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May 21, 2019
• House Dems To Meet As Impeachment Calls Grow; House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Former White House Aides Hope Hicks And Annie Donaldson; Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) Is Interviewed On Subpoenas For Hicks and Donaldson; Trump Tweets About McGahn Defying Subpoena; Beto O'Rourke Relaunches Presidential Campaign; North Korea's Propaganda Machine Gets Makeover. Aired 5-6p ET


May 20, 2019
• White House Blocks McGahn From Testifying; Interview With Former FBI General Counsel James Baker; Interview With Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA); Court Rules Against Trump in Financial Records Fight. Aired 6-7p ET
• White House Blocks McGahn's Testimony; Interview With Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) On Don McGahn And Justin Amash; Judge Sides With House Dems, Orders Trump Financial Records To Be Turned Over; Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) Doubles Down On His Impeachment Claims; Trump May Have Revealed U.S. Intelligence In T.V. Comments. Aired 5-6p ET


May 17, 2019
• Flynn's Obstruction Evidence; Bill Barr Targets Russia Probe Origins; Interview With Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ); Barr Comfortable With Trump Calling Mueller Probe A Witch Hunt; Barr Echoes Trump's Spy Theories About Russia Probe As President Tweets About Treason; Biden Making Big Play For Pennsylvania With Rally Tomorrow, Campaign HQ in Philadelphia; China Cancels Major U.S. Pork Import Order As Trump's Trade War With China Hurts The Heartland. Aired 6-7p ET
• Sen. Mazie Hirono (D) Hawaii Is Interviewed About Treasury Secretary Defying Subpoena For Trump Tax Returns; Refusing To Budge; Ignored Warnings; Barr On Russia Probe: Some Explanations Don't Hang Together; Trump Uses Twitter To Test Policy, Take Pulse Of His Base. Aired 5-6p ET


May 16, 2019
• New Court Filing Shows Michael Flynn Helped in Obstruction Probe; Interview With Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI); Trump Unveils Immigration Plan; Newly Unsealed Evidence Shows Michael Flynn Helped With Mueller's Obstruction Investigation; Judge Orders Release of Transcripts of Flynn's Conversations with Russians; House Intel Chair to Take "Enforcement Action" Against DOJ; Trump Reports Making At Least $34 Million in 2018. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Unveils "Merit-Based" Immigration Plan; Growing Concern About Iran's Use Of Drones; Interview With Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) About Surveillance On Iran; Top Congressional Leaders Get Briefing On Iran; A.G. Bill Barr Says It's Up To Mueller If He Wants To Testify; Trump Reports Making At Least $434 Million In 2018; Newly Unsealed Evidence Shows Flynn Helped With Mueller's Probe; North Korea Faces Severe Food Shortages With Worst Drought In Decades. Aired 5-6p ET


May 15, 2019
• Trump Immigration Plan Unveiled; Interview With Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX); Alabama Passes Country's Most Restrictive Anti-Abortion Law; Country Heading Toward Constitutional Crisis?. Aired 6-7p ET
• Judiciary Committee Chairman Says White House Is Acting Like Trump Is A King; Trump Administration Reveals Details Of New Immigration Plan; Interview With Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) On Standoff Between White House And Congress; Furor Over Alabama Bill To Ban Most Abortions; White House: Dems Want A Do-Over On The Mueller Report; Furor Over Alabama Bill To Ban Most Abortions; Key Trump Properties Decline As Brand Loses Luster. Aired 5-6p ET


May 14, 2019
• Trump Jr. Makes Deal To Testify Before Senate Intelligence; Interview With Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA); Attorney General Launches Investigation Of Russia Investigators; Putin Praises Mueller For Objective Investigation; Trump Slams Report Bolton Wanted Plan For 120,000 Troops To Middle East; Biden Defends Climate Record After Rebuke By Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) New York; Gov. Steve Bullock (D) Montana Joins Democrat's List Of Presidential Candidates; Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) South Bend, Indiana Slow Jams With Jimmy Fallon; Governor Says Two Florida Counties Hacked In 2016 Election; Anti-Jewish Violence Sparks New Security Concerns. Aired 6-7p ET
• A.G. Barr Heeds Trump Call To "Investigate The Investigators"; Putin Praises Work Of Special Counsel Robert Mueller; House Intel Asks Trump Lawyers About Cohen's False Testimony; Interview With Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) On Republican Opposition To Further Cohen Inquiries; Trump Jr. Makes Deal To Testify Before Senate Intel; North Korea Demands Return Of Cargo Ship Seized By U.S. Aired 5-6p ET


May 13, 2019
• Trump Jr. Balking At Senate Subpoena; Interview With Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL); Trump Attacks FBI Director; China Strikes Back In Trade War; Trump Tweets, 'Never Been A Big Fan Of Ex-Counsel Don McGahn;' Dow Plunges 600-Plus Points As Trump Threatens New Retaliation Against China In Worsening Trade War; Tearful Felicity Huffman Pleads Guilty in College Admissions Scandal; Special Report On Anti-Jewish Violence In U.S. Aired 6-7p ET
• Markets Plunge As China Retaliates Against U.S. Tariff Hikes; Trump Defends Refusal To Cooperate With Congressional Probes; Interview With Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) On White House's War With Congress; Trump Slams FBI Director Wray For "Protecting The Same Gang That Tried To Overthrow The President"; Huffman Breaks Down In Tears Following Guilty Plea; Kellyanne Conway's Husband Blasts Trump. Aired 5-6p ET


