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November 08, 2022
• Election Night in America. Aired 7-8p ET
• Election Night In America; First Polls Closing In Crucial Midterm Elections; 435 House Seats, 35 Senate Seats, 36 Governor Races At Stake Today; Minutes Away: Polls Close In Six States In Crucial Midterms. Aired 6-7p ET
• Election Night In America; W.H. Makes Moves To Get Ahead Of Democratic Blame Game; CNN Ecit Poll: 39 Percent Dissatisfied With How Things Going In The U.S.; Election Night In America; Minutes Away: First Polls Close In Crucial Midterm Election; CNN Exit Poll: 16 Percent Voted In Support Of Trump, 28 Percent In Opposition. Aired 5- 6p ET
• Election Night In America; Voters Heading To Polls In High- Stakes Midterm Elections; Election Night In America. Aired 4-5p ET
• Election Officials Battle Misinformation Circulating Online; Hours Away From First Polls Closing In Midterms; Florida To DOJ: Federal Monitors Not Allowed In Polling Places. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Voters Head To Polls In High-Stakes Midterm Elections; New Yorkers Hit Polls Amid Unexpectedly Competitive Gov's Race; Election Officials Battle Misinformation Circulating Online. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Voting Underway In Nevada, Senate & Governor Races Are Tight; Republicans Eye Increasingly Competitive Senate Race In New Hampshire; Wisconsin Voters Head To Polls, Tensions High In Senate Race. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Polls Now Open In All 50 States, 45M Early Votes Already Cast; Voters In PA Cast Ballots Amid High-Stakes Senate Race; Nevada Results Could Take Longer Than Voters Expected. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Control Of Senate Could Come Down To Runoff In Georgia; Interview With Gabriel Sterling, Chief Operations Officer, Georgia Secretary Of State's Office; Biden Team Does Not See Path To Hold House, But Senate Possible; Lottery Officials Announce Numbers For Record Jackpot After Delay; Hurricane Warning Issued For Parts Of FL As Voters Hit Polls. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Polls Now Open In All 50 States; 45M Early Votes Already Cast; AZ Tabulation Issues Causes Stir; Official: No One Disenfranchised; AZ Judge Blocks Planned Hand Count In GOP-Controlled County; Michigan SOS: Results Could Take Up To 24 Hours After Polls Close; Control Of Senate Could Come Down To Runoff In Georgia. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Voters In PA Cast Ballots Amid High-Stakes Senate Race; Biden Team Does Not See Path To Hold House, But Senate Possible; Thousands Of Pennsylvania Mail Ballots At Risk Of Being Rejected. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Polls Now Open In All 50 States; 45M Early Votes Already Cast; Thousands Of Pennsylvania Mail Ballots At Risk Of Being Rejected; Voting Underway In Georgia Where Senate Race Is Neck-And-Neck; Control Of Senate Could Come Down To Runoff In Georgia; 7 Senate Races Are Either Toss-Ups Or Tilt Republican Or Democrat; WI Voters Cast Ballots In Senate, House And Governor's Races; GOP Only Needs Net Gain Of 1 Seat To Retake Senate; Voters In PA Cast Ballots Amid High-Stakes Senate Race. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Hurricane Warning Issued For Florida's East Coast; Florida Warns Justice Dept. Against Use Of Federal Election Monitors; Control Of Congress At Stake As Voters Head To Polls. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Control of Congress at Stake. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Democrats and Republicans Battle for Black and Latino Voters; Americans Head to Polls in Consequential Midterm Elections; Civility in Politics After Attack on Pelosi's Husband. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Control of Congress at Stake as Voters Head to Polls; Americans Head to Polls in Consequential Midterm Elections; Democrats and Republicans Battle for Black and Latino Voters. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Fetterman Sues Over Ballots; Johnson Fights for his Seat in Wisconsin; The Speed of Vote County in History; Control of Congress at Stake; Powerball Posts Winning Numbers; Storms, Snow and Record Heat for Voters. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Voting in Pennsylvania; Voting in Georgia; Voting in Wisconsin; Control of Congress is at Stake in the Midterms. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Speaker Pelosi Gives First Interview Since Attack on Her Husband; Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman Deliver Final Campaign Speeches in Key Pennsylvania Race; Oligarch Known as Putin's Chef Admits U.S. Election Interference. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Voters Head to Polls Across U.S. in Consequential Midterms. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Midterm Election Finally Happens; Election Rule Violated by Officials; Republicans Can Feel Their Victory; Republicans Listen More to Voters. Aired 3-4a ET
• McCarthy Hopes To Become Speaker Of The House; Biden In Maryland Warns Of Threat To Democracy; Fetterman Sues Over Rejected Pennsylvania Ballots. Aired 2-3a ET
• Candidates Make Final Push Before Midterm Election Day; Speaker Pelosi Sits Down For First Interview Since Husband's Attack. Aired 1- 2a ET
• On The Line: 435 House Seats, 35 Senate Races And 36 Governor Races; Millions Of Americans Will Cast Ballots Today As 41 Million Plus Early Ballots Already Cast; Arizona Governor's Race: Election Denier Versus Election Certifier. Aired 12-1a ET


