Return to Transcripts main page

CNN Newsroom

Note: This page is continually updated as new transcripts become available. If you cannot find a specific segment, check back later.

May 21, 2009
• National Security Debate Between President Obama, Dick Cheney; Guantanamo: Open or Shut Case?; Buying a Foreclosed Home; Battle Over Detainees; Guantanamo: Open or Shut Case; California's Budget: Now What; States Hike Taxes; Refugees Struggle After Civil War
• Former Vice President Dick Cheney Weighs in on National Security
• Three of Four New York Synagogue Terrorists Appear in Court; President Obama Speaks on Matters of National Security
• Obama Plans National Security Speech; Four Arrested in Synagogue Bombing Plot; Senate Dems Want More Details on Guantanamo Closure; Violence Erupts in Iraq as Pullout Deadline Nears; Cancer Patient's Father Defends Alternative Treatment; Challenges for the Obama Administration; Protecting Your Skin as You Age; Insuring Your College Student; Dying Teen's Last Wish


May 20, 2009
• Rumsfeld Fires Back; Michael Vick Tastes Freedom; Dying Boy Wants to See Parents; Why Rape, Murders Occurred in Iraq
• Mother and Son on the Run to Evade Medical Treatment; Abuse of Special-Needs Children; GPS on the Blink?; Celebrating the Life of John Lennon; Environmental Volunteer Opportunities for Returning War Veterans; Packing Heat in the Park
• Shutdowns Painful For Car Dealers, Good for Buyers; Company Moves Former Gang Members into Green Jobs; Fossil Provides Evolutionary Clues; GAO Finds Abuse of Special-Needs Students; Hearing Examines Bonuses for Faulty Electrical Work in Iraq; Mom Flees Treatment for Cancer-Ridden Son; Former Detainee Alleges Abuse; Professor Builds Robot Double
• California's Cash Crisis; Best Time to Buy a Chrysler; Fixing Hybrid and Electric Cars; Waterspout iReport; Home Movies From Space; Cancer-Stricken Boy Missing; California's Cash Crisis; House to Take up Reform Bill; Iran: Missile Test Successful
• New Credit Card Rules; President Obama to Meet With Economic Advisers; Waterboarding 'Tip of the Iceberg'; Iran: Missile Test Successful; Drug Cartels Infiltrate the U.S.; Who is Kyle Aevermann? The Man Behind the 'Super' iReports; 47-Million-Year-Old Fossil Could Be Missing Link Darwin Was Searching For
• RNC Gathering to Discuss Anti-Democrat Resolution; California Facing Budget Crisis; Could Dealership Closings Affect Hybrid Maintenance?; Single Service Members Look for Love Online; Inventor Perfects Android; Fleet Week Begins in New York
• Pension Insurance in Jeopardy; Chrysler Cutting 789 Dealerships; The Young and the Jobless; Harvard's ROTC Ban; 47-Million Year Old Primate; First Meeting of President's Economic Advisory Board Underway; Synthetic Vaccine for H1N1 Developed in Boston


May 19, 2009
• Did Donald Rumsfeld Delay Katrina Aid?; Should Republicans Take on President Obama?
• Mission From God?; Hearing on Abusive Restraints in Schools; Cleaner & Greener Cars
• RNC Chairman Michael Steele Addresses Republicans; Bush Administration's Use of Faith to Justify Middle East Wars; The Effect of Chrysler and GM on Local Car Dealerships
• More Mileage, Less Pollution; Restraining Special Needs Kids; Vehicle Standards Plan; California Cash Crisis; Israeli Prime Minister in Washington
• More Mileage, Less Pollution; Home Building Hits New Low; Social Issues Back in Forefront Regarding Supreme Court Nominee; UN Declaring Palestinian Refugee Worse Than Rwanda; Senate Democrats Reject President's Bid For Money to Close Guantanamo; Is Peace in the Middle East on the Horizon?; New Vehicles for Marines in Afghanistan Could Save Lives; Good Bye Old Friend: Hubble to Be Released Today
• New Car Efficiency Standards; Inside Pakistan's War Zone; Shuttle Atlantis Starts Trip Home; Earphone Hearing Hazard


