from the pop icon's tireless fight to end her 13-year conservatorship. The report also examines critical conversations around tabloid culture, mental health, and the treatment of women in media sparked by Spears' battle.

Airing days before the court hearing that will decide the fate of Spears' conservatorship, this report features an array of voices, from lawmakers proposing protections for those under conservatorships and actors familiar with the scrutiny of Hollywood to expert attorneys and the staff closest to Spears over the years. The special includes interviews with actors Mischa Barton and Rosie O'Donnell; House Representatives Charlie Crist (D-FL) and Nancy Mace (R-SC); the founders of the #FreeBritney movement; conservator expert attorney Lisa MacCarley; award-winning journalists Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino; and several team members who were close to Spears from the beginning of her career through the start of her conservatorship.

CNN provides a closer look at the nationwide quest for answers in the Gabby Petito homicide case and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. Randi Kaye investigates.

CNN anchor and chief political correspondent Dana Bash hosts this report on the fight for voting rights currently playing out across America. Despite having no evidence, former President Donald Trump, his allies, and numerous Republican politicians continue to push baseless conspiracy theories claiming widespread fraud during the 2020 election. As a result, Republican state legislators and governors are passing new restrictive election laws making it harder to vote, changing who oversees election processes, and tearing down guardrails in key states that kept Donald Trump's big lie from succeeding in 2020. With the 2022 midterm election fast approaching, Bash travels to some of the crucial states that passed election laws this year, talking to voters, key legislators, and experts to explore how these new laws might impact voters and the outcomes of future elections.

The January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol was the most visible piece of Donald Trump's push to overthrow the results of a free and fair U.S. election endangering our American democracy. Before election day itself even began, Trump led a disinformation campaign attacking the 2020 election's credibility. As votes were still being counted, he pressured local, state, and federal legislators to disenfranchise millions of voters, even twisting the arms of leaders in the Justice Department to help orchestrate a second term. CNN Anchor and Chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper interviews key Republican officials about details never before heard on just how close the nation came to losing the democracy many of us hold so precious – and what Trump and his team are planning for 2024.

Xi Jinping's remarkable ascendance to becoming China's paramount leader is as extraordinary as are his aspirations for China's global dominance. Born into privilege, then condemned to labor on a rural farm during the Cultural Revolution, Xi's life and China's rise are explored by CNN's Fareed Zakaria in a new, global primetime special.  

For decades, Zakaria points out, Chinese leaders sought rapid modernization through economic initiatives, massive infrastructure projects, and social engineering programs to transform a poor, largely agrarian nation into a global superpower that now demands a reckoning with the world. China, now a nation with the world's second-largest economy, has been led by an increasingly ruthless and authoritarian Xi Jinping for the last decade. Under Xi, China has taken an aggressive global stance, brutally restricting freedoms in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, saber-rattling at Taiwan, and adopting an increasingly hostile anti-American posture.

Through discerning interviews with experts including Ian Bremmer (president/founder, Eurasia Group); Elizabeth Economy (author, The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State, 2018); Thomas L. Friedman(author, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations, 2017; columnist, The New York Times); Victor Gao (vice president, Center for China and Globalization); Evan Osnos (author, Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, 2014; New Yorker staff writer); David Shambaugh (professor, The George Washington University); and Lingling Wei (chief China correspondent, The Wall Street Journal); Zakaria warns that China may be entering a new, antagonistic phase as Xi seeks to shape his nation around his philosophy of brutal nationalism. 

The violent insurrection at the Capitol in Washington, DC, has reinforced Xi's notions that democracy is both dangerous and incompatible with China's goals for stability, progress, and global supremacy in an orderly world. Ultimately, Zakaria asks: as Xi consolidates power in – and for – China, what are the stakes for America?

