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Cuomo Prime Time
• Trump To Georgia Official: Recalculate Vote So I'm The Winner; Biden: Politicians Can't "Take Or Seize" Power, The "American People" Grant It; Senate Balance Of Power Hangs On Tomorrow's Georgia Runoffs. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Holds Georgia Election Eve Rally; Interview With Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT); Georgia Senators In Georgia Runoff Back Election Objections; FDA Weighs In On Cutting Vaccine Doses In Half So More People Get Shots; Around 128,210 People Hospitalized In U.S. With COVID-19, A New Record; Proud Boys Leader Arrested For Burning Black Lives Matter Banner At DC Church. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Fmr. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL); Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen; Politics of Mass Vaccination. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Leaked Trump Phone Call Stirs Outrage; Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); Georgia Election Official Debunks Trump Election Conspiracies. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Interview With Former Gov. Chris Christie (D-NJ); Vaccine Rollout Debacle; FDA To Consider Giving Half Doses Of Moderna; Biden, Trump & Pence Campaign In Georgia Ahead Of Crucial Runoffs. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Trump Pressures Georgia Officials; President Trump Holds Rally In Georgia Tonight; Election 2020 Not An Easy One To Forget; President Trump's Action An Impeachable One?; Former Defense Officials Warn Americans. Aired 10-11p ET
• Trump Uses Georgia Runoff Rally To Rail Against Election Results; At Least A Dozen GOP Senators Say They'll Object To Election Results; President Trump Spreading Lies Left And Right; Coronavirus Cases And Deaths Are Skyrocketing Across The U.S. With New Concerns Spreading For New COVID Variants; One In Five L.A. Residents Testing Positive For COVID, Death Toll Expected To Soar; Georgia Runoff Elections To Decide Senate Control. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Demands Georgia Officials to Find Votes to Overturn Election; Trump Capitol Hill Allies Mostly Silently Over Georgia Call; Ten Former Defense Secretaries Condemn Bid to Overturn Election; Trump Quizzes Georgia's Secretary of State to Find Missing Votes; Division Grows in Republican Party Over Electoral College Challenge. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Pfizer Second Doses Begin Today; Cutting Moderna Doses in Half; Georgia's Senate Runoff Election; Critical Georgia Runoff Election; Vaccine Distribution Lags. Aired 9:30-10a
• Trump Tries To Bully GA Officials To Overturn Election In Call He Pushed For Weeks To Have, Division Grows In Republicans Party Over Electoral College Challenge; Trump, Biden In GA Today Ahead Of Critical Senate Runoff Elections. Aired 10-10:30aET
• Incoming and Outgoing Presidents Campaign in Georgia; House Republicans Expected to Continue Wednesday's Objection; Interview with New Jersey Nurse Maritza Beniquez. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump's Push to Overturn Election Results reaches new low; Trump Demands Georgia Officials "Vine" Votes to Overturn Results; 4.2 Million Vaccinated in U.S., Far Below White House Promise of 20 Million. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• GOP Lawmakers Set To Challenge Electoral College Vote On Wednesday; California Hospitals Stretched Thin As COVID Cases Surge; Today: Trump And Biden Campaign In GA Before Runoff Elections. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Audio: Trump Tries To Bully GA Official Into Subverting 2020 Election; Source: White House Attempted To Phone GA Secretary Of State's Office 18 Times; Senator Collins On Trump's GA Call: The Election In Georgia And All The States Is Over, It Is Too Late To Find Votes; Trump & Biden Head To Georgia For Final Senate Runoffs Push. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• More Than 4.2 Million Vaccinated In U.S. So Far, Well Short Of 20 Million Promised By Government; Rep. Cheney Says She Opposes Objecting To Electoral College Count; Trump Repeats Multiple Conspiracies In Call With GA Secy Of State. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Continues to Challenge Election Results, A Phone Call Between Trump and Georgia Officials About Fraud, Coronavirus Vaccinations Falling Short. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• GOP Becomes Trump's Co-Conspirators for "Humoring" Him; Biden, Trump Campaign in Georgia Ahead of Vote to Decide Senate; GOP Nervous Over Trump Campaigning in Georgia Today; Hospitals Overflowing in California in "Dire" COVID Surge. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to Hold Press Conference; Conservative Media Continues to Cover Trump Differently; COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Remains Slow. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Biden & Trump Campaign in Georgia Ahead of Vote to Decide Senate; GOP Officials Concerned about Trump's Runoff Eve Visit; Peter Wehner, Former Bush Senior Advisor, Discusses Signs of "Weak and Rotten Republican Party" & Where GOP Goes in Post-Trump Era"; Trump's Call to Georgia Election Officials Compared to Watergate. Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Georgia Election Official Debunks Trump Election Conspiracies; Leaked Trump Audiotape. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Georgia Election Officials Debunk Trump Conspiracies; Officials Say Not a Bit of Truth to Trump's Claims That Voting Machines Were Tampered With; U.S. Considers Cutting Moderna Vaccine Doses in Half to Speed Up Rollout. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Tells Georgia Officials to 'Find' Votes to Sway Election; Trump's Call Comes Before Pivotal Senate Election; Some members of Congress Plan to Object to Election Results; California Reports 45,300+ New Cases of COVID-19; Trump's Actions Might Hurt Republicans in Crucial Election; India Approves Two Vaccines for Emergency Use. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Trump's Call To Raffensperger: "Find Me 11,780 Votes"; Trump Attempts To Coerce Raffensperger To Change Georgia Election Results; Vaccine Call-In System In Houston Crashes On First Day; Trump Denies Record High Hospital Admissions As Fake News. Trump Continues to Throw Republican Party into Chaos; U.K. Reopens Field Hospitals to Cope with Surge in Cases; India's Coronavirus Vaccination Plan; Israel Vaccination Campaign Exceeding Larger Countries. Aired 1-2a ET
• President Trump Calls Georgia Official to Flip the Election Results; Slow Vaccine Rollout in the U.S.; Trump Claims Coronavirus Death Toll Fake News; Trump Tells Georgia Officials To Find Votes To Sway Election; Trump Threatens Georgia Officials, Tells Them To Find Votes To Tilt 2020 Election In Stunning Phone Call; Former Defense Secretaries: The Election Is Over. Aired 2-3a ET
• President Trump's Bombshell Prior Leaving White House; Democrats Use Trump's Call as Boomerang; GOP Candidates in Tough Position; Vaccination Program Lags Behind Schedule; President Trump is Resorting to Desperate Measures to Try to Overturn the Election Results in a Remarkable Hour-long Phone Call; United Kingdom Rolls Out New COVID Vaccine; Coronavirus Pandemic is Pushing the Health Care System to the Brink. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Tells Georgia Officials to "Find" Votes to Sway Election; Trump's Actions Might Hurt Republicans in Georgia Runoffs; Former Defense Secretaries: The Election is Over; U.K. Begins Oxford/AstraZeneca Vaccine Rollout. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Tells Georgia Officials to "Find" Votes to Sway Election; Bipartisan Condemnation for Trump Phone Call; Pelosi Says Defeating COVID-19 is Most Urgent Priority; Concern New Variants Could Impact Vaccine Efficacy; ICU Nurse Receives Threats for COVID Warning; WikiLeaks Founder Faces Ruling on Extradition to U.S. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Trump To Georgia Officials: "Find" Votes To Overturn Results; All Eyes On Georgia's Senate Runoff Elections; U.K. Begins Rollout Of Oxford- AstraZeneca Vaccine. Aired 10-11a ET
