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November 02, 2020
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• Trump and Biden Swarm Battleground States in Last Day of Campaigning; Obama Speaks Live in Atlanta; Biden Speaks in Battleground Pennsylvania; Importance of Pennsylvania & Arizona in Race to 270; President Trump Holds Rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania; Twitter to Label Premature Claims of Victory Tomorrow; Key Senate Races That Could Tilt the Balance of Power; Trump Floats Firing Fauci But Lacks Direct Power to Do So; Trump Falsely Says FBI Not Investigating MAGA Swam of Biden Bus. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump and Biden Campaigns Focus Attention on Pennsylvania; Trump Win Likely Lies Through Pennsylvania; President Trump Denies Plan to Declare Victory Early. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Floats Firing Fauci But Lacks Direct Power to Do So; Processing of Michigan Absentee Ballots Underway Now; Trump & Biden Fight for Votes in Wisconsin; Retailers Across U.S. Boarding Up Stores, Bracing for Unrest; Pence and Harris Have Duel Rallies in Pennsylvania. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Biden And Trump Swarm Battleground On Final Day Of Campaign; Judge Rejects GOP Effort To Halt Early Vote Counting In Las Vegas; U.S. Averaging 81,000-Plus New Cases A Day On Election Eve. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Judge: Some USPS Election "Extraordinary Measures" Mandatory; Trump Suggests To Crowd He May "Fire" Fauci After Election. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Biden, Trump Blitz Battlegrounds On Final Day Of Campaign; Joe Biden In Cleveland For Last Pitch To Ohio Voters; Joe Biden Speaks At Campaign Event In Ohio; Trump & Biden Take Closing Messages To key Battlegrounds; Trump, Pence, Biden & Harris Campaign In Pennsylvania Today. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Florida is Key in Path to 270 Electoral Votes; Dr. Fauci Says, U.S. in for a Whole Lot of Hurt; Federal Judge Hears GOP Challenge to Texas Drive-Thru Voting. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• Biden And Trump Blitz Battlegrounds On Final Day Of Campaign; More Than 95 Million Pre-Election Ballots Cast; Trump And Biden Make Closing Campaign Pitches. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Democrats May Retake Control of Senate; Scott Atlas Apologizes for Russia Today Appearance; Italy Announces Tightened COVID-19 Restrictions. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Biden and Trump Fight for Votes in Final Hours before Election Day; Trump Hosting Rally in Wisconsin Today, Hours before Election Day; Trump Suggests He May Fire Fauci Post-Election, But Federal Law Says He Doesn't Have the Power. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Suggests Firing Fauci; FBI Investigating Harassment of Biden Bus; Polls Ahead of Election Day; New Lockdown Measures in U.K. Aired 9:30-10a
• Biden and Trump Fight for Votes in Final Hours Before Election Day; Pennsylvania Governor to Air Ad Urging Patience Around Election Day; Trump, Biden Hit Final Key Battleground States Before Election Day; Trump Suggests He May Fire Fauci After Crowd Chanted "Fire Fauci"; Oil Prices Tumble As Lockdowns Stoke U.K. Recession Fears. Aired 9-9:30a ET


November 01, 2020


October 31, 2020


October 30, 2020
• One-Third of U.S. Voters Have Already Cast Ballots; Democrats Hope to End Republican Dominance In Texas; W.H.O.: Europe at the Epicenter of COVID-19 Again; Belgium ICU Doctors Overwhelmed with New Cases; Italy Hits Record Single-Day Case Count of Nearly 27,000; Disease Expert Warns There are No Magic Bullets; The Battle for the Swing State of Wisconsin. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Record New Daily Infection in U.S. as Election Day Nears; Biden, Trump Hold Starkly Different Events in Florida; Path to Victory Limited for Trump If He Loses Florida; Biden Leads Trump in Most Polls Including Many Key States; One-Third of U.S. Voters Have Already Cast Ballots. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Belgium Hard Hit with Second Wave of Pandemic; Normalcy in China in the Middle of Pandemic; Heightened Terror Alert in France; Highest Record Turnout of Early Voting in the U.S; Trump Boasts GDP Growth; Trump and Biden with Dueling Rallies; U.S. Hit the Highest Daily Coronavirus Cases; Trump Campaign Defies Health Protocols; Germany and France Bracing for Lockdowns; Italy an Ideal Place to Live. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Hits New COVID Case Record as Election Nears; Candidates Hold Rallies in Key State of Florida; New Model Projects Daily Death Rates Tripling by Mid-January; Second Wave of COVID is Raging in Europe; Merkel Warns Against Lies, Disinformation in Virus Fight; Three Killed in Knife Attack in Nice. Aired 2-3a ET
