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January 24, 2021
January 23, 2021
Trump Impeachment Trial To Begin February 9; Biden Takes Action To Ease "Deepening" U.S. Economic Crisis; Prominent Republicans Lobbying McConnell To Convict Trump; Russia Protests, Demanding Release Of Alexei Navalny; U.K. COVID-19 Variant May Have Higher Mortality Rate; National Guard May Stay In Washington Through March; Extremist Militant Group Oath Keepers Members Arrested; Republican Lawmakers Try To Bring Weapons Onto House Floor; Atlanta Mayor: People Desperate For Vaccine. Aired 5-6a ET
Biden Takes Action to Ease "Deepening" U.S. Economic Crisis; Trump Impeachment Trial to Begin February 9; U.K. COVID-19 Variant May Have Higher Mortality Rate; Biden Looks to Normalize Relations with Cuba; Republican Lawmakers Try to Bring Weapons onto House Floor; Russia Protests, Demanding Release of Alexei Navalny. Aired 4-5a ET
Trump Impeachment Trial to Begin February 9; Narrowly Held Democratic Senate Could Hinder Biden Agenda; U.S. Hot Spots Remain as Cases and Hospitalizations Decline; Wuhan Marks One Year Since Lockdown; Japan Determined to Host "Safe and Secure" Olympic Games. Aired 3-3:30a ET
Biden Takes Action to Ease "Deepening" U.S. Economic Crisis; Trump Impeachment Trial to Begin February 9; Narrowly Held Democratic Senate Could Hinder Biden Agenda; Confusion, Frustration Grow as People Wait for COVID-19 Vaccine; U.K. COVID-19 Variant May Have Higher Mortality Rate; Biden Makes First Call to Canadian Prime Minister; Trump Businesses Hit Hard by Pandemic and Toxic Image. Aired 2-2:45a ET
Biden Takes Action to Ease "Deepening" U.S. Economic Crisis; Prominent Republicans Lobbying McConnell to Convict Trump; U.K. COVID- 19 Variant May Have Higher Mortality Rate. Aired 12-12:15a ET
Trump And Justice Department Lawyer Said To Have Plotted To Oust Acting Attorney General; One Year After First COVID Case, U.S. Nears 25 Million Infections; Man Charged With Threatening To Assassinate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY); Interview With Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA); Democrats Split Over Prospects For Bipartisanship; Protests Erupt Across Russia After Putin Critic Arrested; Larry King's Former Producer Honors The Legendary Broadcaster. Aired 8-9p ET
Dems Push To Give Parents $3,000 Per Child During Pandemic; Biden Phones Leaders Of Mexico, Canada, U.K.; Man Charged With Threatening To Assassinate Rep. Ocasio-Cortez; Trump Senate Impeachment Trial Set To Start Next Month; COVID-19 Has Now Spread To Nearly 25 Million People In U.S.; Prospects To Convict Trump Erode As Republicans Grow Critical of Impeachment Proceedings; Legendary Talk Show Host Larry King Dies at 87; QAnon Believers Fractured After Biden Inauguration. Aired 7-8p ET
CNN Mourns Death Of Larry King; Rioter Charged With Threatening To Assassinate Rep. Ocasio-Cortez; NYT Reports Trump Plotted To Fire Acting A.G. In Last Ditch Effort To Overturn Election Loss; Seventeen House GOP Freshmen Send Letter Committing To Work With Biden; Interview With Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC); National Guard Forced To Rest In D.C. Parking Garage After Miscommunication At The Capitol; Tributes Pour In For Legendary Talk Show Host Larry King. Aired 6-7p ET
Capitol Rioter Charged With Threatening to Assassinate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY); Broadcasting Legend Larry King Dies at Age 87; Trump's Senate Impeachment Trial Delayed Until February; British P.M.: Variant First Detected In U.K. May Be More Deadly; NYT; Trump And DOJ Lawyer Said To Have Plotted To Oust Acting A.G., Overturn Georgia Election Results. Aired 5-6p ET
