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October 16, 2020
• Trump Defends His Retweet of Conspiracy About Biden Responsible for Death of Navy Seals; W.H.O. Says Remdesivir Has Little or No Effect on COVID Patients; Michigan Senate Race Tightens, Democrats Defend Seat Key to Taking Control of Senate. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• U.S. Surpasses 8 Million Coronavirus Cases; Trump in Florida, Biden in Michigan. Aired 3-3:30p ET


October 15, 2020
• Number of Company That Charters Biden's Plane Tests Positive, Campaign Says Biden Wasn't in Close Contact; Trump Losing Support Among Florida Seniors Over Administration's Botched Pandemic Response. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Two Kamala Harris Campaign Officials Test Positive For COVID- 19; Coronavirus Cases Spiking Across Country. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• CDC Warns Indoor Sports Could Be Super-Spreader Events; Fauci Says Safe and Effective Vaccine May Be Widely Available in April; Long Lines Across North Carolina As Early Voting Begins; California GOP Defying State Orders to Remove Unofficial Ballot Drop Boxes; Trump Claims U.S. Is Doing Fine with Coronavirus. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Two Kamala Harris Campaign Officials Test Positive For COVID- 19; Trump Continues Holding Large Rallies; Coronavirus Cases Spiking Across Country. Aired 3-3:30p ET


October 14, 2020
• Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Continue; Interview With Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA); Justice Department Investigation Into Obama Administration Comes Up Empty. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Continues Large Rallies; First Lady Reveals That Barron Trump Tested Positive For COVID-19. Aired 4-4:30 p ET
• New Film "Totally Under Control" Explores Botched White House COVID Response; Florida Latinos Swamped with Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories; Barrett Won't Say If She Thinks Trump Could Pardon Himself; Trump to Hold Rally in Iowa As State Reports 100,000 Plus Virus Cases. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Continues Large Rallies; COVID-19 Cases Surging Across United States. Aired 3-3:30p ET


October 13, 2020
• Voter Suppression Occurring Already?; Biden Campaign in Florida; Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Continue. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Another Vaccine Trial Halted; Coronavirus Pandemic Escalating. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Barrett Won't Say If Roe V. Wade Was Wrongly Decided; Barrett Says You Wouldn't Be Getting Scalia, You Would Be Getting Me; Trail for Antibody Cocktail Praised by Trump Paused Over Safety Concerns; 8 Hour Wait Times Reported at Georgia Early Voting Site; More Than 10 Million Votes Cast So Far in 41 States. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump's Supreme Court Pick Faces Senators' Questions; Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Continue. Aired 3-3:30p ET


October 12, 2020
• Will Trump Supreme Court Nominee End Obamacare?; Trump Campaigns in Florida as Coronavirus Pandemic; Investigation Launched Into Unofficial Drop Boxes for Mail-In Ballots in California. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci; Trump Campaigns in Florida as Coronavirus Pandemic Escalates. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Study Says Estimated Cost of Pandemic in U.S. Will Be Over $16 Trillion; New COVID Cases in America Up 41 Percent from Last Month; Roberta McCain Mother of Senator McCain Dies At 108; Texas Church Helps Feed 3000 People A Week Since Crisis Hit. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Interview With Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Will Trump Supreme Court Nominee End Obamacare?; Biden Heads To Texas And Ohio; Trump Campaigns In Florida As Coronavirus Pandemic Escalates. Aired 3- 3:30p ET


October 09, 2020
• 13 Charged in Domestic Terror Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor; COVID Cases Rising Across All Regions in the Country. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Flip-Flopping on Stimulus Negotiations; Trump Eager to Resume Campaigning. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump Expected to Host Event At White House Tomorrow Despite Having COVID; Without Evidence Trump Claims Election Will Be A Scandal; Judge Blocks Ohio Election Officials Who Limit Ballot Drop Boxes; Biden Makes Campaign Push in Key Swing State; Notre Dame President Faces Calls to Resign After Not Wearing A Mask; Hurricane Delta Nears Landfall As Category 2 Storm. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Flip-Flops Again on Stimulus Negotiations; Trump Eager to Resume Campaigning. Aired 3-3:30p ET


