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November 17, 2020
November 16, 2020
• Georgia's Largest County Finishes Hand Recount of Votes; Pompeo in France for First Leg of Seven-Nation Tour; 15 Asia-Pacific Nations Sign China-Backed Trade Pact; Obama: It's Time for Trump to Concede; Countries in Europe Battle Rising Cases of COVID-19; U.K. Prime Minister Self-Quarantine After Possible COVID-19 Exposure; Cuba Reopens Havana Airport After Seven-Month Closure; SpaceX Launches Astronauts into Orbit to Dock with ISS; Dustin Johnson Dominates in Win At Augusta. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Still Refuses to Concede Despite Election Loss; Biden Advisers to Speak with Drug Companies About Vaccine; COVID Cases Soar Across U.S. While Trump Refuses to Concede; Concerns That Transition Delay Could Threaten National Security; New York Governor Threatens to Sue Over Trump Vaccination Plan; U.S. Surpasses 11 Million COVID-19 Cases. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• U.S. Hit a Million Infections in One week; President Trump Still Refuse to Concede; Germany Preparing for More Restrictions; SpaceX Falcon 9 Took Off; Leaders Congratulate Biden's Victory; President Trump Says He Won After Previously Acknowledging Biden's Win; UK Prime Minister in Self-Quarantine After Possible COVID-19 Exposure; Japan Prepares for Olympic Games During Pandemic. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Acknowledges Biden Victory But Refuses To Concede; SpaceX Launches Astronauts Into Orbit To Dock With ISS; Ethiopia's Conflict Sparks Fears Of Humanitarian Crisis; Thousands Flee Violence In Ethiopia's Tigray Region; Amnesty Int. Alleges Massacre In Northern Ethiopia; Control of US Senate to be Decided in Georgia; 15 Asia- Pacific Countries Form Largest Free Trade Bloc; Hundreds Evacuate After Deadly Flooding in Colombia; Iota Now a Major Category 4 Hurricane; Donald Trump Still Refuses to Concede; U.S. Surpasses 11 Million COVID-19 Cases; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Kicks Off Seven Nation Tour; Cuba Reopens International Airport. Aired 2-3a ET
• Top Republicans Remain On Mute; Biden Team Presses On With COVID Plan Despite Shut Out; A Million More U.S. Cases In Just Six Days; World's Largest Free Trade Bloc Will Aid Recovery; Tokyo Gears Up For Olympic Games; Biden Denied Access to coronavirus Information; A Guide to What Happens Before Inauguration Day; Some Trump Supports Turning Off Fox News; SpaceX Launches Astronauts into Orbit to Dock with ISS; Dustin Johnson Dominates in Win at Augusta. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Acknowledges Biden Victory But Refuses to Concede; Biden Advisers to Speak with Drug Companies About Vaccine; Fauci: Biden Transition will Improve U.S. COVID Response; Some European Nations Seeing Fewer Cases in Lockdown; Powerful Storm Gains Category Two Strength; SpaceX Launches Astronauts Into Orbit to Dock with ISS; Texas Adds Mobile Morgues as Cases, Hospitalizations Surge; Control of U.S. Senate to Be Decided in Georgia; Americans Moving to Italy for Greener Pastures; Rev. Raphael Warnock is Interviewed about Georgia Run-off; Trump's Lawsuits Shot Down, Laughed Off Across Country. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Biden Says More People May Die If Trump and GOP Obstruct Transition; Biden Says We Have an Opportunity to Come Out of This Stronger; Biden Says Money Is There for Pandemic Relief. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President-Elect Biden Holds News Conference; Trump Set to Reduce Troop Presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Interview With Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan; Obama Weighs in on Trump Refusing to Concede, What Worries Him Most on America's Democracy; Trump Rushes to Auction Arctic Refuge Oil & Gas Drilling Rights Before Biden Can Block; Trump to Attempt to Box Biden Administration on China Policies; Soon, Biden & Harris Expected to Speak on Economy as Pandemic Worsens. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• U.S. Military Told to Plan For Middle East Troop Drawdown; Trump Claims He Won Election; Second COVID-19 Vaccine Found Effective. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump's Long History of Baselessly Shouting Fraud, Denying Defeat; Coronavirus Cases Overwhelm Idaho's Primary Care Clinics; CNN: U.S. Military Told to Plan for Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan & Iraq in Final Days of Trump Administration. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Moderna Says, Vaccine is 94.5 Percent Effective Against the Coronavirus; Michigan Enacts New Restrictions to Slow COVID Spread; Activists Deliver Petition to GSA to Recognize Biden, Start Transfer. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Illinois Report 10,000 New Cases For 10 Straight Days; Biden, Harris Receive Economic Briefing. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Officials: Trump Has Not Met With COVID-19 Task Force In Five Months; More COVID-19 Deaths In 28 States Versus Last Week; U.S. Eclipses 11 Million COVID-19 Cases; White House National Security Adviser Moves Closer To Accepting Biden Win; Illinois Is Now One Of The Worst-Hit States For Total Cases. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Oregon to Start Two-Week Freeze Amid Spike in Cases, Hospitalizations; Lawsuits That Tried to Disrupt Biden's Wins in Four States Are Withdrawn; United Airlines Testing All Passengers for COVID before Flight to London. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• Pandemic Raging Across U.S. As Trump Blocks Biden Transition; State Officials Reimpose Restrictions As Pandemic Rages; Moderna: Coronavirus Vaccine 94.5 Percent Effective. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview with Maine CDC Director Nirav Shah; Trump Election Lawsuits Continue to Fail in Court; Dustin Johnson Wins Masters Golf With Record-Setting Score. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Moderna Says, COVID-19 Vaccine is 94.5 Percent Effective; Trump Admits Biden Won, Insists He is Not Conceding; Trump Stonewalls Biden Transition During Pandemic. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Stocks Surge on COVID Vaccine News; Texas Sees Record Cases; Georgia's Recount; British Prime Minister Self-Isolating. Aired 9:30- 10a
• Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine is 94.5 Percent Effective; Pandemic Raging Across the U.S. as Trump Blocks Biden Transition; Biden-Harris Advisors to Meet with Drug Companies This Week; Coronavirus Surge in the U.S. Puts a Major Strain on Hospitals; U.S. Stocks Poised for Record Highs After Moderna Vaccine Update. Aired 9-9:30a ET
November 15, 2020
• COVID-19 Surging Across Texas; Trump Pushes Fraud, Refuses To Concede; Republicans Resist Acknowledging Trump's Loss; Europe Tightness Coronavirus Restrictions; Jared And Ivanka Likely To Find New York Society Unwelcoming. Aired 5-6a ET
• Trump Pushes Fraud, Refuses To Concede; Republicans Resist Acknowledging Trump's Loss; New York Leaders Weighing Emergency COVID- 19 Options; Europe Tightness Coronavirus Restrictions; California COVID-19 Cases Spike; Georgia Recount Roughly 20 Percent Complete; Al Qaeda's Abu Mohammed al-Masri Killed; Federal Judge Says New DACA Rules Are Invalid; Art's Evolution During The Pandemic. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Pushes Fraud, Refuses to Concede; COVID-19 Surging across Texas; Europe Tightness Coronavirus Restrictions; Republicans Resist Acknowledging Trump's Loss; Al Qaeda's Abu Mohammed al-Masri Killed; Art's Evolution during the Pandemic. Aired 3-4a ET
• Pro-Trump Election Protests; California COVID-19 Cases Spike; Europe Tightness Coronavirus Restrictions; Trump Pushes Fraud, Refuses to Concede; New York Leaders Weighing Emergency COVID-19 Options; Parler Woos Conservatives Away from Facebook, Twitter. Aired 2-3a ET
• Washington Protest Escalate Into Violence; Trump Pushing False Fraud Claims, Refuses To Conceded; US Smashes Another Coronavirus Record; Typhoon Vamco Lashing Vietnam. Aired 12-12:30a ET
• Thirteen Days Of 100,000-Plus COVID-19 Cases In U.S.; WH Denies Blocking Biden Team From Vaccine Distribution Plan; Biden Transition Team To Meet With Pfizer, Drug Companies; Texas Surpasses One Million Cases, Hospitals Overwhelmed; Former Trump Officials On The Damage He's Doing To America; Trump Admits Biden Won, Refuses To Concede, Blames Loss On String Of Conspiracy. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Gov. Whitmer Says She Won't Be "Bullied" As Trump COVID Adviser Urges Michigan To "Rise Up" Against New Rules; Biden Transition Team To Meet With Pfizer, Drug Companies; States Scramble To Stop The Spread As The U.S. Surpasses 11 Million Cases Of COVID-19; Utah Governor Issues Statewide Mask Mandate, Other Restrictions; Obama: President Trump's False Election Fraud Claims Endanger Democracy; NASA And SpaceX Make History With Manned Mission Launch. Aired 10-11p ET
