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Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin

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October 30, 2017
• Washington Awaits Mueller Probe Arrests. Puerto Rico Set to Cancel Power Contract. Two Navy SEALs Under Investigation. Top Administrative Officials Talk Military Authority. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Shifts Focus To Democrats, Washington Awaits Mueller Probe Arrest; Sparring Over Tax Plan; House GOP Concedes On Property Tax Deduction; Trump Leaning Toward Powell To Run Fed; Questions Mount Over Puerto Rico Energy Contract; Two Navy SEALS Under Investigation; Astros Beat Dodgers In Instant Classic; Global Markets Mixed. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Shifts Focus To Democrats, Washington Awaits Mueller Probe Arrest; Sparring Over Tax Plan; House GOP Concedes On Property Tax Deduction; Questions Mount Over Puerto Rico Energy Contract; Two Navy SEALS Under Investigation; Astros Beat Dodgers In Instant Classic; Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 27, 2017
• Incomplete JFK File Dump Doesn't Provide Drama Trump Promised; Trump Wanted Gag Order Lifted On FBI Informant; Niger Ambush Investigation; U.S. Defense Secretary Visits DMZ. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• JFK Files: FBI Received Threat on Oswald's Life; Trump Influenced Lifting of Informant's Gag Order; Niger Ambush Investigation. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• JFK Files Revealed; Trump Influenced Lifting of Informant's Gag Order; Niger Ambush Investigation; Defense Secretary Mattis Visits Korean DMZ. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• JFK Secrets Revealed; Trump Influenced Lifting of Informant's Gag Order; Niger Ambush Investigation; Defense Secretary Mattis Visits Korean DMZ. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 26, 2017
• Trump-Linked Firm Contacted WikiLeaks About Clinton E-mails; Trump's Wild Press Conference; President Didn't "Specifically" OK Niger Mission. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• New Ties Between Trump Campaign & WikiLeaks; Trump in His Own Words; Officials: Military Still Working to Arm Drones; Astros Even World Series With Epic Game 2 Win. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Campaign Analytics Contractor Contacted WikiLeaks; Trump in His Own Words; Officials: Military Still Working to Arm Drones; North Korea to World: Take Nuke Threat "Literally". Aired 4:30-5a ET
• New Ties Between Trump Campaign & WikiLeaks; Trump in His Own Words; Officials: Military Still Working to Arm Drones. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 25, 2017
• GOP Senators Unload On Trump; Clinton Campaign, DNC Helped Fund Dossier Research; Obama-era Uranium Deal Yields New Questions, New Accusations, New Investigation; China's New Leadership Unveiled. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Flake And Corker Tee Off; Clinton Camp & DNC Helped Fund Dossier; Ambush in Niger: U.S. Soldiers Were Gathering Intel on Terror Leader; Dodgers Take Game One of World Series. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• GOP Senators Unload on Trump; Clinton Camp & DNC Helped Fund Dossier; Dodgers Take Game One of World Series; Dow Jumps Nearly 200 Points to Record High. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• GOP Senators Unload on Trump; Clinton Camp & DNC Helped Fund Dossier; Ambush in Niger: U.S. Soldiers Were Gathering Intel on Terror Leader. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 24, 2017
• Niger Ambush: New Details, Many Questions; Soldier's Widow Says She Felt Worse After President's Call; Trump Set To Woo GOP Senators. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Promises Answers; Trump to Pitch Tax Plan; Senate Advances $36.5 Billion Disaster Relief Bill; World Series Game 1 May Set Record for Heat. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Niger Ambush: New Details, Many Questions; Trump to Pitch Tax Plan; Senate Advances $36.5 Billion Disaster Relief Bill. Aired 4:30- 5a ET
• Niger Ambush: New Details, Many Questions; Trump to Pitch Tax Plan. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 23, 2017
• Trump: Get Tax Reform Done This Year; Trump And Congresswoman Trade More Barbs; NYT: O'Reilly Paid $32 Million To Settle Sex Abuse Claim. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump Wants Tax Reform By Year-End; Trump: Feuding Sometimes Helps; Trump Escalates Gold Star Family Feud; Tillerson To Iranian- Backed Militias In Iraq: Go Home"; Debris Removal A Monumental Task In Puerto Rico. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Plans To Get Tax Reform Done This Year; Trump Escalates Gold Star Family Feud; Trump Admin Has Blind Spot On Russia; Debris Disaster In Puerto Rico; Fundraiser For Marijuana Farms Shut Down; Revelation Bad News For Fox News and O'Reilly. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Wants Tax Reform By Year End; Escalates Gold Star Family Feud; Niger Is Trump's Benghazi; Iran's Role In Iraq; Trump Roasted At Mark Twain Honors; Revelation Bad News For Fox News and O'Reilly; Timberlake To Headline Super Bowl LII Halftime. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 20, 2017
