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December 03, 2018
• State Funeral of President George H.W. Bush. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• State Funeral of President George H.W. Bush. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 30, 2018
• Many Aftershocks Rattle Alaska After Major 7.0 Earthquake; Sources: U.K. Believes Putin Approved Brazen Attack On Former Spy; Zinke Tweets Jab At Democrat Calling On Him To Resign; James Patterson On New Thriller, Clinton, Trump And The Passion. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• White House Complains Mueller Hurting Trump-Putin Relationship; Alaska Earthquake; Report: Mueller Looking at Role of Don Jr., Ivanka in Moscow Project. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 29, 2018
• Trump Slams Former Attorney Michael Cohen Calls Him "Weak"; Trump Cancels Putin Meeting Citing Ukraine Crisis Not Cohen. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying About Trump Tower Moscow. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 28, 2018
• Interview With Arizona Senator Jeff Flake; No CIA Briefing to Senate on Journalist's Murder; President Trump Not Ruling Out Pardon For Paul Manafort. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• No CIA Briefing to Senate on Journalist's Murder; President Trump Not Ruling Out Pardon For Paul Manafort. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 27, 2018
• Trump Threatens General Motors; Mississippi Senate Election. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Blasts Mueller; Did Paul Manafort Meet With Julian Assange?; Roger Stone's Efforts to Seek WikiLeaks Documents Detailed in Draft Mueller Document. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 26, 2018
• Interview With Utah Congresswoman Mia Love; Mississippi Senate Race. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Disputes His Own Administration's Climate Change Report; DHS: 69 Arrested After as Many as 1K Migrants Rushed Border. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


November 23, 2018
• Report Warns: Dire Health Economic Impacts from Climate Change; Trump Eyes Replacing Kelly With Young, Rich Loyalist; Trump Admin Says It Believes Hostage Austin Tice Is Alive; Online Sales - Trump's Trade Wars Threaten Black Friday's Future; Obama's Chief Photographer Trolls Trump In New Book. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Roger Stone Associate in Plea Talks With Mueller; White House Chief of Staff in Danger?. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 21, 2018
• Trump Submits Answers to Robert Mueller; Democratic Investigations Worrying Trump Organization?; Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Democratic Investigations; Supreme Court Chief Justice Rebukes Trump; Trump Appears to Let Saudis Slide on Murder of Journalist as CNN/NYT Learn Trump Wanted Prosecution of Clinton, Comey. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


November 20, 2018
• New Revelations Emerge About Ivanka Trump's Private E-Mail Use; Obama Speaks Out on Trump. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Signals No Punishment for Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi Murder; Former President Obama Jokes About Defeating Trump in 2020. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 19, 2018
• Democratic Leadership Fight?; Trump's Tone. Aired 4:30-4:45p ET
• Trump Once Again Questions U.S. Intelligence Conclusions; Trump Blasts Admiral Who Ordered Bin Laden Raid; Crisis In California: Forecast Could Bring Mudslides and More Danger. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 16, 2018
• Interview with Congresswoman-elect Abigail Spanberger of Virginia; NYT: Trump Asking if Vice President Pence is Loyal; 66 People Dead, 600+ Reported Missing In California; Kim Jong-un Supervises Test Of New Ultramodern Weapon; Oscar-Winning Screenwriter William Goldman Dies. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Recovery Efforts Continue in California; President Trump Comments on Mueller Probe; Source: Trump Legal Team Balks at Mueller Questions Relating to Post 2016 Election. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 15, 2018
• Sources: 17 Dems Vow to Vote "No" for Pelosi as Speaker; U.S. Sanctions 17 Saudis Over Death of Jamal Khashoggi. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• More Mueller Indictments Coming?; Florida Recounts Hit Deadline. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 14, 2018
• President Trump Talks Prison Reform; Congressional Leadership Battles. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• U.S. Troops Remain at Border; White House Chaos?; What Happened to Trump's Migrant Caravan Warnings? Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 13, 2018
• Who Will Lead House Democrats? California Fires. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Lawsuit Filed to Replace New Acting Attorney General; Melania Trump Feuding With Deputy National Security Adviser; White House Sources: Trump Has No Intention of Removing Whitaker As Acting Attorney General Despite Criticism. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 12, 2018
• North Korea Improving Nuclear Capabilities?; Deadly California Fires. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz; Florida Recounts; White House Braces for Democratic-Lead Investigations. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 09, 2018
• Whitaker's Prosecution of Iowa Dem Raises Alarms; Emergency Hearing in Lawsuit Involving Florida Senate Race; Trump Jokes About Russian Interference In Midterm Races; Controversy In Three Florida Races With Razor-Thin Margins; Michelle Obama: Trump's Birther Lie Put Family In Danger. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Changes Story on New Attorney General; Michelle Obama Blasts Trump Over Birtherism; Florida Senate Fight; Trump Claims He "Doesn't Know" Acting AG He Chose, But Calls Him "Very Smart & Very Respected". Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 08, 2018
• George Conway Calls Appointment of Acting AG Illegal; Officials Give Update on Deadly California Bar Shooting. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Questions Emerge About New Acting Attorney General; California Mass Shooting; Sources: New Acting AG Has No Plans to Recuse Himself; Interview with Congressman Adam Schiff of California. Aired 4-4:30p ET>;


