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December 12, 2015
• Soon: Trump Takes Voter Questions In South Carolina; Trump Launches First Attacks Against Ted Cruz; Improving Intelligence in the Fiance Visa Program; Baltimore Ramping Up Security as Trial Verdict Expected; ISIS Remains Best Funded Terror Group; Army V. Navy. Aired 12-1p ET
• FBI Recovers Items from San Bernardino Lake; Trump Launches First Attacks Against Ted Cruz; Two Suspected Terrorists Arrested in Switzerland; Obama May Bypass Congress on Background Checks. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Donald Trump Criticizes Ted Cruz; Possibility of Brokered Republican Convention Explored; Investigators Search Lake in San Bernardino for Items Linked to Terrorist Attack; International Vote to be Held on Regulations to Combat Climate Change; Mosque Set on Fire in California; Defense Rests in Freddie Gray Manslaughter Trial. Aired 10-11a ET


December 11, 2015
• Latest on Paris Terrorism Investigation; Bowe Bergdahl Speaks Out; A Petition Circulating in Britain to Keep Donald Trump Out; FBI Searching a Lake Near San Bernardino; Ex-Police Officer Gets 200 Years for Rape Convictions; Climate Change Summit Extended to Saturday. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump: Death Penalty for Police Killers; North Korea Boasts of Hydrogen Bomb; Interview with Harrison Ford. Aired 1-2a ET
• ISIS Communications Intercepts; FBI Divers Search a Lake Near San Bernardino; Bowe Bergdahl Speaks. Aired Midnight-1a ET
• Possible ISIS Terror Cell in Geneva; Christian Soldier's Open Letter to all Muslims; Special Documentary on Pregnancy Complications. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Mass Shooting Investigation; Republican Party Chaos?; Trump Ban. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Justice Scalia Audio Released; Fareed Zakaria Talks Trump, Muslims; Army/Navy Football Game Tomorrow; Satanic Group Fights Opposition. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Carson Threatens Third-Party Run; Race for 2016; ISIS Has Passport Machines; Ex-Cop Found Guilty. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Terrorists Exploiting "Dark" Encryption; Ex-Cop Guilty of Rape, Sexual Battery; Ben Carson Slides in Polls. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Ted Cruz Questions Trump and Carson on Their Judgment; Taliban Claims Responsibility for Kabul Attack; FBI Says San Bernardino Shooter Had Ties to Jihadist; U.S. Intercepted Talks of Geneva Attack; Protesters Call for Ouster of Chicago Mayor; Terrorists Using Digital Technology; Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Explosion, Gunshots Near Embassies in Kabul; Police Union Endorses Trump; Freddie Gray Death: Defense Puts Other Cops on the Stand; "CNN Quiz Show: Famous Americans Edition" Airs Sunday 7PM ET. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Ted Cruz Hit Trump and Carson on Their Judgment; U.S. Intercepted Talks of Geneva Attack; Huge Blast, Gunshots Heard in Kabul; Dive Teams Searching Lake in San Bernardino; Former Cop Found Guilty on 18 Counts; Explosion, Gunshots Near Embassies in Kabul; Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 10, 2015
• Donald Trump Threatens Independent Run; GOP on Edge Over Trump's Comments; Taliban Claims Responsibility for Market, School Attacks; Protesters Demand Chicago Mayor to Step Down; Time Running Out for Paris Climate Conference; San Bernardino Attacker Plotted Terror in 2012; Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Taking Back Ramadi; State of Emergency in Washington State. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Threatens Independent Presidential Run; FBI: San Bernardino Shooters Radicalized Before Meeting; Defense Secretary Defends Obama's ISIS Strategy; 5 in Australians Arrested in Terrorism Conspiracy; Disagreements in COP21 Climate Conference; Group that Saved Tunisia from Collapse Gets Peace Prize; Chicago Mayor Vows to Fix Trust Problem; Colorado Women's Clinic Shooter on Trial; Washington State in State of Emergency Following Floods, Mudslides; Golden Globe Nominees to Be Named Thursday' China "Star Wars" Poster Criticized. Aired 2-3a ET
• UAE Businesses React to Trump Call for Muslim Ban; Trump Rhetoric Could Damage Name Branding, Businesses; Father of Paris Attack Speaks Out Against Son; U.S. Defense Secretary Grilled over ISIS Strategy; China "Star Wars" Poster Criticized; Golden Globe Nominees to Be Named Thursday. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Threatens Thirty Party Run; San Bernardino Shooters Radicalized Before Marriage; Secretary Carter Defends Plan Against ISIS; U.N. Council to Tackle North Korean Human Rights; World Rebels Against Trump's Proposed Plan; Chinese "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" Posters Spark Controversy. Aired 12-1a ET