• Bundesstadt Divided Over Restrictions In Germany; France On High Alert After Nice Stabbings; Biden & Trump: Divergent Messages On The Even Of Election; Unrelenting Community Spread In The West & Midwest; One-Third of U.S. Voters Have Already Cast Ballots; 82 percent of Trump Rallies Followed by Sharp Rises in COVID-19; Trump Touting Record GDP Growth Rate. Aired 1-1:45a ET
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• Trend Emerges of Republicans Bailing on Their Debates; Families Hit Hard by Pandemic Now Facing Eviction; Updates on Early Voting in Key Battleground States. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump and Biden Campaign in Great Lakes States; Donald Trump Jr. Minimizes COVID-19 Deaths; Officials Sound COVID-19 Alarm in Utah and El Paso. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Republicans Closing the Gap in Early Voting in 4 Key States; Virus Shouldn't Be Partisan But Lawmaker Infection Rates Show It Is; CNN Reporter Encounters Racist Attacks at Airport; . Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump and Biden Storm Trail as U.S. Records Worst Day for Cases Yet; U.S. On the Brink of 9 Million Cases; 9 Million Early Votes in Texas Passes Total 2016 Turnout. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• U.S. Cases Reach Record Daily High At Nearly 90,000; Trump Revives Law And Order Pitch Ahead Of Election Day; GOP Senator Perdue Backs Out Of Final Debate With Democratic Rival. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• U.S. Records Worst Day Of Pandemic: 88,000 Plus New Cases; COVID-19 Spike Shatter Records Heading Into Election Day; Trump: Campaign May Stay At White House On Election Night; Biden, Trump Focus On Midwest Battlegrounds; Appeals Court Rules Minnesota Ballots Must Be In By Election Day. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump, Biden Hit Key Swing States with Four Days to Go; Pharma Companies' Vaccine Timelines Haven't Come True; Texas Early Vote Surpasses State's 2016 Vote Total. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• Biden and Trump Blitz Midwest to Kick Off Final Campaign Weekend; Early Voting Ends Today in Seven States; U.S. Cases Reach Record Daily High at Nearly 90,000. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Texas Election Turnout Surpasses 2016; Texas Judge Orders Nonessential Businesses to Close; Voters Distrust Facebook Fact- Checkers, Not Information. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump and Biden Blitz Critical Swing States Hit Hard by Virus; U.S. COVID-19 Cases Hit Record Daily High as Virus Surges. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• More than 9 Million Votes Cast in Texas; Early Voting Wraps up in Georgia; 43 States Report Increased COVID Numbers; Ohio Shatters Early Voting Records; Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is Interviewed about A Stimulus Deal. Aired 9:30-10a
• U.S. COVID-19 Cases Hit Record Daily High as Virus Surges; Trump and Biden Target Midwest Battleground States; Appeals Court Rules Late-Arriving Minnesota Ballots Must Be Separated; Interview with Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro about Supreme Court Ruling; Thousands in Pennsylvania Say Requested Ballots Never Arrived; Forty Three U.S. States Report Increase in COVID Cases As Outbreak Worsens; Experts Warn Daily Death Rates will Triple By Mid-January. Aired 9-9:30a ET


October 29, 2020
• New Audio Emerges from Woodward Talks with Kushner; Arizona Democrats Attempt to Flip State; Second Sharp Selloff of the Week on Wall Street; Tropical Storm Zeta Marches North from U.S. Gulf; European Leaders Impost New Restrictions as Cases Surge. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• U.S. Presidential Election Coming Down to the Wire; Trump Scrambling for Votes in State He Won in 2016; Biden Meets Virtually with Health Experts in Delaware Event; New CNN National Poll Shows Biden Leads Trump 54 Percent to 42 Percent; Trump Holds Potential Super-Spreader Rallies as COVID-19 Surges. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Germany and France Locking Down; Two Opposing Objectives Between Trump and Biden; Voters Show More Enthusiasm in 2020; Hurricane Zeta Pummeled U.S. Gulf Coast; Stock Markets Rattled by Uncertainties; India Surpasses 8 Million COVID-19 Cases; Czech Healthcare System Struggles as Cases Surge; Ex-Trump Official Reveals He is Anonymous; At least 53 Buried and Feared Dead in Vietnam Landslides; Turkey Opens Legal Investigation into French Magazine; Trump Versus Biden, Two Different Approaches to Virus Policy; CDC Study, Nurses Represent Largest Proportion of Healthcare Workers Hospitalized with COVID-19; Protective Supplies More Strained As Cases Climb In The U.S. Aired 3-4a ET
