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August 08, 2024
• Interview with Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI): Harris, Walz to Speak at Campaign Event in Detroit; Vance Rips Walz for Retiring From National Guard Before Iraq Deployment; New Video Shows Moment Police Officer Saw Trump Shooter Just Before Assassination Attempt. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Addresses Media from Mar-A-Lago; Trump Says He Has Agreed To Three Debates In September; Soon: Harris, Walz To Speak At Campaign Event In Detroit; Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) Discusses About Appeal Of Kamala Harris With Working Class Voters In Michigan. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Donald Trump Addresses The Media at Mar-a-Lago. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Donald Trump Addresses Media From Mar-a-Lago. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump To Hold News Conference As GOP Pressures Harris To Speak To Press; Latest Weekly Employment Report Calms Fears About Job Market; Mortgage Rates Fall To Their Lowest In More Than A Year; U.S. Slow To Settle Over Camp LeJeune's Toxic Water. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Taylor Swift Concerts Canceled Over Alleged Terror Plot; Interview With Dearborn, Michigan, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud; Donald Trump Set to Hold News Conference. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Harris Shuts Down Hecklers During Detroit Rally, I'm Speaking; Markets Open After Better Than Expected Jobless Claims Report; Sacramento State University Launches First Ever Black Honors College. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Hints at Debate With Harris, Announces Press Conference at 2:00 P.M.; Tornadoes Touch Down in North Carolina in Wake of Tropical Storm Debby; Police Say, Taylor Swift Terror Plot Suspect Arrested at Concert Venue. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Sen. Vance Attacks Gov. Walz's Military Career; Swift Concerts Canceled Amid Terror Threats; Trump to Hold Press Conference at 2PM ET Today; Harris-Walz Campaign Targets Latino Voters; Hezbollah Poised to Strike Israel; Costco Adding Card Scanners in Front of Stores; Giant Panda's Debut at San Diego Zoo; Starliner Crew Not Able to Return Until 2025. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Harris-Walz Campaign Releases New Add Targeting Latino Voters; Republican Vice Presidential Nominee J.D. Vance Questions Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Tim Walz's Military Record; Former Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo Claims He was Made into a Scapegoat for Robb Elementary School Shooting and Failed Police Response. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Biden "Not Confident" Of Peaceful Transition If Trump Loses; Sources: Hezbollah Poised To Strike Israel Independent Of Iran; GOP Attacks Walz's Response To Protests After George Floyd Murder. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Team Tries to Stop Harris-Walz Momentum With New Lines of Attack; Taylor Swift Shows Canceled After Alleged ISIS Terror Threat; Investors Eye Unemployment Report After Wednesday's Market Drop. Aired 7-7:30a ET


