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May 31, 2020
• CNN Special Report: "I Can't Breathe: Black Men Living And Dying In America; Protesters Clash With Police In Atlanta; Protests In Atlanta Turn Violent; Families Of George Floyd And Ahmaud Arbery Speak To CNN As Protests Escalate From Coast To Coast; Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin Scheduled To Appear In Court Monday Afternoon, Jail Records Show. Aired 8-9p ET


May 28, 2020
• Closing Arguments in Trump's Trial Today. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• CNN Global Town Hall, Coronavirus Facts And Fears; Experts: Six Feet Of Distance May Not Be Enough To Prevent Coronavirus Transmission; Third Night Of Protests In MN After Death Of George Floyd; African Americans Almost One Quarter Of All Deaths From Covid- 19 In U.S.; Taraji P. Henson On Access To Therapy During The Pandemic; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 100,000; 1.7 Million Cases. Aired 8- 9p ET


May 22, 2020
• All 50 States Lift Restrictions With Coronavirus Cases Rising in 17 States, Steady in 21 States and Falling in Just 12 States; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 95,000; Cases Top 1.5 Million; Officials Plans to Test 11 Million Residents in Wuhan; Wuhan Bans Eating Wild Animals; How to Enjoy Memorial Day and Summer Safely. How Coronavirus is Changing Education. Aired 11p-12a ET


May 21, 2020
• Geoffrey Canada On The Challenges Of Remote Learning During COVID-19; Scott Galloway On How The Pandemic Could Disrupt Higher Education; Special Message To Students From First Lady Melania Trump. Aired 9-10p ET
• All 50 States Lift Restrictions With Coronavirus Cases Rising in 17 States, Steady in 21 States and Falling in Just 12 States; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 95,000; Cases Top 1.5 Million; Officials Plans to Test 11 Million Residents in Wuhan; Wuhan Bans Eating Wild Animals; How to Enjoy Memorial Day and Summer Safely. How Coronavirus is Changing Education. Aired 8-9p ET


May 16, 2020
• Graduate Together, Class of 2020 Special. Aired 8-9p ET
• Class Of 2020: In This Together. Aired 7-8p ET


May 15, 2020
• COVID-19 Affects Huge Percentage of People of Color; Police Bias Treatment Even During a Pandemic; Philanthropist Lifting the Boat for Everybody; CNN's Special, The Color Of COVID; Messages Of Hope; Coronavirus Impacts On Undocumented Immigrants And Their Families; Bishop T.D. Jakes On Faith Amid The Coronavirus; Marsalis Brothers Pay Tribute To Fallen With Music. Aired 10-11p ET


May 14, 2020
• MLB Commissioner On Efforts To Bring Back Baseball; Trump: Coronavirus Testing May Be "Overrated" And Reason For High U.S. Case Count; Thunberg: "It Is Always The Most Vulnerable People Who Are Hit The Hardest". Aired 9-10p ET
• New Cases Decline in 24 States in Past Week, 9 States See Increase, 17 States Remain Steady; HHS Whistleblower Rick Bright Warns of "Darkest Winter in Modern History," Slams Federal Response to Pandemic; CDC Issues Alert to Doctors on Mysterious COVID-19 Illness in Kids; WHO Official: Coronavirus May Become Endemic and "Never Go Away"; Update From Vaccine Trial Volunteer; Wen: U.S. Returning to a New Strategy on COVID-19; FDA Alert: Abbott ID Now Test May Give False Negative Results. Aired 8-9p ET


May 07, 2020
• More Than 1.2 Million Coronavirus Cases in U.S.; The "Prophet Of The Pandemic" And Her Predictions For The Coronavirus; Author Of "The Coming Plague" Gives Her Current Assessment Of The Coronavirus; Former Vice President Al Gore On U.S. Response To Coronavirus; Spike Lee's Tribute To New York. Aired 9-10p ET
• At Least 44 States Partially Re-Opening by this Weekend, Despite Threat From Spread of Virus; 108 Potential COVID-19 Vaccines in the Works Worldwide, at Least 8 of Those are Approved for Clinical Trials; New Study on Hydroxychloroquine; Blame Game Between U.S. and CHINA Continues as Tension Rises; Trump Admin. Rejects CDC Guidance on Reopening U.S. Aired 8-9p ET