• Donald Trump is Fending Off Criticism from Both Sides of the Aisle after Vowing to Ban Muslims from Entering the U.S.; Arkansas State University Still on a Lockdown. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Citadel Outrage; Trump's Lead Growing; Mass Shooting Investigation. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Sgt. Bergdahl Breaks His Silence; Calls Grow for Chicago Mayor to Step Down; What's Trump's Appeal to Voters; Lock Down at Arkansas State University. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Plot in Switzerland; Trump Dominates Rivals; CAIR Office Evacuated; Convicted Terrorist Link; Bergdahl Speaks Out. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Breaks His Silence; Trump Voter: Don't Care about Upsetting Muslims; Officer on Trial; Arm Yourself Campaign. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Holds Double-Digit Lead Among GOP; Investigators Focus on Marriage of Terrorists; Protesters Ramp Up Calls for Mayor to Resign; Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Breaks His Silence; Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Terror Plot in 2012; Baltimore Officer Takes Stand; Scalia Sparks Controversy with Comment on "Lesser Colleges"; "South Park" Takes on Gun Control. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Holds Double-Digit Lead Among GOP; Investigators Focus on Marriage of Terrorists; Chicago Outrage: Protesters Demand Emanuel Step Down. Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 09, 2015
• Defiant Trump on Controversial Proposal; Learning More About Tashfeen Malik; Iraqi Forces Claiming Significant Advantage in Key City; Chicago Officials Release New Disturbing Video; Trump No Stranger to Controversy; Coal and Inda's Bottom Line; Cursing in the U.S. Presidential Race. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Defends Plan for Muslim Ban; Investigators: Farook Plan Attacks in 2012; Iraq Military Fighting to Retake Ramadi; Confusion in Bombing Killing Syrian Soldiers; Trump Continues Doing Business in Muslim Countries; Congress Voting to Overhaul Visa Waiver Program; Better Picture of San Bernardino Shooters Emerging; 3rd Gunman in Paris Attack Identified; Lobster Industry in Maine Booming. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Defiant Over Controversial Muslim Ban; Trump Playing into Americans' Fears?; World's Muslims React to Trump Remarks; New Details about California Shooters; California Female Shooter Radicalized at Least Two Years Ago; Trump's Rise Defies Conventional Political Wisdom; Chicago Judge to Rule on Releasing Police Shooting Video. Aired 1-2a ET
• Protesters Marching on the Streets of Chicago; New Details on San Bernardino Terrorists; Chicago State Representative Filed Bill to Repeal or Recall Rahm Emanuel. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Protests in Chicago. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Considers Third-Party Run; Rahm Emanuel Apologized for Chicago Police Misconduct; Trump Comments Causing Concern for U.N. Refugee Program; Georgia Pastor Helps Resettle Syrian Refugees; Rahm Emanuel Creates Task Force on Police Brutality. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Killers Radicalized Before Dating; Male Shooter Took Out Loan; ISIS Not Contained; Baltimore Cop Takes Stand; Trump Threatens 3rd Party Run. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• U.S. Prepared to Help Iraq Retake Ramadi; GOP Takes on Trump and Muslim Ban Controversy; FBI Chief Testifies on Terror Strategy; Chicago Mayor Addresses Council. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Defense Secretary Testifies on ISIS Strategy. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Judge Denise Dismissal; Chicago Video to be Released; Defense Secretary Ash Carter to Lay Out Fight Against ISIS. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• GOP Takes on Trump Amid Muslim Ban Controversy; GOP Rift Could Test Trump's Loyalty Pledge; San Bernardino Shooter Planned Previous Attack; Soon: Pentagon Chief to Testify on Capitol Hill; France Identified Third Concert Hall Bomber; Defense Begins Case in First Officer's Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 08, 2015
