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December 26, 2020

• FBI: No Sign Of More Explosive Threats In Nashville; Millions Of Americans Face Imminent Loss Of Key Benefits If Trump Doesn't Sign COVID Relief Bill; CDC Reports 1.9 Million Vaccine Doses Administered In U.S.; Record Cash Pours Into Georgia's Two Senate Runoff Races; Answering Viewers' Legal Questions in CNN's "Cross Exam"; Houston Hospital Struggles To Manage Rising Wave Of COVID Patients. Aired 3-4p ET
• Officials Hold Press Briefing On Van Explosion Near AT&T Building In Nashville, Tennessee; FBI Working With Local Authorities To Find Evidence Related To Van Explosion In Nashville; President Trump Has Not Yet Commented On Van Explosion In Nashville; CDC Reporting U.S. So Far Administered Nearly Two Million Coronavirus Vaccine Doses As Cases Continue To Rise In States Such As California; President Trump's Tweet Questioning Effectiveness Of Lockdowns Draws Criticism; Donations To Salvation Army Down As Millions Of Americans Suffer In Economic Downturn. Aired 2-3p ET
• Interview With Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX); Downtown Nashville Sealed Off After Intentional Explosion; Tennessee Governor Requests Emergency Declaration From Trump; Biden Calls On Trump To Sign $990B COVID-19 Relief Bill; Official: One COVID-19 Death Every 10 Minutes In L.A. County; COVID-19 Hits Nursing Homes Hard; Trump Administration Makes Final Push To Finish U.S.-Mexico Border Wall; Black Doctor's Death Highlights Systemic Inequalities In Health Care. Aired 1-2p ET
• Downtown Nashville Sealed Off After "Intentional" Explosion; Eyewitness Describes Scene On Nashville Street; Soon: Authorities To Give Blast Investigation Update; Health Officials Brace For COVID Surge After Holidays; France & Spain Confirm Cases Of New Coronavirus Variant; Four Former Blackwater Contractors Pardoned For 2007 Baghdad Massacre; Study: Grocery Store Workers Face Higher Risk Of Infection. Aired 12-1p ET
• Dysfunction In D.C.; Interview With Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA); Nashville Explosion; Health Officials Brace For COVID Surge After Holidays; Trump Ignores Multiple Crises, Focuses On Election Loss; Biden Hasn't Announced Nominees For Key Cabinet Positions; COVID-19 Batters The Sports World; 2020 Highs And Lows In Washington Politics. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Possible Human Remains Found at Blast Site of Van that Exploded in Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas Day; Authorities Exploring Possibility Van Explosion in Nashville Linked to Terrorism; Travel Restrictions Increased as New Variant of Coronavirus Found in U.K.; President Trump Still Not Signed Economic Relief Bill Passed by Congress; President Trump Issues Numerous Pardons which Draw Controversy; ICU Bed Capacity in Parts of Southern California Reaches Zero Percent Due to Coronavirus Case Surge; Europe to Begin Distribution of Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine. Aired 10-11a ET

