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February 12, 2021
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February 11, 2021
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February 10, 2021
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February 09, 2021
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February 08, 2021
• Republican Infighting Over Party's Future; Democrats Work to Hammer Out Stimulus Relief Bill. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• COVID Variants Spreading in U.S.; Interview With George Conway; Trump's Second Impeachment Trial Set For Tuesday. Aired 4-4:30p ET


February 05, 2021
• Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) is Interviewed on the Fractures in GOP; Biden's National Security Council Meets in Situation Room; Fight Over Killer Methane Gas Heats Up Between Biden and Texas Governor. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI); Marjorie Taylor Greene More Emboldened?; Biden Pushes Ahead on COVID-19 Relief Package; Positive COVID-19 Trends. Aired 4-4:30p ET


February 04, 2021
• Tension Between School Districts and Teachers Grows Over Kids Returning to In-Person Learning; President Biden Delivers First Foreign Policy Address; Voting Tech Company Files $2.7B Lawsuit Against Fox, Trump Allies; Analysis: More Than 100 Bills Aim to Restrict Voting in 28 States. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Former Trump Adviser Tells CNN That Trump Will Not Testify During Senate Impeachment; Sooon: House Will Vote Whether or Not Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Keep Her Committee Assignments; Greene Takes to the House Floor to Defend Herself. Aired 4-4:30p ET


February 03, 2021
• Interview With Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY); Democrats Push Forward on COVID-19 Relief Bill; Commercial Pilots Out of Practice; Rep. Cheney Arrives for GOP Meeting that Could Decide Her Leadership Fate; McCarthy Condemns Rep. Greene's Statements But Blames Dems for Raising the Temperature. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Commercial Pilots Out of Practice; Interview With Fmr. Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA); What Age Group Is Spreading COVID-19?; House GOP to Decide Fate of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Liz Cheney. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


February 02, 2021
• Democrats Moving Forward on COVID-19 Relief Bill; Internal Republican Feud; CDC: More Women, White People Vaccinated Against COVID; Alexey Navalny in Court: Putin is "Little Thieving Man" & "Putin the Poisoner". Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Internal Republican Feud; Biden Administration Announces Vaccine Shipments to Pharmacies; Trump's Impeachment Defense Strategy. Aired 4-4:30p ET


February 01, 2021
• Biden to Issue Executive Orders on Immigration; Republicans Set to Meet With Biden to Propose Smaller COVID Relief Bill; Trump Legal Team Shakeup. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Changes on Trump's Impeachment Defense Team; Speeding Up Vaccine Rollout; Interview With Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA); Republicans Set to Meet With Biden to Propose Smaller COVID Relief Bill. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


January 29, 2021
• Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) is Interviewed About China Taking Aggressive Moves Seen as a "Test" of Biden; Biden Wants COVID-19 Relief to be Bipartisan, But Says Deal "Has to Pass, No Ifs, Ands Or Buts"; Schools & Suicides During the Pandemic. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• D.C. Security Measures; Interview With Rep. Michael McCaul (R- TX); Third COVID-19 Vaccine on Horizon. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 28, 2021
• Biden's Brother Touts Relationship with President in Law Firm Ad; New York Attorney General Report: New York State Undercounted COVID Nursing Home Deaths; Donald Trump Jr. Calls Into Rally Against GOP Rep. Liz Cheney; Pakistan's Top Court Rules Men Convicted of Kidnapping & Murdering Journalist Daniel Pearl Should Be Released. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Record U.S. Economic Drop; South Africa COVID-19 Variant Found in U.S.; Interview With Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI); Republican House Leader Meets With Trump in Florida. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 27, 2021
• Biden Targets Climate Change; Republican Party Still Party of Trump?; CDC: New Study Finds Very Few COVID Cases in Schools When Precautions Are in Place. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Department of Homeland Security Warns of Domestic Extremist Threat; Biden Hopes to Vaccinate 300 Million By End of Summer; Biden Targets Climate Change. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 26, 2021
• Biden Promises Increase in Vaccine Supply; How Safe Are Schools?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Senators Sworn in For Trump Impeachment Trial; Interview With Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 25, 2021
• Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani; Interview With Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA); Moderna Expects Vaccine to Protect Against Highly-Contagious Variants; Arizona GOP Censures Flake, Ducey & McCain as Party Tensions Rise. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Biden Holds Press Conference. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 22, 2021
• CDC: Second Doses of Vaccine Can Be Scheduled Up to Six Weeks After First Dose; Staff in New Biden White House Required to Wear Masks; Pentagon: 7,000 National Guardsmen to Remain in D.C., More Troops Than in Afghanistan & Iraq Combined. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• New CDC Vaccine Guidelines; Interview With Fmr. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ); Biden Lays Out Economic Stimulus Plan. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 21, 2021
• White House Briefing After Biden Signs Executive Orders on COVID Response. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• White House Holds Press Briefing; President Biden Lays Out COVID-19 Response Plan. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 20, 2021
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January 19, 2021
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January 18, 2021
• Trump's Legacy?; Interview With Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R-GA); The Right-Wing Extremist Threat; U.S. Nears Grim Milestone of 400,000 Deaths. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• D.C. Security Tight Ahead of Inauguration; Interview With Fmr. Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA); Trump Set to Issue 100 Pardons. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


