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November 05, 2020
Presidential Race Still Too Close to Call; Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Has Electoral College Lead over President Trump; Vote Counting Continues in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona; Trump Campaign Filing Lawsuits Concerning Vote Counting in Battleground States; Razor-Thin Margins Separate Biden, Trump in Uncalled States; Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is Interviewed About the Election. Aired 8-8:30a ET
Race for White House Narrows As Votes Are Counted. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
Trump's Lead Narrows in Georgia; Race for White House Narrows as Votes are Counted. Aired 7-7:30a ET
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D-PA) is Interviewed about Counting the Ballots; Presidential Race Narrowing in Pennsylvania; Race Narrows As Votes are Counted. Aired 6:30-7a ET
New Vote Totals Changing Picture in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia. Aired 6-6:30a ET
Race For The White House Narrows As Votes Are Counted; Federal Judge Unhappy With USPS. Aired 5:30-6a ET
Election Night in America; Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) is Interviewed About the Election. Aired 5-5:30a ET
Race for the White House Narrows as Votes are Counted; Trump Campaign Files Lawsuits in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia. Aired 4:30-5a ET
Key Race Alert from Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina; Race for the White House Narrows as Votes are Counted. Aired 4-4:30a ET
Joe Biden Still Ahead of Trump; GOP Leading in Senate Race; Susan Collins with a Big Lead in Maine; Sen. Lindsey Graham Won Another Term in Senate; CNN's Coverage of the Election Night in America Narrowing on Pennsylvania; Presidential Race for the White House Narrows as Votes are Being Counted. Aired 3-4a ET
Presidential Race Narrowing in Pennsylvania; Expecting New Totals in Arizona and Georgia; Protesters Gathering outside Arizona Voting Site. Aired 2-3a ET
Election Night In America Continued; Race To 270 Becomes Days' Long Marathon; All Eyes On Arizona As Biden's Lead Shrinks; Trump Campaign Files Multiple Lawsuits; Pathways To The Presidency; Trump Supporters Protest At Arizona Election Site; America's Choice 2020. Aired 1-2a ET
Expecting New Totals in Arizona and Georgia; Protesters Gathering outside Arizona Voting Site; Georgia Planning to Count Through the Night; Expecting New Vote Totals in Arizona, Georgia Tonight. Aired 12-1a ET
November 04, 2020
CNN's Coverage Of The 2020 Presidential Race; Trump Campaign Files Lawsuit In MI, PA, GA; Biden Advisers Say They Feel Good About AZ, GA, PA; Protesters Gathering Outside Arizona Election Site; Race For Presidency Getting Closer As Key Battleground Votes Are Counted; Biden Underperforms Among Latino Voters. Aired 11p-12a ET
Election Night In America; Trump Campaign Officials Believe They Can Win Arizona By Narrow Margin, Focused On Georgia; President Trump's Lead Over Joe Biden Is Narrowing In Pennsylvania. Aired 10-11p ET
New Vote Totals Coming In From AZ; Trump Campaign Files Lawsuits In MI, PA, GA; Senator Klobuchar On Joe Biden. Aired 9-10p ET
Expecting New Vote Totals In Arizona And Georgia Tonight; Presidential Race Narrowing In Pennsylvania; Biden Leads, Trump Casts Doubt On Results; Trump Campaign Files Lawsuits In MI, PA, GA. Aired 8-9p ET
Fulton County, GA Officials Expected To Report Additional Votes; Less Than 60K Votes Separating Trump & Biden In GA; PA Official: Expect 100,000-Plus More Ballots To Be Counted Tonight; Expecting New Vote Totals In Arizona, Georgia Tonight. Aired 7-8p ET
Biden's Lead Grows; Biden On Cusp Of 270, With Only Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada And Pennsylvania To Be Called. Aired 6-7p ET
Biden On Cusp Of 270, With Only AK, AZ, GA, NC, NV And PA To Be Called; Presidential Race Tightens In Georgia. Aired 5-6p ET
CNN Projects Biden Wins Michigan; Biden Widens Lead Over Trump. Aired 4:30-5p ET
CNN Projects Biden Wins Michigan; Biden Speaks Out on Election Results; Biden Widens Lead Over Trump. Aired 4-4:30p ET