• Chief Of Staff Defends Trump; Bush, Obama Take Swipes At Trump; Puerto Rico Recovery One Month Later; What's Next For Raqqa After ISIS? Aired 5:30-6a ET
• John Kelly Defends Trump's, Slams Rep. Frederica Wilson; Bush, Obama Blast Trump over Divisive Politics; Ryan Jokes about Trump at Roast; Puerto Rico Recovery Effort Slow; Los Angeles Dodgers Head to World Series. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• White House Chief of Staff Defends Trump's Condolence Call; Bush, Obama Take Swipes At Trump; Kurdish-Led Forces Declare Authority Over Raqqa. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Chief of Staff Defends Trump; Bush, Obama Take Swipes At Trump. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 19, 2017
• New Questions About Niger Ambush; Both Sides Dig In On Trump's Call To Widow; Puerto Rico One Month After Maria. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• New Questions About Niger; Both Sides Dig In on Trump's Call to Widow; Life in Puerto Rico: One Month After Hurricane Maria; Mnuchin: Cut Taxes or Markets Will Dive; Cubs Avoid Elimination Against Dodgers 3-2. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Ambush in Niger: New Questions; Both Sides Dig In on Trump's Call to Widow; Life in Puerto Rico: One Month After Hurricane Maria; Haley Rips U.N. Security Council Over Iran; Dow Closes Above 23,000 for First Time. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• New Questions About Niger; Both Sides Dig In on Trump's Call to Widow; Life in Puerto Rico: One Month After Hurricane Maria; Mnuchin: Cut Taxes or Markets Will Dive. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 18, 2017
• Trump's Questionable Comment; Trump Appears To Support Short- Term Obamacare Fix; What's Next In Raqqa?; Putin "Chef" Believed To Be Behind Fake News. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• President Trump's Questionable Comment; New Obamacare Fix?; Fall of Raqqa: What's Next in ISIS Fight?; Cubs on the Brink. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Florida Democratic Representative Says Trump Told Soldier Widow He Knew What He Signed Up For, But When It Happens It Hurts"; New Obamacare Fix?; Fall of Raqqa: What's Next in ISIS Fight?; Putin "Chef" Believed To Be Behind Fake News. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump's Questionable Comment; New Obamacare Fix?; Fall of Raqqa: What's Next in ISIS Fight?; Putin "Chef" Believed To Be Behind Fake News. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 17, 2017
• Trump Seems To Take Both Sides In GOP Battle; McCain: No Half- Baked Nationalism; Iraq Seizes Kurdish-Controlled City Of Kirkuk. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump Seems to Take Both Sides in GOP Battle; McCain Blasts Spurious Nationalism in Speech; Iraq Seizes Critical City From Kurds; North Korea Rejects Diplomacy with U.S.; Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Seems to Take Both Sides in GOP Battle; McCain Blasts Spurious Nationalism in Speech; Iraq Seizes Critical City From Kurds; North Korea Rejects Diplomacy with U.S.; Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Seems to Take Both Sides in GOP Battle; McCain Blasts Spurious Nationalism in Speech; Iraq Seizes Critical City From Kurds; North Korea Rejects Diplomacy with U.S.; Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 16, 2017
• Secretary Tillerson Speaks Out; Trump Reaches Out To GOP Foes; U.S. And South Korea Launch Naval Drills; Firefighters Gaining on California Wildfires. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Tillerson: Trump "Makes The Decisions"; Tillerson: Trump Backs North Korea Diplomacy; Tillerson On Iran, North Korea; Trump Trying To Repair Ties To Senate; Lawmakers Slam Trump On Health Care Moves; British Actress Accuses Weinstein Of Rape; Firefighters Gaining On California Wildfires; Dire Scene Unfolding In Puerto Rico. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Tillerson, No Tension With Trump; Trump And McConnell To Meet Today; At Least 40 Dead In North California Fires; Ophelia Packing Hurricane-Force Winds; President Trump Recent Remarks Infuriated Iranians; SNL Targets Kellyanne Conway. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Secretary Tillerson Speaks Out; Trump And McConnell To Meet; At Least 40 Dead In North California Fires; U.S. and South Korea Launch Naval Drills; Aired 04-04:30p ET


