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December 15, 2017
• Haley Shows Proof of Iranian Missiles; Yemen Still Feel the Effects of Civil War; FCC Voted on Internet Regulations; Unrest on the Streets of Middle East Over Trump's Decision; Omarosa Out of the White House; Japan To Impose Fresh Sanctions Against North Korea; E.U. Council To End Phase One Of Brexit Negotiations; Prime Minister May, We Are On Course To Deliver On Brexit; Disney's Game Changing Deal With Fox; Russian President Looks For Re-Election Next Year. Aired 3- 4a ET
• Trump Thanks Putin; The End Of Net Neutrality; 6,700 Rohingya Killed In First Month Of Myanmar Crackdown; Disney Boss Bob Iger Views Early Cut of 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'; What Disney is Getting from Fox; Putin: Russia Will Defend Athletes In Court. Aired 2-3a ET
• Millions In Yemen At Risk Of Starving; Putin Talks Politics, Praises Trump, Derides Probe; Republican Tax Plan Hits Some Snags; FCC Votes To Repeal Net Neutrality Protections; Disney TO Pay $52 BN For Most Of 21st Century Fox; Newest Star Wars Film Opens Around The World. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump and Putin Chat on Phone, Praise Each Other; Shocking New Reports about Rohingya Crisis. Aired 12-1a ET
• Report: Trump Judicial Nominee Can't Answer Basic Legal Questions; Sen. Corker Now A Yes On Tax Reform; National Park Leader Scolded For Climate Change Tweets. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Republican Senator Republican Marco Rubio Now Saying He Is A Yes In Support Of The Republican Final Version Of The Tax Plan; Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson And North Korea's Ambassador Each Addressed The U.N. Security Council; One Of President Trump's Judicial Nominees Gets Grilled By A Senator On His Legal Experience. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• North Korean Diplomat Calls Out U.S. at U.N.; Omarosa: "Trump Is Racial But He's Not a Racist"; Tillerson: Freedom of Press Key to Myanmar Democracy. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Republicans Finalize Plan, Details to be Released Soon; Trump Visits FBI Academy Minutes After Bashing Agency. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump to Speak at FBI National Academy; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Soon: Trump at FBI National Academy, Tillerson at UN; Soon: Tillerson Addresses U.N. Security Council. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• GOP Hits Roadblocks; Future Biden Run; Trump Says Moore Should Concede; Trump on Putin Call; Michigan Voters Still Hopeful. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Draft Shows Heavy Edits To Comey's Clinton Remarks; Democrats: GOP Rushing To Wrap Up Russia Probe; GOP Hits Roadblocks In Race To Pass Bill; President Trump to Speak at FBI National Academy; GOP Hits Roadblocks in Race to Pass Bill. Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 14, 2017
• Yemen Ravaged By Years Of War And Famine; Trump Touts Tax Plan After Stunning Senate Loss; Republicans Breach Tentative Agreement On Tax Reform; South Korean And Chinese Presidents To Discuss North Korea; Republicans Accuse Mueller Of Hiring Anti-Trump Partisan; Text Between FBI Employees Ignite Firestorm; Rosenstein Opposes Calls For Second Special Counsel; Putin's Annual Newsers Have Lasted Hours; Sandy Hook Five Years Later. Aired 03-4a ET
• Rare Access Inside Yemen's War; Donald Trump Goes On Damage Control; Moore Calls Election Tainted, Does Not Concede. Aired 1-2a ET
• President Trump Invites Doug Jones To White House After Alabama Senate Win; Cycling Star Chris Froome Fails Drug Test; Man City Claim Record 15th Straight League Win. Aired 2-3a ET
• Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Race; Black Voters Saved America from Roy Moore; Rohingya Living in Fear in Refugee Camps; Rosenstein Opposes Calls For Second Special Counsel; Sexual Abuse Claims in the Entertainment World. Aired 12-1a ET
• Man with ALS Confronts Senator, "You Can Save My Life"; Trump's FCC Fundamentally Changes Internet Access Rules; Kentucky Lawmaker Found Dead After Sexual Assault Allegations. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Omarosa Manigault Leaving the White House; Marco Rubio May Be a No on Tax GOP Bill; House Speaker Paul Ryan May Leave After 2018 Midterms; Trump Still Doubts U.S. Intelligence on Russia; Man with ALS Confronts Senator about Tax Vote; Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Says Disney/21st Century FOX Deal is "Good"; Trump Speaks on Economy, Taxes, Regulations; Marco Rubio a Problem on Republican Tax Plan; Omarosa Fights Back Against Reports of Her Firing. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• White House Briefing As Tax Bill Nears Final Vote; Rubio: Will Vote "No" Without Expanded Child Tax Credit. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Senator John McCain Receiving Treatment for Cancer Therapy Side Effects; Interview with Representative Kevin Brady; Thousands of Children Starving in Yemen; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• McCain, Cochran Health Concerns ahead of Vote Next Week; WAPO: Trump Continues to Reject Evidence on Russia; Omarosa Slams Report She was Thrown out of White House. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Republicans Attack Mueller Probe; Trump Continues to Reject Russia Evidence; Kentucky Voters Betting on Trump; Disney Buying 21st Century Fox. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• WAPO: Trump Continues To Reject Evidence On Russia, Has Never Held Cabinet Meeting On Russia; House and Senate Compromise Bill Faces Final Votes Next Week; What's in the GOP Compromise Tax Bill?; Omarosa Manigault Leaving the White House. Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 13, 2017
• Jones' Win May Affects Trump's Agenda; U.S. Willing to Meet with North Korea's Leader; Authorities in High Alert After Monday's Failed Attack; Bitcoin Surging in South Korea; Gillibrand: Trump Tweet A Sexist Smear Against Me; Trump Decision On Israel Ignites Global Protest; Muslim Leaders Hold Summit On U.S. Policy Change; Pushing The Paris Climate Accord Forward; Royal Appearances In Star Wars The Last Jedi; Vladimir Putin Portrayed As Superhero. Aired 3-4a ET
• Democrat Doug Jones Wins Red State Alabama Special Election; Doug Jones Defeats Roy Moore In U.S. Senate Race; Alabama Senate Race Starkly Divided On Racial Lines; Barkley Democrats Have Taken Blacks & Poor For Granted. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Says Tax Savings Could Begin in February; Trump on More Loss, would have Liked to Have had Seat; Senate Now in Play, Democrats Two Seats from Majority. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Does Tax Bill Benefit the Rich?; President Trump Pushes Tax Bill. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Deputy A.G.: Have Not Seen Cause to Fire Robert Mueller; FBI Agent Revoked from Russia Probe Once Called Trump "Idiot"; Omarosa Dramatically Leaves White House; Charles Barkley Calls Jones Win "Wakeup Call" for Democrats. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump: Some in GOP "Happy" With Alabama Senate Loss; Trump, Republicans Meet As GOP Reaches Deals on Taxes. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Rod Rosenstein Testifies Before the Justice Dept. Aired 10:30- 11a
• Jones Wins in Alabama; Rosenstein to Testify at House Judiciary Committee. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Texts from FBI Agents About Trump; Rosenstein To Testify on Capitol Hill; Democrats Win Alabama Senate Race; Agent Removed from Russia Probe; Omarosa Resigns from White House. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Doug Jones Defeats GOP's Roy Moore In Major Upset; Support From Women Helps Jones Beat Moore; Trump Downplays Roy Moore's Loss. Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 12, 2017
• Trump Not Included in One Planet Summit; Trump Accusers Back on TV; Alabamians Decides Between Moore and Jones; Lone Wolf Failed Attack in New York Subway. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Suspect In Pipe Bomb Pledged Allegiance To ISIS, Officials Say; Scientist Link California Wildfires To Climate Change; Dozens Hurt In Protests Against U.S. Embassy Move. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Accusers Call For Investigation; Republican Committee Is Now Supporting Moore; Pipe Bomb Attack In New York City; Thomas Fire One Is Fifth Largest In Modern California History; Macron Awards Grants To U.S. Researchers; Nominations Honor Best In Film & Telivision. Aired 1-2a ET
• The Changing Climate; Trump's Diet Coke Habit. Aired 12-1a ET
• Report: Senate GOP Meets Tomorrow on Fate of Moore If He Wins; WH Says Trumps' Tweet on Gillibrand In No Way Sexist; WH Says Those Who Call Trump Tweet Sexist Are in The Gutter. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Alabama Votes; White House Press Briefing. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Fires Back at Gillibrand & Accusers; Trump Lawyers Demand Second Special Counsel in Russian Probe; Lawmakers Demand Probe into Trump Sexual Accusations; How Trump, His Businesses & Family Benefit from Tax Bill; Grassley Urges Trump to Reconsider 2 Judicial Picks. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Congresswomen Demand Probe Into Trump's Accusations; Alabama Voting Underway; McConnell Comments on Calls for Trump Investigation. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• NYPD Suspect Facing Multiple Terror-Related Charges; How the Tax Bill helps Trump and His Businesses; Voters Hitting the Polls in High Stakes Alabama Special Election; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Voters Hitting the Polls in High-Stakes Special Election; Trump: Gillibrand Begged Me for Campaign Contributions; Trump: Sex Misconduct Accusations "Fabricated Stories"; Congresswomen Wants Investigation into Trump Accusations. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Suspect Facing Multiple Terror-Related Charges; Trump Wants Chain Migration Ended; Trump Criticizes Gillibrand; Voters go to the Polls in Alabama; Congress Pressured to Save CHIP. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Voters Hitting the Polls in High Stakes Alabama Special Election; Trump Slams Gillibrand After Calling for His Resignation; Group of Congresswomen Want Investigation into Trump Accusations; Trump: Sex Misconduct Accusations "Fabricated Stories"; Voting Underway In Roy Moore-Doug Jones Face-Off. Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 11, 2017
• Alabamians About to Decide Between Jones and Moore; Fallout of Trump's Israel Decision Palpable in the Middle East; Fires Chooses No Color and Status. Aired 3-4a ET
• Alabama U.S. Senate Race; Jerusalem Controversy; Massive Thomas Fire Grows To 5th Largest In California History; Former Officer Acquitted In Fatal Shooting Of Unarmed Man; Concerns North Korea Could Disrupt Winter Olympics. Aired 2-3a ET
• Outrage Over Trump's Jerusalem Decision; Winds Fueling California Fires; Critics Accuse Beijing Of Forcing Migrants From Homes; Roy Moore Makes Final Push For Senate Seat; Unintended Consequences Of Paris Pollution Crackdown; Report: EPA Scrubs Climate Change Language From Web Site. Aired 1-2a ET
• Outrage over Trump's Jerusalem Decision; Voters Preparing to Make Major Impact on U.S. Senate; Winds Fueling California Fires. Aired 12-1a ET
• Report: WH Briefing Gets Contentious Over Trump Media Attacks; NYC Bombing Suspect Pledged Allegiance To ISIS; Teen Denied Life Changing Surgery Says Screw You To Aetna. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President Trump All In on Accused Child Molester Roy Moore for Alabama Senate; Terror Suspect Arrested in New York; President Trump Signs Space Directive. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• White House Dailey Briefing; White House Briefing Turns Contentious over Trump Accusers; White House Reporter Confronts Sarah Sanders on "Lumping Together All New Media as Fake"; Trump Talks Leadership in Space Program. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• NYPD: Suspect Detonates Bomb Strapped to His Body; Trump, Obama Record Competing Robocalls; White House Briefing After Terror Attack Near Times Square. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Senator Lindsey Graham; Paul Manafort and Rick Gates Back in Court; Trump Accusers Speak Out Against President; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• NYPD: Explosion at Port Authority was "Terror-Related"; NYPD: 27-year-old Suspect Strapped Bomb to his Body; Candidates make Final Push in AL Senate Race. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Explosion in New York City; Officials to Give Explosion Update; New York City Press Conference. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Police Respond to Explosion Near Times Square; Fire Department: Four Injured In Explosion Near Times Square. Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 10, 2017
• Violence Escalates after U.S. Jerusalem Decision; Trump Presidency; California Wildfires; Bitcoin's Big Boost; Battle against ISIS; Anti-Nuclear Weapons Group to Receive Nobel Peace Prize. Aired 5-6a ET
• Violence Escalates after U.S. Jerusalem Decision; Trump Presidency; Battle against ISIS; California Wildfires; Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore Courts African American Voters; Police Arrest Three from North Korean Ship. Aired 4-5a ET
• Violence Escalates after U.S. Jerusalem Decision; Battle against ISIS; Trump Presidency; California Wildfires; France Pays Tribute to Rock Icon Johnny Hallyday. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Violence Escalates after U.S. Jerusalem Decision; Trump Presidency; Battle against ISIS; California Wildfires; France Pays Tribute to Rock Icon Johnny Hallyday. Aired 2-2:15a ET
• Voters In Alabama Are About To Make A Choice That Will Have A Major Impact On The Balance Of Power In The United States Senate, For Nearly A Week Now, Firefighters Have Been Waging What Seems Like An Endless War Against Dangerous Wildfires In Southern California, Newly Released Body Camera Footage Of This Police Shooting Shows Daniel Shaver's Last Moments. Aired: 8-9p ET
