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September 07, 2021
• Did Not Air. 5-6p ET
• Soon: Biden to Speak After Touring Storm Damage in NY, NJ; Interview with Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey; U.S. Surpasses 40 Million Total Cases, 4 Million in Last 4 Weeks; Texas Passes Voting Restrictions; COVID Booster Shots; Biden Speaks After Touring Damage Caused by Ida in Northeast. Aired 4-5p ET


September 06, 2021
• Doctors Worry Labor Day Travel Could Fuel Another Surge; Taliban Claim Capture Of Final Holdout Province; White House Pivots To Domestic Agenda As Biden Faces Several Crises; Midterm Election Outlook; California Recall, Droughts & Fires Threaten California's Sequoia Trees; Ex-Marine Charged With Killing 4, Including A Mom Holding Infant Son. Aired 4-5p ET


September 03, 2021
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET
• President Biden Tours Hurricane Damage in Louisiana; Source: White House May Have to Scale Back Ambitious Booster Plan; U.S. Adds 235,000 Jobs in August, Far Fewer Expected; Evolution of Wisconsin's GOP Senator into a Conspiracy Promoter; Biden Speaks After Touring Hurricane Ida Damage in Louisiana. Aired 4-5p ET


September 02, 2021
• Homes Underwater, Transit Shut Down as Ida Hits Northeast; Biden to Visit Storm-Ravaged Louisiana Tomorrow; Supreme Court Refuses to Block Texas Abortion Ban; Mask Debates Turn Usually Quiet School Board Meetings Into Shouting Matches, Fights Nationwide; CNN Talks to Commander of Last U.S. Flights Out of Kabul. Aired 4-5p ET


September 01, 2021
• Texas 6-Week Abortion Ban In Effect After Supreme Court Inaction; Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) Is Interviewed About U.S. Withdrawal In Afghanistan; Official: "Majority" Of Afghan Visa Applicants Left Behind. WAPO: GOP Rep. Mullin Tries & Fails Twice To Get Into Afghanistan; Nearly 50 Percent Of Gas Stations In New Orleans And Baton Rouge Almost Out Of Fuel; Food, Water, Gas Scarce; Moderna Submit Data Supporting Third Dose Of Its COVID Vaccine; 3 Officers, 2 Paramedics Face Criminal Charges In Elijah McClain's Death. Aired 5-6p ET
• Official: "Majority" Of Afghan Visa Applicants Left Behind; Officials: White House Plans To Shift Focus Away From Afghanistan; U.S. Officials Fear Domestic Extremist Attacks From Far-Right & White Supremacist Groups Praising The Taliban; Southern Hospitals Running Low On Oxygen; Interview With Rep. Troy Carter (D-LA); Hurricane Ida Aftermath. Aired 4-5p ET


August 31, 2021
• CNN: U.S. Negotiated Secret Deal With Taliban To Escort Group Of Americans To Airport Gates; Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) Is Interviewed About U.S. Withdrawal In Afghanistan; At Least Five Killed In Storm, Louisiana Gov Expects Death Toll To Rise; Source: White House Booster Announcement Causing Frustration At FDA; Biden Faces Multiple Crises As Afghanistan Falls, COVID Surges, And Ida Causes Widespread Damage; 50k Under Evacuation At Lake Tahoe As Wildfire Nears Tourist Area. Aired 5-6p ET
• Biden: "I Take Responsibility For The Decision" To Withdraw; One-On-One With Biden's National Security Adviser. Ida Aftermath; Interview With U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan; CNN One- On-One With Controversial GOP Front-Runner Larry Elder; Biden: "The War in Afghanistan Is Now Over". Aired 4-5p ET


August 30, 2021
• End of America's Longest War; Several Hundred American Still Stranded In Afghanistan; Damage Left By Hurricane Ida In Houma, Louisiana; Pentagon: Last U.S. Military Planes Have Left Afghanistan; CDC Advisers Meet As Hospitalizations Skyrocket; U.S. Averages 1,290 COVID-19 Deaths A Day; Pfizer: Data From Trial Of Booster Shots Available Late Sept-Oct; Jan .6 Select Committee To Seek Phone Records From Trump, Members Of Congress. Aired 5-6p ET
• Official: Fewer Than 250 Americans Left in Afghanistan Who Want To Leave; Rescues Underway As Flooding Inundates Louisiana Towns. U.S. Completes Afghanistan Withdrawal; Interview With New Orleans, Louisiana, Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Aired 4-5p ET


