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Cuomo Prime Time
• President Trump Speaks At Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Swearing-In Ceremony; Amy Coney Barrett Sworn In As Supreme Court Justice; Coronavirus Outbreak Worsens As Election Nears. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Senate Voting to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court; Donald Trump Holds Three Rallies in Pennsylvania while Joe Biden Makes Surprise Stop in Battleground State; Trump Holds 3 Rallies In PA; Biden Makes Surprise In Battleground State; Trump Attacks On "Kamala"; Soon: WH To Hold Barrett Swearing-In Event As Pence Team Faces Coronavirus Outbreak With 5 Staffers Positive; Supreme Court Rejects Democrat Attempt To Extend Wisconsin Mail-In Voting Deadline; Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Threaten To Sue Over Times Square Billboards. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Frank Langella on The Trial of the Chicago 7; Bill Kristol: A Trump Second Term is Dangerous; Judge Amy Barrett's Confirmation Vote in Senate; Election-Related Issues in the Lower Courts in America; Trevor Potter, Campaign Finance and Election Law Expert, is Interviewed About United States Election; "The Trial of the Chicago 7," a New Film in Netflix; Connections Between 1968 U.S. Election and 2020 U.S. Election; Frank Langella, Actor, "The Trial of the Chicago 7," is Interviewed About U.S. Election and the film, "The Trial of the Chicago 7." Aired 3-4p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Administration Admitting Defeat on Controlling COVID-19?; White House Faces Another Coronavirus Outbreak. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Campaign Is Confident President Is Expanding His Base and Will Win Battleground States; Trump Holding Three Rallies in Pennsylvania Today; Pence Still Campaigning Despite COVID Outbreak Amongst Staff; Trump Fails to Reveal Healthcare Plan Details. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Dow Plunges; Has Trump Given Up on Controlling COVID-19?; White House Faces Another Coronavirus Outbreak; Joe Biden Campaigns in Pennsylvania. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Key States; Early Voting Setting Records' The Seven Key States That Could Decide the Election; Former FDA Chief: It's Time for a National Mask Mandate. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Sixty Million Americans Already Voted; Joe Biden Slams President Trump; Thirty-seven States In U.S. Seeing Spike In Coronavirus Cases; Justice Amy Coney Barrett Now Confirmed To SCOTUS; Five V.P.'s Staff Tested Positive For Coronavirus; Republicans Aiming To Get Rid Of ACA; Biden Leads In Early Voting. Aired 10-11p ET
• Amy Coney Barrett Sworn In As Supreme Court Justice; Millions Of Ballots Already Cast Eight Days Before Election; Minnesota Reports Three COVID-19 Outbreaks Related To Trump Campaign Events In September; Biden And Harris Campaigning This Week In Key States; Stocks Tumble As Coronavirus Cases Surge Without Stimulus In Sight; Texas Sees Massive Early Voting Turnout And Skyrocketing Coronavirus Cases; U.S. Records More Daily COVID-19 Cases In Past Week Than Any Week Since Pandemic Began. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.S. Sets New 7-Day Average Record of More Than 68,000 New Cases; Mike Pence to Stay on Campaign Trail Despite Outbreak in Inner Circle; Trump Holds Rallies in a Key State of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Voters Express Concerns About Biden's Comments on Fracking; White House and Speaker Pelosi Trade Blame As Stimulus Talks Drag On. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is Interviewed about Stimulus Talks, Barrett Confirmation, Biden's Energy Plan and Election; U.S. Sets New 7-Day Record for New Virus Cases; 60 Million Have Voted Early; Voting in Wisconsin. Aired 9:30-10a
• U.S. Sets New Seven-Day Average Record of More Than 68,000 New Cases; Pre-Election Voting Surpassing Total 2016 Early Voting; Pfizer Vaccine Being Tested on Kids as Young as 12. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump to Hold First of Three Pennsylvania Rallies Tonight; Italy Braces as COVID-10 Numbers Already Set New Highs; Interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg Book Co-Author Amanda Tyler. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Candidates Blitz Battlegrounds as Election Calendar Ticks Down; State of the Race in Rust Belt States of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; New Crisis Point of COVID-19 Surge Heading into Final Week of Campaign. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Pfizer Tests Potential Vaccine on Children as Young as 12; Today, Senate Set to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Dow Tumbles Over Pandemic Concerns; Trump: We're Absolutely Rounding The Corner; Mark Meadows: White House Has Done Contact Tracing Among Reporters; Pence Taking Precautions At Campaign Stops After Aides Test Positive; State Of The Race With Eight Days To Go. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump, Biden Make Final Campaign Push With 8 Days To Go; Fracking Becomes Key Issue For Pennsylvania Swing Voters. Aired 12:30- 1p ET
