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February 04, 2020
• Interview With Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI); President Trump Set to Deliver State of the Union Address; Chaos in Iowa. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Iowa Democratic Party Promises Partial Caucus Results At 5:00 P.M. Eastern; Company Behind App In Iowa Apologizes For Problems; Warren Blasts Plan To Release Partial Iowa Results. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Iowa Democratic Officials Promise Partial Results; Confusion And Chaos At Iowa Caucuses; Bloomberg To Double Ad Spending After Iowa Debacle. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Iowa Democrats Promise Majority of Caucus Results by 5:00 P.M. E.T.; Bloomberg Avoided Early States Saying They're "A Muddled Mess". Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Iowa Democrats Promise Majority Of Results At 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Iowa Democratic Party Chair, Troy Price, Releases Statement to Campaigns Over "Glitch"; Lots of Suspicion about Hacking & Interference in Iowa Caucus "Glitch"; Soon, Iowa Democratic Party to Hold Call with Campaigns; Sanders Campaign Reacts to Chaos in Iowa. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Iowa Democrats: Plan to Release Caucus Results "As Soon As Possible Today"; What's Behind the Rise of Bernie Sanders; Iowa Democratic Party Chair, Troy Price, Releases Statement to Campaigns. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Iowa Caucuses' Results Still Unconfirmed; Campaigns' Responses to Uncertainty Vary; Trump to Give State of the Union Tonight. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Iowa Democrats Say, Plan To Release Results As Soon As Possible Today. Aired 10-10:30a ET


February 03, 2020
• Unprecedented Glitch In Iowa Frustrates Candidates; Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Not Wasting Her Time Waiting; Results From Iowa Caucuses Delayed After "Inconsistencies" In Reporting; Biden, Warren, And Sanders Speak Amid Delay Of Iowa Results; Iowa Democratic Party To Manually Count Caucus Results. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Iowans Chose Their Delegates But No Results Yet; Candidates Keep Their Fingers Crossed; First Results From Iowa Caucuses Still Delayed; Questions Mount Over Delay Of Iowa Caucuses Results. Aired 10-11p ET
• David Chalian On First-Time Caucusgoers; Tom Foreman Reports On Iowa's Grinnell Precinct; Awaiting First Results Of Iowa Caucuses. Aired 9-10p ET
• Awaiting First Results In Iowa Caucuses; Voting Happening Now At Caucus Sites; Iowa Caucuses Under Way; First Results Soon. Aired 8- 9p ET
• Satellite Caucuses Under Way Now; Statewide Contests Begin Soon; Crowds Filing Into Iowa Caucus Sites. Aired 7-8p ET
• Decision Day In Iowa Where Voters Are Taking Part In Caucuses; Some Caucuses Already Underway At Satellite Locations In and Outside Of The State; Awaiting Results From Caucuses. Aired 6-7p ET
• CNN Special Coverage Of The Iowa Caucuses; Now: Iowans Vote In Satellite Caucuses. Aired 5-6p ET
• Special Coverage of the Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucuses; Iowa Votes. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Special Coverage Of The Iowa Caucuses Begins; Iowa Votes. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Soon Iowa Voters Caucus in First in The Nation Contest; Interview with Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) On Impeaching Trump; Jill Biden No Longer Considers GOP's Lindsey Graham a Friend; Rush Limbaugh Says He Has Late-Stage Lung Cancer. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• President Trump Prepares to Deliver State of the Union; Closing Arguments Wrap Up in Trump Impeachment Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• House Managers and Trump Lawyers Wrap Closing Arguments. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The Impeachment Trial; House Managers Respond to Trump Lawyers' Closing Argument. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Defense Team Delivers Closing Arguments. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• President Trump's Defense Team Delivers Their Closing Arguments. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• 2020 Primary Season Kicks Off with Iowa Caucuses Today; Trump Defense Team Delivers Closing Arguments; Soon: Trump Defense Team To Deliver Their Closing Arguments. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Impeachment Trial: House Managers Present Closing Arguments In Senate Trial; Soon: President Trump's Defense Team Delivers Closing Arguments. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• House Managers Present Closing Arguments In The Senate Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• The House Managers Present Their Closing Arguments In The Senate Trial To Impeach President Donald Trump. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Iowa Caucuses Tonight; Interview with Sen. Michael Bennet (D- CO); Senate Impeachment Closing Arguments To Be Presented Today. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• 2020 Primary Season Kicks Off With Iowa Caucuses Today; Soon, Senate Impeachment Trial Back With Closing Arguments. Aired 10-10:30a ET