May 18, 2009
• Another American Dies of Swine Flu; Obama's Message on Abortion
• Deadliest School Year; Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Answer Reporters' Questions; Genocide in Our Backyards
• Bush Military on Mission from God?; Leaders Meet at White House to Discuss Middle East Peace; Middle-School Student Shoots Self in Head; Finding a Good Car Dealer; POW Flag Designer Dies; Retired Astronaut Could Be Next NASA Head; Service Member Motorcycle Crashes High; Latest Flu Death Highlights Need for Precaution; Atlanta City Councilman Sees Possibilities for Twitter in Emergencies; Chicago Faces High Teen Violent Death Rate
• Pelosi vs. CIA; U.S. & Israel: Thorny Issues; Rising Gas Prices; Growing Refugee Problem; Mysterious American in Myanmar; Killing Kids in Chicago
• Gas Prices Jump 26 Cents; Two-State Solution for Israel and Palestinians?; The Next Supreme Court Justice; Buy My Movie, Please!
• GM Appears Headed for Bankruptcy; Gas Prices Rising; Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Former Bush Officials, against Former Rep; U.S. Confident of Current Pakistan Nuclear Program's Safety; Children Suffer Most in Violence, Refugee Camps; Drew Peterson Enters "Not Guilty" Plea
• Obama, Netanyahu Start Peace Plan Discussion With Tense Start; Pelosi Under Fire From Republicans to Put Up Evidence or Cut Out the Accusations; Gas Prices Rising Across Country; Best Time to Purchase a New Car


May 17, 2009
• President Obama Gives Commencement Address at University of Notre Dame Amid Anti-Abortion Protests
• University of Notre Dame Protests; Latest Swine Flu Death; Selecting a Supreme Court Nominee
• Obama Calls for Understanding, Civility Over Abortion Debate; U.S. First Ladies Give Commencement Addresses; Spielberg Foundation Helps Cambodians Remember the Killing Fields; Visually Impaired Children Perform Opera.
• Obama Delivers Commencement Speech at Notre Dame University; Missing California Three Year Old Found Bordering Mexico; Efforts Continue as Astronauts Attempt to Repair Hubble Telescope
• Pres. Obama at Notre Dame; Supreme Court Vacancy; Missing Child Found


May 16, 2009
• University of Notre Dame Protests; First Lady Speaks in California
• Obama Protest at University of Notre Dame
• Graduation Speech Controversy Obama Contemplates Supreme Court Nominee; Fleeing Swat Valley; Dealership Cuts
• Selecting an Ambassador to China; Protesting in South Bend; Angels and Demons Controversy
• CIA Counters Pelosi Claims; First Lady Gives Commencement Address; Notre Dame Gears Up for Obama Address
• Pres. Obama's Campus Uproar; First Lady's First Commencement; House Speaker Accused of Lying; Deadliest School Year in Chicago
• Protests and Arrests at Notre Dame; Gingrich vs. Pelosi; Unpopular Plea Bargain
• Controversy Over President Obama's Planned Speech at Notre Dame Tomorrow; Battle Between Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich; Jon Huntsman Nominated to Be Ambassador to China
• President Obama Nominates Potential Rival for Post; Anger Over President's Invite; Education Rally in D.C.; 'Start Where You Are'; Violence in Pakistan; Bob Barker's Priceless Memories


May 15, 2009
• Obama to Resume Gitmo Trials; Cheney's Request Denied
• Chrysler Shedding Quarter of its Dealerships; 'Ask the Pilot'; Should 911 Tapes be Released?; Bullying: Two Stories With One Outcome, Pain and Suffering
• GM, Chrysler Dealers Closing; Obama Announces Changes to GITMO Trials; Regional Airline Pilots Paid Poorly; Electric Car, Scooter, Offer Gas Solutions; Obama Says He Objected to Conduct, Not Principle, of Military Commissions; New York Poised to OK Same-Sex Marriage; Recent College Grads Should Verify End of Parents' Insurance Coverage; Tarantino, Pitt, Ledger Draw Attention at Cannes; Car Dealership Closures Have Dramatic Local Effects
• Chrysler Shutting 789 Showrooms; The Auto Industry Crash; Military Trials to Resume for Guantanamo Terror Suspects; GM Announces Dealership Closings; Reviving Military Trials; Little Bakery That Could; The Help Desk; Roller Derby Fitness
• The Auto Industry Crash; Reviving Military Trials; Thousands in Pakistan Flee Fighting; Bailout Bucks for Insurance Giants' GM Closing 1,100 Dealerships Today, More to Come; Usher Honored By Boys and Girls Clubs of America; Cannes Film Festival Underway in France
• Obama Resurrects Military Commissions for Terror Detainees; Chrysler Dealers React to Closures; Iranian American Journalist Possessed Classified Documents; New Grads Should Verify Health Insurance Coverage; Consumer Prices Drop at Fastest Rate in 50 Years; Nike Slashes 5 Percent of Global Workforce; Specialized Colleges Help Students Line Up Jobs; E. Pacific Hurricane Season Starts with List of Storm Names; Gates Defends Budget Actions to Republicans; With Combustion Engine Gone, Electric Cars Bring New Look
• Chrysler Cuts Dealership; What Pelosi Knew About Waterboarding; Keeping College Kids Debt-Free; Second Jewel in Triple Crown Tomorrow; Chicago Children Being Killed at Alarming Rates


