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January 27, 2020
• Trump's Legal Team Presents Defense. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump's Lawyers Present Impeachment Defense Amid Bolton Bombshell. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Lawyers Present Defense Amid Bolton Bombshell. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump; Trump's Legal Team Presents Defense Case; Jay Sekulow, Trump's Personal Lawyer Speaks. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Impeachment Trial; Trump's Legal Team Presents Defense Case; Impeachment Attorney Starr Speaks. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump's Lawyers Present Main Arguments Amid Bolton Bombshell. President Trump's Legal Team Begins Day Two Of Impeachment Defense. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump's Lawyers Will Present Main Arguments amid Bolton Bombshell; House Managers Speak on Bolton's Damning Revelations. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• GOP's Lindsey Graham: "Important" For Us To See Bolton Manuscript; Growing GOP Support For Seeing Bolton's Testimony, Manuscript; Soon: Donald Trump's Team Resumes Opening Arguments; Donald Trump Claims He Hasn't Seen Bolton's Damning Testimony; Bolton Claim Raises Stakes As White House Defense Team Spotlight. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) Discusses Impeachment, Bolton Bombshell, Election & GOP Rival Jeff Sessions; Former Laker Karon Butler Discusses Death of Kobe Bryant; Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) Discusses Impeachment, Bolton Bombshell, Trump Response to Leak. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• Soon, Trump's Lawyers Present Case after Bolton's Bombshell; Schumer Press Conference on Bolton Book Leaks; What the Bolton Bombshell Means for the Overall Impeachment Case. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview with Noah Feldman; Interview with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT); Mitt Romney Calls for John Bolton Testimony. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• New York Times Reports, Bolton Book Alleges Trump Tied Ukraine Aid To Biden Probe; Investigators Looking For Cause Of Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant. Aired 10-10:30a ET


January 26, 2020
• Kobe Bryant, 13-Year-Old Daughter Among Nine Killed In Helicopter Crash; New York Times Report, Bolton Book Manuscript Says Trump Told Him To Keep Hold On Ukraine Aid Until Officials There Helped With Biden Investigation. Aired 10-11p ET
• Kobe Bryant, 13-Year-Old Daughter Among Nine Killed In Helicopter Crash; John Bolton's Draft Book Ties Trump To Ukraine Aid Hold; Remembering The Life And Legacy Of NBA's Kobe Bryant. Aired 9- 10p ET
• Kobe Bryant, 13-Year-Old Daughter Among Nine Killed In Helicopter Crash. Aired 8-9p ET
• Kobe Bryant, 13-Yr-Old Daughter Among 9 Killed in Helicopter Crash. Aired 7-8p ET


January 25, 2020
• House Managers Close Three-Day Case For Trump's Removal; Trump Reportedly Caught On Tape Calling For Ambassador's Firing: Take Her Out; Schiff Calls On Senators To Show Moral Courage. Aired 12-1a ET
• President Trump's Defense Team Set To Deliver Opening Arguments In Impeachment Hearing; Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo Under Fire For Reportedly Screaming Obscenities And Berating A Journalist; Trump's Defense Team To Target Bidens In Opening Arguments; U.S. To Evacuate Citizens From Chinese City Over Coronavirus; How Will Trump Defense Treat Rudy Giuliani?; House Managers Expected To Deliver 28,000-Plus Pages Trial Record To The Senate. Aired 9-10a ET
• White House Counsel Presents Defense Of President Trump In Senate Impeachment Hearing; Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Is Interviewed On White House Counsel's Defense Of President Trump In Impeachment Hearing; White House Counsel Argues Transcript Of Call Between President Trump And Ukrainian President Zelensky Shows President Trump Did Not Want Quid Pro Quo; White House Counsel Claims Ukrainian Officials Did Not Know Of Pause In Military Aid; U.S. Evacuates Citizens From Wuhan, China, Ground Zero Of Coronavirus Outbreak; Steven Spielberg Recounts Visit To Auschwitz. Aired 2-3p ET
• House Managers Respond To Trump Team's Opening Argument; Trump's Defense Team Argues Against Impeachment. Aired 1-2p ET
• Donald Trump Defense Team Delivers First Day Of Opening Argument; Trump Lawyers To Senate: This Is Not An Impeachable Offense; Donald Trump Defense Begins By Accusing Democrats Of Interfering In Election; Senator Chuck Schumer Speaks After Trump Lawyers Lay Out Defense; House Managers Respond To Trump Team's Opening Argument. Aired 12-1p ET
• Trump's Defense Team Delivers Opening Arguments. Aired 11a-12p ET
• White House Counsel Presents Defense Of President Trump In Senate Impeachment Hearing. Aired 10-11a ET


