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CNN Transcripts for February 16, 2019

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S.E. Cupp Unfiltered
• Trump Undermines National Emergency; Interview with California Democratic Rep. John Garamendi; GOP Using Progressive Proposals to Paint Dems as "Radicals"; Interview with Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, former DNC Chair; Amazon's Ditched HQ Deal; Evidence Suggests Jussie Smollett Orchestrated Attack. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Democratic Presidential Candidates Campaign in Early Primary States; Author of Biography of Joe Biden Discusses Possibility Former Vice President will Declare Presidential Candidacy; Alleged New Tape of R. Kelly with Underaged Girl Surfaces; Special Counsel Recommends Sentencing for Paul Manafort; President Trump Declares National Emergency to Appropriate Funding for Border Wall; Interview with Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN); Stockton, California, Launches Trial Run for Universal Basic Income. Aired 10-11a ET
• Deadly Shooting Rampage in Aurora, Illinois; Biden Flexes Foreign Policy Credentials as He Mulls White House Run; Pence Calls on European Allies to Pull Out of Iran Nuke Deal; Interview with New Jersey Democrat Senator Bob Menendez; Prosecutors Have Evidence Roger Stone Communicated Directly with WikiLeaks; Vatican Defrocks Top Ex- U.S. Cardinal over Sex Abuse Claims; Police Update on Workplace Violence. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Latest on Aurora, IL, Shootings; Democratic Candidates for 2020 Presidential Election Out Stumping; Trump Emergency Declaration Discussed; Report: Several Killed As Protests Erupt In Haiti; Missionaries And Nurses Trapped In Haiti As Protests Sweep Country; Two Men Arrested In Connection With Alleged Attack On Empire Star Jussie Smollet Released Without Charge; DNC Cyber Security Head Issues Stark Warning To Candidates; Vatican Defrocks Top U.S. Cardinal Over Sex Abuse Claims. Aired 12-1p ET
• Democrat Presidential Candidates Call for Gun Debate after Illinois Mass Shooting; Democratic Presidential Candidates Stump as Race Heats Up; Gunman in Illinois Shooting Killed Victims after Being Fired; Trump on His National Emergency: "I Didn't Need to Do This"; Pence Compares Trump's Leadership to McCain; Ocasio-Cortez Will Likely Cheer Amazon Withdrawal from N.Y. During "Inaugural Address"; Payless ShoeSource is Closing All of Its 2100 Stores; U.S. Aid Lands on Venezuela Border; Prosecutors Say They Have Evidence of Roger Stone Communicating Directly with WikiLeaks; White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Interviewed by Special Counsel; Colorado Running Who Survived Mountain Lion Attack Talks About Near-Death Experience. Aired 1-2p ET
• Democratic Presidential Candidates Campaign in Early Primary States; Analysts Examine Possibility of Gun Control as Democratic Presidential Primary Issue; Anti-Government Protests in Haiti Continue; President Trump Declares National Emergency to Appropriate Funding for Border Wall; Property Owners Affected by Border Wall Construction Sue Federal Government over Eminent Domain Claims; Gunman Kills Five in Aurora, Illinois; Interview with Rep. Lucy McBath (D- GA); Former Vice President Joe Biden and Current Vice President Mike Pence Speak at International Security Conference in Munich, Germany. Aired 2-3p ET
• Beto O'Rourke Testing Presidential Waters in Chicago; Amy Klobuchar Talks Gun Control on Stump; Kamala Harris Hosts Town Hall in South Carolina; Interview with Democratic Presidential Candidate John Delaney; New Details on Aurora Shooting; Prosecutors Say They Have Evidence of Roger Stone Communicating Directly with WikiLeaks; White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Interviewed by Special Counsel; Prosecutors Say Paul Manafort's Crime So Bad Should Get 20 Years in Prison; CNN Fact-Checks Trump's Emergency Declaration/Wall Speech; U.S. Warns American to Avoid Haiti as Protests, Violence Grip Country; Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Expelled after Vatican Trial Finds Him Guilty of Sex Abuse. Aired 3-4p ET
• President Donald Trump Declared National Emergency; Former Vice President Joe Biden Was At Global Security Conference In Munich; Special Counsel's Office Has Revealed A Major New Detail In The Russia Investigation; Illinois Manufacturing Business That Lost Five Employees Including A Student Intern In This Mass Shooting; Mexican Drug Lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman Has Been Captured; New Version Of Barbie Will Include Dolls With Prosthetic Limbs And Wheelchairs. Aired 4-5p ET
• Fake Emergency; Cocaine Bust; Klobuchar On State Of Emergency; Legal Challenges For Trump; Tape Of R. Kelly; Mueller Staff Interview With Sanders; CNN Uncovers Another Kremlin-Funded Operation Using Facebook to Reach Americans; Gen. Joseph Votel Publicly Disagrees with Trump on Syria Pull Out; U.S.-Backed Fighters Try to Knock Out ISIS in Syria; Mike Pence Says Iran Doing Same as Nazis & Called on European Allies to Stop Undermining Iran Sanctions, Supporting Iran Nuclear Deal; U.S. Warns American to Avoid Haiti as Protests, Violence Grip Country; New Twist in Case of Alleged Attack on Jussie Smollett. Aired 5-6p ET
• Evidence Suggests Jussie Smollett Orchestrated Attack; Kaepernick's Lawyer Speaks For First Time Since Settlement; Colin Kaepernick, Ex-Teammate Settle Collusion Grievance With NFL; Heather Nauert Withdraws From Consideration as U.N. Ambassador. Aired 7-8p ET
• Smollett Claims Attack But Possibly A Hoax; President Declares National Emergency; Trump Admits He Didn't Need To Declare Emergency; Trump Undercuts His Own Case About Need For Natl Emergency; Democratic Candidates Hammer Early Voting States; Payless Shuttering All Of Its 2,100 U.S. Stores; Justice Ginsburg Returns To Supreme Court After Absence. Aired 8-9p ET
• Nigerian Elections; Trump Declares National Emergency; Special Counsel Says Manafort Deserves 20+ Years Prison; World Leaders in Germany to Discuss Global Threats; Rising Popularity of Backcountry Skiing. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Trump Declares National Emergency; Special Counsel's Team Meets with White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders; Nigerian Elections; World Leaders in Germany to Discuss Global Threats; Rising Popularity of Backcountry Skiing; Police Release Actor's Alleged Attackers. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Declares National Emergency; Interview with Texas State House Rep. Cesar Blanco; Special Counsel Says Manafort Deserves 20+ Years Prison; Vatican Defrocks Former Cardinal McCarrick; World Leaders in Germany to Discuss Global Threats; Fact-Check of U.S. President's Border Wall Claims; Nigerian Elections; Rising Popularity of Backcountry Skiing. Aired 5-6a ET


