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June 04, 2015
• Sources: Activist Pamela Geller Target of Beheading Plot; Former FIFA Executive Admits Bribes for World Cup Bids; FIFA's Challenges Ahead; Death Toll Rises in Ship Capsize in China; Angry Family Members of Capsized Ship Victims March to Site; South Korea Battles MERS Virus; Duggars Comment on Son's Molestation Case; Presidential Race Heating Up. Aired 2-3a ET
• Sources: Activist Pamela Geller Target of Beheading Plot; Former FIFA Executive Admits Bribes for World Cup Bids; South Africa Denies World Cup Bribe Claims; FIFA Scandal Puts Russia in Spotlight; Latest on the Capsized "Eastern Star" in China; South Korea Battles MERS Virus; Fighting Breaks Out in Eastern Ukraine; FBI Raises Red Flag on Encrypted Communications; Controversy Over Josh Duggar Molestation Allegations; School Kitchen Manager Fired for Feeding Hungry Students. Aired 1-2a ET
• Viagra for Women Now Released; Could There Be a Serial Sniper on the Loose in Northern Colorado?; Rick Perry Running for President Again in 2016. Aired 3:30-4:00p ET.
• Colorado Sniper?; Crime Spike; Terror Plot. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• National Guardsman Denied Burial at Arlington; Transgender Woman Pushed onto Train Tracks; Sheryl Sandburg Talks Husband's Death. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Boston Terror Plot; Duggar Molestation; Baltimore Crime Wave. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Baltimore Police: Stolen Drugs Fueling Unrest; Serial Shooter in Colorado; Jeb Bush to Announce on June 15; Rick Perry Announces Candidacy Today. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Terror Suspect Wanted to Behead Activist; Are Activists Helping Track Down Terrorists?; Live Anthrax Shipped to Labs by Mistake; Duggar Family Speaks Out on Molestation Claims; Baltimore Asks Feds for Cops, Prosecutors. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Jeb Bush to Announce Run for President on June 15; Perry Enters GOP Presidential Field. Aired 9:30-10:00a ET.
• Terror Suspect Wanted to Behead Activist; FBI Needs Help Fighting ISIS Recruitment; Duggar Scandal: Family Speaks Out on Molestation Claims. Aired 9-9:30a ET


June 03, 2015
• Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office in Cleveland Has Now Officially Handed Over Investigation of the Shooting Death of 12-Year- Old Tamir Rice to Prosecutors; Accused Theater Shooter James Holmes Says He Called Mental Health Hotline; Caitlyn Jenner Has New Reality TV Series. Aired 15:30-16:30p ET.
• Tamir Rice Case Handed Over to Prosecutors; Divers Race to Rescue Survivors in Sunken Ship; Interview With Texas Congressman Randy Weber. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Terror Suspect Linked to Dead Man in Court; More Labs Received Shipments of Live Anthrax; DNA Evidence Links Suspect to Washington, D.C., Murders; Lawmaker Says Iraq Deal "Ludicrous" While Americans Detained. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Leaders View Boston Shooting Tape; ISIS Terrorists Killed; Woman Mauled by Lion. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Majority Disapprove of Obama on Economy; Did Live Anthrax Get Inside Pentagon?; Rescue Team Cut Hull of Overturned Ship; Woman Mauled to Death at Wildlife Park. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Boston Police, FBI Shoot and Kill Knife-Wielding Terror Suspect; Interview with Representative Mike Turner; Amtrak Train Tears Car in Half; James Holmes Describes Night of Mass Shooting; Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Four Americans Being Held in Iran; FIFA Pres. Sepp Blatter Steps Down; Bikers Lash Out; Adiran Peterson Back with the Vikings. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Boston Police, FBI Shoot and Kill Knife-Wielding Terror Suspect; President Obama Signs NSA Reform Bill; Obama's Approval Rating Takes Downturn; New Accusations Syrian Gov't and ISIS Working Together; Four Americans Held in Iran. Aired 9-9:30a ET


