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August 19, 2017
• Thousands Flood Streets Of Boston In Dueling Rallies; Trump Hit With Backlash Over Mixed Charlottesville Messages; Bannon Returns To Breitbart After Turbulent W.H. Run; GOP Outcry Pours In Over Trump's Charlottesville Response. Aired 12-1p ET
• Boston Braces for Free Speech Rally and Counter Protests; Backlash over Trump Response to Charlottesville. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Protestors and Counter-Protestors Gathering in Boston; Steve Bannon Leaves White House and Joins "Breitbart News"; Pastor Leaves Trump Administration Council in Wake of President's Comments on Charlottesville Violence; Georgia Gubernatorial Candidates Debate Taking Down Confederate Monuments. Aired 10-11a ET
• Interview with Sen. Michael Williams; Racists deny care from physicians of other race; Public memorial service for Virginia state trooper Jay Cullen


August 18, 2017
• Barcelona Wrapped in Terror; Trump Stays Firm with his Message; The Aftermath Of Deadly Terror Attacks At Barcelona; Images Show New Mudslide Threat In Sierra Leone; Police: Deadly House Explosion Linked Man Attack. Aired 3-4a ET
• Five Terror Suspects Killed In Cambrils; 13 Dead And More Than 100 Injured In Barcelona Van Attack; Trump Tweets Debunked Story On Gen. Pershing; Trump Criticizing Members Of His Own Party; Spain Targeted in 2 Terror Attacks in Less than 24 Hours; Sierra Leone Facing New Mudslide Threat; Witnesses Share Reaction to Barcelona Attack. Aired 2-3a ET
• Five Terror Suspects Killed In Cambrils; Two Arrested In Barcelona Van Attack; Eiffel Tower Goes Dark To Honor Terror Victims; Explosion In Alcanar Connected To Barcelona Attack; Trump Condemns Terror Attack In Barcelona; Trump Faces Backlash For Charlottesville Remarks; Tel Aviv City Hall Lit Up To Honor Barcelona Victims; Spain Targeted in 2 Terror Attacks in Less than 24 Hours; Travel Safety Tips. Aired 1-2a ET
• Terror in Spain; World Leaders React to Barcelona Van Attack.. Aired 12-1a ET
• Chief Strategist Steve Bannon Fired; Heather Heyer's Mother Will Not Talk to Trump; Yale Classmate Tell Mnuchin To Resign Immediately. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Republicans Speaking Out Against Trump?; Steve Bannon Out. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Fires White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon; Confederate Symbols Targeted, Defaced Across U.S. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Fires Bannon; Charlottesville Victim's Mother talks Trump Comments; Organizations Pull Events from Mar-a-Lago. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• GOP Backlash Grows Over Trump's Charlottesville Remarks; Interview with Mayor Levar Stoney; Video Shows Ohio Officer Beating Black Man; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Police: Stabbing Attack in Finland, Several Injuries; Manhunt Intensifies for Van Driver in Deadly Attack; Tillerson: One American Killed in Barcelona Terror Attack. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Debate Intensifies over Statues; Missouri Lawmaker Deletes Post; Romney's Facebook Post; Twitter and Trump. Aired 9:30-10:00a
• Manhunt Intensifies for Van Driver in Barcelona Attack; Heyer's Mother: Not Talking to Trump After His Comments; Murdoch, GOP Senators Join Trump Critics; Romney: Trump Made Racists "Rejoice," Minorities "Weep"; Manhunt Intensifies For Van Driver In Deadly Attack; One Barcelona Officer Killed Four "Suspected Terrorists." Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 17, 2017
• Trump Stays Firm with his Message; South Korea's President With Optimistic View on Korean Peninsula; Grief and Woe in Sierra Leone's Tragedy; Source: Trump Moving Forward Without Regret; U.S. Military Leaders Condemn Charlottesville Violence; Cities Quietly Removing Confederate Statues; Debate Over Removing Stone Mountain Carving; Anti-Immigrant Ship Trying To Block Refugees; Obama's Charlottesville Tweet Smashes Record. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump's Remarks Mirror White Supremacist's Jargon; Global Condemnation of Trump's Remarks on Protests. Aired 2-3a ET
• Rally For Peace In Charlottesville; Charlottesville Holds Candlelight Vigil; Trump Ends Business Councils As More Executives Out; Charlottesville Remembers Heather Heyer; Trump Faces Backlash Over Charlottesville Remarks; U.S. Military Leaders Condemn Racism Extremists; Crowd Softly Sings "Lean On Me" At Candlelight Vigil; Cities Quietly Removing Confederate Statues; Source: Trump Moving Forward "Without Regret"; U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman in Tokyo for Talks; Global Condemnation of Trump's Remarks on Protests; Hundreds of Bodies Recovered after Sierra Leone Mudslide; Daniel Craig Breaks Silence on James Bond. Aired 1-2a ET
