CNN Evening News for 2017-04-14

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This program is about 1 hour long

Introduction/Preview Jim Sciutto (New York)

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07:00:10 pm — 07:00:20 pm
North Korea-US Relations / Test Provocation

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07:00:20 pm — 07:06:00 pm

(Studio: Jim Sciutto; Palm Beach, Florida: Suzanne Malveaux) The rising tensions for the US with North Korea while President Trump is on vacation without most staff at the Florida resort, how prepared Mar-A-Lago is for secure information to respond to North Korea with Vice President Mike Pence heading for the area discussed.
(Studio: Jim Sciutto; Seoul: Alexandra Fields) The mood in South Korea as they await a possible provocation from North Korea, who may test a nuclear weapon, & how the US will respond discussed.
Syria / US Air Strike / Russia

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07:06:00 pm — 07:09:40 pm

(Studio: Jim Sciutto; Moscow: Matthew Chance) The meeting of foreign ministers of Russia {Sergey Lavrov quoted}, Iran & Syria as a show of defiance to the US after the US air strikes last week on the Syrian air base after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson left Russia, the prospects for the lessening of Russian ties with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, who is a guarantor for Russian influence, discussed.
Foreign Policy / Trump

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07:09:40 pm — 07:12:30 pm

(Studio: Jim Sciutto; White House: Jim Acosta) The recent changes in policy positions from President Trump re: China as a currency manipulator, Russian relations, his shift from an America First policy, the policy flip=flops discussed.
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07:12:30 pm — 07:16:30 pm
Foreign Policy / Crises / North Korea / A Discussion

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07:16:30 pm — 07:24:50 pm

(Studio: Jim Sciutto) Live discussion held with CNN's Gen. Mark Hertling, Mike Chinoy, Kimberly Dozier & Ryan Lizza about current military/foreign policy issues facing the US & President Trump's administration. [HERTLING, CHINOY, DOZIER, LIZZA - offer views on how provocative North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is being, the stereotypical view of North Korea as crazy while their aim is regime survival with Trump being brash & blunt with no policy, the diplomatic/military options for dealing with North Korea, how Trump is back in the same positions as his predecessors on Syria, North Korea, which is now a nuclear state. the mixed messages from the US.]
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07:24:50 pm — 07:29:00 pm
Trump / Working or Hardly Working / A Discussion

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07:29:00 pm — 07:37:20 pm

(Studio: Jim Sciutto) The questions as to whether President Trump is working hard or hardly working examined; statistics on his trips, vacations, golf outings cited. [During the campaign, ten times, TRUMP - says he wants to stay in the White House & work, that he does not take vacations.] [During the campaign, ten times, TRUMP - speaks about President Obama playing golf.]
(Studio: Jim Sciutto) Live discussion held with CNN's Jack Kingston, Maria Cardona, Ryan Lizza, Bacari Sellers & Matt Lewis & radio talk show host Steve Deace† about Trump working. [KINGSTON, CARDONA, DEACE, LIZZA, SELLERS, LEWIS - offer views on whether Trump is getting it done, how it costs three million to got to Mar-A-Lago; the hypocrisy issue.]
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07:37:20 pm — 07:41:30 pm
Trump / Cohn / A Discussion

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07:41:30 pm — 07:47:40 pm

(Studio: Jim Sciutto) Report introduced.
(Washington: Tom Foreman) The rise of economic counsel head Gary Cohn in President Trump's inner circle examined; scenes shown; details given about Cohn's background, his career at Goldman Sachs. [COHN - says his agenda is taxes; talks about health care.]
(Studio: Jim Sciutto) Live discussion held with CNN's Jack Kingston, Maria Cardona, Ryan Lizza, Bacari Sellers & Matt Lewis & radio talk show host Steve Deace† about Trump's staff & Cohn. [SELLERS, LEWIS, DEACE - offer views on Cohn & his inner circle, the low jobs numbers, how Trump got off to a horrible start with Steve Bannon's philosophy, the view of Trump's base of a Goldman Sachs guy like Cohn.]
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07:47:40 pm — 07:51:40 pm
White House / Visitor Logs / A Discussion

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07:51:40 pm — 07:57:20 pm

(Studio: Jim Sciutto) The announcement White House visitor logs will now be kept secret for national security reasons reported; past tweet from Donald Trump about President Obama not being transparent quoted.
(Studio: Jim Sciutto) Live discussion held with CNN's Jack Kingston, Maria Cardona, Ryan Lizza, Bacari Sellers & Matt Lewis & radio talk show host Steve Deace† about Trump's decision to keep the logs secret. [KINGSTON, SELLERS, CARDONA, LIZZA, LEWIS, DEACE - offer views on what the Obama administration did with the logs, is this a transparency issue, backsliding on transparency in the "people's house," bicker about transparency.]
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07:57:20 pm — 08:01:20 pm
Start of second hour of AC360.

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08:01:20 pm — 08:01:20 pm