June 02, 2015
• FIFA's Sepp Blatter Resigns; Video of Ship Before of Capsized; Obama Signs USA Freedom Act into Law; Iraq P.M. Calls for More Support in Battle Against ISIS; Caitlyn Jenner Stands to Make A Lot of Money from Transition; Russia Reaction to FIFA President Sepp Blatter Resignation; Expected Whether During Ship Rescue; Wildlife Safari Visitors Don't Always Follow Rules; Gaza Football Team Trains in Ruins. Aired 2-3p ET
• FIFA's Sepp Blatter Steps Down; Terror Suspect under Surveillance Shot in Boston; Sylvia Schenk Says Reform FIFA; Man Talks of Family's Attack at Wildlife Center; Video Captured Ship Before It Capsized; Russia's World Cup Hosting Hangs in Balance; New Clue in Washington, D.C., Murder; Obama: Palestinian/Israeli Peace Deal Unlikely Soon; Polls on Multiple Republican Candidates, Voters Have Doubts about Hillary Clinton; Search Continues for Woman Who Dropped Off Apple I Computer. Aired 1-2a ET
• Caitlyn Jenner Debuts on "Vanity Fair" Cover; Senate to Take Final Vote on USA Freedom Act; Dustin Lukasiewicz Finally Got A Chance to Say Goodbye. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Terror Suspect Killed in Boston; Nuclear Iran; FIFA President Resigns. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Cries of Help from Inside Capsized Ship; Bruce Jenner's Transformation into Woman Highlights Transgenders; Shakeup at TSA; American Killed by Lion at South African Park. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Suspect Killed in Boston; FIFA President Resigns; Race for 2016; FBI Spy Planes; Capsized Cruise Ship. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Caitlyn Jenner Makes Stunning Debut On Cover Of "Vanity Fair"; A Scare In The Air; Boston Police Confirm Officers Have Shot And Killed Man They Say Was Armed; Secretary of State John Kerry in Surgery To Fix Broken Leg; Jeanne Moos Recalls Her Years At CNN. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Senate to Vote on NSA Surveillance Tactics; Summit Draws GOP Contenders to Florida; Latest Polls on the Democratic Side; Hundreds Feared Dead in Cruise Disaster; Takata Replacement Airbags Must Be Replaced; Murder Rates Up in Some Big U.S. Cities; Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Newest Polls on the Race for 2016; Houthi Rebels Free American Detainee; Russian Fighter Jet Buzzes U.S. Navy Ship; Bruce Jenner Becomes Caitlyn; Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Hundreds Feared Dead in Cruise Disaster; Senate to Vote on NSA Surveillance Tactics; TSA Chief Out After Test Failures; Fighting ISIS: Coalition Members Meet in Paris Today; Race for 2016: GOP Voters Back Rubio, Bush. Aired 9-9:30a ET


June 01, 2015
• Captain, Engineer Arrested in China Ship Disaster; Weather Contributed to Ship Capsize; Who Gave Order for Iraqi Retreat in Ramadi Fight; Critical Meeting of Foreign Ministers on ISIS; Number- Two Man in FIFA Implicated in Scandal; MERS Outbreak in South Korea; Two-Drug Combination Could Mark New Era in Cancer Treatment; Living in Gaza Following War; Senators Could Vote on Compromise Bill to Renew Expired Patriot Act; Bruce Jenner Transforms to Caitlyn Jenner; Controversy over Re-Photographing Instagram Posts. Aired 2-3a ET
• Captain, Engineer Arrested in China Ship Capsize; ISIS Delivers Brutal Blow to Iraq Forces; MERS Outbreak in South Korea; Two-Drug Combination Could Mark New Era in Cancer Treatment; Number-Two Man in FIFA Implicated in Scandal; Top Man at TSA Reassigned After Agency Fails Security Tests; Bruce Jenner Tranforms to Caitlyn Jenner; Weather May Have Played Role in Capsized Ship; Iraqi Government Investigating Order to Retreat; Iraqi Air Force Struggles to Contain ISIS; Violent Crime on Rise in U.S. Aired 1-2a ET
