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September 04, 2017


September 03, 2017
• North Korea Tests Largest Nuclear Weapon Yet. Aired 4-5a ET
• North Korea Announces Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test; China Says It Detected Two Quakes In North Korea. Aired 3-4a ET
• North Korea conducts its sixth nuclear test. Aired 1-2a ET
• North Korea's nuclear tests causing earthquakes. Aired 12- 12:20a ET
• North Korea claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb; President Trump marking a national day of prayer for victims of the catastrophic floods in Texas and Louisiana; President Obama left a private letter for President Trump; White House now says Tuesday will be the day we learn the fate of DACA; NFL player J. J. Watts fund- raising efforts to help victims of hurricane Harvey has now passed the $18 million mark; Aired 7-8p ET
• Secretary Mattis Warns North Korea on Massive Military Response; Interview with Representative Vicente Gonzalez; Congress Returns to Jam-packed Agenda; Aired 6-7p ET
• North Korea claims successful test of missile ready H-bomb; Japan's prime minister: North Korea test "totally unacceptable"; Defiant North Korea says it just tested a hydrogen bomb; Texans clean up debris left behind by storm, floods; McCain to Congress: we're not Trump's subordinates; Congress faces packed September agenda; First look at Obama's parting letter to Trump; President expected to announce DACA decision Tuesday; Planes dropping flame retardant on La Tuna fire. Aired 5-6p ET
• White House delivered a stern and somber message to North Korea; Millions of dollars in donations have poured in since last weekend since hurricane Harvey slammed the Texas gulf coast; Exclusive look at President Obama's advice to incoming President Trump on the eve of his inauguration; Aired 4-5p ET
• Huge 6.3 Magnitude Explosion Tremor In North Korea Sparks Nuclear Test Fears. Aired 12-1a ET


September 02, 2017
• Beaumont Loses Drinking Water, Hospitals Evacuate; Zaxby's Providing Meals to Harvey First Responders; U.S. Immigration; Russia Investigation; U.S.-Russia Relations; Harvey's Devastating Hit; North Korea Tensions; Top Kenyan Court Orders New Election; Flood Victims Return Home. Aired 5-6a ET
• Zaxby's Providing Meals to Harvey First Responders; Flood Victims Return Home; Russia Investigation; U.S.-Russia Relations; Beaumont Loses Drinking Water, Hospitals Evacuate; Top Kenyan Court Orders New Election; Ordinary People Become Rescue Heroes in Texas. Aired 4-5a ET
• Flood Victims Return Home; Russia Investigation; Top Kenyan Court Orders New Election; Ordinary People Become Rescue Heroes in Texas. Aired 2-2:30a ET
• Harvey's Floodwaters Are Finally Receding But The Scale Of The Disaster Is Still Being Realized, Parts Of The Los Angeles Metro Area Are Under Mandatory Evacuation Order Because Of A Growing Wildfire, CNN Has Learned One Of President Trump's Closest Aides Plans To Leave The White House, Kenya's Top Court Has Thrown Out The Results Of Last Month's Presidential Election And Ordered A New Vote Within 60 Days, People Stepping Up To Rescue Neighbors, Strangers And Animals From Hurricane Harvey's Floodwaters. Aired: 2-2:30a ET
• Harvey's Devastating Hit; Russia Investigation; Top Kenyan Court Orders New Election; North Korea Tensions; Katrina Victim Reunites with Her Rescuer. Aired 12-12:30a ET
• Trump Gets Second Chance as "Consoler-in-Chief"; North Korea Claims Having ICBM-Mountable Hydrogen Bomb; DOJ: No Evidence Obama Wiretapped Trump Tower; Hidden Dangers Lurking in Harvey's Waters; Family Devastated After Flood Claims Six Relatives; Astros Raises Money for Harvey Victims; Police Apologize for Utah Nurse's Arrest; Takedown of a Chinese Hacker Selling U.S. Secrets. Aired 8-9p ET