Broadcasting Legend Larry King Dies At Age 87; Capitol Rioter Charged With Threatening To "Assassinate" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez (D-NY); Trump's Senate Impeachment Trial Delayed Until February; People Waiting Up to Five Hours For COVID Vaccinations In L.A.; Mixed Messages On New Variant of U.K. Coronavirus On Whether It's More Deadly; Biden, Democrats Eye Expand Child Tax Credit To Bring COVID Relief; Biden Continues Talks With Foreign Leaders; Hundreds Arrested As Protesters Across Russia Call For Release Of Alexei Navalny. Aired 4-5p ET
Capitol Rioter Charged With Threatening To Assassinate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY); British Prime Minister: Variant First Detected In U.K. May Be Deadlier Than Others; Broadcasting Legend Larry King Dies At Age 87; Award-Winning Actress And Choreographer, Debbie Allen, Discusses Larry King's Life, Legacy And Impact; NYT: Trump And DOJ Lawyer Said To Have Plotted To Oust Acting A.G., Overturn Georgia Election Results; Who Benefits Strategically With The Trump Impeachment Trial Delayed Two Weeks? Aired 3-4p ET
Los Angeles And New York Set Up Supersites To Help Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines; Man Who Participated In Storming Of Capitol Buildings Charged With Threatening To Assassinate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY); Senate Leaders Agree On Schedule For Second Impeachment Trial Of Former President Trump; Broadcast Interviewer And Journalist Larry King Passes Away; President Biden Promises 100 Million COVID-19 Vaccinations Administered Within First 100 Days in Office; Report Indicates Former President Trump Plotted with Justice Department Lawyer to Oust Acting Attorney General in Attempt to Undo Georgia Election Results. Aired 2-3p ET
Broadcasting Legend Larry King Dies At Age 87; States Struggling To Vaccinate As Supplies Run Low; Russian Authorities Arrest Opposition Supporters Of Navalny; Broadcasting Legend, Larry King, Dies at 87; Tammy Haddad, Former "Larry King Live" Executive Producer, Discusses Larry King's Life, Legacy And Impact; Former Senator Gordon Humphrey (R-NH) Discusses Impeachment Of Trump, Republican Behind-The-Scenes Lobbying To Convict; COVID-19 Kills 3,655 Americans On Friday, More Than 186,000 New Cases. Aired 1-2p ET
COVID-19 Kills 3,600 Americans On Friday, More Than 185,000 New Cases; CDC Reports A Record Number Of Daily COVID-19 Vaccinations On Friday; Broadcasting Legend Larry King Dies At Age 87; Slim Path To Convict Trump As GOP Support For Trial Wanes; Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) Is Interviewed About Kamala Harris Sworn Into History With Vice Presidential Oath. Aired 12-1p ET
New York Has Administered 100 Percent Of Its Allocated Vaccine Doses; Biden Coronavirus Advisers Confident More Vaccines Are Coming; Broadcasting Legend Larry King Dies At Age 87; Trump And DOJ Lawyer Said To Have Plotted To Oust Acting AG; Senate Trial Arguments To Begin February 9. Aired 11a-12p ET
Broadcast Interviewer and Journalist Larry King Passes Away; Friends and Colleague Remember the Life and Career of Larry King; Larry King's Numerous Interviews with Politicians, Athletes, and Celebrities Examined. Aired 10-11a ET
January 22, 2021
January 21, 2021
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McCarthy Pivots, Now Says Trump Didn't Incite Insurrection; Impeachment Article Could be Sent to Senate Tomorrow; Interview with Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Biden Faces Unity Challenge in Wake of Deadly Insurrection; QAnon Followers Losing Faith, Feel Duped as Biden Sworn In. Aired 3:30-4p ET
Key Biden Cabinet Officials Remain Unconfirmed; President Biden Lays Out COVID-19 Response Plan. Aired 3-3:30p ET
Court Documents Reveal Brutality Used Against Police; Soon, Biden to Speak on COVID-19 Response Plan; Fauci: U.S. Can Surpass 100 Million Vaccine Doses by End of First 100 Days; Biden Speaks on Coronavirus Response Plan. Aired 2:30-3p ET
