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January 23, 2020
• No Phones Allowed for Trump's Remarks at RNC Meeting; Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare, Entitlements; House Dems Will Lay Out Abuse of Power Case Against Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• GOP Senators Defend Donald Trump's Conduct After Democrat Presentation; GOP Senator Tom Tillis: I've Already Made Up Mind On Impeachment; Soon: Democrats Lay Out Abuse Of Power Case Against Donald Trump; Soon: House Managers Present Abuse Of Power Case; GOP's Kennedy: My Colleagues Haven't Read Up On Trump Case. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• New Poll Shows Sanders Doubles Support in New Hampshire Amid Trump Trial; Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) Discusses Impeachment & House Managers' Case on Abuse of Power; Schiff Quotes Alexander Hamilton in Outlining Reason for Trump's Removal. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon, House Managers Present Abuse of Power Case; Schumer Speaks Ahead of Opening Arguments Against Trump; Sen. Tom Carper (D- DE) Discusses Criticism House Democrats Are Offending Senate Republicans & Democrats Seeking Witnesses and Documents. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Senate Impeachment Trial Enters Third Day; Interview with Bill Hennessy; Interview with Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY). Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Soon, Opening Arguments Continue In Case Against Trump; Soon, House Managers Present Abuse Of Power Case. Aired 10-10:30a ET


January 22, 2020
• Trump Impeachment Trial: GOP Blocks Dems' Efforts to Subpoena Witnesses and Documents; Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) Provides Color Commentary on Senate Atmosphere; Senators Fight Fatigue in Hours-Long Impeachment Fight. Aired 2-3a ET
• After Long Night Presiding Over Senate Trial, Chief Justice Roberts Due At Supreme Court At 10 AM; Dems Propose Amendment Over Future Subpoenas; Senate Voting On Amendment To Force Vote On Witnesses; Senate Voting on McConnell Resolution to Establish Rules. Aired 1-2a ET
• House Managers Resume Presenting Case Against Trump; Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) Is Interviewed About The Impeachment Trial; Interview With Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). Aired 6-7p ET
• Democratic House Managers Present Case Against Trump. Aired 5-6p ET
• Dem House Managers Present Case For Impeachment; House Manager Argues Giuliani Pushed Ukraine For Biden Probe. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of President Trump; Nadler Details Alleged "Smear Campaign" Against Former Ukraine Ambassador on Behalf of Trump. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Democratic House Managers Continue Case Against Trump; Interview with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Schiff's Presentation to Senate; Trump's Defense Team Speaks as Democrats Give Opening Arguments. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of President Trump; Dem House Managers Present Case for Impeachment. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Impeachment Manager Presents Case Against Donald Trump in Impeachment Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Democratic House Managers Present Case Against President Donald Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Set To Present Opening Arguments. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• House Impeachment Managers to Present Opening Statements; Trump Officials Started to Freeze Ukraine Aid Before Call; House Impeachment Managers Speak as Senate Trial Begins. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Soon: Democrats Make Opening Argument In Case Against Donald Trump; Donald Trump's Legal Team Blasted For False Claims On Floor; House Managers Begin 3 Days Of Opening Arguments; Soon: Opening Arguments Begin In Trump Impeachment Trial; House Manager: Donald Trump Bragged About Obstruction When Saying "We Have All The Material" And Congress Doesn't. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) Discusses His Role in Advising Trump Defense Team, Adding Witnesses and Documents; Trump Weighs in on Impeachment & His Legal Team; Republicans Harden Against Witnesses in Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Democratic Senate Leaders Hold Press Conference; Trump Spoke to His Legal Team Late Last Night; Trump Says Bolton Testifying Would Be "National Security Problem"; A.G. Barr Contradicts Trump on Whether Abuse of Power is Impeachable. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview with George Conway; Interview with Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL); Analysis of Republican Party Members' Views of Trump. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• George Conway On Trump's Senate Impeachment Trial. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