CNN correspondent Elle Reeve returns to the scene of the deadly and violent "Unite the Right" white supremacist rally where – four years later – a hallmark federal civil suit, Sines v. Kessler, went to court. The documentary retraces the events in Charlottesville that led nine plaintiffs to sue 25 defendants, including high-profile white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and organizations designated as hate groups, who they say planned, carried out, and celebrated a weekend of violence and intimidation. Reeve – whose reporting on the "Unite the Right" rally in the documentary Charlottesville: Race and Terror with Vice News Tonight won numerous awards – has unprecedented access to the major players in the case, including some of the white supremacists on trial.

During the hour, Reeve speaks to the attorneys representing the plaintiffs in Sines v. Kessler and the plaintiffs themselves who were harmed by the "Unite the Right" rally about its lingering impact and what's next for their community. She also talks to defendants Richard Spencer, Matthew Heimbach, Jeff Schoep, and Matt Parrott about their roles that weekend, the current state and downfall of the alt-right, and the future of white supremacy.

In August 2017, white nationalists descended upon Charlottesville in a planned demonstration against the removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee, but soon it was engulfed in violence prompting the Virginia governor to declare a state of emergency. Less than two hours after that declaration, a white nationalist plowed his car into a crowd of protestors injuring dozens and killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Infamously, President Trump addressed the nation, condemning hate and violence on "many sides."

Nearly ten years ago, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta set out on a journey and traveled the globe to investigate the medical benefits of medical marijuana.  Weed, the original award-winning documentary in the series that premiered in 2015, highlighted the remarkable benefits of CBD in treating seizure disorders in kids. The documentary led to dozens of state legislatures changing laws granting parents and doctors the ability to use CBD in treating children.

In Weed 6: Marijuana and Autism, Dr. Gupta takes viewers on a similar journey. Medical marijuana is known to treat dozens of disorders. In this documentary, Gupta follows several families who have seen the miraculous benefits of the plant on their children struggling with autism.

Autism, ASD for Autism Spectrum Disorder, is by definition a wide array of behaviors. Whether mild or severe, two core symptoms are social communication challenges and restrictive or repetitive behaviors. Viewers will meet researchers, doctors, and families, some of whom are coming out publicly for the first time, and will see in real-time how life-changing the plant can be for them.

CNN hosts examine extraordinary individuals and unexpected events through interviews, stories, images, and video.

As America reaches the first anniversary of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, CNN's Fareed Zakaria examines the state of the threats to American Democracy. He looks at the evidence that the United States is turning away from Democracy, even as the entire world follows a similar trend. As always, Zakaria offers lessons from American history and abroad to meet this defining struggle of these deeply troubling times. Interviewed for The Fight to Save American Democracy are: Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State (Clinton Administration, 1997-2001); author, Fascism: A Warning (2019); Anne Applebaum, author, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (2021); Benjamin Ginsberg, Republican election lawyer; Benjamin Carter Hett, author, The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War (2021); Robert Kagan, contributing columnist, The Washington Post; Steven Levitsky, co-author, How Democracies Die (2019); Jon Meacham, author, Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship (2004); Lisa Pine, author, Debating Genocide (2018); and Daniel Ziblatt, co-author, How Democracies Die (2019).

CNN national correspondent Sara Sidner explores traffic stops and the psychological, social, and financial trauma they cause Black drivers who get caught up in a system fraught with racial bias. The disturbing images of unarmed Black men killed during traffic stops and the names that go with those images: Philando Castile, Daunte Wright, Walter Scott, and more dot the canvas of a system that does not treat Black drivers the same as White drivers. According to a study from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Black drivers are twice as likely as White drivers to be pulled over and four times as likely to be searched. This extreme disparity is difficult to explain with legitimate law enforcement objectives. Indeed, the data show that contraband is found less often on Black drivers than on White drivers.
Sidner examines the major reforms taking place by cities and police departments and the push back from police unions who warn crime will rise because of them. She talks to the Police Chief of Oakland, California, the Police Commissioner of Philadelphia, as well as Katie Bryant, Daunte Wright's mother, and Valerie Castile, Philando Castile's mother. Sidner learns how a seemingly mechanical system engineered to manage and limit the dangers of automobile usage—speeding, drunk driving, etc.—has turned into a mechanism that unfairly targets and traumatizes Black drivers.