October 08, 2020
• Interview With Former BARDA Director Dr. Rick Bright; Whitmer: Hate Groups Heard the President's Words as a "Rallying Cry". Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview with Biden Deputy Campaign Manager Kate Bedingfield; Trump Withdraws From Next Presidential Debate; Interview With Former BARDA Director Dr. Rick Bright. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump Wants to Restart Rallies, Claims He Is No Longer Contagious; Pelosi Says Trump Is in An Altered State Right Now; Coronavirus Cases Rising in 25 States; Trump Claims Regeneron's Experimental Antibody Cocktail Cured Him, Promises Emergency Authorization. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President Trump's Condition?; Trump Withdraws From Next Presidential Debate; Michigan Governor Speaks Out on Alleged Kidnapping Plot. Aired 3-3:30p ET


October 07, 2020
• Airline Crisis; Trump Returns to Oval Office; Interview With Former Acting CDC Director Dr. Richard Besser. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Vice Presidential Debate Set For Tonight; Plexiglass Barriers & 12 Feet Separate Pence, Harris on Debate Stage; Daily Coronavirus Cases in U.S. Average Above 44,000 For First Time Since August; Trump Returns to Oval Office. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump in Oval Office Right Now Despite Infection, Being Briefed on Stimulus Bill; Trump Reverses Course on Stimulus Talks 8 Hours After Stopping Negotiations; Trump Continues to Sow Doubt on Election Security; Post Office Says Number One Priority Is Ensuring Secure, Timely Election Mail; Today Marks 19 Years Since Start of America's Longest War. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Vice Presidential Debate Set For Tonight; Trump Returns to Oval Office. Aired 3-3:30p ET


October 06, 2020
• Pence Objects to Plexiglas Barrier at Debate; Early Voting Continues; Joe Biden Delivers Message on Unity. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Calls Off Coronavirus Relief Negotiations; White House COVID-19 Outbreak Grows; Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) is Interviewed About Trump's Balcony Photo-Op and Republicans Pushing Ahead to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett; Pence Team Objects to Plexiglass Barrier at Tomorrow's VP Debate. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump Downplays Virus as U.S. Cases Near 7.5 Million with 210,000+ Deaths; Coronavirus Cases Rising Across the Nation After Months of Decline; Poll Shows 21 Percent of Americans More Likely to Wear Masks After Trump Diagnosis; White House Declines CDC Offer to Help With Contact Tracing; White House Most Likely Using Email for Contact Tracing Instead of Calls; Top Pentagon Leadership Is Quarantining After COVID Exposure. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Calls Off Coronavirus Relief Negotiations; Top Pentagon Leadership Quarantining After COVID-19 Exposure; White House COVID-19 Outbreak Grows. Aired 3-3:30p ET


October 05, 2020
• Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Moving Ahead With Supreme Court Hearings; Interview With Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ); President Trump Set To Return To White House. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Set to Return to White House; Brand New CNN Polls On Trump's Handling of Coronavirus. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump's Doctor Says President to Leave Hospital Even Though He May Not Be Entirely Out of The Woods Yet; Trump Says He Is Leaving Hospital Tonight as He Downplays COVID. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President Trump's Doctors Hold Press Conference; President Trump Set Return to White House. Aired 3-3:30p ET


October 02, 2020
• Biden Speaks as President Trump is Treated for COVID, Has Fever. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Being Treated With COVID-19 Antibodies; Biden Tests Negative Following Debate With Trump. Aired 4-4:30p ET


October 01, 2020
• Biden Tries to Toe the Line Between Moderate & Far-Left Dems. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Trump Under Fire; This Week: Disney, Goldman Sachs, & Airlines Cut 60,000+ Total Jobs; Trump to Hold Rally in Wisconsin Amid Massive COVID Surge. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


September 30, 2020
• Trump Continues Casting Doubt on U.S. Election Systems; COVID- 19 Outbreak Hits NFL Team; Biden Campaigns in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Trump Campaign Communications Director Tim Murtaugh; Trump Refuses to Condemn Right-Wing Extremist Group During Debate. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 29, 2020
• Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Audio Tapes Set For Release; California Fires; Supreme Court Nominee on Capitol Hill; More Trump Tax Revelations; Biden, Trump Set For First Presidential Debate. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Biden Campaign Senior Adviser Symone Sanders; Biden, Trump Set For First Presidential Debate; NYC Reopens Elementary Schools Today for In-Person Learning; Former Pence Adviser: White House Pressured CDC to Put Out Data Backing Trump's Push to Reopen Schools. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• NYC Reopens Elementary Schools Today for In-Person Learning; Former Pence Adviser Says White House Pressured CDC to Put Out Data Backing Trump's Push to Reopen Schools; Trump Campaign Denies Reporting from UK Channel 4 News Calling It Fake News; Sources Say Trump And Biden Finding Ways to Get Under Each Other's Skin. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• More Trump Tax Revelations; Biden, Trump Set For First Presidential Debate. Aired 3-3:30p ET


