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May 04, 2015
• New Republican Presidential Candidates; Baltimore on Edge; Terror in Texas; Tensions Rise after Baltimore Suspect's Gun Fires; NYPD Officer Shot in Head Dies; African-American Doctor, Female CEO Join GOP Race. Aired 6-7p ET


May 01, 2015
• Police Charged in Death of Freddie Gray. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• Six Officers Charged in Freddie Gray's Death; News Conference by Freddie Gray's Family; Interview with Representative Elijah Cummings. Aired 5-6p ET


April 30, 2015
• Protests in Baltimore, Philadelphia; Marilyn Mosby to Take Up Freddie Gray Case; Baltimore Police: Curfew Remains Throughout the Weekend; Autopsy Report May Go to Prosecutor Soon. Aired 6-7p ET
• Stunning Disclosures of Freddie Gray's Arrests and Subsequent Injuries During Police Custody. Aired 5-6p ET


April 29, 2015
• Protests in Baltimore. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• Organizers Call for New Protest This Hour; New Protests in Baltimore, Police Expect Large Crowds. Aired 5-6p ET


April 28, 2015
• Protests in Baltimore. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• Police, Troops Enforce State of Emergency in Baltimore; Mayor: Damage Will Disrupt Lives 'In a Major Way'; Commissioner: We Need to Change Police Department Culture; Interview with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Aired 5-6p ET


April 27, 2015
• Interview With Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings; Violent Protests in Baltimore; Looting, Violence on Streets of Baltimore. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• Police: Looting, Violence on the Streets of Baltimore. Aired 5- 6:00p ET


April 24, 2015
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; Baltimore Protests. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• Italy: Vatican Among Possible Terror Targets; White House: No Regrets at Death of U.S. Terrorist; Interview with Republican Senator James Risch of Idaho; Terror Threats Against the Vatican; Protesters Promise to Shut Down Baltimore; Thousands Evacuated after Volcano Erupts in Chile. Aired 5-6p ET


April 23, 2015
• Baltimore Protest; American Hostage Killed in U.S. Drone Strike; Interview With South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• U.S. Strikes Kill Hostages, al Qaeda Leaders; Interview with Peter King; State Troopers Called in After New Baltimore Protests. Aired 5-6:00p ET


April 22, 2015
• Terrorist Plot Foiled; Baltimore Protests; Interview with Senator Risch. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• Police Union: Something Happened in That Van; Iranian Warships Heading Toward U.S. Fleet; : Interview with Brett McGurk; Radioactive Drone Lands on Japan's Government Office. Aired 5-6:00p ET


April 21, 2015
• U.S. Warships Near Yemen; Protests in Baltimore; U.S. Conducting Manned Reconnaissance off Yemen; Interview with U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• Feds Investigate Baltimore Police Custody Death; U.S. Conducting Manned Reconnaissance off Yemen; U.S. Conducting Manned Reconnaissance off Yemen; Interview With Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois; Protests in Baltimore Over Police Custody Death. Aired 5-6p ET


April 20, 2015
• 6 Americans Arrested for Trying to Join ISIS; New Crackdown on Insider Threats at U.S. Airports; U.S. Warships Sent to Yemeni Waters to Intercept Convoy of Iranian Vessels; Police Release New Video of Controversial Arrest; Clinton Breaks Silence on Controversial New Book. Aired 6-7:00p ET
• Feds: Six Americans Tried to Join ISIS in Syria; U.S. Warships Move Closer to Yemen; Interview with Sen. John McCain; North Korea Threatens U.S. Ambassador. Aired 5-6p ET


April 17, 2015
• Interview With Idaho Senator James Risch; Ferguson Protests; Bungled Apology; Deputy Charges with Manslaughter Speaks Out. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• ISIS: U.S. Consulate Was Target of Bombing; Interview with Angus King; Iraqi Forces Kill Former Deputy to Saddam Hussein; U.S. Citizens Pleads Not Guilty to Terror Charges; Leaked E-Mails Reveal How North Korea Hacked Sony; Former TSA Officer Says Groping Scandal is No Surprise. Aired 5-6:00p ET


April 16, 2015
• Interview With South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham; Terror in Ohio; ISIS Blood Money; 911 Call of Man Trapped in Plane's Cargo Hold; Copter Pilot Who Landed at Capitol Charged. Aired 18-18:30p ET
• ISIS Shows Refinery Attack, Closes in on Kay City: Putin: 'There Are No Russian Troops in Ukraine'; Gyrocopter Pilot Charged with Violating Airspace; Tulsa Deputy's Training Records Missing; Marijuana Revolution. Aired 5-6p ET