January 21, 2020
• The Impeachment Trial Of Donald J. Trump; Senate Voting On Tabling Amendment To Subpoena State Department Documents. Aired 6-7p ET
• Schumer Proposes Amendment To Subpoena State Department Docs Related To Impeachment; GOP's Collins "Likely" To Support Witnesses In Senate Trial; House Managers, Trump Legal Team Debate Rules. Aired 5- 6p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Impeachment Trial Kicks Off With Fierce Battle Over Rules. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump; House Managers and Trump Team Debate Trial Rules. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump; Mitch McConnell Agrees to Impeachment Trial Rules Changes; Interview With Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR). Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Impeachment Trial Of President Trump In U.S. Senate; McConnell Revises Proposed Rule, House Record "Will Be" Entered Into Evidence Instead Of "May Be" Entered. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump; Sen. McConnell Revises Trial Rules; House and Trump Legal Team Debate. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• House Managers, Trump Legal Team Debate Trial Rules; Significant Change to McConnell's Proposed Rules. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Senate Debates Impeachment Trial Rules. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Impeachment Trial Kicks Off With Fierce Battle Over Rules; Trump's Impeachment Trial To Begin With Senate Clashes. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• GOP's Mitch McConnell Looks To Impose Speedy Senate Trial; Senators Expected To Clash Over Impeachment Trial Rules; CNN: White House, Senate GOP Working To Keep John Bolton From Testifying Publicly; Soon: Impeachment Trial Kicks Off With Fierce Battle Over Rules; Senators, Trump Lawyers Begin Arriving For Impeachment Trial. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Schumer: McConnell Wants to Cover Up for Trump; Democrats Push for Witnesses & Documents During Senate Trial; Democrats Demand Pat Cipollone Hand Over Firsthand Information; Constitutional Law Professor, Laurence Tribe, Discusses Impeachment, Democrats' Demands for Witnesses & Documents; Former Congressman & House Manager in Clinton Impeachment, Chris Cannon, Discusses His Warning to Democrats. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Democratic Leaders Respond to Rules Change at Press Conference. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Live Coverage of House Impeachment Managers' Press Conference; Pros and Cons of Mitch McConnell's Senate Rules; Recent Polling Shows Majority of Americans Favor Including New Evidence in Senate Trial. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Senators Expected To Clash Over Impeachment Trial Rules; CNN Reports, White House, Senate GOP Working To Limit Possible Bolton Testimony; Adam Schiff, House Manager Speakers Before The Senate Trial Begins; Interview With Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI). Aired 10-10:30a ET


January 19, 2020
• Chuck Schumer: We Will Force Vote On Witnesses And Documents; House Democrats Release New Evidence From Rudy Giuliani Associate; Chief Justice Roberts To Play Key Role In Impeachment Trial; Eight Senators To Watch During The Impeachment Trial; Source: Donald Trump "High-Profile" Team To Defend Him On T.V. Aired 9-10p ET
• The Impeachment Of Donald J. Trump; Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) Is Interviewed About Whether Senators Would Be Allowed To Consider New Witness Testimony; House Impeachment Managers Meet To Discuss Strategy; Schiff: Intel Community Withholding Docs Relevant To Trial; Senate Trial Disrupts Campaign Trail For 2020 Dems. Aired 8-9p ET