October 13, 2017
• Trump To End Key Obamacare Subsidies; California Fire Death Toll Climbs; President Trump Poised To Decertify Iran Nuclear Deal. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump to Cut Off Cost-Sharing Subsidies; Trump Poised to Decertify Iran Nuclear Deal; California Fire Death Toll Climbs; Cubs Beat Nationals in Series Clincher. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• New Executive Order Offers Obamacare Alternatives; Trump Poised to Decertify Iran Nuclear Deal; California Fire Death Toll Climbs. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump to End Key Obamacare Subsidies; Trump Poised to Decertify Iran Nuclear Deal; California Fire Death Toll Climbs. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 12, 2017
• President: Scrutinize And Shut Down Fake News; Bannon Warned Trump About 25th Amendment; Hundreds Missing As Deadly California Wildfires Rage; North Korea Says Trump Has "Lit The Wick" Of War. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• The President Versus the Media; California Blazes Destroy 3,500 Structures; Clinton "Shocked" by Weinstein Allegations: Yankees Stun Indians to Advance in Playoffs. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Versus the Media; California Wildfire Death Toll Rises; Clinton "Shocked" by Weinstein Allegations; North Korea: Trump "Lit the Wick" of War. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• The President Versus the Media; California Wildfire Death Toll Rises; Clinton "Shocked" by Weinstein Allegations. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 11, 2017
• New Accusations Against Weinstein; Trump Vs. Tillerson Over I.Q.?; Wildfires Claim At Least 17 Lives In Northern California; U.S. Flies Bombers Over Korean Peninsula. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Report: 3 Women Accuse Weinstein of Rape; Deadly California Wildfires; Trump's I.Q. Test Boast Versus Tillerson; Team USA Knocked Out of World Cup. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• South Korean Military Data Stolen By Hackers; New Accusations Against Weinstein; Deadly California Wildfires; Trump's I.Q. Test Boast Versus Tillerson. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• New Accusations Against Weinstein; Deadly California Wildfires; Trump's I.Q. Test Boast Versus Tillerson. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 10, 2017
• Trump Vs. Corker: The Feud Escalates; Trump Campaign Fundraises On NFL Walkout; New Details On Vegas Shooting Time Line. Aired 5:30- 6a ET
• Trump And Corker's Escalating Feud; Trump Campaign Fundraises on NFL Walkout; Deadly California Wildfires; Google Found Russian Ads Related to Election; Dodgers, Astros Advance in Playoffs. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Trump Versus Corker: The Feud Escalates; Trump Campaign Fundraises on NFL Walkout; Deadly California Wildfires; New Details on Vegas Shooting Timeline. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Versus Corker: The Feud Escalates; Trump Campaign Fundraises on NFL Walkout; Deadly California Wildfires; Google Found Russian Ads Related to Election; North Korea Nuclear Threat; CNN: Harvey Weinstein Says Firing Was a "Takedown". Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 09, 2017
• Trump Attacks GOP Senator Who Hits Back Hard; White House Lays Out DACA Deal; Pence Leaves Colts Game After Protest During Anthem; Board Fires Harvey Weinstein Amid Scandal. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• President Trump Versus Senator Corker; Questions Loom After Pence Walkout; White House Unveils Dream Act Wish List; Giant Balloons To Help Connect Puerto Rico; Weinstein Forced Out Of His Own Company; Investigators Decipher Gunman's Note. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Unsportsmanlike Conduct; President Trump Versus Senator Corker; White House on Dreamers; Harvey Weinstein Fired; Las Vegas Dimmed Its Famous Lights; SNL Takes On Gun Control; U.S. And Turkey Suspends Visitor Visa. Aired 04:30-5a ET
• White House Dreamer Demands; Unsportsmanlike Conduct; Jason Aldean Returns; Nate's Remnants Steam Toward Northeast; Project Loon by Google. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 06, 2017
• New Clues In Vegas Mass Shooting; Trump To Decertify Iran Nuclear Deal; Deadly Tropical Storm Threatens Gulf Coast; Harvey Weinstein Faces Sexual Harassment Allegations. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• New Threads in Vegas Massacre Investigation; NRA Says It Favors Regulating Bump Stocks; President Trump: "Calm Before the Storm"; Altuve Hits 3 HRs in Astros' Playoff Opener. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Las Vegas Massacre: Shooter Tried to Buy Tracer Ammunition; NRA Says It Favors Regulating Bump Stocks; President Trump: "Calm Before the Storm"; Hurricanes Will Impact U.S. Jobs Report. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• New Clues in Vegas Mass Shooting; NRA Says It Favors Regulating Bump Stocks; President Trump: "Calm Before the Storm"; Deadly Tropical Storm Threatens Gulf Coast. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 05, 2017
• New Details In Vegas Investigation; GOP Open To Gun Changes?; After 'Moron' Report, Tillerson Reaffirms Pledge To Trump. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• New Details of Shooter's Meticulous Planning; Tillerson Staying Put; 3 U.S. Special Ops Troops Killed in Niger; CFPB Chief Wants Big Changes at Credit Firms. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• New Details in Vegas Investigation; Trump Meets Survivors, Heroes in Las Vegas; Tillerson Staying Put; Anti-Abortion Congressman Won't Seek Re-Election; Europe Hits Amazon With $300M Tax Bill. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Gunman's Privacy Rush; Tillerson Staying Put; Senators Slam Credit Reporting Industry; Anti-Abortion Congressman Won't Seek Re- Election. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 04, 2017
• Police Release Body Cam Video Of Shooter; Gunman's Girlfriend Arrives In Los Angeles; Crime Scene Photos Emerge; President Trump's Visit To Puerto Rico. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Las Vegas Shooter's Guns Converted for Rapid Fire; Gunman's Girlfriend Back in U.S.; President Trump's Visit to Puerto Rico. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Las Vegas Concert Massacre; Gunman's Girlfriend Back in U.S.; President Trump's Visit to Puerto Rico. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Las Vegas Massacre; Police Release Body Cam Video of Shooter; Gunman's Girlfriend Arrives in Los Angeles; President Trump's Visit to Puerto Rico. Aired 3-4a ET


