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Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin

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July 20, 2017
• Trump Attacks Sessions, Comey & Mueller; Called to Testify; McCain Has Brain Cancer. Aired 4-4:30a ET


July 19, 2017
• Trump And Putin Had Undisclosed Talk At G20;Trump: I'm Not Going To Own Obamacare Failure; Loud Sound May Have Triggered Police Shooting; Outrage Over Saudi Arabia Arrest. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• White House Calls Hour-Long Putin Meeting "Brief"; Second Talk with Putin Revealed; Who Was the 8th Person in the Room?; Trump: Let Obamacare Fail; Gov. Christie Booed After Catching Foul Ball. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Held Second Talk with Putin; Trump: Let Obamacare Fail; New Details in Minnesota Shooting; Saudi Police Detain Woman in Miniskirt Video. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Second Talk with Putin Revealed; Who Was the 8th Person in the Room?; Trump: Let Obamacare Fail; Saudi Police Detain Woman in Miniskirt Video. Aired 4-4:30a ET


July 18, 2017
• McConnell Concedes Defeat On Health Care;Ethics Chief: "Carelessness About Ethics" In White House; Bride-To-Be Killed By Officer After Calling 911; No Word From North Korea On Proposed Talks With The South. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• GOP Health Care Bill Dead; Minneapolis Family Wants Answers After Fatal Police Shooting; Lonzo Ball Named Summer League MVP. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• McConnell Concedes Defeat on Health Care; Russia Threatens Diplomatic Retaliation; Minneapolis Family Wants Answers After Fatal Police Shooting; No Word from North Korea on Proposed Talks with the South. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Repeal Now, Replace Later; Minneapolis Family Wants Answers After Fatal Police Shooting; Drone-Killing Laser Deployed on Navy Ship. Aired 4-4:30a ET


July 17, 2017
• Health Care Vote On Hold After McCain Surgery; Trump's Approval Rating Slides To 36 Percent; Secret Service Refutes Trump Lawyer Remarks; Ten Killed In Chicago Weekend Violence. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Secret Service Refutes Claim By Trump Lawyer; GOP Health Bill Faces Political Headwinds; White House Kicks Off "Made In America" Week; American Researcher Convicted Of Spying In Iran; Venezuelans Cast Votes In Referendum. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• New Healthcare Concerns; Trump Defends Bad Poll Number; Trump White House Attempts to Pivot from Russia Investigation; One-on-One with Camilla Parker Bowles; Elon Musk's Warning; Bloodshed in Chicago; Remembering Martin Landau. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• GOP Health Care Problems with Delay; Trump Accuses Media of Distorting Democracy; A Chinese-American Sentenced Ten Yeras by Iran for Spying; Venezuela Votes Against Maduro; The Women Who Married ISIS Fighters. Aired 4-4:30a ET


July 14, 2017
• Questions Swirl Around Don Jr. Meeting; Presidents Trump And Macron Watch Bastille Day Parade; GOP Unveils Revised Health Care Bill; Hawaii Judge Loosens Travel Ban Restrictions. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• President Trump at Bastille Day Parade; Questions Swirl Around Don Jr. Meeting; GOP Unveils Revised Health Care Bill; Venus Williams Advance to Wimbledon Final. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Presidents Watch Bastille Day Parade; Questions Swirl Around Don Jr. Meeting; GOP Unveils Revised Health Care Bill. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump at Bastille Day Parade; Questions Swirl Around Don Jr. Meeting; GOP Unveils Revised Health Care Bill. Aired 4-4:30a ET


July 13, 2017
• Trump Arrives In Paris On Second European Trip In A Week; Trump To Hold News Conference In France; Remains Found In PA Missing Men Case; One-Trillion Ton Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• President Trump to Sit Down with President Macron; Senate Health Bill May Keep Obamacare Taxes; Remains Found in Pennsylvania Missing Men Case; American Sam Querrey's Magical Wimbledon Run. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump to Hold News Conference in France; Senate Health Bill May Keep Obamacare Taxes; Remains Found in Pennsylvania Missing Men Case; Yellen's Testimony Sends Stocks to Records. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump to Face the Media; Senate Health Bill May Keep Obamacare Taxes; Remains Found in Pennsylvania Missing Men Case; One Trillion Ton Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica. Aired 4-4:30a ET


July 12, 2017
• Don, Jr. Meeting Triggers White House Chaos; Mueller To Examine Don, Jr. Meeting; Trump Returns To Europe Tonight. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Don Jr. Meeting Triggers White House Crisis; Congress Reacts to Trump Jr. Emails; MLB All-Stars Shine. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• White House Faces Fallout from Don Jr. Meeting; Congress Reacts to Trump Jr. Emails; Trump Jr. Emails Trigger Stock Drop. Aired 4:30- 5a ET
• Peak Chaos At the White House; Congress Reacts to Trump Jr. Emails; Trump Returns to Europe Tonight. Aired 4-4:30a ET


