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May 06, 2016


May 05, 2016
• Holocaust Memorial Day; Ted Cruz Drops Out of GOP Race; John Kasich Also Frops Out; North Korea's Ruling Communist Party Preparing for First Congress in 36 Years; Strong Winds Making It Hard for Firefighters Combating Wildfire in Canada; Australian Defense Officials Say Top ISIS Recruiter Killed in Air Strike; Japanese Auto Parts Maker Takata Recalling 40 Million More Airbags in U.S.; Several European Countries Rejecting E.U. Proposal to Ease Mgrant Crisis. Aired 3-4a ET
• Nomination Path Clear, Trump Shifts Focus; Trump System Is Rigged, Went For "Knockout"; Clinton: Trump Has Said Many Questionable Things; U.N. Official: "Life For People In Aleppo Is Horrendous"; U.S. Defense Secretary: Ending Syrian War Of "Desperate Importance"; Greeks Playing A Key Role In Helping Refugees; Forced To Dance For The "Angel Of Death"; North Korea To Hold First Party Congress In 36 Years. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Becomes GOP's Presumptive Nominee; Alberta Wildfire Forces Thousands to Evacuate; North Korea to Hold First Party Congress in 36 Years; Traveling with Russians Troops Inside Syria; Aired Drug Expert's Son Was On "Life-Saving Mission"; Holocaust Survivors Finally Have Their Bar Mitzvahs; Artist Says Trump Supporter Attacked Her Near Home; Experience The Earth Like Never Before. Aired 1-2a ET
• Clinton Dismisses Trump As Blustering, Bullying; Trump Predicts He Will Defeat Clinton "Easily"; North Korea To Hold First Party Congress In 36 Years; U.N. Official: Some Attacks In Syria Are War Crimes; Australian Government: ISIS Recruiter Killed In Airstrike; Reports: Prince Once Addicted To Painkiller; Remembering the Holocaust; Alberta under State of Emergency as Wildfire Rages; Turbulence Injures 31 Airline Passengers. Aired 12-1a ET
• World Reacting to Donald Trump Essentially Clinching Republican Nomination; U.S. and Russian Submarine Activity Reaching Levels Not Seen in Decades. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• New Clinton Ad Hits Trump with Republicans' Own Words; Leaked Video Shows McCain Worried About Reelection Chances; Forecast of Trump's Potential First 100 Days; Judge Rules Sandy Hook Families Can Continue Lawsuit. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Fort McMurray Fire Grows Larger; Donald Trump's Short List for Running Mates; 12-Hour Firefight in Iraq Led to Death of U.S. Navy SEAL. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Presidential Race; Never Trump Movement; Wildfires Force Evacuations. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Noted Republicans Not Voting, Unregistering For Party In Light Of Presumptive Trump Nomination; USS Missouri, Attack Submarine, Hosts CNN's Jim Sciutto; Johnny Manziel, Former Quarterback, In Court For Alleged Domestic Assault. Aired 10:30-11:00a
• Anti-Trump Fears Boil Up Inside GOP; Hillary Clinton Looks Ahead to General Election. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Election Attacks Ramp Up; Alberta, Canada, Wildfires; ISIS Fight; Cruz Elbows His Wat Out. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Donald Trump the Unifier?; Clinton Rolls Out New Anti-Trump Ads; Prince Death Investigation: DEA, U.S. Attorney's Office Officially Join Case. Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 04, 2016
• Trump Wins Indiana; Cruz Drops Out of Race; Sanders Wins Indiana. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump And Sanders Win Indiana, Cruz Ends Bid; Trump Laments Onslaught Of Negative Political Ads; Trump Declared Presumptive Republican Nominee; Sanders Touts Momentum After Indiana Win. Aired 2- 3a ET