CNN's Drew Griffin tells the story of Alex Jones, the far-right radio and internet host and outspoken conspiracy theorist. Through interviews with people who knew him, worked for him, and believed him, Griffin explores Jones' rise from the fringes of public access television to creating a wide-reaching media empire that touched the Trump White House. The hour also traces the roots of Jones' conspiracy theories from the 1990s to today.

CNN obtained exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of InfoWars headquarters, including portions of a revealing interview with Jones never seen before. Griffin details how Jones became a multi-millionaire and shows how de-platforming and other efforts have done little to silence Jones or diminish his wealth. As Jones' empire is being challenged by lawsuits from the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims and by scrutiny by the January 6th committee, CNN explores how Jones' message grew from the fringes into the mainstream and why that could threaten the future of democracy in America.

In The Fire Still Burns: 30 Years After the L.A. Riots, CNN political commentator Van Jones revisits the historic uprising to reveal the true origins of the fiery clash and how its legacy still smolders three decades later. The documentary delves into how failing institutions, aggressive policing, and deep-seated racism were the driving forces behind the five days of violence and destruction and the crucial lessons that must be learned to avoid a repeat of history. Jones also reflects on his personal experience of being arrested during protests as a young law intern in San Francisco – an incident, he says, that changed his life then and still shapes him decades later.

"The first time I went to jail was in the aftermath of the Rodney King uprisings," Van Jones said. "The impact of those days has never left me. It's a powerful experience to return to the streets 30 years later – and learn what has changed, what hasn't, and why it all happened in the first place."

The all-new special explores the simmering problems beneath the surface of metropolitan Los Angeles – a drug epidemic, rising crime, economic collapse, and a broken criminal justice system – that finally erupted after a jury acquitted four officers charged with using excessive force in the widely broadcast arrest and beating of Rodney King. It also explores another precursor to riots: the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Black teen Latasha Harlins, whose killer, a Korean American grocery store owner, was sentenced to probation.

The special features notable figures including Representative Karen Bass (D-CA); Henry "Kiki" Watson, one of the "L.A. Four," convicted of beating trucker Reginald Denny; Rodney King attorneys Milton Grimes and Steve Lerman; Christina Rogers, the sister of Latasha Harlins; former LAPD Captain Thomas Elfmont, and many others.

As Russia continues to horrify the world with its brutal attacks on Ukraine, and its crush of dissent at home, CNN's Fareed Zakaria takes viewers inside the mind of the man behind the ruthless conflict, Vladimir Putin. 

Throughout his rise to power and political career, Vladimir Putin has been an autocratic enigma. What drives the notorious strongman? He was reared in Soviet poverty, served as a KGB intelligence agent in East Germany, and through a series of cunning maneuvers, rose from deputy mayor of St. Petersburg to the presidency of post-Soviet Russia. Zakaria gets answers to the many questions surrounding Putin that have confounded leaders worldwide, including at least four U.S. presidents: how did Putin's mindset move from pro-global harmony to isolation, fear, and loathing of the West.

Interviewed are: Robert Gates, former U.S. Secretary of Defense (George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, 2006-2011); author, Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World (2020); Masha Gessen, staff writer, The New Yorker; author, The Man Without A Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (2013); Edward Lucas, columnist, London Times; senior fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA); author, The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West (2008); Dmitry Peskov, deputy chief of staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Russia; Presidential Press Secretary; David Remnick, editor, The New Yorker; author, Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (1993); Mikhail Zygar, former editor-in-chief, TV Rain; author, All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin (2016); and Julia Ioffe, founding partner and Washington correspondent, Puck news.

CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper conducts the first interview with former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed since his return to America following nearly three years of imprisonment in Russia. Find out what happened to the American Marine in his own words. Reed details the harsh realities he faced in the Russian legal and prison systems while wrongfully detained for 985 days, as well as his mission to help other American families who currently have relatives wrongfully held in Russia and other countries.
Viewers hear from Reed's family, whose steadfast crusade to get him out of Russia is a large part of why he is now safely home. In addition, the special features families of other Americans who are still being held by foreign governments, including the family of fellow US military veteran Paul Whelan, currently detained in Russia, as they continue to fight bravely for their loved ones who they desperately hope will come home.

Three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared on May 3, 2007, while on a family vacation in Portugal. CNN's Randi Kaye investigates by returning to the scene of the crime and brings viewers the latest on the search for Madeleine that has continued for more than fifteen years.

This episode is filled with rare interviews and new details on Steve Bannon's role in shaping and dividing the U.S. political system and the potential threat to American democracy. CNN's Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin explores Bannon's mission to defeat establishment Republicans in every part of the government – including those responsible for elections – with the help of far-right "MAGA" extremists who falsely believe Donald Trump was the winner of the 2020 election. 

As the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th events focuses on members of former President Donald Trump's inner circle, Griffin focuses on Bannon's role leading up to the violence at the U.S. Capitol, promoting a strategy that would have let Trump illegally seize a second term. The special also dissects Bannon's current influence on Republican politics as being among the most influential thought leaders of the party and using his daily show as a campaign platform for candidates spreading the lie of stolen elections. 

As we gear up to the 2022 midterm elections and the questions swirling around the 2024 race, Griffin shows how Bannon's power and influence have grown since he left the White House and his job as Chief Strategist.

Ed Lavandera reveals how a handful of influential billionaires steer the politics of school boards, city councils, and the state legislature in Texas.

Texas is one of only 10 states with no limitations on campaign donations to candidates. As a result, a few wealthy donors with strong religious views have an outsized influence on the government of approximately 30 million people. In a state known for its independence, Texas is usually at the forefront of legislation – and its conservative Republicans tell Lavandera that what's happening now goes beyond ideology.

Lavandera speaks with sources on the record for the first time about how a small number of extremely wealthy citizens fund campaigns of little-known candidates who back their ideology against insufficiently conservative lawmakers. In addition to financing candidates, they fund political action committees and the scorecard by which legislators are ranked, maneuvering lawmakers to take positions espoused by the billionaires. Even by Texas' conservative standards, the state has adopted some of the most stringently conservative legislation ever seen in the state's modern history. In this special, Lavandera explores how the ambitions of these few influential Texans are poised to expand beyond the state lines.

Antisemitism is finding new and terrifying footing in American society. Though it has always existed, this ancient hatred has grown in recent years, moving from fringe groups and obscure chatrooms to the mainstream, both online and on the streets of communities across the country. With white nationalists radicalized online perpetrating deadly shootings and insidious conspiracy theories and tropes normalized by political leaders, CNN Anchor and Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash takes an in-depth look.

In this timely and unique hour, Bash visits Jewish communities still reeling from recent violence, including Poway, California, where CNN cameras were the first allowed inside since the deadly attack in 2019, and the Temple in Colleyville, Texas, where an extremist antisemite took congregants hostage earlier this year. Bash also gets a first look at a command center dedicated to tracking threats against Jews by monitoring the deepest corners of the dark web. In interviews with everyone from victims of hate, to a former Skinhead, to scholars and experts, this report digs deep into the complex reasons for growing antisemitism in the U.S. and, most importantly, explores ways to help curb it.

The fertility industry has grown exponentially over the past four decades, making dreams come true for millions of families. As reproductive medicine advances and becomes more inclusive, there are also tragic stories. In the riveting CNN Special Report, CNN Anchor Alisyn Camerota takes a closer look at the ups and downs of the booming fertility field.

