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Cuomo Prime Time
• Trump Slams Debate Moderator Kristen Welker As "Terrible" & "Totally Partisan"; Voter Intimidation In Florida & Alaska As E-mails Threaten Voters; Former Longtime Trump Associate Releases Scathing Tell-All Book. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Holds Rally in Battleground State Pennsylvania; Sources Say Donald Trump Abruptly Ends 60 Minutes Interview. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Democratic Activists Fighting at Grass Roots Level; Joe Biden Leading in CNN's Poll of Polls; Lori Goldman, Founder, Fems for Dems, and Leah Greenberg, Co-Founder, Indivisible, are Interviewed About 2020 Election and Trump; Breaking the Vicious Partisan Cycle; Interview With David Byrne; Interview With Harvard University Professor Danielle Allen. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Stopping COVID in Schools; Stimulus Negotiations Continue; Melania Trump Still Recovering From COVID-19. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Study Shows Anti-Inflammatory Drug Can Reduce Risk of Death in Critically ill COVID Patients; Government Officials Alarmed Over White House Push for Pentagon Deal Worth Billions; Former Twitter Executive Says It's Time for Social Media Platforms to Mute Trump; Biden Looks to Rust Belt to Rebuild Blue Wall. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Can Hospitals Handle COVID-19 Surge?; Interview With Former U.S. Special Operations Commander Admiral William McRaven; Former FDA Commissioner: U.S. is One Week Away from a "Rapid Acceleration" in COVID Cases; Dozens of Volunteers to Be Deliberately Infected with Coronavirus as Part of New U.K. Study. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Early Voting Surges; Road to Victory?; Interview With Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL). Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Trump Busy With Jam-Packed Rallies; First Lady Absent From Trump's Rally; CDC Reports Grim Reality; COVID-19 On Its Second Wave; Police Officer Wears A Trump Mask; A Message Of Unity From Utah Candidates. Aired 10-11p ET
• Trump and Biden Set For Final Debate Thursday; Obama Tweets A Video Aimed At Young Americans On The Eve Of His Return To Campaign Trail; The Path To 270 For Joe Biden And Donald Trump; Black Women, The Key In Battleground State Of Michigan; Trump And Biden Make Their Closing Arguments To Black Voters; Breonna Taylor Grand Juror Says Panel Wasn't Given A Chance To Consider Homicide Charges. Aired 11p- 12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Trashes Dr. Fauci as Coronavirus Cases Spike Across the U.S.; Final Presidential Debate Set for Thursday Night; Presidential Debate Commission Says They're Going to have the Microphones of Trump and Biden Muted During Parts of the Final Debate; Futures Up As Pelosi's Stimulus Deadline Approaches. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Supreme Court Ruling on Late-Arriving Ballots; Michigan's Secretary of State Talks about Voting; Stimulus Deadline Looms; QAnon Spreads Conspiracies. Aired 9:30-10a
• Trump Trashes Dr. Fauci as Coronavirus Cases Spike across U.S.; Trump's Closing Strategy, Downplay Surging Virus, Slam Fauci; U.S. Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania to Count Late-Arriving Ballots. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Steven Mnuchin Continue Meeting to Discuss COVID Relief Bill; Department of Justice Sues Google; Interview with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT). Aired 10:30-11a ET
• COVID Surges Two Weeks Away from November Election; Debate Commission to Mute Microphones During Two Minute Statements; Trump Campaigns in Pennsylvania Amid Rise in COVID Cases. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania to Count Mail-In Ballots Received after Election Day; Pennsylvania Reports Highest Test Positivity Rate Since August; Today, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Set Deadline to Approve Relief Deal Before November 3. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• COVID Surges Two Weeks Away From November Election; Trump Campaign Ad: Biden "Has No Plan To Defeat The Coronavirus"; Trump Repeatedly Questioned How Effective Masks Are At Stopping COVID Spread; Poll: Biden Has Higher Favorability Compared To 2016 Clinton; Dr. Anthony Fauci: "Nightmare" Scenario I Worried About For Years Has Happened. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Fauci: States Skipping Over Reopening Benchmarks To Blame For Surges; Early In-Person Voting Begins Today In Hawaii, Utah And Wisconsin; Chief Justice John Roberts Sides With Liberal Justices On Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballots Ruling; U.K. Wants To Pay People To Be Exposed To Virus For Vaccine Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Accuses Fauci Of Not Being Team Player Without Reason; Clock Ticks, Deadline For COVID Stimulus Deal; Woman In Her 30s Dies From Coronavirus During Flight. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Study: Desk Arrangement, Glass Shields Help Cut Classroom Virus Spread; NIH Director Says "Very Unlikely" Vaccine Ready Before Late November; Trump Calls SCOTUS Ruling on PA Mail-In Ballots "Very Strange"; Melania Trump Cancels Travel to Rally, Cites COVID Recovery; Biden Adviser: Biden Preparing for Trump to "Bully & Deflect" and Attack His Family in Debate; Obamacare Premiums Decline for 3rd Year in Row as Trump Looks to Kill; State Rep. and Speaker Steve Haugaard (R-Sioux Falls, SD) Discusses His Personal Battle With Coronavirus. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• CDC Announces 299,000 Excess Deaths Since January; Trump May Need Upper Midwest to Win Election; Maria Bartiromo Pushes Conspiracy Theories on Fox. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Fox Host Peddles Baseless, Outrageous Smear Against Biden & Conspiracy Theories; Judge Says Breonna Taylor Grand Juror Can Speak Publicly; Clock Ticks on Deadline Tonight for COVID Stimulus Deal; Sensing Loss, GOP Senators Keep Distance from Trump & Ponder Future; Update on Coronavirus Responses Across the Country; Georgia Early Voting "Setting Records with Each Passing Hour". Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Did Not Air 3-4p ET
• Fauci Restricted by White House, Attacked by Trump; Republicans Distance Themselves from Trump; Europe Tightness Virus Restrictions; Chinese City Offering Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine to Public; Educators Search for Students Missing from Virtual School; Obama to Campaign for Biden in Philadelphia; Crowd at Trump Rally Chants 'Lock Her Up' About Gov. Whitmer. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Trump's Continued Attacks On Fauci. Trump Tells Supporters Virus Rounding The Curve; Stock Market's Wild Swings With Relief Bill Uncertainty; Urgent New Restrictions Hit Europe; Trump Rallies, Trashes Fauci as COVID-19 Cases Surge; Trump's Lead over Biden on the Economy Vanishes; Early in-Person Voting Breaks Records Across U.S.; Chinese City Offering Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine to Public. Aired 1-2a ET
• Fauci Restricted by White House, Attacked by Trump; Europe Tightness Virus Restrictions; Czech Republic Mandates Masks in Urban Areas; PLO Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat in Critical Condition; U.S. COVID-19 Cases Hit 8.2M; Experts: Coronavirus Could Cause Long-Term Heart Damage; Music Artists Ask Trump to Stop Using Songs. Aired 2-3a ET
• Chinese City Offers Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine; Coronavirus in the United States as New Cases in Past Week Versus Previous Week; Discussion on Coronavirus Stimulus Relief; U.S. Stocks Sink on Dashed Hopes for Stimulus; U.S. States Say they have their Vaccine Plans Filed; U.K. Signs First Contract for First Virus Human Challenge Trials; Palestinian Negotiator Battling COVID-19; French First Lady in Self-Isolation; Merkel Urging Germans to Stay Home, Avoid Gatherings; Europe Tightens Virus Restrictions as Cases Soar; President Trump Campaign with Dirty Attacks; COVID-19 Paints a Grim Scenario for U.S.; Ireland Facing Six Weeks Lockdown; Boris Johnson Fed Up with Officials Bickering. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Rachets Up Anti-Science Rhetoric Ahead of Election; The Strategy Behind Trump's Attacks on Fauci; U.S. Stimulus Deal Hangs in the Balance; COVID-19 Cases Spiking Across the U.S. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Confirms Participation in Thursday Debate with Biden; Trump Insults Fauci, Calls Biden and Journalists Criminal; Record Number of Early Votes Transforming Election; John Fogerty Latest Artist to Ask Trump to Stop Using Song; Chines City Offers Some People Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine; U.K. Signs Contract for First Virus Human Challenge Trials; Russia Reports New Record in Daily COVID-19 Cases. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• The Hunt for a COVID-19 Vaccine; Fauci: Reopening Too Quickly Makes Virus Hard to Contain; Trump Willing to Go Higher on Stimulus Deal. Aired 10-11a ET