Election Updates on Key State Vote Counts; Tense Situation at Detroit Counting Location. Trump Campaign Asking Supreme Court to Interfere in Pennsylvania Vote Count. Aired 3:30-4p ET
Interview With Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro; Biden Widens Lead Over Trump. Aired 3-3:30p ET
CNN Projects Biden Wins Wisconsin; Biden Campaign Preparing For Possible Trump Recount Requests; Update On Battleground States. Aired 2:30-3p ET
Trump Campaign Calls for Wisconsin Recount; Trump May Only Have One Path to Victory; Interview with Wisconsin Elections Administrator Meagan Wolfe. Aired 2-2:30p ET
Jocelyn Benson, (D), Michigan Secretary of State, Discusses Presidential Race, Ballot Count; Trump Leads Narrow in Pennsylvania & Georgia; Kathy Boockvar, (D), Pennsylvania Secretary of State, Discusses Ballot Count, When a Winner Is Expected to be Decided; Democrat Challenger Sara Gideon Concedes Maine Senate Race to Susan Collins. Aired 1:30-2p ET
Trump Campaign Says It Will Request A Recount In Wisconsin; Biden Leads In Michigan, Wisconsin, Trump Leads In Pennsylvania; Senate Balance Of Power Still Undecided. Aired 1-1:30p ET
Wisconsin Election Official Gives Update On Vote Count; Biden Leads In Michigan, Wisconsin, Trump Leads In Pennsylvania; Trump Campaign Says It Will Request A Recount In Wisconsin. Aired 12:30-1p ET
State of Maine Goes to Joe Biden; Michigan Secretary of State: Just Over 100,000 Votes Yet to be Counted; Soon: Wisconsin Officials Give Update on Vote Count; Biden Leads in Michigan, Wisconsin, Trump Leads in Pennsylvania; Nevada Secretary of State: No New Numbers Until Tomorrow. Aired 12-12:30p ET
Biden Leads in Michigan, Trump Leads in Pennsylvania. Aired 11:30-12p ET
CNN America's Choice 2020; Biden Leads in Michigan and Trump Leads in Pennsylvania; Awaiting Update from Michigan Officials on Vote Count. Aired 11-11:30a ET
Mail-in Ballots Alter Late-Night Election Results; Live Coverage of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) Press Conference; Joe Biden to Address the Nation Today. Aired 10:30-11a ET
Nail-Biter Election Comes Down to Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada. Aired 10-10:30a ET
Trump Falsely Claims Victory Despite Several States Still to be Called; U.S. Presidential Race Hangs in the Balance of Key Battleground States; Biden Takes Lead in Tight Michigan Race. Aired 9:30-10a ET
No Winner Yet in America's Historic Presidential Election; Biden Takes Lead in Tight Michigan Race; Biden Leads in Michigan and Wisconsin As Trump Leads in Pennsylvania; U.S. Presidential Race Hangs in Balance As Many Votes Still Remain Uncounted. Aired 9-9:30a ET
Election Day In America Continued; Key States Keep Nation On Edge; Trump's 2:00 A.M. Victory Call Falls Apart; Georgia And Nevada In The Spotlight; CNN Casts Trump With 213, Biden 224 Seats. Aired 8:30-9a ET
U.S. Presidential Race Too Close to Call; Votes Still Being Counted in Battleground States of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, which could Determine Winner of Presidential Race; Nail- Biter Election Comes Down to Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin. Aired 8-8:30a ET
Nail-Biter Election Comes Down to Few Key Swing States. Trump, Biden Both Claim Victory Despite Several States Still to Be Called. Aired 7:30-8a ET
Nail-Biter Election Comes Down to Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin. Aired 7-7:30a ET
Nail-Biter Election Down to Six States; Trump Falsely Claims Victory; Biden Takes Narrow Lead in Wisconsin. Aired 6:30-7a ET
Nail-Biter Election Comes Down to AZ, GA, PA, MI, NV, WI; No Further Information from Nevada as Wait for Votes Continues. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
Nail-Biter Election Comes Down To Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin; Senate And House Election Updates. Aired 5:30-6a ET
Nail-Biter Election Comes Down to Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin. Aired 5-5:30a ET
U.S. Election Results and Key Race Alerts; Nail-Biter Election Come down to Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin; Biden Takes the Lead in Wisconsin. Aired 4:30-5a ET
U.S. Election Results and Key Race Alerts; Trump Falsely Claims Victory Despite Several States Still to be Called. Nail-Biter Election Come down to Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin. Aired 4-4:30a ET
