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June 12, 2021
• World Leaders Differ On How To Approach China; Biden Meets With Allies Ahead Of Putin Meeting; Danish Soccer Player Collapses During Match; Prime Minister Johnson Casts Doubt On Lifting U.K. Restrictions; Moscow Announces "Non-Working Week" To Slow New Cases; Queen Elizabeth Marks Birthday With Scaled-Back Ceremony. Aired 1-2p ET


May 23, 2021
• Celebrating The Class Of 2021. Aired 7-8:05p ET


May 21, 2021
• CNN Special: A Radical Rebellion, The Transformation Of The GOP. Aired 11p-12a ET


May 11, 2021
• Loud Explosions and Sirens Heard in Tel Aviv; Israeli Military Says 150-Plus Airstrikes Conducted in Gaza; U.S. Calling for Restraint as Middle East Tensions EscalateIsrael, Gaza Militants Exchange Fire in Escalating Confrontation; Gaza Tower Block Collapses after Israeli Airstrike; Air Sirens Sound Throughout the Day in Ashkelon, Israel. Aired 4-5p ET
• Explosions in Tel Aviv after Residential Tower is Destroyed in Gaza; Loud Explosions And Sirens Heard In Tel Aviv; Gaza Tower Block Collapse After Israel Airstrike; Israel, Gaza Militants Exchange Fire In Escalating Confrontation. Aired 3:23-4p ET


April 28, 2021
• Exclusive CNN Poll Of Speech Watchers; Reactions To President Biden's Speech In Congress. Aired 11p-12a ET
• President Biden Delivered His First Address To Congress; Biden Put A Lot On The Table; Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) Delivered A Rebuttal Speech. Aired 10-11p ET
• President Joe Biden's First Address To Joint Session Of Congress; President Biden On The American Jobs Plan; Biden: Health Care Should Be A Right, Not A Privilege In America. Aired 9-10p ET


April 23, 2021
• CNN Town Hall: The Climate Crisis. Aired 10-11p ET


April 17, 2021
• Prince Philip Laid to Rest at St. George's Chapel; Prince William and Prince Harry Walk Together After Ceremony; Prince Philip, Queen's Husband of 73 Years, is Laid to Rest; Royal Family Gathers to Say Goodbye to Prince Philip; United Kingdom Honors the Life of Prince Philip; Scotland Remembers Prince Philip. Aired 12-1p ET
• Prince Philip Laid To Rest After Decades Of Service To The Crown. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Public Funeral Service is Held for Prince Philip of United Kingdom; Number at Gathering for Funeral Service for Prince Philip Limited by COVID-19 Restrictions; Queen Elizabeth II Captured on Camera Mourning Alone for Late Husband Prince Philip. Aired 10-11a ET
• The Royal Funeral of Prince Philip; Soon: The Funeral of Prince Philip; Funeral Service to Open with National Moment of Silence; Soon: The Queen Appears for Funeral of Husband Prince Philip; Royal Family Arriving for Funeral of Prince Philip. Aired 9-10a ET


April 15, 2021
• Japan Fighting Fourth Wave Of COVID-19 Infections; Buckingham Palace Releases Lists Of Guests; Talks To Revive International Agreements Resume In Vienna. Aired 1-2p ET


April 09, 2021
• Britain's Prince Philip Dies At The Age Of 99; Inside Myanmar As Military Tries To Control Information. Aired 1-2p ET
• Britain's Prince Philip Dies at the Age of 99; Voice on the Ground in Myanmar Say They Want Democracy. Aired 12-1pm ET


April 08, 2021
• Global Response After E.U. Agency Finds AstraZeneca Vaccine Can Cause Rare Blood Clots; Myanmar's U.S. Ambassador Locked Out Of Embassy; Biden Targets Gun Violence "Epidemic" With Exec. Orders. Aired 1:30-2p ET.
• CNN International: Notre Dame Restoration; President Biden Announces Gun Reform Executive Actions; Interview With World Bank President David Malpass; COVID Crisis in Brazil. Aired 2-2:30p ET


April 07, 2021
• CNN International: Alexei Navalny's Condition?; Iraq's Drug Crisis; India COVID Cases Rising; Tiger Woods Crash Investigation; Brazil's COVID Crisis. Aired 2-2:35p ET
• U.K. Vaccine Committee: Adults 18-29 Shouldn't Get AstraZeneca; U.K. Finds Possible Link Between AstraZeneca, Rare Blood Clots; Biden To Press Companies To Pay "Acceptable" Level Of Taxes. Aired 1:30-2p ET


