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January 30, 2020
• Senators Continue to Question House Managers and Donald Trump's Defense During Impeachment Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Day Two of Senator's Questioning House Managers and Trump Lawyers. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Deputy White House Counsel Patrick Philbin Answers Questions From the Senate. Senators Ask Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial. Lead House Manager Rep Adam Schiff Answers Questions From the Senate. Impeachment Trial of President Donald Trump. President Trump's Counsel Pam Bondi Answers Questions From the Senate. House Manager Rep Val Demings Answers Questions From the Senate. House Manager Rep Jason Crow Answers Questions From the Senate. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Legal Teams Face Final Day Of Questions Before Witness Vote. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Senate Republicans on Brink of Bringing Trump Trial to End; Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) Is Interviewed About the Senate Impeachment Trial; Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Is Interviewed About the Senate Impeachment Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Alan Dershowitz: My Comments On Unchecked Power Mischaracterized; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Trump Not Truly Acquitted If No New Witnesses In Senate; GOP's Graham Bullish On Democrats Joining GOP To Acquit Trump; Adam Schiff: Trump's Defense Team Resorting To "Desperation"; Soon: Senators Question Trump Team, House Managers. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Soon, Senators Question Trump Team & House Managers; Chief Justice Rebuffs Rand Paul's Question on Whistleblower; Some Democrats Could Vote With Republicans on Acquittal; Commerce Department Indicates Last Year's Economy Grew at Slowest Pace; High Winds Knock Down Parts of New Border Wall; Trump's Lawyers Argue President Can't Be Punished for Violating Foreign Policy Because President Sets Foreign Policy; Naval War College Professor Tom Nichols Discusses Impeachment Not About Policy At All. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon, Legal Teams Face Full Day of Questions Before Witness Vote; Trump Legal Team Introduced Eyebrow-Raising Arguments; Schumer Holds Press Conference on Trump Attorneys Unable to Answer Questions; Trump Team Can't Cite If He Spoke of Biden Probes Before 2020 Run. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview with Nikolas Bowie of Harvard Law School; Democratic Candidates Blanket Iowa as Senators Sit in Washington; White House Forms Coronavirus Task Force. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Team Argues To Change Nature Of American Democracy. Aired 10-10:30a ET


January 29, 2020
• Senators Ask Questions To House Managers, Trump Lawyers; Soon: Senators Resume Questioning Legal Teams; Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) is Interviewed About the Impeachment Trial. Aired 6-7p ET
• Senators Ask Questions To The House Managers, Trump Lawyers. Aired 5-6p ET
• Senators Ask Questions To House Managers And Trump's Lawyers. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Senators Ask Questions to House Impeachment Managers, Trump Lawyers. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Senators Ask Questions to House Managers, Trump Lawyers; Trump Attorney Argues Quid Pro Quos Are Used for Reelection Efforts Are Not Impeachable. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Senators Continue to Question Trump Lawyers and House Managers in Impeachment Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump; Senators Ask Questions. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The Impeachment Trial; Senators Ask Questions. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Senators Ask Questions to House Managers; Trump Lawyers; GOP's Lee: Isn't it the President's Place, Not That of Civil Servants, To Conduct Foreign Policy. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Soon: Senators Asks Questions to House Managers, Trump Lawyers; Impeachment Trial Enters Question-and-Answer Phase; White House Has Issued Formal Threat To John Bolton To Keep Him From Publishing Book. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Coach on Court in Kobe's Tournament When News Broke of Death; Soon: Senators Ask Questions of House Managers and Trump's Lawyers; Key House Chair: I've Spoken with Bolton about Diplomat's Ouster. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Soon; Senators Ask Questions Of Trump Lawyers & House Managers; The Inevitable Pattern Of Trump Turning On Officials He Head; Furious Battle Behind Scenes Over Witnesses At Trump Trial; Soon: Senators Question Legal Team Ahead Of Witness Vote; Sources: White House Has Issued Formal Threat To John Bolton To Keep Him From Publishing Book. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Indicted Giuliani Associate in Washington to "Watch Trial"; Sekulow Says Senators Can Ignore Bolton Book Revelations; Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) Discusses Troop TBI & Trump Dismissing It, Impeachment, Reaction to Calling Hunter Biden as Witness, Bolton Book Revelations, Need for Other Witnesses & Documents; Bolton Book Revelations Could Pull A.G. Barr into Impeachment Trial; Trump Rips "Fired" Bolton as Senate Considers Him as Witness; Trump's Pattern of Turning on Those He Hires. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon, Senators Ask Questions of Trump Lawyers & House Managers; Trump Rips "Fired" Bolton as Senate Considers Him as Witness; GOP Attempts to Turn Trump Impeachment into Trial of Bidens; Chuck Schumer Press Conference on Calling Witnesses; Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) Discusses Impeachment, Reaction to Calling Hunter Biden as Witness, Need for Other Witnesses & Documents; Indicted Giuliani Associate in Washington to "Watch Trial". Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview with Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM); Interview with Matthew Mauser; State Department Evacuates Americans from Wuhan as Coronavirus Spreads. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Rips Fired Bolton As Senate Considers Him As Witness; Rudy Giuliani Says, John Bolton Is A Backstabber And Atomic Bomb. Aired 10-10:30a ET