The 2020 Presidential Election in America; President Trump Falsely Claims Victory Despite Several States Still to be Called; No Winner Has Been Determined in Presidential Election; Trump Falsely Claim Victory Despite Several States Still to be Called; President Trump Going to Supreme Court to Stop Counting; Nail-Bitter Election Comes Down To AZ, GA, PA, MI, WI. Aired 3-4a ET
Vote Counting Continues in Many States; Trump Falsely Claims Victory, Winner Yet to Be Declared. Aired 2-3a ET
CNN Election Night Live Coverage; Rhode Island Becomes Biden Country; CNN Projects Trump Wins Texas; Democrat's Dreams Of A Statement Election Fade; Nail-Biter Election Comes Down to AZ, GA, PA, MI, WI; President Trump Soon to Speak. Aired 1-2a ET
Close Election May Come Down to Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin; Votes Still Being Tallied in Urban Areas of Pennsylvania; Joe Biden: We're on Track to Win this Election; Trump: They are Trying to Steal the Election. Aired 12-1a ET
November 03, 2020
CNN Election Night In The U.S. Live Results; Close Election May Come Down To AZ, PA, MI, WI; Down To The Wire In Key Battleground States; Biden At 205, Trump At 114 Electoral Votes. Aired 11p-12a ET
CNN's Key Race Alert For The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Aired 10-11p ET
CNN's Projection On The State Of New York; CNN Projection: Donald Trump Will Win The State Of South Carolina; CNN's Projection On The Senate Race In Colorado. Aired 9-10p ET
Biden Wins DE, DC, MD, MA, VT; Trump Wins IN, KY, TN, OK. Aired 8-9p ET
America's Choice 2020; Trump Wins IN; Too Early To Call GA, KY, SC, VT, VA. Aired 7-8p ET
America's Choice 2020; First Statewide Polls Close At 7:00 P.M. Eastern Time In Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia. Aired 6-7p ET
America's Choice 2020; First Statewide Polls Close At 7 P.M.; MI Officials: Votes Will Be Counted Sooner Than Expected. Aired 5-6p ET
America's Choice 2020. Aired 4:30-5p ET
U.S. Election Day. Aired 4-4:30p ET
Voting Underway as First Polls Close in 3 Hours; NY Attorney General Probing Reports of Robocalls to "Stay Home"; Trump Campaign Says It's Funding Election Night War Room in White House. Aired 3:30- 4p ET
Interview With Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar; Election Day Arrives. Aired 3-3:30p ET
Inside the Trump Campaign's Moves in the Last Hours; Official: FBI Probing Robocalls Telling Voters to "Stay Home"; Democrats Push Hard to Make Biden 1st Democrat to Win Texas Since 1976; Biden Speaks in Pennsylvania; Katie Hobbs, (D), Arizona Secretary of State, Discusses Presidential Race in the Crucial State. Aired 2:30-3p ET
Record Turnouts Around the Country on Election Day; Live Coverage of Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris' (D) Speech; North Carolina Extends Some Poll Closures After Technical Malfunctions. Aired 2-2:30p ET
Kamala Harris Speaks to Reporters in Detroit; USPS Ordered to Sweep Some Facilities by 3 P.M. for Election Mail; Biden's Likeliest Route to the White House; Trump's Realistic Path to Re-election; Biden Campaigns in Battleground Pennsylvania, the State that Could Determine the Election Outcome; Maine Crucial Due to Split Electoral Votes & Maine District 2; How the Election Results Will Affect U.S. Relationships with Countries Around the World. Aired 1:30-2p ET
Trump Visits RNC Offices in Virginia; Voting Underway Across U.S., 102 Million Early Votes Already Cast. Aired 1-1:30p ET
Voting Underway Across U.S.; 100M Early Votes Already Cast; U.S. On Edge As Americans Await First Election Results. Aired 12:30-1p ET
Election Day in the U.S. During a Pandemic; U.S. Citizens Are Making Their Voices Heard In All 50 States Right Now As Polls Are Open. Aired 12-12:30p ET
Election Officials Are Telling Me They're Expecting Big Lines Closer To The End Of Polling; Coverage Of Election Day 2020; Republicans Feel Better About This Race Than They Did Three Or Four Weeks Ago. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
One Thing Democrats And Republicans Agree On Is That The Stake Of This Election Have Never Been Higher; Record Voter Turn Out This Year With More Than 100 Million Ballots Cast Before Voting Even Started; Special Coverage Of Election Day In America. Aired 11-11:30a ET