• New Details Emerge About Prince's Death; Neither Trump Nor Clinton Declare Running Mate Yet; Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV Killed During Firefight With ISIS Forces. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• New Details Emerge In The Prince Death Investigation; Trump Now Presumptive GOP Presidential Nominee. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Kasich Suspends Campaign, Leaves Field to Trump; Wolf Blitzer Interviews Donald Trump; Who Will Trump Pick as V.P.; Axelrod, Pfeiffer Talk Democratic Race. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• John Kasich Suspends Campaign; Hillary Clinton Interview. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Sen. Ted Cruz Withdraws, Kasich Plans to Stay; Where Will "Never Trump" Campaign Go from Here?; President Visits Flint, Michigan; Prince's Team Set Up Meeting with Addiction Counselor; Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq Identified; Detroit Schools Reopen After Two-Day Closure; Fort McMurray, Alberta, Evacuates All 80,C00 citizens in Wake of Severe Wildfire. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Donald Trump Wins Indiana, Pushes Ted Cruz Out; Sanders Keeps Hopes Alive After Indiana Win; Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Legendary Coach Lou Holtz Supports Trump; Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq; Prince Death Investigation; Interview with Rep. Barbara Lee; Glowing Gown Buzz. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Donald Trump Now Presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee; Sanders Wins Indiana, Admits "Uphill" Battle; Top Dems Take Aim At Trump After Indiana. Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 03, 2016
• Indiana Primaries Preview; Leicester City Wins Premier League Title; NASA Discovers Three More Earth-like Planets: Secretary of State Kerry Notes Some Progress in Syria Talks; Brazilian Boxer's Tale; Belgium Terror Verdict Expected. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Views GOP Contest Over, Cruz Not Giving Up; Leicester City Become English Premier League Champs; Aleppo Is Biggest Challenge in Syria Cease-fire; Teacher Protests in Detroit, Michigan; Venezuelans Facing No Electricity, Food Shortages; Dispute over Prince's Estate Growing Ugly; New Insight into America's Struggle with Obesity. Aired 2-3a ET
• Leicester City Football Club Captures First EPL Title After 132 Years; Foxes' Title Run Inspires Thai Fans; Trump and Cruz Battle for Votes in Indiana; Aleppo Is Biggest Challenge in Syria Cease-fire; Syrian Refugee Sets Herself on Fire; Leicester City Become English Premier League Champs; Rio Boxer's Journey to Olympics. Aired 1-2a ET
• Leicester City Wins the Premier League Title; Olympic Torch Will Arrive in Brazil Soon; Venezuela in Economic Meltdown; Indiana Primary Preview; Working on Syria Cease Fire; Prince Estate Subject of Family Squabble; Astronomers Find Three More Earth-Like Planets. Aired 12-1a ET
• Ted Cruz Trying to Convince Indiana Voters That They Have Been Sold A Bill Of Goods; Exclusive Interview with Former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal; Bernie Sanders Hoping for a Win; Crisis in the Detroit School System Is Boiling Over. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Cruz Rants Against Trump; Indiana Votes. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Clinton Confronted by Coal Miners in West Virginia; Cruz Calls Trump Narcissist, Pathological Liar; Has Talk Radio Dumped Ted Cruz; Jim Gilmore Talks GOP Race. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Cruz Hammers Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Senator Bernie Sanders Talks International Corporate Policies In Indiana; Can Trump and Clinton Draw Large Amounts Of Voters?; Mother Drops Children From Burning Building To Service Members Below; Navy SEAL Killed In Iraq Assisting Peshmerga Forces; 94 Of 97 Detroit Schools Remain Closed Amid Teacher Sick-Out. Aired 10:30-11a
