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July 16, 2021
July 15, 2021
Afghan Negotiator Worried About Potential Civil War; George W. Bush: U.S. Troop Withdrawal is a Mistake; U.S. to Relocate Thousands of Afghan Translators; Anger at Post-Apartheid Inequalities Underpins Riots in South Africa; China's Economy Grows 7.9 Percent In Second Quarter; EU Presents Bold Plan to Reduce Emissions by 55 Percent by 2030; Athletes Arriving in Tokyo with One Week Until Games. Aired 4:30-5a ET
New Book Offers Insight Into Trump's Final Year in Office; Miami Hospital Sees Surge of Covid Patients in 30's and 40's; 911 Calls Reveal Chaos, Confusion After Building Collapsed; U.S. Fire Agency Declares Highest Level of Preparedness for Western Wildfires; Britney Spears Wins Right to Hire Her Own Lawyer; Africa Battling Its Worst Covid Wave Yet; U.K. Health Secretary Urges Caution Ahead of England Reopening. Aired 4-4:30a ET
South Africa's Reservists Called to Quell Violence; England Pushing to Reopen; Britney Spears Back on Her Feet; Indonesia the New Epicenter in Asia; Assassins Hired to Kill Jovenel Moise; Australian States with New Restrictions; E.U. Wants to be Carbon Free by 2050; War In Afghanistan, State Department Saying Slaughter Is Horrifying And Atrocious Act; Taliban Accused Of Targeting, Killing Female Journalists; Many Afghans Living In Fear If Taliban Takeover; Four Iranians Charged With Plot To Abduct U.S. Journalist; Refugee Team Delayed After Official Tests Positive For COVID-19; China's Economy Grows 7.9 Percent In Second Quarter; Crisis In Lebanon, Hariri, Now Is The Moment Of Truth; Parents Reunited With Abducted Son After 24 Years. Aired 3-4a ET
Britney's Conservatorship Battle; Indian States Propose Two- Child Policy; World Health Organization Warns Of Rising Cases And Deaths; China's Economy Grows 7.9 Percent in Second Quarter; India's Most Populous State Proposes Two-Child Policy; E.U. Presents Bold Plan to Reduce Emissions 55 Percent by 2030. Aired 2-2:45a ET
World Health Organization Warns of Rising Cases and Deaths; Cuba Defends Crackdown Days After Widespread Protests; Britney Spears Wins Right to Hire Her Own Lawyer; Alleged Iranian Kidnapping Plot; E.U. Presents Bold Plan to Reduce Emissions by 55 Percent by 2030; China's Economy Grew 7.9 percent in Second Quarter; Many Afghans Living in Fear of Taliban Takeover; Parents Reunited with Abducted Son after 24 Years. Aired 1-2a ET
Protests Against Vaccination Policies in Greece & France; Fast- Spreading Delta Variant Driving Up Cases Globally; Soldier Says Accused Colombians Were Hired To Protect Pres. Aired 12-1a ET
DOJ Watchdog Says FBI Botched Gymnastics Doctor Abuse Probe; COVID Patients Now Younger, Getting Sicker; First Paying Customer on Bezos Rocket Will Be Youngest into Space. Aired 3:30-4p ET
Passport Application Backlog; Interview With Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI); Surgeon General Calls COVID Misinformation Threat to Public Health; Kevin McCarthy Summoned to Meet With Trump. Aired 3-3:30p ET
Schumer Strong-Arms Negotiators on Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal; Biden Holds Oval Office Meeting with Germany's Angela Merkel; Millions of Families Receive 1st Child Tax Credit Payments; Britany Spears Scores Rare Court Victory, Granted Own Lawyer. Aired 2:30-3p ET
Surgeon General Calls COVID Misinformation Threat to Public Health; Kevin McCarthy Summoned to Meet With Trump; President Biden Meets With German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Aired 2-2:30p ET
Book: Top Generals Feared Trump Would Try a Coup After Election; Trump Denies Coup Attempt After Election, Calls It "Ridiculous"; Gene Sperling, Senior Adviser to President Biden, Discusses Child Tax Credit Hitting Banks Today & Inflation; Rep. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) Discusses Pandemic Hitting American Latino Communities Hard, Vaccination Skepticism & Record Heat, Addressing Climate Change. Aired 1:30-2p ET
U.S. Surgeon General Pushes White House Plan to Combat Misinformation as Vaccination Rates Drop, Cases Rise; Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Dismisses Concerns of Bipartisan Collapse; Book Says, Top Generals Feared Trump Would Try a Coup after Election. Aired 1- 1:30p ET.