Joe Biden Promising Americans To Return The U.S. To Its More Traditional Role; Top White House Officials Are Warning And Sounding Alarms About The Pandemic; Kamala Harris Traveling All Over The Country About Protocols When It Comes To COVID. Aired 10:30-11a ET
Americans Head to Polls in Pandemic for Historic Election; Biden, Trump Make Public Appearances as Americans Vote. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
Polling Opens in New Hampshire; Trump and Biden Make Appearances Today; Trump Says Decision in Pennsylvania Induces Violence; Tight Race in North Carolina. Aired 9:30-10a
Voting Underway Across America in Historic Election; Biden Visits His Hometown Scranton to Vote; Americans Head to the Polls Today to Choose Between Trump and Biden. Aired 9-9:30a ET
Stacey Abrams is Interviewed about Georgia's Voting; Pandemic Rages on Election Day. Aired 8:30-9a ET
Voting Begins on Election Day in U.S.; Record Ballots Cast in Early and Mail-In Voting; All But One Drive-Through Voting Place Closed in Texas County; Most Drive-Thru Voting Locations to Close in Houston Area. Aired 8-8:30a ET
Washington Post: Dr. Birx Pleads for "More Aggressive Action" Against Virus; Americans Head to the Polls Today to Choose Between Donald Trump and Joe Biden; Allegheny County in Pennsylvania Begin Processing Absentee Ballots. Aired 7:30-8a ET
Americans Head to the Polls, 100 Million Already Voted; Polls Open in Critical Battleground State Michigan. Aired 7-7:30a ET
Birx Contradicts Trump on Virus Testing; Battle for Electoral Votes; FEC Urges Patience; U.S. Economy on the Ballot. Aired 6:30-7a ET
Election Day Underway in U.S., Nearly 100 Million Votes Already Cast; Most Drive-Through Voting Locations to Close in Houston Area Today. Aired 6-6:30a ET
Coronavirus Pandemic Rages Across U.S. On Election Day; Polls Open Soon In Critical Battleground Pennsylvania. Aired 5:30-6a ET
Americans Head to the Polls, Nearly 100 Million Already Voted; Pandemic Rages Across U.S. on Election Day. Aired 5-5:30a ET
Coronavirus Infections Surging Across Nation as Voters Hit Polls; 12 Million Plus Americans Unemployed, No New Stimulus as Voters Head to Polls; Early Voting Shatters Records Ahead of Election; The World is Watching as American Votes. Aired 4:30-5a ET
Trump and Biden Deliver Starkly Different Closing Arguments; Americans Heading to Polls in High-Stakes Presidential Election; Path to 270: Scenarios for a Trump or Biden Victory; Coronavirus Infections Surging Across Nation as Voters Hit Polls. Aired 4-4:30a ET
Nation on Edge as Americans Head to Polls in High-Stakes Presidential Election; President Trump and Joe Biden Deliver Starkly Different Closing Remarks; State of Elections in the Three Big Swing States; Key Senate Races That Could Tilt the Balance of Power; Reality Check on State of the U.S. Economy; 12 Million Americans Unemployed, Now New Stimulus; Cities Brace for Election Unrest, Businesses Boarding Up; Dr. Birx Warning U.S. Entering Most Deadly Phase of this Pandemic; U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Warns COVID-19 Deaths Could be Twice as Bad in Second Wave. Aired 3-4a ET
Americans Heading to Polls in High-Stakes Presidential Election; Judge Rejects GOP Efforts to Halt Early Vote Counting in Las Vegas; Twitter Flags, Restricts Trump Tweet about Mail-in Voting in Pennsylvania; Path to 270; Dr. Deborah Birx Calls for More Aggressive Action on U.S. Virus Response. Aired 2-3a ET
ELECTION NIGHT AMERICA With Chris Cuomo; Closing Moves Of The Campaign: Where They Were Today; Trump Describes PA Supreme Court Decision As "Dangerous"; Trump's Reoccupy White House Through Small Town Rural America; Pennsylvania: Trump's Path To 270, Then And Now; Election Day in America; Nearly 100 Million Americans Have Already Voted; Five Things to Watch for Tonight. Aired 1-2a ET
First Election Day Votes Cast In 2020 Race; Election Day Underway in U.S.; Nearly 100M Early Ballots Cast, 73 percent of Total Votes in 2016; Texas Clerk to Close Nine Out of 10 Drive-in Polling Places; Top COVID-19 Advisor Warns Pandemic Entering New, Deadly Phase. Aired 12-1a ET
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