• Voters in Alabama are about to pick the United States senator; Rob Goldstone is expected to testify before the House and Senate intelligence committees as early as this week; A week of hell on earth for thousands of firefighters and the evacuees in California to Ventura County; New details refuting claims by the Trump administration; Celebrities are boycotting SiriusXM; Aired 7-8p ET
• Southern California Experiencing Living Hell of Fire; Woman Says Friend Told Her About Roy Moore Abuse in 1979; What's Next for the #MeToo Movement. Aired 6-7p ET
• Alabama voters pick a senator in special election Tuesday; Moore echoing Trump's words days before election; Doug Jones touts celebrity support ahead of election; Southern California experiencing a living hell of fire; Trump's Jerusalem decision prompts protests; Rep Schiff: evidence of collusion is damning; Interior secretary pushes controversial Alaska road. Aired 5-6p ET
• Alabama voters go to the polls, 40 hours; Video was released after a jury acquitted the former officer of murder and reckless manslaughter charges sparking outrage; Record breaking dry conditions are making firefighting tougher in southern California today; Aired 4- 5p ET
• Moore, Jones In Final Sprint For Tuesday Election; Alabamians Wrestle With Moore Accusations Ahead Of Election; Critical 48 Hours At Mar-A-Lago Could Hold Answer; Some Republicans Attack Integrity Of Mueller Probe; Thomas Fire Jumps County Line: Burns 170k-Acres; Gov. Brown Tells Resident: "This Is Your New Normal"; Thomas Fire Is 10th Largest In State History; Violent Protest Near U.S. Embassy In Lebanon; Security Concerns For Olympic Winter Games Grow. Aired 3-4p ET
• Moore, Jones in Final Sprint for Tuesday Election; Two Days before Election, Moore Again Denies Molesting Anyone; Cory Booker Joins Rally for Doug Jones; President Trump Records Robocall for Moore; Doug Jones makes Appeal to African-American Voters; New Evacuations Underway as Wildfires Grow; Graphic Video Shows Unarmed Man Begging for his Life; Aired 2-3p ET


December 09, 2017
• Trump's Message to Alabama; Russia Investigation; West Bank Clashes and Palestinian Protests; California Wildfires; Brexit Negotiations; Sexual Harassment Claims Cause Franks to Resign; Trump at Civil Rights Museum Stirs Controversy; Savage Santa Letters. Aired 5-6a ET
• Trump's Message to Alabama; California Wildfires; West Bank Clashes and Palestinian Protests; Brexit Negotiations; Russia Investigation; Concerns North Korea Could Disrupt Olympics. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump's Message to Alabama; Russia Investigation; California Wildfires; Brexit Negotiations; West Bank Clashes and Palestinian Protests; Sergio Garcia On The Masters And His Family. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump's Message to Alabama; West Bank Clashes and Palestinian Protests; California Wildfires; Brexit Negotiations; Concerns North Korea Could Disrupt Olympics. Aired 12mn-12:30a ET
• Roy Moore Campaign Is Getting Another Boost From The President; The Challenges Keep Growing Across Southern California; Russia Tried To Contact Yet Another Member Of President Trump's Inner Circle; Tensions Are Now At An All-Time High On The Korean Peninsula; Bizarre Accusation Leveled Against Arizona Republican Trent Franks. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump: "This Is Rigged," "Sick System from the Inside"; Special Counsel Has 400,000 Documents in Paula Manafort Case; Donald Trump Jr Invoked Attorney/Client Privilege as Lawmaker Questioned Him on Russia. Aired 5-6p ET
• President Trump Attended The Opening Of The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; Six Fires Have Burned, 175,000 Acres Total This Week, Destroying Nearly 800 Structures; Growing Concerns About The Trump Administration's Mark On The Environmental Protection Agency; President Trump Had A Campaign Rally Along The Alabama-Florida Border; Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Stumps for Moore 3 Days from Alabama Election; FBI Warned Hope Hicks on Russians; Special Counsel Has 400,000 Documents in Paula Manafort Case; Civil Rights Icons Skip President's Event at Museum; Trump Stumps for Moore 3 Days from Alabama Election; Contrasting Weather Fuels Fires in California, Snow on East Coast. Aired 3-4p ET
• President Trump Visits Civil Rights Museum in Mississippi; President Trump Endorses Roy Moore for Senate in Alabama; Wildfires Continue to Burn in Southern California; Army and Navy Square Off in Annual Football Game. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Weather Forecast Worries California Firefighters; Contrasting Weather Fuels Fires in California, Snow on East Coast; Fiery Q&As as U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Same-Sex Wedding Cake Arguments; Army/Navy Football Game an Hour Away; Trump Highlights Civil Rights Battle at Museum Opening; Trump Stumps for Moore 3 Days from Alabama Election. Aired 1-2p ET
