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August 14, 2017
• Judge Sets No Bond for Charlottesville Attack Suspect; Interview with Representative Tom Suozzi; President Given Military Options on North Korea; Interview with Mayor Jim Gray; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Expected to Speak again on Attack; Trump Lashes Out at Merck CEO; Now: Car Attack Suspect Facing Judge. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Strategic Patience is over with North Korea; Photographer Shares Story of Charlottesville Protests; Calls for Bannon's Firing. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Expected to Speak Again on Virginia Attack; Suspect on Virginia Attack to be Arraigned; Merck CEO Quits Trump Manufacturing Council in Protest; Trump Expected To Speak Again On Attack. Aired 9- 9:30a ET


August 13, 2017
• Suspect Arrested After Car Rams Crowd in Virginia; Trump Fails to Label Protesters as White Nationalists; South Korean President Set to Meet Top U.S. General. Aired 5-6a ET
• Terror in Charlottesville; Trump Blasted for Response to White Supremacist Rally. Aired 4-5a ET
• Terror in Charlottesville; Trump Blasted for Response to White Supremacist Rally. Aired 3-4a ET
• Terror in Charlottesville; Trump Blasted for Response to White Supremacist Rally. Aired 2-3a ET
• Terror in Charlottesville; Trump Blasted for Response to White Supremacist Rally. Aired 1-2ET
• Terror in Charlottesville; Trump Blasted for Response to White Supremacist Rally; North Korea Tensions. Aired 12-1a ET
• President Trump on twitter and in person so far declining to label those responsible as hate-filled extremists; Words of a Christian pastor in the Deep South going viral; Pentagon is focused on finding a diplomatic solution to the North Korean nuclear threat; Two soldiers were killed and five were hurt during the fight against ISIS in Iraq; Aired 7-8p ET
• Virginia Governor Tells Extremists to Go Home; Trump Blasted for His Response; White House Defends Trump's Response to Virginia Violence; Scaramucci Suggests Knives Are Out for Bannon; White Supremacists Protest Using Nazi Salutes, KKK Hoods. Aired 6-7p ET
• Car-ramming victim identified as 32-year-old Heather Heyer; Suspect's mom: "I thought it had something to do with Trump"; Car crush suspect said to be infatuated with Hitler; Trump fails to condemn with supremacists; Scaramucci: Trump knows what he's going to do with Bannon; Democrats, Republicans want stronger Trump response. Aired 5-6p ET
• White Supremacist Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Turns Deadly; President Trump Under Fire for His Response on the Violence in Charlottesville. Aired 4-5a ET
• Woman Killed In Crash Identified As 32-Year-Old Heather Heyer; Charlottesville Churchgoer To Trump:" We're Hurting"; Man Confronts White supremacist Rally Organizer; Suspect's Mother: I Thought Son Was Going To Trump Rally; Tensions High In Charlottesville After Violent Protests; Trump Blasted For Failure To Condemn White supremacists; Ivanka Tweets Strong Condemnation Of Violence In Virginia>. Aired 3-4p ET
• Police Brace for More Violence Authorized to Enact Curfew; Protesters Shoot down White Nationalist Rally Organizer; Lawmakers Criticize White House Response; Trump Blasted for Failure to Condemn White Supremacists; Trump Faces Harsh Backlash Over his Response; Charlottesville Bracing For More Violence; Witness Describes Violent Clashes, Seeing Former KKK Leader; Trump Under Fire For Response To Virginia Violence; DOJ Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Deadly Crash. Aired 2-3p ET


August 12, 2017
• North Korea-U.S. Tensions Escalating; Trump Does Not Rule Out Military Intervention on Venezuela; Protests After Kenyan Election Results. Aired 5-6a ET
• North Korea-U.S. Tensions; Trump on Venezuela; Trump Feuding with Congress; North Korea-U.S. Tensions; U.S. Diplomats Targeted in Cuba; Judge Dismisses Deejay's Case against Taylor Swift; Archeologists Dig Up "Little Pompeii". Aired 4-5a ET