April 15, 2015
• Interview With California Congressman Ed Royce; Chris Christie in New Hampshire; Capitol Landing. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• Security Scare as Gyroscope Lands at U.S. Capitol; Iraqi Official: Key City May Fall to ISIS; Shocking Video Intensified Debate over Dash Cams; TSA Officers Fired for Plot to Grope Passengers. Aired 5-6:00p ET


April 14, 2015
• Interview With Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz; ISIS Attack; Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed: Sex Party Scandal; Rand Paul's Secret Weapon. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• ISIS Battles Iraqi Troops for Key Oil Refinery; GOP and Dems Agree on Oversight of Iran Deal; Iraqi P.M. Asks U.S. for More Help Against ISIS; Slager Wouldn't Talk to Investigators After Shooting. Aired 5-6:00p ET


April 13, 2015
• Senator Marco Rubio Announces Run for Presidency; Unfriendly Skies. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• Deputy Charged in Fatal Tulsa Shooting; New Audio Captures Police Shooting Aftermath. Aired 5-6:00p ET


April 10, 2015
• Al Qaeda's Threat; New Video in South Carolina Police Shooting; Hillary Clinton Preparing to Launch; Feds: American Tried to Bomb U.S. Base for ISIS; Pentagon Chief's New Warning about Terror in U.S.; Iran Challenging U.S. Terms for Nuclear Deal; Hillary Clinton to Launch Presidential Bid Sunday; Safety Experts Study Commercial Jets Without Pilots. Aired 6-7p ET
• Feds: U.S. ISIS Supporter Plotted Suicide Bombing; Interview With Rep. Ed Royce of California; Passenger Questioned, Released Without Charges; New Police Dash Cam Video of South Carolina Shooting; Illinois Town Battered by Storm. Aired 5-6p ET


April 09, 2015
• New Video in South Carolina Police Shooting; Large Tornado Confirmed in Iowa. Aired 6:00-7p ET
• South Carolina Releases Dash Cam Video of Police Shooting. Aired 5-6p ET


April 08, 2015
• Murder Caught on Video?; Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Found Guilty; Coroner: 'Multiple Gunshot Wounds' to Victim's Back; Man Who Took Video of Shooting Speaks Out; Interview with U.S. Congressman Ed Royce of California. Aired 6-7p ET
• Officer Fired After Killing Caught on Camera; Paul Sparks Abortion Uproar with Fellow Lawmaker; Interview With Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky; Attorney: Many Shot by Police Hit Four Times in Back; Tsarnaev Found Guilty of All Counts; Al Qaeda Puts Bounty on Leaders' Heads. Aired 5-6p ET


April 07, 2015
• Interview With Congressman Darrell Issa; Rand Paul Announces Bid For Presidency; Selling Iranian Nuclear Deal; Sources: Russians Hacked White House; Policeman Charged with Murdering Unarmed Man. Aired 6-7p ET
• Sources: Russia Hacked White House Computers; New U.S. Help After Airstrikes Kill Civilians; Contradicting Details Emerge on Nuke Deal; Sources: Russians Hacked White House; Pentagon's $10 Billion 'Flop' Left U.S. Exposed; Pentagon's $10 Billion Flop; Secret Mission to Sneak "The Interview" Into North Korea. Aired 5-6p ET


April 06, 2015
• Interview With Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard; Selling the Iran Nuclear Deal; Fourth Man Charged in ISIS Recruitment Plot; Pilots Grounded After Reported Cockpit Brawl; Hillary Clinton 2016 Announcement Expected Soon. Aired 6-7p ET
• ISIS Gunmen Take Over Palestinian Refugee Camp; Israel Stepping Up Fight Against Iran Nuclear Deal; American Killed During Struggle Between Terror Groups; Air War Raining Bombs on Yemeni Capital; American Killed as Thousands Flee Deadly War; New Delay in Offensive to Retake ISIS-Held City; Women's March Across the DMZ? Aired 5-6p ET


April 03, 2015
• Iran Nuclear Deal; Al Qaeda Prison Break; Interview With Idaho Senator James Risch; Black Box Shows Co-Pilot Sped UP Deadly Descent; Third U.S. ISIS Arrest in Two Days, All Women; Iran's Growing Influence Across Middle East; Ferguson Releases Racist Emails by Police & Officials; Controversy Easing on Eve of "Final Four." Aired 6-7p ET
• Officials: Known Terrorists Among 270+ Prisoners Freed; Battle Lines Forming Over Obama's 'Historic' Deal; Interview With Rep. Eliot Engel of New York; Feds: Philadelphia Woman Tried to Join ISIS; Third U.S. ISIS Arrest in Two Days; More Details from Recovered Black Box of Germanwings Flight 9525; Are Budget Airlines Safe?; North Korea Recruiting Women for "Pleasure Squad". Aired 5-6p ET