April 06, 2021
• Reports: MLB To Announce All-Star Game Moving To Denver; U.S., Iran Holding Indirect Talks In Vienna In Bed To Revive Deal; Myanmar Frees Eight Of 11 Citizens Who Spoke With CNN. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• CNN International: Oxford Pauses Pediatric Trial of AstraZeneca Vaccine; Paris Investigates Secret Elite Dinner Parties; COVID Passports; Alexei Navalny Continues Hunger Strike. Aired 2-2:30p ET


April 05, 2021
• Chief: Officers Are Trained In De-escalation Techniques; E.R. Doctor: I Felt Heart Attack Was "Less Likely" As Cause Of Cardiac Arrest; President Biden Delivers Easter Message Amid COVID Surge. Aired 1:40-2p ET
• CNN International: Japan's Cherry Blossoms Peak Early; Facebook Breach; Russian Military Tests; India's COVID Surge; U.K.'s COVID Restrictions. Aired 2-2:30p ET


March 26, 2021
• CNN Special: Afraid: Fear In America's Communities of Color; CNN Anchors Share Personal Experiences with Racism; Asian American Community On Edge, Hate Crimes Against Them Rose 150 Percent In 2020; Christian Cooper: "There Are People, In Politics, Who Have Made Fear Their Platform". Aired 9-10p ET


March 23, 2021
• Polls Set To Close In Historic Israeli Election. Aired 4-5p ET


March 12, 2021
• CNN Special: "Back to School: Kids, COVID and the Fight to Reopen". Aired 9-10p ET


February 22, 2021
• A CNN Special: We Remember 500,000; A National Memorial Service For COVID-19. Aired 11p-12a ET


February 20, 2021
• The Bill Gates Interview. Aired 9-10p ET


February 16, 2021
• CNN Presidential Town Hall With Joe Biden. Aired 9-10:15p ET


February 13, 2021
• Senate Votes To Acquit Donald Trump: 57 Voted Guilty, 43 Voted Not Guilty; McConnell Suggests Trump Could Be Prosecuted Criminally; Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) Is Interviewed About The Lack Of Republican Vote To Convict Donald Trump; Louisiana GOP Censures Sen. Cassidy After Vote To Convict Trump. Aired 6-7p ET
• Impeachment Managers Speak After Trump Acquittal; Senate Votes To Acquit Donald Trump, 57 Guilty, 43 Not Guilty; Pelosi Rejects Censure For Trump, Says It Lets GOP Off The Hook; Interview With U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic Delegate To House Of Representatives, Stacey Plaskett (D). Aired 5-6p ET
• Senate Votes To Acquit Trump, 57 Guilty, 43 Not Guilty, Seven GOP Senators Vote To Convict; McConnell Says Trump's Actions Were A Disgraceful Dereliction Of Duty But Voted To Acquit; McConnell Suggests Trump Could Be Prosecuted Criminally; Democratic Impeachment Managers Speak After Trump Acquittal. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Defense Team Delivers Impeachment Trial Closing Arguments; House Impeachment Managers Deliver Closing Arguments; Senate Votes On Whether To Convict Trump; Senate Votes To Acquit Trump. Aired 3-4p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Closing Arguments In Senate Impeachment Trial Of Former President Trump; Witnesses Will Not Be Called In Senate Impeachment Trial; Former President Trump's Defense Team Begins Presentation Of Closing Arguments In Senate Impeachment Trial. Aired 2-3p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Deliver Closing Arguments; Senate Pauses Closing Arguments After GOP Senator's Interruption; House Impeachment Managers Resume Closing Arguments. Aired 1-2p ET
• Senators Vote To Call Witnesses; Sources: Negotiations About Putting Exclusive CNN Reporting In The Record Instead Of Calling Witness; House Impeachment Managers Deliver Closing Arguments. Aired 12-1p ET
• Senate Votes To Call Witnesses In Impeachment Trial. Aired 11a- 12p ET
• Senate Hears Arguments and Holds Vote to Allow Witnesses in Senate Impeachment Trial of Former President Trump; The Senate Votes to Allow witnesses and Depositions in Senate Impeachment Trial; House Impeachment Managers Argue to Subpoena Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler as Witness in Senate Impeachment Trial of Former President Trump; Senate Votes in Favor of Allowing Witnesses in Senate Impeachment Trial; Senate Holds Quorum Call During Impeachment Trial to Pause Proceedings after Unexpected Vote on Allowing Witnesses. Aired 10-11a ET
• Soon: Senate to Reconvene for Closing Arguments, Possible Vote in Second Trump Impeachment Trial; New Details on Trump-McCarthy Call Show President Refused to Demand Rioters Stop the Attack; Democrats Debating Whether to Call Witnesses in Impeachment Trial; Meadows Disputes Reports Trump Delayed Sending In National Guard; McConnell Tells Colleagues He Will Vote To Acquit Trump In Impeachment Trial; Interview With Senator Bob Casey (D-PA). Aired 9-10a ET