May 14, 2009
• Nancy Pelosi Under Fire; Interview With Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
• Pelosi Blasts Critics in Waterboarding Issue; Cheney's Memo Request Denied; The APRs of Credit Cards
• Continued Coverage Barack Obama Town Hall Meeting; Who's Flying the Planes?
• Buffalo Plane Crash Hearings; Credit Card Crackdown; Minority Leader on Interrogations; Nostalgia on Ellis Boulevard; President Obama HOlds Town Hall in New Mexico
• President Obama Pushes Credit Card Reform; Pelosi on Interrogation Techniques; Chrysler Makes Dealership Decisions: Automaker to Shutter 789 of 3,200 Showrooms; Stand Tall Charity Making a Difference to China Earthquake Victims
• Bargain Hunters, Food Shoppers Keep Wal-Mart Afloat; Government's Mortgage Modification Program Has Helped 50,000; Notre Dame Grapples with Obama's Visit; Agency Says Electric Gadgets Use Too Much Energy; Pakistan Refugees Crowding into Camps
• Detainee Photo Release Debate; Astronauts Headed to Hubble Telescope for Refit; Severe Weatehr Hits Midwest Again; Obama and Arizona State University; Calgon Flight Hearings Look at Pilot Fatigue and Training; Forced to Flee in Pakistan


May 13, 2009
• U.S. Soldier Charged With Murder; Elizabeth Edwards Speaks Out
• Casualties of Stress: The Battle That Outlasts the War; White House Press Briefing
• Former FBI Interrogator Denounces Harsh Techniques; High Doses of Vitamin Supplements Might Negate Exercise Benefits; MIT Researchers Invent Flying Car; Study Finds Smoking Burns Body Fat; Video Depicts Caregiver-Organized Fights of Mentally Disabled Students
• Hearing on Interrogation Techniques; Family of Army Shooting Suspect Speaks; Disturbing Details of Buffalo Crash; Executive Pay; Boomers Face Retirement Bust; Social Security Fast Facts; Detainee Photo Release Called Off; Shuttle Mission To Hubble
• War Experience Traumatizing for Many Troops in Battle Zone; Boomers Face Retirement Bust; Doing Business With Cuba; Foreclosures Hit New Records; Housing Bust Hits Minorities; How to Save Social Security; Huron County, Ohio Searching for 13-Year-Old Boy
• Military Investigating Circumstances Behind Soldier's Rampage; Judiciary Committee Examines Bush Administration Interrogation Tactics; Obama, Congressional Leaders Meet on Health Care Reform; Senate Committee Seeks Carter's Energy Advice; Citigroup Chairman Wants Market to Regulate Exec Pay; College Grads Worldwide Face Tough Job Market; Family of Soldier Murdered in Rampage Speaks
• Record Foreclosures; Soldier Charged With 5 Murder Counts; GOP Infighting Escalates; Chasing a Storm Chaser; Cheapest and Most Expensive Colleges