• Trump Honors Activists at New Civil Rights Museum; Trump Rallies for Accused Child Molester Roy Moore. Aired 12-1p ET
• Trump to Visit Civil Rights Museum in Mississippi; Trump Rallies for Accused Child Molester Roy Moore; Interview with Tom Reed. Aired 11a-12n ET
• President Trump to Attend Opening of Civil Rights Museum in Mississippi; Protestors to Demonstrate against President Trump at Civil Rights Museum in Mississippi; President Trump Holds Rally in Pensacola, Florida; President Trump Endorses Roy Moore for Senate in Alabama; Wildfires Continue to Burn in Southern California; Army and Navy Square Off in Annual Football Game. Aired 10-11a ET


December 08, 2017
• Brexit Talks Made it to First Phase of Negotiations; Firefighters Working Non-Stop to Contain California Wildfires; Trump's Israel Declaration Spark Violence; More Lawmakers' Misconduct Revealed to Public. Aired 3-4a ET
• European Commission Announces Brexit Breakthrough; Protests And Clashes After Trump Announcement; Britain And E.U. Clinch Brexit Breakthrough With Move To Trade Talks; Wildfires Raging Across Southern California; Family Drove Past Fires So Wife Could Give Birth At Hospital. Aired 2-3a ET
• California's Raging Wildfires; Jerusalem Decision Fallout; Franken Calls Out Trump And Moore In Resignation Speech; California Wildfire Drive More Than 190,000 From Homes; Theresa May Talks Brexit With European Union Leaders; Protest And Clashes After Trump Announcement. Aired 1-2a ET
• Violence in Jerusalem; Protests And Clashes After Trump Announcement; Wildfires in California Drive Nearly 200K from Their Homes. Aired 12-1a ET
• Fires Across California Force 200,000 to Flee Their Homes; Republicans, Fox Hosts Target Mueller as Pressure Builds; E-mail Pointed Trump Campaign to WikiLeaks was sent on September 14, not September 4. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Republicans on the Attack Against Special Counsel; Trump-Russia Probe Intensifies; Trump Doubles Down on Support for Accused Child Molester Roy Moore. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Obama's Veiled Warning Against Trump; Saving Horses from California Wildfires; Army/Navy Rivalry More Than a Ballgame. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Says "Vote Roy Moore!", Campaigning Tonight; Republicans, Fox Hosts Target Mueller as Pressure Builds; Black Lawmakers to Skip Civil Rights Event Over Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Representative Steve Russell; New Evacuations as Wildfires Grow; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• CNN Exclusive: E-mail Shows Effort to Give Trump Campaign WikiLeaks Documents; Trump Jr. Attorney: "We Have No Idea" who Mike Erickson is; Trump Tweets: Vote Roy Moore!; Strong Jobs Report, but Low Job Approval for Trump. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• E-mail Shows WikiLeaks Effort; Deputy AG Testifies About Russia; Trump to Rally Near Alabama; Wildfires Torch California. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Three Lawmakers Resign In Three Days Over Harassment Allegations; Rep. Franks Stuns With "Surrogacy" Revelations; Trump To Rally Near Alabama Days After Endorsing Moore; Donald Trump, Don Junior, Others in Trump Team Received E-mail for Hacked WikiLeaks Documents; Undisclosed E-mails Follow-up Made After Trump Tower Meeting with Russians; Strong November Jobs Report Out. Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 07, 2017
• World Reacts After Trump's Decision on Israel; Wildfires Continue to Engulf Los Angeles; Donald Trump Jr. Invoked Attorney- Client Privilege; Trump recognizes Jerusalem As Israel's Capital; Moore Opponent Fighting For Every Vote; CNN Freedom Project; Migrants Face Exploitation In Italy. Aired 3-4a ET
• More Evacuations Ordered In Thomas Fire As Crews Fight To Protect Ojai Amid Weird Wind Pattern; Massive Wildfires Ravaging Southern California; Trump Recognizes Jerusalem As Israel's Capital. Aired 2-3a ET
• Wildfires Burn Across Southern California; Trump Recognizes Jerusalem As Isreal's Capital; Franken To Make Announcement Thursday; Massive Wildfires Ravaging Southern California; African Migrant Women Forced Into Prostitution In Italy. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's Capital; Massive Wildfires Ravaging Southern California; Trump's Jerusalem Decision Met with Protests; California Wildfires Rage Out of Control; Trump Jr. Not Talking. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Junior Invokes Attorney-Client Privilege; Hurricane Force Winds Cripple Fight Against L.A. Fires; Congressman Skipping Civil Rights Event. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Donald Trump Jr. Clams Up on President Trump; FBI Director Defends Agency; California Fires; Senator Al Franken Resigns. Aired 3- 3:30p ET


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