• North Korean Regime Claiming Tonight It Has A Hydrogen Bomb; Floodwaters Are Receding But The Damage Is Jaw Dropping In Lake Charles, Louisiana; President Visiting Texas And Louisiana Earlier Today; Justice Department Revealing It Found Zero Evidence That Former President Obama Ever Wiretapped Trump Tower; Three Russian Diplomatic Facilities Here In The U.S.; Special Counsel Robert Mueller Now Has His Hands On A Letter That President Trump Apparently Planned To Send To Then FBI Director James Comey. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump in Lake Charles, Louisiana, After Texas Visit; Beaumont's Water Outage Could Soon Be Over; DOJ Says No Evidence Obama Wiretapped Trump Tower; Family Returns to Flooded Home After Viral Rescue Videos; North Korea Has More Developed Nuke?; Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump in Louisiana After Meeting Houston Victims; Beaumont Still Without Some Power Returning; U.S. Searching Russian Annex in Washington; Trump Arrives at National Guard Armory in Lake Charles, Louisiana; A Look at the Good Samaritans Who Sprang into Action; EPA Warns of Toxic Flood Waters; Houston Furniture Store Owner Opened 2 Stores to Flood Victims. Aired 5-6p ET
• President Trump About To Leave Harvey's Disaster Zone In Southeast Texas Bound For Nearby Louisiana; DOJ Saying It Has No Evidence Of Wiretapping At Trump Tower; President Trump Plans To Reveal His Big Decision On Young Working Immigrants Known As Dreamers; Salt Lake City's Police Department Apologizing To Local Nurse After She Was Arrested While Following Hospital Rules; President On The Ground in Louisiana. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump & First Lady in Houston Touring Flood Damage; Interview with Former A.G. Alberto Gonzales; 3 Days Without Water in Beaumont, Texas; HEB Grocery Provides Hot Meals, Groceries; U.S. Officials Search Russian Annex in D.C.; Trump Talks to 1st Responders in Houston; 2 Brothers Travel to Texas to Help Storm Victims. Aired 3-4p ET
• Donald Trump on Storm Response: I'm Very Happy With How it's Going; Trump: Storm Response Has Been "Efficient"; Trump: Aid Fund Request will Hopefully be Passed Quickly; Beaumont Families in Desperate Need of Clean Water; Estimated 30,000 Houston Students to Move Schools Temporarily; 53 Public Schools in Houston Sustained Major Damage; President and First Lady Visit Storm Victims in Houston. Aired 2-3p ET
• Trump & First Lady Meet with Harvey Flood Victims in Houston; What's Next for Hurricane Victims; Interview with Texas Rep. Al Green; Trump & First Lady Meet with Harvey Flood Victims in Houston; Beaumont Still Without Running Water after Pump Failure; Trump Signs $8 Billion Texas Relief Package, Not Up to Congress; Pro Sports Back in Action in Houston. Aired 1-2p ET
• President and First Lady Arrive in Houston; DHS: Flooding Has Damaged Or Destroyed 100,000 Homes; Federal Responders Rescue 28,000 People And 1,600 Pets. Aired 12-1p ET
• Harvey Aftermath; Floodwaters a "Toxic Stew" of Chemicals, Bacteria; President Trump's Visit to Texas and Louisiana; Kremlin Summons Senior U.S. Diplomat in Protest. Aired 11a-12n ET
• Trump & First Lady in Houston Touring Flood Damage; DOJ: No Evidence Trump Tower was Wiretapped. Aired 3-3:30pm ET


September 01, 2017
• Hurricane Harvey Makes Landfall; Trump Pardons Arpaio, Gorka Is Out; North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles. Aired 5-6a ET
• A Ton of Problems Now in Front of Texas Government; Business Establishments Takes Advantage of Calamity; U.S. Retaliates with Russia; Challenges In Harvey's Wake; New Concerns A Week After Harvey Hit; Post-Harvey Price Gouging Emerges; Coast Guard Crews Rescue 6,000 Plus People; Emotional Evacuee Returns To Ruin; Entire City Of Beaumont Loses Access To Clean Water. Aired 3-4a ET
• Rescues by U.S. Coast Guard Helicopters; White House Warns On Price Gouging Following Harvey; North Korea Condemns U.S./South Korea War Games; J.J. Watt Raises Over $13 Million for Harvey Survivors; Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey Finds Texas Cities Lose Fresh Water, Hospital Evacuated. Aired 2-3a ET