February 01, 2020
• Candidates Make Final Push Before Iowa Caucuses; Final Sprint To Iowa Exposes Divide In Democratic Party; Iowa Voters Torn Between Candidates Ahead Of Caucuses; The Impeachment Of Donald J. Trump. Aired 9-10p ET


January 31, 2020
• Interview With Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Republicans Block Witnesses in Trump Impeachment Trial; Senate Defeats Motion To Call Witnesses; Soon: Senators to Vote on Next Steps in Impeachment Trial. Aired 6-7p ET
• Awaiting Crucial Senate Vote on Witnesses in Impeachment Trial; Senate Defeats Motion to Call Witnesses. Aired 5-6p ET
• Legal Teams Finish Debate on Witnesses, Crucial Vote Imminent. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump; NYT: Bolton Says Trump Directed Him in Early May to Pressure Ukraine For Info on Dems, Trump Denies. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Ex-White House Chief of Staff Says Without Witnesses, Senate Impeachment Trial Is a Job Half Done; Senator Murkowski to Vote "No" on Witnesses; GOP Likely Has Enough Votes to Block Witnesses; Final Acquittal Vote Could Be Delayed Until Next Week. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Republicans Set to Block Witnesses in Trump Impeachment Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Impeachment Trial Continues; Senate Requests 15 Minute Recess. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump; Ex White House Chief of Staff John Kelly: Without Witnesses Trial is "A Job Only Half Done" & Senate "Shirks Its Responsibilities"; Legal Teams Debate Ahead of Critical Vote on Witnesses. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Legal Teams Debate Ahead of Critical Vote on Witnesses. NYT: Bolton Says Trump Directed Him in Early May to Pressure Ukraine for Info on Democrats; Trump Denies. Sen. Murkowski to Vote "No" on Witnesses; GOP Likely Has Enough Votes to Block Witnesses. Aired 1:30- 2p ET
• New York Times Reports, Bolton Says Trump Directed Him To Pressure Ukraine For Info Democrats, Trump Denies. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• NYT: Bolton Book Manuscript Says Trump Directed Him To Help With Ukraine Pressure Campaign In Early May; Soon: Impeachment Trial Resumes With Debate On Witnesses; FBI Responding To Incident In Mar-a- Lago; Suspects Arrested After SUV Breaches Mar-a-Lago Security; Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Senate GOP Poised To Reject Witnesses, Acquit President; Any Moment: Key GOP Vote To Announce Decision On Witnesses; Trump's Likely Acquittal: Impact On Reelection Democrats Race; Soon: Impeachment Trial Resumes With Debate On Witnesses; New York Times: John Bolton Book Manuscript Says Trump Directed Him To Help With Ukraine Pressure Campaign In Early May. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) Is Interviewed About Pres. Trump Impeachment Trial; Senate GOP Poised To Reject Witnesses, Acquit President; Warren Makes Chief Justice Question His Own Legitimacy. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon: Impeachment Trial Resumes with Debate & Vote on Witnesses. Any Moment: Key GOP Vote to Announce Decision on Witnesses. GOP's Alexander: Dems Proved Case, But It's Not Impeachable. Senate GOP Poised to Reject Witnesses, Acquit President. Schumer Speaks as Senate Posied to Acquit Trump. Schumer: Trump's Acquittal "Meaningless" if no New Witnesses. Senate's Poised Acquittal of Trump: What is Impeachable Now?. Trump's Own DOJ Argues He Can Be Impeached for Defying Subpoenas. Warren's Impeachment Question Takes Aim at Chief Justice. Schiff on DOJ Contradicting Trump Lawyers: "Can't Make This Up!" Awkward Moments on Floor Involving Schiff, Nadler, & Warren. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Senate Acquittal Election Consequences; Interview with Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA); Farm Bankruptcies Rose 20 Percent in 2019. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Any Moment, Key GOP Vote To Announce Decision On Witnesses; Fmr. Rep Joe Walsh (R-IL) Says, Senators Voting Against Witnesses Are Cowards. Aired 10-10:30a ET


January 30, 2020
• Impeachment Trial Resumes With Senate Questions. Aired 6-7p ET
• The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump Continues; A Day Full Of Questions From The Senate. Aired 5-6p ET
• The Impeachment Trial; Senators Ask Both Sides Questions. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Senators Question House Managers, Trump Lawyers; Questioning Whether There Should be More Witnesses. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Senators Question House Managers, Trump Lawyers; Chief Justice Rejects GOP Senator's Question; Senators Discuss What Happens If There's A Tie Vote on Witness Motion. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Senators Question House Managers, Trump Lawyers. The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• 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


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