February 12, 2021
• Senators Ask Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial; Senators Finish Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial, Will Vote Tomorrow; New Details of Trump's Call with Rep. Kevin McCarthy Show Trump Had No Intention of Calling Off January 6th Rioters at Capitol; GOP Lawmaker: Trump to McCarthy During Capitol Riot, "I Guess These People are More Upset About the Election Than You Are". Aired 6-7p ET
• Senators Ask Question in Trump Impeachment Trial. Aired 5-6p ET
• Senators Ask Questions in Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Senators Ask Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial. Aired 4- 4:30p ET
• Soon: Historic Trial for Trump's Impeachment Resumes; Source: Trump Had to Be Convinced to Tweet "Stay Peaceful" During Riot; Soon: Senators Ask Questions in Impeachment Trial; GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham Met with Trump Defense Lawyers During Break; Source: Trump Happier with Today's Defense Performance. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case; Defense Claims First Amendment Protections; Defense's Video Clips Highlight Similar Statements by Democrats. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump; Trump Lawyers Run Nearly 10-Minute Clip to Show Democrats Use the Word "Fight" in Speeches; Trump Lawyer: "All Robust Speech Should be Protected." Aired 1-1:30p ET.
• Trump Lawyers Criticize Impeachment Managers For Not Showing New Videos of Riots Sooner. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Defense Team Starts Presenting Arguments; Trump Defense Arguments Expected to Take About Four Hours. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Nikki Haley Criticizes Trump, Says He Has No Future in GOP; CNN Reports, Three GOP Senators Met with Trump's Lawyers Ahead of Defense Presentation; Democrats Debate Whether to Seek Another Form of Punishment Against Trump after Impeachment Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon: Historic Trial for Trump's Second Impeachment Resumes; Nikki Haley Criticizes Trump, Says He Has No Future in GOP. Aired 11- 11:30a ET


February 11, 2021
• Impeachment Managers Finish Presenting Case, Trump Lawyers Next. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• The 2nd Trump Impeachment Trial; House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 3:30-4p ET.
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• House Managers Present Video Evidence in Case Against Trump; CNN: 15 Empty GOP Seats During Points of Impeachment Testimony; Trump Impeachment Trial Resumes. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Live Coverage of the Senate Impeachment Trial; House Managers Argue Trump Fomented Culture of Violence; Trump Lawyer David Schoen Appears on "Fox News" During Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET.
• The 2nd Trump Impeachment Trial; House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET.
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case To Convict Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Defense Team To Start Presenting Arguments Friday; House Managers Present Video Evidence In Case Against Trump; House Impeachment Managers Present Case To Convict Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• House Managers to Finish Presenting Their Case Today; Sources Say, Trump's Defense Team Expects to Finish Their Arguments by Friday Night. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon: Impeachment Managers Resume Their Case Against Trump; Pelosi Speaks As Impeachment Managers Prepare to Resume Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET


February 10, 2021
• The Second Trump Impeachment Trial; House Impeachment Managers Present Case To Convict Trump; Impeachment Managers Lay Out Timeline Of Capitol Insurrection. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Impeachment Trial Day Two; Impeachment Managers Lay Out Timeline of Capitol Insurrection. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Impeachment Trial Day Two. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump; Soon: House Managers to Show New Evidence in Case Against Trump. Aired 3:30- 4p ET
• Trump Impeachment Trial Day Two. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Former President Donald Trump; House Managers Chronicle Trump's Pressure Campaign to Overturn Election. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• President's Attorneys Did Not Present Strong Case Yesterday; House Impeachment Managers to Present Capitol Security Footage Today; Live Coverage of Senate Impeachment Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump; Soon, House Impeachment Managers to Show New Evidence in Case Against Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET.
• The Second Trump Impeachment Trial; House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Donald Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Soon: Impeachment Managers Present Their Case Against Trump; Soon: House Managers To Use New Capitol Security Footage; Historical Trial For Trump's Second Impeachment Resumes; House Impeachment Managers Present Case To Convict Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Source Says, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is Leaving Door Open to Trump Conviction; Security on High Alert at Capitol amid Impeachment Trial; CDC Says, Double Masking Can Block 92 Percent of Infectious Particles. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon: Impeachment Managers Present Their Case Against Trump; Prosecutors in Georgia Open Criminal Investigation of Trump Call. Aired 11-11:30a ET