• 47 Now Dead In Texas Amid Harvey Devastation; U.S. Coast Guard Rescues More Than 6,000 People; Brothers From Dallas Join Army Of Volunteers; Texas Officials Report Port-Harvey Price Gouging; Families Search For Missing Relatives; Gas Demand Skyrockets In Texas Post- Harvey; Texas News Crew Catches Hotel Price Gouging; Tropical Storm Irma Strengthens in Atlantic; What Harvey Disaster Means for U.S. Politics; Mueller, NY Attorney General Focus on Manafort; Volunteer Heroism Comes with Price in Texas. Aired 1-2a ET
• Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey; Helicopter Rescues Continue Around Houston; Military Aiding in Areas Affected by Harvey; Arkansas Man Travels to Texas to Help; U.S. V.P. Pence Visits Texas; Harvey Death Toll at 47 in Texas; Somebody Cares Aid Organization Helps Statewide; Hidden Dangers of the Floodwaters; Irma: Another Powerful Hurricane Building in the Atlantic Aired 12-1a ET
• White House Decision On Dreamers To Be Announced Tuesday; Mueller Has Early Draft Of Comey Firing Letter According To NYT; Trump To Meet With Harvey Survivors This Weekend. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• White House Press Briefing; Hurricane Aftermath. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Mother Thanks General Russel Honore for Saving Their Lives; Hurricane Irma Churning in the Atlantic; Evacuees Return Home to Devastation; Texas Governor Gives Update on Hurricane Recovery Efforts. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Press Conference; Victims Return to Ruined Homes; Hopes are that Beaumont Will Have Water Soon; Mueller Has Draft of Trump Letter; Toxic Floodwaters. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Gas Prices Spike in Wake of Harvey; Harvey Evacuee Makes Emotional Return Home; Floodwater Pose Serious Health Risk; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• 14 Babies to be Airlifted from Evacuated Hospital; Army Sending Water Pumps to Beaumont; Crews to Release more Water from Houston Reservoirs; Irma: Now a Category 3 Storm, Path Uncertain; Trump: Congress to Consider Billions in Harvey Relief. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Victims Begin Returning Home; Man Plays Piano in Destroyed Home; Military Conducts Air and Door-to-Door Searches; Water Pumps Sent to Beaumont; Son Visits Shelters to Find Father. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Babies Evacuated from Hospital; Door-to-Door Searches Continue in Houston; Rescues Continue in Houston; Chemical Plant Update; Hurricane Irma Churns in the Atlantic; Gas Prices Spike In Wake Of Harvey; Mayor: Most Of Houston Dry, "Recovery" Begins; Businesses Donate Over $72 Million To Harvey Relief. Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 31, 2017
• Death Toll Continue to Rise; Flood Starts to Recedes Local Government Faces Gigantic Problems; Disasters Brings Positive Relationship Within Communities; President Trump Change his Tone; Europe Remembers Princess Diana. Aired 3-4a ET
• Unrelenting Storm Leaves Entire Cities Under Water; Texas Governor On Harvery "Worst Is Not Yet Over"; Harvey Drenches Wide Area East Of Houston; CNN Crew Saves Man from Floodwaters in Texas; Texas Rescue Efforts Turning to Recovery; Mosques Open Doors to Flood Victims; North Korea Celebrated, Trump Responds with Tweet. Aired 2-3a ET
• Unrelenting Storm Leaves Entire Cities Under Water; Countless People Remain Stranded Days Into Storm; Dangerous Flooding From Harvey Not Over Yet; At Least 37 Dead In Texas As Harvey Makes Second Landfall; Harvey May Prove Even Worse Than Katrina; Harvey Will Be One Of The Costliest Storms Ever In U.S.; 690 U.S. Marines Deployed For Harvey Relief; Total Losses From Harvey Could Reach $75 Billion; Deadly Flooding in Mumbai, India. Aired 1-2A ET
• Houston Area Mosques Turned into Shelters; CNN Crew Saves Man from Floodwaters; DefSec James Mattis Renews Call for North Korean Diplomacy; Missionaries Travel to Houston. Aired 12-1a ET