November 06, 2022
• Candidates Make Final Push With Election Just Two Days Away; GA Senate Race Intensifies Two Days To Election; Candidates Go To A Runoff If Neither Wins More Than 50 Percent of Vote; Fetterman, Oz Neck-And-Neck In Closely-Watched Senate Race; Biden, Obama Campaign For Dem Candidates Josh Shapiro And John Fetterman Ahead Of Crucial PA Election; Polls Show Economic Concerns are Top of Mind for Voters; Biden and Trump out Campaign Trial Today; Battling Voter Misinformation in Arizona; GOP Election Deniers Running for Key Offices across the Country; Last-Minute Campaigning with less than 2 days left till Election. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Candidates Make Final Push With Election Just Two Days Away; Polls Show Economic Concerns Are Top Of Mind For Voters; Democrats Face Tough Races To Hold Onto Senate Majority; GOP Senator Johnson Won't Say He'll Accept Election Results; Trump Takes Direct Swipe At DeSantis During Pennsylvania Rally, Calls Him "Ron Desanctimonious"; Voters Tell CNN They're Concerned about Inflation, Gas Prices. Aired 10-11p ET


October 29, 2022
• Being The Second Gentleman. Aired 8-9p ET


October 13, 2022
• January 6 Committee Votes To Subpoena Trump For Docs, Testimony. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• January 6 Committee Votes To Subpoena Trump For Docs, Testimony; Supreme Court Rejects Trump Request To Intervene In Mar-A- Lago Documents Case. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• January 6 Committee Votes to Subpoena Trump for Document, Testimony; Committee Plays Never-Before-Seen Footage of Congressional Leaders. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Jan. 6 CMTE Presents New Evidence New Testimony, Never-Before- Seen Footage. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Jan. 6 Cmte Presents New Evidence, New Testimony, Never-Before- Seen Footage. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Jan. 6 Committee: Trump Directly Involved In Bid To Overturn 2020 Election. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Jan. 6 Cmte Presents New Evidence, New Testimony, Never-Before- Seen Footage; Jan. 6 Cmte: Trump Knew 2020 Election Was Not Stolen; Jan. 6 Cmte: Trump Directly Involved In Bid To Overturn 2020 Election. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Jan. 6 Cmte Holds Final Hearing Before Midterms. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Soon: Jan 6. Cmte To Hold Final Hearing Before Midterms. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Soon: Jan. 6 Cmte To Hold Final Hearing Before Midterms; Sources: Secret Service Was Aware People In Jan. 6 Crowd Had Weapons; Sources: Cmte To Show Never-Before-Seen Video Of Congressional Leaders; Jan. 6 Cmte To Argue Trump Remains "Clear & Present Danger": Source: New Evidence From Cmte May Overlap With DOJ Investigation. Aired 12-12:30p ET


October 05, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: Herschel Walker Issues New Denial Over Abortion Report, Claims He Doesn't Know Identity Of Woman; Biden & DeSantis Put Politics On Hold, Pledge Florida Relief; North Korea Fires Two Short- Range Ballistic Missiles. Aired 9-10p ET


October 04, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: Georgia GOP U.S. Senate Nominee Herschel Walker Strongly Denies Report He Paid For Abortion In 2009; Trump Asks Supreme Court To Intervene In Mar-A-Lago Docs Case; Police Release New Video Of "Person Of Interest" In CA Shootings. Aired 9-10p ET