Biden to Announce COVID-19 Response Plan Today; Medical Studies Find COVID-19 Mutation May Alter Vaccine Efficacy; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Issues Contradicting Statements Following Riots. Aired 2-2:30p ET
Biden's Executive Actions Reverse Trump Policies with Stroke of Pen; Biden Dismisses Officials from Trump Administration; Woman Accused of Stealing Pelosi Laptop Released on Bail with Stern Warning; Pelosi Emphasizes Concern for Those Traumatized During Insurrection Rather than on Physical Damage; New Insurrection Arrests, Include a Proud Boys Leader; Derek Thompson, Staff Writer, "The Atlantic," Discusses How Biden Can Avoid Mistakes of Obama Administration. Aired 1:30-2p ET
Sources Say, Biden Team Says it's Inheriting Non-Existent Vaccine Plan; GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Tries Rewriting History on His Role in Insurrection. Aired 1-1:30p ET
Sources: Biden Inheriting Nonexistent Vaccine Distribution Plan; Biden Signs Flurry Of Exec. Orders Dismantling Trump's Policies; McCarthy Voices Support For Cheney Staying In GOP Leadership. Aired 12:30-1p ET
Proud Boys Organizer Released Under Home Confinement; Biden Reverses Trump Policies On Border Wall, Pipeline In First 24 Hours; Administration Official: Biden To Invite Congressional Leaders To White House As Early As Friday; Nancy Pelosi: Lawmakers Will Face "Prosecution" If They Helped Rioters; CNN Poll: More Americans Say They're Willing To Get Vaccinated. Aired 12-12:30p ET
Biden to Sign More Executive Actions on COVID-19 Response; Confirmation Hearing for Transportation Nominee Buttigieg Underway; Woman Accused in Capitol Hill Riot Appears in Court. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
Pelosi Speaks on President Biden's First Full Day in Office; Biden Takes Office without Key Cabinet Picks Confirmed; Sources: Biden Inheriting Nonexistent Vaccine Plan from Trump. Aired 11-11:30a ET
Interview with Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL); Biden White House Reinstates Daily Press Briefings; Live Coverage of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Press Conference. Aired 10:30-11a ET
Biden Turns Focus to Pandemic Fight on First Day in Office; Confirmation Hearing for Transportation Pick Buttigieg; U.S. Reports More Than 400,000 Deaths One Year after First Known Case. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
States Sound Alarm on Vaccine Demand; No Vaccine Rollout Plan; New Evidence in Capitol Riots; Biden Dismantles Trump Foreign Policies. Aired 9:30-10a ET
Biden Team Lays Out National Strategy to Fight Coronavirus; Biden Reverses Decision to Withdraw from World Health Organization; Biden to Invite Congressional Leaders to the White House Soon; Senate Confirms First Cabinet Nominee in Biden Administration; GOP Senators Warn McConnell Could Face Backlash If He Votes to Convict Trump; CNN: Impeachment Article Could Be Sent to Senate Tomorrow; McConnell Pressures Schumer to Keep Senate Filibuster. Aired 9-9:30a ET
January 20, 2021
January 19, 2021
Heavy Security in Washington Ahead of Biden's Inauguration; Georgia Lt. Governor Astonished by Elections Misinformation; How Social Media is Still Fueling Extremism; Trump to Issue Around 100 Pardons and Commutations; World Gets Ready for Biden Administration; Kremlin Critic to Remain in Custody for 30 Days. Aired 4:30-5a ET
32 Hours Left in Donald Trump's Presidency; Threat of Violence Prompts Additional Screening of Troops; Videos of Insurrection Now Key Pieces of Evidence; Biden to Sign About a Dozen Executive Orders on Day One; Experts Fear Virus Variant Could Fuel a New Peak; 500,000 U.S. Deaths Predicted by Mid-February; Europe COVID Cases Trending in the Right Direction. Aired 4-4:30a ET