• Kamala Harris: Trump Phone Call Was "Bold Abuse Of Power"; Trump To Georgia Officials: "Find" Votes To Overturn Results; Israel's Vaccination Campaign Outpacing Larger Countries; U.K. Begins Rollout Of Oxford/AstraZeneca Vaccine; Former U.K. Chief Scientific Adviser Calls For National Lockdown; Geishas Take Economic Hit From Pandemic. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Holding Georgia Rally On Election Eve; At Least 13 GOP Senators Say They'll Object To Election Results In Addition To At Least 140 House Republicans; GOP Senators In Georgia Runoffs Back Effort To Object Election Results; New York Announces First Case Of U.K. Variant As England Goes Into National Lockdown Amid Surge In Cases. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Trump Quizzes Georgia's Secretary of State to Find Missing Votes; Georgia Senate Runoff Election Set to Begin Tomorrow; Up to 12 GOP Senators Plan to Oppose Certifying Election Results. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• President Demands Georgia Officials "Find" Votes To Tilt Election; U.K. Begins Rollout Of Oxford/AstraZeneca Vaccine; Israel Has Already Vaccinated More Than A Million People. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• In a Phone Call, Donald Trump Demands Georgia Find Votes to Overturn Election; U.K. Begins Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Rollout; Bitcoin Swings from Record High to Correction. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• Trump Demands Georgia Officials 'Find' Votes to Overturn Results; All 10 Former Defense Secretaries Condemn Bid to Overturn Election. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Half-Doses of Moderna Vaccine; Georgia Senate Races; Trump Demands Georgia Official Overturn Results; Storm Impacts East Coast. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• All 10 Former Defense Secretaries Condemn Bid To Overturn Election; Trump Warns Of "Criminal Offense" If GA Officials Don't Change Vote Count; Dozen GOP Senators, 140 House GOP To Vote Against Counting Electoral Votes; Did Trump Break The Law In Call To Pressure Georgia Officials?; Trump Demands Georgia Officials "Find" Votes To Overturn Results. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• U.S. Set Another Record for Hospitalizations With Coronavirus; More Than 77,000 Deaths, 6.3+ Million Cases Reported in December; 4.2 Million Vaccinated in U.S. So Far, Well Short of 20 Million Promised; FDA to Meet This Week About Giving Half-Doses of Moderna Vaccine; Remembering The Lives Lost to Coronavirus; Trump Demands Georgia Official "Find" Votes to Overturn Results; Georgia's Republican Lt. Gov. on Trump's Bid to Steal Election; Georgia Lt. Gov.: Trump's Call with Election Official "Inappropriate"; Trump Warns of "Criminal Offense" if GA Officials Don't Change Vote Count; UK Court Rejects Julian Assange Extradition to the U.S.; The is More Than a "Kabuki Coup". Aired 7:30-8a ET.
• Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) Interviewed On Joint Statement With Other Republican Members Of Congress On The Role Of Congress In Presidential Election Certification; Recording Released Of President Trump Pressuring Georgia Secretary Of State Brad Raffensperger To Change Presidential Election Results; Donald Trump Demands Georgia Officials Find Votes To Overturn Results Of Election. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Moncef Slaoui is Interviewed about the Vaccine Program; Trump Casts Shadow on Georgia Runoffs; Trump Demands Finding Votes. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• British PM To Announce Further Steps To Control New Variant Of COVID; Dow Tumbles 400-Plus Points On First Trading Day Of 2021; In A Call, Trump Begs Officials To Find Votes And Subvert The Election; COVID Strain In South Africa Under Investigation; Bitcoin Heads Up, Heads Down A Bit; Britain Goes Back Into National Lockdown Until Mid-February. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Georgia Election Official Refutes Trump's Conspiracy Claims; Joe Biden Campaigns In Georgia For Senate Democrats; Some GOP Members Criticized By Trump For Not Getting Support; Disappointing Vaccine Rollout In The U.S.; Over Three Million Votes Already Cast In GA, Smashing Runoff Record; GA Election Officials Debunk Trump Conspiracies After He Demands They "Find" Votes To Overturn His Loss; CA Gov. Warns Of "Surge On Top Of Surge" As ICU Cases Rise 22 Percent. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL); Leaked Trump Phone Call Stirs Controversy; Georgia Officials Debunk Trump Election Conspiracy Theories; New York Confirms First Case Of U.K. COVID Strain Believed To Be More Contagious; Experts: Trump's Request To "Find" Votes Could Put Him In Legal Jeopardy; Georgia Secretary Of State At The Center Of Trump's Efforts To Subvert Election. Aired 6-7p ET