August 27, 2021
• 13 U.S. Service Members, 170 Afghans Killed in Kabul Bombing; Evacuations Continue After 13 U.S. Service Members Killed; Judge Rules Against FL Governor's Ban on School Mask Mandates; Renewed Fears Of Political Violence Grip Capitol Hill; GOP Anger Toward Biden Intensifies In Wake Of Afghan Terror Attack; Sources: Serious Discussions Underway To Reinstall Fending At Capitol; 7 Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump, Jan. 6 Rally Organizers; Republican-Led Texas House Passes New Voting Restrictions; Robert Kennedy's Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Granted Parole. Aired 5-6pm ET
• Evacuations Continue After 13 U.S. Service Members Killed; White House: Working with the Taliban is a "Necessity" for Evacuations; Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) is Interviewed About the Chaos in Afghanistan; Surge in COVID Cases Put Strain on Hospitals Across U.S.; VP Harris Cancels Plans to Campaign with Dem Gov. Newsom. Aired 4-5p ET


August 26, 2021
• Pentagon: 12 U.S. Service Members Killed, 15 Wounded in Kabul Attacks; ISIS-K Claims Responsibility for Attacks Near Kabul Airport; Defense Dept.: "Continuing" mission to evacuate Americans and Afghans; President Joe Biden Give A Speech On The Terror Attack At Hamid Karzai International Airport; Biden To Terrorists: "We Will Hunt You Down And Make You Pay". Aired 5-6p ET
• Pentagon: 12 U.S. Service Members Killed, 15 Wounded in Kabul Attacks. Aired 4-5p ET


August 25, 2021
• U.S. Citizen Who Escaped Afghanistan Shares His Story; COVID Deaths In U.S. Now Average 1,000 Plus Every Day. Jan. 6 Panel Wants White House Records For Trump, His Top Aides & Family; Any Communication With Extremists; Former Football Star And Trump Supporter Herschel Walker Launches Georgia Senate Campaign; N.Y. State Revises State COVID Deaths Upward By Nearly 12K People; Hospitals Face Nurse Staffing Crisis As COVID Cases Surge. Aired 5-6p ET
• State Department: Up to 1,500 Americans Still May Need Evacuation; U.S. Con Concerned About Possible ISIS-K Attacks On Kabul Airport Crowds; Pelosi And Other Lawmakers Criticize Unauthorized Afghanistan Trip By Two Members Of Congress; Delta Airlines To Charge Unvaccinated Employees $200 A Month. COVID Rising; California Recall; Seven States Under Air Quality Alerts as Wildfires Ravage Western U.S. Aired 4-5p ET


August 24, 2021
• Biden: U.S. "On Pace" To Finish Afghan Operations By Aug. 31; Biden: G7 Leaders Agreed On United Approach To The Taliban; Biden: We've Helped Evacuate 70,000 Plus People Since August 14; Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) Is Interviewed About U.S. Withdrawal In Afghanistan; Biden: Any Evacuee Arriving In U.S. Will Have Had A Background Check; CDC Study: Vaccines Less Protective Against Delta Variant, But Still Reduce Your Risk Of Severe Infection By Two-Thirds; School Mask Mandates Provoking Violence Towards Teachers; Peloton Releasing Lower- End Treadmill After Safety Issues; Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts Dies At 80. Aired 5-6p ET
• Biden Won't Extend Aug. 31 Deadline To Leave Afghanistan; Taliban: Afghans Will Not Be Allowed To Leave The Country; Fauci: U.S. Could Have Pandemic Under Control By Spring 2022 If Most Eligible People Get Vaccinated; House Moves Forward On Infrastructure Bill; COVID Outlook; FAA Warns Travelers' "Unruly Behavior Doesn't Fly"; Any Moment: Biden Speaks On Afghanistan Withdrawal. Aired 4-5p ET


August 23, 2021
• U.S Military Racing To Meet August 31st Deadline; White House Says No Mass Firings Over Afghanistan; U.S FDA Approves Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine; Texas Town Shut Down By COVID; Nine Moderate Dems Threaten Biden $3.5T Budget Plan; Poll: Biden Job Approval Rating Slips Amid Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal; Texas House GOP Set To Pass Sweeping Voting Bill After Dems Failed To Block It. Aired 5-6p ET
• FDA Approves Pfizer Vaccine, Paving Way For More Mandates; Biden Encourages Hesitant Americans To Get Their Shot Today; Pentagon: 16,000 Evacuated From Kabul Within Last 24 Hours; Interview With Arizona Secretary Of State Katie Hobbs; Flash Flooding In Tennessee Leaves 21 Dead; Biden's National Security Adviser: ISIS Threats Against The Kabul Airport Are "Real" And "Acute". Aired 4-5p ET