Civil Rights Attorney Lee Merritt Runs Against Texas A.G. Paxton; Consumer Prices Reach 13-Year High, Fueling Fears of Surging Inflation; DOJ Watchdog Says, FBI Botched USA Gymnastics Doctor Abuse Probe. Aired 10:30-11a ET
Surgeon General Says, Misinformation Serious Threat to Public Health; Justice Stephen Breyer Says He Hasn't Decided When He'll Retire; Trump Says He will Meet with House GOP Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Today. Aired 10-10:30a ET
Preventing a Fall COVID Surge; Trump to Meet with McCarthy; Jobless Claims Fall to Pandemic-Era Low; Spears Demands Dad be Charged. Aired 9:30-10a ET
Breyer Hasn't Made a Decision on Retirement; Misinformation is Threat to Public Health; New Book Says Leaders Feared Trump Would Attempt a Coup. Aired 9-9:30a ET
July 14, 2021
Biden Calls Threat Most Dangerous Since Civil War; New Books Detail Trump's Final Days in Office; Britney Spears Court Hearing Set for Wednesday; Extreme Heat and Drought Fuel Fires in U.S. and Canada; Boeing Down After Cutting Dreamliner Delivery Targets; Federer to Skip Olympics, Ohtani Gets All-Star Game Win. Aired 4:30-5a ET
Senate Democrats Reach Agreement on $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution; Biden: Texas Republicans Want to Make It Harder to Vote; Unvaccinated Americans Driving Surge in Variant Cases; Huge Jump in Vaccination Booking in France After Macron Speech; Violence and Looting in South Africa; Activists: 100+ Arrested or Missing in Cuba After Protests; U.S. Citizens Accused of Orchestrating Attack on Haitian President; U.N.: Millions Displaced in Afghanistan, Humanitarian Crisis Looming. Aired 4-4:30a ET
Looters Leaves Shops Empty in South Africa; Mayhem in Cuba Over Zuma's Arrest; People Killed by Fire in Iraq Climb to 92; South Korea Hit Highest Daily COVID Infections; Millions Rush to Register in France's Vaccination; Suspects to Moise's Killing Now Under Custody; France to Pull Out its Citizens from Afghanistan; Crisis In Lebanon, Food And Fuel Short Supply; Protest In Beirut Port Blast Turns Violent; Cubans Protest Lack Of Food, Medicine And Freedom; Riots In South Africa; Hungary's Top Diplomat Defends Controversial LGTBQ Law; Enthusiasm Lacking For Olympics; Japan's fastest man, Ryota Yamagata on CNN; IOC President Say Tokyo Best Ever Prepared City For Olympics; REVIL Group Disappears From Internet; Britney Spears' Conservatorship Case; Mural Of Rashford Restored; British Prime Minister Urges Social Media Giants To Tackle Racist Abuse; London Restaurants See Signs Of Revival. Aired 3-4a ET
South Africa Violence; Haitian Police Search For New Suspects; Iraq Hospital Fire Kills At Least 92 People; British Prime Minister Condemns Racist Abuse, Shame on You; India's Most Populous State Proposes Two-Child Policy; Extreme Heat and Drought Fuel Western Wildfires. Aired 2-2:45a ET