According to the most recent CDC statistics, almost a quarter of married women struggle to get pregnant for the first time, and an estimated 1 in 6 couples without children are infertile. As American women are giving birth later in life and LGBTQ+ couples and single people grow their families at unprecedented rates, the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) has doubled in the past decade. As the demand for reproductive medicine rises, there's increased scrutiny around established practices, consumer protections, and the prohibitive costs of this multi-billion-dollar industry.

Camerota, a former board member and support group leader of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, shares her fertility struggles and how IVF benefitted her family. Throughout the hour-long, in-depth report, she tracks how much the industry has changed and illuminates the complexities of the fertility field. Camerota speaks with donor-conceived children, families devastated by what they claim is a lack of oversight of the industry, an egg donor and surrogate with 27 known genetic children, industry experts, doctors, and activists fighting to change laws and create more rules and regulations. Camerota delves deep into several topics, including the growth in popularity of elective egg freezing, egg and sperm donor practices, fertility fraud laws, and surrogacy. Her investigation uncovers gaps in the system and explores potential ways to fix them and improve the customer experience. Forty years after the first IVF baby was born in the U.S., this documentary examines the business of fertility and the painful lessons still being learned.

Queen Elizabeth II is known for order and tradition. She quietly revolutionizes the royal family, leaving the monarchy stronger than she found it.  Behind the stoicism is a leader who oversees an unprecedented reign spanning seven decades. Her reign as the United Kingdom's longest-serving monarch has come to an end. CNN anchor and royal correspondent Max Foster looks at the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II. 

For more than a year, the January Sixth Select Committee has investigated and interviewed thousands of witnesses, piecing together their testimonies with videos, texts, emails, and other documents to help uncover an undeniable, coordinated 7-part plan by the former President of the United States to try to overturn the results of a legal and valid presidential election. In advance of the Select Committee's first report, CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper looks at the evidence, examines new details, and conducts exclusive interviews with key witnesses, including those you haven't heard from other than before the committee. The fundamental question: Did a former U.S. President lead a multi-level plan designed to hold onto power and overturn American democracy? This episode continues last year's highly successful CNN Special Report Trumping Democracy: An American Coup.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, NN Chief Medical Correspondent, travels to Cuba to investigate one of the most complex and controversial brain mysteries in recent years, known as Havana Syndrome. First reported by two dozen U.S. officials in Havana, Cuba starting in 2016, these unexplained health incidents have since multiplied to include hundreds of reports of concussion-like injuries around the globe. American officials have yet to make clear what is behind these injuries and whether a directed energy weapon may be to blame.

The victims describe suffering from vertigo, headache, brain fog, and in some cases, pain or ringing in the ears without any apparent mechanism of injury. Since 2016, US government officials around the world have reported similar incidents. Investigations by the FBI, the CIA, and the US Department of State have yet to fully explain what happened to these individuals who fell ill while serving their country. The lack of clear answers has led to growing tensions between victims, US lawmakers, and the government agencies investigating these incidents. Critics say these agencies too quickly dismissed these cases despite working theories that a foreign government, or proxy, may have coordinated intentional Cold War-style attacks on American officials using directed energy weapons.

Gupta interviews several patients, including a former CIA senior medical officer who traveled to Cuba to investigate the incidences only to fall ill himself and a former Trump official who believes she was injured at the White House. Both are sharing their stories for the first time.

Gupta also speaks with Cuba's top scientists and diplomatic officials, who conducted their own investigation and remain skeptical of the reported incidents on their soil. However, prominent US brain experts Dr. Michael Hoffer of the University of Miami and Dr. Douglas Smith, director of the Center for Brain Injury and Repair at the University of Pennsylvania, examined many of the patients and explain why they believe their injuries are very real.

But what causes the mysterious illness? Dr. David Relman, who co-authored the influential American Academy of Sciences report, concluded that microwave energy is a plausible explanation. This finding takes Gupta's journey down an eye-opening road into how microwave energy interacts with the brain and what types of directed energy technologies are potentially capable of doing this.

