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February 08, 2017
• SCOTUS Pick Calls Trump's Attacks on Judges 'Demoralizing'; Senate Confirms Jeff Sessions as Attorney General; Trump: Nordstrom Treating Ivanka 'So Unfairly'; First Lady Melania Trump's Lawsuit; Fact-Checking the President; Collision of Comedy and Politics. Aired 10-11p ET
• Federal Judges Grill Lawyers in Travel Ban Hearing; Cruz and Sanders Face Off on Obamacare; One-on-One Interview with Kellyanne Conway; Aired 12-1a ET


February 07, 2017
• A federal appeals court hears arguments on President Trump's travel ban; The battle over healthcare heating up; Senator Elizabeth Warren reprimanded for his scathing speech about President Trump's nominee for attorney general, Senator Jeff Sessions; Aired 11-12p ET
• Battle Over Trump's Travel Ban. Aired 10:45-11p ET


February 06, 2017
• President Trump versus the polls; Drama on Capitol Hill tonight; Growing reports of anti-Semitic incidents across the country; President Trump equates Vladimir Putin's government with the U.S.; Aired 11:00p-12:00mn ET
• Immigration Showdown; Trump Blames Media; Rapport Between Previous and Present President; Home Alone; Fight Against President Trump's Travel Ban; Trump Blames the Judge and Court System; Time to Chill Out. Aired 10-11p ET


February 03, 2017
• A Federal Judge Tonight Temporarily Halts President Donald Trump's Travel Ban Nationwide; New Details Emerging Tonight About President Trump's Business Empire; President Trump's Nominee For Secretary Of The Army, Businessman Vincent Viola Is Withdrawing. Aired 11:00-12:00mn ET
• Washington State versus Trump's Immigration Order; No One is Above the Law; Back to Business. Aired 10-11p ET


February 02, 2017
• President Donald Trump refused to rule out military action against Iran; U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley condemn the aggressive actions of Russia to Ukraine; Yemeni bodega owners go to strike and flood the streets of Brooklyn, protesting the president's travel ban; President Trump called for prayers at the national prayer breakfast; Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, the coauthors of a new book about their son, Trayvon Martin; Aired 11-12p ET
• Nothing is Off the Table; A Friendly Advice; Following the Track on Foreign Policy; Life hanging on Thread of Hope. Aired 10- 10:30p ET


February 01, 2017
• A contentious phone call between the president and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, one of America's closest ally; Leaders of the tech giants are banding together to oppose President Trump's travel ban; Aired 11-12p ET
• Protests Over U.C. Berkley; An Angry Phone Call. Aired 10-11p ET


January 31, 2017
• President Donald Trump Nominates Judge Neil Gorsuch To Fill The Open Seat On The Supreme Court; Little Doubt President Trump's Chief Political Strategist Is One Of The Most Powerful People In Washington. Aired 11p-12:00mn ET
• Town Hall with Nancy Pelosi; Supreme Court with a new Justice Nominee. Aired 10-11p ET


January 30, 2017
• President Donald Trump fired acting U.S. attorney general Sally Yates; Aired 11:00-12:00mn ET
• Monday Night Massacre; Trump's Administration in Chaos; Trump Fires Acting Attorney General; Washington, a Tough Place for Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Aired 10-11p ET


January 27, 2017
• President Donald Trump orders extreme vetting of immigrants; President Trump's first world leader face-to-face holding a joint press conference; President Trump spoke about gun violence in Chicago; Aired 11:00-12:00mn ET
• Extreme Vetting; Statue of Liberty in Tears; New Supreme Court Justice. Aired 10-11p ET


January 26, 2017
• President Donald Trump about to have his first face-to-face meeting with a head of state; President Trump's meeting with Mexican president has been cancelled; Chief strategist Steve Bannon, slamming the news media as the opposition party; President Trump cannot be happy about the latest polls; Aired 11-12p ET
• A Possible Trade War; Press Must Keep its Mouth Shut; Mexico Not Going to Pay for Trump's Border Wall. Aired 10-11p ET