August 20, 2021
• U.S. Flights Trying To Move Backlog Of 10,000 Evacuees At Airport; Roughly 30 Percent Of Eligible Americans Still Unvaccinated; WA Governor Defends Decision To Mandate Vaccines For All School Staff; Mike Richards Out As Host, Staying On As Executive Producer; Tesla Working On A Humanoid Robot That Follows Orders. Aired 5-6p ET
• Biden: Any American Who Wants To Come Home, "We Will Get You Home"; Interview With Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA); One-Million-Plus Vaccines Administered Yesterday In The U.S.; NC Man Charged With Threatening To Use Weapon Of Mass Destruction; Report: FBI Warning Tech Firms About Russian & Chinese Efforts To Intimidate Employees Into Spying For Them; Hurricane Warnings Issued For Long Island To Southern New England. Aired 4-5p ET


August 19, 2021
• Biden Then Versus Now On U.S. Mission In Afghanistan; Culver City Schools: Staff & Eligible Students Must Be Vaccinated; Five FL Counties Now In Defiance Of DeSantis Mask Mandate Ban; FAA Proposes $500,000 In Fines Against Unruly Passengers; State Dept. Officials In Kabul Warned Of Taliban Gains, Need For Quick Evacuations Last Month; China Teams Up With Taliban In Unlikely Partnership. Aired 5-6p ET
• State Department: 6,000 Will Soon Board Planes To Leave Kabul; Interview With Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO); COVID Hospitalizations Among Children Hit Record High; Dr. Fauci Weighs In On Boosters And The Mask Mandate; Rioters' Sentencing Delayed After Online Sleuths Find New Evidence; At Least 2,100 Dead, Desperate Need For Aid In Towns Isolated After 7.2 Earthquake And Tropical Storm. Aired 4-5p ET


August 18, 2021
• Biden To ABC: No Way To Withdraw U.S. Troops "Without Chaos Ensuing"; Taliban Look To Form A New Government In Kabul; Biden: Adults Will Be Eligible Next Month For Third Vaccine Dose; GOP Gov. Candidate Served With Subpoena During Debate; FL Board Of Education Votes To Punish Two Counties Mandating Masks; Mask Fight In FL Schools As Pediatric ICUs Fill With COVID Patients; Fire East Of Sacramento Triples In Size, Engulfs 50K Acres. Aired 5-6p ET
• General Milley: No Indication Afghanistan Would Fall In 11 Days; Taliban Block Access To Kabul Airport With Gunfire, Violence; Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) Is Interviewed About The Situation In Afghanistan; Any Moment: Biden Speaks As Questions Mount Over Afghanistan; President Biden Announces Plans For COVID Booster Shots. Aired 4-5p ET


August 17, 2021
• Pentagon Press Secretary Says It's Up To President Biden Whether To Extend U.S. Withdrawal Plan Past August 31; Former Afghan Interpreter Fears The Taliban Will Target His Family; TSA To Extend Masking On Planes, Trains Into 2022; Texas GOP Gov. Abbott Tests Positive For COVID; Sources: Biden Admin To Advise Booster Shots For Most U.S. Adults; Trump's Niece Describes Him As "An Instinctive Fascist" In New Book; Shrinking Of Lake Mead Forcing Cuts To Water Supplies. Aired 5-6p ET
• White House Defends Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops From Afghanistan; White House Estimates 11,000 U.S. Citizens Remain In Afghanistan; Pentagon Confirms U.S. In Communication With Taliban Leaders; Migrant Surge; Booster Shots?; Tropical Rains Compound Misery In Haiti's Disaster Zone; White House: Hard Calls, No Clean Outcomes For U.S. To Leave Afghanistan After 20-Year Civil War. Aired 4-5p ET


August 16, 2021
• Biden: I Stand By My Decision To Withdraw From Afghanistan; Defense Dept. Aims To Relocate 30k Afghan Allies To U.S.; Seven Hundred Afghan Allies Evacuated From Kabul In Last 48 Hours; At Least 1,297 Dead & 5,000 Injured In Haiti Earthquake; Former GOP Rep. Paul Mitchell Dies Of Cancer At Age 64. Aired 5-6p ET
• Biden Addresses Nation On Taliban Takeover Of Afghanistan; Biden Stands By Afghanistan Military Withdrawal; Pentagon Briefing On Crisis In Afghanistan. Aired 4-5p ET