October 03, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: DOJ: Oath Keepers Leader Recorded Saying "Only Regret" After January 6 Is That Group "Should Have Brought Rifles"; Trump Says McConnell Has A "Death Wish"; Man Swims Through Storm Surge To Save Stranded Mother. Aired 9-10p ET


September 30, 2022
• FL Governor Speaks on Hurricane Ian's Destruction; Governor DeSantis: Go to floridadisasterfund.org to Help; Boats, Planes only Way Out for some Stranded Residents; Catastrophic Flooding, Winds Destroy Florida Neighborhoods; Putin: Annexed Ukrainian Regions part of Russia "Forever"; Nearly 2 Million Homes, Businesses without Power in Florida. Aired 8:56-10a ET


September 29, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: Cajun Navy Volunteers Helping In Search & Rescue Efforts; Naples, FL Officials: Recovery Will Take Weeks If Not Months; Hundreds Of Thousands Of Russians Rush To Borders Amid Draft Fears. Aired 9-10p ET


September 28, 2022
• House Votes Underway as Government Shutdown Imminent; Potential Biden-Trump Rematch Hits Inflection Point; Hours Away, Auto Worker Strike to Expand if Talks Stall; Green Party Candidate Speaks on the Trump-Biden 2024 Matchup; CNN Fact-Checks Impeachment Inquiry over President Joe Biden and His Family; Republican Lawmakers Considering Virginia Governor to be Drafted in the Party. Aired 10-11p ET


September 27, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: Sarasota, FL Shuts Off Water To Barrier Islands, Closes Bridges Ahead Of Monster Hurricane; Jury Selection Begins In Oath Keepers Seditious Conspiracy Trial; McConnell Gives Big Boost To Bill In Response To January 6 Attack. Aired 9-10p ET


September 26, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: New Documentary Video Shows Trump Ally Roger Stone Pre-Election Day: "Let's Get Right To The Violence"; Parts Of Florida Under Mandatory Evacuation As Hurricane Nears; NASA Crashes Spacecraft Into Asteroid For The First Time. Aired 9-10p ET


September 24, 2022
• CNN Special Presentation: "Champions for Change". Aired 8-9p ET


September 23, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: Trump Lawyers Trying To Block Aides From Sharing Info With Federal Grand Jury In Secret Court Fight; Republican Rival Tudor Dixon Makes Light Of Plot To Kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer; DeSantis Rewrites History Of Anti-Slavery Movement. Aired 9- 10p ET


September 22, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: Trump: President Can Declassify Docs "Even By Thinking About It"; Alex Jones: "I'm Done Saying I'm Sorry" For Spreading Sandy Hook Shooting Hoax; Protests Intensify In Iran Over Woman In Custody Of Morality Police. Aired 9-10p ET


September 21, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: NY A.G. Sues Trump, Three Of His Children & Their Company For Fraud; Ginni Thomas Agrees To January 6 Committee Interview; Biden Tells The United Nations That Putin's Attempts To "Extinguish" Ukraine Should "Make Your Blood Run Cold". Aired 9-10p ET


September 20, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: Legal Team For 30-Plus Martha's Vineyard Migrants Sues Gov. DeSantis; Senate Probe Finds Nearly 1,000 Unaccounted Prison Deaths In 2021; FDA Warns Against New TikTok Challenge That Involves Cooking Chicken In NyQuil. Aired 9-10p ET