• "Vanity Fair" Cover Shows First Public Look At Caitlyn Jenner; 35-Year-Old Nehemiah Fisher Shot And Killed By Strait Trooper Friday; CNN On The Air For 35 Years Today. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Crime Increasing?; D.C. Mansion Murders; Rand Paul Holds Up Surveillance Bill. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Tracy Morgan Speaks Out on Accident; A Look at Beau Biden's Life; Beau Biden's Death another Tragedy Faced by Joe Biden; Police Officer Attends Grieving Teen's Graduation. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• TSA Fails; Jenner's Debut; Patriot Act Expires; Iraq Loses Humvees to ISIS. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Comedian Gives First Interview Since Crash; Supreme Court Rules on Facebook Posting and Abercrombie Case; Can Lindsey Graham Still Influence 2016?; Mortgage Rates Rising. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• NSA Loses Some Surveillance Powers; ISIS Attacks Iraq Police Base; John Kerry Breaks Leg While Cycling in France; Doctors Hail Major Drug Breakthrough; Groups Rally Against Facebook's Real Name Policy. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Women and Children Trapped in Fallujah; Americans Caught Up in Crisis in Yemen; Suicide Attack in Iraq; What Next for NBC's Brian Williams?; Remembering Beau Biden. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• NSA Loses Some Surveillance Powers; Interview with Senator Mike Lee; Houthis Holding Americans Prisoner; Kerry Breaks Leg While Cycling in France; Graham to Launch Bid in S.C. Hometown; Rand Paul Faces Off with Republicans on NSA. Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 31, 2015
• USA Patriot Act Provisions Expired; Iraqi Forces Target ISIS in Fallujah; EU Seeks Answers Over Russia's Travel Ban; China Launches Cigarette Smoking Ban; Australian Leader Introduces Gay Marriage Bill; Weather Forces Solar Impulse to Land in Japan; Rare Apple 1 Computer Left at Recycling Center; Aired 3:00-4a ET
• The U.S. loses some of its counterterrorism tools after the Senate fails to reach a deal keep pass of the patriot act intact; Australia's opposition leader introduce is a bill to legalize same-sex marriage; It is the first day of a smoking ban in Beijing; One resulted in the death of a man back in May. The other came a month earlier when a woman was injured from a gunshot to the neck. Police still half no suspects; Gaza is struggling to rebuild almost a year after deadly fighting with Israel; Authorities in Aruba have reopened the Natalee Holloway. Aired 2-3a ET
• Senate Holds First Procedural Vote on Patriot Act; Senate Holds First Procedural Vote on Patriot Act. Interview with Representative Ed Royce. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump University Papers Released; Will Rio Be Ready To Host The Olympics?; Russia Denies Claims It Attacked In Syria; Iraqi Army Suffers Retaliation From Isis When Attempting To Regain Fallujah; Trump To Give Speech Regarding Collected Funding For Veterans; Baylor University Announces New Acting Coach; Penguins Beat Sharks In Game One Of Stanley Cup Finals; Alexander Rossi Runs Out Of Gas Prior To Winning Indianapolis 500. Aired 10:30-11:00a
• Senate Returns to Battle Over Patriot Act; Beau Biden Succumbed to Brain Cancer; John Kerry Injured; Five Taliban Militants Could Be Free To Travel Within Hours; Sniper Fears Abound In Northern Colorado Town. Aired 4-5p ET
• John Kerry Helicoptered To Geneva Hospital After Biking Accident; Beau Biden Passed Away At Age 46; Senate Returns To Capitol Hill To Debate Patriot Act Renewal. Aired 3-4p ET.