• Dramatic Surge in U.S. COVID-19 Cases; Kushner Brags Trump Taking U.S. "Back from Doctors"; Arizona: Biden and Trump in Dead Heat; One-Third of Registered U.S. Voters Have Cast Ballots; "Anonymous" Comes Forward; Turkey Opens Legal Investigation into French Magazine. Aired 2-3a ET
• Pandemic Reality Check: Across The U.S. V. Across The Pond; Hurricane Zeta Hits Gulf Coast; Health Experts Say Normal Life Perhaps 2022; Europe Struggles With Economic-Health Balance And Restrictions; Why 2020 Is Not Like 2016; India Reporting 8 Million Cases of COVID- 19; Arizona Becomes Swing State Despite Trump's 2016 Win; Biden Leads Trump 54 percent to 42 percent Nationwide; Third Quarter Earnings, Unemployment Numbers Thursday; U.S. Senators Grill Tech Chiefs Over Content Moderation; Author of 2018 "Anonymous" Op-Ed Critical of Trump Revealed. Aired 1-2a ET
• Approaches Differ as COVID-19 Cases Surge; Mask Mandates Result in Lower Hospitalization Rates; Trump Downplays Coronavirus; Differences between 2016 and 2020 Races; Zeta Slams U.S. Gulf Coast; U.S. and India Reaffirm Relations Amid Concerns About China; Author of 2018 'Anonymous' Op-Ed Critical of Trump Revealed; Food Writer Builds Little Restaurant for Chipmunk; Kushner to Woodward: Trump 'Very Smart Politically' in Fight with Governors; Michigan A.G. Appeals Court Decision that Struck Down Ban on Open Carry of Firearms at Polls; Hurricane Zeta Hits Louisiana with Flooding, Power Outages. Aired 12- 12:45a ET
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• Trump & GOP Fighting to Make It Harder to Count Every Vote; GOP's Collins: I Do Not Believe Systemic Racism Exists in Maine; Now: Trump & Biden Hold Dueling Rallies in Florida in Final Sprint; Update on the Action in Battleground States; Wisconsin Facing Hospital Crisis Just Days Before Election; Hackers Targeting U.S. Hospitals as COVID Cases Surge. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump and Biden Both Rally in Florida Today; U.S. GDP Up 33 Percent in Third Quarter; Gov. Ron DeSantis Slowed Testing as Scott Atlas Discouraged Attention to Asymptomatic Cases. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Rushes GOP's McSally as She Fights to Hold Her Seat: "Quick"; GOP's Loeffler Says She Isn't Familiar with "Access Hollywood" Tape; Update on Early Voting Across the Country; Update on Coronavirus Responses Around the World; United Airlines to Offer Free COVID Testing on Select Routes. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump and Biden in Florida as State Hits 4,000 Cases for Third Straight Day; Four of Five Worst Days for U.S. Cases Have Happened in Past Week; Trump Rushes Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) as She Fights to Hold Seat, Quick. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Coronavirus Pandemic; 2020 Election. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Overwhelmed Czech Hospitals Could Soon Turn Patients Away; Michigan Democratic Representative: 2020 Race Is "Tightening Here"; Five Days Left In 2020 Campaign; More Congressional Races Shift In Democrats' Favor; Tight Race For New Jersey GOP Congressman Who Switched Parties In 2019. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Supreme Court Allows Extension for Mail-In Ballots in North Carolina and Pennsylvania; Trump and Biden Focus on Swing States Five Days Before Election Day; Taiwan Goes 200 Days Without a Local Transmission COVID-19 Case. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Five Days Left in 2020 Campaign; Biden has more Paths to 270 in Closing Days of Campaign; 41 States Report Increases in New Cases. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview with Anonymous Op-Ed Author Miles Taylor; Florida Is Underreporting COVID-19 Cases; Coordinated Attacks Today Targeted France. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump and Biden Battle for Florida, Will Hold Dueling Rallies in State; Supreme Court Allows Longer Deadlines for Mail-In Ballots in North Carolina and Pennsylvania; Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) Not Familiar with Trump Access Hollywood Tape. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• U.S. Economy Struggles; Utah Hospitals Strained over Surge; Zeta Tears Across South. Aired 9:30-10a