• Voters Hitting the Polls in Indiana. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Service Member Killed in Iraq; Ron Paul Talks About Political Race; Relaunched Ceasefire; Humiliated by TSA Search. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Voters Hitting the Polls in Indiana; Sanders Touts Strength with Independents. Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 02, 2016
• New Talks on Syria; May Day Protests in Seattle and Paris; Barack Obama at Correspondents Dinner; Indiana Primary Preview; Cruise Ship Leaves Miami for Cuba. Aired 3-4a ET
• Iraqis Withdraw from Green Zone, Postpone Protest, ISIS Twin Bombings; Surveillance Video of Attack on Syrian Hospital; Brussels Airport Departure Hall Reopens After Attacks; May Day Turns Violent in Paris; Some Latinos Support Trump on Immigration; Shift in Democratic Race; Interview with Hillary Clinton; No Evacuations after Volcano in Japan Erupts; U.S. Cruise Ship Makes Historic Voyage to Cuba; Leicester City Closer to Premier League Title. Aired 2-3a ET
• Iraqi Protesters Withdraw from Green Zone; ISIS Claims Bangladesh Hacking Murder of Tailor; May Day Protests in France Turn Violent; President Obama Takes the Last Laugh at the White House Correspondents Dinner; Ringling Brothers Circus Retiring all Elephants; Court Battle Looming over Prince's Estate; Lawsuit Against Paramount Studios over "Star Trek's" Klingon Language; Jokes Flow at White House Correspondent's Dinner. Aired 1-2a ET
• ISIS Claims Responsibility for Two Suicide Bombings In Samala, Iraq; Hundreds Storm Parliament In Baghdad's Green Zone; John Kerry In Geneva To Discuss Fragile Syrian Ceasefire With Foreign Leaders; Man Killed By Machete In Bangladesh; New Polls Shows Trump Leading Cruz In Indiana By 15 Points. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva Today Trying to Salvage a Crumbling Ceasefire in Syria; U.N. Warns the situation in Aleppo is Catastrophic; Comedian Larry Wilmore Making Some Waves at the White House Correspondents' Dinner; Nearly Every Public School in Detroit Shut Down Today. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Anniversary Of Bin Laden's Death; The Battle For Indiana. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Obama's Legacy Fighting Terrorism, Killing Osama bin Laden; Family Wrangling over Prince's Estate Begins; The Man Behind Donald Trump's Tweets; Tense Encounter with Trump, Cruz Supporters; . Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Cruz Campaigns in Indiana; Clinton Looks Past Sanders; Sanders' Presidential Race. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Ted Cruz's last campaign day in Indiana; Prince's family in court to address his estate; Special set to air with President Obama, others, discussing the 5-year anniversary of Bin Laden raid. Aired 10:30-11a
• Trump Rails on Party Bosses and Rigged System; Clinton, Sanders Battling for Indiana; Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Prince's Siblings in Probate Court; Indiana's Blitz Ahead of Primary; World Leaders to Save Ceasefire; First U.S. Cruise Ship in Decades Visits Cuba; Political Ads Lighting up YouTube. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump, Cruz Blitz Indiana Ahead of Tuesday Primary; Clinton, Sanders Battling For Indiana; Clinton: Obama Legacy On The Line With Trump. Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 01, 2016
• Baghdad In State Of Emergency After Green Zone Breach; Blast At Police HD In Southern Turkey Kills One Officer; Twenty Six Migrants Rescued Off Libyan Coast; Sixteen Dead Dozens Missing In Nairobi Building Collapse; Kenya Stages Largest Ever Ivory Burn; Venezuela Puts Clocks Forward 30 Minutes Nationwide; Cruz Woos California Ahead Of Primary; Kasich: I'm The Only One Who Can Defeat Clinton; Leicester Aims For Fairy-Tale Finish; Chris Christie Rocks Out At Springsteen Concert. Aired 5-6a ET
• Massive Protest in Baghdad; Russian Jet Barrel Rolls Over U.S. Force Plane; Building Collapses in Nairobi; North Korea Tests Missiles Despite Condemnation; Ted Cruz Links Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Together; Boy's Heart Donation Connects Two Families. Aired 4-5a ET