• John Kerry Flown to Swiss Hospital After Cycling Injury; Beau Biden Passes Away at Age 46; Senate to Debate Patriot Act; "Taliban 5" Travel Ban Expires Within Hours; Report: Four Americans Held Captive In Yemen; Colorado Police Link Two Attacks; Iraqi Attacks on ISIS Stronghold Kill 31, Wound 82. Aired 2-3p ET


May 30, 2015
• President Obama's Envoy Holds Talks in Iraq; Shia Militiamen Battle ISIS For Crucial Highway; Witness: Alabama Teen Was Not Buried At Sea; Rand Paul Versus the GOP; O'Malley Joins in Democratic Run for the White House; Democratic Candidates Talk Wage Gap, Minimum Wage. Aired 5-6p ET
• Prisoner Swap Fallout; ISIS Bomb Blast; War on ISIS; Ticking Clock; Race for 2016; Hush Money Scandal; Is Criminal Justice System Racially Biased?; Police Body Cam Shows Arrest of Pregnant Woman. Aired 4-5p ET
• Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley Joins 2016 Race; Senate Back in Session Tomorrow; A Former Colonel with the Counterterror Police Has Defected to ISIS; President Obama Declares Major Disaster for Texas; Possible New Lead in the Natalee Holloway Case. Aired 3-4p ET
• Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley Announces Presidential Candidacy; Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted for Lying to FBI; American College Student in Saudi Arabia Praised as Hero for Stopping Suicide Bomber; Man Reunited with Biological Mother after 41 Years. Aired 2-3P ET
• Martin O'Malley Running for President; Crime in Baltimore Up as the Number of Arrests Drops; Former House Speaker Accused of Paying Hugh Money; U.S. Student Killed Stopping Suicide Bomber in Saudi Arabia; Government Surveillance Programs Near Deadline; Jurors See James Holmes Psychiatrist Interview; New Witness in Natalee Holloway Mystery? Aired 1:00-2p ET
• Scandal Could Jeopardize Former Speaker's Legacy; Martin O'Malley Running for President; Man Fighting for Terror Group Trained in the U.S.; FAA: Airliner Avoids Potentially Deadly Drone Crash; Taliban Five Travel Ban Set to Expire; Josh Duggar "Sorry" About His Past Actions; Decisions Pending on TLC's "19 Kids and Counting". Aired 12-1p ET
• O'Malley Running for President; Former House Speaker Accused of Paying Hush Money; Wichita State Student Killed Stopping Suicide Bomber; Taliban Five Travel Ban Expires on Monday; FBI Turns to Local Police to Track Terrorists in U.S.; Prosecutors: Suspect Sabotaged Fiance's Kayak; Ten Years Later, Possible New Lead in Holloway Case. Aired 11-12a ET
• Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley Announces Presidential Candidacy; Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted for Lying to FBI; Senate to Debate Passing Parts of Patriot Act. Aired 10-11a ET


May 29, 2015


May 28, 2015


May 27, 2015
• FIFA Indictment Originated in U.S.; What Russian Officials Say about FIFA Charges; No End in Sight for Heat Wave in India; Texas Copes with Flooding, More Storms on the Way; Rick Santorum Announces Run for Presidency; Rubio Says Supporters of Gay Marriage Could Cast Christians as Hatemongers; Freedom Tower Observation Deck Opens Friday. Aired 2:30-3a ET
• FIFA Investigation Fallout Stretching Across the Globe; European Futbol's Governing Body Wants FIFA Presidential Election Delayed; David Webber Discusses FIFA Scandal; How will FIFA Sponsors Reaction to Corruption Allegations; U.S. Military Personnel Undergo Tests Following Anthrax Scare; Iraqi Troops, Sunni Tribesmen, Shia Militia Work Together to Retake Anbar Province. Aired 2-2:30a ET
• Iraq Forces Making Progress Against ISIS; Iraqi Forces Fight to Save Baiji Oil Field; FIFA Arrests Biggest Bush in History; Santorum Announces Run for President; Queen Elizabeth Opens Parliament in Royal Regalia; Volvo Car Safety Demo Goes Horribly Wrong. Aired 1:30-2a ET
• U.S. Military Inadvertently Ships Live Anthrax; FIFA Officials Facing Unprecedented Corruption Probe; Will Russia, Qatar Lose Hosting of World Cup; Storms Kill 35 in U.S., Mexico; Midair Scare on Singapore Airlines Flight. Aired 1-1:30a ET