April 30, 2020
• Bill Gates On Fight Against Coronavirus; Bill Gates On Coronavirus Testing Vaccine Efforts And Reopening The Country; Welcome Wyatt Morgan Cooper. Aired 9-10p ET
• New Model Projects 72,000+ U.S. Deaths by Early August; At least 31 States Will Partially Reopen Within Days; Trump Orders Meat Processing Plants to Stay Open; Fauci: COVID-19 Vaccine "Doable" by January if Things Fall Into Place; Fauci: FDA Moving "Really Quickly" to Approve Drug Remdesivir to Treat Coronavirus; British PM: "I Think We Did the Right Measures at the Right Time"; Sweden Does Not Require Social Distancing as Death Toll Climbs; South Korea Passes New Milestone. Aired 8-9p ET


April 25, 2020
• The ABCs Of COVID-19, A CNN And Sesame Street Special On COVID- 19 And Its Effects On Children And Families; Health Care And Education Experts Answer Questions About Effects Of Coronavirus On Children Including School Closures And Mental Health. Aired 9-10:30a ET


April 23, 2020
• New Antibody Study Suggests As Many As One In Five New Yorkers May Have Had COVID-19; U.S. Jobless Claims Reach 26.5 Million; Alicia Keys Honors Unsung Heroes Of Pandemic In New Song "Good Job". Aired 9- 10p ET
• Nearly 50,000 Deaths and 867,000 Coronavirus Cases in U.S.; Dr. Fauci: "We Will Have Coronavirus in the Fall; GA Governor Allowing Some Businesses to Reopen Friday; Health Officials Warn it May be Too Soon; Wuhan Slowly Emerges From Long Coronavirus Lockdown; 2 Californians Died of Coronavirus Weeks Before Previously Known 1st U.S. Death; Trump Suggests Testing Injections of UV Lights or Disinfectants to See if They Would Kill Coronavirus; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 50,000; New Antibody Study Suggests as Many as 1 in 5 New Yorkers May Have Had COVID-19. Aired 8-9p ET


April 18, 2020
• The Color of COVID, Coronavirus's Wrath on America's Minority Communities; New York's Highest Death Rate Among Hispanics; Coronavirus Spreading in Jails and Prisons. Aired 10-11p ET


April 16, 2020
• Chris Cuomo On His Wife's Battle Against Coronavirus; Joe Biden On The U.S. Battle Against Coronavirus; Mark Zuckerberg On How Facebook Is Battling Misinformation About Coronavirus. Aired 9-10p ET
• White House Releases Guidelines For Reopening the Country in 3 Phases; Nearly 33,000 Coronavirus Deaths in the U.S.; U.S. Explored Possibility Coronavirus Spread Started From Chinese Lab, Not a Market; Austria and Italy Reopen Some Shops as Lockdown Eased; New Projections on Coronavirus in the U.S.; Researcher: New Models will Predict a Lower Death Rate; White House Releases New Guidelines to Reopen Economy. Aired 8-9p ET


April 09, 2020
• Magic Johnson On The Coronavirus Racial Disparity; World Health Organization Doctor On Coronavirus; Pastor Rick Warren: Worship From Home This Easter. Aired 9-10p ET
• CNN Global Town Hall Coronavirus: Facts and Fears. Aired 8-9p ET


April 02, 2020
• Chris Cuomo On His Fight Against Coronavirus; New York Governor Cuomo On His State's Battle Against Coronavirus; NFL Patriots' Plane Brings 1.2 Million Masks To U.S. Aired 9-10p ET
• At Least 242,182 Coronavirus Cases in U.S.; 5,859 Deaths; New York Has Highest COVID-19 Infections in U.S.; Concern Over China's Transparency With COVID-19 Numbers; Italy Extends National Lockdown Until April 13; Update From Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Volunteer; Answering Your Coronavirus Questions; At Least 243,453 Coronavirus Cases in U.S.; 5,926 Deaths. Aired 8-9p ET


March 28, 2020
• CNN Global Town Hall: Coronavirus Facts and Fears. Aired 11p- 12a ET
• CNN Global Town Hall: Coronavirus Facts and Fears. Aired 10-11p ET


March 27, 2020
• CNN Joe Biden Town Hall. Aired 8-9p ET


March 26, 2020
• CNN Global Town Hall: Coronavirus Facts and Fears. Aired 9-10p ET
• CNN Global Town Hall: Coronavirus Facts and Fears. Aired 8-9p ET


March 23, 2020
• CNN Global Town Hall Coronavirus: Facts and Fears with Facebook and Instagram. Aired 11p-12a ET
• CNN Global Town Hall Coronavirus: Facts and Fears with Facebook and Instagram. Aired 10-11p ET


