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January 07, 2018
• President Trump Defending Mental Fitness; Frustration Boiling Inside West Wing After Staff Banned From Using Personal Cell phones; North and South Korea Prepare for Landmark Talks Next Week. Aired 4-5p ET
• Water Main Break at JFK Shuts Down International Flights; Sessions' Decision Sparks Confusion on Marijuana; Legal Marijuana: Colorado Governor on What's Next; First Cross-Border Talks in Korea Set for Tuesday. Aired 6-7p ET
• Miller: book is garbage, Wolff is garbage author; Trump's self-defense: Helpful or hurtful; Bannon: Trump Tower meeting criticism we for Manafort; Trump: there's been absolutely no collusion; Haley defends Trump's stability after hot-button tweets; FAA: JFK's terminal four suspended for six hours; CNN live on the Golden Globes red carpet; Atlanta preps to host Trump at football championship. Aired 5-6p ET
• Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon issuing a statement about his comments in the book "Fire and Fury"; One on one interview with President Trump's advisor Stephen Miller. Aired 4-5p ET
• Miller Calling Fire And Fury Garbage; JFK Shuts Down International Flights; Investigation On Christopher Steele; Atlanta Preps For College Football's National Championship; A New Twist In The Russia Investigation; Golden Globe's Time's Up Movement. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump, Defending His Mental Fitness, Says He's A Very Stable Genius; Donald Trump Open To Speaking With Kim Jong-un; Saudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes Protesting Cuts To Perks; NASA Mourns the Passing of Astronaut John Young; Hollywood Awards Season. Aired 4-5am ET


January 06, 2018
• New Twist in Russia Investigation; "Fire and Fury" Hits Bookstores as Instant Best Seller; U.S. Authorities Reactivate The Clinton Foundation Probe; U.S. Secretary of State on Relations with North Korea; Michael Wolff's Colorful and Controversial Career; Hollywood Awards Season Begins; Battle of the Buttons. Aired 5-6a ET
• New Twist in Russia Investigation; "Fire and Fury" Hits Bookstores as Instant Best Seller; U.S. Authorities Reactivate The Clinton Foundation Probe; U.S. Secretary of State on Relations with North Korea; Michael Wolff's Colorful and Controversial Career; Strong Words at U.N. Security Council Meeting; Britain's Latte Levy. Aired 4- 5a ET
• New Twist in Russia Investigation; "Fire and Fury" Hits Bookstores as Instant Best Seller; U.S. Authorities Reactivate The Clinton Foundation Probe; U.S. Secretary of State on Relations with North Korea; Strong Words at U.N. Security Council Meeting; British Latte Levy. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• New Twist in Russia Investigation; "Fire and Fury" Hits Bookstores as Instant Best Seller; U.S. Authorities Reactivate The Clinton Foundation Probe; U.S. Secretary of State on Relations with North Korea. Aired 12m-12:30a ET
• Trump Speaks With GOP Leaders From Camp David; Trump: Everything I've Done Is 100 Percent Proper. Aired 12-1p ET
• President Trump Defending Mental Fitness; Frustration Boiling Inside West Wing After Staff Banned From Using Personal Cell Phones; North and South Korea Prepare for Landmark Talks Next Week. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump: Author of Tell-All Book is "A Fraud"; Trump Defends Mental Stability; White House Officials Tried to Pressure Sessions to Not Recuse Himself; Book Author Says Trump "Has Lost It". Aired 3-4p ET
• Trump Tweets Displeasure with Book, Declares His Genius; More in GOP Calls for Sessions to Resign; White House Lawyer, Others Tried to Stop Sessions' Recusal; Official Says Clinton Foundation Under Investigation; Expose Book Says Former Trump Aide Called Him a Fool; Sessions Rescinds Obama-era Memo on Pot; Trump Tweets About His Genius; Weather Snarls Travel, Major Delays at JFK Airport. Aired 8- 9p ET
• President's reaction to this book seems to be overshadowing the politics plan for this weekend at Camp David; Secretary of state Rex Tillerson spoke out today about President Trump's mental fitness; Passengers flying in and out of JFK airport facing major delay; Aired 7:00-8:00p ET
• Trump Tweets Displeasure With Book, Declares His Genius; Trump: White House Officials Tried To Stop Sessions' Recusal; Trump On Russia Probe: There's Been No Collusion, No Crime; Trump: Everything I've Done Is 100 Percent Proper; Three Conservative Republicans: Sessions Should Resign; Inside The Journalistic Career Of Michael Wolff. Aired 5-6p ET
• GOP Leaders Meet at Camp David; Trump Had WH Lawyers Urge Sessions not to Recuse Himself; "Fire and Fury". Aired 11-12p ET
• New Book on Early Trump Administration Published; White House Counsel Reportedly Attempted to Convince Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to Recuse Himself from Russia Investigation; Attorney General Jeff Sessions Ends Obama Era Rules on Pursuing Federal Drug Enforcement Prosecutions; Interview with Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper; Analysts Debate Value of Bitcoin. Aired 10-11a ET


