Welcome to the whole story. Im anderson cooper, since his defeat in 2020, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed in the election was stolen. The results somehow rigged by democrats. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, but that hasnt stopped mr. Trump and his allies from relentlessly pushing these lies now, many of those same defeated in november. Cnns Donie Osullivan spent the past few months with some of trumps biggest promoters, who continued to spread doubts about the security of the election and are doing whatever they can to ensure trump win. He begins with the most famous Pillow Salesman in america. [music playing] Donie Osullivan how are you . My name is Donie Osullivan. Woman ok, tony. Donie Osullivan Donie. Man johnny osullivan. Donie osullivan no, not johnny, like johnny mitchell. Man tony . Donie Osullivan Donie woman donie . Man are you an irish boy . Donie osullivan yes. Man god bless you. So am i. Donie osullivan as a journalist, i sp
Anderson cooper: welcome to the whole story. I m anderson cooper. Since his defeat in 2020, former president donald trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed the election was stolen, the result somehow rigged by democrats. There s no evidence of widespread voter fraud, but that hasn t stopped mr. Trump and his allies from relentlessly pushing these lies. Now, many of those same allies are gathering again, ready to claim fraud if the former president is once again defeated in november. Cnn s donie o sullivan spent the past few months with some of trump s biggest promoters, who continued to spread doubts about the security of the election and are doing whatever they can to ensure trump win. He begins with the most famous pillow salesman in america. [music playing] donie o sullivan: how are you? my name is donie o sullivan. Woman: ok, tony. Donie o sullivan: donie. Man: johnny o sullivan. Donie o sullivan: no, not johnny, like johnny mitchell. Man: tony? donie o sullivan: donie woman: doni
bret: the death toll from a massive earthquake that shook turkey and syria today continues to climb. it stand injured. the world health organization estimates the death toll could climb exponentially. countlessbodies are believed to be under the rubble and some survivors have been texting or tweeting out calls for help from underneath the debris. today in southern turkey, a second earthquake or aftershock 7.6 within 12 hours of that first quake. correspondent alex hogan has the story. it s turkey s biggest earthquake in nearly 100 years as rescue teams there and in northern syria search through mountains of rubble for survivors. thousands are dead and missing or wounded. more than 20 countries, including the u.s. pledging support. the president authorized an immediate u.s. response in addition to the u.s. personnel currently on the ground. this hospital s plead for international aid. the situation is too bad. we need urgent help. millions of people throughout the
beyond the statute of limitations the story is that because he says mean things about people sometimes on his free speech platforms he should not be allowed to speak about a fundamental issue of due process that governs the future of our country and how we look at justice and how we look at politicalization of this process so that would be a gross miscarriage of justice if it occurs and i wouldn t be surprised to see this politicized prosecutor make that request of this judge. i honestly think it s impossible to imagine greater election interference a greater or more aggressive attack on our system than gagging a presidential candidate in a presidential year. vladimir putin has never dreamed of any attack on the united states more damaging than that. would anyone be able to stop it? well , certainly the lawyers in this case will argue against
american culture and nation in ways that are unimaginable. tiktok, which is owned by chinese company bytedance concedes it tracks americans via mobile devices. texas governor greg abbott just gave texas agencies a deadline to ban tiktok on state phones. democratic colorado senator michael bennet is calling on alphabet the parent company of google and apple to ban tiktok from stores. bennett s idea has bipartisan support. i welcome it. we ought to just ban it in the united states completely. but that s a challenge. lawmakers want a universal plan to combat future tiktoks. it s a big, big hill to climb. it s not going to be the last time we have a foreign technology national security issue. congress passed a law that bans hostile nations from interfering in american commerce. there is a carveout for free speech platforms that makes it hard to ban tiktok unless congress changes the law. tiktok amplifying lobbying to preserve its foot hold as the app. faces more scrutiny about it