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January 20, 2021
• White House Press Secretary Holds First Briefing; WH Holds First Briefing; Biden's First Cabinet Nominee Confirmed By Senate; Avril Haines For DNI; The Inauguration Of Joe Biden. Aired 7-8p ET
• The Inauguration Of Joe Biden; Biden Swears In Presidential Appointees Ahead Of Celebration. Aired 6-7p ET
• Biden Signs First Executive Actions, Reverses Trump Policies; Biden Says Trump Left Him A "Very Generous" Letter; Special Coverage Of The Inauguration Of Joe Biden. Aired 5-6p ET
• The Inauguration of Joe Biden; Now: Biden Spending First Moments in W.H. as President. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• The Inauguration of Joe Biden; V.P. Harris Arrives at White House.. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• President Joe Biden Inaugural Parade; President Biden Arrives at White House. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• The Inauguration of Joe Biden. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Biden, Former Presidents Participate In Arlington Ceremony; Soon, President Biden Will Go To White House Ahead Of Virtual "Parade Across America". Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Live Coverage of Joe Biden's Inauguration; Biden's Staff Already at Work in White House; Biden to Lay Wreath at Arlington National Cemetery. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Soon, Congressional Leaders Present Gifts to President Biden; Congressional Leaders Present Gifts to President Biden; Soon, President Biden to Review Troops, Heads to Arlington National Cemetery. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Joe Biden Becomes 46th U.S. President. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Joe Biden Becomes 46th U.S. President; Harris & Emhoff Escort Mike & Karen Pence To Motorcade. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• The Inauguration Of Joe Biden. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Joseph R. Biden Inaugurated as 46th President. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• The Inauguration Of Joe Biden. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Live Coverage of Joe Biden's Inauguration; Former Presidents and First Ladies Enter; Supreme Court Justices and Mike Pence Also Attending. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Biden to Become 46th President in Hours. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Biden, Harris to Take Oaths in Hours. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Biden Attends Church Service with Congressional Leaders; Biden to Be Sworn in Today As 46th President; Biden to Become 46th President Today. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump Departing for Florida, Biden at Church Service. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• President Trump Leaves White House for Last Time; President Trump Will Not Attend Inauguration of President-Elect Biden; Analysts Examine President Trump's Legacy of Reluctance to Admit Defeat in 2020 Presidential Election; President Trump Departs Washington for Final Time. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Departs WH for Last Time in Minutes; Trump Shatters Norms, Snubs Successor in Final Hours. Aired 7:30-8am ET
• Nation Awaits Unprecedented Transfer of Power; Trump Departs White House for Last Time in Minutes. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Tony Allen is Interviewed about the Inauguration Ceremony; Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) is Interviewed about the Inauguration; Trump Departs This Morning for Florida. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Soon: Biden to Be Sworn in as 46th President; Unprecedented Security in Washington Ahead of Inauguration; Trump Pardons Steve Bannon, Grants Clemency to Dozens of Others. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Unprecedented Security In Washington Ahead Of Biden Inauguration; President Trump's Chaotic Presidency Comes To An End Soon; Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) On Today's Inauguration. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Soon: Joe Biden to be Sworn in as 46th President; Trump Pardons Steve Bannon, Grants Clemency to Dozens of Others. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• DC on Lockdown Hours Ahead of Joe Biden's Inauguration; Prosecutors: Members of Extremist Group Planned Attack; DNI Nominee Says She'll Keep Politics Out of Intel Analysis; World Watches as Biden to be Sworn in as 46th President; Pence to Skip Trump Sendoff, Attend Biden Inauguration. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Biden to Take Oath of Office in Unprecedented Ceremony; Trump Leaves Nation in Turmoil After Four Chaotic Years; Trump Pardons Ex- Chief Strategist Steve Bannon; DC on Lockdown as Biden Prepares to be Sworn In; McConnell: Mob was Fed Lies, Provoked by the President. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Joe Biden Ready to Lead the Country and Bring Unity; President Trump Makes Controversial Pardons in His Last Hours in Office; President Trump on His Way Home; GOP Divided on the Issue of Impeachment; Washington, D.C. Under Lockdown; Justice Brought to Rioters; U.S. Hits 400,000 COVID Death Toll; Top Priority for Biden is to Tackle COVID-19; The World Watches as Biden to be Sworn in as 46th U.S. President; Trump Presidency Ends Leaving U.S. in Turmoil; Biden to be Sworn in as Nation Battles Deadly Pandemic; Biden to Prioritize Coronavirus Relief as He Takes Office. Aired 3-4a ET
• The Inauguration of Joe Biden; Trump Pardons Steve Bannon; D.C. on Lockdown; Trump Leaves Legacy of Chaos and Division; Biden Inherits Economy Ravaged by Pandemic; Kamala Harris to Solidify Her Place in History. Aired 2-3a ET
• Live: CNN The Inauguration Of Joe Biden; Trump Pardons Likely Come With Strings Attached; Bannon Likely Player In Trump 2.0; Trump Rescinds His Own Anti-Lobbying Order In Major Reversal; Trump Era Comes to An End in Less than 11 Hours. Aired 1-2a ET
• The Inauguration of Joe Biden; Trump Decides to Pardon Steve Bannon; Trump Era Comes to an End in Less Than 12 Hours; White House Officials - Trump's Final Pardon List Could Come Soon; D.C. Locked Down in Final Hours Before Biden's Inauguration. Aired 12-1a ET


January 19, 2021
• President Trump Delivers Farewell Address; Biden Arrives In D.C. Ahead Of Inauguration; Biden To Be Sworn In As 46th President Tomorrow; Trump Will Not Attend Biden Inauguration; Trump Expected To Release Final Pardons Before Noon Tomorrow. Aired 6-7p ET
• Biden And Harris Hold Memorial For 400,000 American COVID Victims; President-Elect Biden Delivers Remarks At COVID Memorial. Aired 5-6p ET
• President Trump Delivers Farewell Address; President-Elect Biden en Route to Reflecting Pool. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Joe Biden Arrives in D.C. Ahead of Inauguration Day. Aired 4- 4:30p ET
• Trump Talked of Pardoning Kids and GOP Lawmakers; McConnell: Capitol Mob Provoked by Trump and Fed Lies; VP Pence Will Not Attend Trump's Departure at Joint Base Andrews; Will Chief Justice Roberts Preside Over Trump's Second Impeachment Trial; Blinken Says Trump Largely Got It Right on China Threat. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• More Capitol Building Siege Arrests Made; Securing D.C.; President Trump Set to Release Farewell Video. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• CNN: Trump Talked Out of Pardoning Kids & GOP Lawmakers; Trump's Forego Traditional Tour of White House for Bidens; Biden COVID Team Nervous about What Trump Team Hasn't Told Them; U.S. Crosses 400,000 COVID Deaths on Trump's Final Day in Office; The Survivors of the Trump Administration's Revolving Door; Op-Ed: Trump Couldn't Have Incited Sedition Without Help of FOX News. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Live Coverage as Joe Biden Prepares for Inauguration; Justice Department Arrests Oath Keepers Leader; National Guard Removes Two From Inauguration. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• CNN Poll: Biden Favorability Rises, Trump Approval Sinks; Soon, Biden Departs Home State for Washington on Inauguration Eve; Pence May Not Attend Trump Departure Ceremony; McConnell Blames Trump for Riot, Saying It Was Based on Lies; Biden Speaks Emotionally As He Departs Wilmington for Washington. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• The Inauguration of Joe Biden; Trump Decides to Pardon Steve Bannon; Trump Era Comes to an End in Less Than 12 Hours; White House Officials - Trump's Final Pardon List Could Come Soon; D.C. Locked Down in Final Hours Before Biden's Inauguration. Aired 12-1a ET


January 13, 2021
• President Trump Impeached; Ten Republicans Join Dems In Vote To Impeach Trump. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• House Of Representatives Impeaches President Trump Again. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• House to Vote on Trump Impeachment; Seven Republicans Have Announced They Will Vote for Impeachment. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• The 2nd Trump Impeachment Vote; Now: House Debating Article of Impeachment. Aired 3-3:30p ET.
