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Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin

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July 30, 2021
• CDC Document: Delta Is As Contagious As Chicken Pox; Biden Backs Citizenship Pathway For Millions Of DACA Immigrants; First Group Of Afghan Interpreters Arrives In U.S. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Alarming CDC Document: Vaccinated People Might Spread Delta Variant at the Same Rate as Unvaccinated People; White House Taking More Aggressive Approach to Vaccine Hesitancy; American Suni Lee Wins Individual All-Around Gold. Aired 5-5:30a ET


July 29, 2021
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• U.S. Virus Cases Falling Rapidly Despite Lockdowns Easing; Some California Residents Stay Home Despite Threat From Dixie Fire; Olympic Athletes Struggle With Tokyo's Sweltering Heat. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Companies Rethink Vaccine Requirements; Biden to Announce Vaccine Requirement for Federal Workers; Dem & GOP Reached Compromise on $1 Trillion Measure; Caeleb Dressel Wins His First Individual Gold Medal. Aired 5-5:30a ET


July 28, 2021
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• Officers Reveal Horrors They Faced Defending Capitol January 6; Industries Are Still Struggling To Recover; Tanzania Begins Vaccine Drive, After COVID Denial; Baseball Is Back For Tokyo Olympics, But No Fans In Stands; Walmart Will Cover 100 Percent Of College Tuition For Its Workers. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Simone Biles Withdraws from Gymnastics Final; Federal Workers to be Vaccinated or Tested; CDC: Even Fully Vaccinated People Should Now Mask Indoors; Researchers: China Expanding Nuclear Arsenal with 100+ New Silos. Aired 5-5:30a ET


July 27, 2021
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• NYC, California And VA Mandating Worker Vaccination Or Testing; Biden Visiting To Express Confidence In National Security; Women's Team Taking A Stand Against Sexism In Uniforms. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Movement Toward Vaccine Mandates Gathers Momentum; Soon: 1/6 Committee Begins Investigating Capitol Insurrection; Wildfire in California Threatens Over 100,000 Structures; Talks on Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Reach "Critical Moment". Aired 5-5:30a ET


July 26, 2021
• Biden, Senators Hoped To Finish Infrastructure Bill Today; China Blames U.S. For Strained Relations As Diplomats Meet; U.S. General Vows To Continue Airstrikes Supporting Afghan Troops; Over 70 Million People In Japan Watched Opening Ceremony; Officers, Bystanders Save Baby & Mom Trapped Under Crashed Car. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Wild COVID Resurgence Push the Unvaccinated to Get Their Shot; U.K. Government Considering Vaccine Passports for Large Events; Tunisian President Fires Prime Minister and Freezes Parliament. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• U.S. Diplomat in China for Talks Amid Soaring Tensions; U.S. General: Airstrikes Backing Afghan Forces to Continue; Biden to Meet with Iraqi Prime Minister at the White House; Tunisian President Sacks Prime Minister, Freezes Parliament; Massive Sandstorm Engulfs City in Northwest China; Tropical Storm Nepartak Threatens Japan; Memorial Concert Honors Surfside Victims. Aired 4:30-5a ET.