• Donald Trump Calls for Ban on Muslims Entering the U.S.; New Information About San Bernardino Shooting; Syrian Town Returning to Life; Oscar Pistorius Applies for Bail. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Calls for Total Ban on Muslims in U.S.; More Details on San Bernardino Shooters; London Attackers Has 1st Day in Court; The ISIS Self-Funded War Machine; Highest Pollution Alert in Beijing; Oscar Pistorius In Court Today; Chicago Police Under Fire for Another Police Shooting. Aired 2-3a ET
• Reaction to Donald Trump's Calls for a Ban on Muslims; New Details on California Shooting Rampage; Beijing Issues Highest Air Pollution Alert; Trump Call for Total Ban on Muslims in U.S.; Is Trump Claim of Celebrating on 9/11 True; Chicago Police Under Fire for Another Police Shooting. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Calls for Total Ban on All Muslims Entering U.S.; DOJ Launches Investigation of Chicago Police Department; New Details on California Shooting Rampage; U.S. Intelligence Releases New ISIS Report; London Stabbing Suspect Appears in Court; Oscar Pistorius in Court for Bail Hearing; Red Alert for Hazardous Air Quality in Beijing. Aired 12-1a ET
• Outrage Among Many Over Donald Trump's Call for Temporary Ban on Muslims Entering the United States. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Mass Shooting Investigation; Trump Under Fire. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• FBI: Killer Couple Radicalized "For Some Time"; Trump Doubles Down on Banning Muslims; Chicago Police Under Fire for Another Police Shooting. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Defies Outrage; Pig's Head Tossed at Mosque; San Bernardino Shooter Radicalized. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• FBI: Killers Radicalized for "Some Time"; Trump Wants Muslim Travel Ban. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Defends Muslim Travel Proposal; Interview with Representative Mike Turner; Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Proposes Muslim Travel Ban; K-1 Visa Process; FBI: San Bernardino Killers Frequented Gun Ranges; Donald Trump Doubles Down. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Race for 2016: Trump Doubles Down on Muslim Travel Ban. Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 07, 2015
• President Obama Makes Rare Address From Oval Office; Obama: The War Against Terrorist Extremism Will be Won; Republicans Respond to Address; Investigation Continues into Terror Suspects; Man Accused of Stabbing Two People in London Tube Station; Massive Floods in Chennai, India. Aired 3-4a ET
• Obama Speech Meant to Reassure, Stiffen Americans against Terrorism; New Details on California Attackers; Life under ISIS Rule in Syria; Obama Talking Tough about ISIS Threat; Obama Assures Americans U.S. Working With Allies to Defeat ISIS; Israel Keeping Eye on Israel/Syrian Border; Migrants Stranded at Greek/Macedonian Border; United Kingdom Bracing for More, Rain, Wind Floods. Aired 2-3a ET
• President Obama's National Address on Terrorism; Republicans Declare Obama's Strategy Not Working; International Reaction Obama's Address on Terrorism. Aired 1-2a ET
• President Obama Gives Rare Oval Office Address; Republicans Declares Obama's Strategy Not Working; California Gunman's Father Speaks; Fleeing Raqqa; U2 Return to Paris with Special Tribute for Victims. Aired 12-1a ET
• New dash cam video just released related to the investigation into another deadly shooting by Chicago police; Homeland security today announcing a new terror threat alert system; President Obama addressed the nation on the growing thereto from ISIS but Republicans remain skeptical. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Mass Shooting Investigation. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Will New NSA Rules Effect Mass Shooting Investigation; Press Conference with Attorney, Mother of Ronald Johnson; San Bernardino Attack Reignites Racial Profiling Debate. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• San Bernardino Shooting; FBI Searches Home of Gun Buyer; Chicago Cop Won't Be Charged. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• San Bernardino County Supervisors and Doctors Speak on the Terror Attack. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Justice Department to Hold News Conference in Chicago; London Tube a Copycat of San Bernardino? Aired 10-10:30a ET