• North Korea-U.S. Tensions Escalate; Victory for Kenyatta in Election; Usain Bolt to Run Final Race. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• North Korea-U.S. Tensions; Trump on Venezuela; Trump Feuding with Congress; Kenya Election; Usain Bolt to Run Final Race. Aired 2- 2:30a ET
• North Korea-U.S. Tensions; Trump on Venezuela; Kenya Election. Aired 12mn-12:30a ET
• Trump Blasted For Response To Racist Rally Violence; Deadly Clashes At Racist Rally; Trump Blasted For Response; 20-Year-Old White Male Identified As Suspect In Car-Ramming; Police: 3 Arrests From Rally. 2 From Out-Of-State; DOJ, FBI Open Civil Rights Investigation Into Car Attack; 2 Virginia State Troopers Killed In Helicopter Crash Identified; Aired: 11:00 -Midnight ET
• White Supremacist Rams Car Through Crowd, Kills One Woman. Clashes at White Supremacist Rally. Aired 10-11p ET
• Suspect in Car Ramming Identified; Deadly Clashes at Racist Rally; Trump Blasted for His Response; Aired 9-10p ET
• Car Strikes Counter Protesters at White House Nationalist Rally; Police Identifies Driver Who Plowed into Crowd; Aired 8-9p ET
• Violent And Deadly Protests In Charlottesville; Many Feel President Donald Trump Gave Weak Speech About The Protest In Charlottesville. Aired 7:00-8:00p ET
• Car Strikes Counter Protesters at White House Nationalist Rally. Aired 6-7p ET
• One Person Dead, 19 Hurt When Car Hits Crowd in Virginia; White Nationalists, Counter Protesters Clash in Virginia; Trump Talks Violent Protests in Charlottesville During V.A. Speech. Aired 5-6p ET
• Protesters from White Nationalist Groups Fighting Counter Protesters; President Trump Addressed the Violence in Charlottesville. Aired 4-5p ET
• Governor Declares State of Emergency Amid Violent White Nationalist Protests; Car Rams Counter Protesters in Charlottesville; Donald Trump Tweets about Charlottesville Clashes; Charlottesville Vice Mayor Talks Protests, Car Ramming; Trump Speech on Veterans Affairs Bill, Violent Protests in Charlottesville. Aired 3-4p ET
• Violence Breaks Out between Protestors and Counter-Protestors at Charlottesville Rally; Car Appears to Purposely Plow into Group of Counter-Protestors at Charlottesville Rally; President Tweets about Violence at Charlottesville Rally; President to Speak about Violence at Charlottesville Rally. Aired 2-3p ET
• Trump Tweets about Charlottesville Clashes; Melania Trump Responds to Clashes in Charlottesville; Governor Declares State of Emergency Amid Violent White Nationalist Protests. Aired 1-2p ET
• Violent Clashes Erupt At White Supremacist Rally; VA Governor Declares State Of Emergency Amid Violent Protest;; First Lady On VA Clashes: 'No Good Comes From Violence'. Aired 12-1p ET
• Two Injured in Violent Clashes in Charlottesville, VA; North Korea Warns Trump to Act Properly; Japan Moves Its Missile Interceptors into Place. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Demonstrators Gather in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Protest Removal of Confederate Statue from Park; North Korea Continues Escalating Rhetoric against U.S.; President Trump Mentions Military Options Regarding Unrest in Venezuela; Experts Profile North Korean Dictator; Violence Breaks Out between Protestors and Counter- Protestors at Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Aired 10-11a ET


August 11, 2017