July 11, 2017
• NYT: Kremlin Tried To Help Trump; Who Set Up The Don Jr. Meeting?; Deadly Military Plane Crash; Iraqi Government Declares Mosul Liberated. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• New Revelations About Don Jr. Meeting; Senate Republicans Huddling on Health Care; Deadly Military Plane Crash; Yankees' Aaron Judge Winds Home Run Derby. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• NYT: Don Jr. Told Info Came from Kremlin; Senate Republicans Huddling on Health Care; Deadly Military Plane Crash; Iraqi Government Declares Mosul "Liberated". Aired 4:30-5a ET
• NYT: Kremlin Tried to Help Trump; Senate Republicans Huddling on Health Care; Deadly Military Plane Crash; Iraqi Government Declares Mosul "Liberated". Aired 4-4:30a ET


July 10, 2017
• The Ever-Changing Russia Stories Of The Two Donald Trumps; Trump Jr. Met Russian For Dirt On Clinton; Trump's About-Face On Cybersecurity Unit. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump Jr. Acknowledges Meeting Russian Lawyer During Campaign; Fallout From Trump's Putin Meeting; Mnuchin Expects Tax Reform This Year. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Jr. Admits to Meeting with Russian Lawyer; Bipartisan Backlash Over Trump-Putin Meeting; Senate Back to Work on Healthcare Reform; Iraq Declares Victory Over ISIS In Mosul; Laptop Ban Lifts For Two More Airlines; Amazon Prime Day. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Donald Trump Jr. Admits Meeting with Russian Lawyer; Cyber Security with Russia Gets Backlash; Mnuchin: Tax Reform to Pass This Year; Senate Back on Health Care Reform; Victory Declared in Mosul. Aired 4-4:30a ET


July 07, 2017
• Packed Agenda For Trump-Putin Meeting; Russia Ramps Up Spying In U.S.; South Korean Leader Renews Offer To Talk With North. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Packed Agenda for Trump-Putin Meeting; CNN: Russia Ramps Up Spying in U.S.; South Korean Leader Renews Offer to Talk with North. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump and Putin, Face-to-Face; CNN: Russia Ramps Up Spying in U.S.; South Korean Leader Renews Offer to Talk with North. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump and Putin Set to Meet; CNN: Russia Ramps Up Spying in U.S.; South Korean Leader Renews Offer to Talk with North. Aired 4- 4:30a ET


July 06, 2017
• President Trump and Polish leader Andrzej Duda Meet; The Trump- Putin Agenda; Haley's Warning On North Korea. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump and Polish President Hold Press Event: President Trump's Second Foreign Trip. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump and Polish President Hold Press Event. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Soon: President Trump to Speak; U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley Warns North Korea; ISIS Caliphate Crumbling: What's Next? Aired 4- 4:30a ET


July 05, 2017
• Trump Heads To Europe On Second International Trip; U.N. Security Council Emergency Meeting Today; President Beings Europe Visit In Poland; Saudi Arabia And Arab Allies Meet In Cairo. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• President Travels to Europe for G20; U.N. Security Council Emergency Meeting Today; Qatar Crisis: Saudi Arabia and Allies Meet in Cairo; Gordon Hayward to Sign with the Celtics. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• President's Second International Trip; U.N. Security Council Emergency Meeting Today; Voter Fraud Commission Facing Legal Challenge; Qatar Crisis: Saudi Arabia and Allies Meet in Cairo. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Heads to Europe; U.N. Security Council Emergency Meeting Today; Qatar Crisis: Saudi Arabia and Allies Meet in Cairo. Aired 4- 4:30a ET


July 04, 2017
• North Korea Claims Successful ICBM Test; Trump Prepares For G20 Summit; Government Shutdown Ends In New Jersey; Trump And Pope Support Sick U.K. Baby. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• North Korea Launches Test Missile; Trump Prepares for G20 Summit, Venus Fights Back Tears at Wimbledon. Aired 5-5:30a ET