August 13, 2021
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET
• CDC Advisory Panel Recommends Third Vaccine Dose for Those with Weakened Immune System; CNN Gains Access to Taliban at Old U.S. Military Base It Seized; Interview with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; White House Facing Multiple Crises: Afghanistan, COVID, Immigration & More; Three Teachers in Broward County, Florida, Die of COVID Within One Day of Each Other. Aired 4-5p ET


August 12, 2021
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• Pentagon: 3,000 Plus U.S. Troops will be Deployed to Afghanistan; Soon: FDA Could Authorize Booster Shots for Immunocompromised; Census Shows Most Growth in Cities, America More Diverse; GOP Rep. Perry Played Key Role in Promoting Trump's "Big Lie". Aired 4-5p ET


August 11, 2021
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• Governor Cuomo Resigns Following Damning A.G. Report On Sexual Harassment Allegations; As School Districts Battle GOP Over Masks, Cases Skyrocket & Hospitals Run Out Of Beds; Several Texas Counties Defy Gov. Abbott's Mask Ban, Will Require Masks In Schools; Official Says Taliban Could Cut Off And Take Kabul Within Weeks; Mixed Day On Wall Street As Report Shows Surge In Prices. Aired 4-5p ET


August 10, 2021
• Did Not Air. 5-6p ET
• Governor Cuomo Resigns Following Damning A.G. Report On Sexual Harassment Allegations; As School Districts Battle GOP Over Masks, Cases Skyrocket & Hospitals Run Out Of Beds; Senate Passes $1.2 Trillion Sweeping Infrastructure Deal, Fate In House Still Unclear; Broward County School Board Votes To Keep Mask Mandate; Taliban Scrambles For Diplomatic Fix As Taliban Gain Ground. Aired 4-5p ET


August 09, 2021
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET
• CDC: More Than 99.9 Percent Of Fully Vaccinated People Have Not Had A Severe Breakthrough Of COVID-19; NY Speaker: Cuomo Impeachment Probe Could Wrap In "Weeks"; Senate Moves Toward Final Vote On $1.2T Infrastructure Bill; Interview With Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA); California's Dixie Fire Now Second Largest In State History; Some College Vaccine Mandates Met With Lawsuits And Flood Of Exemption Requests. Aired 4-5p ET


August 06, 2021
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET
• Governor Cuomo Attorneys Speak After Staffer Files Criminal Complaint. Aired 4-5p ET


August 05, 2021
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET
• COVID Spread Sharply Accelerates, Topping 100K New Daily Cases; Florida Governor DeSantis Calls Biden a "Tyrant" For Pushing Mandates; U.S. Intelligence Digging Through Trove of Data from Wuhan Lab in COVID Origins Investigation; New Details Reveal Extent of Trump's Push to Overturn Election; New Details Reveal Extent of Trump's Push to Overturn Election; Alabama Ties Arkansas for Lowest Vaccination Rate in U.S.; California Mountain Decimated by State's 6th Largest Wildfire. Aired 4-5p ET


August 04, 2021
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET
• Mixed Messages From Biden Admin Lead To COVID Confusion; CNN: Majority Of NY Assembly Would Vote To Impeach Cuomo; Ohio Primary Race Stokes Intra-Party Heat For Dems; Schools And Mask Mandates; Vaccine Mandate Expected Soon For U.S. Military; CNN Finds Possible Prison Camp To Jail Belarusian Dissenters; Frontier Airlines Flips, Now Issues "Support" For Crew Who Restrained Belligerent Passenger With Duct Tape. Aired 4-5p ET


August 03, 2021
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET
• NYC Mayor Announces Vaccine Requirement For Indoor Dining, Fitness Centers, Entertainment & Performances; New York Attorney General Finds New York Governor Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women; President Biden Updates Efforts To Increase COVID Vaccinations; Biden Taking Reporters' Questions At White House. Aired 4-5p ET


August 02, 2021
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET
• White House: 70 Percent Of Adults Have Received One COVID Vaccine Dose; White House Again Makes COVID-19 The Focus Of Biden's Schedule; Bipartisan Senate Group Unveils $1T Infrastructure Plan; Millions Could Lose Homes After Freeze On Evictions Expires; Sen. Lindsey Graham Tests Positive For COVID-19; Rep. Kevin McCarthy Under Fire; Sources: Lack Of Info On Havana Syndrome Frustrating U.S. Diplomats; Simone Biles To Compete in Balance Beam Tomorrow. Aired 4- 5p ET