January 15, 2021
• Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) is Interviewed About Lawmakers Demanding 9/11-Style Oversight Commission to Investigate What Happened During Capitol Siege; Michigan Activates National Guard Ahead of Planned Armed Protests; VP Pence Called VP-Elect Harris to Offer Aid & Congratulations; Despite Promise from Trump Administration, U.S. Has No Reserve of Second Vaccine Doses. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD); New Details Emerge on Capitol Building Siege; President-Elect Biden Delivers Address on Pandemic Response. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 14, 2021
• Right-Wing Media Hosts Slam 10 Republicans Who Voted to Impeach; Days Before Inauguration, Biden Tries to Shift Focus from Impeachment Trial to COVID Agenda; U.S. Reports 40K COVID Deaths in 2021, CDC Estimates 90K More Deaths in Three Weeks. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• D.C. Security Heightened Ahead of Inauguration; Interview With Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE); Will Senate Republicans Vote to Convict President Trump?. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 13, 2021
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January 12, 2021
• Does McConnell Back Trump Impeachment?; Companies Respond to Insurrection; Trump Admin Changes Policy on Vaccines, Now Wants States to Vaccinate Adults 65+; Virtual Learning & Strain on Parents, Especially Mothers. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Companies Respond to Insurrection; Interview With D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine; Trump Refuses Any Responsibility for Capitol Building Siege. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 11, 2021
• Biden Team Planning Vaccine Distribution Plan; Democrats Introduce Article of Impeachment Against Trump. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With National Guard Bureau Chief General Daniel Hokanson; Interview With Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA); Democrats Introduce Article of Impeachment Against Trump. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 08, 2021
• White House Releases Statement on Possible Second Trump Impeachment; White House Task Force Warns of Possible Fast-Spreading U.S. COVID Variant; GOP Senator Murkowski Calls on President Trump to Resign, According to Anchorage Daily News. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI); House Drafts Article of Impeachment Against President Trump. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 07, 2021
• Pelosi Calls for Resignation of U.S. Capitol Police Chief; Biden Nominates Judge Merrick Garland As Attorney General; As Mob Stormed Capitol, U.S. Reported Record COVID Deaths and Hospitalizations. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Capitol Building Riot Security Failures; Interview With Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Rioters and Security Breaches at the Capitol; Pelosi: Congress May Impeach If 25th Amendment Not Invoked; Biden Announces Top Justice Department Nominees; GOP Lawmakers Blame Antifa for Capitol Riot; At Least 50 Cases of COVID Variant Now in The U.S. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Nancy Pelosi Appeals to Vice President Mike Pence to Invoke the 25th Amendment or Congress May Impeach Trump; First Trump Cabinet Secretary Resigns Over Capitol Riot; Total of 94 Arrests Reported So Far in Capitol Hill Riot. Aired 3-3:30p ET


January 06, 2021
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January 05, 2021
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January 04, 2021
• Interview With Former Gov. Chris Christie (D-NJ); Vaccine Rollout Debacle; FDA To Consider Giving Half Doses Of Moderna; Biden, Trump & Pence Campaign In Georgia Ahead Of Crucial Runoffs. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Leaked Trump Phone Call Stirs Outrage; Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); Georgia Election Official Debunks Trump Election Conspiracies. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 01, 2021
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December 31, 2020
• U.S. Defense Officials Split on Potential for Iranian Attack; Biden: "We Just Aren't Getting All the Information That We Need from the Outgoing Administration in Key National Security Areas"; Times Square Preparing for Celebration Like No Other. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Senator David Perdue in COVID-19 Quarantine Days Ahead of Election; Pandemic Out of Control; 140 House Republicans Expected to Vote Against Counting Biden Electoral College Votes. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Georgia Senator Perdue to Quarantine After Exposure to COVID- 19; Sen. Hawley Fundraising Off Efforts to Thwart Biden Win; California Identifies Case of Highly Infectious U.K. variant; Youngest Person Elected to Congress Rallies Youth Vote in Georgia. Aired 3:30- 4p ET
• Senator David Perdue in COVID-19 Quarantine Days Ahead of Election; Interview With Los Angeles, California, Mayor Eric Garcetti; Campaigning Heats Up Ahead of Georgia Run-Offs; Pandemic Raging Out of Control. Aired 3-3:30p ET