President Trump's Term Come to an End; No to Briefings and No to Another Term in Office; California Tops COVID Cases in U.S.; CDC Projects Half Million Deaths by Mid-February; Britain Breaks Two Records in Europe; Tough Restrictions Works; Sweden Just Started Implementing Mandatory Guidelines; Navalny Arrested, Kremlin Critic To Remain In Custody For 30 Days; Ugandan Opposition Says Troops Raided Its Offices; Unrest In Tunisia's Growing Economic Crisis; WHO Urges Nation To Share Vaccine Distribution Equally; Brazil Begins National Vaccination Campaign; UAE Pick Up Pace With COVID-19 Vaccinations; Joe Biden's Pipeline Plans; Extremist Emboldened Online. Aired 3-4a ET
President-Elect Joe Biden's Plans for Immediate Action; Transfer of Power: Trump's Final Hours as U.S. President; Brazil Authorizes Two Vaccines for Emergency Use; Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny to Remain in Custody for 30 Days; Critics "Moved to Cheers" over Trump's Departure. Aired 2-3a ET
Trump's Last Full Day As President; Trump's Last 100 Pardons, List Unknown; Navalny Calls On Supporters To Take To The Streets; COVID-19 Death Toll Set To Reach 500,000 By Mid-February; America Now Has 25 Percent Of Global COVID-19 Infections; Trump To Issue Around 100 Pardons and Commutations; WHO Head Warns of Catastrophic Moral Failure; Sweden Imposes New Restrictions as Deaths Rise; Trump's Allies Stoked the Flames Ahead of Riot. Aired 1-2a ET
Transfer of Power: Trump's Final Hours as U.S. President; Guatemalans and Migrant Hondurans Clash; Europe Wrestles with Slow Rollout and Rising Cases; Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny to Remain in Custody for 30 Days; Kremlin Critic to Remain in Custody for 30 Days; Brazil Begins Vaccination Program with Limited Supply; Sweden Imposes New Restrictions as Deaths Rises; Critics 'Moved to Cheers' Over Trump's Departure; Trump Inner Circle Helped Stoke Insurrection. Aired 12-12:45a ET
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McConnell: "The Mob Was Fed Lies, They Were Provoked By The President And Other Powerful People"; Treasury Sec. Nominee: U.S. Must "Act Big" On Pandemic Relief; CNN: Biden COVID-19 Team Nervous About What Trump Team Hasn't Told Them. Aired 12:30-1p ET
Biden Plans Bipartisan Church Service Before Inauguration; CNN: Trump Bitter And Consumed With Grievances Over Election Loss And With Republicans Who Didn't Back Him; CNN: Trump Taped Farewell Message Last Night, Could Release Today; CNN: Trump Expected To Issue About 100 Pardons, Commutations Today; Mitch McConnell: The Mob Was Fed Lies, They Were Provoked By The President And Other Powerful People. Aired 12-12:30p ET
Army Reservist, Ex-FDNY among Latest Charged in Capitol Riot; Trump Ignores Traditional Transfer of Power Rituals; Two National Guard Members Removed from Inauguration Duty. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
Soon: President-Elect Biden Travels To Washington, D.C.; Biden Aims To Unify Divided Nation In His Inaugural Address; President-Elect Biden Faces Unprecedented Challenges, Divided Nation. Aired 11-11:30a ET
Capitol Police Received No Advance Planning; Atlanta Voters Reflect on Election; U.S. Future as World Leader Uncertain. Aired 10:30-11a ET
Trump to be First President in 152 Years to Skip Successor's Inauguration; President-Elect Travels to Washington for Inauguration; Key Confirmation Hearings Underway for Biden Cabinet Picks. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
Trump Expected to Issue Pardons Today; Biden Aims to Unify the Nation Tomorrow; Pentagon Preps for Inauguration Handoff; Demand for Vaccine Outpacing Supply. Aired 9:30-10a ET
Trump's Chaotic Presidency Coming to an End; President-elect Biden Travels to Washington for Inauguration; FBI Warns Extremists Discussed Posing as National Guard; Capitol Police Officers Say They were Unprepared, Betrayed. Aired 9-9:30a ET
January 18, 2021