April 02, 2015
• Interview With Maine Senator Angus King; Domestic Terror Plots Foiled; Iran Nuclear Deal Reached. Aired 18-19:00p ET
• Obama: 'Deal Shuts Down Iran's Path to a Bomb'; 147 Dead in Terror Attack on University; Al Qaeda Attacks Yemen Prison, Frees Hundreds; Interview with White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest; Details on Deliberate Crash of Germanwings Pilot; Senator Robert Menendez Denies Corruption Charges; Flight Data Recorder Found in Plane Wreckage. Aired 5-6p ET


April 01, 2015
• Interview With California Congressman Adam Schiff; Religion Bill Raises Controversy; Flight 9525 Investigation Continues; Grief & Anger at Memorial for Teenage Crash Victims; Airline CEO Apologizes for Crash; U.S. Senator Indicted on Corruption Charges. Aired 6-7:00p ET
• Iraqi Forces Declare Major Victory Over ISIS; U.S. 'Prepared to Walk Away' from Iran Nuke Talks. Aired 5-6:00p ET


March 31, 2015
• Interview With California Congressman Ed Royce; Indiana to Alter Religious Freedom Law; Flight 9525 Investigation Continues; Iranian Nuclear Talks Extended. Aired 6-7:00p ET
• Report: Video from Plane Shows Chaos, Terror; Lufthansa Knew of Co-Pilot's Earlier Depression; Could Technology Have Prevented Crash?; Iran Nuclear Talks to Go on Past Deadline; U.S.: 'Military Option Will Remain on the Table'. Aired 5-6p ET


March 30, 2015
• Iranian Nuclear Negotiations; Germanwings Crash Investigation Continues; Anger Over Leak of Cockpit Recording; Nuclear Dangers as Deadline for Iran Deal Nears; Possible 2016 Primary Rival Slams Hillary Clinton. Aired 6-7p ET
• Prosecutor: Co-Pilot Once Had Suicidal Tendencies; Official: Remains of 78 Crash Victims Identified; Prosecutor: Co-Pilot Once Had Suicidal Tendencies; Just Hours Until Deadline for Iran Deal. Aired 5:00-6:00p ET


March 27, 2015
• Amanda Knox Murder Conviction Overturned; Plane Crash Investigation Continues; Prosecutor: Co-Pilot Hid Illness from Airline; Could Remote Controlled Planes Be on the Horizon? Aired 6- 7:00p ET
• Prosecutor: Doctor Declared Co-Pilot 'Unfit to Work'; Germanwings Co-Pilot Hid Illness From Airline; Amanda Knox Murder Conviction Overturned. Aired 5-6p ET


March 26, 2015
• Air Crash Investigation; Airstrikes in Yemen. Aired 6-7:00p ET
• Prosecutor: Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane; Airline CEO: Pilot Showed No Sign of Being Unstable; Third American Crash Victim Identified; Saudis Lead Massive Strikes on Yemen Rebels. Aired 5-6p ET


March 25, 2015
• Plane Crash Investigation; Bowe Bergdahl Facing Charges; Tornado Warning in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Aired 6-7:00p ET
• Voice Recorder Retrieved from Alps Crash; 3 Americans on Flight 9525; Search Slowed by Perilous Conditions at Crash Scene. Aired 5:00- 6:00p ET


March 24, 2015
• Plane Crash in French Alps; Ted Cruz Speaks Out; Jet Dropped Nearly 27,000 Feet in Eight Minutes; Feds Slam Shootings By Philadelphia Police; Sen. Ted Cruz's Surprise in New CNN Interview. Aired 6-7p ET
• Airliner 'Obliterated,' Black Box Recovered; Bad Weather Expected to Continue at Crash Site; Airliner 'Obliterated,' Black Box Recovered; Israel Calls Iran Spying Report 'Utterly False'. Aired 5-6 p ET


March 23, 2015
• Interview With New York Congressman Peter King; ISIS Threatens Military Families; Ted Cruz Running for President. Aired 18-18:30p ET
• Pro-ISIS Group Posts Hit List of U.S. Troops; U.S., Britain Pull Last Troops Out of Yemen; Amid Nuke Talks, Ayatollah Says 'Death to America'; UVA Student to Plead Not Guilty; Should TSA Officers Carry Weapons? Aired 5-6p ET