• President Trump Is Hosting Another Outdoor Event Today; An Outbreak In Vice President Mike Pence's Inner Circle; U.S. Average Of New Coronavirus Cases Now At Highest Point of Pandemic; White House Says It's Not Trying To Control The Pandemic; Trump And Biden Make Final Push In Last Week Before Election. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Update on Coronavirus Responses Across the Country; These Are the "60 Minutes" Questions Deemed "Inappropriate" By Trump; Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Threaten to Sue Over Times Square Billboards. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• COVID-19 Case Counts Break Records As White House Walks Back Meadows' Viral Control Statement; Interview With American Medical Association President Susan Bailey; Presidential Campaign Enters Final Stretch. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Illinois Health Official Breaks Down While Giving Update On COVID Deaths; Utah Hospitals Discuss Rationing ICU Care As Cases Surge; Boston Police Arrest Suspect In Ballot Box Arson; Conservative Newspaper Endorses Biden, First Democrat In 100 Years; All-Black Activist Group Takes Up Arms In Quest For Justice Reform; Italy Sets New Daily Record With 21,000-Plus Cases, Protests Over New Restrictions. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Did Not Air 3-4p ET
• White House Official: 'We're Not Going to Control Pandemic'; Biden and Harris Hope to Flip Traditionally Red States; Wales Enters 'Firebreak Lockdown' to Slow Virus; Mixed Feelings Over Israeli Lockdown Despite Success; More Than 100,000 People Voted in NYC Sunday; Proud Voters Cast Early Ballots in California; Chinese Leaders Meet to Chart Economic Course; Trump Expected to Host Swearing-in Event for Barrett; Tropical Storm Zeta Moving Through Caribbean. Aired 12-1a ET
• Pence Out Stumping, Ignores Quarantine Guidelines; Eight Days Till Election, Seventh Day Of Record COVID Infections; 43 Million Cases Cross Europe In COVID's Second Wave; Israel's Mixed Reaction To New COVID Restrictions; Putin Denies Knowledge Of Hunter Biden's Ukraine Activities; The Mad Rush Of Coney Barrett's Confirmation; China Draws Up Next Five-Year Economic Plan; Fracking Politics; Its Logical Course V. Renewables. Aired 1-2a ET
• Five of Vice President Mike Pence's Staff Infected with COVID- 19; Surging New Coronavirus Cases All Over Europe; Israel Starts Easing Lockdown Restrictions; Melbourne to Exit COVID-19 Lockdown; U.S. Reporting More Than 8.6 Million Infections; Pence Won't Quarantine Despite Contact With Infected Staff; Pre-Election Voting Surpasses 2016 Early Ballots. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Infections are Rising in at Least 37 States; How Masks Can Help Prevent Spread of COVID-19; Wales Enters Fire Break Lockdown to Slow Virus; China's Xinjiang Region Conducting Mass Testing; Putin Defends Hunter Biden Against Trump's Claims; Tropical Storm Zeta Strengthens in the Caribbean; Scientists Remove the First Murder Hornet Nest in United States; WH Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Admits WH Strategy is not to Mitigate Spread of COVID but Develop Therapies and Vaccine as U.S. Infections Surge; Pence Will Not Quarantine Despite Outbreak Among Aides; Pre-Election Voting Surpasses 2016 Early Ballots; France's Coronavirus Daily Cases are Rising Despite Strict Restrictions; President Lukashenko Defies Ultimatum to Step Down; France Recalls Ambassador to Turkey After Erdogan Comments. Aired 3-4a ET