South Africa Unrest: 70+ Killed During Protests After Ex-Leader Zuma Jailed; Activists: 100+ Arrested or Missing in Cuba After Protests; U.S. Citizen Accused of Orchestrating Attack on Haitian President; Extreme Heat Fuels Devastating Fires in U.S. and Canada; Sydney Region Extends Lockdown Until July 30; E.U. Commission: Over 50 percent of all E.U. Adults Fully Vaccinated; Protest over Beirut Port Blast Turns Violent; Biden Strongly Condemns Restrictive New Voting Laws; Support for Games Lacking in Many Countries. Aired 1-2a ET
COVID Mismanagement Fuels Protests Around The Globe; Cubans Protest Lack Of Food, Medicine, And Freedom; U.K.'s Johnson Says "Greed" Helped Develop Vaccine; South Korea Reports Record-Breaking COVID Infections; E.U. Looking at Mandating Vaccines; U.N.: India will Become World's Most Populous Country by 2027; Britney Spears to Attend Court Hearing Wednesday; London Restaurants See Signs of Revival. Aired 12-12:45a ET
Soon Britney Spears in Court Hearing Trying to End Conservatorship; First Congressional Hearing on January 6 Capitol Attack Is Set for July 27; CDC Says 2020 Worst Year for Drug Overdoses. Aired 3:30-4p ET
Alleged Iranian Plot to Kidnap U.S. Journalist; COVID Cases Rising. Aired 3-3:30p ET
Bush on Afghanistan Exit: It Will Cause "Unspeakable Harm"; Official: Afghans Who Helped America May Be Relocated to U.S.; Taliban Respond to CNN Report of 22 Executed Afghan Solders; COVID Cases Surges in 46 States as Vaccination Rates Plummet; Australia COVID-19 Cluster Linked to a Limo Driver with Delta Variant Growing; Notorious Ransomware Gang "Revil" Suddenly Offline. Aired 2:30-3p ET
Interview With State Rep. James Talarico; President Biden Heads to Capitol Hill to Talk Infrastructure; COVID Cases Rising. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
White House Considering "Red Phone" for Emergency Contact with China; Bush: Consequences of Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal Will Be "Unbelievable Bad"; Cheney Defends Being Part of Jan 6 Committee in CNN Interview; Mississippi Children Battling COVID in Intensive Care Units; Soon, Latest Britney Spears Hearing over Bid to End Conservatorship. Aired 1:30-2p ET
CDC Forecast Shows COVID Hospitalizations to Jump over Next Four Weeks; Biden joins Senate Democrats at Lunch to Sell Both Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and Democrats' Sweeping Budget Package; Senate Democrats Roll Out Proposal to Legalize Marijuana. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
Branson Celebrates Trip to Edge of Space on Rocket-Powered Plane; Taliban Respond to CNN Report on 22 Executed Afghan Soldiers; U.S. Suffering Worst Wildfire Season in a Decade. Aired 10:30-11a ET
New Coronavirus Cases, Vaccinations And Dangerous Vaccine Misinformation All Trending In The Wrong Direction; Senate Democrats Say They Have Struck a Preliminary Deal on a $3.5 Trillion Budget. Aired 10-10:30a ET
People Missing and Arrested in Cuba; Biden Considers Hotline with China; U.S. Journalist Targeted by Iranians; Ransomware Gang Disappears Claudia Ordaz Perez is Interviewed about Manchin Meeting. Aired 9:30-10a ET.
