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CNN Transcripts for January 17, 2021

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CNN Newsroom
• Capitol Hill On High Alert; New Blow-By-Blow Video Of Capitol Siege; America's White Hate: How We Got Here And The Way Out; Rioters Motivated By Trump And Reclaiming The Election; Trump Stood By While He Could Have Addressed The Attack; U.S. COVID Numbers Now Equal Those Of 1918 Flu Epidemic; Navalny Arrested On Return To Russia. Aired 1-2p ET
• U.S. Capitol A Fortress, On Lockdown Amid Threats Of Violence; Shocking New Footage From Inside The Capitol Siege; Security Heightened At State Capitals Across The Country; U.S. Nears 400,000 Deaths Tied To The Coronavirus; CNN Poll Shows Trump's Approval Rating Reaches New Low As Term Ends; Biden To Sign Executive Orders On First Day, Rejoining Paris Climate Accord And Rescinding Travel Ban. Aired 2-3p ET
• CNN Poll Shows Trump's Approval Rating Reaches New Low As Term Ends; U.S. Capitol A Fortress, On Lockdown Amid Threats Of Violence; Shocking New Footage From Inside The Capitol Siege. Aired 3-4p ET
• FBI Warns Of Armed Protests At Capitol And In All 50 States; U.S. Capitol A Fortress And D.C. On Lockdown As Threats Grow; Capitols Tighten Security; Shocking New Footage From Inside The Capitol Siege. Aired 4-5p ET
• Possible Unrest In America's Anticipation Of Joe Biden's Inauguration; New Shocking Footage Inside The Capitol During The Siege; Trump Allies Collecting Cash For Pardons; COVID Deaths Predicted At 500,000 By Mid-February; Rep. Jamie Raskin On Losing His Son And Being Lead Prosecutor On Trump's Second Impeachment. Aired 5- 6p ET
• A Nation On Edge For This Week's Transfer Of Power; Around 25,000 National Guard Troops To Patrol Washington This Week; FBI Warns Of Armed Protests At Capitol And In All 50 States; State Capitals Tighten Security Amid Threat Of Armed Protests; Trump Expected To Issue Flurry Of Pardons In Final Days Of Term; Kamala Harris To Make History As First Woman Vice President. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Bracing For Violence As FBI Warns Of Armed Protests; Security Very High At U.S. Capitol Days From Biden Inauguration; Biden To Sign Executive Orders On First Day; Interview With Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA), Warning Impeachment Could Incite Violence; Trump Considering Pardons For Himself And His Family; U.S. Politics Under Global Scrutiny; China Contrasts Its COVID-19 Response To U.S.'; Rise Of Far Right Extremist Groups During Capitol Attack; Parallels Between Charlottesville And Capitol Riots. Aired 12-1a ET
• Security Very High At U.S. Capitol Days From Biden Inauguration; Biden To Sign Executive Orders On First Day; U.S. Bracing For Violence As FBI Warns Of Armed Protests; States Look For More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses As Death Toll Nears 400,000; Vaccine Tourists Flock To Florida; Far Right Extremist Groups "Most Persistent And Lethal Threat"; State Capitals Tighten Security; Biden Facing Uphill Battle In Domestic And Global Affairs; U.S. Social Media Sites Grapple With Blind Spots. Aired 1-2a ET
• Washington And State Capitals Tighten Security; Biden To Sign Executive Orders On First Day; U.S. Bracing For Violence As FBI Warns Of Armed Protests; CDC Warns U.K. Variant Could Be Dominant Strain By March; California Opens Mass Vaccination Sites; Biden Promises 100 Million Vaccinations In First 100 Days; Biden Faces Renewed Nuclear Posturing From North Korea. Aired 3-4a ET
• Washington And State Capitals Tighten Security; Biden To Sign Executive Orders On First Day; CDC Warns U.K. Variant Could Be Dominant Strain By March; California Opens Mass Vaccination Sites; U.K. Has Vaccinated Nearly Half Of Population 80 And Over; Far Right Extremist Groups "Most Persistent And Lethal Threat"; U.S. Politics Under Global Scrutiny; Uganda Incumbent Declared Presidential Winner Amid Vote-Rigging Allegations. Aired 4-5a ET