January 25, 2017
• Messy Truth with van Jones; Investigation to Voter Fraud; Keeping Campaign Promises; Trump Tower Lifestyle versus the White House. Aired 10-11p ET
• Source: Trump Could Order Voter Fraud Probe Tomorrow; Trump Orders Construction of Border Wall; Trump Insists Mexico Will Pay For Border wall; Mexico President: We will Not Pay For Border Wall; NYT: Trump Settling Into Life in the White House; Trump Takes Action Against "Sanctuary Cities"; Trump Will Send in Feds If Chicago Doesn't Fix Carnage. Aired 10-11p ET


January 24, 2017
• President Trump Will Sign Executive Action Tomorrow on Border Wall; Trump Has Already Taken First Steps on Obamacare; President's Nominee for Budget Chief on the Hot Seat; President Donald Trump Says What He Wants. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Changing the Subject; Crowd Size and Voter Fraud. Aired 10-11p ET


January 23, 2017
• President Trump's first few days in office didn't exactly go according to plan; Millions of women along with men and children taking to the streets of cities across the country and around the world ; Aired 11-12p ET
• A Busy Week for President Trump; CIA With a New Director; Lawsuit Filed Against Trump; Ongoing Investigations with Russia; Trump Keeping His Campaign Promises. Aired 10-11p ET


January 21, 2017
• Massive Crowds Worldwide March against Trump; Trump Supporter Attends Women's March; Trump Blames Media for Feud with Intel Community; White House Accuses Media of Inauguration Crowd Undercount. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Trump Reaction To Press Inauguration Coverage; Inaugural Protestors; Panel On Protestors; Press Secretary Reacts To Reporting On Inaugural Crowd Size; Press Secretary Alleged Inaccuracies; Panel; Interview With Imam; Panel On Worldwide Trump Protests. Aired 10-11p ET
• President Trump at the White House; Reviewing the Inaugural Speech; Fashions of the Day; President Trump and His Staff Ready To Work. Aired 12-1a ET


January 20, 2017
• Countdown to Inauguration Day; 35 Words That Make a President; Trump's Inauguration Address; Trump Hours Away from Taking Oath of Office. Aired 12-1a ET
• President Donald Trump Gives Inauguration Speech; President Donald Trump and First Family Attend Armed Services Ball. Aired 11:00p-Midnight ET
• Melania Trump's Designer; First Family's Dance. Aired 10-11p ET


January 19, 2017
• It is just a matter of 13 hours now, Donald Trump takes the oath of office to become the 45th president of the United States tomorrow at noons; Aired 11-12p ET
• U.S. with New President; Trump's Pride and Weakness. Aired 10- 10:30p ET


January 18, 2017
• Last Days of Obama White House; Is Team Trump Ready?; President Obama Advice; FLOTUS Thanks America; President Obama's Final News Conference; Obama to Press: You Make Us Better; Pres. Obama: We're going to be OK; Trump's Cabinet on Capitol Hill; Trump Promising to Repeal and Replace Obamacare; Trump Wants Insurance For Everybody; Trump Arriving in NYC, Trump's EPA Nominee Grilled at Hearing; Trump's Vs. Fashion Designer Tom Ford; The Inauguration of Donald J. Trump; Trump Plans Shorter, Smaller Inauguration; Aired 11:00-11:12p ET


January 17, 2017
• Obama Commutes Sentence of Chelsea Manning; Trump's New World Order Taking Shape; Trump to Take Office With Low Approval Rating. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Surprise Action from President Obama; Preparing for Inauguration; A Tweeting President; Betsy DeVos Grilled by Senate. Aired 10-11p ET


January 16, 2017
• HHS Nominee Invests In Company, Introduces Bill To Help It; Trump Calls Rep. Lewis 'All Talk, No Action'; Trump's Twitter Storms; Trump: NATO Is 'Obsolete'; Trump's Plan To Replace Obamacare; Stars Back Out Of Trump Inauguration Celebrations; Donald Trump Meets With Steve Harvey. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Boycotting Trump's Inauguration; Rep. John Lewis Versus President-Elect Tweets; Obsolete Alliance; Feud with a Civil Rights Icon. Aired 10-11p ET