• Trump Never Take Back His Words; Aleppo on Clean-up Operation to Bring Back Life to Normal; Migrants Left to Die; Trump Won't Rule Out Preemptive Strike On North Korea; Russian Reaction To N. Korea Has Been Muted; Acoustic Attack May Have Hit U.S. Diplomats In Cuba; Trump Vs. Republicans; Trump: I'm Very Disappointed In Mitch Mcconnell; Trump's Childhood Home For Rent On Airbnb. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump on Preemptive North Korea Strike; Trump White House; Crisis in Syria; Russia Reaction to North Korea Has Been Muted; Taylor Swift Testifies in Groping Allegation Trail. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Meets With National Security Advisor On North Korea; Trump Urges China To Do More On North Korea; Tillerson Insists Diplomatic Efforts Underway; U.S. And South Korea Agreed To Work Together On North Korea; Trump: Maybe My North Korean Threat Wasn't Tough Enough; Trump Hasn't Given Any Thought to Firing Mueller; Trump "Very Disappointed" in Mitch McConnell; U.S. Diplomates Suffer "Acoustic Attack" in Cuba; Google CEO Cancels Town Hall & Fired Engineer Defends Views; How Tech Devices Monitor Health 24 Hours A Day. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Doubles Down on Anti-Pyongyang Rhetoric; Trump Holds Extended Q&A Session. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. Pursuing Back Channel Diplomacy with North Korea; Trump Attorney Says Manafort Raid a Gross Abuse of Justice; Trump Says Kim Jong-Un Will Regret Threats Against U.S. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Thanks Putin for Expelling U.S. Diplomats; Trump and North Korea Engaged in Nuclear Brinksmanship?. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump's Ex Campaign Chief Hires New Legal Team after FBI Raid; A Look at Kim Jong-Un's Past Amid U.S./North Korea Tensions; Transgender Veteran Responds to Trump on Military Transgender Ban; Taylor Swift Testifies in Groping Allegation Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump and North Korea Escalate War of Words; North Korea talks Brink of War; Working with China to Prevent Conflict; Trump's Rare Question and Answer Session; Manafort Hires New Lawyers. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• North Korea, Trump Continue War of Words; Russia China Working on a Plan to Prevent U.S. and North Korea Conflict; Manafort's Son-in- Law Met with DOJ Investigators. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Warns North Korea: U.S. Military "Locked and Loaded"; Official: 14 Minutes for North Korea Missile to Reach Guam. South Korea calls on Military to "Maintain Full Readiness"; Trump to McConnell: "Get Back to Work". Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Threats between U.S. and North Korea; Trump Thanks Putin for Cuts; Google Cancels Town Hall; Trump Declares Drug Epidemic. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump: Military Solutions Locked and Loaded on North Korea; Japan Deploys Missile Interception System; Official: 14 Minutes for Missile to Reach Guam; Tensions Between McConnell And Trump Escalate; Trump To Senator McConnell: "Get Back To Work". Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 10, 2017
• Back and Forth War of Words from U.S. and DPRK; Radicalized Man Attacks Men in Uniform; New Developments of the Russia Probe from Mueller's Team; Boko Haram Use Innocent Lives as Pawns; North Korea Threatens To Launch Four Missiles Near Guam; Protesters Erupt In Kenya Over Claims Of Election Fraud; Netanyahu Defiant In Face Of Criminal Probes; Journey Could Be Going Separate Ways Over White House Visit. Aired 3-4a ET
• North Korea Threatens; FBI Raids Manafort Home; Lawsuit over Trump's Business Ties Heads to Court; Trump Administration's Mixed Messages on North Korea; China Calls on U.S. & North Korea to Reduce Tensions; North Korea Threatens to Launch 4 Missiles Near Guam; Suspect Arrested in Attack on French Soldiers; Netanyahu Defiant in Face of Criminal Probes; NASA Searches for Planetary Protector. Aired 2-3a ET
• North Korea Threatens To Launch Four Missiles Near Guam; Trump Touts U.S. Nuclear Capabilities; North Korea Warns It Could Attack U.S. Mainland; FBI Raids Home Of Trump's Former Campaign Chairman; FBI Seized Some Of Manafort's Financial And Tax Records; NASA Searches for Planetary Protector. Aired 1-2a ET