December 30, 2020
• Vaccinations Falling Short of Trump Administration Promises; Chaotic Vaccine Rollout in Florida; Republican Senator to Challenge Electoral College Results; Interview With Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL); Trump and Biden to Campaign in Georgia on Eve of Senate Runoffs. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Republican Senator to Challenge Electoral College Results; Vaccinations Falling Short of Trump Administration Promises. Aired 4- 4:30p ET
• U.K. Approves Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine; U.S. Rollout Behind Schedule With 1 Day Left in 2020; McConnell Looks to Tank $2,000 Stimulus Checks with Poison Pills in Bill; Kemp Responds to Trump's Call for Him to Resign; Attempt to Force Vote on Election Results Setting Up Nightmare Scenario for GOP Leaders. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Republican Senator to Challenge Electoral College Results; Interview With U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services Admiral Brett Giroir; Vaccinations Falling Short of Trump Administration Promises. Aired 3-3:30p ET


December 29, 2020
• Food Insecurity in America; Darkest Days of Pandemic Ahead?; Vaccine Rollout Going Slowly. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Will Senate Republicans Block $2,000 Stimulus Checks?; Biden Promises to Speed Up Vaccine Rollout. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• January Could Be Worse Than December?; COVID Patients Filling 49 Percent Of ICU Beds In Hospitals; Only 2.1 Million Vaccines Administered So Far, Well Below Target; GOP's Senators Now Support Trump's Push For $2000 Stimulus Checks; Trump Unhappy With Renovations At Mar-A-Lago; President-Elect Biden Speaks On COVID Response. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Vaccine Rollout Going Slowly; Interview With Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA); Kamala Harris Receives First Dose of Vaccine; Will Senate Republicans Block $2,000 Stimulus Checks?. Aired 3-3:30p ET


December 28, 2020
• Novavax Vaccine in Phase 3 Trials; Post-Christmas COVID-19 Surge Expected. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Post-Christmas COVID-19 Surge Expected; Nashville Bombing Investigation; Trump Keeps Focus on Overturning Election Results. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Biden Blasts Trump Administration's Irresponsibility During the Transition; Nearly 2 Million Vaccines Administered So Far in U.S.; December Is Deadliest Month in Pandemic Yet; Surgeon General Very Concerned Following Holiday Travel. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Biden Addresses Nashville Bombing, Rebuilding International Relations; Interview With Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Trump Keeps Focus on Overturning Election Results. Aired 3-3:30p ET


