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• Trump Expected to Issue a Flood of Pardons Tomorrow; Biden Administration Gears Up to Take on Major Challenges; Washington D.C. Tightens Security Ahead of Inauguration; Pelosi Expected to Deliver Impeachment Article to Senate This Week. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) is Interviewed about Trump's Impeachment; Dark Weeks Ahead for U.S. Due to COVID; Parler Coming Back Online; Navalny in Jail for 30 Days. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• After Deadly Riot, D.C. Becomes Fortress Ahead of Inauguration; House Democrats Launching Probe into Capitol Riot; FBI Investigating Tip that Woman may have Stolen Laptop from Pelosi's Office, Possibly Planned to Sell it to Russia. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Joe Biden Prepares Day One Executive Orders; False Alarm on Capitol Hill; Interview with Former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle (D) and Trent Lott (R). Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Historic Week For U.S. As Trump Presidency Ends, Biden Era Begins; D.C. Becomes Fortress For Biden Inauguration After Capitol Siege; National Guard Members In D.C. Vetted Over Fears Of Insider Attack; Interview With Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY). Aired 11-11:30a ET
• 60 Percent of U.S. Cases have been Reported Since Election Day; Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) Says, QAnon is Destroying the GOP from Within; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to Deliver Impeachment Article to Senate this Week. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Security Uncertainty Looms Over Inaugural Preparations; CNN: Trump Prepares To Issue Around 100 Pardons And Commutations; Incoming Biden Chief Of Staff: We're Inheriting A Huge Mess; D.C. National Guard Chief: Members Have "Multiple Layers" Of Screening; Pompeo Remains Loyal To Trump In Final Days Of Presidency. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Pompeo Remains Loyal To Trump In Final Days Of Presidency; U.S. Nears 400,000 Deaths Due To COVID-19, Most In The World; Azar: Incoming Biden Team Criticizing Vaccine Rollout "So They Can Look Like Heroes When They Come In"; Twitter Temporarily Suspended Rep. Greene For Misinformation. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Divided, Sick Nation On Edge For Whiplash Of Power Transfer; Trump Remains In Seclusion For Sixth Straight Day; Biden Reveals Day One Actions To Turn Page On Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Presidency: How It Started, How It's Going; NSA Installing Trump Loyalist & Pelosi Demands Pentagon Halt the Hiring; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll on Verge of 400K. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Arrests of Militia Members Continue; Interview with Retired Air Force Lieutenant General Jack Weinstein; Trump Plans to Leave Washington, D.C. Before Inauguration Ceremony. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Democrat Rep. Accuses GOP's Boebert Of Giving Tours Before Riot; NYT: Trump Allies Collecting Fees To Push For Possible Last- Minute Pardons; Trump Leaning Away From Pardoning Himself, Family Members, Close Associates; Update On Security Situation Around The Country Amid Threats Ahead Of Inauguration; Interview With Martin Luther King III. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Biden Preparing to Roll Back Several Trump Policies; Melania Trump Tweets Farewell Message, Urges Kindness; Interview with Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), Why There Should Be an Impeachment Trial After January 20th; New Cases in U.S. Down 11 Percent for Coronavirus from a Week Ago; Poisoned Opposition Leader in Russia Detained. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Biden Set to Roll Back Controversial Trump Administration Policies; Trump Set to Issue 100 Pardons; FBI Vets National Guard Ahead of Inauguration. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• U.S. Capitol Fenced Off, Guarded by Thousands of Troops; All 50 States Brace for Potential Violent Protests; Sources: Trump to Issue Around 100 Pardons & Commutations; Cathedrals Serving as Temporary Vaccination Sites in U.K.; Kremlin Critic Detained on Return to Moscow; Biden to Sign Executive Orders on First Day in Office; California Reports 42,000+ New Cases; Raskin: I'm Not Going to Lose My Son in 2020 & My Country in 2021. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Rumored To Be Issuing 100 Pardons Tomorrow; Coronavirus Prediction 500,000 Deaths By Mid-February; Alexei Navalny Under Arrest Back In Russia; Palestinians Not Given A Place In Israel's Vaccine Program; Europe Tightens Travel Corridors And Enforce Curfews; Jay Y. Lee Returns To Jail; Kremlin Critic Detained on Return to Moscow; Biden to Sign Executive Orders on First Day in Office; China's GDP Grows 2.3 percent in 2020, Defying Expectations; 72 Players in Quarantine Ahead of Australian Open. Aired 1-2a ET
• President Trump Expected to Issue Wave of Commutations and Pardons; U.S. Capitol Secured by National Guard Before Biden's Inauguration; Incoming CDC Director's Straightforward Warning on Coronavirus Deaths in the U.S.; France Begins Vaccination Rollout; All 50 States Brace For Potential Violent Protests; Vaccine Responsibility: Disagreement Over Responsibility for COVID-19 Vaccines; No Vaccinations Yet For Palestinians In West Bank And Gaza. Aired 2-3a ET
• A New Video Shows What It Was Like Inside Capitol During Riot; State Capitols are Bracing for Possible Violence; Russia Detains Kremlin Critic on Return to Moscow; Disagreement Over Responsibility for COVID Vaccines; U.K. Faces Educational Challenges as COVID Cases Escalate; Snowboarder Survives Avalanche and Catches it on Video; President Trump to Issue Clemency on Tuesday; Washington Well- Prepared for Joe Biden's Inauguration; No Negative Result, No Entry in U.K.; Joe Biden Faces Tough Challenges Ahead; COVID-19 and New Variant Could Take More Lives. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump to Issue Around 100 Pardons and Commutations; U.S. Capitol Fenced Off, Guarded by Thousands of Troops; GOP Lawmaker: President Set Date, Time, Location for Event; Incoming CDC Director Warning of Dark Weeks Ahead in Pandemic; California Reports 42,000+ COVID Cases, 432 Deaths; U.K. Tightens Travel Entry Requirements; Vaccinations in France Begin for People Over 75; Vaccine Demand Outweighs the Available Supply. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Shocking New Video Shows Capitol Hill Chaos; State Capitols Brace for Possible Violence; Biden Team Outlines Plans for First 100 Days; Biden to Sign Executive Orders on First Day in Office; Washington D.C. a Fortress Ahead of Biden Inauguration; Russia Detains Kremlin Critic Alexey Navalny on Return to Moscow; Australian Open Tennis Players Frustrated by Quarantine. Aired 4:30-5a ET


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