August 07, 2024
• Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Campaigns With Gov. Tim Walz, D-MN, Vice Presidential Candidate, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Any Moment: Harris, Walz Rally In Key Swing State Wisconsin; Harris, Walz & Vance Hold Competing Campaign Events In Wisconsin; Walz Speaks At Campaign Event In Key Swing State Wisconsin; AP: Possible Terror Plot Foiled Ahead Of Taylor Swift Austria Concerts. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Vance Speaks At Campaign Event In Key Swing State Wisconsin; Vance Takes Questions From Media At End of Wisconsin Campaign Event. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Kamala Harris, Tim Walz And J.D. Vance Hold Competing Campaign Events In Wisconsin; "Squad" Member Rep. Cori Bush Loses Democratic Primary In Missouri; U.S. Tries To Deescalate Tensions As Iran May Strike Israel; J.D. Vance Reopens Line Of Attack In Tim Walz's Military Record. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Boeing Starliner Astronauts Could Return Home In 2025; Tropical Storm Debby Continues Slow March Up East Coast; Moscow: Ukraine Crossed Into Russia, Launching "Massive Attack"; Few Answers About Boeing Door Plug Blowout At NTSB Hearing. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Soon: Harris-Walz Rally In Key Swing State Wisconsin; Second "Squad" Member Targeted By Pro-Israel Group Defeated. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Markets Open After Better Closing on Tuesday; Abortions Continue to Tend Up in U.S.; NASA Postpones SpaceX Launch; Sam Mewis is Interviewed about Women's Soccer. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Walz Delivers Searing Rebuke; Trump Campaign to Paint Harris- Walz as Dangerously Liberal; Tim Pawlenty is Interviewed about Walz. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump Team on the Attack Against Harris Running Mate Tim Walz; "Squad" Member Rep. Cori Bush Loses Dem Primary in Missouri; Walz Appears to Challenge J.D. Vance to Debate. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Presidential Candidate V.P. Kamala Harris Chooses MN Gov. Tim Walz as Her Vice Presidential Running Mate; Presidential Candidate Fmr. Pres. Donald Trump Attacks Walz as Too Liberal; Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) Interviewed on Likely Effectiveness of Harris-Walz Campaign; Four Charged with Felony Murder in D'Vontaye Mitchell's Death. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Asian Markets Make Solid Gains After Global Rout; Tropical Storm Debby Strengthens, Flood Threat Still For Carolinas; Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) On Trump And Allies Painting Harris-Walz Ticket As "Dangerously Liberal."
• Soon, Harris, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) Leave for Rallies in Key Swing States Wisconsin and Michigan; How the Trump Campaign Plans to Attack Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN); U.S. Working With Counterparts to De- Escalate Israel, Iran Friction. Aired 7-7:30a ET


August 06, 2024
• Stocks Bouncing Back After Massive Sell-Off; Harris Picks Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be Running Mate; Hamas Announces October 7 Mastermind as New Political Chief; Debby to Drop Historic Rainfall Along Georgia, South Carolina Coasts. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Harris Picks MN Gov. Tim Walz To Be Running Mate; Harris-Walz Campaign Releases New Video Highlighting Walz Biography; Walz Brings Military Record To Democratic Ticket As Harris VP Pick. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• NTSB Demands Detailed Explanation For Boeing's Mid-Air Blowout; Pakistani With Ties To Iran Charged In Assassination Plot Targeting U.S. Officials; CNN Speaks With Gymnastics Phenom Simone Biles In Paris. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Kamala Harris Picks Minnesota Governor Tim Walz To Be Running Mate; Tim Walz Lands In Pennsylvania Ahead Of First Rally As Kamala Harris' Running Mate. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Harris Picks MN Gov. Tim Walz To Be Running Mate; Stocks Bouncing Back After Massive Sell-Off; Sources: Iran & Proxies Begin Making Preparations To Strike Israel; Debby To Drop Historic Rainfall Along Georgia, S. Carolina Coasts. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With Harris/Walz Campaign Senior Adviser David Plouffe; Interview With Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; Kamala Harris Announces Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as V.P. Pick. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Harris Picks Tim Walz. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Harris Picks Tim Walz. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Tornado Watch Issued for Carolinas; Emergency Management Director Ben Webster is interviewed about Storm Prep in South Carolina; Harris to Announce VP Pick; Harris Has Made Decision on VP Pick; Harris Picks Walz. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• US Markets Look to Rebound from Monday Losses; Harris will Announce her VP Pick this Morning. Aired: 8-8:30a ET
• Sources: Harris Had Not Made A Decision As Of Last Night; Debby Slams Georgia As Residents Brace For Potentially Catastrophic Floods; Pentagon Blames Iran-Aligned Militia Groups For Attack On U.S. Troops. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Soon, Harris Announces V.P. After Officially Winning Democratic Nomination; Five Dead as Tropical Storm Debby Lashes Southeastern U.S.; U.S. Markets Look to Rebound from Monday Losses. Aired 7-7:30a ET