• DOJ Investigation into Chicago PD; GOP Slams Obama's Address; Jimmy Carter Announces He's Cancer-Free; Medical Examiner Cross- Examined in Baltimore Trial Today. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• President Obama Calls San Bernardino Shooting an Act of Terrorism; New Report Shines Light on Terror Group's Reach; Pakistani Forces Raid Home of Malik's Father; Farook's Father Speaks Out; Homeland Security Chief Talks Terrorism; London Tube Attack Connected to San Bernardino?; Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 06, 2015
• President Obama Addresses ISIS Threat at 8P ET, CNN Live; Justice Dept. to Investigate Chicago Police; Interview with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York; Report: Shooter's Father Says Son Supported ISIS. Aired 6-7p ET
• President Barack Obama Will Address the Nation From Oval Office; The Father of San Bernardino Killer Tells an Italian Newspaper Son Shared the Ideology of ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi; President Jimmy Carter is Cancer-Free; U.S. Economy Added 211,000 Jobs Last Month. Aired 5-6p ET
• President Obama To Deliver Rare Address From Oval Office; Carter, Cancer Free Now; U2 Returns To Paris Tonight After Show Was Cancelled Due To Paris Terrorism Attacks. Aired 4-5p ET
• Father of San Bernardino Killer Talks to Italian Newspaper, Confirms Son Shared ISIS Ideology; President Barack Obama to Address the Nation on Terrorism. Aired 3-4p ET
• President Barack Obama to Address Nation; Former President Carter Cancer Free; Father of San Bernardino Killer Tells Italian Newspaper Son Shared ISIS Ideology; CNN/ORC Poll: Terror Is Key Issue With Registered Voters; Candidates Talk Terror Ahead Of Obama's Address; Schumer: San Bernardino Shooting Is A "Wake Up Call"; Church Member Killed In San Bernardino Shooting; U2 Talks Terror Before Paris Shows. Aired 2-3p ET


December 05, 2015
• New Details on California Massacre; Shooter Pledges Allegiance to ISIS; How San Bernardino Terrorists Lived; Remembering the Victims; Search for Suspects in Paris Attack; Rains Lash Southern India; Investigators Search for ISIS Influence on San Bernardino Shooters; Women Being Radicalized as Jihadists; Steps to a Fiancee Visa; Denmark's Green Country; Trump Defies Odds as Republican Front-Runner; Coloring The Donald.. Aired 5-6a ET
• Who Were the San Bernardino Shooters?; California Remembers 14 Loved Ones; Searching for the Eighth Attacker; South India Inundated with Floods; SWAT Doc First among First Responders; Gun Lobby Loses Power amid Grassroots Efforts; San Bernardino Victims' Survivors Remember Loved Ones; Battle of the Strongman Presidents; Mixed Reactions to Sad Christmas Ad. Aired 4-5a ET
• Terror in Suburban California; Belgian Police Release New Information on Paris Attacks; ISIS Threatens Russian Interests in Thailand; Battle of the Strongman Presidents; Deadly Flooding in India. Aired 2-2:30a ET
• Obama to Address the Nation Sunday 8PM ET, CNN Live; London Police Treating Attack as "Terrorist Incident"; People on "No-Fly" Lists Cleared to Buy Guns; Obama to Address Nation. Aired 7-8p ET
• ISIS Praises Attackers As "Supporters"; Pakistani ID Indicates Wife's Age As 29; Cameras Capture Police Killing Alleged Robber; Newly Released Police Reports "At Odds" With Video; Dad of Slain Reporter Weighs in on Massacre; Trump Tops Poll with Huge Lead, Comments on Massacre Shooters, Arming People; Some in GOP Worried about Trump. Aired 5-6p ET
• Wife's Shooter Pledged Allegiance to ISIS; ISIS Study Radicalization Can Take Just Weeks; Terror in America: ISIS Calls California Shooters "Supporters". Aired 4-5p ET
• ISIS Claims San Bernardino Shooters Were Their Supporters; Trump Set To Speak In Davenport, Iowa; Man Killed By Law Enforcement Today In Miami; The Topic Of Terror In Op-Eds. Aired 3-4p ET
• FBI Announces San Bernardino Shooting Being Investigated as Terrorist Attack; Apartment Where San Bernardino Shooters Lived Visited by Media; Race Car Driver with Dwarfism Interviewed; American Speak about Recent Violence. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• San Bernardino Shooter Pledged Allegiance to ISIS Leader?; President Obama Weighs in California Shooting Rampage; Newly-Released Video of Chicago Police Shooting at Odds with Reports; FBI Investigates San Bernardino Attack as Act of Terrorism; Pakistani ID Card of Shooter Released; Donald Trump Talks Tough on ISIS; First Doctor on Scene Describes Training; Aired 1-2p ET
• Police Investigate San Bernardino Attack; Investigators Look at Couples' Online Activity; What Chicago Police Said Happened in Laquan McDonald Shooting; Officials: Wife Pledged Allegiance to ISIS Leader; Trump: "We Are at War"; Proposal to Ban Guns for People on No-Fly List. Aired 12-1p ET