July 30, 2021
• CDC: "The War Has Changed" With Highly Contagious Delta Variant; CNN: Trump Pressed DOJ In Dec. To Say Election Was Corrupt; Broadway Theaters To Require Vaccines Or Audience & Staff; Frustration Among Those Vaccinated As COVID Rules Return; Red Tide Washes Up 600 Tons Of Dead Marine Life On FL Shores. Aired 5-6p ET
• CDC Reveals Breakthrough Infection Data Behind New Mask Guidance; CNN: Trump Pressed DOJ in December to Say Election Was Corrupt; First Group of Afghans Who Helped American Troops Arrive in U.S.; Dems Still Unable to Reach Deal to Extend Ban on Evictions. Aired 4-5p ET


July 29, 2021
• Biden Announces Vaccine Requirement For All Federal Employees; More Companies Tell Employees: Get Vaxxed Or Get Fired; Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) Is Interviewed About Vaccine Requirements; Louisiana COVID Patients Explain Why They Didn't Get Vaccinated; Blinken: First Afghan Allies To Arrive In U.S. "Very Soon". Aired 5-6p ET
• More Companies Tell Employees: Get Vaxxed or Get Fired; Biden Announces Vaccine Requirement for All Federal Employees; Biden Announces Vaccine Requirement for All Federal Employees. Aired 4-5p ET


July 28, 2021
• CDC: Vaccinated People Can Spread Highly-Contagious Delta Variant; Trump-Backed Candidate Loses In Texas Special Election; Biden Warns Russia Already Interfering In 2022 Midterms; Interview With Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT); Bipartisan Negotiators Reach Awaited Infrastructure Deal; Emotional Pleas From Sick Patients Who Regret Not Getting Vaccine; Simone Biles Withdraws From All-Around Competition To Focus On Mental Well-Being. Aired 5-6p ET
• Police At Insurrection Feel Little Support From Union; Bipartisan Negotiators Reach Long Awaited Infrastructure Deal; Interview With U.S. Secretary Of Transportation Pete Buttigieg; Prolonging The Pandemic; Thousands Evacuate But Brothers Stay to Battle Nearby Blaze In California. Aired 4-5p ET


July 27, 2021
• Interview With Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY); Officers Attacked At U.S. Capitol Testify At Emotional Hearing; Source: President Biden To Announce Vaccination Requirement For Federal Workers On Thursday; CDC Urges Masks In Schools And Indoors In COVID Hot Spots; Chicago Police Superintendent Blames Shootings On Courts "Releasing Murderers"; Jet Fuel Shortages Could Cause Canceled Flights, Extra Stops. Aired 5-6p ET
• CDC Revises Guidance, Recommends Vaccinated People Wear Masks Indoors In COVID Hot Spots; Officer Slams Lawmakers Who Downplay Capitol Riots: I Went To Hell And Back To Protect Them; Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) Is Interviewed About The Jan. 6 Committee Hearing; Olympic Stunner; Insurrection Hearings Begin. Aired 4-5p ET


July 26, 2021
• January 6 Select Committee To Hold First Hearing; Interview With Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND); Michael Flynn's Remarks After Being Gifted A Gun; Biden Confirms U.S. To End Its Combat Mission In Iraq; Florida Daily COVID-19 Cases Triple Over Past Two Weeks; COVID-19 Hospitalizations Surge To 870 In Alabama; COVID Cases Linked To Olympics Jump To 153; Mayor: All 98 People Killed In Condo Collapse Now Found, Identified. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); V.A. Health Care Workers, New York City & California State Employees All Now Facing Vaccine Mandates; Trump Ally Tom Barrack Pleads Not Guilty To Charges Of Illegal Foreign Lobbying And Making False Statements; Infrastructure Deal On Shaky Grounds As Blame Game Begins; House Committee Prepares For First Capitol Riot Hearing; U.S. Warns Of More Airstrikes Targeting Taliban In Afghanistan; U.S.-China Meetings. Aired 4-5p ET