August 05, 2024
• Tropical Storm Debby Kills 4, Drops a Month's Worth Of Rain On Florida; U.S. Markets Plunge Amid Recession Fears; Simone Biles' Paris Olympics Ends With Silver In Floor Final. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Harris' Search For Running Mate Now In Its Final Hours; White House: U.S. Preparing For "Every Possibility" Of Iranian Attack; Israel On High Alert As Iran, Hezbollah Vow To Retaliate; NWS: "Life- Threatening Situation" As Debby Hits Parts Of Southeast. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Tropical Storm Debby Expected To Inundate SE With Historic Flooding; Anti-Immigrant Riots Break Out In Cities Across Britain; Harris Campaign Launches Programs Aimed At Republican Voters; Harris VP Pick Imminent Ahead Of Battleground Blitz; Olympians Compete In Seine River Despite Athletes Falling Ill; Simone Biles Taking Home 4 More Medals, "Most Decorated Title"; Caeleb Dressel Fails To Metal In Individual Swimming Events. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• President Joe Biden Meets National Security Team Situation Room As Tensions Escalate Between Israel And Iran; Kamala Harris Searching For Running Mate Now In Its Final Hours; U.S. Markets Plunge Amid Recession Fears. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Tropical Storm Debby At A Crawl & Expected To Inundate SE with Rain; U.S. Markets Plunge Amid Recession Fears; RFK Jr Admits Leaving Dead Bear Cub In Central Park In 2014; Louisiana AG Asks Judge To Dismiss Suit Against Ten Commandments Law. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Markets Dive Amid Recession Fears; Kamala Harris to Choose V.P. for Ticket; Soon, Biden Meets National Security Team in Situation Room as Tensions Escalate Between Israel and Iran. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• U.S. Stocks Open Lower; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is Interviewed about the Economy, the Middle East and VP Contenders; Capt. Molly Murphy is Interviewed about Graduating Ranger School; Simone Biles Earns Silver. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Hurricane Debby Makes Landfall; Sheriff Mike Prendergast is Interviewed about Hurricane Debby; Harris to Announce Running Mate Soon; Biden to Discuss Middle East. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Hurricane Debby Makes Landfall; Trump Reignites Feud with Kemp; Christine Todd Whitman is Interviewed about Trump; Brown Navigates Re- Election; Tensions Rise in Middle East. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Kamala Harris Expected to Name Her VP Pick; Global Markets Plunge Amid Wall Street Uncertainty; New Images of Suspects in Fatal Shooting of "General Hospital" Actor. Hurricane Debby Makes Landfall in Florida; Predictions of Destructive Potential of Hurricane Debby Examined; Presumptive Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris to Announce Vice President Running Mate. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Hurricane Debby Makes Landfall, Lashes Florida With Severe Winds, Rain; Global Markets Plunge Amid Wall Street Uncertainty; Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) On Harris' VP Choices. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Cat 1 Hurricane Debby Makes Landfall in Florida; Harris' Running Mate Search Now in Its Final Hours; Biden to Meet With National Security Team as Tensions Rise in Middle East. Aired 7-7:30a ET


August 02, 2024
• U.S. Sues TikTok for Allegedly Violation Children's Privacy Law; Dow Plunges After Weak July Jobs Report; Rowe: Secret Service Unaware of Armed Man Before Shots Fired at Trump. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• DNC: Harris Earns Enough Votes To Become Democratic Nominee; Freed Americans Back On U.S. Soil After Historic Prisoner Swap. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Acting Secret Service Director, Ronald Rowe, Gives Briefing On Attempted Trump Assassination; Pentagon To Direct "Multiple Force Posture Moves" In Middle East Amid Tensions. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Secret Service Gives Update On Trump Assassination Attempt. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• DNC: Harris Earns Enough Votes To Become Democratic Nominee; Markets Tumble After Latest Jobs Report Misses Expectations. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Kamala Harris Earns Enough Votes to Become Democratic Nominee; Harris Set to Choose Running Mate. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Pushes Back On Dems' "Weird" Criticism: "They're The Weird Ones"; U.S. Economy Added Just 114,000 Jobs Last Month; Biden Weighs More U.S. Defense For Israel As Iran Vows Retaliation; Back-To- Back Episodes Of "1968" Air Sunday At 9PM ET; Soon: Justin Timberlake To Be Arraigned Virtually On DWI Charge. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Biden, Harris Hail Alliances That Led to Historic Prisoner Swap; Harris to Announce Running Mate by Tuesday; U.S. Economy Added Just 114,000 Jobs Last Month. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Family of American Marc Fogel Outraged Over Prison Swap; A Bicycle Violation Leads to a Fugitive Being Captured After Nearly Three Decades on the Run; U.S. Economy Added 114,000 Jobs Last Month. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Three Americans Released from Russian Captivity in Complex Prisoner Swap; President Biden Comments on Importance of International Alliances in Bringing About Agreement that Resulted in Release of American Prisoners; Judge Could Jumpstart Trump Election Interference Case; Biden Weighs More U.S. Defenses for Israel as Iran Vows Retaliation. Aired 8-8:30a ET.
• Trump Continues False Attacks On Harris' Racial Identity; Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) On 3 Americans Back In U.S. After Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia; Funeral Underway In Qatar For Assassinated Hamas Political Leader. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Biden, Harris Hail Alliances That Led to Historic Prisoner Swap; Harris Campaign Says it Raised $310 Million in July, Doubling Trump's Haul; IDF Says it Killed Another Senior Palestinian Militant in Gaza. Aired 7-7:30a ET


