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Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin

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December 23, 2021
• FDA Authorizes For At-Home COVID Antiviral Pill; Biden Says U.S. in Better Shape, Wishes He Ordered Tests Sooner; Holiday Air Travel Takes Off, Nears Pre-Pandemic Levels; January 6th Panel Seeks Interview with Trump Ally Rep. Jordan. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


December 22, 2021
• Thousands Of Federal Inmates To Remain On Home Confinement; U.K. Trims COVID Self-Isolation Period From 10 To 7 Days; Boeing, Airbus CEOs Want 5G Cell Service Rollout Delayed. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Hospital Systems Beg Americans to Get Vaccinated to Slow Resurgence; Biden Walks Political Tightrope as COVID Resurges Nationwide; Manchin: "These Programs Will Cost More Than They Are Saying". Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


December 21, 2021
• Biden To Announce 500 Million Free At-Home Tests Amid Winter Resurgence; Europe Prepares New Restrictions As Omicron Spreads; McDonald's Worker Hops Through Window To Save Choking Woman. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Biden to Announce 500M Free At-Home Tests Amid Winter Resurgence; Vulnerable Dems Scramble After Manchin Halts Biden Agenda; Trump Sues New York Attorney General Over Probe of His Company. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


December 20, 2021
• Sen. Manchin: "I Can't Get There" On Build Back Better Plan; Researchers Warn It's Too Early To Gauge Omicron Threat In South Africa; Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Denies Making Sexual Assault Claim. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Americans Face Contradiction of Resurgent Virus in Holiday Season; Three Boosted Lawmakers Catch Breakthrough Infections; Biden to Lay Out Winter Risks for Unvaccinated Americans. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


December 17, 2021
• COVID Resurgence Again Upends Daily Life As Holidays Approach; January 6 Committee Subpoenas Retired Colonel Who Spread Misinformation; Democrats Fear Agenda Failure Amid Grim 2022 Outlook. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• COVID Resurgence Again Upends Daily Life as Holidays Approach; Biden: "Build Back Better" Will Miss Christmas Deadline; Bill Targeting China's Xinjiang Region Heads to Biden. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET


December 16, 2021
• Rising COVID And Flu Cases Spell Trouble For Healthcare Workers; Murder Plot Over Vaccine Mandate Foiled In Germany; Jaguars Fire Urban Meyer 13 Games Into 5-Year Deal. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Historic Tornadoes, Winds and Storms Hit Wide Swath of Heartland; Trio of Public Health Concerns; Jaguars Fire Urban Meyer 13 Games Into 5-Year Deal. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


December 15, 2021
• House Votes To Hold Mark Meadows In Contempt Of Congress; Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Says Debris Is Dense, Recovery Challenging; U.K. Prime Minister's Conservative Party Rebels Against New COVID Rules. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Full House Votes to Hold Mark Meadows in Criminal Contempt; 800,000 Americans Have Now Died of COVID; Russian and Chinese Presidents Meet Amid Pressure from West. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


December 14, 2021
• January 6 Panel Unveils Text Messages From Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News Hosts; Manchin Signals Major Changes Needed To Back Biden's Spending Plan; Concern How Destitute Kentuckians Will Rebuild From Tornadoes. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Newly-Revealed Texts to Meadows Undercut GOP Whitewash of January 6; Biden to Travel to Kentucky to Survey Storm Damage Wednesday; Officials Still Assessing Damage from Deadly Tornado Outbreak. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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December 13, 2021
• Widespread Devastation and Death After Tornadoes; Biden Approves Disaster Declaration for Kentucky; Israeli Prime Minister Meets with UAE's Crown Prince; Jan. 6 Panel Recommends House Find Meadows in Contempt. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Hundred-Plus Feared Dead After Tornadoes Tear Across U.S. Midwest and South; Biden Approves Kentucky Emergency Declaration After Deadly Tornadoes; Stressed Health Workers Worry About Additional Burden from Omicron. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