• Trump Stonewalls Transition To Biden Amid Pandemic; U.S. Surpasses 11 Million Cases Of COVID-19; Obama Says, Election Results Show Nation Remains Deeply Divided; NASA SpaceX Rocket A Go For Launch. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Surpasses 11 Million COVID Cases; Trump Still Will Not Concede; NASA And SpaceX Set For Historic Mission To ISS; Fulton County Completes Manual Recount. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Golfs, Still Denies Loss To Biden; Trump Stonewalls Transition To Biden During Pandemic; Historic NASA And SpaceX Launch Set For Tonight; FOX News Fuels Trump's Baseless Voter Fraud Claims; Vaccine By End Of April. Aired 4-5p ET
• U.S. COVID-19 Cases And Hospitalizations Reach Critical Levels; Coronavirus Task Force Members Confirm Trump Has Not Attended Meeting In Months; Washington Governor Orders Sweeping New COVID-19 Restrictions. Aired 3-4p ET
• U.S. Soars To Record 184,000 New Virus Cases On Friday; Trump Again Refuses To Accept Biden Win Is Legitimate; Georgia's Largest County Expected To Complete Recount Today; Airlines Prepping For Thanksgiving Rush Despite Travel Warnings. Aired 2-3p ET
November 14, 2020
• Biden Cements Victory with Electoral College Count of 306; Trump Claims Election Fraud with No Evidence; States in the Dark about Vaccine Plan; COVID-19 Surge Likely to Impact Holidays. Aired 5-6a ET
• Trump Claims Election Fraud with No Evidence; Biden Cements Victory with Electoral College Count of 306; France's COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Drop; U.S. Breaks New Daily Coronavirus Case Record Again. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Claims Election Fraud with No Evidence; Biden Cements Victory with Electoral College Count of 306; U.S. Breaks New Daily Coronavirus Case Record Again; France's COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Drop; SpaceX-NASA Send Four to ISS. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Trump Claims Election Fraud with No Evidence; Biden Cements Victory with Electoral College Count of 306; U.S. Breaks New Daily Coronavirus Case Record Again; Ethiopians Flee Fighting to Sudan; France's COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Drop; SpaceX-NASA Send Four to ISS. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Former Trump Chief Of Staff, John Kelly Warns Delaying Transition Could Be Catastrophic; U.S. Tops 100,000 New COVID-19 Cases for Twelfth Straight Day; Trump's Legal Challenges To Election Results Fall Flat; Evidence Undermines Trump Campaign's Claims Of Dead Voters In GA; CDC: Black And Latino People Face Higher Rates Of Hospitalization. Aired 6-7p ET
• As Trump Refuses To Concede, Pro-Trump Groups Protest Results Of Most Secure Election In American History; HHS Secretary Says, Pfizer Presents Unique Distribution Challenges; L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti Spoke Earlier On Rising COVID Cases, Massive Testing Operation at Dodger Stadium, Biden Election, Newsom Apology For Dinner Gathering. Aired 5-6p ET
• As Trump Refuses To Concede, Pro-Trump Groups Protest Result; U.S. Shatters Daily Record with 184,000-Plus New Cases Reported Friday; Former Trump Chief Of Staff John Kelly Warns Delaying Transition "Could Be Catastrophic"; Dozens Of Secret Service Agents Isolating After Infections, Exposure; "Stop the Steal" Movement Spreading Far and Fast Online. Aired 4-5p ET
• As Trump Refuses To Concede, Pro-Trump Groups Protest Results; Biden Team Seeks Coronavirus Backchannels With Transition Locked Out; Obama Saying Trump's Refusal To Concede Will Cause Damage To County; Right-Wing Media Encouraging Trump's Election Denial; Georgia Begins Hand Recount Of Nearly Five Million Ballots. Aired 3-4p ET
• Coronavirus Cases Continue To Surge In States Across U.S.; President Trump's Supporters Gather In Washington D.C. For Rally; Coronavirus Case Increase May Result In City Lockdowns And Other Restrictions; President-Elect Joe Biden Still Not Receiving Daily Intelligence Briefings; Former Trump Chief Of Staff John Kelly Criticizes White House Blocking Transition Processes For President- Elect Joe Biden. Aired 2-3p ET