• Iraqi Security Forces And Militia Fighters Currently On Southern Edge Of Ramadi; Air France Jet Has Near-Miss With A Volcano; Severe Heat Wave In India; New Information On IRS Data Hack. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Battling ISIS; Reality Star Arrested for Terror Threats; Flooding Disaster. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Did U.S. Lose Out on World Cup Over Bribery; ISIS Retaliates as Iraqis Try to Win Back Ramadi; Selfies Sold as Art; "Playboy" Going for Less Skin, More Articles; U.S. Military Accidently Shipped Live Anthrax. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Texas Flooding; DC Mass Transit Threat; Dog Saves Deputy; Soccer Scandal. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Feds on Charges Against Soccer Officials; Texas Dam Overflows, Homes Evacuated; Rand Paul Wants GOP to Rebrand. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Houston Faces New Flash Flood Warning; Iraqi Forces Move to Retake Territory from ISIS; Money Trail Could Be Key to D.C. Mansion Murder Case. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Scouring River for the Missing; Debate Over Mohammed Cartoon Ads; Dam Breached in Texas; Does Feminism Divide Democrats and Republicans?; Preview of the Observatory at One World Trade Center. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Deadly Flooding Causes Searches to Intensify, Death Toll Climbs; 30 Iraqi Soldiers Killed During Suicide Attacks by ISIS; White House Responds to Criticism by Iran; Top Soccer Officials Arrested for Corruption. Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 26, 2015
• Iraqi Forces Await Order to Battle ISIS in Ramadi; Inside Look at the Fall of Ramadi; Heat Wave Kills More Than 760 in India; Severe Storms and Record Rain in Texas; Nigeria Fuel Strike Ending; Indian Prime Minister Marks First Year in Office; Parts of Patriot Act to Expire June 1st; North Korea's Elite Live Luxurious Lives; Bounce House Turned Dangerous; Aired 3:00-4a ET
• 6 FIFA Officials Arrested in U.S. Corruption Investigation; Mother, Children Among Missing in Texas Floods; South African Considers Legalizing Rhino Horn Trade; Bernie Sanders Running Against Hillary Clinton in Presidential Primary. Aired 2:30-3a ET
• U.S. Justice Department Makes Arrests in FIFA Corruption Case; Sunni fighters, Shia Militia Surround ISIS in Ramadi; 31 Dead After Destructive Storms Hit Southern U.S., Northern Mexico; Heat Wave Kills 1054 in India; Helping People in India Deal with Heat Wave. Aired 2- 2:30a ET
• Susan Sarandon Helps Raise Awareness of Nepal Need; Deadly Heat Wave in India Will Continue; Mass Graves Exhumed in Secret Trafficking Camp in Malaysia; Daughters Say B.B. King Was Murdered. Aired 1:30-2a ET
• Arrests Being Made in FIFA Corruption Investigation; Storms Bring Houston, Texas, to Standstill; Family Lost in Texas Floods; Iraqis Launch Major Offensive to Take Back Ramadi; Fight for Ramadi Highlights Bitter Divide Among Shia, Sunnis in Iraq. Aired 1-1:30a ET
• Hundreds Of Fans Stranded At Houston Arena Last Night After Rockets' Playoff Game; Rocket Fired Out Of Gaza And Into Southern Israel; Federal Appeals Court Sides With State Of Texas In Fight Over Obama's Immigration Policy Tactics; Russia Using Mobile Crematoriums To Burn Bodies Of Its Own Soldiers. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Policing Changes in Cleveland; Battling ISIS; Texas Flooding; Rocket Fired Into Israel. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Protests In Baltimore Over "Baltimore Sun" Report; High-Water Rescues Underway in Houston; Sirens in Israel After Rocket Fire from Gaza Falls in Southern Israel; American Trying to Join ISIS Tricked to Return to U.S., Arrested. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Oklahoma and Texas Hit with Flooding; Iraqis Surround Ramadi; Baltimore on Edge. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Will U.S. Help Iraq Reclaim Anbar Province?; Record Rains, Floods Kill Six in Texas & Oklahoma; Life as an American Inside Baghdad; Deadly Shootings, Protests Lead to Reforms; U.S. Journalist Accused of Espionage. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Record Rains, Floods Kill 6 in Texas, Oklahoma; Rockets Fans Ride Out Storm in Arena; Iraqi Troops Surround ISIS From All Sides; Anger over Youth Jail Plans and School Cuts in Baltimore. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Driving out ISIS; Witnessing History on CNN; Fans Trapped Overnight in Houston's Toyota Center; B.B. King's Daughter Allege Murder. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Rains, Floods Kill 6 in Texas and Oklahoma; Baltimore on Edge: 35 Killed in City's Deadliest Month Since 1999. Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 25, 2015


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