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Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin

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June 11, 2020
• White House Preparing Executive Action on Police Reform; Trump Opposes Removing Confederate Names from Military Bases; Powell: More Stimulus May Be Needed; Manfred "100 Percent" Certain There Will Be An MLB Season. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 10, 2020
• Washington Readies To Grapple With Policing Reform; GOP Silent After Trump Attacks Injured Protester; U.K. Grapples With Legacies Of Iconic Figures With Racist Histories. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Efforts Begin in Congress to Reform Police; GOP Silent After Trump Attacks Injured Protester; WHO Clarifies Comments on Asymptomatic Transmission of Coronavirus; NASCAR Allowing Fans Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 09, 2020
• "Defund The Police" Movement Meets Political Pushback; Police Unions Prepare For Generational Showdown; Israel Hitting Emergency Brake On Reopening. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• George Floyd's Private Funeral Today; Black Man Dies in Texas Arrest, Crying Out for Air; "Defund the Police" Movement Meets Political Pushback; W.H.O.: Asymptomatic Patients Unlikely to Pass on COVID-19. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 08, 2020
• Minneapolis Council Moving To Dismantle Police Department; Misclassification Error In May Unemployment Rate; NYC Starts Phase One Reopening Today. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Minneapolis Council Moves to Dismantle Police Department; Congressional Democrats to Propose Sweeping Police Reform Bill; Mitt Romney Joins Protest March in Washington. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 05, 2020
• George Floyd Remembered, As Officers Appear In Court; Police Violence Caught On Video; Big Companies Begin To Take A Stand For Social Change. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• George Floyd Remembered, As Officers Appear in Court; Officers Caught on Camera Manhandling Protesters; NBA on the Verge of Returning. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 04, 2020
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June 03, 2020
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June 02, 2020
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• Officers Severely Hurt in Three Cities Overnight; Trump Orders Up Photo Op at Church Near White House; Biden Visits Delaware Black Church, Talks with Community Leaders; George Floyd's Brother Pleads for End to Violent Protests; Hennepin Co. Medical Examiner Says Manner of Death is Homicide; Stocks Finish Higher; Air Travel Slowly Starts to Bounce Back; Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout Over CEO's Inaction on Trump Posts; Police and Protesters Come Together. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Orders Up Photo Op at Church Near White House; Democratic Governors Dispute Need to Invoke Insurrection Act; Rampant Looting and Violence in New York Despite Curfew; George Floyd's Brother Pleads for End to Violent Protests; Hennepin County Medical Examiner Says Manner of Death is Homicide; LAPD Arresting People for Curfew Violations; Companies Take a Stand as Protests Sweep America; International Eyes Focus on U.S. Unrest. Aired 4-4:30a ET


June 01, 2020
• Trump's Leadership Tested By Unrest Across America; Two Atlanta Police Officers Fired For Using Excessive Force; Latin America: World's New Coronavirus Epicenter. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Mayhem Overshadows Peaceful Protests Across the U.S.; Truck Driver Arrested After Driving Through Minneapolis Protest; Stores Looted in New York and Fires Set Near White House. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 29, 2020
• Protests Spread Against George Floyd's Death At Police Hands; Covid-19 Death Toll Approaching 38,000 In United Kingdom. Aired 5:30- 6a ET
• Protest Spreads Against George Floyd's Death at Police Hands; New Cases Still Trending Upward in More Than a Dozen States; Brazil Hits Record High for New Coronavirus Cases; Study: Cancer Patients Given Hydroxychloroquine Combination for COVID-19 More Likely to Die; NYT: U.S. to Cancel Thousands of Chinese Grad Student Visas. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
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May 28, 2020
• Minneapolis Protests Over George Floyd Death Turn Violent; No Acknowledgment From Trump As U.S. Death Toll Reaches 100,000; Historic SpaceX Launch Scrubbed Due To Bad Weather. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Minneapolis Protests Over George Floyd Death Turn Violent; COVID-19 Death Toll Crosses 100,000 as U.S. Begins Reopening; China Pushing Ahead with Hong Kong Security Law; COVID-19 Cases Spiking in Brazil As Bolsonaro Pushes to Reopen. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 27, 2020
• Hong Kong's Controversial Anthem Bill Sparks New Protests; Health Officials Say Latin America Is Now The Epicenter Of Coronavirus Pandemic; SpaceX To Launch Two Astronauts Into Orbit Today. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• States Move Ahead on Reopenings As U.S. Nears 100,000 Deaths; Merck Planning to Manufacture Two COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates; Virginia to Require Masks in Indoor Public Spaces; Los Angeles Appointing Inspector General for Nursing Homes; University of Colorado Boulder Announces Plan for Fall Reopening; Airports See Busiest Days Since March Over Holiday Weekend; Trump Mocks Biden for Wearing Mask in Public; Minneapolis Cops Fired Over Death of Unarmed Black Man in Custody; Arkansas Governor Warns of Second Peak As State Reopens. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 26, 2020
• WHO Warns Of Second Peak Before A Second Wave In Autumn; Crowds Flock To Alabama Beaches On Holiday Weekend; U.K. Retail Stores Set To Reopen As Government Relaxes Restrictions. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• As U.S. Moves to Reopen, Troubling Signs on Horizon; MD Biotech Firm Novavax Announces New Vaccine Trial; 257 Employees at Tyson Poultry Plant in Virginia Test Positive; Cuomo Sets Up Fund for Health Care Workers and First Responders; California Establishes Guidelines for Reopening Churches; Trump Demands Packed Arena for GOP Convention in August; Brazil Reports More than 11,000 New Cases in 24 Hours; Top Aide to Boris Johnson Refuses to Step Down; Hong Kong Leader: New Laws Won't Trample on Freedoms. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 25, 2020