• COVID-19 Hospitalizations Set A New Record Across The U.S.; Trump In Denial Over Election Defeat As Pandemic Rages To Record Levels; Biden Transition Team Speaking To Former Pentagon Officials To Gather Information; About 20 Percent Of Ballots Counted In First Full Day Of Georgia Recount; Senate Runoffs in Georgia To Determine Senate Majority; Obama: Trump Not Conceding Could Cause Long-Lasting Damage to Country. Aired 1-2p ET
• Trump Supporters Rally In D.C. As Biden's Win Nears Certainty; NYT: Rudy Giuliani In Charge Of Trump's Election Lawsuits After Series Of Losses; Obama Slams GOP For Backing Trump's Baseless Voter Fraud Claims; Trump Threatens To Deny New York COVID-19 Vaccine; GOP, Dems Can't Make Deal As Millions Of Americans Struggle; COVID-19 Cases Rise Aboard Cruise Ship Despite Rigorous Testing. Aired 12-1p ET
• Pro-Trump Protests; COVID-19 Hospitalizations Set A New Record Across The U.S.; Georgia Recount; Senate Runoffs In Georgia To Determine Senate Majority; Cautious Optimism In Europe As Infections Begin To Drop; Company Produces Plastic Alternative To Combat Climate Change; "Stop The Steal" Movement Spreading Far And Fast Online. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Coronavirus Cases Continue to Surge in States Across U.S.; Coronavirus Case Increase May Result in City Lockdowns; Pfizer and Moderna Soon to Apply for Emergency Use Authorization for Coronavirus Vaccines; for President-Elect Joe Biden Still Not Receiving Daily Intelligence Briefings; Former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly Criticizes White House Blocking Transition Processes for President- Elect Joe Biden; Trump Campaign Falsely Claims Voter Cast Ballot When Dead; Campaign Ramping Up for Georgia Senate Runoff Races; Masters Taking Place Late Due to Coronavirus Pandemic. Aired 10-11a ET
November 13, 2020
November 12, 2020
• Texas Becomes First State to Surpass One Million Cases; Biden Announces COVID-19 Task Force, Urges Mask-Wearing; Raffensperger: Votes Counted Accurately in Georgia; North Korea Silent About President-Elect Biden; Eta Makes Landfall in Norther Florida. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• U.S. Sets One Day Record for COVID, 144,000+ New Cases; Texas Becomes First U.S. State to Top One Million Cases; Biden Names Ron Klain White House Chief of Staff; Trump Still Refuses to Publicly Admit Election Defeat; Biden Contacting World Leaders, Despite Trump Obstacles; COVID-19 Soaring to Record Levels Across Europe; Almost 43,000 Italians Have Died of COVID-19; England's Four-Week Lockdown Set to End December 2; Pfizer COVID Vaccine Faces Daunting Delivery Challenges. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Japan Warns of Third Wave as COVID-19 Cases Spike; Texas is Reporting 10,000 Plus New Cases for Second Straight Day; Bolsonaro Takes Swipe at U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden; Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Resign in Protest; Storm Dumps Rain on Philippines, Heads for Vietnam; Tropical Storm Eta Nears Landfall in Florida; Italy Facing Another Lack Down; U.S. Local Officials Mandating Masks; President-elect Biden with Blueprint to Combat COVID-19; Pentagon Officials Replaced by Trump Loyalists; Trump Blocking Biden; Coronavirus Vaccine Storage at Sub-Zero Temperature. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Blocks Biden Transition; Trump's North Korea Legacy; U.K.'s COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 50,000; U.S. Could Pay Citizens during New Lockdown; Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Resign in Protest; Tropical Storm Eta Nears Florida; Golfers Prepare for Augusta. Aired 2-3a ET
• Biden Moves Forward With One-Sided Transition; Trump's Devolution As A Cult Personality; South Korea's President Moon Speaks The Biden; Bolsonaro Ignores Biden; U.S.: Nine Days Of Cases Over 100,000; Japan's Third Wave: Economy Over Health?; U.S. and U.K. Slam Removal of Pro-Democracy Lawmakers; Blast in Saudi Arabia Injures at Least Two People; Trump's Move to Replace Defense Officials Alarms Pentagon; Election Misinformation Spreading in Social Media; Examining which Masks are Best at Blocking Virus. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Blocks Biden Transition; Georgia to Recount Votes by Hand; Texas Reports 10,000-Plus New Cases for Second Straight Day; Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Resign in Protest; Tropical Storm Eta Nears Florida; Trump's Move to Replace Defense Officials Alarms Pentagon; YouTube Emerging as Source of Election Misinformation; How North Korea Views U.S. President-elect Joe Biden; Golfers Prepare for Augusta in the Age of COVID-19. Aired 12-1a ET