October 28, 2020
• Early Voting Numbers Breaking Records; Trump Fights for Key Votes in Nebraska, Maine; How Trump and Biden Differ on Foreign Policy; White House Claims to Have Ended Pandemic as Cases Spike; Macron to Announce New COVID-19 Restrictions; Europe Hard-Hit By Surge in New COVID-19 Cases; Russia Imposed Nationwide Mask Mandate as Cases Rise; Australian Prime Minister Calls Doha Airport Incident Unacceptable; Comedian's Satirical Take on Trump Goes Viral. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Six Days to Go Until Election Day; COVID-19 Remains Key Issue in Final Week of Election; Trump Questions Legality of Vote Counting After November 3; Mapping Potential Paths to 270 Electoral Votes; 11 States Reporting Record Number of COVID Patients; Philadelphia Protests Erupt for Second Night After Police Shooting; Too Late to Mail Ballots in Time in Some States; Young Voters Energized Ahead of Election. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump with Unstoppable Packed Rallies; Joe Biden Observed Health Protocols; Coronavirus Second Wave Strikes in Europe; South Africa's President Now in Self-Quarantine; Outrage Spark in Philadelphia; Airport Officials Made Invasive Body Checks on Women; Typhoon Molave Hit Vietnam; Typhoon Molave Makes Landfall in Vietnam; How Trump and Biden Differ on Foreign Policy; U.S. Tech Chiefs to Face Questions on Capitol Hill; Russia Imposes Mask Mandate Amid Soaring Cases and Deaths; 29 U.S. State Report Surge of New COVID-19 Cases; Canada's Trudeau Gets Emotional About COVID-19 Toll; L.A. Dodgers Win First Championship Since 1988; Turning Out the Youth Vote. Aired 3-4a ET
• WHO: Record 2.8 Million Global Coronavirus Cases Last Week; Trump Tries to Shore Up Support at Campaign's End; Doha Airport Officials Make Invasive Body Checks of Women; Outrage Sparks in Philadelphia after Police Shooting; Typhoon Molave Makes Landfall in Vietnam; Deadline for Mail-in Ballots in Some States; Trump Failed to Deliver on Many Campaign Promises. Aired 2-3a ET
• World Braces For COVID Round Two; Philadelphia Shooting, Father Says Avoidable; Trump Rallies His Base, Biden Talks To Red States; WHO: World Reached Record 3 Million New Cases Last Week; Lincoln Project: The Before And After Of Election Day; U.S. Pro Sports Teams Open Up Stadiums for Voting; Young Voters Energized Ahead of Election; Mexico Says Death Tolls is Much Higher than Reported; U.S. Tech Chiefs to Face Questions on Capitol Hill. Aired 1-2a ET
• Russia Imposes Mask Mandate Amid Soaring Cases, Deaths; Mexico Says Death Toll is Much Higher Than Reported; Tropical Storm Zeta Heads for Gulf Coast; White House Falsely Claims 'Ending COVID-19 Pandemic' as Trump Accomplishment. Aired 12-1a ET
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• Kushner Bragged In April That Trump Cut Out Doctors, Scientists; Trump To Women: We're Getting Your Husbands Back To Work; Utah Hospitals Overwhelmed, May Have To Start Rationing Care. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump to Visit Arizona Today While Biden Highlights COVID-19 Response; Live Coverage of Trump Press Conference; Trump Campaign Highlights COVID-19 As Success. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Republican Lawmakers Grill CEOs Of Twitter, Facebook And Google; Trump Defends Having $281 Million In Debt Forgiven After Failing To Repay; FBI Agent's Association To Biden & Trump: Keep Wray As Director. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump, Biden Deliver Final Pitch With 73 Million Ballots Already Cast; White House Touts Ending Pandemic As Cases, Hospitalizations Soar; 2020 Early Vote Now Half Of Total 2016 Turnout. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• 2020 Election; Coronavirus Pandemic; Biden Receives Public Health Briefing. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• More Than Half a Million Americans Infected in Past Week; New Poll Shows Biden Leads Trump in Wisconsin, Michigan; Player Pulled from World Series Game after Positive COVID Test. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• 2020 Early Vote Now Half Of Total 2016 Turnout; U.S. Now Averaging Nearly 72,000 COVID-19 Cases Per Day; Cash-Strapped Trump Pulls Back Advertising In Florida. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Lagging in Support From Women, Texans; U.S. Citizen Vitali Shkliarov Released From Belarus; Hurricane Zeta to Make Landfall Tonight. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• New Cases, Hospitalizations Soar as Pandemic Worsens; Race to Finish Line as Campaign Fight for Last-Minute Holdouts. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Experts New Warning over Coronavirus Vaccine; Fighting COVID in the U.K.; Trump Downplays Plot against Governor; Unrest in Philadelphia. Aired 9:30-10a