January 13, 2017
• Congress Takes First Step To Repeal Obamacare; Cancer Survivor Talked To Speaker Ryan At Town Hall; Trump Wants to Repeal And Replace Obamacare; Trump vs. Intel Community; Flynn Calls Russian Ambassador Same Day Sanctions Announced; Senate To Investigate Russian Meddling In Election; Donald Trump's Positive View of Russia; House Takes First Step Towards Repealing Obamacare; Bush Sisters' Letter To Obama Girls. Aired 11p-Midnight ET
• Trump's Inauguration; Civil Rights Icon's Strong Words on Trump; Coincidence or Intended Conversations; Obamacare's Budget Passed; Controversial Conversation; John Lewis' Strong Words for Trump; Probe to Investigate U.S. Elections; First Lady's Legacy. Aired 10-11p ET


January 12, 2017
• Interview with Michael Moore; Biden, Intel Chief Confirm Briefing of Unsubstantiated Claims Against Trump; Trump and the GOP- Controlled Congress; Obama Surprises Biden With Medal of Freedom; Aired 11p-12a ET
• Opioid Problems; Repealing Obamacare; Confirmations on Trump's Intel Briefing; Probe into Handling of Clinton E-mail Investigation; Trump's Against the Media. Aired 10-11p ET


January 11, 2017
• Trump, Intel Chief Spoke by Phone Tonight; Confirmation Hearings for Trump's Nominees; Aired 11-12a ET
• More Jobs in Trump Administration; Trump and the Media Getting Heat; James Clapper States His Views on Controversial Intelligence Report; Possible Conflicts of Interest in Trump's Administration. Aired 10:10-11p ET


January 10, 2017
• President Obama's Farewell Address; Obama: First Lady Makes "The Country Proud"; President Obama's Final Flight on Air Force One; Intel Chiefs Presented Trump with Claims of Russian Efforts to Compromise Him; Sessions Takes on Racism Charges; Aired 11p-12a ET
• President Obama's Farewell Speech; U.S. Intelligence Reports on Russian Hacking. Aired 10-11p ET


January 09, 2017
• Back-to-Back Confirmation Battles, Jared Kushner Named Senior Adviser to the President; Meryl Streep Versus Donald Trump, President Obama's Farewell Speech Tomorrow; Donald Trump Takes Office in 11 Days; Trump Pick Monica Crowley Accused of Plagiarism; New York's Lesson on Fighting Crime. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Nepotism in the White House; Confirmation Hearings for Donald Trump's Cabinet Nominees; Old Bernie Sanders Narrative; Meryl Streep on Trump at Golden Globe Awards; A Senator Versus a Senator. Aired 10- 11p ET


January 07, 2017
• 5 Dead, 8 Wounded in Ft. Lauderdale Airport Shooting; Intel: Putin Directly Ordered Effort To Influence Election; FLOTUS Farewell; Report: Putin Behind Election Hacking; Russian Goal To Help Trump Win Election; President Obama's Legacy; Obamas Host Final White House Bash; Donald Trump's White House. Aired Midnight-1a ET


January 06, 2017
• Five Dead, Eight Wounded In Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting; Intel Report: Putin Behind Election Hacking; Trump Downplays Russian Meddling Despite Intel Report; Trump Meets With Vanity Fair, Vogue Editors. Aired 11p-Midnight ET
• Shooting at Fort Lauderdale Airport; Donald Trump's Reaction to Report on Russian Election Meddling. Aired 10-11p ET