March 19, 2020
• CNN Global Town Hall Coronavirus: Facts and Fears with Facebook and Instagram. Aired 9-10p ET
• CNN Global Town Hall Coronavirus: Facts and Fears with Facebook and Instagram. Aired 8-9p ET


March 17, 2020
• Biden Wins Florida; Biden Wins Illinois, His Second Win Of The Night; Biden Speaking To Supporters After Winning Florida, Illinois. Aired 9-10p ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 105; 5,700+ Cases. San Francisco Under A Shelter In A Place Order. Aired 8-9p ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 102: 5,500+ Cases; Now: Three More States Hold Democratic Primaries; Source: Treasury Secretary Says Unemployment Could Hit 20% Due to Coronavirus; Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) Discusses About The Shelter-in-Place Order For New Yorker. Aired 7-8p ET


March 15, 2020
• Biden, Sanders Clash In Debate Amid Coronavirus Crisis; Biden Says He Would Pick A Woman As Running Mate; Coronavirus In U.S.; CDC Recommendations; Fed Cuts Interest Rates To 0-0.25% In Emergency Response To Coronavirus; Peace Corps Suspending Global Operations, Evacuating All Volunteers. Aired 11p-12a ET
• CDC Recommends No Gatherings Of 50+ People For The Next 8 Weeks, Doesn't Apply To School & Businesses; Biden, Sanders Clash In Debate Amid Coronavirus Crisis; 3400+ Coronavirus Cases In The U.S.; Trump Claims Total Control Over Virus. Aired 10-11p ET
• CNN Democration Presidential Primary Debate. Aired 8-10p ET
• Trump Claims U.S. is Doing Great Amid 3,300 Plus Cases of Coronavirus Throughout the U.S.; Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders to Face Off on the Debate Stage Minus the Audience; Interview with DNC Chair Tom Perez about the Democratic Debate. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Claims Total Control Over Coronavirus Amid 3,300 Plus Cases in the U.S.; Fed Slashes Interest Rates to Zero to 0.25 Percent; Chaos at U.S. Airports Due to Travel Ban; Interview with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker about Delay at the Airports. Aired 6-7p ET


March 12, 2020
• CNN/Facebook Global Town Hall; U.S. Moves to Implement Europe Travel Restrictions Friday; South Korea Aggressively Testing for Coronavirus; Answers to your Coronavirus Questions. Aired 11p-12a ET
• CNN/Facebook Global Town Hall; 41 Deaths, 1,600 Plus Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in U.S.; CDC Director: "Europe is the New China" for Coronavirus Outbreak; Answers to your Coronavirus Questions. Aired 10- 11p ET


March 11, 2020
• Cases of Coronavirus in the U.S. Reached More than a Thousand; President Trump Going the Opposite Way; More Schools Closed in Fear of the Pandemic Threat; Virus Infects the Economy Worldwide. Aired 3-4a ET
• More Than 4,000 Coronavirus Deaths Worldwide; Biden Expanding Delegate Lead Over Sanders With 4 Wins So Far Tonight. Aired 2-3a ET
• CNN Projects Joe Biden Wins Idaho; 31 Deaths, 1,000 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in U.S. Interview with Rep. John Garamendi (D) California. Aired 1-2a ET
• Testing Delays, Missed Chances Set Back U.S. Coronavirus Response; Dow Futures Fall While Asian Markets Struggle; China's President Xi Visits Virus Epicenter of Wuhan; Trump Announces New Event Despite Coronavirus Fears, Biden, Sanders Cancel Theirs. Aired 12-1a ET
• 1,000 Cases and At Least 31 Deaths in U.S.; Biden Set to Win Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho. Aired 4-4:30a ET