• COVID Cases Surge in U.S. as Vaccinations Rates Plummet; French Lawmakers Approve Bill Expanding Health Pass Use; 13-Year-Old Wins Women's Street Skateboarding; Opening Ceremony Watched by 70+ Million People in Japan; Partisan Battle Lines Drawn on Committee Makeup. Aired 4:00-4:30a ET


July 23, 2021
• Unvaccinated Americans Post Growing Risk To Unvaccinated Americans; Tokyo Residents Overwhelming Oppose Moving Forward With Olympic Games; China Eyeing Tokyo Ahead Of Hosting 2022 Winter Olympics. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Olympic Opening Ceremony Set to Begin, in Pandemic's Shadow; U.S. Strikes Taliban in Support of Afghan Forces; Drought Worsens and Expands in the Northwest; VP Harris Zeroing in on Voting Rights As Her Top Priority. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 22, 2021
• Biden Pitches Vaccines As Administration Mulls New Mask Recommendations; Senate GOP Blocks Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill As Talks Continue; China Shuts Down COVID Investigation. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Biden: Vaccination Shows You "Care About Your Fellow Americans"; COVID Cases Spiking in Tokyo One Day Before Start of Olympics; Madowo: "My Uncle Died of COVID-19 Before He Could Get a Vaccine". Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 21, 2021
• Youngest Americans Caught In A COVID Crisis; Senate Republicans Poised To Block Infrastructure Vote Today; Biblical Flooding Forces Evacuations In Central China. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• CDC: 73 Million Americans Now Live in High Transmission Areas; Coronavirus Sapping Some of the Fun from Tokyo Olympics; Former Trump Adviser Barrack Charged with Illegal Foreign Lobbying; Milwaukee Bucks Win First NBA Title Since 1971. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 20, 2021
• U.S. Cases, Hospitalizations, And Deaths Rising Among The Unvaccinated; GOP Threatens To Block Vote On Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal; At Least 27 Killed In Baghdad Market Bombing. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Olympic Games Kick Off; U.S. Pediatrics Organization Offers COVID Recommendations for Kids; Historic Space Launch. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 19, 2021
• Europe Begins Digging Out After Historic Flooding; U.S. Officials In Vienna Report Mystery Health Symptoms; U.K. Prime Minister Reverses Decision And Will Isolate After COVID Contact. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Olympians Diagnosed with COVID As Cases Climb Across Japan; Heat and Drought Kill Trees Across U.S. Northwest; Major Cities in the U.S. Rocked By Another Weekend of U.S. Gun Violence. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 16, 2021
• Battling COVID Misinformation Key To Ending Pandemic; Biden: Cuba Is A "Failed State, Communism A Failed System"; South Africa Deploys Troops To Stop Deadly Protests. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Deadly Misinformation Fuels New Concerns as Restrictions Return; Tokyo Olympics, Minus Spectators, Just a Week Away; Severe Floods in Western Europe, At Least 93 Killed; Wildfires Raging Across Western U.S., 68 Large Fires Burning. Visit. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 15, 2021
• New Book: Top Generals Feared Trump Would Attempt Coup After Election; Taliban Seize Border Crossing In Kandahar Province; Britney Spears Calls Her Conservatorship "F**king Cruelty." Aired 5:30-6a ET
• New Book: Top Generals Feared Trump Would Attempt Coup After Election; COVID Cases Rising Among Unvaccinated, Driven By Delta Variant; Head of Security at Haiti's Presidential Residence in Custody; Germany's Merkel Makes Probably Her Last Official U.S. Visit. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 14, 2021
• America Faces A Pandemic Of The Unvaccinated; Iranian Nationals Charged In Plot To Kidnap U.S. Journalist; Biden Forcefully Condemns Voting Restrictions In GOP States. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Democrats Reach Agreement on $3.5 Trillion Budget Measure; CDC: Delta Variant Accounts for 58 Percent of Cases in Early July; Taliban Caught on Video Executing Unarmed Commandos, Denies It. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 13, 2021
• Texas Democrats Try To Block GOP Voting Bill By Leaving State; Macron Suggests France May Consider Mandatory Vaccines For All; Biden Calls On Cuban Regime To "Hear The People." Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Biden to Make "Moral Case" For Voting Rights in Major Speech; Pfizer Meets with U.S. Officials on Need for Vaccine Booster; Haitian Police: Arrested Plotter Planned to Become President. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 12, 2021