January 16, 2020
• Trump Speaks as Senate Kicks Off Impeachment Trial; Trump Continues to Insist He Doesn't Know Parnas Despite Claims; Interview with Sen. Debbie Dingell (D-MI); Interview with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Presidential Candidate; Senate Impeachment Trial; GOP Arizona Senator Calls Reporter a Liberal Hack; Intel Officials Ask Congress Not to Hold Public Hearings on Worldwide Threats, Fearing They Might Anger Trump. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President Trump Comments on Lev Parnas, Rudy Giuliani; Chief Justice, Senators Sworn in For Impeachment Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Senators Sworn in for Impeachment Trial of Trump; Restrictions on Senators During Senate Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Chief Justice Roberts And U.S. Senators Sworn In For The Trial Of Donald John Trump Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Parnas Implicates Top Trump Officials in Ukraine Plot; Intel Officials Ask Congress Not to Hold Public Hearings on World Threats Fearing They'd Anger Trump; Ukraine Police Investigating Possible Surveillance of Yovanovitch; Interview with Former Ambassador James Melville; Soon, Supreme Court Justice Will Be Sworn In, Starting Senate Impeachment Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Watchdog Says, Trump Administration Broke Law By Withholding Ukraine Aid. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Senate Formally Accepts Articles of Impeachment; Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) Is Interviewed About the Senate Impeachment Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Soon: House Managers Formally Present Impeachment Articles To Senate; House Impeachment Managers Proceed To Senate Chamber; Lead House Manger Adam Schiff Reads First Article Of Impeachment; Lead House Manager Adam Schiff Reads Second Article Of Impeachment; Senate Formally Accepts Articles Of Impeachment. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• GAO Finds Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Assistance from Ukraine; Parnas Implicates Top Trump Officials in Ukraine Plot; Soon, House Managers Formally Present Impeachment Articles to Senate; Questions on Whether New Evidence Will Be Presented in Senate Trial; Cipollone & Sekulow to Defend Trump in Senate Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


January 15, 2020
• Stakes High after Final Debate before First Votes; Tom Steyer (D), Presidential Candidate, Promises He Can Beat Trump; Stakes High After Final Debate Before First Votes. Aired 12-1a ET


January 14, 2020
• Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-FL) Was Interviewed About His Performance in Tonight's Debate; Elizabeth Warren Stood Out Among the Rest in the Democratic Field. Aired 11p-12a ET
• CNN's Democratic Presidential Debate. Aired 10-11:10p ET
• CNN's Democratic Presidential Debate. Aired 9-10p ET


January 12, 2020
• CNN Special Report: The Impeachment Of Donald J. Trump; McConnell Wants To Follow Model Used In ClInton Impeachment Trial; Iowa Caucuses Could Collide With Senate Trial; Trump Administration Cannot Define Specific Threat To Iran. Aired 9-10p ET
• The Impeachment Of Donald Trump; Interview With Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) On Impeachment Trial; Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) Is Interviewed About House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Decision To Wait Three Weeks To Send The Articles Over To The Senate; CNN Iowa Poll Shows Voters Divided Over Impeachment; Pelosi Defends Withholding Articles, Warns Of Senate "Cover-Up;" Senate Impeachment Trial Expected To Begin This Week. Aired 8-9p ET


January 01, 2020
• New Year's Eve Live: Countdown To 2020. Aired 1-1:30a ET
• CNN INTERNATIONAL: World Says Goodbye To 2020; Stay-At-Home Order, Mandatory Travel Quarantine Extended In San Francisco; Iranian General Suggests Soleimani Retaliation May Come From Within U.S.; Boris Johnson Hails "Amazing Moment" For UK; UK Cuts Formal Ties With European Union; 2020 Brought Environmental Disasters At Unprecedented Rate. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Nation Rings in New Year As Pandemic Rages Across U.S.; Over 10,000 Americans Died in Final Three Days of 2020; Two House Republicans Tell CNN They Expect At Least 140 GOP Colleagues to Vote Against Counting Electoral Votes; Strong Early-Voting Numbers in Georgia Put GOP on Edge. Aired 10-11a ET
• New Year's Eve Live: Countdown To 2020. Aired 12-12:30a ET


December 31, 2019
• New Year's Eve Live; Christina Aguilera's New Show, "The Xperience"; Special Performance With Shania Twain; DJ Diesel Performance in Denver. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Underreported Stories Of 2019; New Year's Resolutions, New Year's Peeves! Aired 10-11p ET
• New Year's Eve With Anderson Cooper And Andy Cohen. Aired 9-10p ET
• New Year's Eve Live: Countdown To 2020. Aired 8-9p ET


December 26, 2019
• CNN Special Report, All The Best, All The Worst: 2019; A Glimpse at the Past, A Lesson for the Future; Mother Nature Adds Its Part in the History Books. Aired 10-11p ET


