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• CDC Testing Guidance Allegedly Published Outside Normal Review Process; Former Aide to Mike Pence Says She'll Vote for Biden After Her Experience At the White House; Biden Leans into Working Class Roots to Strike Contrast with Trump; Firefighter Dies While Battling Wildfire in California. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) are Interviewed about a Stimulus Deal; Trump Attacks FBI Director; Aired 9:30-10a
• Sources Say, HHS Sent Heavily-Criticized Guidance on Testing to CDC, It Was Posted over Serious Objections from Scientists; Long Lines in Virginia for First Day of Early In-Person Voting; 80 Providence College Students Test Positive in Two Days. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Interview with Broward County Teachers Union President Anna Fusco; Oregon Rain Changes Wildfire Calculus; Terry Branstad Steps Down as U.S. Ambassador to China. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Global Coronavirus Case Count Eclipses 30 Million; Trump, Biden Tell Conflicting Coronavirus Narratives; Source: CDC Guidelines on Tested Posted Last Month By HHS, Not CDC Scientists; Ex-Pence Aide: Trump "Doesn't Actually Care about Anyone Else"; Biden's New Effort to Win Over Working-Class Voters. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Early In-Person Voting Begins in 4 More States; 30 States Report Uptick of New Cases, 15 Hold Stead, 4 Trend Downward; Gov. Ned Lamont (D-CT) Discusses Low Positivity Rate but Cases Ticking Up in Connecticut; Pelosi Praises Former Pence Aides Slamming Trump Administration's Pandemic Response; Pelosi: Trump, GOP Skepticism of Science Hurts Fight Against Pandemic. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Providence College Goes Remote After 80 Plus Students Tests Positive; World Health Organization Warns Of "Very Serious" COVID-19 Situation Unfolding In Europe; Source: CDC Testing Guidance Sidestepped Normal Review Process; Trump, Biden Clash On Coronavirus, Health Care; Israeli Marks Jewish New Year With Second COVID-19 Shutdown. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• NYT: COVID-19 Dragging Trump Down In Key Battleground Polls; Trump, Biden Head To Minnesota Today As State Begins Early Voting; Firefighter Dies While Battling El Dorado Fire In California. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Trump Administration Manipulates Agencies in Middle of Crises; Nurse on Ventilator Survives Two-Month Coma Says, It Wasn't My Time; Guidance on Asymptomatic Testing Restored to CDC Website. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Guidance on Asymptomatic Testing Restored to CDC Web Site; Joe Rogan Accuses Left-Wing Activists of Starting Fires, Law Enforcement Says Not True; NYT's Nikole Hannah-Jones Discusses Trump Calling the 1619 Project "Ideological Poison". Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Administration Continues to Confuse COVID-19 Science; Flu Season May Be Mild This Year; Olivia Troye Endorses Joe Biden. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Attacks FBI Director for Calling Out Russian Interference; Pandemic Brings 2 Economies of U.S. into Focus, with Rich Raking in Billions as Main Street Suffers; UNICEF: Virus Linked to Millions More Children Living in Poverty; Kansas City Chiefs Fans Who Attended Game Opener Tested Positive; Pastor Who Flaunted Mask Mandates Now in ICU with COVID; "Reality Check": Trump Never Produced Health Care Plan "2 Weeks Away" Back in July. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Vaccine Timeline?; President Trump Holds White House Press Briefing. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Claims Vaccine Progress, Vows Quick Distribution; Biden to Speak in Minnesota; Jimmy Kimmel Hosts Social Distant Ceremony as Emmys Go Virtual. Aired 3:30-4p Et
• New York City Delays In-Person Learning for Second Time; Trump Courts Voters in Battleground State of Wisconsin; Biden Holds Drive-In Town Hall in Pennsylvania; Kremlin Critic's Aides Say Poison Found on Water Bottle; Corruption Scandals Complicate S. Africa's COVID Response; Qantas Offers Scenic 'Flight to Nowhere' Over Australia. Aired 12-1a ET
• Did Not Air 1-2a ET
• Johns Hopkins: Global COVID-19 Cases Surpasses 30 Million; The CDC Projects Up to 218,000 U.S. Deaths by October 10th; U.S. Tops 6.6 Million COVID Cases and Nears 200,000 Deaths. Aired 2:15-3a ET
• COVID Cases Worldwide Hit 30 Million; Disgruntled Employee Attacks President Trump; Israel Back to Nationwide Lockdown; Elderly People Most Affected in England; Presidential Candidates Working Double Time; Corruption Amidst a Pandemic in South Africa; Corruption Scandal Complicates South Africa's Covid Response; E.U. Travel Industry Pushes for Cohesive Restrictions; U.S. Airlines Plead for Federal Aid as Job Cuts Loom; CNN Brazil Crew Flies Over Scorched Pantanal Wetlands; Kremlin Critic's Aides Say Poison Found on Water Bottle. Aired 3-4a ET
• Biden, Trump Hold Very Different Campaign Events; Former Pence Aide Endorses Biden; COVID-19 Cases Emerge at U.S. Schools, College Campuses; Vaccine Push Intensifies with Mixed Messages on Timeline; Biden Frames Election as Scranton Verses Park Avenue; Trump Courts Voters in Battleground State of Wisconsin; U.S. Attorney General Compares COVID Lockdowns to Slavery. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Israel, England Impose New Restrictions as Coronavirus Cases Spike; COVID-19 Cases Spike at U.S. Universities and Colleges; U.S. Ambassador to China Says COVID-19 Could Have Been Contained in Wuhan; Qantas Offers Scenic Flight to Nowhere Over Australia. Aired 4:30-5a ET


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