• Coronavirus Dominates Campaign with 8 Days Before Election; Pence Holds rallies Despite Outbreak Among Aides; Mark Meadows: U.S. Not Going to Control Pandemic; U.S. Senate Set to Confirm Barrett to Supreme Court; Covid-19 Infections Rise Across Europe; Wales Enters "Fire Break Lockdown" to Slow Virus; China's Xinjiang Region Conduction Mass Testing. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Attends White House Halloween Event; How Masks Can Help Prevent Spread of COVID-19; More Than 100,000 People Voted in NYC Sunday; Israel Easing Its Second National Lockdown; Police Chief Deploys Entire Police Force to Halt Violence in Nigeria; France Recalls Ambassador to Turkey After Erdogan Comments. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Italy Hospital Brace For News Surge Of COVID-19 Patients; Wales In Firebreak Lockdown To Slow Virus; Israel Easing Its Second National Lockdown. Aired 10:00-11a ET
• Trump Campaigns In Key State Of Pennsylvania; WHO's Margaret Harris: At Every Level, Look At What You Can Do To Slow Infections; CNN Speaks To WHO About Dire State Of COVID-19 Crisis; Two Weeks Of Protests Over Police Brutality; Sanwo-Olu: SARS Unit Ill-Treated, Not Fully Equipped; Kal Penn: Majority Of Americans Are Progressive On Policy. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• WH to Hold Large Barrett Swearing-in Event Amid New Pence Team Outbreak with at Least Five Staffers Testing Positive; WH to Hold Large Barrett Event as Trump, Aides Downplay Pandemic; Biden Campaign Adds Stops in Iowa, Georgia & Texas in Final Week of Campaign to Try to Expand Electoral Map; Biden Ramps Up Ground Game to Compete with Trump in North Carolina; Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) is Interviewed About the Biden Campaign; Supreme Court Rejects Democrats' Attempt to Extend Wisconsin Mail-In Voting Deadline. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Pence Campaigns Despite Coronavirus Outbreak Among Top Staffers; NYT: Fox News President and Anchors Advised to Quarantine After Exposure; U.S. Trending in Dangerous Direction As Cases and Hospitalizations Soar. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• White House Chief Of Staff: "We Are Not Going To Control The Pandemic"; Pence Campaigns Despite Coronavirus Outbreak Among Top Staffers; Italy's Hospitals Brace For new Surge Of Patients. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• U.S. Cases Hit Records Just Eight Days Away From the Presidential Election; Beijing Begins Mass Testing after Finding a Single Asymptomatic Case; European Governments Take Drastic Steps to Contain the Virus. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• Pence to Keep Campaigning Despite Contact with Infected Aides; U.S. Sets New 7-Day Average Record of More Than 68,000 New Cases. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Final Week of 2020 Race; Fire at Ballot Drop Box; SCOTUS Asked to Block Deadline Extension; Coronavirus Pandemic Update from Around the World. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• White House Chief of Staff Says, We Are Not Going to Control the Pandemic; Biden Says, Trump Can Win Because of How He Plays; Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Jaime Harrison Battle for South Carolina Senate Seat. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• South Carolina Senate Candidate Jaime Harrison Live on New Day; White House Chief of Staff: "We are not going to Control the Pandemic"; GOP Senate's Hypocritical Rush to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump and Biden Battle for 270 Electoral Votes; White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Says White House will No Longer Try to Contain Spread of Coronavirus, Instead Concentrating on Treatment and Vaccine Development; Members of Vice President Mike Pence's Inner Orbit Test Positive for Coronavirus. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Illinois' Record-Breaking Cases; Clarifying Misconceptions about Return to Normal; Biden Video Goes Viral. Aired 8:30-9a ET


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


The Situation Room
• U.S. Coronavirus Deaths At 225,000, Infections At 8.6 Million; Trump And Biden Campaign In Battleground Pennsylvania; Mark Meadows Admits Virus Can't Be Controlled; A Record Of 60-Plus Million Ballots Already Casted Eight Days Before Election; Trump In PA: Only Way We Lose Is Case Of "Massive Fraud"; PA Atty. General: We Will Not Tolerate Voter Intimidation. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D); Has Trump Given Up On Controlling COVID-19?; White House Faces Another Coronavirus Outbreak; Battle For Pennsylvania: Trump Holds Three Rallies, Biden Makes Surprise Stop; U.S. Tops 225,000 COVID Deaths, 8.6 Million Cases As Daily Case Average Hits High Point Of Pandemic; Record 60-Plus Million Ballots Already Cast Eight Days Before Election. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Destroying A Nest of Murder Hornets; Providing RVs To Wildfire Victims; Changing Plans For Halloween. Aired 4-4:10a ET