September 19, 2022
• CNN International: Queen Elizabeth II Laid to Rest in Windsor Castle; Ukrainians in Izyum Struggle with Daily Life; CNN Enters Recently Liberated City of Kupyansk; Queen Elizabeth II in Her Own Words. Aired 5-6p ET
• CNN International: Queen Elizabeth II Laid to Rest in Windsor Castle; CNN Enters Recently Liberated City of Kupyansk; Mark Frerichs' Family Praises U.S. President Joe Biden for Securing His Release. Aired 4-5p ET
• CNN International: Queen Elizabeth II Laid to Rest in Windsor Castle; King Charles III to Step Back from Charitable Work; Ukrainians in Izyum Struggle with Daily Life; Hurricane Hits Dominican Republic after Slamming Puerto Rico; Wall Street Choppy As Fed Interest Rate Decision Looms. Aired 3-4p ET
• Windsor Ceremonies after Queen's Arrival; Crowds Line Streets to Say Goodbye; Funeral Attendees Talk about their Experience. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Britain Pays Final Respects To The Queen. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• King Charles III Shows Emotion As Royals Say Goodbye To Queen; Royals Show Emotion As They Say Goodbye To Queen; Royal, World Leaders, Massive Crowds Say Goodbye To Queen; Britain Pays Final Respects To The Queen; Royal Corgis Welcome Queen's Coffin At Windsor. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• The State Funeral Of Queen Elizabeth II. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• The State Funeral Of Queen Elizabeth II. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II; Queens' Coffin Makes Last Journey Down Long Walk at Windsor; King Charles III Joins Procession to St. George's Chapel. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II; Queen's Coffin Makes Way to Windsor for Final Time; Queen's Funeral Procession at Windsor Underway. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Inside Analysis of the Funeral at Westminster Abbey; Reflecting on Queen Elizabeth's Influence on the United Kingdom; Crowds Wait to Say Goodbye to the Queen; Final Moments in Queen's Funeral. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Queen Elizabeth's Coffin Prepares to Leave for Windsor; Queen Elizabeth's Coffin Leaves for Windsor; Inside Look at the Queen's Funeral. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Royal Family Escorts Queen's Coffin to Wellington Arch; Hundreds of Thousands Gather in London to Witness Funeral Procession of Queen Elizabeth II. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II; Royal Family Escorts Queen's Coffin to Wellington Arch. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II; Queen's Coffin Departs Westminister Abbey. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• The State Funeral for Queen Elizabeth II Takes Place in London. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Royal Family Leaves Buckingham Palace for Queen's Funeral; Royal Family Arrives for Queen's Funeral; State Funeral for Queen Elizabeth II; Queen's Coffin Arrives at Westminster Abbey. Aired 5:30- 6a ET
• World Leaders and Dignitaries Around the World Arrive in London for the Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Aired 5-5:30a ET


September 16, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: White House Compares Actions Of GOP Governors To "Smugglers"; Montana Defies Order On Transgender Birth Certificates; Black Girls Celebrate Bailey As "Ariel" In "Little Mermaid" Remake, Reflecting Importance Of Representation In Media. Aired 9-10p ET


September 15, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: Gov. DeSantis Claims Credit For Sending Two Planes Carrying Migrants To Martha's Vineyard; New Hampshire GOP Senate Nominee Does About-Face On False 2020 Election Claims; Judge Appoints Special Master In Mar-A-Lago Case. Aired 9-10p ET


September 14, 2022
• CNN International: Mourners Pay Respects To Queen In Westminster Hall; Ukrainian President Promises Victory As He Tours Izyum; Xi Jinping to Visit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan This Week. Aired 4- 5p ET
• Thousands Turn Out To Say Goodbye To Elizabeth II; Ukrainian President Promises Victory As He Tours Izium; Pope Francis: God Does Not Guide Us Toward War; Queen Lies In State In Westminster Hall. Aired 5-6p ET
• Queen Elizabeth Lies In State At Westminster Hall; World Leaders And Dignitaries To Attend Monday's Funeral; Thousands Pay Their Respects To The Queen; Liberated Ukrainians Relieved As Russian Troops Retreat. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Thousands Gather to Pay Their Respects to Queen Elizabeth II; King Charles III Will Eventually Appear On British Stamps; King Charles, Sons Escort Queen's Coffin Through London; Queen Elizabeth II Lying In State In Westminster Hall; Liberated Ukrainians Relieved As Russian Troops Retreat. Aired 2-3p ET
• My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell Served With Subpoena At Hardee's; DOJ Fires Back At Trump Claims, Says There's No Evidence Records Have Been Declassified; Election Deniers Win New Hampshire GOP Primary Races Ahead Of Midterms; Source: Package That Staff Said Exploded At Northeastern University Didn't Contain Explosives; Study: Daily Multivitamin May Slow Cognitive Aging; Study: Climate Change Causing Spike In U.S. Power Outages. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Russian Businessman Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances; Ukraine Continues Counteroffensive; President Biden Touts Electric Vehicles; Rail Strike Looming?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Mourners Pay Respects To Queen In Westminster Hall; Markets Up After Suffering Worst Day Since June Of 2020. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Soon: Mourners To View Queen Lying In State; Mourners Enter Westminster Hall To Pay Respects To Queen; Mourners Who Just Saw Queen Speak Out; Queen Elizabeth II Lying In State At Westminster Hall. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Lines Of Mourners To See Queen Stretches About Two Miles; Labor Secretary Meeting With Rail And Union Officials To Try To Avoid Devastating Rail Strikes; Soon: Mourners To View Queen Lying in State. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Crowds Line Streets for Miles to Pay Respects to Queen Elizabeth II; U.S. President Joe Biden Offers Condolences to King Charles III in Rare Phone Call. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Queen Elizabeth II, the Public Pay Tribute. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Queen Elizabeth II, the Public Pay Tribute. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Royal Procession Escorts Queen Elizabeth II's Coffin to Westminster. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Mourners Line Streets of London to Pay Respects to Queen; Soon, Royal Process to Begin Through Streets of London; CNN's Clarissa Ward Interviews Archbishop of Canterbury; Royal Procession Begins to Escort Queen's Coffin to Westminster. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Queen Elizabeth II, The Public Pays Tribute; Interview with Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Queen Elizabeth II's Cousin; Interview with Mayor of London Sadiq Kahn. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Coffin of Queen Elizabeth II Making Its Way to London; Hundreds of Thousands Gather to See Procession of British Royal Family Walking behind Coffin of Queen Elizabeth II. Aired 8-8:30a ET