December 25, 2020

December 24, 2020

• UK and EU Announce Brexit Trade Deal. Aired 9:50-11a ET
• Brexit Deal Appears Close; Trump Issues Second Round of Pardons; UK Detects Second COVID Variant; Brexit Trade Agreement Expected in Coming Hours; Getting Even, Rewarding Loyalty, Testing Republicans; Another Round of Pardons for Russia Probe Figures; Trump Issues 26 New Pardons for Allies, Family; Massacre Survivors Slam Trump for Blackwater Guard Pardons; Will Vaccines Work Against New Virus Strains; Infection Surge Expected After Holidays; California First U.S. State to Top 2 Million COVID Cases; CDC Projects Up To 419,000 U.S. Deaths By January 16; Virus Strain Linked to South Africa Detected in UK; U.S. Orders Additional 100 Million Doses of Vaccine. Aired 1-1:30a ET.
• CNN International: British Prime Minister: We've Taken Back Control Of Our Destiny; European Commission President: Deal "Fair" & "Balanced"; More Than 2,000 Stranded Drivers Tested Near Port Of Dover; European Union: Both Parties Have Committed To Ensuring A Robust Level Playing Field; UK & EU Clinch Post-Brexit Deal. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Sources Indicate U.K. and E.U. Closing on Post-Brexit Trade Deal; Donald Trump Issues 26 New Pardons Including Roger Stone and Paul Manafort; Truckers Getting COVID Tests in U.K., but Process Taking Time. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump's Final Days; Unclear How Vaccines Will Work against Coronavirus Variant; Bethlehem Scales Back Christmas Celebrations. Aired 12-12:30a ET
• Sources: Post-Brexit Trade Deal Expected Today; Manafort, Stone Among 26 Pardons on Wednesday; Scaled-Back Festivities This Christmas in Bethlehem. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Tests Loyalty and Ignores Pandemic; U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record 119,000+; Sources: UK-EU Post-Brexit Deal Imminent. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Brexit Resolution Nears; Trump Pardons More Criminals; Bethlehem's Subdued Christmas. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• The British Government Close To A Brexit Deal; Two Million Cases And Counting The Coronavirus Surging In The U.S.; Two People Arrested When A Scuffle Broke Out Between Police And Truckers In Dover; A Million Vaccines Are Expected Up Until The Middle Of January; Donald Trump Continues His Revenge Against The Russia Investigation; Many Doctors Say COVID Deaths Are Being Fueled By Thanksgiving Celebrations. Aired 2-2:30a ET
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• Trump Scrambles Georgia Senate Race with COVID Relief Demands; Mayor Calls for "Immediate Termination" of Officer Involved in Killing of Unarmed Black Man in Columbus, Ohio. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Pandemic Raging; Vaccine Access in Minority Communities?; Trump's Pardon Spree. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• UK and European Union Reach Post-Brexit Trade Deal; U.S. Military Command Turns Botched Airstrike into Christmas Joke; The Top Stories that Consumed Washington, DC This Year. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Pope Francis Holds Scaled-Back Christmas Eve Mass; U.S. Sets Another Hospitalization Record Ahead of Christmas; Trump in Florida Golfing Today After Upending COVID Relief Bill; Dem Leader: We Are Not Going to Let Government Shut Down; Trump Upends COVID Deal, Golfs in Florida as Americans Suffer; Trump Issues Second Round of Pardons to Allies, Family Member; CDC: U.S. Tops 1 Million Vaccinations So Far; Biden Whittles Down Shortlist for Attorney General, CIA Director; With Fate of COVID Relief in Tailspin, Airlines Face Funding Threat; California Surpasses 2 Million Confirmed Cases of COVID-19; Biden Narrows Down Shortlist for Commerce & Labor Secretaries; United to Require Passengers From London's Heathrow Flying into Chicago, Newark, DC & San Francisco to Show Negative COVID Test; Sara Nelson Among Final Contenders to Lead Biden's Labor Dept; UK and European Union Reach Post-Brexit Trade Deal. Aired 2-2:30p ET.
• California Surpasses 2 Million Confirmed Cases of COVID-19; NBA Fines James Harden $50K for Violating COVID Protocols; Pope Francis Holds Scaled-Back Christmas Eve Mass. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Issues Second Round of Pardons to Allies, Family Member; New Model Projects 567,000 COVID Deaths in U.S. by April 1; CNN Reports, Trump Meets with Pence before Tweeting that V.P. Should Reject Election Results. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Vetoes Defense Bill, Throws Relief Bill in Doubt; Vulnerable Communities Worry About Equal Access to Vaccine; Doctors Weigh Whether to Get COVID Vaccine While Pregnant. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• GOP Forced To Decide Whether To Back Trump Or Support Defense And COVID Relief Bills; Trump Doles Out Controversial Pardons To Allies While Holding Up Critical COVID Relief, Defense Bills; CDC: More Than 1 Million Vaccine Doses Administered Across United States; United States Sets New Record For Hospitalizations, Nearing 120,000; House Set To Vote On Expanding Relief Checks To $2,000 Monday. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Nearly 1.2 Million People Flew Wednesday Despite CDC Warnings; College Student Suffers Heart Failure after Mild COVID Symptoms; Historic Volume of Mail Delaying USPS Deliveries before Christmas. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• Trump Leaves D.C. without Signing or Vetoing COVID Relief Bill; House Set to Vote on Expanding Relief Checks to $2,000 Monday; Republicans Grapple with Trump's Threats to Block Relief Deal. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Vetoes Defense Bill, Throws Relief Bill in Doubt; California Surpasses 2 Million Confirmed Cases of COVID-19; 2020: A Year Like No Other for the Economy. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Throws Washington into Turmoil, Vetoes Defense Bill, Upends Stimulus and Pardons Allies; CDC Says, More Than 1 Million Vaccine Doses Administered Across U.S.; TSA Says, Almost 1.2 Million People Flew Wednesday Despite Pleas from Officials to Stay Home. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• A Deal Between The United Kingdon And The European Union Has Finally Been Reached; Growing Tension Between The President-Elect's Transition Team And The Defense Department; Millions Of Americans Are Counting On This COVID Relief Deal; More Than 9 Million Doses Of The Coronavirus Vaccine Have Been Delivered Across The U.S.; The USPS Is Experiencing A Backlog With Christmas Packages. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Joe Biden Saying The Pentagon Still Refuses To Brief On The Massive Hack Of Government Agencies; Packages At The Post Office Are Creating Backlogs; The U.S. Saw Its Third Highest Number Of COVID Deaths In A Single Day Yesterday. Aired 9-9:30a ET