January 05, 2017
• President Reacts to Attack Broadcast on Facebook; Attack Broadcast on Facebook Live; Talladega College Band Will Perform at Inauguration; 4 Charged in Attack Broadcast on Facebook Live; Chicago torture; 4 Charged With Hate Crimes, Kidnapping;Police: Torture Not Linked to Black Lives Matter; Director of National Intel: Confident Russia Hacked U.S. Election; Aired 11:00-11:30p ET
• Proofs of Russia's Hacking; Trump Changed His Campaign Promise. Aired 10-10:30p ET


January 04, 2017
• Dylan Roof: I am Not Sorry; Sources: Trump in Top Intel Chief; Declassified Intel Review to be Released Monday, WikiLeak's Assange: Russia Didn't Give Us Emails, Trump's Feud with Intel Agencies; Shocking Crime Caught on Facebook Live; Suspects shout Anti-Trump Slurs; Four Arrested In Beating Broadcast On Facebook Live; Suspects Shout Anti-Trump Slurs; Roof: There's Nothing Wrong With Me Psychologically; Prosecutors Reveal Roof's Jailhouse Journal. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Trump Against the Intelligence Community; Obamacare the First Order of Business for Republicans; Trump Warning Republicans on Obamacare; Political Correctness on Black Schools; Crime Captured on Facebook Live. Aired 10-11p ET


January 03, 2017
• The Twitter Presidency?; Trump Promises News Conference Next Week; Hillary & Bill Clinton at Trump's Inauguration; Trump Claims Intel Briefing Delayed. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Trump Battling His Own Party; Press Conference of Trump after Five Months; Changing of the Guard; One President at a Time; Trump and Nixon's Similarities; Russia's Hacking; Chuck Schumer Against Trump. Aired 10-11p ET


December 28, 2016
• Debbie Reynolds Dies Day After Daughter Carrie Fisher; Hollywood Pays Tribute to Debbie Reynolds; Trump's Mixed Signals On Transition; Trump And Russia; White House War Of Words With Israel; Protecting A President. Aired 11p-12a ET
• The Tragic Death of Hollywood Legend Debbie Reynolds; Trump's Mixed Signals On Transition; Brinkley Meets With Trump at Mar-a-Lago Resort; Netanyahu Vows To Give Sensitive Info To Trump Admin; Presidential Turf War; Kerry, Tough Talk For Israel; Two-State Solution In Serious Jeopardy. Aired 10-11p ET


December 27, 2016
• Twenty-Four Days Until Trump's Inauguration; Trump's World View; Israel's War of Words with Obama White House; Kerry to Outline Middle East Peace Plan; Trump Team Twitter Spat with NYC Mayor Spokesman; The Rockettes Had Sign On To Perform At The Inauguration; The Life and Times of Carrie Fisher. Aired 10-11p ET


December 22, 2016
• Business Conflicts Shadow Trump Transition; Texas Mother's Arrest Goes Viral. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• Condemning U.N. Resolution; Expanding America's Nuclear Weapons; Aerospace Giants on Costs; Trump's Foreign Policy via Twitter; Snowden in Touch with Russia. Aired 10-11p ET


December 21, 2016
• North Carolina Legislature Fails to Repeal Bathroom Bill; Manhunt for Berlin Terror Suspect; Trump's Controversial Mix of Family and Politics; Bill O'Reilly's Remarks on Electoral College Sparked Outrage. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Manhunt for a Tunisian Man; North Carolina's House Bill 2; Trump: Berlin Attack is "Attack on Humanity"; ISIS's Attack on Christians; World in Turmoil. Aired 10-11p ET


December 20, 2016
• Deadly Fireworks Blast in Mexico; ISIS Claims It Inspired Berlin Terror Attack; Russian Ambassador to Turkey Gunned Down by Officer; Europe's Refugee Backlash; Is Trump Ready to Take on Global Crises? Aired 11p-12a ET
• Deadly Explosion at a Fireworks Market in Mexico; Berlin Christmas Market Attacker Escaped;. War of Words; Trump Family in Government. Aired 10-11p ET


December 19, 2016
• Truck Crashes Into Christmas Market in Berlin; Russia's Ambassador to Turkey Assassinated; Trump's Terror Challenge; First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks Out. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Another Terror Attack; Russian Ambassador Killed on Live Camera; Michelle Obama Discusses Role as First Lady. Aired 10-11p ET