March 10, 2020
• Bernie Sanders In Silent Mode; Joe Biden Still Leading In Latest Vote Count; A Look At 2016 Primary Race; Delays In Testing And Missed Chances By Federal Government Set Back U.S. Coronavirus Response. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Joe Biden Way Ahead Than Bernie Sanders; Candidates Postpone Rallies In Fear Of Coronavirus; America's Choice 2020; Andrew Yang Endorses Joe Biden For President; Soon, Polls Close In Idaho And Washington; Joe Biden Speaks After Winning Three States So Far Tonight. Aired 10-11p ET
• CNN Projects Biden Wins Michigan, His Third Win Of The Night; Biden Wins MI, MS, MO & Awaiting Results From Three More States: ND, WA, ID; Andrew Yang Endorses Joe Biden For President. Aired 9-10p ET
• Biden Leading In Michigan And Missouri; CNN Projects Biden Wins Missouri, His Second Win Of The Night; Trump Campaign Announces March 19 Event Despite Coronavirus Fears. Aired 8-9p ET
• Voting Under Way Now Across Six States; Sanders, Biden Cancel Rallies Tonight Over Coronavirus Concerns; CNN Debate Will Not Have a Live Audience Due to Outbreak Concerns; MI Exit Poll: Health Care Top Issue for Voters Tonight. Aired 7-8p ET
• Coronavirus Task Force Provides Outbreak Update; Thirty Deaths, 950-Plus Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In The U.S.; Voting Underway Now Across Six States; America's Choice 2020. Aired 6-7p ET
• Twenty-Nine Deaths, 900-Plus Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In The U.S.; Passengers Disembark From Virus-Stricken Cruise Ship; Source: Health Officials Want Trump To Stop Shaking Hands; New York Deploys National Guard To Virus-Stricken Suburb; NY Gov. Orders Containment Area For Coronavirus Cluster; China's President Xi Visits Virus Epicenter Of Wuhan; 168 Die From Coronavirus In Italy In Just 24 Hours; Harvard Among The Schools Canceling Or Moving Classes Online; Pence: Major Insurance Companies Will Cover Coronavirus Tests. Aired 5-6p ET
• Gov. Andrew Cuomo Orders One-Mile Containment With The National Guard; Democratic Candidates Cancel Rallies Over Coronavirus Concern. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY); New York Deploying National Guard to Coronavirus Cluster; Coronavirus Pandemic. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


March 05, 2020
• A CNN Global Town Hall: Coronavirus Facts and Fears. Aired 11p- 12a ET
• A CNN Global Town Hall: Coronavirus Facts and Fears. Aired 10- 11p ET


March 04, 2020
• CNN America's Choice 2020, Super Tuesday; Joe Biden Leading in Primary Votes; Coronavirus is Deadlier than Seasonal Flu; Japan to Postpone Tokyo Olympics; Storm Ripped Through Tennessee. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN Projects Joe Biden Wins Texas. Aired 2-3a ET
• Biden Ahead In Texas, Sanders Leads In California; Biden Wins 8 States; Sanders Wins 3 States; 3 Too Close To Call; Super Tuesday Coverage. Aired 1-2a ET
• Biden Ahead in Texas, Sanders Leads in California. Aired 12-1a ET
• Biden Wins 9 States, Sanders Win 3 States, 2 Too Close to Call. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Biden Wins 9 States, Sanders Win 3 States, 2 Too Close to Call. Aired 4-4:30a ET


March 03, 2020
• Joe Biden And Bernie Sanders In Tight Race For The Final Nominee; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Presidential Candidate, Did Not Win In Her Own Turf; A State-By-State Look At Super Tuesday: Presidential Candidates In The Hunt For Delegates Needed To Secure The Democratic Presidential Nomination. Aired 11a-12p ET
• CNN America's Choice 2020, Super Tuesday; Joe Biden Wins The Majority Of Delegates In Six States; Bernie Sanders Wins Two States. Aired 10-11p ET
• Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg and Senator Bernie Sanders All in Hunt For Delegates Tonight; Joe Biden Dominates South With African- Americans and Older Voters; Joe Biden Wins Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia Senator Bernie Sanders Wins Vermont; Senator Bernie Sanders Wins Colorado His Second Win of the Night; Six States Too Close to Call Joe Biden Leads in 5 and Sanders Leads in 1. Aired 9-10p ET
• CNN Projects Biden Wins AL, NC, VA; Sanders Wins VT; CNN Exit Poll: Late Deciding Voters Broke For Biden Today; Biden With Wins In AL; NC And VA; Sanders Wins VT; MA, ME TN Too Close To Call. Aired 8- 9p ET
• CNN Projects Biden Wins VA, Sanders Wins VT. Aired 7-8p ET
• Super Tuesday; High Stakes: 14 States Voting In Democratic Primaries; Soon: Polls Close In Vermont And Virginia. Aired 6-7p ET
• High Stakes Night: 14 States Voting In Dem Primaries; Today: First Time Bloomberg Appears On Ballots; Warren Taking Aim At Biden Ahead Of Major Night; Exit Polls: Health Care Top Issue In MA, ME & VA; Exit Polls: Majority "Angry" At Trump Admin In AL, ME, NC; Judge Rules Nashville Voting Extended Due To Storm Damage. Aired 5-6p ET
• Deadly Nashville Tornado; Nine Coronavirus Deaths Now Confirmed in Washington State; Super Tuesday. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Super Tuesday Arrives; High Stakes Night: 14 States Voting in Dem Primaries. Aired 4-4:30p ET


