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Cuomo Prime Time
• Trump Attacks Dr. Fauci Repeatedly With 15 Days Left In Election; Trump Jab At Biden: "He'll Listen To The Scientists"; Supreme Court Rejects GOP Attempt To Require Mail-In Ballots Be Received By Election Day In Pennsylvania. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Donald Trump Says People are Tired of COVID; Supreme Court Rules that Mail-in ballots can be Accepted in Pennsylvania up to Three Days after the Election; Debate Commission Clamps Down on Interruptions. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Europe and the United States in Grip of a Vicious COVID-19 Second Wave; Interview with Rick Bright, Former Director, BARDA and Alex Gibney, Director, "Totally Under Control"; Rallies in France Commemorating Samuel Paty and the Charlie Hebdo Attack; Interview With Kara Swisher; Interview With Author Caroline Fourest. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Reason For Pause in Some Vaccine Trials?; COVID-19 Pandemic Escalating; Trump Continues Attacking Dr. Fauci. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• FDA Won't Release Critical Details on J&J Vaccine Trail Pause; Stimulus Deadline Is Tomorrow And Still No Bipartisan Agreement; Fox Host And Senator Float Disgusting Claim About Hunter Biden; Interview With Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) About QAnon Involvement Leveled at the Bidens; More Than 28 Million Votes Cast in Presidential Election. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• COVID-19 Pandemic Escalating; Trump Continues Attacks on Dr. Fauci; Biden to Trump: Americans are "Tired Of Your Lies About This Virus". Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Joni Ernst in Tough Reelection Battle; President Trump's Path to Victory?; COVID-19 Pandemic Escalating. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Commission On Presidential Debates Not Allowing Interruptions; A Loss For GOP Battle In Supreme Court; Americans Tired Of Pandemic Stress; Coronavirus Surge In 27 States; John Fogerty's Music Not For Trump Rallies. Aired 10-11p ET
• Supreme Court Orders Mail-In Ballots in Pennsylvania to be Counted if they're Received within Three Days of Election Day; President Trump Lashes Out at Dr. Fauci, Calling Him Disaster; President Trump Putting Distance with GOP Senators Up for Re-Election; Dr. Fauci's Public Health Message To Americans Resulted to Threats; Rising Number of Coronavirus and Deaths in the United States. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Coronavirus Cases Surge as the U.S. Closes in on Critical Election; Trump Mocks Biden for Believing the Scientists; Michigan Governor Slams "Lock Her Up" Chant at Trump Rally; Videos, Photos and Texts Reveal Details of Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor Whitmer; Coronavirus Hospitalizations Surging in Wisconsin and Utah. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Trump Calls for Reopening Wisconsin; Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) is Interviewed about Trump's Rallies amid Coronavirus; Early Voting Starts in Florida. Aired 9:30-10a
• Coronavirus Cases Surge as Nation Closes in on Critical Election; Trump, Michigan Governor Trade Attacks in Wake of Foiled Kidnapping Plot; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), White House to Speak Today as Millions Wait for Stimulus Deal. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Interview with Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD); COVID-19 Cases Rise in Italy and Britain; Supreme Court Will Hear Immigration and Border Wall Cases Next Year. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Election Day Approaches as U.S. Case Count Spikes; Washington Post: Birx Went to Pence's Office to Push for Scott Atlas' Removal from Task Force; Trump Mocks Complaints about Lack of Masks at Rallies. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Continues to Attack Michigan Governor in Rally Speeches; Decision on Subpoena for Trump Tax Returns Now in Hands of Supreme Court; GOP Tries to Hold onto Its Slim Majority in the Senate. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• President Trump: People Are Tired Of Hearing Fauci And All These Idiots; President Trump Attacks Dr. Fauci On Call With Campaign Staff; Dr. Anthony Fauci: Certain Parts Of Society "Disturbingly Anti- Science"; President Trump Tries To Hold Onto Key Rust Belt Swing States; Utah Reports Rise In Test Positivity, Hospitalizations. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Experts Warn Of Pandemic Fatigue As COVID-19 Cases Surge; 28M Ballots Already Cast With 15 Days To Go Until Election Day; Trump Attacks Dr. Fauci On Call With Campaign Staff. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• COVID Cases, Hospitalization Surge As Nation Nears Critical Election; CNN Reports, More Than 27 Million Ballots Have Already Been Cast; Fauci, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) Get Death Threats As Trump Attacks Continue. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Mayor Brandon Whipple (D-Wichita) Discusses Man Accused of Threatening to Kidnap and Kill Him over Mask Mandate; Ex-Bush 43 Aides Endorse Biden with 15 Days to Go; Will George W. Bush Speak Out Before Election?; Trump's Long Pattern of "I know Nothing" Defenses. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• President Trump Attacks Science as COVID-19 Cases Rise; Johnson & Johnson Pauses Vaccine Trial; Interview with 'Contagion" Director Scott Burns and Epidemiology Professor Anne Rimoin. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Update On Coronavirus Responses Around The Country; "Overwhelmed" Utah Hospitals Nearing Capacity, ICUs At 95 Percent; "New York Post" Published Biden Reports Despite Major Doubts; Trump Escalates Attacks On Fauci, Calls Him "Disaster" In Staff Call; GOP Senator Makes Baseless, Evidence-Free Smear Against Biden; Italy Tightens Restrictions As Cases Surge Before Winter. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Did Not Air 3-4p ET
• Trump Campaigns without Mask as COVID-19 Spikes; Biden Holds Socially Distant Rally, Promises Unity; Voters in Georgia Wait in Long Lines to Cast Early Ballots; Manchester Refuses to Raise Alert Level to Top Tier; Italy Tightens Restrictions as COVID-19 Cases Surge; China's Economy Grows 4.9% in Third Quarter; People Turning to Shipping Containers as Living Spaces; Battle for Votes in Trump Stronghold in Pennsylvania; Bolton: Trump Has 'The Attention Span of a Fruit Fly'. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Manchester U.K. Rejects COVID Measures; Italy's COVID Numbers Rise, So Do Tests And Tracing; U.S. Averages 55,000 New Cases A Day; Trump And Biden's Battleground Blitz; Whitmer Kidnap Suspects Video Evidence; French Educators' March In Grief And Support; Czech Republican Sees Record Number of New Cases; Why Suburban Women Voters are so Important; Why Steelworkers Voted for Trump; China's Economy Grows 4.9 percent in Third Quarter. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump and Biden on the Campaign Trail with Less Than Three Weeks to Go Before Election; Biden Still Leading in the Polls; Second Wave of the Pandemic in Europe; Israel Eases Some Restriction As Cases Fall; Senior PLO Officials Erekat In Israel Hospital With COVID; Russian Opposition Activist Alexey Navalny Speaks Put About Recent Poisoning Attack. Aired 2-3a ET
• President Trump Defy Health Protocols; Joe Biden Trying to Flip States Trump Won; COVID-19 on its Second Wave; Greater Manchester Complain of Tough Restrictions; Czechs Tired of Wearing Masks; Experts Say that the United States is in Midst of Dreaded Autumn Surge; More Than 27 Million Ballots Cast in Early Voting; Pelosi Sets 48-Hour Deadline to Approve Stimulus Deal Before the Election; China's Economy Grows 4.9 Percent in Third Quarter; Israel is Easing COVID Restrictions and Senior Official Saeb Erekat in Israel Hospital with COVID; Putin Foe Speaks Out. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Enters Election Home Stretch as COVID Numbers Rise; Democratic Joe Biden Holds Socially Distanced Rally Sunday; Trump Holds Rally in Nevada as Cases Surge Across State; Fauci Says He Was Not Surprised Trump Caught Coronavirus; Voters in Georgia Wait in Long Lines to Cast Early Ballots; New Video Shows Suspects Allegedly Discussed Killing Michigan Governor; Pelosi: Need Deal in 48 House to Pass Before Election; China's Economy Grows 4.9 Percent in Third Quarter. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Mixed Messaging on Masks From Trump Administration; Italy to Implement New Restrictions; Europe Struggles to Contain Surging Numbers; France Set a Record for New Cases on Saturday; Greater Manchester Resists Tough New Rules; Czech Republic Sees Record Number of New Cases; Alexey Navalny Says U.S. President Must Oppose Chemical Weapons Use. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• There Are Now 40 Million Recorded Cases; Protesters Face Police At Prague Anti-Lockdown Rally; Czech Republic Sees Record Number Of New Cases. Aired 10-11a ET
• President Donald Trump Holding Huge Rallies Despite COVID Warnings; Joe Biden Pledges To Be A President For All Americans; Italy Imposing Tighter Restrictions As Cases Surge; Wales Announces Two-Week "Firebreak" Lockdown; China's Economy Grew 4.9 Percent In Third Quarter; PLO Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat In Critical Condition. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Holds Arizona Rallies as He Unleashes Attacks Fauci: "People are Tired of Hearing Fauci and All These Idiots"; Trump Holds Second Rally in AZ, State is Key to Trump Victory; Trump Says He's Going to Win, Admits He "Wouldn't have Said That Three Week Ago". Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Cases Climbing Rapidly, Up 60 Percent in 5 Weeks; Florida Ex-Felons with Court Debts Being Removed from Voting Rolls; European Governments Face Off Against Cities Over Restrictions. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Cases Climbing Rapidly, Up 60 Percent In Five Weeks; Trump's Response To Pandemic Now Dominating Campaign Dynamic; Biden Blasts Trump COVID Response, Pledges To Be President For All. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The Chinese Economy Grows 4.9 Percent In The Third Quarter; Democrats Just Have Hours Left To Agree To A Stimulus Deal Before The U.S. Election; Italy Announces Tough New COVID-19 Virus Restrictions. Aired 9- 10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• Coronavirus Cases Surge as 2020 Race Enters Home Stretch; Trump Campaigns in Arizona as Biden Preps for Final Debate. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Whitmer Says Trump Incites Domestic Terrorism; Early Voting Kicks off in Swing States; Pelosi Sets Deadline for Deal; Kidnapping Plot Training Video. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Coronavirus Cases Surge as 2020 Race Enters Home Stretch; Trump Campaigns in Arizona Today as Biden Preps for Final Debate. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Texas Sees Rise in New Cases and Hospitalizations; First Week of Early Voting in Texas Tops 2016 Totals; Europe's Record Surge. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Wisconsin Sees Spike in Coronavirus Cases; Adviser to President Trump on Coronavirus Dr. Scott Atlas Makes Controversial Tweet; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Continue Negotiations over Economic Stimulus Bill. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Tucson Mayor Warns Trump Campaign; Schools See Drop in Attendance; New Video of Kidnapping Suspects Training; Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Did Not Air 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Coronavirus Surges With Deaths At 220,000; Trump Attacks Fauci And Biden; Early Voting Shows High Numbers; Rep. Val Demings (D- FL) Is Interviewed About Trump Repeatedly Lashing Out Fauci; Despite Warning From Mayor, Few Masks, No Social Distancing At Trump's Tucson Rally. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Blasts Dr. Fauci; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 220,000; Intel Chief Says He's Seen No Intelligence Recent E-mails About Joe Biden's Son Are Russian Information; Johnson & Johnson And FDA Won't Reveal Critical Details On Pause Of COVID-19 Vaccine Trial; California Officials And Republican Party Clash Over Unauthorized Ballot Drop Boxes. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• A Flare-Up Of Violence Between Armenia And Azerbaijan; The Work Of A CNN Hero To Bring Music To Senior Citizens. Aired 4-4:10a ET