September 28, 2020
• Democrats Prepare For Trump To Disrupt The Election; New Ransomware Attacks Raise More Concerns About Safety Of Local State Election Systems; Some Senate Democrats Won't Meet With Trump's Nominee; Russia's Top State News Anchor Gives Window Into How Kremlin Views U.S. Election. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Announces Plan to Deploy 150 Million Rapid Tests to States; Trump Ducks Questions As NYT Reports He Avoided Paying Taxes for Years. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Report Says Trump has $421 Million in Loans Due the Next Few Years; "The New York Times" Said Trump Paid Just $750 in Federal Taxes in 2016 and 2107; Senator Durbin Says, We Can Slow Supreme Court Nominee Hearing But Can't Stop It; Barrett Once Criticized Supreme Court Decision on Obamacare; Democrats Prepare for Trump to Disrupt the Election. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Do Trump's Debts Threaten National Security?; COVID Rates Rising; Interview With Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Report: Trump Paid Just $750 in Federal Taxes in 2016 and 2017. Aired 3-3:30p ET


September 25, 2020
• White House Chief of Staff Attacks FBI Director for Stating U.S. Has Never Seen "Coordinated National Voter Fraud Effort"; Interview with Former FBI Director Jim Comey and Actor Jeff Daniels. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Laying Groundwork to Challenge Election Results; Sources: Trump Intends to Nominate Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court; Coronavirus Cases in U.S. Reach 7 Million, Most in the World. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


September 24, 2020
• Trump Claims He Could Override FDA on Stricter Vaccine Standards; Kentucky Governor Calls on State AG to Share Grand Jury Transcript in Breonna Taylor Case. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro; Interview With Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI); President Trump Refuses to Commit to Peaceful Transfer of Power. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 23, 2020
• Majority of Americans Against Republican Rush to Fill Supreme Court Seat; Dr. Fauci Pushes Back; Interview With Cindy McCain; No Officers Charged Directly With Breonna Taylor's Death. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• No Officers Charged Directly With Breonna Taylor's Death; Interview with Cindy McCain. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 22, 2020
• Republican Operatives Backing Kanye West Presidential Bid; FDA Set to Announce Stricter Vaccine Standards?; Interview With Former U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster; Russia Targets Joe Biden. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump: "Very Close" to Picking Nominee, Announcement Saturday; Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) is Interviewed About GOP Having Support to Pursue Election Year Confirmation; Supreme Court Battle; U.S. Passes Grim Milestone of 200,000 Coronavirus Deaths. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 21, 2020
• Nevada Race; Interview With Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT); Supreme Court Battle Set to Begin. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Supreme Court Battle Set to Begin; Joe Biden in Wisconsin; U.S. Approaches 200,000 Deaths from COVID-19; Trump Claims U.S. is Rounding the Corner of Pandemic Despite 40,000+ New Daily Cases of Average. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 18, 2020
• Biden Campaigning in Key Battleground State of Minnesota. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Makes Claims About Vaccine Timeline; Biden Campaigning in Key Battleground State of Minnesota. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 17, 2020
• BioNTech, Pfizer to "Adapt" Vaccine Trial to Hit October Deadline. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Former Pence Staffer Denounces President Trump; Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is Interviewed About FBI Director Saying that White Supremacist Are the Largest Group of Racially Motivated Domestic Terrorists and Russia is Actively Working to Hurt Biden's Campaign.. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 16, 2020
• Vaccine Trial Halted; Vaccine Readily Available Late 2021?; Trump Once Again Downplays Using Masks To Battle COVID-19; Interview With Rep. Max Rose (D-NY). Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Joe Biden Lays Out Vaccine Distribution Plan; Biden Takes Questions After Giving COVID Vaccine Plan. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 15, 2020
• Hurricane Sally Targets Gulf Coast; Interview With Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA); California Manhunt; COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Continues to Ignore COVID-19 Science. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 14, 2020
• Interview With Miami, Florida, Mayor Francis Suarez (R); Florida Governor Concealing COVID-19 School Data?; Biden Courts Latino Vote; California Manhunt. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Visits California; Interview With Rep. John Garamendi (D- CA). Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 11, 2020
• New Book: Trump Bragged About Secret Nuke System to Journalist; Historic Western Fires to Blame for At Least 24 Deaths Including Woman & Grandson in Oregon. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Dr. Fauci Warns of Tough Fall and Winter. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 10, 2020
• One-on-One with Biden; Biden Reaching Out to Blue Collar Voters in Battleground States. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Defends Downplaying Coronavirus; Interview With Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 09, 2020
• Interview With Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL); Interview With Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA); Trump on Tape Admitting to Downplaying Coronavirus. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Bob Woodward Releases Bombshell Trump Tapes; New Jersey Governor Reacts to Trump Downplaying Coronavirus. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 08, 2020
• COVID-19 Around the World; Iowa Outbreak; Republicans Attempting to Craft Skinny COVID-19 Relief Bill. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline?; Schools Open Online Across Country; Source: Biden to Focus on Economy, COVID-19 in Michigan; NBC/Marist Poll: Trump Has 50 Percent Support Among Florida Latino Voters; Biden Sees 46 Percent Support. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 07, 2020
• Feeding Needy Students; Sean Penn Helping Expand Coronavirus Testing; California Wildfires. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Criticizes U.S. Military Generals; Trump Blasts Doubters of Early Coronavirus Vaccine; Labor Day Crowds Drive Fears of New Virus Spikes. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Harris Meets Jacob Blake's Family in Wisconsin; Jacob Blake from Hospital Bed, It's Nothing but Pain; Biden Gets Emotional Talking About Son Beau in Documentary; Russian Opposition Leader Out of Coma After Poisoning; Biden, Harris, Pence Make Labor Day Visits to Battleground States. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Experts Fearing Post-Labor Day COVID-19 Spike; Trump Blasts Doubters of Early Coronavirus Vaccine. Aired 3-3:30p ET