Shocking New Video Shows Capitol Hill Chaos; State Capitols Brace for Possible Violence; Biden Team Outlines Plans for First 100 Days; Biden to Sign Executive Orders on First Day in Office; Washington D.C. a Fortress Ahead of Biden Inauguration; Russia Detains Kremlin Critic Alexey Navalny on Return to Moscow; Australian Open Tennis Players Frustrated by Quarantine. Aired 4:30-5a ET
Trump to Issue Around 100 Pardons and Commutations; U.S. Capitol Fenced Off, Guarded by Thousands of Troops; GOP Lawmaker: President Set Date, Time, Location for Event; Incoming CDC Director Warning of Dark Weeks Ahead in Pandemic; California Reports 42,000+ COVID Cases, 432 Deaths; U.K. Tightens Travel Entry Requirements; Vaccinations in France Begin for People Over 75; Vaccine Demand Outweighs the Available Supply. Aired 4-4:30a ET
A New Video Shows What It Was Like Inside Capitol During Riot; State Capitols are Bracing for Possible Violence; Russia Detains Kremlin Critic on Return to Moscow; Disagreement Over Responsibility for COVID Vaccines; U.K. Faces Educational Challenges as COVID Cases Escalate; Snowboarder Survives Avalanche and Catches it on Video; President Trump to Issue Clemency on Tuesday; Washington Well- Prepared for Joe Biden's Inauguration; No Negative Result, No Entry in U.K.; Joe Biden Faces Tough Challenges Ahead; COVID-19 and New Variant Could Take More Lives. Aired 3-4a ET
President Trump Expected to Issue Wave of Commutations and Pardons; U.S. Capitol Secured by National Guard Before Biden's Inauguration; Incoming CDC Director's Straightforward Warning on Coronavirus Deaths in the U.S.; France Begins Vaccination Rollout; All 50 States Brace For Potential Violent Protests; Vaccine Responsibility: Disagreement Over Responsibility for COVID-19 Vaccines; No Vaccinations Yet For Palestinians In West Bank And Gaza. Aired 2-3a ET
Trump Rumored To Be Issuing 100 Pardons Tomorrow; Coronavirus Prediction 500,000 Deaths By Mid-February; Alexei Navalny Under Arrest Back In Russia; Palestinians Not Given A Place In Israel's Vaccine Program; Europe Tightens Travel Corridors And Enforce Curfews; Jay Y. Lee Returns To Jail; Kremlin Critic Detained on Return to Moscow; Biden to Sign Executive Orders on First Day in Office; China's GDP Grows 2.3 percent in 2020, Defying Expectations; 72 Players in Quarantine Ahead of Australian Open. Aired 1-2a ET
U.S. Capitol Fenced Off, Guarded by Thousands of Troops; All 50 States Brace for Potential Violent Protests; Sources: Trump to Issue Around 100 Pardons & Commutations; Cathedrals Serving as Temporary Vaccination Sites in U.K.; Kremlin Critic Detained on Return to Moscow; Biden to Sign Executive Orders on First Day in Office; California Reports 42,000+ New Cases; Raskin: I'm Not Going to Lose My Son in 2020 & My Country in 2021. Aired 12-1a ET
Biden Set to Roll Back Controversial Trump Administration Policies; Trump Set to Issue 100 Pardons; FBI Vets National Guard Ahead of Inauguration. Aired 3-3:30p ET
Biden Preparing to Roll Back Several Trump Policies; Melania Trump Tweets Farewell Message, Urges Kindness; Interview with Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), Why There Should Be an Impeachment Trial After January 20th; New Cases in U.S. Down 11 Percent for Coronavirus from a Week Ago; Poisoned Opposition Leader in Russia Detained. Aired 3:30-4p ET
Democrat Rep. Accuses GOP's Boebert Of Giving Tours Before Riot; NYT: Trump Allies Collecting Fees To Push For Possible Last- Minute Pardons; Trump Leaning Away From Pardoning Himself, Family Members, Close Associates; Update On Security Situation Around The Country Amid Threats Ahead Of Inauguration; Interview With Martin Luther King III. Aired 2:30-3p ET
Arrests of Militia Members Continue; Interview with Retired Air Force Lieutenant General Jack Weinstein; Trump Plans to Leave Washington, D.C. Before Inauguration Ceremony. Aired 2-2:30p ET
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