August 01, 2024
• Now: Released Russian Prisoners Arriving In Moscow; Americans Released In Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia; Hamas Leader Killed By Bomb Planted Months Ago; Big Day For U.S. Women Gymnasts At The Olympics. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich Freed In Prisoner Swap With Russia; VP Harris Delivers Eulogy For Late TX Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee; WH Official: Harris Had Two Private Conversations On Prisoner Swap At Munich Conference In February; Americans Released In Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• WH Official: Harris Had 2 Private Conversations On Prisoner Swap At Munich Conference In February; VP Harris Remembers Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee In Houston; Source: Hamas Leader Killed By Bomb Planted Months Ago; Simone Biles Wins All-Around Gold At Paris Olympics. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Americans Released In Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• White House Holds Press Briefing After U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap; Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) Discusses Americans Released In Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia & Hamas Leader Killed By Israel In Tehran. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Holds Press Conference; Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan Released in Prisoner Swap. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Whelan and Gershkovich to Be Released in Prisoner Swap. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Americans Released in Massive Prisoner Swap with Russia. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Massive Russia and U.S. Prisoner Swap Underway; Whelan and Gershkovich to Be Released from Russia. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Donald Trump Makes Controversial Remarks at Event for National Association of Black Journalists; Donald Trump Continues to Claim that Presumptive Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Identified as Indian Before Identifying as Black; Iran Vows Retaliation for Assassination of Hamas Political Leader; Massive Russia and US Prisoner Swap Underway. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Doubles Down On False Claims Harris "Happened To Turn Black"; Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The Mind Of A Medalist; Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) Says: "Stop The Trash Talk." Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Harris Fires Back at Trump's False Claim She Happened to Turn Black; Thousands Gather for Memorial Service for Hamas Political Leader; 9/11 Families Upset Over Plea Deal With Terror Attack Suspects. Aired 7-7:30a ET