• Virgin Billionaire Richard Branson Successfully Rockets To Outer Space; Haitian Police Arrest Suspect Accused Of Orchestrating President's Assassination; 4+ Million Under Heat Alerts Across Western U.S.. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Cubans Stage Rare Protests Against Lack of Freedom and a Dire Economy; Pfizer to Brief U.S. Officials on Possible Need for COVID Booster; Italy Beats England in Penalty Shootout to Win 2020 Euro Title. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 09, 2021
• Democrats Push White House To Heighten Focus On Protecting Voting; U.S. Capitol Fencing To Start Coming Down As Early As Today; Torrential Rain From Tropical Storm Elsa Floods East Coast. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Pfizer Says Time for a Booster Shot, CDC & FDA: Not so Fast; Biden Defends Leaving Afghanistan Despite Taliban Gains; Two Americans Arrested in Haitian Assassination Case; Suns Take 2-0 NBA Finals Lead Against Bucks. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 08, 2021
• In A Reversal, Kevin McCarthy Will Name GOP Members To January 6 Probe; Trump Sues Tech Giants For Censorship, Then Fundraises Off Suit; Former South African President Jacob Zuma Turns Himself In To Police. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Surfside Crews Transition From Search & Rescue to Recovery; Biden Pitches Infrastructure, Safety Net Agenda in Illinois; Haitian Police Kill 4, Detain 2 Related to Moise Assassination; Tampa Bay Lighting Repeat as Stanley Cup Champions. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 07, 2021
• Elsa Whips Florida's West Coast With High Winds And Heavy Rains; U.S. Departure Leave Al Qaeda And Taliban Prisoners In Afghan Hands; Pressure Mounts On Biden To Lift Border Travel Restrictions. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Elsa Whips Florida's West Coast With High Winds, Heavy Rain; Biden Urges Vaccine Hesitant Americans to "Think Twice"; FBI Releases 11 New Capitol Videos Seeking Public Tips; Chris Paul Shines as Suns Take Game One Over Bucks. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 06, 2021
• Biden Warns "COVID-19 Has Not Been Vanquished"; Families in Deadly 2017 London Fire Still Seeking Answers; Ukrainian Army Requiring Female Soldiers To Wear High Heels. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Surfside Condo Collapse Death Toll Now 28, 117 Unaccounted For; Hong Kong Police Say They Have Thwarted Teen Terror Plot; Regional Passenger Plane Crashes in Eastern Russia; Bucks Star Doubtful for NBA Finals Opener. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 05, 2021
• Biden Approves Florida's Emergency Declaration Ahead Of Storm; Top U.S. General In Afghanistan: "We Should Be Concerned" About Taliban; Russia Sets Daily COVID Death Record Five Times In Past Week. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Remaining Section of Surfside Champlain Condo Demolished for Safety; Americans Celebrate a Nearly Normal July 4th Together; Golf Pro Killed, 2 Others Found Dead at Georgia Country Club. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 02, 2021
• Democrats Brace For Tougher Fights Against New Voting Restrictions; Pelosi Names GOP Rep. Cheney To Capitol Riot Probe Committee; Biden Reprises Role As Consoler-In-Chief During Surfside Visit. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• U.S. Troops Depart Bagram Air Base After Nearly 20 Years; Should Trump be Concerned After Weisselberg Charges?; New Docs: Despite Major Damage, Repairs Were Halted at Condo. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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July 01, 2021
• Soon: Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg To Turn Himself In To D.A.; House Votes To Form Committee To Investigate January Sixth Insurrection; Chinese President Xi Says Countries That Bully China Will Meet "A Great Wall Of Steel. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Soon: Trump Org CFO Weisselberg to Turn Himself in to D.A.; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Overturns Cosby's Sex Assault Conviction; Florida Rescuers Find Bodies of Two Children, Death Toll Now 18; U.S. Days Away from Completing Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 30, 2021
• Nearly 65 Million People Facing Heat Alert In West And Northeast; Rescuers Running Out Of Time To Find Condo Collapse Survivors; Withdrawal Of Troops From Afghanistan Could Be Complete In Days. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• 230+ Deaths Reported in British Columbia Amid Historic Heat Wave; Rescuers Running Out of Time to Find Condo Collapse Survivors; NYC Elections Board Counts 135,000 Non-Valid Test Ballots; Supreme Court Allows Eviction Moratorium to Remain in Place. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 29, 2021