May 12, 2009
• A Soldier's Rampage; Accused Nazi Arrives in Germany
• Top to Bottom Health Care Overhaul; How Long for Medicare and Social Security?; Preparing for the Worst: Do Pilots Get Enough Training?; Home Prices: Another Record Quarter; Hunting Tornadoes; President Obama, VP Biden Honor America's Top Cops; Ending Robo Calls
• Cockpit Recording Reveals Truth of Buffalo Crash; Soldier Shooting Brings PTSD to Forefront; Author Provides Job Search Tips; Farrah Fawcett Says Hospital Sold Medical Records; Saltiest Meals in the U.S.; Your Car Warranty's About to Expire; Mystery in Thailand; Checks in the Mail
• U.S. Soldier in Custody in Iraq; Taking on the Taliban; Seeking Answers in Buffalo Crash; Health Care Reality Check; Overhauling Health Care; President Obama on Employee Health Costs; The Help Desk; Atlanta: Hub to the Mexican Drug Cartels
• U.S. Soldier Kills 5 Comrades; Will Miss California Stay?; Trump on Miss California's Title; Miss California Gets to Keep Crown, Title; Mental Toll of War, Rep. Sestak Discusses How We Can Help Our Troops Overcome, Treat PTSD; Remembering China's Devastating Earthquake
• U.S. Military in Gun Battle in Eastern Afghanistan; Name of U.S. Soldier Who Shot Comrades Released; NTSB Meets About Deadly Continental Crash; Senate Finance Committee Hosts Health Care Round Table; Shooting Reflects Need for Military Mental Health Care; Fla. Gov. Crist to Run for Senate; Students Promote Community Colleges; Scholarship Info Available Online; FTC to Target Car Warranty Scams; Families Questioning Women's Deaths at Thai Resort
• Camp Liberty Slayings; Buffalo Plane Crash Hearing; Class of '09 and the Job Market; Florida Governor to Run for Senate; Deficit Growing Even Higher


May 11, 2009
• U.S. Troops in Iraq Shot By Fellow Soldier; Prescription For Health Care Reform
• Shuttle Atlantis to Launch; Switching Generals in Afghanistan; U.S. Soldier Kills 5 in Iraq; From Hollywood to Hubble: Atlantis Commander is the Real Top Gun; The "Katrina Class" Graduates: Grads Were New Orleans Freshman When Katrina Hit
• Officials Meeting to Discuss Health care Reform; U.S. Soldier Kills 5 in Baghdad Camp; Astronauts to Repair Hubble Space Telescope; American Journalist Freed in Tehran; Orphans Stuck in Pakistan-Taliban Battle; N.Y. Shelter Residents Must Now Pay Rent; Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off
• U.S. Soldier Kills Five in Iraq; President Obama Gets Support From Health Care Industry; General Motors Bankruptcy 'Probable'; Cutting Health Care Costs; President Obama's Healthcare Meeting
• U.S. Soldier Kills Comrades in Iraq; Cutting Health Care Costs; Mission to Fix Hubble Telescope; Orphans Escape; Bike to Work Week; The Changing Face of Homelessness
• President Obama Seeks Deadline on Credit Card Reform Bill; Obama Meets with Health Care Industry Leaders; U.S. Soldier Opens Fire on Comrades at Baghdad Base; Pope Advocates Palestinian State; Banks Worried about Credit Card Defaults; "Katrina Class" Graduates from College; Large Class of Baby Boomers' Children Faces Difficult Job Market; GM to Replace Half of Board; Study Ranks Plant-Based Electricity More Efficient Than Ethanol
• 5 Coalition Troops Killed in Baghdad; Former Soldier May Get Death Penalty for Iraqi Rape, Murders; Hundreds Die in "Safety Zone"; The "Top Gun" Pilot Turns Space Shuttle Commander; Cuban-Americans Divided on Travel Ban


May 10, 2009
• Pakistan Losing Ground to Insurgents?; Battling the Taliban in Afghanistan
• Party Heavyweights Spar over GOP's Future Path; Gingrich Questions Pelosi's Truthfulness; Pakistani Government Claims Significant Progress in its Military Offensive; Obama Taunts His Critics, Mocks Himself; Tyson Beckford: Model, Actor, Inspiration
• Dick Cheney on Torture; Obama and the Correspondents; Pope is on Historic Visit to the Middle East; Severe Weather in the Deep South, Central Plains; Chicago Deadliest Place in America for Kids
• Intense Fighting in Pakistan; Pope Visits Jordan; White House Correspondents Dinner Moments