December 16, 2016
• Warning from President Obama; Trump's Thank You Tour; Russia Intervenes in U.S. Elections; No More Hope Left. Aired 10-11p ET


December 15, 2016
• Obama Vows Action Against Russia for Hacks; Ivanka Trump's White House Role; Trump Twitter Tirade; Trump's Tangled Business Ties; Aired 11-12a ET


December 14, 2016
• All in the Trump Family; Trump's Tangled Business Ties; Romney Refuses to Apologize; How Will Trump Handle Syrian Crisis; Aired 11p- 12a ET
• President-Elect Meets Tech Titans; Family Members Present in Meeting; Conflict of Interest; Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Not Invited; President Obama's Lifetime Commitment; Trumps Are the New Kennedys; Trump's Policy for the Government. Aired 10-11p ET


December 13, 2016
• Trump Takes "Thank You" Tour To Wisconsin; Trump "Appreciates" Paul Ryan; Trump Picks Tillerson For Secretary Of State; Trump Builds His Cabinet; Least Diverse Cabinet In Years; Russia: Syrian Government Controls East Aleppo; Donald Trump Meets With Kanye West; NFL's Jim Brown And Ray Lewis Meet With Trump. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Parade of Familiar Faces; Press Conference Re-scheduled; Rex Tillerson as Trump's Secretary of State; Catch Hackers by Act.. Aired 10-11p ET


December 12, 2016
• Sources: Trump Picking Tillerson As Secy. Of State; Trump Supporters On Campus Wants 'Safe Spaces'; White Nationalist Back on Twitter; Trump Dismisses U.S. Intelligence on Russian Hacking; JonBenet Ramsey Murder Case. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Mitt Romney Out of the List; Russia Possibly Meddling Elections in the U.S; Two Sides Skeptical About Tillerson; Trump Rescheduling Press Conference; Trump Picks Outsiders. Aired 10-11p ET


December 09, 2016
• Dylann Roof's Shocking Murder Confession; Trump Takes 'Thank You Tour to Michigan; Rudy Giuliani Will Not Be Secretary of State; Trump Picks Iowa Gov. Branstad for Ambassador to China; Pressure on Trump to Dump Gen. Flynn; Obama Orders Review of Hacking by Russians; Trump Promising to Create Millions of Jobs; CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, Aired 9-10p ET


December 08, 2016
• Trump Takes Thank you Tour to Iowa; Trump Cabinet Choices; Fighting Back Against Hate Speech; Trump Ignores Calls to Drop Steve Bannon; Astronaut and Senator John Glenn Dies; Aired 11p-12a ET


December 07, 2016
• Trump Tweet Blasts Carrier Union Leader; Trump Team Announcements; Time Names Trump "Person of the Year"; President Barack Obama's Legacy. Aired 11p-12a ET


December 06, 2016
• Donald Trump's Thank you Tour Continues; White Supremacist Speaks at Texas A&M University; Pressure to Drop General Flynn as National Security Adviser; Trump Picks Ben Carson for HUD Secretary. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Van Jones' Hosted Messy Truth; Trump's Second Thank You Tour; Contrast Between Outgoing and Incoming Presidents. Aired 10-11p ET


December 05, 2016
• Mistrial in Case of Officer Who Killed Walter Scott; Trump Transition, Greatest Political Reality Show; Aired 11p-12a ET
• More Surprises From Trump's Team; Al Gore at Trump Tower; House Hunting in D.C. Aired 10-11p ET