December 23, 2020

• Trump Turns to Allies in Last-Ditch Bid to Overturn Election; Growing Anxiety in Pentagon About Trump's Remaining Days; House Republican Says, I Worry How Military Has Been Politicized; Texas Hospital Pushed to the Brink as Admissions Soar; What We're Learning About New COVID-19 Variant; Millions Traveling During Holiday's Despite Warnings. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Republicans Surprised by Trump's Request to Change Stimulus; Trump Hints He May Not Sign COVID Relief Bill; Republican Allies, Blackwater Guards Among Those Pardoned; Angry Truckers Scuffle with Police at U.K.-France Border; Pfizer and Moderna Testing Vaccines Against Virus Variant; France's Vaccine Rollout to Begin in Care Homes. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Border Reopened in England; Trump Hinted to Veto COVID Relief Bill; Trump with a Laundry List of Pardons; Joe Biden Promised More Aid to Americans; Hospitals Run Out of ICU Beds; California Hospital Struggling with Surge; U.K. Scientist New Variant May Impact Children More; WHO Calls Meeting to Discuss Virus Variant in U.K.; Congo's Rainforest and Future Pandemics; Israel's Unity Government Crumbles; Eliminating Food Waste in Japan; Santa Gets Exemption on COVID Restrictions. Aired 3-4a ET
• France-U.K. Border Reopened with Strict Stipulations; Trump May Not Sign COVID Relief Bill, Meets with Election Fraud Conspiracy Theorists; Texas Hospitals Pushed to the Brink, U.S. Tops 18 Million COVID-19 Cases; Israel Holds Fourth Election in Two Years; New South Wales Eases Some Restrictions for Christmas; Thailand Seafood Market Cluster Reports over 1,000 Cases. Aired 2-3a ET
• France Unblocks Border But Requires COVID Testing; Trump's Late Weigh In On Stimulus Package; Hospitals Wrenched By COVID; Overwhelmed, Understaffed; Presidential Pardon List - Unworthy Candidates; In Low Income Neighborhoods, You Have To Work In Order To Eat; Latin America Awaits Vaccine as Cases Soar; Multiple Asian Countries Restrict Travel from U.K.; The Coming Contagion; Fauci Urges Caution. Aired 1-2a ET
• Biden: Darkest Days in COVID Battle Are Ahead of U.S.; Texas Hospital Pushed to Brink as Admissions Soar; California Hospitals Struggling with Surge; Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) Interviewed on Trump Pardons of Associates Charged by Mueller; Private Bankers to Trump, Kushner Resigns from Deutsche Bank; Michigan's Attorney General is Interviewed about Requesting Sanctions on Former Trump Campaign Lawyer. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Vetoes $740 Billion Defense Bill; Biden Still Mulling Who to Nominate as CIA Director; Restaurant Advocacy Groups Say COVID Relief Plan Falls Short; House Republicans Meeting Now After Trump Says He May Veto $900 Billion COVID Relief Bill; Trump Pardon's Blackwater Guards Convicted in 2007 Iraq Massacre. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President Trump Vetoes Defense Spending Bill; U.S. Makes Deal For 100 Million Additional Pfizer Vaccine Doses; Trump Sabotaging COVID Relief Bill?. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Near-Death COVID Patient Survives After 100+ Days in Hospital; The Media's Wild Ride During a Rollercoaster 2020; State Department Believes Russian FSB Poisoned Opposition Leader. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Administration to Buy 100 Million More Pfizer Vaccine Doses; Holiday Travelers Crowd Airports Despite Rising U.S. COVID Cases; Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Assures Americans Relief Checks Would Go Out to Americans in Time for the Holidays. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Pardons 4 Military Contractors Involved in 2007 Iraq Massacre; Trump Threatens to Veto Massive Defense Authorization Bill; Trump Faces Deadline Today to Sign or Veto Massive Defense Bill; Gen. Tony Thomas Responds to Gen. Flynn's Call for Military Law to Re-do Election; Nevada Nurse: "We're Fast Approaching Our Breaking Point"; Millions of Americans Traveling for Holidays Despite Warnings. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Signals He May Veto Newly Passed COVID Relief Bill; U.S. Reports 3,401 Deaths, Second Deadliest Day Of Pandemic. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• NIH Director: If We Don't Get 20M Vaccinated This Moth "I hope People Will Understand" Logistical Challenge; U.S. Reports 3,401 Deaths, 2nd Highest Since Pandemic Began; Suspected Russian Hackers May Have Made "Unforced Error" Leading To Their Discovery; The Coming Contagion: Congo's Rainforests And Future Pandemics. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Joe Biden Announces Miguel Cardona As Education Secretary Nominee; Joe Biden's Education Secretary Nominee Delivers Remarks; Kamala Harris Speaks On Miguel Cardona Nomination As Education Secretary; Trump Threatens To Upend Relief Bill Negotiated By His Own Administration; Trump Unleashes Chaos: Blasts Coronavirus Relief Bill, Issues Controversial Pardons, Attacks GOP Senators. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Biden Expects no Honeymoon, Wants Help to End a Nightmare; Trump Pardons Former Blackwater Guards Involved in Baghdad Massacre; Biden Announces Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary Nominee. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Signals he may Veto Newly Passed COVID Relief Bill; Interview with Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA); Trump Pardons Former Blackwater Guards Involved in Deadly Iraqi Civilian Shooting. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Coronavirus Concerns as Holiday Travel Surges; California's Health System In Crisis Mode; President Trump's Controversial Pardons. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Throws COVID Relief Bill in Doubt after Asking for Changes; Trump Signals He may Veto Newly-Passed Relief Bill; Nearly 1 Million People Flew Tuesday Despite CDC Warnings. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Record Number of Coronavirus Hospitalizations; DOD Official Accuses Biden of False Statement; Frustration over U.K.-France Border Closure; Asia on High Alert over new COVID Variant. Aired 9:30-10a
• Trump Throws COVID Relief Bill in Doubt After Asking for Changes; Trump Administration Buys Additional 100 Million Doses of Pfizer Vaccine; U.S. Daily COVID Death Toll Tops 3,000 for Fifth Time This Month; Anthony Fauci Warns of Possible COVID Surge on Top of Surge Due to Travel; Trump Pardons Blackwater Military Contractors Involved in Iraq Massacre. Aired 9-9:30a ET