December 19, 2019
• Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-FL) Was Interviewed About the Debate and How He Performed in the Stage with Other Candidates; Andrew Yang Was Interviewed About His Goal for the American People if He Makes it to the White House in 2020; 2020 Dems Clash At Final Debate Of 2019; Interview with Andrew Yang About His Presidential Campaign; Interview with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), About His Presidential Campaign; Interview With Tom Steyer, Presidential Candidate; Andrew Yang About His Presidential Campaign. Aired 11p-12a ET
• PBS Democratic Debate With Politico In California; Interview with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), About The Presidential Debate. Aired 10-11p ET
• 2020 Dems Clash At Final Debate Of 2019. Aired 9-10p ET
• Democratic Presidential Debate Takes Place In Los Angeles, California. Aired 8-9p ET


December 18, 2019
• End of House Debate on Impeachment Articles; House Votes on Articles of Impeachment. Aired 7-8:09p ET
• Continuation of House Floor Debate of Articles of Impeachment. Aired 6-7p ET
• Coverage of the House Floor Debate on Articles of Impeachment. Aired 5-6p ET
• Debate of Articles of Impeachment Continues on the House Floor. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Coverage of House Impeachment Debate Continues. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• House Continues Debate on Impeachment Articles. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Continued Coverage of the House Debate on the Articles of Impeachment. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Coverage of House Floor Debate on Impeachment Articles. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The Trump Impeachment Vote; Judiciary Committee Leads Debate; Ahead: Pelosi Speaks. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• The Trump Impeachment Vote; Later: Vote on Abuse of Power & Obstruction. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• House Debating Two Articles of Impeachment Against Trump; GOP Leadership Speaks; Judiciary CMTE Leads Debate. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• House Debating Two Articles of Impeachment Against Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Speaker Nancy Pelosi Talking Ahead of Debate; House Begins Impeachment Debate. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• House Voting to End Debate on Impeachment Rules; House Debates Impeachment. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• The House Is Poised To Impeach President Trump Today As The Impeachment Debate Begins. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• House Is Debating Rules For The Impeachment Of President Trump. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Poised To Be Third President Impeached In History Today. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• The Trump Impeachment Vote. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• House Poised to Impeach President Trump Today; GOP Starts Proceedings with Motion to Adjourn Impeachment Today; Donald Trump Poised to be Third President Impeached in American History Today; Interview with Representative Steny Hoyer. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump's Letter to Pelosi; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is Interviewed about Impeachment; Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is Interviewed about Impeachment. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• House of Representative to Vote on Articles of Impeachment against President Trump; Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) Interviewed on whether House Speaker will Send Articles of Impeachment to Senate at This Time if Passed in the House; Sources: GOP to Force Motions to Delay Proceedings Today. Aired 8-8:30a ET


December 13, 2019
• Johnson's Conservatives Win United Kingdom General Election; SNP Gains Revive Push For Scottish Independence; House Panel To Vote On Impeachment Articles Friday; U.S.-China Trade War; Trump Signs Off On Phase One Of Trade Deal; New Zealand Volcano Death Toll Rises To 15 As Bodies Are Recovered. Aired 3-4a ET
• Boris Johnson on Course for Comfortable Majority. Aired 12-1a ET


December 12, 2019
• CNN International: Exit Poll: Johnson On Track To Be U.K. Prime Minister. Aired 4:55-5:30p ET
• CNN International: General Election Voting Under Way in United Kingdom; White Island Recovery Mission to be Attempted Friday; Citizenship Amendment Bill Sparks Protests in India; House Panel Debates Trump Impeachment Articles Before Vote. Aired 2-3p ET
• House Panel Debates Impeachment Articles Against President Donald Trump. Aired 3-4p ET
• House Panel Debates Impeachment Articles Against Trump Before Vote. Aired 2-3p ET
• House Panel Debates Impeachment Articles Against Trump Before Vote; Greta Thunberg Responds to Trump's Tweet to Deal with Her Anger Management; Trump/Barr Rhetoric Has Chilling Effect on FBI; Eric Holder: Barr Not Fit to be Attorney General. Aired 1-2p ET
• House Panel Debates Impeachment Articles Before Vote. Aired 12- 1p ET
• House Panel Debates Impeachment Articles Against Trump Before Vote. Aired 11a-12p ET


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