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CNN Transcripts for October 25, 2020

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CNN Newsroom
• Five Aides In Vice President's Office Test Positive For COVID- 19; Pence To Stay On Campaign Trail Despite Outbreak In Inner Circle; WH Chief Of Staff To CNN: We Are Not Going To Control The Pandemic; Trump Claims Outbreak Is Rounding The Corner As U.S Sees Record 83,000-Plus Cases In Single Day; U.S. Surpasses 225,000 Deaths As Coronavirus Cases Soar; Trump Continues New England Push With Maine Visit Soon. Aired 2-3p ET
• U.S. Posts Second Highest Day Of Coronavirus Cases; Pence Stays On Campaign Trail Despite Outbreak In Inner Circle; Sen. Harris Campaigning In Michigan Nine Days Before Election Day. Aired 3-4p ET
• Vice President Pence To Stay On Campaign Trail Despite Inner Circle Outbreak; Interview With Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Trump Baselessly Suggests Doctors And Hospitals Are Inflating COVID-19 Death Counts; Many Pharmacies Still Won't Vaccinate Children Against Flu; Early Voter Turnout Shatters Records; Harris Speaks In Michigan; Melania Trump Stays Off Campaign Trail; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; CNN Hero Woody Faircloth. Aired 4-5p ET
• Five Aides Of Vice President Pence Tested Positive For COVID- 19; Trump Campaign On The Onslaught As Election Nears; Senate Advances Amy Coney Barrett's Nomination; Pre-election Voting 58 Million Votes Casted. Aired 5-6p ET
• Pence Arrives In North Carolina After Five Aides Test Positive; Officials Claim Russia And Iran Have Interfered In U.S. Elections; Eleanor Roosevelt Inspires Leadership As First Lady. Aired 6-7p ET
• At Least Five Pence Aides Test Positive For COVID-19; White House Tried To Keep Outbreak In VP's Inner Circle Quiet; Biden And Harris React To Virus Outbreak Among Pence's Staff; Trump's Path To The White House Runs Through Florida Suburbs; Voter Intimidation Concerns Rise As Election Day Nears; Pence Staffer Gives CNN Update On Coronavirus Symptoms; El Paso To Implement Two-Week Curfew. Aired 7-8p ET
• Nine Days And Counting Until U.S. Presidential Election; The Coronavirus Pandemic Rages on in The U.S. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. Sees Record COVID-19 Surge; Trump Downplays Virus in Hard- hit Wisconsin; Governor: COVID-19 Surge is "Crowding" Utah's ICU Space; Europe Hits New Case Record, More Leaders Test Positive; Over 52 Million Cast Early Ballots in U.S.; Nigerian Police Force Mobilize to Quell Worst Unrest in 20 Years; Exclusive with Russian Vaccine's Main Developer. Aired 2-3a ET
• Bon Jovi Rallies for Biden in Pennsylvania; Two Top Pence Aides Test Positive; Voter Intimidation Concerns in U.S.; Exclusive with Russian Vaccine's Main Developer; COVID-19 Triggers Rise in Asian American Unemployment Rate; Nigerian Police Force Mobilize to Quell Worst Unrest in 20 Years; Steve Bannon behind "Shoddy" Research about Coronavirus Origin. Aired 3-4a ET
• Two Top Pence Aides Test Positive for COVID-19; Polish President Tests Positive for COVID-19; Exclusive with Russian Vaccine's Main Developer; The Reality of Normalcy after a COVID-19 Vaccine; Trump Rallies in Three COVID-19 Hotspots Saturday; Nigerian Police Force Mobilize to Quell Worst Unrest in 20 Years; U.S. to Provide Humanitarian Aid to Sudan; Samsung Chairman Dies after Long Illness. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Downplays Virus In Hard-Hit Wisconsin; Wales Under Two- Week "Firebreak" To Stem COVID-19; Exclusive With Russian Vaccine's Main Developer; U.S. Officials: Russia, Iran Have Stolen Voter Information; Nigerian Police Force Mobilize To Quell Worst Unrest In 20 Years; COVID-19 Triggers Rise In Asian American Unemployment Rate. Aired 5-6a ET


Connect the World
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Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Biden Holds Strong Lead Over Trump In The Final Stretch; The Future Of American Politics; The Road To 270 Votes. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• With Nine Days Left, Three Pence Aides Test Positive For COVID- 19; Trump, Biden Campaign In Key States Over The Weekend; COVID-19 Cases Soaring In U.S. With No End In Sight; Trump, Biden Begin Making Their Final Pitch To Voters; COVID-19 Cases Rising Again In The Northeast; Interview With Filmmaker Ken Burns. Aired 8-9a ET


New Day Sunday
• Saturday Was The Second Highest Day Of Coronavirus Cases Since The Pandemic Began; Two Senior Pence Aides Test Positive For COVID-19; Trump Denies COVID Surge Even As Virus Spreads Among Pence Advisers; Biden Heads To Georgia Tuesday In Bid To Flip State That Dems Haven't Won Since 1992; Pence To Continue On Campaign Trail Despite Outbreak In Inner Circle; Tropical Storm Zeta Forms In The Western Caribbean, Expected To Become Hurricane By Early Tuesday. Aired 6-7a ET
• Three Pence Aides Test Positive For COVID-19; NYT: Mark Meadows Sought To Keep News Of VP Office Outbreak From Becoming Public; New Cases In U.S. Top 83,000 For Second Straight Day; Tropical Storm Zeta Forms In The Western Caribbean, Expected To Become A Hurricane By Early Tuesday; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Mail-In Ballots Can't Be Thrown Out For Mismatched Signatures; Pennsylvania Voters Concerned About Future Of Fracking Industry. Aired 7-8a ET


Reliable Sources
• The Biggest Story Of 2020; The Media's Crucial Role On Election Night; The Murdoch Smear Machine; U.S. Media Literacy Week Starts On Monday; How The Pandemic Is Hurting Local News Coverage. Aired 11a-12p ET


The Situation Room
• Mike Pence Continues His Campaign Despite Staff Contracting the Coronavirus; Interview with Former Pence Staff Olivia Troye; Mark Meadows Says Trump Admin Not Going to Control the Pandemic; Interview with Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) about Pence Presiding SCOTUS Confirmation Vote; Kamala Harris Says Mike Pence Should Follow CDC Guidelines; Fatalities Grow as Nigerian Citizens Protest Police Brutality. Aired 8-9p ET
• At Least Five Pence Aides Test Positive for COVID-19; Stimulus Talks Stall, Leaving Millions of Americans in Limbo; Pence Stays on Campaign Trail Despite Aides Testing Positive; Trump Mocks News Coverage of Pandemic at Campaign Rally; Interview with Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on State of Election; Melania Trump to Hit Campaign Trail This Week. Aired 9-10p ET


State of the Union
• COVID-19 Outbreak Hits Vice President Pence's Staff; Interview With Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY); Interview With Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Interview With White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Aired 9-10a ET