November 07, 2018
• Trump Fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Interview with Mazie Hirono (D-HI). Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Interview With California Congressman Ted Lieu. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Attorney General Jeff Sessions Fired. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Aired 3-3:30p ET


November 06, 2018
• Interview With Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen; Election Day. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Election Day. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 05, 2018
• Key Florida Races; Midterm Election Outlook. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Midterm Election Outlook; Dems Cry "Witch Hunt" Over GOP Candidate Kemp's New Probe; CNN Polls: Dems Positioned for Big Midterm Wins Tomorrow. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 02, 2018
• Sources: Pentagon Rejects Requests for Troops to do "Crowd Control" at Border; President Targets Red-State Dems in Final Midterms Push; Vulnerable Red-State Dems Embracing Trumpian Positions; President Targets Red-State Dems In Final Midterms Push; New CNN Special Report Examines Battle Over Voting Rights. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Hurls Blame at Media For Violence; Michael Cohen Details Alleged Racist Trump Statements; Trump's Racially- Charged Ad Makes False Claims; Obama Stumps for Candidates in Tight Florida, Georgia Governor Races. Aired 4-4:30p ET


November 01, 2018
• Trump: "We're Not Allowing" Migrants In; Trump Announces Change In Asylum Rules For Migrants; Trump: We're Going To Catch And No Longer Release Migrants; Trump On Slow-Moving Caravan: They're Rushing Our Border. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Stokes Immigration Fears; Trump Accused of Tweeting Racist Ad. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 31, 2018
• Midterm Election Outlook; Interview With Former General Stanley McChrystal>. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Smacks Down Paul Ryan; Trump: Up to 15,000 Troops Going to the Border; U.S. Commander in Afghanistan: There Must Be a Political Solution. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 30, 2018
• Trump Proposes to Stop Granting Citizenship to People Born on US Soil; Pittsburgh Protests Trump Visit. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Lindsey Graham Follows Trump's Lead Again; Trump Visits Pittsburgh Amid Controversy. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 29, 2018
• Interview With Bob Woodward; As Trump Points Finger at Media, White House Rejects Any Responsibility For Recent Attacks; Another Suspicious Package Sent to CNN. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• As Trump Points Finger at Media, White House Rejects Any Responsibility For Recent Attacks; Another Suspicious Package Sent to CNN. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 26, 2018
• First Look at Mail Bomb Suspect Since Arrest; Suspects Van Had Pro-Trump Stickers, Targets Over Dem Opponents; Trump Makes First Comments Since Mail Bomb Arrest. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Suspect Arrested in Package Bomb Investigation; Bomb Suspect Had "CNN Sucks" Sign at Trump Rally. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 25, 2018
• After Calling for Unity, Trump Changes Tune and Attacks Media. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Alabama Senator Doug Jones; President Trump Criticizes Media After Package Bombs Found; Officials Warn There Could Be More Bombs. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 24, 2018
• Interview With New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; Package Bombs Target Democratic Leaders, CNN. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Package Bombs Target Democratic Leaders, CNN. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 23, 2018
• Trump Stokes Immigration Fears to Rile Up Base Voters; President Trump Speaks Out From Oval Office. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Speaks Out From Oval Office; Trump Calls Himself a Nationalist. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 22, 2018
• Trump Forced to Change Tune on Journalist's Death?; Early Voting Begins in Several States. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Targeting Transgender People?; Trump Pushes Immigration Fears Ahead of Midterms; : Interview with Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona; Trump Ramps Up Rallies in Effort to Keep GOP Control. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 19, 2018
• Sources: Turks Immediately Suspected Journalist Was Killed; Russian National Charged with Interfering in 2018 Midterms; Paul Manafort Appears In Court In A Wheel Chair; Haley Speech Fuel's Speculation About Her Political Future. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump on Campaign Trail; Russian National Charged With Interfering in U.S. Elections; Interview with Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois; Sources: Turks Immediately Suspected Journalist was Killed. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 18, 2018
• White House Prepares for Post-Election Brawls If Dems Win House. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• CNN: Bolton & Kelly Get Into Shouting Match in West Wing; Interview With Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard; Trump Administration Providing Cover For Saudi Arabia?. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 17, 2018
• Mueller Report Coming After Midterms?; Trump Campaigning for Ted Cruz. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• New Details in Khashoggi Death; Trump Dismisses Saudi Leadership Role in Journalist's Death; Pompeo: Saudis Didn't Talk Facts on Journalist's Disappearance. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 16, 2018
• Texas Senate Race; Trump Throws More Insults at Stormy Daniels. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Virginia Senator Mark Warner; Trump Reiterates Saudi Denials on Missing Journalist; Trump Throws More Insults at Stormy Daniels. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 15, 2018
• Warren vs. Trump; James Mattis in Danger?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Warren vs. Trump; Saudis Preparing to Admit Journalist Was Killed. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 12, 2018
• Trump's Own DOJ Contradicts Secy Ross On Census Proposal; Trump Embraces The Media Spotlight, Steps Up News Conferences, Interviews And Rallies; At Least 13 Killed, 7 States Dealing with Storm Aftermath. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Tennessee Senator Bob Corker; Saudi Tensions; Hurricane Michael's Aftermath; America Pastor Freed in Turkey; Lawmakers Demand Trump Administration Reveal What They Knew, and When Regarding Threats to Reporter's Life. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 11, 2018
• Saudi Arabia Denies Any Role in Journalist's Disappearance; Trump, Kanye West Meet at White House in Surreal Scene; Conservative Commentator: Trump Exploited Kanye West; Melania Trump: I'm The Most Bullied Person In The World. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Lawyers to Answer Mueller Questions; Hurricane Devastation; Kanye West Visits Oval Office; Six Dead After Hurricane Michael Lashes Southeast; Interview with Senator Bill Nelson of Florida; Saudi Arabia Denies Any Role in Journalist's Disappearance. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 10, 2018
• Interview With Florida Senator Marco Rubio; Hurricane Michael Batters Florida. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Hurricane Michael Makes Landfall with 155 MPH Winds, Near Cat 5. Aired 4:15-4:30p ET