• Aides Split on Whether Trump May Try to Pardon Self; Crack Widens as More and More Republicans Pushing Trump Toward the Door; Arizona Post-Election Audits Find No Evidence of Fraud; Chicago Mayor Issues Stay at Home Advisory. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Biden Names White House Chief of Staff; COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Timeline; Some Republican Lawmakers Starting to Accept Election Results?. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• NY Restaurant & Bar Owners Slam Governor Cuomo's New 10PM Closing Time; Source: 2 Homeland Security Officials Forced to Resign; Arizona Audit of Half of States Shows No Fraud, One of Trump's Many Baseless Election Fraud Claims; Head of "Warp Speed" Vaccine Distribution Plan Speaks to CNN; Update on Coronavirus Responses During Thanksgiving Holiday; Source: Trump Children Split on Post- Election Approach. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Republican Senators Support Biden Transition Process; Trump May Be Considering Pardoning Self; COVID-19 Cases Soar as Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) Limits Restaurant Hours. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Biden COVID Adviser: 4-6 Week Lockdown in U.S. Could Slow COVID Crisis; War Between Trump, FOX & Conservative Media Begins; Dr. Victoria Smith, a Volunteer in Pfizer's Vaccine Trial, Discusses the Treatment. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Missing in Action as COVID Crisis Explodes in America; More and More Republicans Pushing Trump Toward the Door. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Source Describes Trump As "Dejected" Over Election Fight; Trump Adviser Lewandowski Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Obama Memoir Confronts Role His Presidency Played In Trump's Rise; Airlines Adding Flights For Holiday Despite COVID Concerns. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Vote Counting Nearing An End In Close Battleground States; Andy Card: Time For Biden To Get Equal Treatment In Transition; At Least Three GOP Senators Say Biden Should Get Intelligence Briefings; U.S. Reports Most Single-Day COVID-19 Deaths Since May; Trump Campaign Files Lawsuits In Battleground States. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Biden Names Ron Klain as His White House Chief of Staff; Democrats will Maintain Control of House with Smaller Majority; Utah Nears Breaking Point as Cases, Hospitalizations Keep Rising. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• Trump Touts Arizona Vote Count while Dismissing other Results; Vote Counting Nearing an End in Close Battleground States; President- Elect Biden Names Ron Klain as his White House Chief of Staff; U.S. Breaks Record for New Daily Cases, Hospitalizations. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Continues to Introduce New Legal Challenges to Election Results; Interview with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Still in Planning Stages. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Biden Moves Forward with Transition without Help from Trump Administration; U.S. Again Breaks Records for New Cases and Hospitalizations. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Biden Blocked from State Department Support; Obama's New Book; Death Rate Drops as Treatments Improve. Aired 9:30-10a
• Joe Biden Names Longtime Aide Ron Klain as his Chief of Staff; State Department Preventing Biden from Accessing Messages from Foreign Leaders; Biden Moves Forward with Transition Without Help from Trump Admin; Biden Moves Forward with Transition Without Help from Trump Administration; U.S. Breaks Record Again for New COVID Cases and Hospitalizations; Head of Federal Vaccine Group Says FDA Might not Make Decision About Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Until Christmas. Aired 9-9:30a ET
November 11, 2020
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