• Back and Forth Threats; North Korea Tensions; U.S. Diplomats Possibly Targeted in "Acoustic Attack"; FBI Raids Manafort Home; Lawsuit over Trump's Business Ties Heads to Court. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Says His "Fury" Threat Was Not Tough Enough; Trump on Preemptive Strike, We'll See; Trump Aide Says Nonsensical That Tillerson Talks for The Military. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President Trump Continues Aggressive Talk on North Korea. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• FBI Raid on Manafort Shakes Administration; State Department Press Briefing; Trump Answers Questions Following High-Level Meeting on North Korea. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• North Korea Outlines Plan To Strike Near Guam; North Korea Mocks Trump For Golf & "Nonsense" Threat; Trump Insults Man He Needs To get Anything Done; Trump Rips McConnell's "Excessive Expectations" Comment. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• GOP Source Says Trump Made Health Bill Passage Much Harder; FBI Probes Acoustic Attack on U.S. Diplomats in Cuba; Taylor Swift Could Testify Soon in Civil Court Case; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• North Korea Outlines Plan to Fire Missile near Guam; Governor: No Panic in Guam; Trump Slams McConnell again over Health Bill Failure; GOP Source: Trump made Health Bill Passage "Much Harder". Aired 10-10:30a ET
• New Trump Poll Numbers; Dingell Comments on North Korea; Obama Speechwriter Criticizes Slogan; New Democratic Leaders; New Study on Health Care. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• North Korea: Trump's "Fire" Warning "A Load Of Nonsense"; Trump Criticizes McConnell Again Over Health Bill Failure; GOP Source: Trump "Made It Much Harder" To Pass Health Bill; North Korea Tensions Rattling Investors. Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 09, 2017
• U.S. and North Korea's Alarming Tensions; Libyan Coast Guard Fires Warning Shots; North Korea Set the World in Full Alert Mode; Zuma Survives the Vote; ISIS Recruiting in Suburbs of Australia. Aired 3-4a ET
• North Korea Threatens Strike On U.S. Territory Guam; Trump: U.S. Will "handle" North Korea; Vote Counting Underway In Kenya Presidential Election; U.K. To Release Key Brexit Policy Paper Soon; Country Music & TV Legend Glen Campbell Dies At 81. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump To N. Korea: Stop Threats Or Face 'Fire And Fury'; Hawaii's Warning Bunker Prepared If There's An Attack; South African President Zuma Survives Vote; Country Music Star Glen Campbell Dies At 81; Exclusive San Francisco Street Sells For $90K. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump: North Korea Threat Will Be Met With Fire and Fury; Country Music and T.V. Legend Glen Campbell Died at 81; Jordan Spieth Looks to Make History in Quail Hollow. Aired 12-1a ET
• FBI Raids Home of Paul Manafort; Pentagon Issues Dramatic Ultimatum to North Korea; Hawaii Finalizes Emergency Plan for Nuclear Strike; U.S. Diplomatic Personnel in Havana Raise Health Complaints. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• FBI Raids Paul Manafort's Home; North Korea Nuclear Crisis. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Tweet Slams McConnell on Obamacare Repeal Failure; State Department Briefing on North Korea; Guam Rep. Bordallo Talks North Korean Threat; Trump's "Fire & Fury" Comment Not Scripted. Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Officials on Trump's North Korea Comment; Pentagon Chief Issues Ultimatum; FBI Raids Manafort Home. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• FBI Raided Paul Manafort's Home; Interview with Evan McMullin; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Threatens North Korea with "Fire and Fury"; Graham: "Two Scenarios" U.S. would act on North Korea; FBI has Searched Manafort's Home. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• North Korea Threatens Guam; Editorial Board Aims at Bannon; Bannon Attacks McMaster; Remembering Glen Campbell; Interview with Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI). Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Tillerson: Trump Comments Send "Strong Message" To North Korea; Trump Ramps Up Rhetoric Against North Korea. Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 08, 2017