• Chaos in Baghdad as Hundreds of Protesters Storm Parliament; Kenya's Stand Against Poaching; Caitlyn Jenner on Bathroom Bills; Obama's Final White House Correspondents Dinner; Leicester City: The Little Club That Could. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Shiite Cleric Calls for Uprising and Protesters Remain in Parliament; Leicester City FC Pursues Premier League Title; Cutting Lines From the Comedian-in-Chief. Aired 2-2:30a ET
• Tensions Boil Over in Baghdad; U.S. and Russia to Recommit to Truce in Syria; Kenyan Government Burns Ivory as Message; Best Lines from the White House Correspondents Dinner; Hong Kong's Bamboo Scaffolding Aired 12-12:30a ET
• Trump Ups Ante in Indiana Ahead of Tuesday Vote; Obama Cracks Up Crowd At Annual Dinner; Prince's Family Begins to Fight Over His Estate; Latino Activists Divided on Trump; Children's Medical Hospital in Aleppo Bombed by Fighter Jet; The Bin Laden Raid Five Years After; Trump Jokes Brought to Life Through Cartoons. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Rallies Indiana Voters Ahead of Tuesday Primary; President Obama's Final Comedic Performance; Latino Activists Divided on Trump; Behind the Bars of San Quentin; Sky is the Limit for Pro Stair Climbers. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Rallies in Indiana; Sanders Says He Will Support Clinton if He Loses; Obama's Last White House Correspondents Dinner; Tomorrow Marks Fifth Anniversary of Bin Laden's Death; Malia To Attend Harvard In Fall 2017; Prince William's Daughter Turns One Year Old Tomorrow; Preview Of "United Shades Of America." Aired 4-5p ET
• Donald Trump Makes Immigration A Defining Issue In Election Cycle; Sanders Holds News Conference Year After Campaign Launch; Obama Slays Media, Critics, and Himself; Senator Sanders Holds Press Conference In Indiana; Ted Cruz Campaigning in Lafayette, Indiana; New Developments In Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's Court Martial; History Being Made In Miami Today. Aired 3-4p ET
• Obama's Last White House Correspondents Dinner As President; Cruz And Fiorina Host Events in Indiana; Donald Trump Makes Immigration A Defining Issue In Election Cycle; Sanders Holds News Conference Year After Campaign Launch; Obama Slays Media, Critics, and Himself; Many Of Wilmore's Jokes Fall Flat With Crowd. Aired 2-3p ET


April 30, 2016
• Kenyan Building Collapse Proves Deadly; Surging Violence in Aleppo; Pentagon Disciplines MSF Hospital Attackers; America's Choice 2016; Nairobi Burns Tons of Poached Ivory; Case of Missing Mexican Students; America's Choice 2016 and the U.S. Presidential Race; Leicester City Football Club Beats Tremendous Odds. Aired 5-6a ET
• Building Collapse in Kenya; Race for the White House 2016; Surging Violence in Aleppo; Kenya Hosts Anti-Poaching Summit; Race for the White House 2016; Bamboo for Building Skyscrapers. Aired 4-5a ET
• Small Children Among Dozens Rescued After Building Collapse in Kenya; Trump Battles Detractors; How Leicester City Became the Giant Killers. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Building Collapse in Kenya; U.S. and Russia Working to Restore Cessation of Hostilities; North Korea Sentences American to 10 Years Hard Labor; Race for the White House 2016; Royals and Obamas Take to Social Media. Aired 2-2:30a ET
• Three Killed in Nairobi Building Collapse; Kenya Hosts Anti- Poaching Summit; Race for the White House 2016; Leicester City Comes from Outside. Aired 12-12:30a ET
• Former California Governor Endorses Cruz; Clinton, Trump Pivot to General Election; Rust Belt Voters Split on Who Should be President; Indiana Primary Could Decide GOP Nominee; Trump Likely Correspondents' Dinner's Easiest Target; Kenya Sends Message to Poachers. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump: Republicans Need to United Behind Him; BYU Students: We Were Punished for Reporting Rape; From Gold Caddie to Trump's Twitter Chief; Will GOP Women in Indiana Support Trump?; Disabled Doctor Defies Expectations. Aired 4-5p ET