• Miami Herald: Pool Contractor Saw Water And Cracks Below Pool Deck; House Votes Tomorrow On Select Committee To Probe Capitol Riot; Juul To Pay $40 Million In North Carolina Lawsuit Settlement. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Miami Herald: Pool Contractor Saw Water, Cracks Below Pool Deck; Record-Breaking Temperatures in Pacific Northwest; Biden Travels to Wisconsin to Promote Infrastructure Plan. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 28, 2021
• Families Cling To Hope For Survivors Of Florida Condo Collapse; Pacific Northwest In Grips Of Record Heatwave; Sydney Under Two-Week Lockdown To Contain Delta Variant Outbreak. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Report: Surfside Official Told Champlain Tower Residents in 2018 the Condo was in a "Very Good Shape"; Biden Orders Airstrikes Against Iran-Backed Militias; Trump Organization Lawyers to Meet with Manhattan Prosecutors. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 25, 2021
• Crews Race To Save Victims Buried Under Florida Building; Biden Approves Emergency Declaration To Coordinate Disaster Relief; Northwest Bracing For Record-Shattering Weekend Heat Wave. Aired 5:30- 6a ET
• 99 Unaccounted for, 1 Dead After Florida Building Crumbles; Biden Announces Bipartisan Agreement on Infrastructure; Biden, Afghan Leaders to Meet at White House Today; Israel Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 24, 2021
• Rescue Crews On Scene After Building Collapse Near Miami Beach; Gen. Milley Offers Forceful Defense Of Pentagon Diversity Efforts; COVID Cases Surge In Countries Using China's Vaccine. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Rescue Crews on Scene After Florida Building Collapse; Senators Set to Meet With Biden After Making Infrastructure Deal; Britney Spears Pleads Her Case in Court. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 23, 2021
• Republicans Block Senate Democrats' Sweeping Voting Rights Bill; Biden To Roll Out Gun Crime Prevention And Public Safety Strategy; Britney Spears Set To Speak At Conservatorship Hearing Today. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Republicans Block Senate Dems' Sweeping Voting Rights Bill; Eric Adams Holds Lead In Early NYC Dem Mayoral Results; Push to Get More Americans Vaccinated as Variants Loom; WSJ: China to Extend Border Restrictions for Another Year; Hong Kong's Biggest Pro- Democracy Newspaper to Close. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 22, 2021
• Ranked-Choice Voting To Decide NYC Mayoral Primary; Airline Groups Want Department Of Justice To Punish Badly Behaved Travelers; U.S. Will Share 41 Million Doses Through COVAX, 10 Million With Africa. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• NYC Mayoral Primary is Referendum on National Crime Wave; Appeals Court Blocks Ruling to Overturn California Assault Weapons Ban; Carl Nassib is First Active NFL Player to Come Out as Gay; Supreme Court Sides with Student-Athletes in NCAA Case; Mayor Voting Rights Bill Expected to Fail Key Senate Test Vote. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 21, 2021
• U.S. Preparing New Sanctions Against Russia Over Navalny Poisoning; 13 Candidates Battle In New York City Mayoral Race; Olympic Spectators Will Be Allowed At 50 Percent Capacity. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Horrific Car Crash Kills 9 Children And 1 Adult on Alabama Highway; Bernie Sanders Floats Sweeping $6 Trillion Infrastructure Plan; UN Warns Against Violence in Ethiopian Elections. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 18, 2021
• DOJ Releases Harrowing New Bodycam Video From Capitol Riot; Tokyo Olympic Officials Prepare For Delta Variant; Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To Obamacare. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• European Union Reopens to U.S. Travelers, Vaccinated or Not; President Biden Signs Juneteenth National Holiday Into Law; McConnell Rejects Manchin's Compromise on Voting Rights Bill; Iranians Head to Polls in Controversial Presidential Election; Bucks Bounce Back, Force Game 7 with Nets. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 17, 2021
• Airline And Bank Websites Go Down In Another Major Internet Failure; California Ends Capacity Limits At Most Venues, No Masks For Those Vaccinated; Congress Passes Bill Making Juneteenth A National Holiday. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Skepticism Tempers Optimism at Summit Between U.S. & Russian Leaders; Putin Characterizes Summit with Biden as "Constructive"; The Fed Moves Up Timing for Rate Hikes; Hawks Rally from 26 Down to Shock Sixers. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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June 16, 2021
• Biden And Putin To Meet Face-To-Face In High-Stakes Summit; President Joe Biden Expected To Press Putin On Cybersecurity During Summit. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Soon: Biden & Putin Meet Face-to-Face in High-Stakes Summit. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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