March 02, 2020
• CNN International: Voting Ends Soon Across Israel, Exit Polls Expected; U.S. Stocks Rally On Hopes Central Banks Cut Rates. Aired 3- 4p ET


February 29, 2020
• Joe Biden Projected to Win South Carolina Primary, Bernie Sanders Coming in Second; Tom Steyer to Drop Out of Presidential Race after South Carolina; Interview with Jill Biden on Her Husband's Win in South Carolina. Aired 9-10p ET
• CNN Projection: Joe Biden Wins South Carolina Primary; Biden Leads Democratic Primary In South Carolina; Sanders Speaking To Supporters; Biden Speaking To Supporters. Aired 8-9p ET
• CNN Projection: Joe Biden Wins South Carolina Primary; Former DNC Chair, Terry McAuliffe Endorses Joe Biden. Aired 7-8p ET
• Final Hour Of Voting In South Carolina; Sanders Team Acknowledges "Uphill Fight" In South Carolina. Aired 6-7p ET
• Democratic Primary In South Carolina; Coronavirus Death Confirmed In U.S. Aired 5-6p ET
• First U.S. Coronavirus Death Confirmed in Washington State; Coverage of the South Carolina Primary. Aired on 4-5p ET


February 26, 2020
• Town Hall with Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Aired 10-11p ET
• Town Hall with Democratic Presidential Candidate Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). Aired 9-10p ET
• Town Hall with Democratic Presidential Candidate, Former Vice President Joe Biden. Aired 8-9p ET
• Presidential Town Hall With Mike Bloomberg (D), Presidential Candidate. Aired 7-8p ET


February 25, 2020
• A Night Of Chaotic Showdown Between Candidates; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Presidential Candidate, Is Interviewed About Why She Thinks She Deserves To Be The Next President Compared To Bernie Sanders; The Gloves Come Off In South Carolina Democratic Debate; Tom Steyer (D), Presidential Candidate, Is Interviewed About The Democratic Debate In South Carolina, Joe Biden's Attacks, Racial Justice, Investing In Private Prisons, And Donald Trump; CNN's Gary Tuchman Speaks With A Group Of Voters In South Carolina. Aired 11p-12a ET
• South Carolina Debate Like A Cockfight; Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D- MN), Presidential Candidate, Is Interviewed About The Debate Tonight In South Carolina; Interview With Pete Buttigieg (D), Presidential Candidate; Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Presidential Candidate; Rivals Take Aim At Bernie Sanders' Electability At South Carolina Debate; Sanders Nomination Means A Catastrophe Later? Aired 10-11p ET


February 24, 2020
• Town Hall with Democratic Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Town Hall with Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg. Aired 10-11p ET
• Town Hall with Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Aired 9-10p ET


February 22, 2020
• Bernie Sanders Projected to Win Nevada Caucuses. Aired 10-11p ET
• CNN Projects Senator Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada Caucuses. Aired 9-10p ET
• Sanders Addresses Supporters; CNN Projects He Wins Nevada; CNN Projects Sen. Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada Caucuses; Nevada Caucuses. Aired 8-9p ET
• Nevada Caucuses Early Results: Sanders Leading In Nevada; Precinct Chair: Two Caucuses Used Cards To Break Tie; Biden Speaking To Supporters. Aired 7-8p ET
• Early Results Show Sanders Leading Nevada; Some People Getting Busy Signals When Trying To Call In Results. Aired 6-7p ET
• Initial Nevada Results: Sanders Has Early Lead. Aired 5-6p ET
• Nevada Caucuses Underway; Vote Count Underway At Caucus Sites; Entrance Poll: Sanders Has Early Lead. Aired 4-5p ET
• Nevada Caucuses Underway. Aired 3-4p ET
• Nevada Presidential Caucuses Set To Begin; Interview With Tom Steyer (D), Presidential Candidate; Pete Buttigieg Makes Appearance At Nevada Caucus Site; Early Entrance Polling Indicates Similar Nevada Caucus Electorate Makeup As In 2016; Analysts Examine What Nevada Caucus Results May Indicate For Each Democratic Presidential Candidate. Aired 2-3p ET


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