• White House: No Immediate Danger from Reservoirs; White House: About 100,000 Homes Affected by Harvey; White House Discussing Whether to Move Dream Act Deadline. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• White House Press Briefing. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Water Pump Failure Leaves Beaumont, Texas Without Water; Opening Louisiana Dam to Relieve Press Causes More Flooding in Orange, Texas; Houston Area Schools Struggle to Start on Time Following Floods; White House Briefing Soon. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Crews Going Door-to-Door; Hospital Evacuation in Beaumont; Military Ramps up Rescue Efforts. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Mandatory Evacuations Underway in Richmond, Texas; U.S. Coast Guard Conduct and Rescue Missions; Journalist Evacuates Flooded Port Arthur Hotel; Military Ramps Up Rescue Efforts in Storm-Ravaged Areas in Texas; Houston Mosques Open Doors to Storm Survivors; Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• ARKEMA Chemical Plant; Evacuation; Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Residents Start Returning to Homes; Residents Return to Damaged Homes; Blast at Chemical Plant; Harris County, Texas Fire Marshall Office's Statement. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Harvey Leaves Devastation In Its Wake; Former Houston Mayor Evacuates Flood-Ravaged Home. Reported Blast at Chemical Plant; Beaumont Loses Drinking Water; Water Rescues Continue in Texas; Reservoir Nears Record Levels; Harvey Weakens to Tropical Depression. Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 30, 2017
• Trump surveys disaster relief efforts in Texas; Record rainfall reported in areas around Houston; How climate change could impact hurricanes. Aired 2-3a ET
• Water Still Rising As Harvey Threatens Second Landfall; Harvey Takes Aim At Texas And Louisiana For Next Landfall; Countless People Stranded By Flooding From Harvey; Houston Officer Drowns Trying To Get To Work; Man Turns His Furniture Stores Into Storm Shelters; Trump Meets With Local Officials On Relief Efforts; Trump Surveys Disaster Relief Efforts In Texas; Trump Pledges Storm Recovery "Better Than Ever Before"; Joel Olsteen Responds To Backlash Over Flood Response. Aired 1-2a ET
• 24 Dead as Storm Makes Landfall; Trump Says Together We Will Endure and Overcome; ICE Officials Warn Flood Victims of Impersonators; Christie Blasts Cruz Who Voted Against Sandy Recovery Funds. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• CNN's Griffin Pulls Driver from Texas Ravine; Mattis Orders State Requests for Forces to be Expedited; Family Takes in 16 Strangers Displaced by Harvey. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Update from Beaumont, Texas, Mayor; Rapper Trae tha Truth Joins Volunteer Rescuers in Houston; Trump Speaks in Springfield, Missouri; Katy, Texas, Mom Loses Home; 6 Family Members Die in Van in Floods. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Eulogy for Senator John McCain. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Mayor Becky Ames; Houston's Brazos River Reaches Record Water Levels; President Trump Says Talking to North Korea Not the Answer; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Hurricane Relief Efforts Continue. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Thousands Rescued in Houston Area; FEMA Update; Lake Charles Hit By Hurricane Harvey. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Thousands Rescued As Death Toll Rises In Houston Area; Texas Senator Ted Cruz Speaks At Houston Convention Center; Harvey Makes New Landfall Drenches TX-LA Border Area. Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 29, 2017