July 23, 2021
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• Delta Variant Poses an Increasing Threat to the Unvaccinated; White House Puts New Urgency on the Unvaccinated as Cases Surge; COVID Rules and Protests Hang Over Quite Opening Ceremony; Nation's Largest Wildfire in Oregon Burns More than 400K Acres; British Government Under Fire for Lifting COVID Restrictions; Retail Experts Predict Shortage of Back-to-School Supplies. Aired 4-5p ET


July 22, 2021
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET
• Top Health Officials Warn About "Aggressive" Delta Variant; Sources: Biden Admin Talking About Revising Mask Guidance, White House Insists Guidance Has Not Changed; Sources: Pelosi Considering GOP Rep. Kinzinger for 1/6 Committee; Chicago Mayor Sits Down with CNN; New Audio: Trump Rambles About Jan. 6, Says Rioters Were "Loving". Aired 4-5p ET


July 21, 2021
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• McCarthy Pulls Out Of January 6 Committee After Pelosi Rejects Two Picks; Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths All Up Double Digits In Recent Weeks As Highly Contagious Delta Variant Spreads; Interview With Rep. James Comer (R-KY); Right-Wing Media Suddenly Pushing COVID Vaccine?; Top General Responds For The First Time Since Multiple Books Reported Tensions With Trump, Feared "Coup"; Senate GOP Blocks Opening Debate On Infrastructure Plan. Aired 4-5p ET


July 20, 2021
• Tokyo 2020 Chief Not Ruling Out An 11th Hour Cancellation Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases; COVID Surge Could Slow Biden Plans To Scrap Trump-Era Border Policy; Interview With Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX); Biden Admin Plans To Evacuate Afghan Allies To Virginia; Alabama City Plagued By Spike In Shootings, Homicides; CDC Director: Delta Variant Now Represents 83 Percent Of Cases; Huge & Intense Oregon Wildfire Creating Its Own Weather. Aired 5-6p ET
• CDC Director: Delta Variant Now Represents 83 Percent Of Cases; Trump Ally, Tom Barrack Arrested, Accused Of Acting As Foreign Agent; Pelosi Won't Say If She'll Veto GOP Commission Picks; Tom Brady Visits White House; Jeff Bezos Heads To Space; Suicide Bomber Attacks Baghdad Market Ahead Of Religious Holiday. Aired 4-5p ET


July 19, 2021
• U.S And Allies Expose China For Cyberattacks; Rising Hospitalizations And Deaths Due To COVID-19 In Every U.S. State; President Biden Walks Back On His Facebook Comment; Biden Vs. Facebook Spat Growing Over COVID Misinformation; Insurrectionist Sentenced To Eight Months; Fire Officials: At Least 80 Wildfires Burning In 13 Western States; Amazon Billionaire Jeff Bezos Set To Launch Into Space Tomorrow. Aired 5-6p ET
• COVID Hospitalizations & Deaths Rising, Nearly All Unvaccinated; Growing Number Of Athletes Test Positive For COVID-19; Biden Rejects Claims His Agenda Would Accelerate Inflation; Interview With Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH); Olympic COVID Fears; Gun Violence Plague; Almost 200 Dead In Western Europe Flooding, Hundreds Still Missing; U.S. Allies Blame China For Hacks, Opening New Front In Cyberwar. Aired 4-5p ET


July 16, 2021
• New CNN Reporting: Senior Biden Officials Consider COVID Lab Leak theory As Credible As Natural Origins Explanation; L.A. County Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate Amid Surge; Gen. Milley Reportedly Warned Trump On Launching Iran Strikes: "You're Going To Start A Effing War"; Growing Concerns Of Cubans Leaving By Boat Amid Recent Protests; Cuomo Expected To Face Questions From N.Y. Investigators Tomorrow. Aired 5-6p ET
• COVID-19 Cases Rising in All 50 States & DC; Biden Says Facebook is "Killing People" with COVID Misinformation; Biden's Hill Agenda in Trouble As Bipartisan Talks Fray; CDC: 2020 Saw Highest Overdose Deaths Ever Recorded; New CNN Reporting: U.S. Intel Warning Taliban Are Advancing at Accelerated Pace in Afghanistan. Aired 4-5p ET