• North Korea to Retaliate Against Tough Sanctions; Trump's Approval Rating Continues to Decline; Google Engineer Intimidated With Women at the Workplace; Top White House Advisers Laying out Plan to Fight War in Afghanistan. Aired 3-4a ET
• North Korea Slams U.S. Over Tough New U.N. Sanctions;Trump's Approval Rating Falls To 38 Percent In CNN Poll; US VP Pence Denies "Shadow Campaign" For 2020; Polls Open IN Presidential Parliamentary Elections; Kidnapped Aimed To Sell Model On Dark Model; U.S. Considers Plan to Privatize Parts of Afghan War; Police Searching for Venezuelan Military Base Attackers; Drop in Macron's Popularity Puts Reforms in Question; Google Engineer Post Rant About Women, Diversity; Animated Gay Short Goes Viral. Aired 2-3a ET
• North Korea's Fiery Reaction To U.N. Sanctions; Vacationing Trump Launches Tweet Storm; Trump's Approval Rating Falls To 38 Percent In CNN Poll; U.S. Vice President Pence Denies "Shadow Campaign" For 2020; South African President Faces No-Confidence Vote; Incumbent Kenyatta Faces Longtime Rival Odinga; Outrage Over Google Engineer's Sexist Memo; South Africa's Zuma Faces No-Confidence Vote; Kidnapper Planned to Sell Model Online; Police Searching for Venezuelan Military Base Attackers; Immigration Officials Detain Pastor in U.S. Illegally; Israeli Security School Offers Lessons to Tourists. Aired 1-2a ET
• North Korea Says U.S. Will Pay for Tough New Sanctions; Trump's Poll Numbers at Record Low; Kenya Presidential and Parliamentary Elections; Kidnapper Aimed to Sell Model Online; Emmanuel Macron under Fire for Plan to Give Wife "First Lady" Role; Animated Gay Short Film Goes Viral. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Says If North Korea Keeps Threatening Then Will Meet With Fire; Engineer Out at Google Over Anti-Diversity Memo; Ten Years Later a Boy Reunites with Recovering Father. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• North Korea Nuclear Fears; Three-Quarters of Americans Don't Trust White House. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• WAPO: Intel Says Korea Has Miniaturized Nuclear Warhead; Trump: GOP Congressmen Face Heat at Town Halls Over Health Care; 17-Day Break is "Working Vacation". Aired 2:30-3p ET
• North Korean Nuclear Warheads; Trump and Leaks; Trump's Latest Poll Numbers. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Representative Francis Rooney; Son Reunites with Recovering Addict Dad After 10 Years; Congress to Face Voters During August Recess; Iranian Drone Comes Within 100 Feet of U.S. Fighter Jet; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• CNN Poll: Trump Losing Support from His Base; NYT: Government Report Cites Impact of Climate Change; Trump Retweets Report with Classified Info; Interview with Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL). Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Trump Retweets Report; Nuclear Weapon Legislation; New Polls on President; President Pushes Back on Media; Sinclair Widens Influence; Google CEO Slams Memo. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump's Approval Rating Slides in New Poll. Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 07, 2017
• North and South Korean Leaders Met Face to Face in Manila; People in Quneitra, Syria Starting With Their Life Again; Massive Protests Subsided But Paramilitary Replaces the Streets in Venezuela; North Korea Faces Pressure for its Provocative Actions; British Model Abducted in Milan to be Sold to the Highest Bidder; Turning a Small Town into a new Attraction. Aired 3-4a ET