• The Second Trump Impeachment Vote; Six Republicans Have Announced They Will Vote for Impeachment; Now: House Debating Article of Impeachment. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The Second Trump Impeachment Vote; Now: House Debating Article of Impeachment. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Second Trump Impeachment Underway. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• The 2nd Trump Impeachment Vote; Now: House Debating Article of Impeachment. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• The Second Trump Impeachment Vote; Source: McConnell Signaling He's in Favor of Impeachment; House to Vote on Incitement of Insurrection. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Source: Mitch McConnell Signaling He's In Favor Of Impeachment; National Guard Members Seen Sleeping On Capitol Floors Overnight; Soon: Trump To Become Only President Impeached Twice; Source: Mitch McConnell Has Not Yet Informed Members On When The Trial May Be; Awaiting Debate Over Second Impeachment Of President Trump. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Security Tightens around U.S. Capitol amid Increased Threat; Stop the Steal Organizer Says He was Helped by Three GOP Congressman. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• The 2nd Trump Impeachment Vote; Soon: Trump to Become Only President Impeached Twice; Security Tightens Around U.S. Capitol Amid Increased Threat. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Live Coverage of House Impeachment Hearing; Impeachment Effort Expected to Be Bipartisan; President Trump May Join Fringe Social Media. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• House Debates Ahead of Trump Impeachment Vote. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• House Floor Hearing: The 2nd Trump Impeachment Vote. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Lawmakers Are Now Gathering On The House Floor For The Impeachment Vote; The National Guard Is Receiving Their Weapons For Their Security Detail On Capitol Hill During Inauguration; President Trump Has Conceded The 2020 Election, Congress Has Certified The Results And Wednesday Joe Biden Will Be Sworn In As President. Aired 9-9:30a ET


January 07, 2021
• Congress Certifies Joe Biden's Win After Capitol Attack; Trump Says There Will Be an Orderly Transition on January 20th; Pro-Trump Mob Invades U.S. Capitol in Act of Domestic Terror. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump: There Will Be an Orderly Transition on January 20th; Congress Certifies Joe Bidens Win After Capitol Attack. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• U.S. Capitol Mayhem Cost Four Lives; January 6 Stains U.S. History; Trump Allies Changed Their Tune; Congress Certify Electoral Votes; Joint Session of Congress Reconvenes to Certify Biden's Win; Biden Reaches 270 Electoral Votes as One Republican House Member Objects; Joe Biden's Electoral College Victory; Trump Saying There Will Be an Orderly Transition on January 20th. Aired 3-4a ET
• Four Dead after Pro-Trump Rioters Storm Capitol; Senate Votes Down Objection to Pennsylvania Electoral Vote. Aired 2-3a ET
• Protestors Claim Capitol Hill Is Their House; Were Capitol Hill Police Completely Unprepared? Trump Widely Condemned For Inciting Insurrection; Senators Take Back Objections After Hill Riots; Joint Session of Congress Reconvenes to Certify Biden's Win; WH Deputy National Security Advisor Resigns. Aired 1-2a ET
• Joint Session of Congress Reconvenes to Certify Biden's Win after Pro-Trump Rioters Storm Capitol; House Republicans Object to Pennsylvania Electoral Vote; Senate Votes Down Objection to Pennsylvania Electoral Count; Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) is Interviewed about Rioters Storming Capitol. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump's Top National Security Officials Urged not to Resign; DC Officials Speak After Deadly Insurrection at U.S. Capitol; DC Police: 68 People Arrested Yesterday, Only One was a Local. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Congress Certifies Biden Win after Deadly Riot at U.S. Capitol; Interview with Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY); Interview with Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL); Facebook Extending Block on Trump's Account "Indefinitely". Aired 11-11:30a ET
• FBI Requests Public Tips; Interview with Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ); President-elect Biden to Nominate Merrick Garland as Attorney General. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Congress Certifies Biden Win After Deadly Riot At U.S. Capitol; Commander of U.S Forces In Africa Acknowledges Some In Force "May Be Concerned" About Events At Capitol; DC Attorney General: Federal Law Enforcement Partners "Let Us Down"; FBI & Other Law Enforcement Agencies Planning To Make Arrests & Bring Charges Against Those Who Led Insurrection. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Alexander Vindman is Interviewed about the Administration Resignations; Trump Could Regain Twitter Access; World Leaders Condemn Violence in U.S.. Aired 9:30-10a
• Top Trump Officials Resign After Mob Stormed Capitol; Congress Certifies Biden Win After Deadly Riot at U.S. Capitol; FBI Asks for Public's Help in Identifying Rioters at U.S. Capitol; Four Dead at Capitol Hill As Rioters Raid the Hill; Mulvaney Resigns from Trump Administration. Aired 9-9:30a ET


January 06, 2021