• Crowding Together On Memorial Day, Despite Pandemic; Netanyahu Corruption Trial Underway In Jerusalem; Remembering America's Heroes In The Era Of Coronavirus. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Crowds Pack U.S. Beaches Despite Pandemic; Air Travel Picks Up Heading into Memorial Day Weekend; RNC Sues California to Stop Mailing Absentee Ballots to Voters. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 22, 2020
• Concern Entering Holiday Weekend With Coronavirus Climbing; Employers Struggle To Compete With Virus Unemployment Payments; Texas Naval Base Shooting Appears To Be Terror-Related. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Coronavirus Surges in the South; White House: High Likelihood of Another Stimulus Bill; China Abandons 2020 Economic Growth Target. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 21, 2020
• Global Coronavirus Cases Surpass Five Million; Three Wounded In Arizona Shopping Complex Shooting; Faith Groups Helping Members File For Unemployment. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Global Coronavirus Cases Surpass 5 Million; Push to Reopen Collides with Reality of Uptick in Cases; China Threatens Retaliation for Friendly U.S. Treatment f Taiwan; Three Wounded in Arizona Shopping Complex Shooting; 2 Companies Announce Progress in Vaccine Testing; Thousands Left Homeless After Cyclone Batters South Asia. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 20, 2020
• Flooding Emergency In Michigan After Two Dams Fail; CDC Releases 60-Page Detailed Reopening Guidelines; French Vaccine Maker Backs Off Priority Access For U.S. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Michigan Faces Historic Flooding Amid Pandemic; Texas Judge Rules in Favor of Voting By Mail; CDC Finally Releases Guidance for Reopening. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 19, 2020
• President Trump Threatens To Permanently Pull WHO Funding; President Trump Announces He Is Taking Hydroxychloroquine; California Eases Counties' Reopening Requirements. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump Threatens to Permanently Pull WHO Funding; Trump Announces He's Taking Hydroxychloroquine; Promising Results from Moderna's Early Vaccine Trial; Navajo Nation has Highest Per Capita Infection Rate in U.S. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 18, 2020
• U.S. Governors Balancing Risks As Economics Open; Dozens Of Surrogacy Babies Stranded By Lockdown In Ukraine; Pandemic Threatens Future Of Black Colleges And Universities In The U.S. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• U.S. Governors Balance Risks as Economies Open; Senior CDC Official Rebukes Criticism from White House Trade Adviser; U.S. Expected to Revise Paycheck Protection Program. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 15, 2020
• States Try To Minimize Risk As More Areas Reopen; Medical Journal Calls For New U.S. Leadership In 2021; Coronavirus Pandemic Triggers Global Food Crisis. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• New York Starts to Reopen But Extends Stay-at-Home Order; Extraordinary Call for Change; Small Businesses in Swing States Hit Hard By Coronavirus; Sen. Richard Burr Stepping Down As Intel Chairman. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 14, 2020
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Overturns Stay-At-Home Order; European Commission Moves To Salvage Summer Tourism; South Korea Races To Contain Coronavirus Outbreak As 12 New Cases Emerge. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Wisconsin Stay-At-Home Order Knocked Down; Report: Chairman Burr's Phone Seized; Warning from Ousted Vaccine Expert; How Will FDA- Authorized Drug Remdesivir Be Distributed?. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 13, 2020
• Officials Say Los Angeles Faces Long Haul To Reopening; Study Shows Child Mortality Rate Could Rise For First Time In More Than 60 Years; Historic Supreme Court Arguments Over Trump's Finances. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Officials: Los Angeles Faces Long Haul to Reopening; Experts Warn of Deadly Consequences for Reopening Too Soon; Grocery Costs Spike the Most in 46 Years; Arizona Governor: Pro Sports Can Resume Operations Starting Friday; President Putin's Spokesperson Hospitalized with Coronavirus; Secretary of State Pompeo in Israel to Meet Netanyahu & Gantz. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 12, 2020
• Llama Antibodies May Hold Key To Coronavirus Treatment; Back- To-School For Students In Quebec; Germany Reports Sudden Surge In Coronavirus Cases. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Fauci's Warning: "Needless Suffering and Death"; New York State Prepares to Partially Reopen; MLB Proposes an 82-Game Season Starting in July; South Korea & China Battling New Coronavirus Cases; Boris Johnson's Muddled Guidance on Lifting U.K. Lockdown. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 11, 2020
• White House Scrambles To Contain Coronavirus Outbreak; South Dakota Governor Says Sioux Tribe Checkpoints Are Illegal; Shanghai Disney Reopens At 30 Percent Capacity. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• White House Scrambles to Contain Coronavirus Outbreak; Forty Seven States Partially Reopen as More Americans Head Outside; New Syndrome Sickens 85 Children, Kills 3 in New York State. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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May 08, 2020
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May 07, 2020
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May 06, 2020
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May 05, 2020
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May 04, 2020
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May 01, 2020
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April 30, 2020
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April 29, 2020
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April 28, 2020
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April 27, 2020
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April 24, 2020
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April 23, 2020
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April 22, 2020
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April 21, 2020
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April 20, 2020
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April 17, 2020
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