September 13, 2022
• Ukraine Retakes 6,000 Square Kilometers from Russians; King and Queen Consort Return to London from Northern Ireland. Aired 3:35-4p ET
• CNN TONIGHT: Sen. Graham Proposes 15-Week Abortion Ban Nationwide; Ukrainians Reclaim Entire Kharkiv Region, Forcing Russian Retreat; Poll: At Least Half Of U.S. Workforce Are "Quiet Quitters". Aired 9-10p ET


September 12, 2022
• CNN TONIGHT: NY Times: Federal Agents Seized The Phones Of Two Top Trump Advisers As Part Of January 6 Probe; Justice Kagan: Judges Create Legitimacy Problems When They Ignore Legal Precedent, Impose Personal Preferences On Cases; Education Secretary: College Ranking System Is "A Joke". Aired 9-10p ET


September 10, 2022
• Formal Accession Of King Charles III Ushers In A New Royal Era; King Greets Mourners At Buckingham Palace, Meets With New U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss; Ukrainian Counteroffensive Keeps Up Momentum. Aired 4-4:55a ET


September 09, 2022
• Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96; Charles Becomes King; World Remembers Life and Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II; Commonwealth Nations Mourn Queen Elizabeth II; Australia Inching Toward Becoming a Republic; Prominent British Singers Pay Tribute to Queen Elizabeth. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Queen Elizabeth Dies at 96; Charles Becomes King; Crowds Gather to mourn Death of Queen Elizabeth II. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• King Charles to Succeed Queen Elizabeth II's Throne; Thousands of People Mourn for Their Queen's Death; World Leaders Extend Their Condolences to Britain; Royal Family and the World Mourns for Queen Elizabeth II's Passing; EFL Postpone Their Game; World Leaders Remembers Queen Elizabeth; Queen Elizabeth the Apple of the Eye of Every Artist. Aired 3-4a ET
• Queen Elizabeth II Dies at the Age of 96. Charles Becomes King; Commonwealth Nations Mourn Queen Elizabeth II. Aired 2-3a ET
• Britain's Queen Elizabeth II Dies At 96; Charles Becomes King; Highs and Lows of Queen Elizabeth II; Commonwealth Leaders Mourn the Queen. Aired 1-2a ET
• Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, Dead at 96. Aired 12-1a ET
• CNN TONIGHT: King Charles III Gives First Address To Nation In Mourning After Queen Elizabeth's Death; Trump And DOJ Submit Special Master Nominees To Review Mar-A-Lago Documents. Frances Tiafoe Playing Carlos Alcaraz For Spot In U.S. Open Finals. Aired 11p-12a ET
• King Charles III Delivers First Speech Ahead Of Official Proclamation Saturday; World Mourns Death of Queen Elizabeth II. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• King Charles III Delivers First Address as King. Aired 2-2:30p ET


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