• San Bernardino Shooting; Newly-Released Police Reports "at Odds" with Video; GOP Debate Preview. Aired 11a-12p ET
• New Photos Released of Female Shooter in San Bernardino; FBI Announces San Bernardino Shooting Being Investigated as Terrorist Attack; Donald Trump Increases Lead in Polls over GOP Rivals; President Obama Criticized for Handling of ISIS; CNN to Host Heroes Tribute Event. Aired 10-11a ET


December 04, 2015
• Motive for San Bernardino Shootings Sought; Male Shooter Apparently Hed Been Radicalized; Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Held in Washington, DC; Germany Facing Decision on Joining ISIS Fight. Aired 3-4a ET
• Firsthand Account of Inside of Conference Center; Officials: Gunman Apparently Radicalized; Police Find Smashed Cell Phones Near Crime Scene; Minute-By-Minute Police Response to California Shooting; Web of Questions Facing Mass Shooting Investigation; Inside Locked- Down Hospital Treating Shooting Victims; GOP Candidates Talk Mass Shooting; Physicians: Gun Violence a Public Health Issue Needing Research; Obama Honors Shooting Victims. Aired 2-3a ET
• New Details About the San Bernardino Shooting Suspects; Community Holds Vigils for Shooting Victims; First Responder: The Situation was Surreal; Police Find Smashed Cell Phones Near Crime Scene; Obama, GOP Presidential Candidates Speak Out on California Attack; Doctors Petition Congress to Lift Restrictions on Gun Violence Research; Minute-By-Minute Police Response to California Shooting. Aired 1-2a ET
• New Details About the San Bernardino Shooting Suspects; First Responder: The Situation was Surreal; Community Holds Vigils for Shooting Victims; Police Audio Shows Swift Response to Shooting; German Lawmakers to Vote on Expanded Role in ISIS Fight; ISIS to Strike UK Next, According to Intelligence Reports; FIFA Scandal Latest. Aired 12-1a ET
• FBI Director James Comey, Attorney General Loretta Lynch Give a Statement About the Investigation Into San Bernardino, California Mass Shooting. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Mass Shooting Investigation. Aired 15-15:30p ET
• FBI Confirms San Bernardino Shooting ISIS-Linked Terrorism; Officer Describes Scene of San Bernardino Mass Shooting. Aired 2:30-2p ET
• Inside the Home of Killers; ISIS Pledge by Killers. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Investigators Find ISIS Connection in San Bernardino Shooting. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• San Bernardino Shooter Radicalized?; Remembering the Shooting Victims; Friend of Victim's Wife Speaking Out. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• San Bernardino Mass Shooting; Race for 2016; Democrats Launch New Gun Control Debate, Republicans Say 'No' to New Gun Legislation. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• California Rampage: Police Describe Being First on the Scene; 211,000 Jobs Added in November. Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 03, 2015
• Police Searching for Motive Behind San Bernardino Shooting; Britain Has Conducted First Airstrikes in Syria; Suspects Left Young Daughter with Grandmother Before Mass Shooting. Aired 3-4a ET
• Police Search Suspects Home; Britain Conducts First Air Strikes in Syria; New Arrests in FIFA Corruption Scandal; New Arrests in FIFA Corruption Scandal; Shooters in California Identified; No Motive in Shooting Yet; Obama Calls for Gun Control Following Shooting; Police Training Increases for Mass Shootings. Aired 2-3a ET
• San Bernardino Shooters Identified; Britain Conducts Its First Airstrikes on Syria; Male, Female Suspect Killed by Police in CA; 14 Killed in California Mass Shooting; New Arrests in FIFA Corruption Scandal. Aired 1-2a ET
• Mass Shooting in San Bernardino, California; San Bernardino Shooter Identified; Obama Once Again Calls for More Gun Laws; Britain Has Begun Air Strikes in Syria; DOJ Announcing New Charges Against FIFA Officials. Aired 12-1a ET
• 14 Killed in San Bernardino, California Mass Shooting. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Shooting Rampage. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• San Bernardino, California Shooting Rampage; U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch Addresses Shooting. Aired 14:30-15p ET
• Gunman's Travel. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• California Shooting Rampage. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• San Bernardino Shooting Massacre; Aired 10-10:30a ET


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