• Ted Cruz Lays Groundwork For What Could Be The Last Stand Against Donald Trump; Hillary Clinton Fires Back At Donald Trump. Aired 3-4p ET
• John Kasich Hold Rally in San Jose, California; Prince's Death and Its Possible Relation to Painkillers Examined; Russian Aircraft Performs Dangerous Maneuver Near U.S. Air Force Plane over Baltic Sea. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Leading Polls in Indiana and California; Government Encouraging Anyone with Expired or Unwanted Pills to Turn Them In; Exclusive Interview with Jeb Bush; Exclusive Interview with Hillary Clinton; Sanders Sets His Sights Squarely on Remaining Presidential Nominating Contests. Aired 1-2p ET
• Ted Cruz, The Political Outsider?; Russian Fighter Jet Accused of Barrel-Rolling Over U.S. Warplane; AC360 Special "We Got Him" Airs Monday; Will Ferrell Reportedly Backing Out of Reagan Movie; Obama's Last White House Correspondents Dinner; Trump Looking For Clean Sweep In Indiana; American Sentenced To Hard Labor For Spying; North Korea Launches Two Midrange Missiles, Both Tests Fail; Four 911 Calls Made From Paisley Park Since 2013. Aired 12-1p ET
• Trump Calls California Protesters "Thugs And Criminals"; Twenty Four Killed, Dozens Injured In Iraq Suicide Attack; Four 911 Calls Made From Paisley Park Since 2013; Clinton: Trump's Foreign Policy "Disturbing"; Clinton Not Going To Deal With "Temper Tantrums"; Star Player On Defense After Hack. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Protestors Demonstrate at Donald Trump Rally in California; Donald Trump Accuses Hillary Clinton of Playing the "Woman Card" in her Presidential Bid; Floods Hit Parts of Texas; Children Found Tied Up in Backyard of San Antonio Home; Bill Clinton to Appear at Democratic Fundraiser in Indiana; Heroin Abuse among Americans Increasing; Comedian Larry Wilmore to Host President Obama's Final White House Correspondents Dinners. Aired 10-11a ET


April 29, 2016
• Protests Get Ugly Outside A Trump Rally In California; Air Strike On Syrian Pediatric Hospital Kills At Least 50 And The Last Pediatrician In The City; United Nations Labels Aleppo In A "Catastrophic" State With Cease-Fire In Danger; North Korea Sentences South Korean-Born American To 10 Years Hard Labor; New Details About Prince's Death Emerge; Georgia Man Sues Snapchat After Devastating Car Crash; Kenya Hosts First "Giants Club" Summit. Aired 3-4a ET
• Violent Protests at Trump Rally in Costa Mesa, CA; Boehner Criticizes Cruz as Trump Rails Against Clinton; Bush Regrets Ending Presidential Campaign; Clinton Focus on Trump with Attack Ad; North Korea Sentence American to Prison; Syrian Cease-fire Hangs by Thread Following Pediatric Hospital Bombing; Comcast/NBC Universal Deal Could Reshape Entertainment Industry; DEA Brought into Prince Death Investigation. Aired 2-3a ET
• California Trump Rally Sparks; Protests North Korea Sentenced U.S. Man for Espionage; 3 Arrested in San Bernardino Terrorism Case; Opioids Found in Prince's Home; Video Shows Abusive Language Towards Women Sports Commentators. Aired 1-2a ET
• Protesters Gather Outside Trump Rally In Costa Mesa; South Korea's Defense Ministry Says Pyongyang Fired Two Failed Mid-Range Missiles On Thursday; North Korea Sentences South Korean-Born American To Ten Years Hard Labor For Subversion And Espionage; Deadly Airstrike Hits Pediatric Hospital In Aleppo. Aired 12-1a ET