September 04, 2020
• 1.4 Million New Jobs in August, Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.4 Percent; Interview with Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia; 7 Rochester Officers Suspended, Video Emerges Five Months After Killing of Daniel Prude. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Report: Trump Called Killed U.S. Soldiers 'Losers'; Model Projects 410,000 U.S. COVID-19 Deaths By January. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 03, 2020
• Trump Again Suggests Americans May Need to Vote Twice, Which is Illegal. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Will Trump Rush Coronavirus Vaccine Ahead of Election?; Dow Plunges. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 02, 2020
• Interview With Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT); Trump Suggests His Supporters Vote Twice; Trump Giving Up On Coronavirus Spread?; Pelosi Under Fire Over Indoor Haircut. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Biden Tops Trump 51-43 in New CNN Poll; Fauci's Labor Day Warning: Don't Be Part of the Problem. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 01, 2020
• Mail Slowdown; Jill Biden Speaks Out; President Trump Denies He Had Mini-Strokes; President Trump Visits Wisconsin. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Coronavirus Czar Talks Testing Troubles; President Trump Visits Wisconsin. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 31, 2020
• Worldwide Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories; Unrest in Wisconsin; Trump Administration Now Pushing Widespread Infection as COVID-19 Strategy?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Will Trump Administration Rush Out COVID-19 Vaccine?; Biden Blasts Trump Over Unrest in America; Prominent Docs Call for Independent Panel to Review Vaccines. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 28, 2020
• IHME Model Projects 317,000+ U.S. Deaths By December. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Alice Johnson; Biden Set to Campaign in Battleground States. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services Say Nursing Homes Saw Nearly 50,000 COVID Deaths; CDC Projects 200,000+ COVID Deaths by September 19 in U.S.; Four People at RNC in Charlotte Test Positive for COVID; Sports Strikes Continue in Wake of Police Shooting of Jacob Blake; NBA to Resume Season on Saturday After Days of Player Protests; Trump Claims People Are Tired of the NBA, Claims It Is Like a Political Organization. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• March on Washington; Trump Continues Biden Attacks; Biden Set to Campaign in Battleground States. Aired 3-3:30p ET


August 27, 2020
• White House Official: CDC Guidance Changed Because of Testing Backlog. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Remains Silent on Wisconsin Shooter; Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) is Interviewed on Trump, RNC and Tropical Storm Laura Hitting Arkansas; Trump Says He Will Visit Gulf to See Hurricane Damage This Weekend. Aired 4-4:30p ET


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