• Rally for Peace in Charlottesville; Former Neo-Nazi Talks; North Korea Holding Off; Obama's Charlottesville Tweet Smashes Record. Aired 12-1a ET
• Barcelona Police Say Driver Hits 2 Officers in Attack; 13 Dead And 50 Injured in Barcelona Terror Attack, 2 Arrested; ISIS Affiliated Groups Says Attackers Were Its Soldiers. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Terror in Barcelona; Trump Failing to Show Presidential Leadership?. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• At least 50 Injured, 13 Killed in Barcelona Terror Attack; Trump Tweets About Barcelona Attack; Sen Bob Corker Has Harsh Words for Trump on Charlottesville. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Search for Barcelona Suspects; Van Plows into Crowd in Barcelona; Trump Tweets about Attack; Tillerson Comments on Barcelona Attack; Police Arrest One in Barcelona Attack. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Says Removing Statues Rips Apart U.S. Culture; Kelly Frustrated with Trump's Lack of Discipline?; Inside White Supremacy in America. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump: Removing Confederate Statues Rips Apart U.S. Culture; Trump Criticizes GOP Senators amid Charlottesville Fallout; Bannon calls White Nationalists "Collection of Clowns". Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Comments on Removing Statues; World Leaders Reject Trump's Remarks; Jared and Ivanka's Influence. Aired 9:30-10:00a
• Trump Rips GOP Senators Amid Charlottesville Fallout; Bannon Slams Far-Rights, Dems, and White House Staffers; NYT: Trump Lawyer Forwards E-mail With Secessionist Rhetoric; Trump: Removing Statues Rips Apart U.S. Culture; Source: Trump Ended Councils After Learning CEOs' Plan. Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 16, 2017
• U.S. President Donald Trump Back to Blaming Both Sides for Violence in Charlottesville; Learning More About 20-year-old James Fields; U.S. and Japan Holding Joint Military Drills; An Oasis of Booze and Beaches in Syria; President Back To Blaming Both Sided For Clashes; Red Cross: Death Toll Rising After Sierra Leone Landslide; Eu Leaders: Uk's Post-Brexit Customs Plan A Fantasy; Survey: Brexit Fears Impacting London Job Market; Uk's Largest Warship Arrives Home In Portsmouth; Late-Night Comedy Turns Serious. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Defends White Supremacists at News Conference. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Goes Off-Script on Racially-Charged Tragedy; Trump Faces Global Backlash for Defending "Both Sides". Aired 1-2a ET
• President Back to Blaming "Both Sides" for Clashes; Trump's Charlottesville Controversy. Aired 12-1a ET
• CNN Sources Say Trump Without Regret Over Remarks; Obama's Former Faith Adviser on Trump's Remarks; Trump to Fund Obamacare Subsidy. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Will Republican Party Call out President Trump Over Charlottesville Response?; Interview With New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• "Central Park Five" Members React to Trump Remarks; Family Repudiates Son Over Racist Charlottesville Rally; CNN Source: Trump "Without Regret" over New Remarks. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Two Councils Disband after Charlottesville; Trump's Leadership on Charlottesville; Removing Confederate Statues. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Asks if Washington and Jefferson Statues Next; Four Joint Chiefs Condemn Hatred After Charlottesville. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Next Hour: Hundreds Gather to Remember Heather Heyer; WH Aide: "We Have Work to Do, and We're Going To Do It"; Soon: Heather Heyer's Memorial Service Begins; More Execs Quit Trump Council over Charlottesville. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Blames Both Sides; More Executives Quite Trump Council; Baltimore Takes Down Statues. Aired 9:30-10:00a
• Trump Repeats Blame "Both Sides" for Charlottesville; Heather Heyer's Memorial Service Soon to Begin; Trump: Bannon "Not A Racist," "We'll See" About Future; Trump Diversity Council Member Wants Bannon To Resign. Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 15, 2017
• North Korea and U.S. Watching Each Other; Trump's Receives Criticism from Both Sides; Heavy Rain Buried People to Mud in Sierra Leone's Capital; Kim Jong-un Will Watch Foolish Conduct Of The Yankees; Trump's Words On North Korea Are Dangerous; Trump Criticized As Too Slow To Disavow Hate Groups; Protesters In North Carolina Topple Confederate Strike; Celebrating Independence; Scaramucci: Trump Aide Bannon A White House Leaker. Aired 3-4a ET