Children May Pay Price for Unvaccinated Adults; Miami Hospital's COVID Patients; COVID Surge Among Young and Unvaccinated; Democrats Reach Deal on Budget; Cheney Defends Seat on Committee; Taliban Respond to Execution Claims. Aired 9-9:30a ET
July 13, 2021
July 12, 2021
Trump Winds Straw Poll with Hugely Supportive CPAC Crowd; Man Accused of Recruiting Haiti's President's Assassins Arrested; Former Jordon Royal Court Chief Sentenced to 15 Years; Twelfth Parades to Kick Off Soon in Northern Ireland; Pope Makes First Appearance Since Colon Surgery; Djokovic Wins Record-Tying 20th Grand Slam Title. Aired 4:30-5a ET
Italy Win Championship After Beating England on Penalties; Racist Comments Toward England Players Investigated; Italian Fans Euphoric Over Championship Win; Billionaire Richard Branson Successfully Rockets Into Space; Pfizer to Brief U.S. Officials on Vaccine Boosters; Progress in Recovery Efforts as Death Toll Rises to 90; 24 Millions in Western States Under Heat Alert. Aired 4-4:30a ET
Italians Bringing Home the Euro 2020 Victory; Fans Celebrated in Italy; Richard Branson Touching the Space; Cubans Protested Over Poor Economy and Pandemic Fatigue; Pfizer Pushing for a Third Booster; Israel Gives Green Light for a Third Vaccine Shot; Former President Donald Trump Pushes False Election Claims at CPAC in Texas; Audio Statement Posted to First Lady's Twitter Account; Celebrations Amid Brexit Tensions; Extreme Heat Grips Western United States. Aired 3-4a ET
Italy Wins Over England to Claim Euro 2020 Title; Novak Djokovic Wins 20th Grand Slam Title at Wimbledon; Cubans Protest Against Government; Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic's Successful Flight on the Edge of Space; Racist Abuse Against England's Players in Euro 2020; Football Assn: Appalled At Racist Abuse Of England Players; PM Johnson Condemns Racial Abuse Of Players; California Sweltering Under Triple-Digit Temps. Aired 2-3a ET
Italy Win Championship After Beating England on Penalties; billionaire Richard Branson Successfully Rockets into Space; Audio Statement Posted at First Lady's Twitter Account; Italian Team Returns Home after Winning Euro 2020 Title; Tokyo Enters New COVID Emergency with Olympics in 11 Days; Rare Displays of Anger over COVID Response, Economic Woes in Cuba. Aired 1-2a ET
Italy Win Championship; Billionaire Space Traveler Recounts Groundbreaking Journey; Afghan Refugee Family Stranded at Istanbul Airport; Tokyo Enters New COVID Emergency with Olympics in 11 Days; Rare Displays of Anger in Cuba Over COVID Response, Economic Woes. Aired 12-12:45a ET
Texas Man Charged with Illegal Voting Faces 40 Years; Suspect Arrested in Haiti Assassination Planned to Take Power; Biden Meets with Attorney General and Local Leaders on Gun Violence; Interview with Eric Adams, (D) New York City Mayoral Candidate, White House Meeting on Rising Crime. Aired 3:30-4p ET
Heat Wave; Texas Democrats Leaving State to Block Voting Restrictions; Interview With Little Rock, Arkansas, Mayor Frank Scott Jr.; FDA Investigating Rare Vaccine Risk. Aired 3-3:30p ET
Biden Meets With A.G., Local Leaders On Reducing Gun Violence; London Metropolitan Police Investigate Several England Players Racially Abused After Euro 2020 Loss; Space Tourism Raises Climate Questions; FDA Investigates Possibility J&J Vaccine Raises Risk Of Rare Autoimmune Syndrome. Aired 2:30-3p ET
Protests in Cuba; Texas Democrats Leave State to Block Voting Restrictions; Republicans' Anti-Vaccine Stance; Delta Variant Threat. Aired 2-2:30p ET
Extreme Heat in Western U.S. Causing Drought, Wildfires; Biden Tackles Spike in Gun Crimes After 125 Killed This Weekend; Mother Mourns Teen Daughter Who Was Kidnapped, Fatally Shot; Long-Standing Government Distrust Hurting U.S. Vaccination Push; Poll: American Optimism at 13-Year High; Biden Speaks After Meeting on Gun Violence; Biden Comments on Massive Anti-Communism Protests in Cuba; Biden "Closely Following" Haiti Assassination Case. Aired 1:30-2p ET
Growing Alarm as Cases Surge in Low-Vaccination Areas; Cubans Demand Freedom, Protests Regime amid Economic Crisis; Trump's Big Lie Takes Center Stage at Conservative Conference. Aired 1-1:30p ET
Top U.S General in Afghanistan Stepping Down amid Troop Withdrawal; Texas GOP Pushing Legislative Voting Bill at Special Session; FBI Rules Out Threat to MLB All-Star Game after Weapons Found in Hotel. Aired 10:30-11a ET
Expert Warns U.S. Could See Surprising Amount of COVID Deaths as Cases Surge in U.S. Hot Spots; Trump's Lies, Conspiracies in Spotlight at CPAC. Aired 10-10:30a ET
Thousands Protest in Cuba; Arrest in Haitian President's Murder; New Era of Space Tourism; England Players Hit with Racist Abuse; Bucks Beat Suns. Aired 9:30-10a ET.