On the eve of the new term of America's Supreme Court, CNN's Fareed Zakaria, host of the global public affairs program Fareed Zakaria GPS, dives deep into the Court's controversial last term, the most conservative in almost a century, and previews the landmark cases ahead. Last term's most dramatic decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, stripped citizens of a previously determined freedom.  SUPREME POWER: Inside the Highest Court in the Land yields new details about Chief Justice John Roberts' furious, ultimately futile fight to stop the conservative bloc of Justices from overturning Roe v Wade.

The stunning political and cultural impact of that precedent-shattering reversal of prior Supreme Court case law has roiled national politics. That decision was foreshadowed by another unprecedented event: the leaking of the draft opinion to the public. Considered an act of extraordinary betrayal, the leak from within the Court threw a spotlight on the brewing personal and deepening partisan tensions among the Court's justices. Zakaria also challenges Court insiders to dissect what's at stake with a little-known case in the new session that may be the most dramatic of all.

This special also traces the history of the Court through the 20th Century, from Franklin Roosevelt's battle to expand a Supreme Court he felt was too obstructionist, to the transformative social changes of the Warren Court, to the ugly and divisive confirmation hearings of the last few decades – to draw a clear line to the present moment. Zakaria and Supreme Court experts reveal how America arrived at this most conservative Court in 100 years. Dissecting Dobbs, looming legal battles that could change the way Americans vote, and so much more with Zakaria from both the last term and the term ahead are:

- Joan Biskupic, Supreme Court biographer (The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts, 2019; American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 2010) and CNN senior Supreme Court analyst;

- Noah Feldman, Harvard Law School professor, Bloomberg Opinion columnist, and author (The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America, 2021; The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President, 2020);

- Carrie Severino, president of Judicial Crisis Network and author (Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Court, 2020); and,

- Nina Totenberg, NPR legal affairs correspondent and author (Dinners with Ruth, 2022).

As Alex Murdaugh awaits his fate behind bars, many in South Carolina and around the country are left reeling with questions about his alleged crimes, including financial fraud and murder. CNN's Randi Kaye sits down with those closely tied to this mysterious saga unfolding in the low country as they take on these cases together for the first time. At a roundtable, Alex Murdaugh's victims, alleged victims, their lawyers, and local reporters discuss the man who has changed their lives forever and the mystery that has shaken this community.

Local reporters who have been following every detail of this case for years talk Kaye through their coverage of the over 90 financial fraud charges Murdaugh is facing and the five mysterious deaths circling his orbit. Mandy Matney, the creator of the popular Murdaugh Murders podcast, Liz Farrell, Matney's co-host, and John Monk, reporting in South Carolina for nearly 50 years and currently covering crime and the court system at The State newspaper, join Kaye at the round table.

Alleged victims that came together to discuss their cases are: Sandy Smith is the mother of 19-year-old Stephen Smith, whose body was found lying in the middle of a Hampton County road in 2015. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division initially deemed Smith's death a hit-and-run, but his mother and her lawyer, Mile Hemlepp, believe otherwise. Ginger Harriott Hadwin is the sister of the Murdaugh's housekeeper, who allegedly fell and died outside his home. Hadwin does not believe her sister was killed, but Alex Murdaugh was found liable for another nefarious act connected with her death. Murdaugh is also accused of defrauding Alania Spohn and Jordan Jinks, Murdaugh's childhood friend, who also joined them at the table.

Local lawyers, including Eric Bland, Mike Hemlepp, Joe McCulloch, and Justin Bamberg, some of whom represent these alleged victims, also sit together to discuss their clients and the power and the legacy of the Murdaugh family dynasty in Hampton, South Carolina.

In 2020, facing its first pandemic in over 100 years, the US government implemented mandates to save the lives of the most vulnerable. However, the mandates quickly became politicized, and some Americans turned their rage and anger toward local government. Within months, a contentious election, followed by false claims of fraud and theft, added fuel to the political fires already spreading across the country. Now, election workers, school board members, county supervisors, and others are being targeted and threatened, leaving them and their families fearing for their lives.