February 09, 2021
• Day One Of Second Trump Impeachment Trial Makes History; Democrat House Managers Play Video Timeline Of Insurrection; Defense Lawyering Draws GOP Fire; "New York Times" Reports Trump's Anger Over Attorney's Performance; Senate Finds Donald Trump Impeachment Trial Constitutional On First Day Of Proceedings; Six GOP Senators Join Dems In The Vote; President Biden On Trump's Impeachment Trial. Aired 11p- 12a ET
• Trump Attorneys Argue Against Constitutionality of Impeachment Trial. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Attorneys Argue Against Constitutionality of Impeachment Trial. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump's Lawyers Argue Against Constitutionality of Trial. Aired. 3:30-4p ET.
• Trump Attorneys Argue Against Constitutionality of Impeachment Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• House Impeachment Managers President Case to Convict Trump; Soon, Trump's Attorneys Will Argue Against Constitutionality of Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Historic Trial for Trump's Second Impeachment Begins; House Managers and Trump Defense Debate Constitutionality of Trial. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• House Managers Present Video Evidence in Case Against Trump; House Managers, Trump Defense Debate Constitutionality of Trial; House Impeachment Managers Present Case to Convict Trump; Historic Trial for Trump's Second Impeachment Begins. Aired. 1:30-2p ET.
• Historic Trial for Trump's Second Impeachment Begins; House Impeachment Managers Address Senate in Trump Trial; House Managers Present Video Evidence in Case Against Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• More Than 200 People Now Charged In Connection With Riot; House Impeachment Managers Set To Walk Into Senate For Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• U.S. Capitol Security On High Alert For Trump Impeachment Trial; Soon: Trump's Historic Second Impeachment Trial Begins; CNN: Trump Asking About Potential Exposure To Criminal Prosecution; Soon: Trump Lawyers To Challenge Legality Of Putting Ex-President On Trial; GOP's Kinzinger To Republicans: Convict Trump To Save America. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 06, 2021
• Tampa Bay Prepares For Super Bowl LV; Raymond James Stadium In Tampa To Allow Only 25,000 Spectators For Super Bowl LV Due To Coronavirus Pandemic; National Football League Criticized For Lack Of Diversity In Ownership And Head Coaches; NFL's Challenges In Holding Season During Coronavirus Pandemic Examined; Tampa Bay Buccaneers Linebacker Shaquil Barrett Interviewed On Life During Coronavirus Pandemic. Aired 2:30-3p ET


January 27, 2021
• CNN's Global Town Hall, Coronavirus: Facts And Fears; Ongoing Effort To Vaccinate Those In Communities Of Color; Black And Latino Americans Receive Vaccine At Significantly Lower Rates Than White People. Aired 8-9p ET


January 21, 2021
• Best Moments from Biden's Inauguration Night Concert; Biden Promises to be President for All Americans. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• President Biden and Vice President Harris Take Office; Biden Signs 17 Executive Actions in First Hours; President Biden: We must End the Uncivil War; President Biden's Focus Turning to COVID-19 on Second Day in Office; Best Moments from Biden's Inauguration Night Concert. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• New President on Board the White House; All Talk No Action Accomplishes Nothing; There's Time for Victory and Vengeance; CNN's Coverage Of The Inauguration Of Joe Biden; President Biden Saying Democracy Has Prevailed; Taps Played To Honor The America's Fallen. Aired 3-4a ET
• The Inauguration of Joe Biden; Biden Promises to Be "A President for All Americans"; President Biden Signs 17 Executive Actions in First Hours; National Youth Poet Laureate Delivers Stirring Inaugural Message; D.C. Security Unlikely to Return to Pre-Riot State. Aired 2-3a ET
• Biden Promises to be a President for all Americans; Dems Control Senate with 50-50 Split; President Joe Biden Signs 17 Executive Orders; Three Former Presidents Honor Biden in a Video Message; Biden Pledges to be President to All Americans. Aired 1-2a ET
• The Inauguration of Joe Biden; President Biden Signs 17 Executive Actions in First Hours; New Press Secretary Vows to Bring 'Truth and Transparency Back to the Briefing Room'; 13-Year-Old Boy Who Bonded with Biden Appears in Inauguration Special; Former Presidents Wish Biden Well; Lady Gaga Sings National Anthem at Inauguration. Aired 12-1a ET


January 20, 2021
• President Joe Biden And Vice President Kamala Harris Were Sworn In At The U.S. Capitol; President Biden Moves Quickly To Undo Trump Policies; COVID Relief Negotiations Will Test Biden's Bipartisan Push; President Biden Invokes Dr. King As He Honors Vice President Kamala Harris; New Radicals Reunite To Perform At Inaugural Parade; White House Releases Schedule For Biden's First Full Day. Aired 11p-12a ET
• President Biden Finally Sworn In As The 46th U.S. President; Three Former U.S. Presidents Show Their Support To Biden; Powerful Message From Amanda Gorman; Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) Is Interviewed About His New Position As Senator; Seventeen Executive Orders Signed Today. Aired 10-11p ET


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