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February 20, 2020


February 19, 2020


February 18, 2020


February 12, 2020


February 11, 2020
• Pete Buttigieg Thank his Supporters in New Hampshire; Sen. Bernie Sanders Ended his Day with a Big Smile in the Granite State. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Sen. Bernie Sanders Leading In New Hampshire Primary; Joe Biden From Being Front Runner To Fifth Place; Race Tightens Between Buttigieg And Sanders At New Hampshire Primary; Mayor Pete Buttigieg Speaks To Supporters At Close Of New Hampshire Primary. Aired 10-11p ET
• Sanders Leading, Buttigieg Second & Klobuchar Third; CNN Decision Desk Analysis: Warren, Biden Won't Pick Up Delegates Tonight; Klobuchar Speaking To Supporters In New Hampshire. Aired 9-10p ET
• Sanders Leading, Buttigieg Second & Klobuchar Third; Sources: Andrew Yang Plans to Suspend His Campaign Tonight. Aired on 8-9p ET
• Most Polls In New Hampshire Closed; Awaiting Results; Biden On His Way To South Carolina As NH Begins Vote Count; Klobuchar Aide: "For Us, It's About Anything In The Top Four"; Sanders Tells CNN "We're Feeling Good" About NH; Exit Poll: 81% Say They're "Angry" About Trump Administration. Aired 7-8p ET
• New Hampshire Votes; All Four Prosecutors Withdraw From Roger Stone Case After Justice Department Undercuts Recommended Sentence; New Hampshire Primary: Final Voting Under Way, Most Polls Close Momentarily. Aired 6-7p ET
• Three Prosecutors Withdraw From Roger Stone Case After Justice Department Undercuts Recommended Sentence; Trump Says He Didn't Ask Justice Department To Change Roger Stone Sentencing Recommendation But Thought It Was "Ridiculous"; Exit Poll: 81 Percent Say They're "Angry" About Trump Administration; Final Hours Of Voting Underway In New Hampshire; Exit Poll: 61 Percent Describe Themselves As Somewhat Or Very Liberal; Trump: Military Will "Certainly" Look Into Potential Disciplinary Action For Impeachment Witness Vindman; Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Is Interviewed About The Roger Stone Case. Aired 5- 6p ET
• Trump Administration Giving Special Treatment to Roger Stone?; New Hampshire Votes. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Administration Giving Special Treatment to Roger Stone?; New Hampshire Votes. Aired 4-4:30p ET


February 08, 2020


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February 05, 2020


February 04, 2020
• President Trump Delivers State Of The Union Address; Trump Departs, Democratic Response Soon; Trump Appears To Snub Pelosi When She Tried To Shake His Hand; Hidden Animosity Between President Trump And Speaker Pelosi Very Palpable; President Trump Expects His Acquittal Tomorrow; Iowa Caucus Results Comes At A Snail's Pace; The Iowa Democratic Party Released The Results From The Iowa Caucuses. Aired 10:30p-12a ET
• President Trump Delivered His Third State Of The Union Address; House Speaker Pelosi Snubbed By The President. Aired 9-10:30p ET
• Trump to Deliver Speech With Pelosi Just Behind Him; Buttigieg Has Narrow Iowa Lead with 62 Percent Reporting; Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D- MN) is Interviewed About the Controversy Over Iowa Caucuses. Aired on 8-9p ET
• Delay of Iowa Results Due to "Inconsistencies"; Biden Campaign Calls Out Iowa Democratic Party. Aired 2-3a ET
• Source: Officials Hope For Results Some Time Tuesday; Biden Adviser: Iowa Dem Party Holding Another Call with Campaigns Now. Aired 1-2a ET
• Delay of Iowa Results Due to "Inconsistencies"; Biden Campaign Calls Out Iowa Democratic Party; Pete Buttigieg Speaks Post-Vote Rally; America's Choice 2020: The Iowa Caucus: Pete Buttigieg Speaking Now Amid Delay of Iowa Results. Aired 12-1a ET
• President Trump Set To Deliver State Of The Union Address; Chaos In Iowa; Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D), Presidential Candidate, Has Narrow Iowa Lead With 62 Percent Reporting. Aired 6-7p ET
• Iowa Democratic Party Chair Apologizes For Chaos; Buttigieg Has Narrow Iowa Lead with 62 Percent Reporting. Aired 5-6p ET
• Chaos in Iowa; Anticipation of Voting Results. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Election Chaos in Iowa. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Poll shows Trump approval rating at 49 percent, best of his Presidency; Interview with Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) on Iowa Caucuses; Iowa officials to soon release partial caucus results; Interview with Deval Patrick, Democratic Presidential Candidate, On His Campaign in New Hampshire. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• 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


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


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