In this CNN Special Report, CNN Senior National Correspondent Kyung Lah travels across the United States to meet people behind the anger and try to understand the fears that drive them to terrorize members of their local community. During the 10-month investigation, Lah spends time with local officials, including election officials who share their fear of constantly contending with death threats against them and their families. Some have had to go as far as arming themselves.

On the opposite side of this polarized debate, Lah examines what drives far-right groups to take on their communities. She sits down with activist Carlos Zapata, who led the successful recall of Leonard Moty, the Republican board member in Shasta County, California. Zapata's strategy was showcased in his documentary series and has become a model for activists around the country. As our nation heads into midterm elections, this special explores the climate of fear and rage tearing apart communities and perhaps imperiling American democracy.

On the 10th anniversary of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota looks back at the victims' families' decade-long fight to change gun policy, including countless conversations about mental health, unprecedented legal battles, and another unspeakable tragedy in Uvalde, Texas that echoed what happened in Newtown – and asks the question, how much has America actually changed?

Camerota sits down with the families and lawmakers at the center of the fight to remember the lives stolen during the heinous act in Connecticut that reverberated around the world when a gunman opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 20 first graders and six adults, including the principal. The grieving families reflect on how they have worked tirelessly to fill gaps in mental healthcare, took on fierce fights over gun control at the state and federal levels, and waged extraordinary legal battles.

Additionally, Camerota speaks with the victims' families about how they learned to navigate their new world of policymaking overnight. Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy and former state Senator John McKinney - both successful in passing sweeping state gun legislation - explain all the hurdles at the federal level. The special also goes inside the families' devastating court battles, including the settlement they reached with gun manufacturer Remington Arms and the lawsuits against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that would eventually award the families more than a billion dollars.

CNN recaps all the best moments and all the worst moments from the year 2022. Guests are comedian Hellen Hong, former NFL player Donté Stallworth, CNN anchor John Berman, conservative commentator S.E. Cupp, and comedian Gina Brillon.

Antisemitism is finding new and terrifying footing in American society. Though it has always existed, this ancient hatred has grown in recent years, moving from fringe groups and obscure chatrooms to the mainstream, both online and on the streets of communities nationwide. With white nationalists radicalized online perpetrating deadly shootings and insidious conspiracy theories and tropes normalized by political leaders, CNN Anchor and Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash takes an in-depth look in the CNN Special Report Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America.

In this timely and unique hour, Bash visits Jewish communities still reeling from recent violence, including Poway, California, where CNN cameras were the first allowed inside since the deadly attack in 2019, and the Temple in Colleyville, Texas, where an extremist antisemite took congregants hostage earlier this year. Bash also gets a first look at a command center dedicated to tracking threats against Jews by monitoring the deepest corners of the dark web. In interviews with everyone from victims of hate, to a former Skinhead, to scholars and experts, this report digs deep into the complex reasons for growing antisemitism in the U.S. and, most importantly, explores ways to help curb it.

CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward returns to Ukraine one year after the war began. She crisscrosses the country to explore the extraordinary resilience and unwavering will to win of ordinary Ukrainians. This CNN Special Report revisits many locations Ward reported from during the last year, including Kharkiv, where she reported live as the invasion began. She reunites with paramedics she followed on a shift last spring as Russian artillery smashed into the residential building where the team was treating victims. In this hour-long primetime special, Ward tells the story of this war through the eyes of Ukrainian fighters, volunteers, and leaders who have endured the unthinkable and continue to fight.

The CNN crew recaps all the best moments and all the worst moments from the year 2023.

Jake Tapper with special breaking news, live coverage from Washington, D.C.

A live town hall debate featuring Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and John Kasich, the governor of Ohio; focusing on the major issues facing the nation; Jake Tapper and Dana Bash moderate.