CNN Special Reports
• CNN Special Report, Kamala Harris: Making History. Aired 10-11p ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Federal Agencies Under Scrutiny Over Capitol Riot; Who Were The People In The Capitol Mob?; Secretary Pompeo Spent Better Part Of The Week Making Big Pronouncements And Bigger Moves On World Stage; Tim Snyder On How To Rescue American Democracy. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Biden Stresses Unity Amid Historic Political Division In U.S.; FBI Warns Of "Armed Protests" At Capitol And In All 50 States; Control Of The U.S. Senate; McConnell Remains Undecided On Convicting Trump; Interview With Sen. Angus King (I-ME); Biden To Take Office As U.S. Confronts Multiple Historic Crises; Kamala Harris' Path To History. Aired 8-9a ET


New Day Sunday
• U.S. Capitol A Fortress And D.C. On Lockdown As Threats Grow; Biden Plans Flurry Of Executive Orders On First Day In Office; Trump Huddles With Advisers In Private While Pence Makes Flurry Of Public Appearances; Trump Leaving Office With Lowest Job Approval Ever; U.S. Close To Surpassing 400,000 Deaths Due To COVID-19; Michigan Identifies Its First Case Of U.K. COVID-19 Variant. Aired 6-7a ET
• U.S. Capitol A Fortress And D.C. On Lockdown As Threats Loom; Interview With Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA); U.S. Recorded 198,218 New Cases And 3,286 Deaths Saturday; Opposition Leader Who Survived Poisoning Heading Back To Russia; Biden Plans Flurry Of Executive Orders On First Day In Office. Aired 7-8a ET
• Security Very High at U.S. Capitol Days from Biden Inauguration; Far Right Extremist Groups "Most Persistent and Lethal Threat"; Acting Secretary of Defense Orders NSA Chief to Install Trump Loyalist as Agency's General Counsel; States Look for More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses as Death Toll Nears 400,000; Trump Attempts to Thwart Biden Foreign Policy Agenda in Final Days; Biden to Sign Executive Orders on First Day; Trump Leaving Office with Lowest Job Approval Ever; Alexei Navalny Returning to Russia. Aired 5-6a ET


Reliable Sources
• Maggie Haberman On The Final Chapter Of Trump's Presidency; How To Cover Extremism Without Amplifying It; U.S. Capitol Violence Raises Safety Concerns For Media; TV News Realignment: Fox News Slumps, CNN Surges; What The Press Can Expect From Biden's Press Shop. Aired 11a- 12p ET


The Situation Room
• Intense Security In Washington, D.C. As Inauguration Day Nears; Trump Expected To Pardon More People With Four Days Left In Office; Shocking New Footage Shows Violent Mob Inside Capitol Hill; Police In All 50 States Brace For Violent Protests; Will Scenes Of The Insurrection Hurt Trump With GOP?; Incoming CDC Director Projects 500,000 COVID Deaths By Mid-February. Aired 7-8p ET
• U.S. Capitol Becomes a Fortress and D.C. on Lockdown as Threats Grow; Trump Allies Being Paid to Secure Pardons?; Interview with Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) about Capitol Riot; Trump Expected to Issue Flurry of Pardons; Interview with Andrew Yang about Capitol Hill Attack; Grim Prediction from Biden's Incoming CDC Director on COVID- 19; Outspoken Putin Critic Detained in Russia After Poisoning. Aired 8-9p ET
• U.S. Capitol A Fortress And D.C. On Lockdown As Threats Grow; Shocking New Footage From Inside The Capitol Siege; Trump Expected To Issue Around 100 Pardons Tuesday; President Trump Not Expected To Pardon Himself; America On Alert; Coronavirus Pandemic; Buffalo Bills Are One Game Away From Super Bowl. Aired 9-10p ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD); Interview With Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL); Interview With Incoming White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain; Interview With Former U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster. Aired 9-10a ET