May 09, 2009
• White House Hosts Correspondents Association Dinner Tonight; White House Aide Resigns Over Air Force One Fly-Over; A Debate Over Legalizing Marijuana Begins; NASA Makes 1st-time Rescue Plans for a Shuttle Launch.
• More California Damage from Wildfires; Severe Weather Strikes Again
• Severe Weather Rips Through the South; Santa Barbara Still Threatened by Wildfires
• Washington's Big Night; President Takes on the Press
• Proper Strategy in Afghanistan; Wildfires in California Continue; Marijuana Legalization
• Kentucky Tornado; Severe Weather; Pakistan-Afghanistan Dilemma; High-Tech Tapas; Wedding for Homeless Couple
• At Least 5 People Have Been Killed in Damaging Storms Across Midwest; Director of White House's Military Operations Resigning Over Flyover Photo-Op; War Is Raging in Pakistan's Swat Valley; Pope Benedict XVI's Middle East Trip
• Will Dems Hold Power Until 2049?; 20 People Injured in Trolley Crash; Making Movies in Michigan; Protecting Pakistan From the Taliban; Preview of Summer Movies


May 08, 2009
• California Burns
• Getting a Job: How Do You Reinvent Yourself?; Victims Billed For Rape Kits; Are You on the FBI Watch List?; Afghan President Karzai, "U.S. Airstrike Killed Hundreds of Civilians"
• Alumni Associations Can Be Job Resource; Unemployment is Hazardous to Your Health; Thousands Flee Fighting in Pakistan's Swat Valley; Former Baseball Player Arrested in Child Support Case; California Wildfires Continue to Rage; Obama Urges Extended Unemployment for Students; Wildfire Flares Up Overnight; Investigations, Charges for Voter Registration Group
• President Obama Outlines Initiative to Help Unemployed; California Wildfire; Murder Near Campus; White House Moms; Pasta Lady Hits the Road; "The Help Desk"; Bailout for Mothers; Tornado on Ground in SE Missouri
• Santa Barbara Burning, Murder Near Campus; Out of Work, But in School; Jobs Report Boosts Stocks; New Study Shows Laid Off Workers At Risk for Health Problems; President Obama Announces New Help for the Unemployed; Murder Suspect Stephen Morgan Arraigned
• Drew Peterson Arrested on Murder Charge; Unemployment Rate Climbs to 8.9 Percent; Firefighters Continue to Battle California Wildfires; U.S. Troop Surge Begins in Afghanistan; U.S. Air Strikes Kill Dozens in Afghanistan; Preteen Enjoys Life as College Sophomore; Wind Turbines Promise Green Jobs; Teen Cancer Patient Fights to Refuse Chemotherapy
• Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Discusses Job Reports, Economy; Affording College: Challenge for High School Seniors; New Unemployment Numbers are Out; Job Loss Can Make You Sick; President Obama & Gay Rights


May 07, 2009
• Fire Out of Control in Santa Barbara; Obama, Sharpton, Bloomberg and Gingrich Meet
• Small Town Texas Cops Allegedly Bilked Motorists; Couple Fights Off Wildfire From Bunker; Parents Opting to Not Vaccinate Kids
• Suspect in University Shooting Still at Large; Defense Secretary Visits Troops in Afghanistan; Pakistanis Flee to Escape Fighting; Conditions Improve for Fighting Santa Barbara Blaze; President Obama Holds Education Meeting; Texas Town Claims Seized Funds Used Lawfully; Warning about Testosterone Gel; Deal Possible for British Woman Jailed in Laos; Connecticut College Warns against At- Large Gunman
• Santa Barbara Burning; Cutting $17 Billion Worth of Programs; Banks' Bottom Lines Revealed; Farmers Weather the Money Crunch; Talking Wind in Windy City; Ambassador of Abstinence; Teens & Sex; Stress Test Explainer
• Southern California Wildfires; Bank Stress Test Results; President Obama's Budget Cuts; Wesleyan Gunman Manhunt: Shooter Targeted College, Jewish Community; Santa Barbara Burning; Afghanistan Tensions Remain in Light of Continuing Attacks
• Fast-Moving Wildfires Continue Assault on Southern California; Defense Secretary Gates: "No U.S. Ground Forces to Pakistan"; Specter Gets Subcommittee Chairmanship; Obama Announces $17B Budget Cut; Connecticut College Shooter Might be Targeting Students
• Congress Receives Obama's Budget; Can the Banks Stand on Their Own?; State of Emergency in Southern California; Bristol Palin Pitches Abstinence to Teens; The Value of Medical Tests; Pakistan Hits Taliban Positions; Pot Tax Under Consideration


May 06, 2009
• President Obama Meets With Leaders of Pakistan, Afghanistan; Elizabeth Edwards Speaks Out


Next Page