July 31, 2024
• Trump Falsely Claims Kamala Harris Happened to Turn Black; Hamas Political Chief Killed; Fears of Wider Conflict Grow; Katie Ledecky Wins Gold Medal in 1,500-Meter Freestyle. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Questions VP Harris' Racial Identity At Black Journalists Convention; Trump Falsely Claims Kamala Harris "Turned Black"; Trump Takes Part In Combative Q&A At Black Journalists Convention. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Trump Takes Questions At Convention For Black Journalists. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Kamala Harris Asks Supporters To Sign Up To Learn V.P. Pick; Federal Reserve Holds On Interest Rates Steady As Inflation Cools; Donald Trump Takes Question At Convention For Black Journalists. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Soon: Trump Speaks At Black Journalists Convention In Chicago. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Soon: Israel PM Netanyahu To Speak Amid Rising Tensions In Middle East; Trump To Speak At Black Journalists Convention In Chicago; Harris Heads To Houston Amid Cross-County Swing; Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) is Interviewed about Harris' Run for President; Biles Leads Women to Gold; Deja Foxx is Interviewed about Social Media Campaigns. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Harris to Reveal VP Pick on Tuesday; Trump Invited to Black Journalists Convention; Hamas Political Chief Killed in Iran. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Fed to Announce Interest Rate Decision; Hamas Political Chief Killed; Fresh Data on the Presidential Race; Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) is Interviewed about a VP Pick for Harris and Biden Leaving the Race; Questions about Covid-19; R. Kelly Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Convictions. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Public Face and Ceasefire Negotiator for Hamas Ismail Haniyeh Killed While Visiting Iran; Israel Has Not Taken Responsibility for Death of Hamas's Leader Ismail Haniyeh; Kamala Harris Campaign Announces Deadline for Her to Pick Her Vice Presidential Running Mate. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Hamas Political Chief Killed, Raising Fears Of All-Out War In Middle East; Trump Invited To Speak At Black Journalists Conference In Chicago; Garland Slams Judge Cannon's Special Counsel Ruling. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Hamas Political Chief Killed, Raising Fears of All Out War in Mideast; Harris Calls Out Trump, Again Challenges Him to Debate; Boar's Head Expands Meat Recall Linked to Listeria Outbreak. Aired 7- 7:30a ET


July 30, 2024
• Acting Secret Service Director: I Cannot Defend Why Roof Wasn't Secured; 3 Girls Killed in Stabbing at Taylor Swift-Themed Yoga Class; Park Fire Now 5th Largest Blaze in California History; Simone Biles Wins 8th Olympic Medal. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Source: High-Level Hezbollah CMDR Survives Israeli Strike In Beirut; Source: Harris And Running Mate To Visit Battleground States Next Week; Project 2025 Director Steps Down Amid Backlash From Trump; Soon: Kamala Harris Arrives In Georgia For Campaign Rally. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Harris Getting Closer To Naming VP Pick; Roll The Tape: Trump's History Of Mispronunciations; Israeli Official: Wanted To Send "Very Strong Message" With Beirut Strike; Acting Secret Service Chief: "What I Saw Made Me Ashamed". Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Israel Claims Responsibility For Strike In Southern Beirut; White House Comments On Israeli Strike In Beirut. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Israeli Military Claims Responsibility For Stike In Beirut Suburbs. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Israeli Drone Strike in Beirut; Interview With Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO); Congress Grills Acting Secret Service Director. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Senate Set to Pass Bill Protecting Kids Online; Olympic Athletes Face Hottest Paris Day of the Year; Gauff Melts Down in Olympics Match; Massive Swarm of Dragonflies in Rhode Island. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Acting Secret Service Director to Testify on Capitol Hill; Harris Campaign Courts Disenfranchised Republicans in Georgia; Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) is Interviewed about the Harris Campaign; Vance Has History of Disparaging People Without Kids. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Polls on Possible VP Picks; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is Interviewed about Presidential Politics; Inside Story of John Roberts and Trump's Immunity Win; Covid Infections Spiking. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris Campaign Reportedly to Target Disenfranchised Republicans in Georgia; Republican Vice Presidential Candidate J.D. Vance's Multiple Comments on Childless Americans Draw Controversy. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Billionaire Donor Wants Harris To Fire FTC Chair Lina Khan If Elected; Trump Attacks Harris On Her Age, Way She Laughs; U.S. Men's Gymnastics Team Wins First Medal Since 2008; All Eyes On Team USA As Women's Gymnastics Aim For Gold; Security Forces Protecting Haitian Leader Provider "Cover" Fire After He Leaves CNN Interview; Protests Erupt In Venezuela Amid Election Fraud Accusations; The Group Behind A Massive Effort To "Clean" Voter Rolls. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Harris Returns to Battleground Georgia to Mobilize Voters; What I Saw Made Me Ashamed, Secret Service Chief to Address Security Failures in Hearing on Trump Assassination Attempt; Third Child Dies in U.K. Dance Class Stabbing Attack. Aired 7-7:30a ET


July 29, 2024


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