October 03, 2017
• Officials Search for Motive Behind Las Vegas Massacre; Remembering the Victims of Las Vegas Shooting Tragedy; Witnesses Begin Telling Their Stories; Trump: Nation United In "Sadness, Shock and Grief."Aired 3-4a ET
• Las Vegas Massacre: 59 Dead, 500+ Injured; Portrait Of The Victims Of The Las Vegas Shooting; Tragedies To Test Trump As Nation's Comforter. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Las Vegas Massacre: 59 Dead, 500+ Injured; What Drove the Las Vegas Gunman to Kill?; Trump: Nation United in "Sadness, Shock and Grief". Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Las Vegas Massacre: 59 Dead, 500+ Injured; What Drove the Las Vegas Gunman to Kill?. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Las Vegas Massacre: 59 Dead, 500+ Injured; Las Vegas Gunman's Motive Remains a Mystery. Aired 4-4:30a ET


October 02, 2017
• At Least 20 Dead, 100+ Injured At Las Vegas Concert; Shooter Who Opened Fire From 32nd Floor of Hotel Is Dead; Authorities Searching For Woman Who Was Traveling With Suspect. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Deadly Shooting On Las Vegas Strip; At Least 20 Killed, More Than 100 Wounded. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Deadly Shooting On Las Vegas Strip; At Least 20 Killed, More Than 100 Wounded. Aired 04:30-5a ET
• Deadly Shooting On Las Vegas Strip. Aired 4-04:30a ET


September 29, 2017
• Trump Fuming Over Price's Travel; Returning To Puerto Rico; Scalise: "Miracles Really Do Happen." Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Problems for Price; Help for Puerto Rico; Packers, Bears Lock Arms During Anthem. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• HHS Secretary Price Under Fire; Help for Puerto Rico. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Fuming Over Price's Travel; Help for Puerto Rico. Aired 4-4:30a ET


September 28, 2017
• Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner Dead At 91; Trump Unveils Tax Plan; Growing Challenges In Puerto Rico. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Hugh Hefner: 1926-2017; Trump Looking to Rebound. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Remembering Hugh Hefner; Medical Care Crisis in Puerto Rico, Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Remembering Hugh Hefner; Trump Unveils Tax Plan; Puerto Rico Crisis. Aired 4-4:30a ET


September 27, 2017
• Roy Moore Wins Alabama GOP Senate Runoff; Trump Defends Puerto Rico Response; Trump Threatens North Korea. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• GOP Establishment in Turmoil; President Trump Focuses on Puerto Rico; Trump Stands By Anthem Remarks. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Moore's Victory A Blow to GOP Establishment; Trump Focuses on Puerto Rico; Trump Stands By Anthem Remarks; Trump Threatens North Korea; Rocket Lands Near Kabul Airport During Mattis' Visit; Saudi Arabia to Let Women Drive. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Roy Moore Wins Alabama GOP Senate Runoff; President Focuses on Puerto Rico; Trump Stands By Anthem Remarks; Trump Threatens North Korea. Aired 4-4:30a ET


September 26, 2017
• Anthem Controversy Grows; Latest GOP Repeal Effort Appears Doomed; Desperation In Puerto Rico; North Korea's Foreign Minister Accuses U.S. Of Declaring War. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump Versus the NFL; Latest GOP Health Care Effort on Life Support; Apocalyptic Devastation in Puerto Rico; Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Slow Response to Puerto Rico?; North Korea Says It Has Right to Shoot Down U.S. Planes; Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Republican Senator Susan Collins Opposes Graham-Cassidy Bill; North Korea Says It Has Right to Shoot Down U.S. Planes; Slow Response to Puerto Rico? Aired 4-4:30a ET


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