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April 26, 2024

• Soon: Fourth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes; Finance Exec Gary Farro Takes Witness Stand At Trump Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Longtime Trump Asst, Ex-SR. VP Of Trump Org Testifies; Trump's Longtime Assistant Testifies That Two Of The Contacts She maintained Info For Were Stormy Daniels & Karen McDougal; Judge Hasn't Ruled Yet Whether Trump Has Violated Gag Order; Set To Hear Four More Allegations Thursday. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Now: Prosecution Redirect Of David Pecker Resumes; Trump's Former Assistant Rhona Graff Called To Witness Stand. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• David Pecker Continues His Tesimony; Cross-Examination Tactics; Prosecution's Redirect; Gag Order Issues; Next Witnesses and Strategy; Biden's Willingness to Debate Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Pecker Admits He Killed Stories "To Help A Presidential Candidate; Soon, Fourth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes; "MisinfoNation: The Trump Faithful" Aires Sunday Night At 8PM ET/PT. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Pecker Admits He Killed Stories "To Help A Presidential Candidate"; How Americans View Criminal Prosecution Of Donald Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Prosecution Begins Redirect Of David Pecker; Pecker Admits He Killed Stories To Influence The 2016 Election. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Fourth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial; Trump Lawyer Cross-Examinees Former Tabloid Executive; Now: Prosecution Begins Redirect Of David Pecker. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Any Minute: Testimony Resumes In Trump Hush Money Trial; Now: Fourth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Former Tabloid Exec. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Donald Trump Hush Money Trial; David Pecker Cross-Examined By Trump's Attorney; Trial Of Trump Over Hush Money, Now On Fourth Day Of Testimony. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Fourth Day of Testimony in Trump Hush Money Trial; Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Former Tabloid Executive; Pecker Testifies About Agreement With Former Playboy Model. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Now: Fourth Day of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 9:30-10a ET

April 25, 2024

• Ex-Tabloid Publisher Being Cross-Examined In Trump Trial; Trump In New York Court As Supreme Court Heard His Immunity Case. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Ex-Tabloid Publisher Testifying In Trump Trial; Ex-Tabloid Publisher Confirms He Signed Cooperation Agreement With Manhattan DA's Office In 2019. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Now: Ex-Tabloid Publisher Resumes Testimony In Trump Trial; Trump In NY Court As Supreme Court Heard His Immunity Case. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Resumption Of Donald Trump's Manhattan Hush Money Trial; Supreme Court Arguments On Presidential Prosecutions; David Pecker's Testimony On Catch And Kill; Allegations Of Gag Order Violations By Donald Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Ex-Tabloid Publisher Testifies He Didn't Publish Story About Trump & Playboy Model So It Did Not Influence 2016 Election; Ex- Tabloid Publisher Testifies About Stormy Daniels Negotiations. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Testimony Continues in Trump Hush Money Trial; Supreme Court Hears Presidential Immunity Arguments. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Justices Seem Skeptical That Trump Has Absolute Immunity But May Not Green-Light Quick Trial In January 6 Case; Supreme Court Case May Not Resolve Trump Immunity Once And For All. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Supreme Court Case May Not Resolve Trump Immunity Once And For All; Justice Seem Skeptical That Trump Has Absolute Immunity But May Not Green-Light Quick Trial In January 6 Cases. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Special Counsel's Lawyer: Trump Is Not Immune From Prosecution; Supreme Court Case May Not Resolve Trump Immunity Once And For All. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Presidential Immunity. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Immunity Case Heard by Supreme Court; Justice Presses Trump's Lawyer on the Exempt Actions of the President; Supreme Court's Skepticism on Trump's Full Immunity Claim. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Hush Money Trial Underway, Supreme Court Hears Trump Case Soon; Supreme Court Questions Trump Lawyer in Immunity Case; Justice Press Trump Lawyer on Which Presidential Acts are Immune. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Hush Money Trial Underway, Supreme Court Hears Trump Case Soon. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Supreme Court To Hear Trump Immunity Case As Hush Money Trial Resumes. Aired 9-9:30a ET