July 03, 2017
• President Trump Attacks CNN, Literally; Trump Surrogates Stand By Him; Gov. Christie Orders N.J. Legislature To Convene; Liberation Near In Mosul. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• President Trump Attacks CNN, Literally; Democrats Slam Trump For Slamming Media; States Deny White House Request For Voter Data; Governor Christie Orders Legislature To Convene. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Attacks CNN in Tweet; State Government Shutdowns; Liberation Near In Mosul; Trump Speaks to Arab Leaders About Qatar Dispute; Tesla Stock Up in Anticipation of Model 3. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• President Trump Attacks CNN; Trump and Putin to Meet At G20 Summit; White House Request for Voter Data Denied; Gender Pay Gap in the White House; New Jersey's Budget Impasse; Amtrak Train Derails; Deadline for Qatar delayed. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 30, 2017
• Trump Tweets Ugly Remark About T.V. Host; Mosul Nearly Liberated; Minimum Wage Hike Tomorrow. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump Tweets Ugly Remark About TV Host; Revised Travel Ban Takes Effect; Police: Venus Williams at Fault in Fatal Car Accident. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Slammed For Obnoxious Tweet; Revised Travel Ban Takes Effect; Republicans to Miss Deadline for Health Care Bill. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Slammed For Obnoxious Tweet; Revised Travel Ban Takes Effect; Iraqi Prime Minister Sparks Confusion in Fight Against ISIS. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 29, 2017
• Travel Ban Takes Effect Tonight; Trump's Health Care Message; Trump Kicks Off 2020 Reelection Campaign; Aide To Pope Faces Sex Charges; Venezuela Bars Attorney General From Leaving Country. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Revived Travel Ban & New Security Measures To Take Effect; Aide to Pope Faces Sex Charges; Trump Gives Health Care Message; Rockets Trade Aims to Compete with Super Teams. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Travel Ban In Effect At 8:00 P.M. Tonight; Aide to Pope Faces Sex Charges; Trump's Health Care Message; Venezuela's Attorney General Facing Court Date. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Travel Ban Takes Effect Tonight; Aide to Pope Faces Sex Charges; Trump's Health Care Message. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 28, 2017
• Republicans Delay On Health Care; Global Cyberattack; Trump Warns Syria. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Vote on Senate Health Care Bill Delayed; Merck, Mondelez Victims of Global Cyberattack; Trump Administration's Warning to Syria; Florida Gatos Win College World Series. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Senate's new Game Plan on Health Care; Merck, Mondelez Victims of Global Cyberattack; Trump Administration's Warning to Syria. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Republicans Delay on Health Care; Merck, Mondelez Victims of Global Cyberattack; Trump Administration's Warning to Syria. Aired 4- 4:30a ET