Rate of New Infections Surge; Pfizer Briefs Officials on Booster; More than 18 Million Under Heat Alerts; Biden's Plans to Reduce Gun Violence; Clyburn Pleads with Biden. Aired 9-9:30a ET
July 11, 2021
July 10, 2021
CDC, FDA Say No Booster Yet; Delta Variant Causing COVID-19 Surge Across Asia; Haiti In Crisis; U.S. Capitol Insurrection Riot Footage; U.S. Presses Russia To Go After Ransomware Groups; North Korea Refusing AZ Shot; Tokyo Olympics Organizers Pushing Ahead With Games; Florida Condo Collapse Death Toll At 79; Excessive Heat In Western U.S. Aired 5-6a ET
CDC, FDA Say No Booster Yet; Delta Variant Causing COVID-19 Surge across Asia; Haiti in Crisis; War in Afghanistan; U.S. Capitol Insurrection Riot Footage; North Korea Refusing AZ Shot; American Tourists Back in Paris; United Ireland Prospect Edges Closer; Excessive Heat in Western U.S. Aired 4-5a ET
CDC, FDA Say No Booster Yet; Delta Variant Causing COVID-19 Surge across Asia; Haiti in Crisis; Critics Slam Hungary's New Law as Homophobic; War in Afghanistan; U.S. Presses Russia to Go After Ransomware Groups; Florida Condo Collapse Death Toll at 79; Excessive Heat in Western U.S.; Richard Branson to Conduct Historic Space Plane Flight. Aired 3-4a ET
CDC, FDA Say No Booster Yet; Delta Variant Causing COVID-19 Surge across Asia; Colombian Veterans among Suspects in Moise Assassination; Haiti in Crisis; War in Afghanistan; Tokyo Olympics Organizers Pushing Ahead with Games; Bangladesh Juice Factory Fire Kills 52; United Ireland Prospect Edges Closer; U.S. Presses Russia to Go After Ransomware Groups; Florida Condo Collapse Death Toll at 79; Richard Branson to Conduct Historic Space Plane Flight. Aired 2-3a ET
Colombian Veterans among Suspects in Moise Assassination; War in Afghanistan; Delta Variant Causing COVID-19 Surge across Asia. Aired 12-12:15a ET
U.S. Sees Four Straight Days Of 20,000 New COVID-19 Cases; Trump To Headline CPAC In Dallas Tomorrow; Billionaire Richard Branson Set To Launch Into Space Tomorrow; FBI, DHS To Help Investigate Assassination Of Haiti's President; Danny Bonaduce On Filming "The Partridge Family." Aired 8-9p ET
Maryland Lands On The Top 10 States With Fewest New Infections; Delta Variant Causing COVID Surges In Europe And Asia; Confederate Statues Removed In Charlottesville; Biden Looks For Progress On Russia; Joe Biden To Deliver Major Voting Rights Speech On Tuesday; Record Heat Wave Plagues Western USA; Growing Demand Drives U.S. Gas Prices Past $3.00 A Gallon. Aired 7-8p ET
U.S. Sees Four Straight Days Of 20,000 New COVID-19 Cases; Billionaire Richard Branson Set To Launch Into Space Tomorrow; Joe Biden Presses Vladimir Putin To Act On Ransomware Attacks; Biden Vaccine Push Goes Door-To-Door As Partisan Gap Widens; Interview With Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX); Justice Department: Trump's Lies That He'll Be Reinstated As President Could Lead To More Violence By Supporters. Aired 6-7p ET