January 05, 2018
• Fire and Fury Book Gets to Trump's Skin; North and South Korea Breaking Barriers; Icy Winter Storm Hits Southern U.S.; U.S. Cuts Foreign Aid to Pakistan. Aired 3-4a ET
• White House Expose Releasing Four Days Early; The Trump Presidency; U.N. Security Council to Meet on Iran Situation; Major Chip Flaws Put Almost All Devices at Risk; North Korea Accepts Offer From South To Meet For Peace Talks; Merseyside Derby Set For F.A. Cup 3rd Round; Lifting Croatia's Famous Snow Queen Trophy Aired 2-3a ET
• South-North Korea Talks to Begin; White House Expose Releasing Four Days Early; The Trump Presidency; U.N. Security Council to Meet on Iran Situation; .N. Security Council To Meet On Situation; Hollywood Awards Season Starts Sunday; Bitcoin Is Grabbing The World's Attention. Aired 1-2a ET
• South Korea Says North Korea Agrees to Talks on January 9; White House Expose Releasing Four Days Early; Attorney General Rescinds Obama-Era Marijuana Rules. Aired 12-1a ET
• New Book Casts Doubt on President's Fitness for Office; Tillerson Says My Relationship with Trump Is Developing. Aired 3:30- 4p ET
• Trump's Mental Fitness?; Tillerson on Trump; Justice Department Targets Clinton Foundation. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Justice Department Investigating Clinton Foundation; Bannon in Book: New Details from Tell-All Book on Trump. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Cease and Desist Bid Fails, "Fire and Fury" Hits Shelves; Author: "100 Percent" in Trump's Circle Question his Fitness; Trump: "I Never Spoke" to "Fire and Fury" Author for Book. Aired 10-10:30a ET


January 04, 2018
• Trump and Bannon Feud Catches New Attention; Protests in Iran Are Over; North and South Korea Reopen Communication; France To Pass New Laws Against Fake News. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Starts 2018 With Flurry of Angry Tweets; Donald Trump Claims Credit For Renewed Dialogue Between North And South Korea. Aired 2-3a ET
• Ex-Strategist Alleges Money Laundering, Treason; Condemnation Of Trump's Tweet On Nuclear Button; Iran's Revolutionary Guards Claim Protests Are Over. Aired 1-2a ET
• "Fire and Fury" in the White House; Pyongyang Calls on DMZ Hotline; Iran's Revolutionary Guard Claims Protests are Over; At Least 23 Killed in Rebel-Held Area of Damascus; Near-Record Setting Snowfall in Charleston. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. Suspends Security to Pakistan; On New Book, Bannon Said Daughter Will Bring Down the Father; Spicer Says, I Screwed Up as Press Secretary. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Will President Trump Undergo Mental Acuity Exam?; Trump-Bannon Feud Erupts. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• White House Daily Briefing; Trump Lawyers Send Cease-and-Desist Letter to Bannon, Publisher. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump's Lawyers to Bannon: Shut Up or We'll Sue; White House: Disgraceful & Laughable" to Stay Trump Unfit. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Senator Tom Carper; White House Bans Personal Cell Phones from West Wing; 58 Million in the Path of Massive Winter Storm. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• New Book Highlights White House Dysfunction; Trump Attorney Sends Bannon Cease-and-Desist Letter; Trump Dissolves Controversial Voter Fraud Commission. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Stocks Near 25,000 Mark; Book Highlights White House Dysfunction; Stock Market Breaks 25,000; Massive Winter Storm Hits Northeast; Trump Takes Credit for Talks. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• New Book Highlights White House Dysfunction; Trump Attorney Sends Bannon Cease-And-Desist Letter; Manafort Sues DOJ, Mueller Over Russia Probe Authority; Attorney General Ends Policy Not To Interfere With State Pot Laws. Aired 9-9:30a ET