• Protesters Against Donald Trump Gathered Around Hyatt Hotel. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Protesters Disrupt Trump Appearance. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Clinton Pivots to Trump, Courts Sanders Backers; Protesters Gather as Trump Arrives at California GOP Conference; Indiana Newspaper Criticizes All 5 Presidential Candidates. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Protesters at Trump Speech; Indiana Governor Backs Cruz; Protests Gather ahead of Trump Speech; Russian Jet Barrel-Rolls U.S. Plane; Clinton Pivots to Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Ted Cruz And Carly Fiorina Speak In Indiana; Destruction, Protest Following Trump Rally In California; American Citizen Sentenced To A Decade Of Hard Labor In North Korea; Indiana Governor Expected To Endorse Cruz. Aired 10:30-11a ET>
• Violence Erupts at Trump Rally in California; Jeb Bush Speaks Out on GOP Race; Trump Targets Sanders Supporters. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Prince Death Investigation; Indianapolis Newspaper Slams Trump; Pediatric Center Bombed; BYU Allegations; Trump at Holiday Inn. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Violence Erupts at Trump Rally in California; GOP Women Respond to Trump's Clinton Attacks. Aired 9-9:30a ET


April 28, 2016
• Donald Trump's Big Foreign Policy Speech; Aleppo Under Fire As U.N. Special Envoy Urges Saving Syrian Ceasefire; The Road to Rio; Russia's Love Affair with Donald Trump; Water Levels at Record Low at Venezuelan Dam; New Wave of Killings in Bangladesh. Aired 3-4a ET
• Ted Cruz Announces Carly Fiorina as V.P. Pick; Trump's "America First" Foreign Policy Vision; Brazil's President Fights Impeachment, Talks Olympics; Facebook Just Keeps Growing; Drought Adds to Venezuela's Economic Crisis; Dennis Hastert Sentenced for Abuse; Indiana Primary Could Hold Key to Nominations; Trump Popularity Soars in Russia; Former Afghan NATO Military Base Becomes Drug Rehab Camp; Girl to Meet Obama Amid Flint Water Crisis. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Outlines "America First" Foreign Policy; Clinton Moves Closer To Democratic Nomination; Russians Love Trump; Prince's Health Scare Likely Reaction to Painkillers; Embattled Brazilian President Talks Olympics; Venezuelan Economic Crisis Affects Government Workers; Facebook Booms as Apple, Twitter Not Doing as Well. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Delivers First Foreign Policy Speech In Washington; Ted Cruz Names Carly Fiorina As Running Mate; Sanders Campaign To Lay Off Over 200 Staffers After Losing Four Primaries On Tuesday; Tensions Ramp Up Between North And South Korea. Aired 12-1a ET
• Was Prince's Death Caused By Prescription Medications?; Horrifying Attack On Children's Hospital In Syria. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Baltimore TV Station Evacuated; Jeb Bush Speaks Out; Boehner Slams Cruz. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Man with Explosive Vets at Local Baltimore TV Station; Comparing Trump, Clinton Foreign Policy; Anderson Cooper's Documentary on the Vanderbilts. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Piles on Boehner Comment; Paid Meds Found on Prince; Arrests In San Bernardino Case. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Prince Death Possibly Linked to Opioid Reaction; Trump Says Sanders Should Run as Independent; Anderson Cooper Interviews Mother, Gloria Vanderbilt. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Ted Cruz Announces Carly Fiorina as Vice Presidential Running Mate; D.C. Republicans Begin Warming to Trump; Melanie Trump Angered by GQ Profile; Clinton Shifts Focus to General Election. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Cruz Picks Fiorina and Trump Gets Endorsement; Opioid Pills Found on Prince; Trump Vows to Work with Russia. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Ted Cruz Announces Carly Fiorina as Vice Presidential Running Mate; Sanders Campaign Lays Off 200+ Staffers; Biden Makes Unannounced Visit to Iraq. Aired 9-9:30a ET


April 27, 2016


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