New Day Saturday
• Deadly Shooting in Aurora Early This Morning; Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Found Guilty; Manafort to Be Sentenced; The Field of Democratic 2020 Presidential Candidates is Active; Beto O'Rourke: I'll Decide if I'll Run for President By the End of the Month; Joe Biden Speaks at Security Conference in Germany; CNN Poll Shows 62 Percent of Democratic Voters Want Joe Biden to Run for President; Two Nigerian Men Released After Arrest in Alleged Attack on Empire Actor; Canadian Missionaries, Tourists Evacuated from Haiti; Protests Rock Haiti Amid Calls for the President to Step Down; Aviation Industry Rebounds from Historic Shutdown; Trump Faces Legal Challenges Over Emergency Declaration; Forecasters Say El Nino Could Cause Some Problems Despite Being Weak. Aired 6-7a ET
• Five Employees Dead, Five Police Officers Wounded; Trump Facing Legal Challenges Over Emergency Declaration; Joe Biden Is Speaking at High-Profile Security Conference In Germany; Democratic Presidential Wannabes All Over The Map This Weekend; Prosecutors Say They Have Evidence Roger Stone Communicated Directly With WikiLeaks. Aired 7-8a ET
• Trump Facing Legal Challenges Over Emergency Declaration; Workplace Shooting: Five Employees Dead, Five Police Officers Wounded; Mueller Probe: Special Counsel Says Paul Manafort Deserves up to 24.5 Years in Prison for Financial Crimes; Russia Investigations: Prosecutors say They Have Evidence Roger Stone Communicated Directly With WikiLeaks; Joe Biden is Speaking at High-Profile Security Conference in Germany; Republicans Warn Trump Against Decision to Declare Emergency; Violent Unrest: Chaos in Haiti Amid Anti-Government Protests; Payless Closing: Discount Shoe Store Shutting Down all U.S. Stores. Aired 8-9a ET


Smerconish
• NYC Loss, Trump Gain?; Are Progressive Dems Driving Away Centrists?; Did Cities Bidding For Amazon HQ Get Played?; Will Trump's National Emergency Hurt The Gop?; Will Senate Republicans Support Trump's National Emergency?; Saving The Environment One Step at a Time; Saving The Environment One Step At A Time; How Sexism Plays On The Campaign Trail; Paid Line Standing. Aired 9-10a ET