July 15, 2021
• Aide Claims Trump Thought January Sixth Rally Was "Cool" Before It Turned Violent, According To New Book; House Minority Leader McCarthy Meets With Trump Allegedly To Discuss 2022; New Book: Pence Refused To Leave Capitol During Attack; Biden, German Chancellor Merkel Hold News Conference; Biden: U.S. Looking Into Helping Restore Internet To Cuba; Biden: Cuba Is A Failed State And Repressing Its Citizens. Aired 5-6p ET
• Biden Meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at White House; Surgeon General: Misinformation a Serious Public Health Threat; House Minority Leader McCarthy Meets with Trump Allegedly to Discuss 2022; CNN Visits Louisiana Hospital with Most COVID Patients in the State; In Rare Interview, Justice Breyer Talks Possible Retirement. Aired 4- 5p ET


July 14, 2021
• Four Iranians Charged In Alleged Plot To Kidnap U.S. Journalist; Biden Makes The Case For $3.5 Trillion In New Spending; Interview With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA); New Book Explores What Led To Trump's 2020 Demise; Right Now: Court Hearing In Britney Spears Conservatorship Fight; Survey: Police Retirements Up 45 Percent, Resignation Up 18 Percent; DOJ Inspector General Releases Scathing Report On FBI's Mishandling Of Allegations Against Larry Nassar. Aired 5-6p ET
• Tennessee Halts All Outreach On Vaccines To Adolescents, Including For COVID-19; Pop Star Olivia Rodrigo Visits White House To Urge Young People To Get Vaccinated; Biden Makes The Case For $3.5 Trillion In New Spending; Biden Admin Launches Plan To Evacuate Afghan Allies; Facebook And Russian Disinformation; Interview With Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA); Federal Reserve Chair: Prices Will Keep Rising Before Cooling Off. Aired 4-5p ET


July 13, 2021
• Pressured By Allies, Biden Makes The Case For Election Reform; Interview With Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA); Push To Change Military Sexual Assault Rules Gains Traction; Bipartisan Group Of Senators Meet To Plan Out Infrastructure Proposal; Interview With Sen. Dick Durbin (D- IL); Senate Dems To Meet To Iron Out Details For Larger Budget Reconciliation Bill; One Activist Group Says 100-Plus Protesters Are Missing Or Arrested In Cuba; Trump Org. Removes Allen Weisselberg As CFO After Prosecutors Charged Him In 15-Year Tax Scheme. Aired 5-6p ET
• Biden: "The Big Lie Is Just That, A Big Lie"; Texas Dems Pressure Congress To Pass Voting Rights Legislation; Forty-Five States See Rise In New COVID Cases Over Past Week; Who Will Lead FDA?; Capitol Police Funding Battle; Vaccine Mandates; Sisters Of American Kidnapped In Afghanistan Begs Biden Administration To Bring Her Brother Home. Aired 4-5p ET


July 12, 2021
• President Focusing In Gun Violence And Voting Rights; Cubans Protest For Regime Change; Interview With Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ); Trump Makes It About Ashli Babbitt On Capitol Riot; Missouri Hospital Group: Highly-Contagious Delta Variant To Blame For Explosion Of COVID Cases; Average COVID Cases Jump 47 Percent In One Week, Up In 36 States; Twenty-Two People Unaccounted For As Death Toll Climbs To 94; Top U.S. General In Afghanistan Steps Down Amid Troop Withdrawal. Aired 5-6p ET
• Fauci: 99.5 Percent Of COVID Deaths Are Among Those Unvaccinated; Democrats Push Infrastructure Talks Into High Gear; Biden Meets With A.G., Local Leader To Talk Reducing Gun Violence; Hunter Biden's Art Deal; Turmoil In Haiti; Texas Democrats Leave State To Block Voting Restrictions; California Drought Leaves Residents Without Access To Water; More Than 18 Million Americans Under Excessive Heat Alert. Aired 4-5p ET


July 09, 2021
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• White House Rebuts Pfizer On Need for Booster Shots Soon; White House: Biden, Putin Spoke for an Hour on Hacks by Russian Criminals; Crisis in Haiti: Manhunt Underway for Final 8 Suspected Assassins; 78 People Confirmed Dead in Surfside, 62 Unaccounted For; Study: Child Care Costs Nearly Double During Pandemic. Aired 4-5p ET


July 08, 2021
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• Study: Five Clusters with Low Vaccination Rates Now Potential Breeding Grounds for More Deadly Variants; Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) is Interviewed About U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan; Biden Meets with Civil Rights Leaders Over Election Reform; Federal Investigation into Native American Children's Remains Found at Boarding Schools. Aired 4- 5p ET