• Ossoff Widens Lead Over Perdue; CNN Projects Warnock Wins; Pence Faces Pressure from Trump to Thwart Electoral College Vote. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Pence Faces Pressure from Trump to thwart Electoral College Vote; Pence Informed Trump That He Can't Block Biden's Win; Ossoff Widens Lead Over Perdue; Warnock Wins in Georgia; Perdue Campaign: We Will Mobilize Every Available Resource. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN Projects Warnock's Victory; David Perdue Hangs in the Balance; Democrats' Win Cements Joe Biden's Agenda; Georgia Senate Runoffs, Ossoff Widens Lead Over Purdue; CNN Election Night In America; Vice President Pence Faces Pressure From President Trump; United States Adds Record Number Of COVID-19 Deaths To 3,775. Aired 3- 4a ET
• CNN Projects Raphael Warnock Elected to the U.S. Senate; Perdue-Ossoff Virtual Tie; Biden Agenda in Washington Hinges on Remaining Georgia Race; Trump Pressures Pence to Thwart Electoral College Vote. Aired 2-3a ET
• ELECTION NIGHT LIVE CONTINUED: Live Coverage Of Georgia Runoffs With Chris Cuomo & Don Lemon; Close Race In Georgia Still Too Soon To Call; Biden's Agenda If Georgia Votes Blue Today; Black Voters Matter: The Strength Of Georgia's Turnout; Interview with Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA); Pence Informed Trump that He Can't Block Biden's Win; Technical Issue Causing Delay in DeKalb County Vote Count; Ossoff Takes Lead, Both Dems Now in Front in Georgia. Aired 1-2a ET
• Warnock Takes Lead; Perdue-Ossoff Virtual Tie; Razor-Thin Margins in Both Georgia Senate Races. Aired 12-1a ET
• Pro-Trump Rioters Storm Capitol Building; DC Curfew Now In Effect Until 6 A.M.; Pelosi: We Have Decided To Proceed Tonight Once Capitol Is Clear. Aired 6-7p ET
• Riot Police Moving Trump Mob Away From Capitol; Trump Tells Rioters To Go Home While Repeating Election Lies. Aired 5-6p ET
• Insurrection In Washington Following Trump Encouragement. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Rioters Storm Capitol Building; President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Insurrections in Washington Following Trump Encouragement; Protester Now in Rotunda of U.S. Capitol; Trump Silent as Pro-Trump Mob Storms Capitol, Multiple Officers Injured in Violence as U.S. Capitol; Entire DC National Guard Has Been Activated; Pro-Trump Protester Breaches Pelosi's Office. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Rioters Storm Capitol Building; Interview With Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT); Interview With Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL); Interview With Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI). Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Certification Vote Paused as Protesters Breach Capitol; D.C. Mayor Ordering 6 P.M. Curfew; Capitol Police Asking for Additional Law Enforcement Help. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Live Coverage of Speeches by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Sen. Pat Toomey (D-PA); Live Coverage as Pro-Trump Supporters Approach and Enter Capitol Building; Live Footage as Protesters Enter Statuary Hall. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Congress Debates Electoral College Votes and Objections. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Congress Convenes To Affirm President-Elect Biden's Win. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Intensifies Pressure On Pence To Thwart Electoral Vote; Soon: Congress To Affirm President-Elect Biden's Win. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Democratic Senator: Happy To Watch GOP "Tear Each Other Apart"; Moments From Now: Final Step To Affirm President-Elect Biden's Victory; Ossoff Leads Perdue, Democrats On Verge Of Senate Control; Source: Biden To Nominate Merrick Garland For Attorney General. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• GA Election Officials Speak as Dems near Senate Majority; Trump's False Election Circus Faces Dead End in Congress Today; Schumer After Ossoff Declares Victory: "Buckle Up". Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• CNN Election Day in America Continued; Dems on Cusp of Control as Trump's Electoral Circus Nears End; Warnock Wins, Ossoff Leads as Dems Near Senate Majority; GA Election Officials Speak as Dems Near Senate Majority. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Arizona Will Object First Today; Fulton County Resumes Ballot Counting; Security on High Alert in Washington, D.C. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Deadliest Day Of Pandemic As 3,775 Die, "Disaster" In California; Georgia Vote Counting Resumes, Democrats Closer To Senate Control; GA Election Official: Trump Is "100 Percent" Responsible For GOP Losses; Soon: Congress To Certify Biden's Win Despite GOP's Objection Stunt; Trump Ups Pressure On Pence To Baselessly Thwart Electoral Vote. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Pressures Pence; Warnock Wins and Ossoff Leads in Georgia; Congress to Certify Election; Deadliest Day of the Pandemic. Aired 9:30-10a
• Raphael Warnock Wins, Jon Ossoff Leads, as Dems Near Senate Majority; Interview with Gabriel Sterling on Georgia Election; National Guard Deployed As Pro-Trump Crowds Gather in D.C.; Trump to Speak to Supporters in D.C Soon.; Congress to Certify Election Results Despite GOP's Objection Stunt. Aired 9-9:30a ET


January 05, 2021
• Election Night in America Continued: CNN Coverage of the Georgia Senate Runoff Race. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Republicans Leading In Georgia Race; Republican Party Not Too Confident; All Eyes On Dekalb County. Aired 10-11p ET
• Razor-Thin Margins In Both Georgia Senate Races; Source: Pence Told Trump He Doesn't Have Power To Overturn Election; Largest Outstanding Vote: Early In-Person From DeKalb County. Aired 9-10p ET
• Georgia Senate Election Night Coverage Continued; Too Early To Call Georgia Senate Runoff Races. Aired 8-9p ET
• Awaiting First Results From GA Senate Runoff Races; Too Early To Call Georgia Senate Runoff Races. Aired 7-8p ET


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