December 25, 2020
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December 24, 2020
• Trump Sends Congress Into Scramble Over Stimulus Relief, Defense Spending, Possible Government Shutdown; Biden: We're Doing "Due Diligence" on Final Cabinet Picks; Birthday Wishes Pour in Dr. Fauci's 80th Birthday. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Millions Traveling Despite CDC Warnings; President Trump's Chaotic Final Days. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 23, 2020
• Trump Rushing to Build More Border Wall; Trump Pardon of Blackwater Massacre Participants Stirs Outrage; Biden's Plans to Stop Construction on Border Wall May Be Costly and Difficult; President- Elect Biden Nominates Miguel Cardona As Education Secretary. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Vetoes National Defense Authorization Act; U.S. Makes Deal For Additional Pfizer Vaccine Doses; Trump Sabotaging COVID Relief Bill?. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 22, 2020
• Interview With Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL); Pentagon Anxiety Over Trump's Final Days; First Latino Senator to Represent California as Governor Newsom Picks Alex Padilla to Fill Harris' Seat; 1.6M Ballots Cast in Georgia Senate Runoff Races, Rivaling State's Voter Turnout for Presidential Race. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Countries Restrict Travel From U.K. Over New Virus Strain; Biden Promises Response to Cyberattack. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 21, 2020
• Russian Plot; Bill Barr Rebukes Trump Over Election Claims. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Bill Barr Rebukes Trump Over Election Claims; President-Elect Biden Gets Vaccinated For COVID-19; Congress Set to Finally Pass COVID-19 Relief Package; Moderna Vaccinations Begin. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 18, 2020
• Microsoft: At Least 40 Orgs Targeted in Suspected Russian Hack; President-Elect Biden and Incoming First Lady to Get Vaccine Monday; Charities Struggle to Meet Skyrocketing Demand for Food as Pandemic Stretches Into Holiday Season. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Cyberattack Fallout Continues; COVID-19 Relief Bill Negotiations Drag On; Moderna Vaccine Nears Approval. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 17, 2020
• U.S. Cybersecurity Agency: Hackers Had Access Since At Least March; Sources: Biden Expected to Name North Carolina Environment Official to Run EPA; +913K Ballots Already Cast in Georgia Senate Runoff Races. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• U.S. Officials Investigate Massive Cyberattack; Where Is President Trump?; Congress Nearing COVID Relief Deal? U.S. Sets New Record For Daily COVID-19 Deaths; FDA Set to Vote on Moderna Vaccine. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 16, 2020
• Biden Nominates Pete Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary; Vigilante Violence Over Election; Congressional Leaders on Verge of $900B COVID Relief Deal with $600 Stimulus Checks Included; Navy Vet Claim Sexual Assault at V.A. Facility, Inspector General Criticizes How V.A. Handled. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Who Will Trump Pardon? Trump Pushes For Special Counsels; Trump Science Adviser Pushed Herd Immunity. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Key Cabinet Members Absent from Meeting with Trump; Trump Pushing for Appointment of Special Counsels to Probe Hunter Biden And 2020 Election; House Minority Leader McCarthy Won't Say If Biden Is President-Elect; Town's Rules May Prevent Trump from Legally Living at Mar-A-Lago; COVID Nurse Practitioner One of First to Be Vaccinated in Iowa. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Pushes For Special Counsels; Biden Nominates Pete Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary; Trump Science Adviser Pushed Herd Immunity?. Aired 3-3:30p ET


December 15, 2020
• McConnell Finally Acknowledges Biden's Win; Will Congress Pass COVID-19 Relief Package?; Biden Campaigns in Georgia; Survey: 71 Percent of Americans Say They Will Get COVID Vaccine; U.S. Government Agencies Breached by Russian-Linked Hackers. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Georgia Voting System Implementation Manager Gabriel Sterling; McConnell Finally Acknowledges Biden's Win; U.S. Passes 300,000 COVID-19 Deaths. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 14, 2020
• Did Not Air 4-5p ET


December 11, 2020
• CDC Advisers Expect FDA Authorization of Pfizer's Vaccine Before Saturday Morning; Biden Says There is No Political Influence on Vaccine; Millions on Brink of Financial Crisis as Stimulus Talks Stall. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Supreme Court Set to Rule on Election Lawsuit; Interview With Operation Warp Speed Chief Adviser Dr. Moncef Slaoui; Trump Pressuring FDA to Approve Vaccine Faster?. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Biden's Cabinet Nominees Speak About Their Priorities; VP-Elect Harris Says, We Are Announcing Leaders Who Will Help Deliver Immediate Relief to Our Country; Sources Say Trump Told FDA Chief to Authorize Pfizer Vaccine Today or Resign. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President-Elect Biden Introduces Cabinet Nominees. Aired 3- 3:30p ET


December 10, 2020
• Biden Adds More Former Obama Staffers to His Team; New Yorker: "Dianne Feinstein's Missteps Raise a Painful Age Question Among Senate Democrats"; Critical Vaccine Meeting Happening As U.S. Hits 3,000 Daily Deaths; Stimulus Talks Stall as Millions Desperate for Relief. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Republicans Petition Supreme Court to Overturn Election; FDA Set to Vote on Pfizer Vaccine Approval; U.S. Hits 3,000 Daily COVID-19 Deaths. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump Supports Texas Lawsuit to Invalidate Millions of Votes; Pennsylvania AG Blasts Texas Election Suit as Seditious Abuse; Biden Adds Three More Obama Staffers to His Team; Pastor Preaches Pandemic Is Fake. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Republicans Petition Supreme Court to Overturn Election; FDA Set to Vote on Pfizer Vaccine Approval. Aired 3-3:30p ET


December 09, 2020
• Trump Continuing to Push False Claims of Rigged Election; Vaccine Distribution; Bipartisan Group Releases Details on $908 Billion Stimulus Plan; Fauci: If the FDA Says Vaccine is Safe, I Will Take It. Aired 4:30-5p ET


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