July 07, 2021
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• RNC: Third-Party Vendor Hacked, Microsoft And U.S. Intelligence Investigating Source; Pressure Builds On Biden To Step Up Cyber Security After Series Of Recent Hacks; FBI Infiltrates "Bible Study," Led By Accused January 6 Rioter Making Bombs; CNN: McCarthy Sifts Through GOP Contenders For January 6 Select Committee; Chicago Violence; Florida Condo Collapse Search Efforts Continue; Tropical Storm Elsa Targets East Coast; Haiti's President Murdered In Middle Of Night Amid Political Turmoil. Aired 4-5p ET


July 06, 2021
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• Biden Renews Outreach Plans As Vaccination Pace Slows, Aggressive Delta Variant Spreads In U.S.; Florida Braces For Elsa As Crews Continue To Search In Surfside; First Friends; Six Months Since Capitol Attack; Afghan Translator In U.S. Faces Deportation For Being Forced To Give Bread To Taliban As A Child. Aired 4-5p ET


July 05, 2021
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• Search & Rescue Enters Day 12 After Rest of Building Demolished; Tropical Storm Moving in As Search Resumes in Surfside; Biden Strikes Optimistic Tone as U.S. Misses His 70 Percent Vaccine Goal & Aggressive Delta Variant Spreads; Canada's Low Level of Gun Violence; Murder on the Golf Course; U.S. Leaving Afghanistan; Why Canada's Gun Violence is Fraction of U.S.; AAA: This Afternoon Among Busiest Hours For July 4th Travel. Aired 4-5p ET


July 02, 2021
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• U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base After 20 Years; 20 Confirmed Dead, 128 Unaccounted for as Rescue Effort Enters Day 9; CDC Director: Nearly All COVID Deaths in Past 6 Months Were Unvaccinated; TSA Reports Busiest Days at Airports in 16 Months, AAA Expects 43 Million on the Road This Weekend. Aired 4-5p ET


July 01, 2021
• Biden Visits Memorial Near Site Of Condo Collapse; WAPO: Majority Of Surfside Condo Board Quit In 2019 Over Frustrations About Repair Plans; Washington Examiner: Florida Gov's Office Pleads With Trump To Cancel Florida Rally In Wake Of Condo Tragedy; Trump Org CFO Indicted On 15 Counts, Alleged 15-Year Scheme. Aired 5-6p ET
• Any Moment: Biden to Speak After Meeting with Surfside Families; Trump Org CFO Indicted on 15 Counts, Alleged 15-Year Scheme; Biden Speaks After Meeting with Surfside Families; Rep. Chip Roy (R- TX) is Interviewed About Leader McCarthy Threatening Members Over January 6 Select Committee. Aired 4-5p ET


June 30, 2021
• Bill Cosby Released From Prison And Back Home; House Votes To Create Select Committee To Probe Capitol Riot; Trump Visits Southern Border With Texas GOP Governor; Sixteen Confirmed Dead, 147 Unaccounted For As Search Enters Day Seven; FBI: Jews Are Most- Targeted Religious Group In U.S.; Jewish Students Fear Returning To College Campuses; Source: Trump's Business Expected To Be Charged With Tax Crimes. Aired 5-6p ET
• Bill Cosby Released From Prison After Conviction Overturned; House Votes To Create Select Committee To Probe Capitol Riot; Florida Deadly Collapse: 16 Confirmed Dead, 147 Unaccounted For As Search Enters Day Seven; Delta Variant Fears; Investigating Cause Of Florida Building Collapse; Top U.S. Commander In Afghanistan: Withdrawal Could Lead To Civil War. Aired 4-5p ET


June 29, 2021
• At Least 11 Dead, 150 Missing As Search Enters Day 6; House To Vote As Soon As Tomorrow On Jan. 6 Committee; Interview With Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN); Biden Defends Decision To Launch Airstrikes In Syria, Iraq; Biden Touts Multi-Trillion Dollar Plan To Upgrade Roads, Bridges; Record High Temps In Pacific Northwest As Heat Wave Grips Region; CDC: Delta Variant Now Accounts For One In Four Cases Nationwide; W.H. Expecting Thousands For July 4 Event, Vaccines Not Required; NYC Mayoral Primary Tightens In Newly-Released Results. Aired 5-6p ET
• At Least 11 Dead, 150 Missing As Search Enters Day 6; U.S. Officials: Afghanistan Withdrawal Could Be Completed Within Days, 1,000 Troops Could Stay to Assist with Security; Delta Variant Worries; Insurrection Commission; Miami-Dade Mayor: Building Audit Has Uncovered Serious Issues. Aired 4-5p ET


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