January 28, 2020
• Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Is Interviewed About The Current Standing Of The Democrats' Opinion On Calling For Witnesses; Both Parties Still Not Throwing Their Votes For Witnesses; Husband Of Coach Killed In Kobe Bryant Crash Opens Up; Pentagon Now Says 50 U.S. Service Members Are Diagnosed With Traumatic Brain Injuries After Iranian Missile Strike. Aired 11p-12a ET
• CNN International: Interview with Jared Kushner. Aired 3:30- 4:07p ET
• Impeachment Trial Fallout; Coronavirus Fears; Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash Investigation. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• House Managers React after Trump Team Arguments; Interview with Sen. Angus King (I-ME), GOP Senators Voting for Witnesses in The Senate Trial; Witness Testimony Is Undecided in Senate. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Democrats React to Trump Defense Team Arguments; Trump Impeachment Defense Team Concludes Opening Arguments. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Ex-White House Chief of Staff John Kelly Says "I Believe John Bolton"; Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) Discusses John Kelly Response to Bolton Bombshell, Whether to Have Witnesses; Impeachment Trial of President Donald J. Trump. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The Impeachment Of Donald J. Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Legal Team Presents Final Day of Arguments. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Legal Team Begins Final Day Of Arguments. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Praises Pompeo for Berating NPR Reporter; Former Chief of Staff John Kelly: "I Believe John Bolton"; Key Vote Murkowski: "Bolton Probably Has Something to Offer Us". Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump's Legal Team Begins Final Day Of Defense Case; GOP's Lankford: I Requested That Senate See Bolton Manuscript; Source: WH Telling Senators That Calling Witnesses Like Bolton Could Trigger A Nasty Court Battle. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) Discusses Impeachment, John Bolton Bombshell, Need for Witnesses; Shaquille O'Neal Opens Up on Kobe Bryant; NYT: Bolton Was Concerned Trump Granted Favors to Autocrats; Trump Attorney Compares Trump Actions to Obama Asking Russia to "Give Me Space" Ahead of Re-election. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon, Trump Defense Begins Final Day of Opening Arguments; Iowa Sen. Ernst Comments on Biden Cause Controversy; Trump Defense Teams Brings Out High-Profile Lawyer Alan Dershowitz; Schumer News Conference on Bolton Revelations & Need for Witnesses; Schumer: Trump Nice to Turkey, China, Hungary Leaders Due to Financial Interests; Trump Legal Team May Wrap Up Today, Leaving Valuable Time on Table. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Debate Over John Bolton Testimony Continues; Fact-Checking the Impeachment Hearing; Interview with Sen Jeff Merkley (D-OR). Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Soon, Trump Defense Begins Final Day Of Opening Arguments; Trump Lawyers Say, Giuliani A Minor Player And Shiny Object; Conservatives Aim Ire At John Bolton After Bombshell Claims. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Trump Team Attacks Bidens On Second Day Of Arguments; Kareem Abdul Jabbar Remembers Kobe Bryant; Kobe Bryant In His Own Words. Aired 1-2a ET
• Pressure Builds On GOP Senators To Call Witnesses After Bolton Bombshell; Trump Team Goes After Bidens On Day Two Of Arguments; Remembering The Life And Career Of Kobe Bryant; NTSB Investigating Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant And Others; State Of Play As Impeachment Looms Over Iowa Caucus. Aired 12-1a ET


January 27, 2020
• Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Donald Trump; Interview With Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY); Trump's Lawyers Present Impeachment Defense Amid Bolton Bombshell. Aired 6-7p ET
• Impeachment Trial of President Trump. Aired 5-6p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump Continues. Aired 4:30- 5p ET
• President Trump's Legal Team Presents Their Defense. Aired 4- 4:30p ET
• 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


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


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