June 27, 2017
• CBO Score Puts Senate Health Bill In Jeopardy; White House: Syria May Be Preparing Chemical Attack; SCOTUS Greenlights Parts Of Trump Travel Ban; Only On CNN: Inside Raqqa. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Health Care Battle: Senate Leaders Pushing for Vote This Week; White House Warns Syria; Travel Ban Surprise; Russell Westbrook Wins NBA MVP Award. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Senate Health Care Bill in Jeopardy; White House Warns Syria; Travel Ban Surprise: Navy Memorial for USS Fitzgerald Sailors. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Republicans Not Backing Health Bill; White House Warns Syria; Travel Ban Surprise. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 26, 2017
• Crucial Week For Senate Health Care Bill; Senate GOP Bill Slashes Medicaid; Trump Pins Russia Problem On Obama; Intrigue Builds On Supreme Court's Last Day. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• GOP Health Care Bill Faces Critical Week; Senate Health Bill Slashes Medicaid; Intrigue Builds On Supreme Court's Last Day; Jordan Speith Wins Tenth PGA Title. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• This Week's Health Care Battle; Trump-Russia Investigation; Supreme Court Reaches Last Day of Its Current Term; Martin Shkreli's Day in Court; Rescue Workers at Landslide in China's Southwest Sichuan Province; High-Rise Safety Concerns in UK. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Republican Health Care Bill Facing a Critical Week; President Trump Has New Strategy Regarding Russian Interference in 2016 Election; A Crucial Day for the Supreme Court; Jihadi Group Has Suddenly Gained Territory in Southeast Asia; Wildfire in Utah. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 23, 2017
• Clock Starts As GOP Unveils Health Care Bill; Comey Tape Admission Raises More Questions; NBA Draft Roundup; Johnny Depp 'Jokes' About Assassination. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Senate Health Care Bill Unveiled; Trump: No Comey Tapes; Iraqi PM: Liberation of Mosul Soon. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Clock Starts as GOP Unveils Health Bill; Trump: No Comey Tapes. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Pushback Against GOP Health Plan; Trump: No Comey Tapes. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 22, 2017
• Senate Republicans To Unveil Health Care Plan; Trump Takes Victory Lap At Iowa Rally; Some House Dems Wants Pelosi Out; U.S.: China Has "Shared Goal" Of Disarming North Korea. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Senate Republicans Unveil Health Bill Today; Trump Back on the Road; Georgia on Their Minds; Dueling Claims on Who Destroyed Mosul Mosque; Hoop Dreams: NBA Draft Tips Off Tonight. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Senate Republicans to Unveil Health Care Plan; Trump Back on the Road; Georgia on Their Minds; U.S.: China has "Shared Goal" of Disarming North Korea; Russia Cancels Talks with Trump Administration; Dueling Claims on Who Destroyed Mosul Mosque. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Today: Senate GOP Health Plan; Trump Back on the Road; Georgia on Their Minds. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 21, 2017
• CNN Projects Republican Karen Handel Wins Georgia House Special Election; Uber CEO Resigns After Months Of Crisis; Failed Terror Bombing At Brussels Train Station; State Opening Of Parliament In U.K. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Republicans Capture Critical Georgia Race; Senate Republicans Set to Unveil Health Bill; Jared Kushner in Israel; Failed Terror Bombing at Brussels Train Station; Hall-of-Famer Warren Sapp to Donate Brain. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Big Blow for Democrats; Senate Republicans Set to Unveil Health Bill; Failed Terror Bombing at Brussels Train Station. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN Projects Republican Wins in Georgia; Senate Republicans Set to Unveil Health Bill; Failed Terror Bombing at Brussels Train Station. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 20, 2017
• Warmbier's Death Angers U.S. Leaders;Democrats Wage War On Secrecy; Decision Day In Georgia;200M Voters Exposed In Data Leak; Discrepancy In Timing Of Destroyer Collision. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• What Will the White House Do?; Democrats Wage War on Secrecy; Decision Day in Georgia; Russia Vows to "Target" U.S. Fighter Jets; Cavaliers Part Ways with G.M. David Griffin. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Warmbier's Death Angers U.S. Leaders; Democrats Wage War on Secrecy; Decision Day in Georgia. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Warmbier Dies, What Will White House Do?; Democrats Wage War on Secrecy; Decision Day in Georgia. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 19, 2017
• Police Investigate London Van Crash As Terrorism; President Trump: I Am Under Investigation; Navy Identifies 7 Sailors Killed In Destroyer Collision. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Van Hits Muslims Outside North London Mosque; Trump Contradicts Own Lawyer On Obstruction Probe; Dems Demand Open Debate On Health Care; Prosecutors Plan To Retry Cosby After Mistrial; Prosecutors Plan To Retry Cosby After Mistrial. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Van Slams into Crowd Outside Mosque in London; Confusion and Contradictions in the White House; Senate Shutdown on Health Care Plan; Navy Identifies Seven Killed Sailors; Mistrial on Bill Cosby; Aftermath of the Grenfell Tower. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• One Dead, Eight Injured After Van Runs Over Worshippers Outside North London Mosque; Is President Trump Being Investigated for Obstruction of Justice?; Senate Democrats Threatening Bockade Over GOP Health Care Plan; Seven Sailors Identified; Cosby's Legal Team Preparing for Round Two. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 16, 2017
• Russia Says It May Have Killed ISIS Leader; Washington Post: Mueller Investigating Trump For Obstruction; GOP & Dems Project Unity At Ball Field; Cosby Jurors Told To Keep Deliberating. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Report: Al-Baghdadi Possibly Killed in Airstrike; Trump Goes Off on Russia; Rickie Fowler Leads U.S. Open After Round 1. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Russia: ISIS Leader Possibly Killed At ISIS Council; Trump: Russia Probe a "Phony" Investigation. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Report: Al-Baghdadi Possibly Killed in Airstrike; Trump Goes Off on Russia. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 15, 2017
• Rep. Scalise In Critical Condition After Gun Attack; Anti-GOP Activist Shooter Attacks Congressional Baseball Team; Shooter Was Fervently Anti-Republican; Mueller To Meet With Top Intel Officials; Eyewitness Describes Congressional Shooting. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Rep. Scalise in Critical Condition After Gun Attack; Mueller to Meet with Top Intel Officials; Mayweather Versus McGregor Fight Date Set. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Rep. Scalise in Critical Condition After Gun Attack; Special Counsel Investigating Trump for Possible Obstruction of Justice; Cosby Trial Jury Deliberations. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Rep. Scalise in Critical Condition After Gun Attack; Mueller to Meet with Top Intel Officials; Cosby Trial Jury Deliberations. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 14, 2017
• Attorney General Sessions Fights Back At Senate Hearing; Special Counsel Still Has Job, For Now; A Number of Fatalities In Huge London Fire. Aired 5:30-6a ET


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