January 03, 2018
• Trump Tweets Taunts At Kim Jong-un; Trump Threatens To Cut Off Aid To Palestinians; Pro-Government Demonstrators In Iran; Trump Takes Credit For Commercial Air Safety; Cold Snap Hits The Eastern United States. Aired 3-4a ET
• Donald Trump Boasts That His Nuclear Button Is Bigger Than Kim Jong-Un's; Wenger Charged By FA Over West Brom Outburst; Andy Murray Considers Hip Surgery. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Taunts Kim Jong-un In Nuclear Tweet; Iran's Supreme Leader Blames Enemies For Deadly Unrest; U.S. Withholds Millions In Military Aid To Pakistan
• Trump Taunts Kim Jong-Un in Nuclear Tweet; Iran's Supreme Leader Blames Enemies for Unrest; Trump Threatens to Cut Palestinian Aid; North Korea Says It Will Restore Hotline with South; Palestinian Teen Charged after Punching Soldier. Aired 12-1a ET
• White House Briefing Amid New War Between Trump and Bannon; Trump "Furious, Disgusted" at Bannon's Comments. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• White House Press Briefing; Paul Manafort Files Lawsuit; Trump vs. Bannon. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• North & South Korea Reopen Hotline after Trump Threats; Biden Reacts to Trump's Nuclear Tweets Against North Korea; New CNN Show Features Trailblazing Women; Trump & Bannon War of Words. Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Trump: Bannon Has "Lost His Mind", Has No Influence in White House; Book: Bannon Calls Trump Tower Meeting "Treasonous". Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Steve Bannon Says Trump Tower Meeting was Treasonous and Unpatriotic; Trump Taunts Kim Jong-Un on Nuclear Button Size; Fusion GPS Pushes Back on Dossier Leading to Russia Investigation; North Korea Reactivates Hotline With South Korea; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Fusion GPS Founders Fights Back against Trump and Critics; Today: White House Officials Talk Budget with Top Lawmakers; Guardian: Bannon said Mueller Probe is "All about Money Laundering". Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Fusion GPS' Founders Fight Back; Trump's Lawyers Meet with Special Counsel; Bannon Comments on Trump Tower Meeting; Trump Talks Nuke Button; North Korea Reaches out to South Korea; Millions Brace for Monster Storm. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Steve Bannon Says Trump Tower Meeting was Treasonous and Unpatriotic; Trump Taunts Kim Jong-Un on Nuclear Button Size; White House Officials Talk Budget with Top Lawmakers; Aired 9-9:30a ET


January 02, 2018
• Provocateurs To Be Targeted; North Korea Opens Door To Olympic Participation; Buffalo Ends 18 Year Playoff Drought. Aired 2-3a ET
• Puerto Ricans Turn To Their Faith For Hope In 2018; At Least 12 Killed In Anti-Government Protest In Iran; Trump Threatens To Cut All U.S. Aid To Pakistan. Aired 1-2a ET
• Two U.S. Families Killed in Costa Rica Crash; Hatch Retirement Clears Path for Romney Senate Run. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President Trump Attacks Former Clinton Aide; White House Attempts to Defend Trump's Golf Outings; Protests in Iran. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Sen. Orrin Hatch Announces Will Not Run for Reelection; White House Daily Briefing. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Dreamer and Budget Battles Looms for Trump This Month; Orrin Hatch, GOP's Longest-Serving Senator, to Retire; Trump Blasts "Brutal" Iran Regime as Violence Erupts. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Representative Jared Huffman; New Israeli Law Makes It Harder to Divide Jerusalem; Hollywood Women Unveil Anti- Harassment Group; Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Slams Iran, Obama, DOJ, Kim Jong-un; Congress Returns to a Daunting Slate of Issues; Reports: At Least 21 Killed in Days of Unrest; Pakistan Holds Emergency Meeting after Trump's Tweet. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Stock Futures Up; Nunes Reasserts Role; Nunes Blocks Subpoenas; Paycheck Bump; Families Killed in Plane Crash; National Championship Matchup. Aired 9:30-10a
• Trump Slams Iran, Obama, and Justice Department; Congress Returns to Deadlines and Packed Agenda; Aired 9-9:30a ET