Cases Of Delta Variant Surge In Areas Of Low Vaccination Rates As Right-Wing Media Spreads Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric; ESPN Removes Reporter From NBA Finals After Leaked Audio; Tokyo Olympics Banning Spectators Amid Rising COVID Cases; "Washington Post:" U.S. Swimmer Michael Andrew Will Remain Unvaccinated For Olympic Games In Tokyo; Residents Get 15 Minutes To Grab Essentials From Evicted Building; 300-Million-Plus Under Alert With Temps Up To 130 Degrees. Aired 5-6p ET
Dr. Fauci: Take Vaccine Booster Advice From CDC & FDA, Not Pfizer; Billionaire Branson Set For Space Launch In Less Than 24 Hours; Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Discusses Billionaire Branson's Space Launch In Less Than 24 Hours, Possibilities Of UFOs; Haiti In Turmoil As Police Hunt President's Killers; Must-See Canyons Of Arizona In CNN's "Off The Beaten Path". Aired 4-5p ET
Eighty-Six Confirmed Dead In Condo Collapse, 43 Unaccounted For; Residents Get 15 Minutes To Grab Essentials From Evacuated Building; How Trump Is Pretending He's Still The President; The Legacy Of Former A.G. Bill Barr; Trump's Election Lies Loom Large Over CPAC Agenda; Dr. Fauci Says Pfizer Apologized To Him For Surprise COVID Vaccine Booster Announcement. Aired 3-4p ET
Spread Of Delta Variant Causing Outbreaks Across U.S., Especially In Low Vaccinated Areas; President Biden Honors Sandra Lindsay Who Was First To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine In U.S. Outside Clinical Trial; Taliban Taking Territory Rapidly In Afghanistan As U.S. Military Completes Withdraw; Billionaire Richard Branson To Attempt Flight Into Space; Confederate Statues Of Robert E. Lee And General Stonewall Jackson Taken Down In Charlottesville, Virginia; President Of Haiti Assassinated. Aired 2-3p ET
Interview With Gov. Steve Sisolak (D-NV); Arkansas Governor: Unvaccinated Are Leading To New Hospitalizations; Charlottesville Removes Two Confederate Statues As Onlookers Cheer; Texas State Republicans Resume Push For Voting Restrictions; Surfside Death Toll Mounts As Search Enters 17th Day; Jimmy And Rosalynn Carter Celebrate 75 Years Of Marriage; Hunter Biden's Art Debut Raises Ethical Concerns; Delta Variant Ripping Through South Africa, Causing Third Wave. Aired 1-2p ET
Twenty-Seven States Report A Rise In Cases As Delta Variant Spreads; Updated CDC School Guidance Prioritizes In-Person Learning; Dr. Fauci: Children Should Return To In-Person Learning In Fall; PA GOP Lawmakers Pushes For New State Election Audit; Spectators Banned From Tokyo Amid COVID State Of Emergency; Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson Left Off U.S. Olympic Team; DOJ Releases Video Of January 6th Police-Dragging Attack; U.S. Launches Investigation Into Native American Children's Remains Found At Boarding Schools. Aired 12-1p ET
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