December 02, 2016
• Insults Fly When Trump, Clinton Aides Meet; Donald Trump Speaks With Taiwan's President; Democrats Want Russian Hacking Intelligence Declassified; Did Russia Want Trump To Win?; Did Russia Want Trump To Win?; What's Putin's Endgame?; Michael Slager Jury To Return Monday; Slager Charged With Murder Of Walter Scott; Enlighten Us: The Rise & Fall of James Arthur Ray; James Ray Arthur Speaks Out; Ray Was Convicted In Negligent Homicide of 3 Clients; Top 10 CNN Heroes. Aired 11p-Midnight ET
• Trump Bypass Decades' Old Protocol; Economy is Good Under Trump; World Relationships Could Change; Donald Trump Saving Jobs; Politicians Can't Fix Financial Problems. Aired 10-11p ET


December 01, 2016
• President-Elect Trump's "Thank You" Tour; The Future First Family; Trump Picks Gen. Mattis for Defense Secretary; Trump: "We're Going to Have a Safe Country"; Clinton and Trump Camps Clash; Ivanka Trump's Role. Aired 11-12p ET
• Donald Trump's Thank You Rally; Unity For The Country; Secretary of Defense Finally Chosen. Aired 10-11p ET


November 30, 2016
• Trump's Billionaire's and Millionaire's Club; Ugly Election Battle in North Carolina; Interview with Dallas Woodhouse; Interview with Reverend William Barber. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Trump's Picks New Cabinet Members; Trump Bypassing State Department Protocols;; Trump Saving 1,000 From Carrier; Possible Trump's Conflict of Interest; Business Transfer; Trump's Thank You Tour. Aired 10-11p ET


November 29, 2016
• Trump Makes Deal to Keep 1,000 Carrier Jobs in U.S.; Romney Speaks Out After Trump Dinner; Trump Filling Out Cabinet; Should One Be Afraid of a President Trump?; Defense Rests in Michael Slager Trial; Aired 11-12a ET
• Trump Meeting Mitt Romney Again; Carrier to Retain Jobs In U.S.; Burning American Flag; Trump Stifling Free Speech; Citizens Respects Flag's Symbolism; Trump To Drain The Swamp. Aired 10-11p ET


November 28, 2016
• Attack on Ohio State University Campus; Trump Claims Massive Voter Fraud With Zero Proof; Who Will Be Secretary of State?; Did Russia Meddle in U.S. Elections?; Dylann Roof to Represent Himself. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Donald Trump With Some New Cabinet Picks; Two Veterans On the Short List for the White House; Terrorism Attack at OSU; Trump Goes After CNN's Correspondent; Top Aide Blasted Mitt Romney; Donald Trump's Latest Twitter Tirade; Trump Supporter Banned From Flying. Aired 10-11p ET


November 22, 2016
• Donald Trump and the News Media; Trump and Berlusconi; How the World Sees Trump; Interview with Colin Quinn; Trump and White Supremacist Supporters. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Donald Trump Changes His Tune; Trump Meets With Press; Trump Disavowed White Supremacists; Tight Security For Upcoming Holidays. Aired 10-11p ET


November 21, 2016
• 'Alt-Right' Supporters Trump; Trump Denounces 'Racism of Any Kind'; Trump's Plan for Day One; White House Hopefuls Meet With Trump; Trump's Tangled Business Ties; Obama Warns Trump On Business Conflicts; Trump Vs. Pop Culture. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Donald Trump's New Picks; Trump Met with TV Networks; Trump Business To Be Run By His Children; Trump's Culture War With the Media; Trump During the Campaign. Aired 10-11p ET


November 18, 2016
• Trump's Unprecedented Security in New York City; Trump Appointees Raise Concerns; Hate Speech and Crimes on the Rise; JFK Assassination Caught on Camera by Abraham Zapruder; Mike Pence Watches "Hamilton" on Broadway; Vote for CNN Hero Sheldon Smith. Aired 11p=Midnight ET
• Trump Settles Lawsuits Against Trump University; Trump Fills Key Posts with Hard-Liners; Trump Meets Mitt Romney Tomorrow; Trump's Chief Strategist is Steve Bannon; World Leaders React to President- Elect Trump; Trump's Controversial Cabinet Picks; Trump Fills Key Posts with Controversial Hard-Liners; Trump and Romney to Meet After War of Words. Aired 10-11p ET


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