• Race to Finish Line as Campaigns Fight for Last-Minute Holdouts; New COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Soar as Pandemic Worsens in Midwestern States; Trump, Biden Race to the Finish Line As Campaigns Fight for Last-Minute Holdouts; Futures Down Sharply As Pandemic Worsens. Aired 9-9:30a ET


October 27, 2020
• Wall Street Sees Worst Session in Weeks; Campaign Volunteers Make Final Get Out the Vote Appeals; Hurricane Zeta Makes Landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula; Infections Rise as Second Wave Sweeps Europe; Americans Show Off Dance Moves as They Wait to Vote. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Amy Coney Barrett Sworn in as Supreme Court Justice; Record Early Voter Turnout Across the U.S.; Biden Seeking Voters Support in States Trump Won in 2016; U.S. Facing Highest Infection Rate Since Outbreak Began; APA: U.S. Facing a National Mental Health Crisis; Wall Street Sees Worst Session in Weeks. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Winning is What Matters to Trump; Europe the New Coronavirus Epicenter; SCOTUS Now with New Justice; Sixty Million Americans Voted Early; Tension is High in Nigeria; French Products Boycotted in Turkey; Wall Street Sees Worst Sessions in Weeks; U.S. States Report Dramatic Increase in New Cases; Mental Health in the Age of COVID-19; Millions Tested for COVID-19 in Xinjiang; Melbourne, Australia To Come Out of Lockdown; U.S. Wildfire in Southern California; Tracking Hurricane Zeta; Typhoon Molave Forecast to Hit Vietnam in 24 to 36 Hours; Prince Harry Says His Wife Open His Eyes to Racial Bias; Campaign Volunteers Make Final Get Out and Vote Appeals; Pennsylvania's Importance to Trump in 2020. Aired 3-4a ET
• How Supreme Court Could Decide 2020 Election; World Health Organization: Europe is Epicenter of Disease; Authorities Finish Testing 4.7 Million in Xinxiang Province; Wall Street Sees Worst Session in Weeks; Scientists and Politicians Clash over COVID-19 Policies; Judicial Panel on Police Brutality Begins Probe in Nigeria; Turkey-France Tensions; Hurricane Zeta Makes Landfall on Yucatan Peninsula. Aired 2-3a ET
• Europe & U.S.: No COVID Plateau In Sight; 500,000 U.S. Deaths Forecast By End Of February; Coney Barrett Confirmed And Sworn In; Continental Europe Reels Under COVID; Coronavirus Cases Up In 37 Of 50 U.S. States; Early Voting Records Smashed Coast To Coast; Armenia, Azerbaijan Accuse Each Other of Violations; Authorities Finishing Testing 4.7 Million in Xinjiang; Melbourne, Australia to Come Out of Lockdown Wednesday; Interview with Tim Murtaugh. Aired 1-2a ET
• World Health Organization: Europe is Epicenter of Disease; U.S. Facing Highest Infection Rate since Outbreak Began; Early Votes Coming in at Record-Setting Pace; Chinese Authorities Finish Testing 4.7 Million in Xinjiang; Pro-Democracy Protestors Fill Streets in Thailand; Trump Says of Kamala Harris: U.S. Won't Have a Socialist President, 'Especially a Female Socialist President'; White House to Hold Swearing-In Event as Pence Team Faces Coronavirus Outbreak; Supreme Court Rules Wisconsin Cannot Extend Deadline for Mail-in Ballots. Aired 12-12:45a ET
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• U.S. Not "Rounding The Curve" On Coronavirus; Writer And Editor, Matt Kaufman, Says Christians Should Dump Trump; Trump And Biden Campaigns In The Final Sprint With Just Seven Days To Go Until Election Day; CNN On The Ground In Five Swing States That Could Decide Election. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Live Coverage of Joe Biden Speech in Georgia; Melania Trump to Campaign in Pennsylvania Today; Justice Kavanaugh Signals Preference for Election Day Voting. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Updates on Coronavirus Responses Across the Country; Sue Woods, Director, Central Montana Public Health, Discusses COVID Hitting Rural Areas of Montana, Threatening to Overwhelm Hospitals; Protests Erupt in Philadelphia after Police Fatally Shoot Black Man; Biden Speaks in Warm Springs, Georgia. Aired 1:30-2p ET


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