• North & South Korea's Top Diplomats Meet; Life In Syria As Ceasefire Holds; Pence Slams Report He's Planning A Presidential Run; U.S. And Russian Diplomats Discuss New Sanctions; Maduro: Today We Beat Terrorism With Bullets; Trump's Popularity in Russia Sinks; Lawmakers Probe Fake News Spread by Russia During Election; Fake News Plaguing Kenya Presidential Campaign; Typhoon Noru Hits Southern Japan; Princess Diana's Private Tapes Air in U.K. Aired 2-3a ET
• Top North And South Korean Diplomats Meet In Manila; New U.N. Sanctions Targets North Korea's Major Revenue Stream; Trump Popularity In Russia Sinks; Maduro Meets With His Military; Israel Moves To Close Al Jazeera Office. Aired 1-2a ET
• North Korea in Focus at ASEAN Meeting; U.S. and Russian Diplomats Discuss New Sanctions; Trump's Popularity in Russia Sinks; Crisis in Venezuela; Model Abducted in Milan Now Safely Back Home; Hospitality Industry Faces Challenges after Brexit; Russians Getting Much Of The Credit For Ceasefire; Europe Sizzles Under 'Lucifer' Heat Wave; Justin Gatlin Denies Usain Bolt Farewell Victory. Aired 12-1a ET
• Report: "Why Trump Won" Airs Tonight On Cnn; Male Google Employee Writes Manifesto On Why Women Are Less Suited For Tech Jobs; Suspended Fox Host Vows To Clear Name. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• New Sanctions on North Korea; Why Trump Won; Mike Pence Running Shadow Campaign for 2020?. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• North Korea Threatens U.S. over U.N. Sanctions; Minnesota Governor: Mosque Bombing "Act of Terrorism"; CNN's "Hooked" Looking at U.S. Opioid Crisis. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Touts 200 Day Mark; Pence Slams 2020 Bid Claims; Russia Probe Can Expand; Chicago Files Suit Over Funding. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• The Heart of the Opioid Crisis in Ohio; Chicago Sues DOJ Over Threat to Block Grant Money; Male Google Employee Says Women Less Suited for Tech Jobs; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Touts Stocks, Jobs, "Base" on Day 200; Tillerson: Meddling Soured U.S.-Russian Relations; CNN Goes to the Heart of the Opioid Crisis. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Democratic Party's Future; Life After Ceasefire in Syria; Trump Touts Economy and Jobs; Model Kidnapped for Dark Web Auction; Aired 9:30-10:00a ET
• Tillerson: Meddling Soured U.S.-Russia Relations; Pence Shoots Down 2020 Presidential Run. Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 06, 2017
• North Korea Sanctions; Russia Sanctions; White House Shakeup; McMaster Difficulties; Crisis in Venezuela; British Model Kidnapping; Atlantic Storm and Typhoon Noru; Race Loss by Usain Bolt; Paris St. Germain Win; African Basketball; Upcoming Airing of Princess Diana Interviews. Aired 5-6a ET
• North Korea Sanctions; Russia Sanctions; White House Shakeup; Crisis in Venezuela; British Model Kidnapping; Typhoon Noru; Race Loss by Usain Bolt; Focus on the Hamptons. Aired 4-5a ET
• New U.N. Sanctions Target North Korea's Major Revenue Streams; U.S. Prepared for Military Option Against North Korea; Kislyak Denies Speaking with Flynn About U.S. Sanctions; Stephen Miller May Be Considered For Communications Director; New Assembly Dismisses Venezuela's Attorney General; Iran's Hassan Rouhani Begins New Term and Slams the U.S.; Nearly a Million South Sudanese Flee to Uganda; Aired 3-3:30a ET
• New U.N. Sanctions Target North Korea's Major Revenue Streams; Sanctions on the Agenda at ASEAN Meeting in Manila; Aired 2-2:30a ET
• Special Council Team Investigating The Trump White House In The 2016 Election Is Working; Vice President Mike Pence To Run As President In 2020; 7-Year-Old Transgender Girl Rattles The Bathroom Door Asking Lawmakers In Texas Let Her In; The Jobs Report For July On Friday And The Numbers Are Looking Very Good For The White House; Stock Market In Multiple Record High This Week. Aired 7-8p ET


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