October 09, 2018
• Interview With South Carolina Congressman Mark Sanford; Florida Gubernatorial Battle; U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley Resigns. Aired 4:30- 5p ET
• Kavanaugh Takes Seat on Supreme Court; Hurricane Michael Targets Florida; U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley Resigns. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 08, 2018
• Booker: I'm A Voice For Love And Bringing Nation Together; Police Investigators Have Recovered Limo's Black Box; Scientists Set 2030 Deadline To Stop Climate Disaster; Rod Rosenstein in No Danger?; 2020 Race Starting?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Limo Crash Kills 20; Trump Calls Kavanaugh Accusations Hoax; McConnell Flips, Now Open to Confirming Supreme Court Nominee in Presidential Election Year; Trump: "I Have a Very Good Relationship with Rosenstein". Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 05, 2018
• Interview with Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois; Kavanaugh Has Votes to Be Confirmed to Supreme Court. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Brett Kavanaugh Has Votes to Be Confirmed to Supreme Court; Interview with Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 04, 2018
• Key GOP Senator Collins Returns to Review FBI Report, Manchin Noncommittal; The Kavanaugh Effect; Right Now, Manchin Noncommittal, Collins Reviewing FBI Report; DOJ Charges 7 Russians In Hacking Scheme As Pence Warns China Is Trying Is Trying To Undermine Trump. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Republicans Push Forward on Kavanaugh Vote; Republicans Cast FBI Report on Kavanaugh as "Thorough", Democrats Call It "Incomplete"; Key GOP Senator Collins Returns to Review FBI Report. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 03, 2018
• Trump's Self-Made Man Myth; Midterm Election Battle. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump's Self-Made Fortune a Myth?; Trump Mocks Kavanaugh Accuser; Sources: FBI Hasn't Interviewed Kavanaugh or Ford; Suspect in Custody for Sending Letters Tested Positive for Ricin to Trump & Pentagon Officials. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 02, 2018
• Did Trump Make Millions By Dodging Taxes?; Kavanaugh Investigation. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump's Red Line on Kavanaugh?; Kavanaugh Investigation; FBI Completes Interview with Kavanaugh Friend Mark Judge; NYT: Trump Made Millions By Helping His Family Dodge Taxes. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 01, 2018
• Did Kavanaugh Lie to Senate?; Interview With Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Did Kavanaugh Lie to Senate?; Trump Claims He Has "Compromising" Info on Unnamed Democratic Senator; White House: FBI Not Limited In Background Investigation. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 28, 2018
• Four Key Undecided Senators Could Decide Kavanaugh's Fate; White House Official: Trump Will Order FBI Probe Into Kavanaugh Allegations; Flake Says FBI Report Could Change His Mind On Kavanaugh; New Kavanaugh Statement Says He Will Continue To Cooperate With The FBI. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• GOP Exploring Call for FBI Probe Into Kavanaugh; GOP Agrees to Allow a Week for Kavanaugh Background Check. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 27, 2018
• Kavanaugh/Blasey Ford Hearing. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Supreme Court Nominee Testifies on Assault Accusations. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 26, 2018
• President Trump Set to Hold Rare Solo News Conference; Interview With Michael Avenatti; Third Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward; First Kavanaugh Accuser Set to Testify in Front of Senate. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Third Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward; First Kavanaugh Accuser Set to Testify in Front of Senate. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 25, 2018
• Trump Lashes Out at Kavanaugh Accusers; Bolton Threatens Iran. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• United Nations Laughing at Trump?; Trump Lashes Out at Kavanaugh Accusers; Rosenstein to Meet Trump Thursday, Fate of Russia Probe in Question. Aired 4-4:30p ET


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