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CNN Transcripts for December 18, 2012

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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Victim's Parents Speak Out; Newtown Students Return to School; Teachers Dealing with Trauma and Grief; Remembering Noah Pozner
• Remembering Connecticut Victims


Amanpour
• NBC's Richard Engel and Crew Freed from Kidnappers; Discussing Guns and American Culture


CNN Newsroom
• Newtown Schools Reopen Today; New Details from Lanza Household; Some Retailers Curb Gun Sales; Fiscal Cliff Deal May Be Near; NBC News and Crew Rescued; Gun Control Back in the Spotlight; The Power of the NRA; GOP Working on "Plan B" to Stop Tax Hikes
• Manchin: Time to Talk Gun Control; New Push for Assault Weapons Ban; Video Game Concerns After Newtown
• Former Classmate Remembers A Killer; Schools Review Security Precautions; Boehner Talks Fiscal Cliff Soon; GOP Working On "Plan B" To Stop Tax Hikes; NBC Correspondent And Crew Rescued; Congress To Get Benghazi Report
• Returning to School; Long Road Ahead for Newtown; Instagram: Your Photos are Our Property
• Town Seeks Normalcy; New Details About Adam and Nancy Lanza; Interview with Elizabeth Esty; Creating a New Normal
• GOP Readies Plan B to Avoid Cliff; White House Rejects Plan B; The Power of the NRA; 6 Scared Kids on Front Lawn; 4-Legged Friends Offer Support.
• New Details From Medical Examiner; Former Schoolmate Remembers Gunman; Change Gun Culture; Boehner Proposes Short-Term "Plan B"; NBC Reporter Freed from Syria
• When Journalists Face Risks; The Role of Faith in Tragedy; Newtown Schools Back in Session; Video Game Violence
• Funerals Today Add To Town's Grief; New Details On Connecticut Gunman; Computers At Lanza Home Smashed; Sales of Semi-Automatics Jump; Gun Laws Are As Varied As States
• New Details from Medical Examiner; Man Helps Kids from Sandy Hook; GOP Offers Plan B on Fiscal Cliff; News Crew Kidnapped, Rescued; Comfort Dogs Help Community Heal; Newtown Dealing with Tragedy.
• Shooter's Computer Badly Smashed; Closer to Cliff, Closer to Deal; Helping Students Replace the Trauma
• Capital, Guns and Teachers; Two More Funerals in Newtown Today; NBC's Engel, Crew Freed from Syria; Remembering Senator Daniel Inouye; Friends Talk About Gunman
• Remembering Newtown Victims; Journalist Held Hostage Finally Released
• Discussing the Connecticut Shooting; Examining the Deficit Reduction Talks; Hollywood Film Adgenda Changes Due to Connecticut Shooting


Connect the World
• Former High School Classmate Says Adam Lanza Just Another Kid; Interview with Author Wendy Cukier; Richard Engel Freed From Captivity In Syria


Dr. Drew
• Is My Kid at Risk?


Erin Burnett Outfront
• New Details About Newtown Gunman; Report May Provide Clues To Shooter's Motive; House Republicans Draw Up A "Plan B"; NRA Responds To Newtown Shooting; Gun Sales Spike In Wake Of Shooting


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• The Tipping Point?; Back to School; Fiscal Cliff Breakthrough?
• Fiscal Cliff Deal May Be Near; Newtown Back in School Today; Tipping Point for Gun Control:
• Fiscal Cliff Deal May Be Near; Massacre Ignites Gun Control Debate; Newtown Schools Reopen; A Moment Of Silence For Newtown; Gun Industry and Retailers React; Sen. Daniel Inouye Passes Away
• Fiscal Cliff Deal May Be Near; Interview with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas; Sandy Hook Criminal Investigation


Jane Velez-Mitchell
• Newtown Surviving Tragedy


Nancy Grace
• Newtown Shooter Reportedly Lived in Windowless Basement


NEWS STREAM
• South Korean Presidential Race Pits Dictators Daughter Against Human Rights Activist; Rain Threatens to Top Reservoirs in Sri Lanka; Napoli Fined Two Points, 70,000 Euros for 2010 Match Fixing; Animals Bring Smiles to Newtown Families


Piers Morgan Live
• Remembering Olivia Engel; Gun Control in America; Interview with Carolyn McCarthy, Ron Barber


Quest Means Business
• Obama Rejects Republican's Fiscal Cliff Plan B; Canadian Finance Minister Says Fiscal Cliff Will Be Bumpy Ride; US, European Markets Up; Instagram May Sell Your Photos Without Compensation; Euro, Pound Up; Christmas Rush; Singapore Trade Hub; Romeo Beckham for Burberry


Showbiz Tonight
• Reporter, Crew Escape Syrian Captors; Movies, Shows Postponed after Tragedy; Therapy Dogs Help Shooting Survivors; Phone Hacker Sentenced to 10 Years; Countdown of the Top Five Most Provocative Celebrities of the Year


The Situation Room
• Remembering Newtown Victims; Interview with Connecticut State Police Spokesman; Autopsies Complete on Gunman and Mother; NRA Issues Statement On Massacre; Four Dead in Colorado "Murder Suicide"; NBC Crew Free After Syria Kidnapping; U.S. Gas Prices Nearing Two-Year Low; Two More Small Coffins in Newtown; Will Congress Tackle Gun Control?; Disagreement Over Second Amendment; Reopening Schools After Massacre
• They Said, "Our Teacher Is Dead"; Back at School after Massacre; "He Had Problems Socially"; Investigating a "Truly Devastating Crime"; More of Police Spokesman Interview
• Gun Rights Fight; Remembering Newtown Victims; Interview With Congressman Chris Murphy


CNN 10
• Newtown Mourns After Massacre


Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien
• Gun Legislation Discussed Among Lawmakers; Possible Movement on Fiscal Cliff Negotiations; Interview with Steve Perry; Sporting Goods Store Bans Sale of Assault Rifles
• Newtown Mourns; A Moment Of Silence For Newtown; Manchin: Time To Talk Gun Control; Tragedy Renews Gun Control Debate; Newtown Copycat Arrest?; Benghazi Attack Report Released; Senator Daniel Inouye Dies At 88; Obama Answers Coach's Message; Mayor Bloomberg's Fight Against Guns; "I Am Adam Lanza's Mother"; Inside the Violent Mind
• Fiscal Cliff Deal May Be Near; Captured NBC Reporter Now Free; Interview with Congressman Ron Barber of Arizona; Newtown Schools Reopen
• Interview with Frank Keating; School Shooting Invigorates Gun Law Debate; Faint in Response to Tragedy