December 10, 2021
• Appeals Court Rejects Trump Plea To Keep January 6 Documents Secret; British Prime Minister Engulfed In Turmoil As Scandals Mount At 10 Downing; Five Million At Risk From Possible 'Nocturnal' Tornadoes. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Appeals Court Rejects Trump Plea to Keep Jan 6 Documents Secret; 16- and 17-Year-Olds Now Eligible for Pfizer COVID Booster Shot; Jussie Smollett Found Guilty of Falsely Reporting Hate Crime; Biden Seeks United Front with Ukraine and NATO Allies. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET


December 09, 2021
• Senate Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate Despite Clear Health Warnings; Meadows Sues Pelosi And January 6 Committee As Panel Moves To Hold Him In Contempt; Canada, Australia, And U.K. Join U.S. Diplomatic Boycott Of Beijing Olympics. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Mark Meadows Suing to Stop Jan. 6th Committee Subpoena; Adam Mosseri Testifies Before Congress About Instagram's Harm to Youth; Day Two in the Trial of Kimberly Potter. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


December 08, 2021
• House Passes New Debt Ceiling Plan, Measure Goes To Senate; Daily Cases Rise To 120,000 As Delta Variant Surges Across U.S.; Olaf Scholz The New German Chancellor. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Energy Cost Relief: Prices Fall for Heating, Cooling & Fueling Up; Mark Meadows Now Ending Cooperation with January 6 Committee; Biden Warns Putin of Severe Consequences If Russia Invades Ukraine. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


December 07, 2021
• Top Pence Aide Cooperating With House January 6 Committee; South Africa COVID Positivity Jumps 24 Percent Since Omicron First Seen; Justice Department Closes Investigation Of Emmett Till's Murder. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Biden Faces High-Stakes Test in Call with Putin Over Ukraine; Marc Short, One of former VP Pence's Closet Advisors, Cooperating with January 6th Committee; Ukraine Braces for Possible Russian Invasion. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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December 06, 2021
• Former GOP Sen. Perdue To Challenge Gov. Kemp In Georgia Primary; Biden Administration Set To Restart 'Remain in Mexico' Policy Next Week; At Least 15 Dead After Indonesia's Mount Semeru Volcano Erupts. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• U.S. Issues New Rules for International Travelers to have COVID Test Within One Day of Flight; Omicron Now in At Least 42 Countries and 17 U.S. States; Outrage Over Kentucky GOP Congressman Who Posted Family Photo with Guns. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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December 03, 2021
• Biden Unveils Winter Plan As Omicron Spreads Around U.S.; Germany Declares Lockdown For Unvaccinated Residents; Blinken: Plan In The Works For Biden And Putin To Discuss Ukraine. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Alec Baldwin: "I Cocked the Gun," But Did Not Pull the Trigger; Congress Averts Shutdown, GOP Vaccine Mandate Standoff Resolved; Michigan School Shooting Suspect May Have Had Weapon in Backpack During School Meeting. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET


December 02, 2021
• Shutdown Looms As Congress Struggles To Pass Stopgap Measure; Chinese Olympic Officials Seek 'Perfect' Games; Major League Baseball Announces Player Lockout. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• First U.S. Case of Omicron Variant Discovered in San Francisco; Michigan School Shooting Suspect Charged as Adult with Murder, Terrorism; Blinken Warns Russia of "Severe Consequences" If It Invades Ukraine; Supreme Court Leans Toward Upholding Mississippi's Abortion Law. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


December 01, 2021
• U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Mississippi Abortion Ban; Concern Feud Among House Republicans Will Hurt Midterm Prospects; LeBron James Enters NBA Health And Safety Protocols. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• 15-Year-Old Kills 3, Injures 8 More at Oxford, Michigan High School; Biden Considering Stricter COVID Testing for All Travelers to U.S.; Former Trump Chief of Staff Meadows Cooperating with Jan. 6 Committee. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET


November 30, 2021
• Prosecution Links Ghislaine Maxwell To Jeffrey Epstein; South African Scientists Caution Against Panic Over Omicron Variant; Barbados Becomes A Republic, Removing Queen As Head Of State. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Scientists Still Seeking Answers on Omicron Coronavirus Variant; Trump Appeal of Jan. 6 White House Record Ruling to be Heard Today; Reps. Boebert and Omar Have Contentious Call That Escalates Feud. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


November 29, 2021
• World Facing Two Weeks Of Uncertainty In Wait For Omicron Answers; Ukrainian President Says He Has Intel On Coup Planned For December 1-2; Student Dies After Taking Part In UNLV Sanctioned Boxing Match. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Anxiety Grows Over Omicron Variant; Futures Look to Rebound After a Major Selloff; Twenty Seven Chinese Military Jets Enter Taiwan's Air Defense Zone. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


November 26, 2021
• New COVID Variant Detected By South African Scientists; England And France Play Blame Game After 27 Migrant Dies; Bidens Great Troops At U.S. Coast Guard Station. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• New South African Variant Alarms Scientists; U.S. Lawmakers Defy China, Visit Taiwan; Smash & Grab Robberies Escalate Ahead of Black Friday. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET


November 25, 2021
• Migrant Boat Capsizes In The English Channel Killing At Least 27 People; Trump's Influence Looms Over McCarthy's Bid For Speaker; WHO: Europe Faces 700K More COVID Deaths By March. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• All Three Defendants Guilty Of Murder In Ahmaud Arbery's Death; Pricey Thanksgiving Costing America's Farmers; Trump Org Investigation Focused On Valuation Of Properties. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


November 24, 2021
• Thanksgiving Travelers Hit The Road And Skies In Big Numbers; Ukraine Upgrades Navy As Fears Grow Of Russian Invasion; NASA Launches Spacecraft To Test Asteroid Deflection. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Travel Expected to Be Near Pre-Pandemic Normal This Thanksgiving; Jury Finds Rally Organizers Liable, But Deadlocks on Key Charges; Sixth Victim Dies After Car Crashed into Waukesha Christmas Parade. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


November 23, 2021
• COVID Cases Going Up As The U.S. Heads Into Thanksgiving; U.S. Mulls Sending Weapons To Ukraine As Russia Builds Forces; Air Travel Rivaling Pre-Pandemic Levels Ahead Of Holiday Season. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Wisconsin Suspect was Free on "Inappropriately Low" Bail; Jury Expected to be Charged Today in Arbery Case; Powell Part Two. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


November 22, 2021
• 5 Dead, 40 Injured In Waukesha Christmas Parade Incident; Peng Shuai Appears In Video Call, Concerns Over Safety Persist; Hostages Kidnapped By Haitian Gang Released, 15 Still Being Held. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Five Dead, Forty-Plus Hurt As a Car Plows Through a Christmas Parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin; Closing Arguments Set to Begin in Ahmaud Arbery's Murder Trial; Austria Back Under Lockdown Amid Surge in Coronavirus Cases. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


November 19, 2021
• Has Travis McMichael Helped Or Hurt His Defense By Taking The Stand?; Oklahoma Versus The Pentagon Over Military Vaccine Mandate; Hundreds Of Migrants Arriving In Iraq On Flight From Belarus. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Dems Plan to Vote on Spending Bill Today After GOP Delay Tactic; Biden's Burden: Getting Bill Through Senate with No Votes to Spare; Defense Rests in Trial for Men Accused of Killing Ahmaud Arbery; WTA Threatens to Pull Business From China Over Missing Tennis Player. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET


November 18, 2021
• CDC: Drug Overdose Deaths Top 100,000 In One Year For First Time; Chinese Tennis Star Goes Missing After Accusing Official of Sexual Assault; COVID-19 Resurgence In Europe Ahead Of Holidays. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Travis McMichael Takes Stand, Describes Moment He Shot Ahmaud Arbery; Jurors Begin Day 3 of Deliberations in Rittenhouse Homicide Trial; Today: Bannon Back in Court on Contempt of Congress Charges; Biden Hosts Leaders of Canada, Mexico at White House Summit Today. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


November 17, 2021
• Senate Hopes To Pass Biden's Social Spending Plan By New Years; Asian Nations Growing Militaries As China Nuclear Arsenal Grows; Pfizer Seeking FDA Green Light For Experimental COVID Pill. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• No Verdict in Rittenhouse Kenosha Homicide; House Vote on Gosar Censure; Migrants Shelter at Belarusian-Polish Border. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


November 16, 2021
• Tear Gas And Water Cannons Used On Migrants At Belarus-Poland Border; President Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill Into Law; U.S. Condemns Russia For "Reckless" Anti-Satellite Missile Test. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Jury Begins Deliberations Today in Kenosha Homicide Trial; Tear Gars, Water Cannons Used on Migrants at Belarus-Poland Border; At Least Two Explosions Rock Uganda Capital Kampala; Biden-Xi Summit: "Healthy Debate" But No Major Breakthroughs. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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November 15, 2021
• Biden And Xi Set To Hold Virtual Summit Today; Hundreds Of Children Facing Bitter Cold On Belarusian Side; Queen Elizabeth II Cancels Remembrance Sunday Appearance. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Hundreds of Children Facing Bitter Cold Weather on Belarus- Poland Border; Kyle Rittenhouse's Lawyers Prepare to Make Closing Arguments; U.S. Journalist Danny Fenster's Sentence Overturned and Released from Myanmar Prison. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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November 12, 2021
• Human And Geopolitical Crisis At Belarus-Poland Border; Homeowner Testifies He Never Saw Ahmaud Arbery Harm Anything At House; Queen Elizabeth To Attend First Public Engagement In Two Weeks. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Jan. 6 Committee Issues Ultimatum to Mark Meadows; Rittenhouse Trial Heads for Closing Arguments; Suni Lee Says She Was Targeted in Racist Attack. Aired 5-5:30a ET
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November 11, 2021
• Biden Addresses Inflation Concerns As Consumer Prices Soar; Climate Summit Surprise: U.S. And China Pledge To Work On Emissions; Soccer Player Arrested, Linked To Attack On Her Teammate. Aired 5:30- 6a ET
• Rittenhouse Takes the Stand in His Own Defense: Did It Work?; U.S. Inflation at Highest Level in 30 Years; Judge Rejects Another Trump Attempt to Slow Doc Release. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


November 10, 2021
• Biden And Xi To Meet Virtually As Early As Next Week; Day Four Of Testimony In Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial; California Couple Sues Fertility Clinic For IVF Mix-Up. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• January 6 Committee Granted Access to Hundreds of Trump White House Documents; Biden in Baltimore to Promote His "Build Back Better" Package; Communications Breakdown at Music Festival Tragedy. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


November 09, 2021
• DOJ Asks Appeals Court To Lift Temporary Order Blocking Vaccine Mandate; China Building Mock Versions Of U.S. Military Ships In Desert; Vice President Harris Travels To Paris To Work On U.S.-France Relationship. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• House Committee Subpoenas 6 Top Trump Campaign Associates; Astroworld Organizers Had No Plan for Surging Crowd; Armed Paramedic Shot By Rittenhouse Testifies at Murder Trial. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET


November 08, 2021
• Biden Gains Momentum For Agenda After Last Week's Big Wins; Parts Of Europe Reshape Land To Live Safely With Extreme Rain; SNL's James Austin Johnson Channels Trump. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• NYT: Houston Police Chief Warned Travis Scott About Crowd Concerns As Music Festival Kills Eight; U.S. Reopening to Vaccinated International Travelers; Court Blocks Biden Vaccines Mandate. Aired 5- 5:30a ET


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