• North Korea Provoke Nations to Respond; Harvey's Damage Continues; More Water Expected in Houston; Harvey Regaining Strength, Could Hit Houston Again; Countless People Stranded By Flooding From Harvey; Trump: Harvey Recovery Will Be Long And Difficult; Trump: Times Pardon During Higher Tv Ratings; North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Over Japan; Southeast Texas Warned Alligators May Be On The Move; Fema Manages The Challenge Of Evacuating The Elderly. Aired 3-4a ET
• Harvey Regain Strength, Could Hit Houston Again; Rescue Workers in Boats Trying to Help Those Stranded in Homes; Was Texas Sufficiently Prepared for Hurricane; Texas Warned Alligators May be on the Move. Aired 2-3a ET
• Harvey Leads To Catastrophic Floods; Harvey Regaining Strength Could Hit Houston Again; Trump Will Visit Texas Tuesday To View Region; Nation's Fourth Largest City Reeling From Historic Flooding; Countless People Stranded By Flooding From Harvey; Water Rising As Harvey Continues To Dump Rain In Texas; North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Over Japan; North Korean Missile Flew Over Hokkaido, Japan; Harvey Expected To Drive 30,000 People Into Shelters; Mexico Offers Humanitarian Help to Texas. Aired 1-2a ET
• Harvey's Devastating Hit; North Korea Threat; President Trump will Visit Texas Tuesday to View Storm Region; Harvey Regaining Strength, Could Hit Houston Again; Harvey Expected to Drive 30,000 People into Shelters. Aired 12-1a ET
• Report: Houston Officer Drowns Trying to Get to Work During Flood; 9000 Plus Take Shelter Inside Houston Convention Center; Harvey Churns Toward Louisiana; Photographer Captures Powerful Images of Flood. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan; Hurricane Relief Efforts Continue. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• North Korea Fires Missile over Japan, U.N. Meeting Soon; Historic Rains Push Levees, Reservoirs to Brink; Volunteers with Boat Rescuing People in Beaumont, Texas. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Levee Breached South Of Houston: Residents Told To Get Out; Harvey Maintains Strength, Set To Make Landfall Again; 30K Troops On Standby For Flood Assistance; Trump Visiting Texas As Floodwaters Keep Rising. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Says All Options are On the Table After North Korea Missile Launch; Rescue Underway in Houston; Levees Breached in Brazoria County, Texas. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Harvey Maintains Strength, Set to make Landfall again; "Cajun Navy" about to Start another Rescue Mission. Trump on North Korea: "All Options are on the Table"; Soon: Houston Mayor Updates on Harvey Devastation. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• North Korea Launches Missile over Japan; Flood Waters Rise in Richmond; Harvey Compared to Katrina; Katrina Survivor Rescued from Harvey Flooding. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Harvey Maintains Strength, Set to Make Landfall Again; 9K Find Shelter in Houston Convention Center; Interview with Gov. Greg Abbott; Thousands Stranded As Texas Waters Keep Rising; Harvey Maintains Strength, Set To Make Landfall Again; Harvey Could Cost Tens Of Billions In Damage; North Korea Launches Missile Over Japan. Aired 9- 9:30a ET


August 28, 2017
• Harvey Pummels Texas, Brings Catastrophic Flooding; Houston Floods Strand Family Returning from Costa Rica; Rockport Devastated by Hurricane; U.S. Tourists Dare to Head to North Korea Before Ban; Texans Turn to Social Media for Help During Flood. Aired 2-3a ET
• Harvey Pummels Texas, Brings Catastrophic Flooding; Team Rubicon Volunteers Step Up to Help in Houston; Football Player Raising Funds for Flood Victims; People Turn to Social Media for Help During Flood; U.S. Tourists Dare to Head to North Korea Before Ban. Aired 1- 2a ET
• Harvey Pummels Texas, Brings Catastrophic Flood; Family Saved from Their Flooded Home in Texas; Floodwaters Force TV Station to Evacuate. Aired 12-1a ET