• U.K. Signs Contract For First Human Challenge Trials; "Human Challenge" Trials Pose Ethical Challenges; Argentina Has More Than One Million Cases Of COVID-19; Italy Gives Mayors Power To Lock Down Public Squares; President Trump Repeatedly Attacks Dr. Fauci For Telling The Truth; Ireland To Reimpose Nationwide Lockdown For Six Weeks. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Holds PA Rally as Closing Days Become Increasingly Erratic; First Lady Backs Out of Trump Rally in Key Swing State of PA Due to Lingering Cough Amid Coronavirus Recovery; Biden Showing Momentum in Key Swing States as Trump Fights to Hold Down States He Won in 2016. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania to Count Votes After Election Day; Debate Commission Will Mute Candidates; Dodgers and Rays Square Off in World Series. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania To Count Votes After Election Day; Debate Commission Adds Mute Button To Trump-Biden Face-Off; President Trump Focuses On Attacking Dr. Fauci, Not COVID. Aired 5:30- 6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Lawmakers Still in Deal Deadlock Just Hours before the Democrats' Deadline Ends; The Final Presidential Debate Will Use a Mute Button; Two Countries, Two Vaccines, a Spotlight on Efforts to Find a Way Out of the Pandemic. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• U.S. Supreme Court Allows PA to Count Late-Arriving Ballots; Trump & Biden to Have Mics Muted During Parts of Final Debate; Coronavirus Cases Soar Across U.S. as Trump Attacks Fauci. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Coronavirus Cases Soar across U.S.; Supreme Court Allows Late- Arriving Ballots; New Polls on Presidential Race; U.S. Charges 6 Russians for Cyberattacks. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• U.S. Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania to Count Late-Arriving Ballots; Coronavirus Cases Soar Across U.S., Trump Attacks Dr. Fauci. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Fauci Quotes "The Godfather" in Response to Trump's Attacks; Investors Hold on to Hope for Coronavirus Stimulus Deal; Miami Mayor Accuses Florida Governor of Using Herd Immunity to Combat Virus. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Presidential Debate Commissions Adds Ability to Mute Microphones of Participants During Debate; Supreme Court Splits on Pennsylvania Vote Counting Decision; Coronavirus Cases Rising in States Across U.S.; Hours to Go Before Deadline to Reach Stimulus Deal; Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) is Interviewed About the Stimulus Deal. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Coronavirus Cases Soar Across the U.S.; Early Voting Begins in Wisconsin; Atlas Rejects Testing Advice. Aired 8:30-9a ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Nears 221,000 Deaths And Tops 8.2 Million Cases As Coronavirus Second Wave Surges; Thirty-two Million Early Votes Cast Two Weeks Before Election; Trump & Biden In Tough Battle For 270 Electoral Votes; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) Is Interviewed About The New Economic Stimulus Package; Pelosi Hopeful For Stimulus Deal By End Of Week As McConnell Suggests Little Appetite Before Election; Miami Beach Mayor: Florida Gov. Pursuing "Herd Immunity" Strategy; Around 60,000 Injected In Chinese Vaccine Trials. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro; Interview With Former Acting CDC Director, Dr. Richard Besser; Trump And Biden Prepare To Debate; Coronavirus' Second Wave; Trump Pressures Barr To Investigate Bidens As Election Nears; NIH Director Says, It's Just Not Safe For Family Thanksgiving Gatherings; One-On-One With Debate Commission Co-Chair. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Explanation of the Electoral College; Reports on Corona Virus Cases in Europe; Three Space Headlines