January 24, 2020
• Trump Impeachment Trial Weighs on 2020 Dems; Democrats Use Trump Tapes to Make Their Case; Republicans Uses Trump's Executive Privilege Threat Against Subpoenas. Aired 1-2a ET
• House Managers Lay Out Abuse of Power Case Against Trump; Interview with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) on Impeachment Trial; Chief Justice John Roberts' Role in Trump Impeachment Trial. Aired 12-1a ET
• Fourth Day in Impeachment Testimony Against President Trump. Aired 6-7p ET
• The Fourth Day of President Donald J. Trump's Impeachment Trial. Aired 5-6p ET
• The Fourth Day in President Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial. 4:30-5pm ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• House Democrats Are in Final Day of Opening Arguments; Interview with Sen. Angus King (I-ME) on Schiff's Presentation Today; House Democrats Lay Out Obstruction of Congress Case Against Trump. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• House Democrats in Final Day of Opening Remarks; The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Final Day of Opening Arguments of Impeachment Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump; The Last Day of Opening Arguments. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump; House Dems In Final Day of Opening Arguments. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Day Three For House Democrats To Argue Their Case Against Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Complains About Defense Team's Slot; House Dems Will Present Their Case for Trump's Removal; Trump Attends "March for Life" Event Amid Impeachment Trial; House Managers Will Lay Out Obstruction of Congress Case Against Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Pentagon: 34 U.S. Troops Diagnosed with Brain Injuries after Iran Strike; Soon: House Managers Begin Final Day of Argument; Democrats Launch Preemptive Strike on Donald Trump's Lawyers over Bidens; Democrats: There Are More Classified Evidence Senators Need to See; Soon: House Democrats Present Their Case For Donald Trump's Removal. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Democrats Launch Pre-emptive Strike on Trump's Lawyers over Bidens; Biden Paints Trump as Threat in Iowa Ad; Biden Hits Campaign Trail as Democratic Rivals Sidelined for Senate Trial; Trump Complains about Defense Team's "Death Valley TV" Slot on Saturday; Pentagon: U.S. Troops Diagnosed with Brain Injuries after Iran Strike. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon, Democrats Begin Final Day of Case Against Trump; GOP Uses Trump's Executive Privilege Threat in Fight Against Witnesses; Schumer Speaks As Dems Lay Out Case To Remove Trump; Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) Discusses Impeachment & Schumer Outlining Need for Witnesses & Documents; Schumer Calls on Four GOP Senators to Vote for Witnesses in Press Conference; Democrats Launch Pre-emptive Strike on Trump's Lawyers over Bidens. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Alexander Vindman's Patriotism; Republicans Increasingly Complaining About House Managers' Repetitiveness; Interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Soon, Democrats Begin Final Day Of Case Against Trump; GOP Senator Questions Patriotism Of Purple Heart Recipient. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


January 23, 2020
• GOP Uses Executive Privilege Threat As Rallying Cry Against Subpoenas; Soon: House Managers Resume Presenting Case Against Trump; Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Is Interviewed About The Impeachment Trial. Aired 6-7p ET
• House Democrats Lay Out Abuse of Power Case Against Donald Trump; The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump. Aired 5-6p ET
• House Democrats Present Case Against Trump; The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Donald Trump Impeachment Trial; Schiff Argues Trump Put Personal Interests Over U.S. Interests. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• House Democrats Lay Out Abuse of Power Against Trump; The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Interview With Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA); The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Trump. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Donald Trump Impeachment Trial; House Dems Lay Out Case Against Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• House Democrats Lay Out Abuse of Power Case Against Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Soon: House Democrats Lay Out Abuse Of Power Case Against President Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• 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


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