April 23, 2024

• Pro-Palestinian Protests Erupt at Universities Across the U.S.; Second Day of Testimony Wraps in Trump Hush Money Trial; Senate Poised to Vote on $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Former Tabloid Exec And Longtime Trump Friend Testifies For Second Day; Biden Speaks In Florida One Week Before State's 6-Week Ban Takes Effect; Trump To Meet With Former Japanese PM Today; Pro- Palestinian Protests Erupt At Universities Across The US. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Second Day Of David Pecker Testimony Wraps In Trump's Hush Money Trial; CNN Reporters Detail Second Day Of Testimony In Trump Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Testimony on Trump's Direct Involvement in Suppression of Negative Stories; Trump's Reaction to Court Proceedings; Role of Michael Cohen Highlighted; Trump's Campaign Claims During Court Breaks. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Second Day Of David Pecker Testimony In Trump's Hush Money Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Testimony Continues in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Pecker: Trump, Cohen Asked Me How I Could "Help The Campaign"; Pecker Testifies About Tabloid's Business Records. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Pecker: Notified Cohen If Women Were Selling Stories About Trump; Pecker: Trump, Cohen Asked Me How I Could "Help The Campaign"; Former Tabloid Exec David Pecker Testifying For Second Day; Pecker: Didn't "Catch And Kill" Stories About Trump Before August 2015; Pecker Describes Running Negative Stories About Trump's Rivals. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Former Tabloid Exec David Pecker Starts Second Day Of Testimony. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Testimony Continues in Trump Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Judge Questioning Trump's Lawyer and Not Receiving a Response; As Gag Order Hearing Grows Heated, Judge Speaks Up at Trump Attorney; Judge Says Trump's Post on the Jury was His Own, Not a Repost; Day Two of Trump Trial's Testimony. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Hearing on Whether Trump Violated Gag Order in Hush Money Case; Prosecutors Say Trump Violated Gag Order Ten Times; Defense Says, Trump Allowed to Respond to Political Attacks. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Hearing Begins On Whether Trump Violated Gag Order In Hush Money Case. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Hearing on Whether Trump Violated Gag Order in Hush Money Case. Aired 9-9:30a ET

April 22, 2024

• Trump Advisers Scrambling To Revamp Campaign Schedule Amid Trial; Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls On Speaker To Resign Or "Be Vacated"; Columbia University Ramping Up Security Amid Protests. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Today: Opening Statements, First Witness Testimony In Trump Trial; Prosecution Presents Case As A Cover-Up In First Day Of Testimony; Trump Insists He Will Testify But Final Decision Not Yet Known; Judge Sets Parameters On Cross-Examination If Trump Testifies. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Biden Campaigns As Testimony Begins In Trump Criminal Trial; Columbia Cancels In-Person Classes Amid Pro-Palestinian Protests; Police Arrest Dozens Of Pro-Palestine Protesters At Yale; Trump Criminal Trial Wraps For The Day After Opening Statements And First Witness. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Testimony Begins In Trump's Trial; Trump Defends Financial Recordings; Trump's Campaign Concerns And Potential Impact On Campaign. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Tabloid Publisher David Pecker Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial; Columbia University Goes Virtual Amid Pro-Palestinian Protests. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Opening Arguments Delivered in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Court Wrapping For The Day; First Witness To Resume Testimony Tomorrow; Trump Speaks As Hush Money Trial Wraps For The Day; Trump Downplays Relationship With Cohen As Court Wraps For The Day. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trial Resumes After Opening Statements In Hush Money Case; Tabloid Executive David Pecker On The Stand As First Witness; Court Wrapping Up For The Day In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Defense: "There's Nothing Wrong With Trying To Influence An Election"; Trump Lawyer To Jury: Michael Cohen Is An Admitted Liar; Any Minute: Trial Resumes After Opening Statements In Hush Money Case. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Prosecution: "It Was Election Fraud, Pure And Simple"; Prosecutor: "Cohen's Testimony Will Be Backed Up" By Evidence; Trump Lawyer To Jury: "None Of This Was A Crime". Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial Underway With Opening Statements; Opening Statements In Trump Trial Made By Prosecution; Jurors Hear Prosecutor Describe Alleged "Catch And Kill" Strategy; Transcript Of "Access Hollywood" Recording Read Aloud To Jury By Prosecutor. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Judge Giving Instructions Ahead of Opening Statements; Opening Statements Underway in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Moments Away: Opening Statement In First Trump Criminal Trial. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Opening Statements in First Trump Criminal Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET

April 15, 2024

• Trump Hush Money Trial Begins Today; More Than Half Of First Group Of 96 Potential Jurors Excused After Saying They Can't Be Impartial Or Have Schedule Conflicts; House GOP Leaders Unveil Pro- Israel, Anti-Iran Bills. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Jury Selection Underway In Trump's Historic Criminal Trial; Israel War Cabinet Weighs Military, Diplomatic Response To Iran; More Than Half Of First Group Of 96 Potential Jurors Excused After Saying They Can't Be Impartial Or Have Schedule Conflicts. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Jury Selection Underway In Trump's Historic Criminal Trial; Israeli War Cabinet Weighs Military Or Diplomatic Response To Iran; James Schultz, Former Trump White House Lawyer, Discusses Trump's Historic Criminal Trial & Jury Selection. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Juror Selection In Donald Trump's Manhattan Hush Money Trial; Global Political Tensions Involving Iran; Protests In San Francisco; Sentencing In 'Rust' Film Incident. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• First Criminal Trial Of A Former President Underway & Jury Selection Starts Soon; Kurt Volker, Former U.S. Ambassador To NATO, Discusses U.S. Coordinating Diplomatic Response To Iran, Seeks De- Escalation, World Leaders Urging Restraint; Tim Parlatore, A Former Trump Attorney, Discusses Donald Trump's Criminal Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Israel Weighs Response to Iran; Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial Begins. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Prosecutors Ask Judge To Sanction Trump For Social Media Posts; Trump Says He Understands After Judge Reads His Rights; Israeli Official: War Cabinet Determined To Act In Response To Iran Attack. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Trump's First Criminal Trial Underway; Now: Judge Tells Attorneys 500 Potential Jurors Are Waiting; Now: Judge & Attys Discuss Allowing Trump To Attend Sidebars; Now: Trump Says He Understand After Judge Reads His Rights; Prosecutors Argue Trump's Recent Posts Violate Gag Order; Now: Prosecutors Ask Judge To Sanction Trump For Social Media Posts. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Now: Judge & Attorneys Debating Evidence For Trump Trial; Israeli War Cabinet Ends Heated Meeting About Iran Attack Response; Now: Judge & Attorneys Discussing Michael Cohen's Testimony. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Now: Judge & Attorneys Debating Evidence For Trump Trial; Now: Prosecutors Argue Trump's Recent Posts Violate Gag Order. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Trump's First Ongoing Criminal Prosecution; Judge Permits Prosecution to Present National Enquirer-Related Evidence; Judge is Going to Allow Karen McDougal to Testify; Israel War Cabinet Ends Meeting. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Court Underway for Trump Criminal Trial; Judge Denies Motion for Recusal; Now, Judge Discussing Trial Schedule, Upcoming Holidays. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Jury Selection In Trump's Historic Criminal Trial; Israeli War Cabinet Meets; Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Jury Selection in Trump Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET

April 08, 2024

• Total Eclipse Now Happening at Vermont's Highest Peak; Totality Experienced in New England; Cities in Maine Last in U.S. To Experience Totality; Millions of Stargazers Across America Watch Total Eclipse. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Moments Away: Total Solar Eclipse In Indianapolis; Cleveland, Ohio Now Moments Away From Total Eclipse; Total Solar Eclipse Underway In Niagara Falls; Total Eclipse Now Happening At Vermont's Highest Peak. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Kerrville, TX, Now Experiencing Total Eclipse; Solar Eclipse Now Underway In Dallas, TX; Animals At Dallas Zoo React To Total Solar Eclipse; Russellville, Arkansas, Now Experiencing Total Eclipse; Hundreds Of People Tie Knot In Arkansas During Eclipse. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Eclipse Proves Einstein's Theory; Safety Warnings For Eclipse Viewing; Atmospheric Effects And Wildlife Reactions Noted; Technological And Social Celebrations Of The Eclipse; Global Scientific Collaboration And Observation. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Solar Eclipse Now Crossing Over North America; Partial Solar Eclipse Underway In Mazatlan, Mexico; Partial Eclipse Begins In Russellville, Arkansas; Skies Darkening In Mazatlan, Mexico, As City Nears Totality. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Partial Solar Eclipse Begins. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Total Solar Eclipse Crossing Over North America; Partial Eclipse Begins In Mazatlan, Mexico. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• 99 Percent Of Americans Will Be Able To See At Least Part Of Eclipse; Excitement Builds As Millions In U.S. Await Total Solar Eclipse; Total Solar Eclipse Crossing Over North America; Special Flight Gives Passengers View Of Solar Eclipse From Sky; Hundreds Of Couples To Marry In Arkansas During Eclipse; Zoo Monitoring Animal Behavior During Solar Eclipse. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• CNN International: Eclipse Across America. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Solar Eclipse Crosses North America; Nasa Conducting Several Eclipse Research Experiments; Russellville, Arkansas Experiences Total Solar Eclipse; Partial Eclipse Visible In Atlanta. 2-3p ET
• CNN International: Eclipse Across America; The Great Eclipse Across North America; State Of Emergency In Canada. Aired 1-2p ET
• CNN International: CNN Covers Rare Total Solar Eclipse 2024. Aired 12-1p ET

April 07, 2024

• Eclipse Across America: Eclipse Watchers Travel for View from Vermont; Solar Eclipse Sparks Enthusiasm for Science in the US; How to Safely Watch the solar Eclipse Tomorrow. Aired 7-8p ET

March 28, 2024

• Now: Fulton County Hearing In Trump GA Election Case; Bodies Of Two Workers Recovered, Four Still Missing; Crypto Fraudster Bankman- Fried Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Hearings Continue in Trump Georgia Election Case. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Fulton County Hearing in Trump GA Election Case. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Now, Fulton County Hearing in Trump Georgia Election Case. Aired 10-10:30a ET

March 22, 2024

• CNN INTERNATIONAL: Catherine, Princess Of Wales, Reveals Cancer Diagnosis; Russia: At Least 40 Dead In Concert Hall Attack Near Moscow; Moscow Concert Hall Attack. Aired 4-5p ET

March 12, 2024