CNN Special Report

Season 38

The CNN Documentary Unit tackles the most compelling, current, and complex stories of our time. Startling events. Pressing issues. Extraordinary journeys.

Where to Watch CNN Special Report • Season 38

16 Episodes

  • History Made: The Legacy of Michelle Obama
    E1
    History Made: The Legacy of Michelle ObamaCNN’s Randi Kaye looks back at Michelle Obama’s journey from the Southside of Chicago to the White House. The program explores the First Lady’s life from meeting the man who would eventually become the first African American President and finding her own voice in the White House, to raising her daughters and trying maintain normalcy while residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. How did Michelle Obama evolve? What is her legacy? And what does she have to say about the suggestion that she run for President?
  • Ivanka Trump: First Daughter
    E2
    Ivanka Trump: First DaughterSpotlight 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.
  • Before the Wall: A Journey on the Border
    E3
    Before the Wall: A Journey on the BorderAn eye-opening journey along the U.S.-Mexico border, from South Texas to the Pacific Ocean.
  • Melania Trump: The Making of a First Lady
    E4
    Melania Trump: The Making of a First LadyFriends 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.
  • The Most Powerful Man in the World
    E5
    The Most Powerful Man in the WorldFareed 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.
  • ISIS: Behind The mask
    E6
    ISIS: Behind The maskIn a new CNN documentary, meet one man from Europe who joins ISIS and then returns home.
  • Return to Mosul
    E7
    Return to MosulTrapped by an ISIS firefight, CNN's Arwa Damon and Brice Laine took shelter with an ordinary Iraqi family in East Mosul. Two months after their escape, the pair returned to discover the fate of the soldiers and civilians they met, and to find out how the city and its people are recovering after years under ISIS control.
  • Missing: Madeleine McCann
    E8
    Missing: Madeleine McCann10-years ago, 3-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared. Could she still be alive? CNN's Randi Kaye investigates.
  • White House in Crisis
    E9
    White House in Crisis
  • The Case Against Cosby
    E10
    The Case Against CosbyCNN looks at the charges against Bill Cosby as his criminal trial begins.
  • Saving the Twins
    E11
    Saving the TwinsDoctors at Montefiore Medical Center separated conjoined twins Jadon and Anias McDonald in 2016; CNN follows the twins through separation and recovery.
  • The Russian Connection: Inside the Attack on Democracy
    E12
    The Russian Connection: Inside the Attack on DemocracyPoliticians 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.
  • Pulse of Orlando: Terror at the Nightclub
    E13
    Pulse of Orlando: Terror at the NightclubAnderson 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.
  • Why Trump Won
    E14
    Why Trump WonFareed Zakaria examines how Donald Trump's life story, from a child in Queens to a wealthy business magnate who never quite fit in with the elite of New York City, helped him forge a powerful connection with Americans who felt left behind.
  • Diana: Chasing a Fairytale
    E15
    Diana: Chasing a FairytaleTwenty years after Princess Diana died in a car crash, CNN's "Diana: Chasing A Fairytale" examines the events and circumstances surrounding her 1997 death.
  • A secret state: Going inside North Korea
    E16
    A secret state: Going inside North Korea

 

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