January 01, 2018
• New Year's Eve. Aired 12-1a ET
• News, Sports and Weather Early on New Year's Day; What the New Year May Hold for Iran and Donald Trump. Aired 1-1:30a ET
• Months After Maria Thousands are Still Without Power in Puerto Rico; Politics, Extreme Weather, "The Royals" to Make Headlines;
• Crisis in Puerto Rico; Interview With New York Congressman Lee Zeldin; North Korean Leader Threatens United States; President Trump Tweeting. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Colorado Killer Had Military Background; Recreational Marijuana Now Legal in California; Trangenders Allowed in Military Today; Freezing Temperatures Grip the U.S.; New Details on Costa Rica Plane Crash. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• First Presidential Tweets of 2018 Slam Pakistan, Iran; 12 Dead in Iranian Demonstrations. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• State-Run Media: 12 Killed in Anti-Government Violence. Kim Jong-un: Entire U.S. now within our Range; Bannon to Axios: January Make-or-Break for Trump. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Colorado Ambush; Lawmakers Face To-Do List and Midterms; Russia Cloud Follows Trump; Prayers for Puerto Rico. Aired 9:30-10a
• President Trump Tweets about Iran Protest and Pakistan; Twelve Killed in Anti-Government Violence in Iran; Kim Jong-un Says Nuclear Button Always on His Desk; Aired 9-9:30a ET


December 31, 2017
• Iranians Chant 'Death to Dictator' In Biggest Unrest Since Crushing Of Protests In 2009; NYT: FBI Probe Possibly Triggered By trump Campaign Aide. Cape Town Stadium, An Impressive Venue For Rugby. Aired 4-5a ET
• Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat that Russia had political dirt on Hillary Clinton during the campaign; George Papadopoulos' fiancee spoke about him; President Trump taking to twitter with a word to Iran that the world is watching; Aired 7-8p ET
• Five Sheriff's Deputies Shot, One Killed in Ambush Near Denver; Devin Nunes Tactic Alarm Democrats and Republicans Alike; New Year's Eve Preparations Underway in New York City; 100,000 People to Attend Concert in Music City; Aired 6-7p ET
• Zachary Parish, Police Officer, Killed in Ambush in Denver. Aired 5-6p ET
• Young police officer killed in an ambush style attack in a Denver suburb; Democrats are warning that the House investigation into Russian election meddling could be in danger in the New Year; Aired 4- 5p ET
• Colorado Police Officer Killed, Four Others Wounded. Aired 3-4p ET
• Special Report: All the best, All the worst in 2017; Aired 7:00-8:00p ET