March 20, 2015
• Interview With Idaho Senator James Risch; U.S.-Israeli Relationship Damaged?; Day of Terror; ISIS Claims Its Behind Twin Massacres; Student Bloodied During Arrest will Fight Charges; UVA Student Being Treated again for Head Injuries. Aired 6-7:00p ET
• Bombings Kill 137, Hurt 357, ISIS Claims Responsibility; White House Sharpening Tone Toward Israeli Leader; Terror Charges for Teen for Trying to Join ISIS; FBI Investigates Man Found Hanging From Tree; UVA Students Targeted?; Monica Lewinsky Reemerges into the Spotlight; Aired 5:00-6p ET


March 19, 2015
• Interview With Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard; Bloody Arrest; U.S.-Israeli Relationship; Body of African-American Man Found Hanging From Tree in Mississippi; McCain Demands Apology for Racially Charged Remark. Aired 6-7:00p ET
• Obama Phones Netanyahu with Post-Election Congratulations; ISIS Claims Responsibly for Museum Attack in Tunisia; Obama Phones Netanyahu After Post-Election Flap; Kim Jong-un To Visit Putin's Russia; Interview with Ed Royce; Black Man Found Hanging in Mississippi; Police Investigating Black Student's Bloody Arrest; Secret Service Chief Calls Reports Exaggerated. Aired 5:00-6p ET


March 18, 2015
• Interview With Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger; Terror in Tunisia; Caroline Kennedy Facing Death Threats; Air Force Vet Pleads Not Guilty to Trying to Join ISIS; Surveillance Video Possibly Erased in Secret Service Scandal; Manhunt After 19 Killed in Museum Terror Attack. Aired 6-7:00p ET
• Manhunt for Gunmen After 19 Killed at Museum; Death Threats Reported Against Caroline Kennedy; Russia Celebrates Anniversary of Crimea Annexation; Interview with Corey Gardner; FBI Monitored Veteran Before Alleged Plot to Join ISIS; Air Force Vet Pleads Not Guilty in Terror Case. Aired 5-6:00p ET


March 17, 2015
• Interview With Congressman Adam Schiff; GOP Congressman Resigns; Joining ISIS; Israeli Election Too Close to Call. Aired 6- 7:00p ET
• U.S. Air Force Vet Charged with Trying to Join ISIS; Israeli TV Exit Polls: Election Too Close to Call; Russia Deploys Missiles, Strategic Bombers; Air Scare on Delta Flight; North Korea Blamed for Nuke Power Plant Cyberattack. Aired 5:00-6:00p ET


March 16, 2015
• Israeli Election; Ferguson Arrest; Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki; Police Deny Beating Man Suspected of Shooting Cops; CNN Poll: Clinton Ratings Drops Amid Email Uproar. Aired 6-7:00p ET
• Putin's Back, Puts Troops on Combat Alert; "Crunch Time" In Iran Nuclear Showdown; Interview with Angus King; Teens Suspected of Trying to Join Terror Group; Ex-Hostage Describes Torture by 'Jihadi John'; Saudis Warn Iraq Deal Could Trigger Nuclear Arms Race; Police Deny Beating Ferguson Shooting Suspect. Aired 5-6:00p ET


March 13, 2015
• Interview With Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark; Where Is Vladimir Putin?; Ferguson Investigation; Polls Point Toward Upset in Israeli Election; Jeb Bush Makes 2016 Debut in Key Primary State
• News Conference on Ferguson Manhunt; Chief: 'Good General Idea' Where Shots Came From; Ferguson Mayor Not Planning to Step Down; Video Shows Teenage Girls Crossing Into Syria; Pushback in Secret Service Agents Scandal; North Korea Fires Missiles


March 12, 2015
• Chaos in Ferguson
• Fate of Future Protests Undecided; Cops Shot in Ferguson, Manhunt Underway; Drunken Secret Service Agents Disrupted Bomb Investigation; Interview with Rep. Jason Chaffetz


March 11, 2015
• Ferguson Police Chief Resigns; Potential Secret Service Scandal
• Ferguson Police Chief Steps Down; Interview with Benjamin Crump; Ferguson Police Chief Steps Down; First-Ever Look at Pictures of bin Laden


March 10, 2015
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; Hillary Clinton Responds to E-Mail Controversy; Oklahoma University Students Expelled