• Former Teacher: Car Attack Suspect "Infatuated with Nazis"; India & Pakistan Mark 70 Years of Independence; The Impact of Smartphones on Kids; North Korea Threat; Charlottesville Violence; Massive Mudslides Kill Hundreds in Sierra Leone. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Condemns Racist Groups Two Days After The Attack; Scaramucci Speaks Of White House Leakers; Merck CEO Quits Trump's Manufacturing Council; North Korea's Kim Jong-un Reviews Guam Strike Plan; Trump And Abe Spoke By Phone Monday; U.S. To Launch Probe Of China's Trade Practices; Massive Mudslides Kill Hundreds in Sierra Leone; India & Pakistan Mark 70 Years of Independence; Scaramucci: Bannon & Priebus White House Leakers; Australia's High Court to Decide Deputy P.M.'s Case. Aired 1-2a ET
• North Korea Threat; Trump Condemns Racist Groups Two Days after Attack; Car Attack Suspect was Infatuated with Nazis; Deadly Car Attack Investigated as Civil Rights Case. Aired 12-1a ET
• Report: North Korea Appears to Back Off Threats; Charlottesville Attack Stokes Raw Emotions on Race; Trump Talks Infrastructure Amid Charlottesville Fallout. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President Trump Under Fire for Reaction to Charlottesville Violence; North Korea Nuclear Crisis. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Calls CEOs Who Quit His Council "Grandstanders"; DOJ Demanding User Info from Anti-Trump Web Site; Police Reports Show Charlottesville Attack Suspect Has Violent Past; Man Beaten by White Supremacists at Rally in Charlottesville. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Fourth Executive Quits in Protest; Trump Unleashed on Critics; Pardon for Arpaio; Trump Calls CEOs Grandstanders; Trump's Retweets Fan Flames Around Race. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• North Korea Backs Down from Guam Threat; After Backlash Trump Condemns Hate Groups by Name; Fired Google Engineer Defense His Memo on Diversity; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• After Backlash, Trump Condemns Hate Groups by Name; Trump "Seriously Considering" Sheriff Arpaio Pardon; Student Won't Be Expelled for Attending Supremacist Rally; North Korea Backs Down from Threat to Attack Guam. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Interview with Representative Tom Reed; North Korea Backs Down from Guam Threat; Voters Hit Polls in Fight for Sessions' Senate Seat; Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Retweets Conspiracy Theorist; Three CEOs Quit Trump Council After Charlottesville; Futures Up Ahead Of Market Open. Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 14, 2017
• ISIS-style Attack Copied in Charlottesville; White Supremacist Group Praise Trump; Burkina Faso Attack Now Under Investigation. Aired 3-4a ET
• Charlottesville Reeling after Protests; Trump Fails to Denounce White Supremacists; North Korea Tensions; Crisis in Venezuela; At Least 17 Killed in Attack in Burkina Faso; The Violence History of the India/Pakistan Partition; Syrian Military Fight Escalates to Defeat ISIS; Guam Reacts to North Korean Missile Threats; Choir Plays for Peace at Korean Demilitarized Zone; India, Nepal Hit by Landslides. Aired 2-3a ET
• Police Identify Woman Killed At White Nationalist Rally; Car Attack Suspect Faces Second Degree Murder Charge; Trump Quiet As Aides Defend Remarks On Violence; Tillerson And Mattis Pursue Diplomacy; Top U.S. General To Meet With South Korean President; At Least 17 Killed in Attack in Burkina Faso; The Violence History of the India/Pakistan Partition; India, Nepal Hit by Landslides; Syrian Military Fight Escalates to Defeat ISIS; Russia Wins Big at International Army Games. Aired 1-2a ET
• Virginia Governor Tells White Supremacists to Go Home; North Korea Tensions; Violent History of India-Pakistan Partition; Outrage Grows over Child Deaths at Indian Hospital; Battle against ISIS. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Confronted on His Delay to Condemn Racists; Two Days Later Trump Calls Out KKK, Neo-Nazis; Trump Advisers Signal Knives Out for Bannon. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President Trump Faces Criticism for Delay on Condemning Racist Violence. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Era Divides Administration Officials, Their Families; Paul Manafort's Attorneys Fail to Put up Defense; White House Press Briefing. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Calls out KKK, Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists; Merck CEO Quits Trump Council; Ex-Charlottesville Police Chief on Attack. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• 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


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