December 30, 2017
• North Korea Committed to Nuclear Development; Trump Presidency; Assaults Targeting Egyptian Coptic Community; Animals Evacuated from Syrian Amusement Park; Prep for New Year's Celebrations; Liberia Election; Top International Stories of 2017. Aired 5-6a ET
• North Korea Committed to Nuclear Development; Trump Presidency; Assaults Targeting Egyptian Coptic Community; Top International Stories of 2017; Stepped-Up Security for Times Square; 2018 Blockbusters. Aired 4-5a ET
• North Korea Committed to Nuclear Development; Assaults Targeting Egyptian Coptic Community; Trump Presidency; Stepped-Up Security for Times Square. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Trump Presidency; North Korea Committed to Nuclear Development; Assaults Targeting Egyptian Coptic Community; New Year Celebrations; Trump Doubts Climate Change. Aired 2-2:30a ET
• Trump Presidency; North Korea Committed to Nuclear Development; Assaults Targeting Egyptian Coptic Community; Animals Evacuated from Syrian Amusement Park; Stepped-Up Security for Times Square. Aired 12- 12:30a ET
• President Trump Warning Iran the World is Watching; Times Square Filled with Police with Bomb Sniffing Dogs; Apple is Apologizing to Customers; Fight to Survive Continues in Puerto Rico. Aired 4:00-5:00p ET
• Company that Engineers Flavors Profiled; Analyst Examines Impact of Color on Mood; Musician Jessie J Discusses Writing Music. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• New Report Indicates Trump Aide Knew of DNC Hacks in May of 2016; Protesters in Iran Take to Streets; President Trump Tweets about Protests in Iran; Detective Recovers from Gunshot in Line of Duty; Recovering Addict Does Ironman Challenge. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat that Russia had political dirt on Hillary Clinton during the campaign; George Papadopoulos' fiancee spoke about him; President Trump taking to twitter with a word to Iran that the world is watching; Aired 7-8p ET
• NYT: Trump Campaign Adviser George Papadopoulos Told Australian Diplomat Russia Had Dirt On Clinton; Reports Of Shots Fired In Iran Anti-Government Protests; Soldier Dies While Rescuing Neighbors. Aired 5-6p ET
• Bombshell Report In NYT Revealing Yet Another Piece Of Intelligence That F.B.I. Had When They Began To Investigate Possible Collusion Between The Trump Campaign And Russia; President Trump Warning Iran This Weekend In A Series Of Tweets That The World Is Watching; A Disturbing New Prank Trend Has Just Turned Deadly. Aired 3-4p ET
• Putin's New Year's Resolution; New Details in the Russia Investigations. Aired 1-2p ET
• Trump Warns Iran "World Is Watching" Amid Protests; Three Students At Tehran University Arrested; Trump: China "Caught Red Handed" Selling Oil To North Korea; Trump To Host GOP Agenda Huddle At Camp David; Putin Hopes For "Pragmatic Cooperation" With Trump; Dem Delivers Dream Trip To Trump Voters In CNN Story. Aired 12-1p ET
• California Moves to Legalize Marijuana. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Protesters Take To Streets In Iran; Prank Call Leads To Police Shooting Of Innocent Man; Four Kids Among 12 Killed in NYC Apartment Fire; Putin Seeks For Fourth Term In 2018; California Legalized Recreational Pots. Aired 9-10a ET


December 29, 2017
• Trump's New York Times Interview; Trump: China Caught Red Handed Allowing Oil Into North Korea; Fire Swept Through An Apartment In New York; Apple's IPhone Apology; Roy Moore Continues to Contest Election Loss; Park And Rail Station Named On Trump; Puerto Rico Still Wait for Power. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump's New York Times Interview; Trump: China caught red handed allowing oil into North Korea; Democrat Certified as Winner of U.S. Senate Seat; New York City and Mumbai Fire; Apple's IPhone Apology; New York Boosts Security; Trump Tweets East Coast Could Use Global Warming. Aired 3-4a ET
• California Wildfires; Russia Investigation; Australian Arrested, Accused of Being North Korean Agent. Aired 2-2:30a ET
• Trump On Mueller And The Media; Human Suffering Looms Larger Than Ever In 2018; Winners & Losers Of 2017's Public Relations Crises. Aired 1-2a ET
• Recreational Pot Use Starts Monday in California; 2017 International Snow Sculpture Art Expo. Aired 12-1a ET
• Puerto Rico Governor Says 45 Percent Without Power; NPR Creates Brackets for Top 2017 News Stores; Apple Now Apologizing and Dropping Battery Prices; CNN Counts Down 2017 Top Media Stories. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• China Helping North Korea?; President Trump Speaks Out. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Child Playing with Stove Sparks Fire that Killed 12; Cities Across U.S. Beef Up Security for New Year's Eve; New Year's Eve Temps Set to Break Records & Trump Tweets Need "Global Warming". Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Trump Tells NYT: I Think Mueller Will "Be Fair"; Trump to NYT: "I Have Been Soft on China"; U.S. Officials: North Korea May Soon Test Ballistic Missile. Aired 2-2:30p ET


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