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CNN Transcripts for October 18, 2020

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CNN Newsroom
• Biden Holds Rally In North Carolinas 16 Days Before Election Day; Trump Tries To Recreate 2016 Atmosphere In Final Push To Election Day; Ten States Report Highest Number Of New COVID Cases On Friday; More Than 21 Million Votes Cast In 45 States And D.C.; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Sets 48-Hour Deadline For Stimulus Deal; Critical California Homeless Crisis Made Worse By Pandemic. Aired 2-3p ET
• Donald Trump Tries To Recreate 2016 Atmosphere In Final Push To Election Day; Interview With Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI); Ten States Report Highest Number Of New COVID-19 Cases On Friday. Aired 3-4p ET
• Trump Tries To Recreate 2016 Atmosphere In Final Push To Election Day; Twitter Removes Tweet By Trump Adviser Undermining Masks; Biden Looks To Win Over Voters In States Trump Won In 2016; Obama Campaigning For Biden; Latino Voters In Florida; CNN Hero Carol Rosenstein. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Recycles 2016 Campaign In Final Weeks Of Campaign; Trump Incites Domestic Terrorism In Campaign; Trump Refuses To Disavow QAnon; Final Presidential Debate Between Trump And Biden; U.S. In Second Wave Of Coronavirus; Travel Restrictions In Connecticut And New Jersey; Deadline For Stimulus Deal Set At 48 Hours; CNN Original Series, First Ladies: Nancy Reagan. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trumps Visit Two States with COVID-19 Cases Spikes; Biden Leads In Polls; Manchester Opposes Highest COVID-19 Alert Level; Italy Reports Daily Record Cases In Second Spike. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Goes On Rally Blitz As 10 States Break COVID-19 Records; Biden Leads In Polls, Warns Against Complacency; Republican Seniors Voting For Biden; More Than 22 Million Votes Cast In 45 States And D.C.; French Cities Under Nighttime Curfew; Women's March Focus: Protest Trump And Get Voters To Polls. Aired 2-3a ET
• Biden Leads In Polls, Warns Against Complacency; Italy Reports Record New Cases As Second Wave Grips Europe; Trump Losing White Female Voters In Swing States; Republican Seniors Voting For Biden; Mnuchin Leads U.S. Delegation To Israel, Bahrain, UAE; Kenya Stars Struggling Through Pandemic. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Versus Biden In Rural Pennsylvania; Biden Leads In Polls, Warns Against Complacency; Ten U.S. States Break COVID-19 Records; Italy Reports Record New Cases As Second Wave Grips Europe; French Cities Under Nighttime Curfew; French Prosecutor Releases New Details On Paris Attack; New Zealand Rugby's Win Against COVID-19; Women's March Focus: Protest Trump And Get Voters To Polls. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Goes On Rally Blitz As 10 U.S. States Break COVID-19 Records; Thousands Of North Carolina Absentee Ballots Under Review; Biden Leads In Polls, Warns Against Complacency; Hospitalizations Climb Across U.S.; Disney To Lay Off 28,000 U.S. Workers; Italy Reports Record New Cases As Second Wave Grips Europe; Giuliani Targeted By Russian Intel For Disinformation; COVID-19 Misconceptions. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN Special Reports
• CNN: Special Report: The Insiders, A Warning from Former Trump Officials. Aired 9-10p ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Interview with Tony Blinken about Joe Biden's Foreign Policy; Interview with KT McFarland about Donald Trump's Foreign Policy. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Holding Multiple Rallies A Day In Battleground States; COVID-19 Infectious, Hospitalizations Surge Across U.S.; Biden Holds Advantage In Most Battleground State Polls; Global COVID-19 Leadership Test: Surges In Europe And U.S.; Turnout In this Year's Election Expected To Exceed 2016. Aired 8-9a ET


New Day Sunday
• Trump Trailing Biden In Battleground States, GOP Strongholds; Trump Tries To Win Over Voters In Nevada, A State He Lost In 2016; Trump Holds Rallies In Michigan And Wisconsin Even As Both States See Record Surges In COVID Cases; Whitmer Aide Slams Trump Over "Violent Rhetoric"; Twitter Removes Tweet By Trump's COVID Adviser That Undermined Wearing Masks; Biden Campaigning In North Carolina Today, Harris In Florida Monday; Obama To Hit Campaign Trail For Biden Next Week; More Than 22 Million Ballots Have Been Cast So Far. Aired 6-7a ET
• Trump, Biden Campaigning In Key Battleground States Today; Michigan Governor Whitmer On Trump Rally Rhetoric: This Puts "Lives In Danger"; Only Two States Trending Downwards As Coronavirus Surges; States See Spike In Turnout As Early In-Person Voting Begins; How A Former QAnon Believer Escaped The Virtual Cult. Aired 7-8a ET


Reliable Sources
• Trump Still Getting More Coverage Than Biden; What to Expect at Thursday's Presidential Debate. Aired 11a-12p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump On Rally Blitz As U.S. Sees Surge In COVID Cases; Giuliani: 50-50 Chance My Associate Is A Russian Spy; Numerous Polls Show Voters Trust Biden Over Trump On Pandemic; Interview With Rep. Max Rose (D-NY) About The Coronavirus Relief Bill; Europe Scrambles To Contain Second Wave Of COVID Infections; Israel Eases Restrictions After Decrease In New Infections. Aired 6-7p ET
• Sen. Kamala Harris Questions Trump's Supreme Court Nominee; Sen. Harris Presses Judge Barrett on Obamacare, Abortion.; Trump Holds Rally in Pennsylvania with Few Masks; Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) on Kidnapping Threat Points to Trump's Rhetoric Aired 7-8p ET
• Dr. Fauci Says He's Not Surprised President Trump Got COVID-19; Trump On Rally Blitz As U.S. Sees Surge In COVID Cases; Anthony Fauci Says He Will Take COVID-19 Vaccine If Approved By The FDA; Interview With DNC Chair Tom Perez About Election Turnout; New Video Appears To Show Michigan Suspects In Training; The Legacy Of First Lady Nancy Reagan. Aired 8-9p ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL); Interview With Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE); Interview With Lara Trump. Aired 9-10a ET