• The Devastating Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey; Trump to Visit the Areas Hit by the Typhoon; Harvey Affects America's Oil Industry; Social Media Flooded with Pleas and Posts. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Will Be Going to Texas On Tuesday; Seven Suspected Storm Related Deaths in Texas; Stranded Pets Rescued from Flooding. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Officials Update Hurricane Relief Efforts in Texas. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Trump, First Lady Head to Texas Tomorrow; White House Accused of Using Harvey as Distraction for Controversial News Release Friday Night; Rockport Residents Scramble to Evacuate Ahead of Record Flooding; Governor of Texas Gives Press Conference. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Catastrophic Flooding Across Texas; FEMA Expects 30,000 in Shelters; Family Trapped in Houston Home; More Rain Expected in Texas; CNN Crew Help Rescue Victims. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump and First Lady to Visit Texas; Volunteers Pull Residents from Flooded Home; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Emergency Declared in Louisiana as Harvey Churns; Houston Overwhelmed by Water as Harvey Hovers over Texas; Soon: Houston Mayor Gives Update on Devastating Flood. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump's Sunday Tweets; Tillerson and Mattis Distance Themselves; Trump to Visit Texas; Resident Reacher Father after Storm; FEMA Estimates 30,000 Plus are Headed to Shelters. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Red Cross: 2,500 Evacuees at Houston Convention Center; Record Floods Expected from Brazos River; Additional Inches of Rain Expected This Week; Harvey Causes Catastrophic Flooding In Houston; Red Cross: 2,500 Evacuees At Houston Convention Center. Aired 9-9:30a ET


August 27, 2017
• Catastrophic Flash Flooding in Texas; Arpaio Pardon Controversy; North Korea Conducts Three More Missile Tests; Storm Chaser Returns Dog to Owner via Twitter; Mayweather Beats McGregor. Aired 5-6a ET
• Catastrophic Flash Flooding in Texas; Arpaio Pardon Controversy; North Korea Conducts Three More Missile Tests; Mayweather Beats McGregor; Harvey Disrupts Oil Industry. Aired 4-5a ET
• Flash Flood Emergency Issued for Houston, Texas; Trump White House; Arpaio Pardon Controversy; , It's Been About Two Weeks Since The Us President Warned That Military Action Could Be Used Against Venezuela And That's Already Creating Big Changes In The South American Country, The Season 7 Finale Of "Game Of Thrones" Airs Sunday Night. Aired 3-4a ET
• Flash Flood Emergency Issued for Houston, Texas; Mayweather Beats McGregor. Aired 2-2:30a ET
• Coverage of tropical storm, Harvey; Aired 7-8p ET
• Harvey Pummels Texas, Brings Catastrophic Flooding; Flood Victims Desperate for Help as Waters Rise; Trump to Visit Texas Tuesday Amid Record Flooding; 1,000+ Rescued from Texas Floods Overnight; Rescues Continues as Night Falls on Houston; Texas; Nation's 4th-Largest City Facing Epic Flooding; NWS: Rainfall could Reach 50 Inches in Parts of Texas; 56,000+ Calls to Houston 911 in 15 Hours. Aired 9-10p ET
• Houston Deals With Historic Floods,; Texas Gov: Houston Flooding May Be Worst Ever Seen; About 3,000 National Guard Members Activated In Texas; Weather Service: Harvey "Beyond Anything Experienced"; Floodwaters Force TV Station To Evacuate; Social Media Helps Show Destruction Left By Harvey; Viral Photo Of Nursing Home Residents In Waist Deep Water; FEMA Official: We'll Be In Texas For Years; 1000+ People Rescued In Texas Overnight; Media Out In Full Force As Harvey Soaks Texas; Social Media Helps Show Destruction Left By Harvey; Aired 8-9p ET
• Trade Talks; Pope Francis Under Fire; John McCain's Final Statement. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Widespread Devastation in Texas as Flooding Begins; Flooding Rescues Underway in Dickinson, Texas; Aired 6-7p ET


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