December 22, 2020

• Fringe Group Advising President on Overturning Election; U.S. Attorney General Says No Systematic Fraud in Election; U.S. President- Elect Biden Receives Vaccine Dose; McConnell: No Senators Think Stimulus Bill is Perfect; U.S. Congress Passes $900 Billion Stimulus Package; Novichok Sprinkled on Navalny's Underwear. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Growing Concerns Over New COVID-19 Variant; European Union Authorizes Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine; Truck Drivers Stuck in Dover, England as Borders Close; U.S. Congress Passes $900 Billion COVID Relief Bill; Millions in America Facing Food Insecurity; Giroir: We've Known About Virus Variant for Months; Taiwan Reports First Local Cass in 250+ Days. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Countries Ban Travel to U.K.; Food Deliveries Halted in England's Port; COVID-19 Relief Bill Made It Through Congress; President Trump Makes Desperate Move to Redo Election Results; Cyberattack Compromised Critical Data; U.S. Hits Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations; Biden Receives First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine; Growing Concerns Over New COVID-19 Variant in The U.K.; Vaccine Distribution Moving Slower Than Promised; European Union Authorizes Pfizer BioNTech Vaccine; WHO Reporting Variant in South Africa Separate from Variant In U.K.; Taiwan Reports First Local Case in 250 Plus Days; Kushner Leads Delegation on Landmark Israel-Morocco Flight; Making Lab Grown Meat Mainstream; CNN Reconnects with Vaccine Recipient Martin Kenyon. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.K. Travel Closures Leave Travelers, Freight Trucks Stranded; Fringe Group Advising U.S. President on Election Battle; Russia Denies U.S. Hack; Navalny Speaks Directly to Toxin Team that Tracked Him; South Korea Tightens Restrictions during Holidays; Kushner to Take Symbolic Flight from Tel Aviv to Rabat. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• New COVID Variant Seals Off Britain; Navalny Stings Operative Who Poisoned Him; New Strain Of Virus Under Investigation; European Truck Drivers Stranded In U.K.; $900 Billion Stimulus - A Short-Term Fix?; U.S. President-Elect Received Vaccine Monday; Fringe Group Advising President on Election Battle; South Korea Tightens Restrictions During the Holidays; COVID-19 Economic Fallout Driving Up U.S. Food Insecurity; Great Conjunction in the Sky. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.K. Government Seeks to Dispel Fears of Food and Medicine Shortages; Navalny Speaks Directly to Toxin Team that Tracked Him; Fringe Group Advising U.S. President on Election Battle; California Coping with Alarming COVID-19 Surge; Seoul to Double Number of ICU Beds for COVID; Revisiting British Grandfather Who Won Global Fame after Vaccine; Stunning New Details in Poisoning of Russian Dissident; Congress Poised to Pass $900 COVID Rescue Package. Aired 12-12:44a ET
• Biden Says Recent Hack on U.S. Agencies by Russia a Grave Risk to Our Security; Biden Says Not an Obvious Choice for AG Pick; Biden Says, I Have Absolute Confidence in The COVID Vaccine; Biden Says It Is Time to Unite and Rebuild; Pence Attends Rally with Screaming Fans and No Social Distancing; Baltimore Mayor Launches New Food Program for Those in Need. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President-Elect Biden Holds Press Conference. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Truck Drivers Stranded As France Closes Border With U.K.; U.K. Faces Dual Crises: New COVID Variant & Brexit Turmoil; House Conservatives Strategize With Trump In Bid To Overturn Election As Some GOP Members Push Back; Biden Gives Year-End Speech. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Dr. Anthony Fauci Received Moderna Vaccine Today; Joe Biden to Give Speech Today; Interview with Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI). Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Mayor Torre (D-Aspen, CO) Discusses Colorado Ski Resorts, Aspen & Snowmass, Under Red-Level Restrictions; U.S. Congress Passes $900 Billion COVID Relief Bill; California Grapples with ICU Bed Shortages; Truck Drivers Stuck in Dover, England, as Borders Close. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Dr. Fauci Says, New Variant May Already Be In The U.S.; Senior Military Commanders Worry What Trump Will Do. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Despite Warnings, Millions Are Flying During The Holidays; Congress Passes $900 Billion Economic Relief Package; Anxiety Rising At Pentagon Over What Trump Will Do Next; U.K. Border Remains Closed Over Variant Coronavirus Fears. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• BioNTech CEO: Variant May Require Countries To Vaccinate More People; New Jersey Hospital Giving First Doses Of Moderna Vaccine To Staff; White House Considers Requiring COVID Tests For Travelers From U.K.; Senator Wyden: Treasury Department E-mail Compromised In Suspected Russian Hack; Despite Warnings, Millions Are Flying Down The Holidays. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Anxiety Rising at Pentagon over What Trump will Do Next; Official says, 1 in every 64 L.A. County Residents has COVID-19; Russia Says, FSB Agents Taped Admission to Poisoning a Fake. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Fauci And Administration Health Officials Receive Moderna Vaccine; CDC: U.K. COVID Variant Hasn't Been Identified In U.S., May Be Undetected; Congress Passes $900 Billion Economic Relief Package. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Live Coverage as Alex Azar and Anthony Fauci Receive Dose of Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine; COVID Relief Deal Heads to President's Desk; Interview with Ray Dalio on the Imperative Need to Close U.S. Wealth Gap. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Fauci Says He Wouldn't be Surprised if New Variant is Already in U.S.; Soon, Fauci, Azar, and Collins Receive Moderna Vaccination. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• California Grapples with ICU Bed Shortage; Vaccine Doses Shipped Across U.S.; Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) is Interviewed about Government Hack; British Granddad Becomes Internet Hit. Aired 9:30- 10a
• New COVID-19 Variant Concerns U.S. Health Officials; BioNTech CEO Confident Its Vaccine Could Work Against New Coronavirus Variant; New Jersey Hospital Giving First Doses of Moderna Vaccine to Staff; Congress Passes $900 Billion Economic Relief Package; House Conservatives Strategize with Trump and Pence to Overturn Election; New Details Arise on Massive Hack of U.S. Government Agencies. Aired 9-9:30a ET

December 21, 2020

• U.S. Lawmakers Agree on $900 Billion Aid Bill; Trump Denies Martial Law Discussion in Oval Office; Trump Team Petitions High Court with More Fraud Claims; Trump Casts Doubt on Russian Involvement in Hacking; Countries Blocking U.K. Travel Over New COVID Variant; China Aims to Vaccinate 50 Million by Lunar New Year. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Ban on U.K. Travel Widens by the Hours; Older American, Essential Workers Next to Receive Vaccine; Americans Expected to Start Getting Moderna Vaccine Soon; Lawmakers Strike Deal on $900 Billion Package; California Hospitals Under Pressure as Cases Rise. Aired 4- 4:30a ET