March 09, 2015
• Interview With U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes; Racist Chant; ISIS Falling Apart?; Protests Over Wisconsin Police Shooting
• Major Battles Put ISIS on the Defensive; Protest Against Police Shooting of Tony Robinson; Family Calls for Peaceful Protests after Teens Killing; GOP Senators to Iran's Leaders: Nuke Deal Won't Last; Policewoman Among 4 Arrested in Paris Terror Case; 'Sunday Times': 'Jihadi John' Apologizes to His Family


March 06, 2015
• Economic Rebound; Remembering Selma; Ferguson Fallout; Growing U.S. Alarm Over Iran's Role in Battling ISIS; Obama Administration Battered with Clinton E-mail Questions
• Ferguson Officers Resign Over Racist E-Mails; Sources Say Menendez May Face Corruption Charges; Dismantling Ferguson Police PD?; New Video Shows Jihadi John as Teen; More Fallout as ISIS Bulldozers Ancient Biblical City; LaGuardia Scare Reveals Runway Dangers


March 05, 2015
• Winter Storm; Delta Jet Skids Off Runway; Hillary Clinton Under Fire Over E-Mails; Ferguson Teen's Family to Sue Police;
• Flights Delayed for Hours After Jet Skids Off Runway; Hundreds of Drivers Stranded on Icy Highways; Interview with Marc Morial; New FBI Warning About American Teens Joining ISIS; Interview with Ambassador Ron Dermer


March 04, 2015
• U.S. Ambassador Attacked; Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; Justice Department Releases Report on Ferguson Police Department; Hillary Clinton Under Fire
• Holder: "Some of Those Protesters Were Right"; Interview with Cornel William Brooks and Marc Morial; Interview with Adam Kinzinger; Feds: Multiple Racist E-mails by Ferguson Police; Iran Helping Iraqi Offensive on ISIS


March 03, 2015
• Netanyahu Addresses Congress; Interview With Washington Congressman Adam Smith; Evidence of Racism in Ferguson?; Lawyer: Snowden Ready to Return to U.S.; Petraeus Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge; Obama Slams Israeli Leader's Iran Speech to Congress; Feds: Ferguson Police Targeted African-Americans for Years
• Obama Slams Israel Leader's Iran Speech; House Passes Clean Homeland Security Funding Bill; Interview with Ed Royce; Iraq Gains Influence in Iraq as It Fights ISIS; Pelosi: Speech 'An Insult to the Intelligence'; Feds: Ferguson Police Targeted African-Americans


March 02, 2015
• Interview With Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard; Israeli Prime Minister to Address Congress; Susan Rice at AIPAC; Rice Says Obama's Commitment to Israel "Deep and Personal"; Rice: A Bad Deal With Iran Is Worse Than No Deal
• Obama Speaks Out As Tensions Build Over Iran Nukes; Interview with Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah; Obama: 'This is Not a Personal Issue'; Secret E-mails Shed New Light on 'Jihadi John'; Police Question Girlfriend of Murdered Putin Critic


February 27, 2015
• Interview With South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham; Fight Against ISIS; Putin Opponent Killed; Growing Fear ISIS Will Behead Captured Christians; Temporary Homeland Security Funding Bill Fails
• Congress Deadlocked, DHS Funding Cutoff Tonight


February 26, 2015
• Interview With Maine Senator Angus King; Jihadi John's Identity; ISIS in America?
• White House: 'Jihadi John' is a Top Target; New Video Shows ISIS Thugs Ransacking Museum; Investigation Ramping Up after 'Jihadi John' Named


February 25, 2015
• Interview With California Congressman Ed Royce; Homeland Security Funding Battle; Deadly Bacteria
• Feds: Suspect Offered to Kill Obama for ISIS; U.S. Embassy Warns of Threat to Malls in Jordan


February 24, 2015
• Interview With Idaho Senator James Risch; Train Wreck; ISIS Recruits; U.S. Sending Weapons to Iraq Before Battle with ISIS; No Civil Rights Charges in Trayvon Martin Case
• NTSB Joining Investigation of Fiery Train Crash; Is Mideast Ally Funding Terrorists?; Funding Fight Threatens Homeland Security Shutdown; New Questions Raised about Ally's Aid to ISIS; Activists: ISIS Kidnaps Dozens of Christians


February 23, 2015
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki; Malls Under Threat?; Dangerous Weather; U.S. Responds to New Shopping Mall Terror Threat
• Terror Group Calls for Attacks on Malls; New Defense Chief Holds Urgent Summit on ISIS; Spy Chief Says Snowden Leaks Helped Terrorists; Interview with Rep. Peter King


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