May 10, 2019
• Report: White House Asked Don McGahn To Say Trump Never Obstructed Justice; Democrats Target Trump Tax Returns; Interview With Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA); "New York Times" Reports White House Asked McGahn Twice In Past Month To Say Trump Never Obstructed Justice; Admitted Russian Agent Maria Butina Speaks Out, Denies She Was Part Of Russian Plan To Influence U.S. Politics; Ransomware Attacks On The Rise Crippling Communities, Costing Them Millions Of Dollars. Aired 6- 7p ET
• Retired Supreme Court Judge Criticizes Trump; China Trade Talks End Without a Deal, Tariffs to Hit Popular Consumer Goods; Trump Raises Tariffs But Touts Ties With Chinese Leader; Interview with Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) Regarding Trump Tax Returns. Aired 5-6p ET


May 09, 2019
• Trump Calls For Prosecution Of John Kerry; President Trump Slams Subpoena Of Son; Interview With Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA); Sen. Kamala Harris (D) California Demands Attorney General Barr Clarify Testimony About White House Pressure; Mike Pompeo Says, We Do Not Seek War But Iranian Attack On U.S. Forces Will Be Met With Swift And Decisive Response; CNN: Parent Voiced Concern To Education Board About Violence, "Repeat Of Columbine" Five Months Before School Shooting. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump "Very Surprised" by Don Jr.'s Subpoena; Trump Moves to Impose New Tariffs on China as Trade Talks Begin in Washington; Interview with Rep. Denny Heck (D-WA) on Trump Jr. and DOJ Subpoenas; Trump to Let Barr Decide on Mueller Testimony. Aired 5-6p ET


May 08, 2019
• Senate Subpoenas Donald Trump Jr.; Interview With Rep. Steve Cohen (R-TN); House Judiciary Votes To Hold Attorney General Barr In Contempt; School Shooting Rocks Colorado; White House Exerts Broad Executive Privilege Over Mueller Report; Colorado School Shooting Suspect Appears In Court; Students Hailed For Heroically Confronting Attacker; U.S. Imposes New Sanctions As Iran Says It Will Partially Withdraw From Nuclear Deal; Harry And Meghan Introduce Baby Archie. Aired 6-7p ET
• House Judiciary Votes Bill Barr In Contempt; Interview With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) On Judiciary Committee Vote; Senate Intel Subpoenas Trump Jr.; First Court Appearance For School Shooting Suspect; U.S. Halts Effort To Retrieve War Remains From North Korea Amid Rising Tensions. Aired 5-6p ET


May 07, 2019
• Will Congress Hold Attorney General in Contempt?; Pompeo Visits Iraq; School Shooting in Colorado; Interview With Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO); Experts: Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Clinging to Power with Help from Russia, Cuba. Aired 6-7p ET
• Multiple Injuries After Shooting At School In Suburban Denver; Iran's Movement Of Ballistic Missiles Prompted U.S. Military Buildup In Middle East; Contempt Vote Against Barr Still Set Despite Negotiations; Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo Makes Unannounced Trip To Iraq; Interview With Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) On Middle East Tensions; Judiciary Chairman And House Dems Discuss Next Steps In Barr, McGahn Standoffs; Pompeo Makes Unannounced Trip To Iraq To Discuss Increasing Tensions With Iran; Jill Biden Opens Up About Her Life, Marriage, and Family. Aired 5-6p ET


May 06, 2019
• Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) Is Interviewed About Deployment Of Warships In The Middle East; Treasury Secretary Refuses To Give House Dems Trump's Tax Returns; Trump Awards Presidential Medal Of Freedom To Tiger Woods; Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) South Carolina Open To Mueller Testifying In Public After Trump Reverses Course And Says Mueller Should Not Testify; Russian Foreign Minister Warns Against U.S. Intervention in Venezuela; Harry And Meghan Announce Birth Of Son. Aired 6-7p ET
• Justice Department Invites Judiciary Committee Staffers To Meet Over Full Mueller Report; Treasury Department Facing Deadline To Provide Trump's Tax Returns to Congress; Trump Flip-Flops On Mueller Testifying; Rep. Gerry Connolly (D) Virginia Is Interviewed On White House Standoff With Congress; Michael Cohen Lashes Out At Trump, Begins Prison Term; Justice Department Faces Contempt Threat, Offers To Keep Negotiating Over Access To Mueller Report; Satellite Evidence Points To North Korean Missile Launch. Aired 5-6p ET


May 03, 2019
• Trump Fails to Address Election Meddling With Putin; Strong Jobs Report; Will Mueller Appear Before Senate?; Interview With Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA); New York Subway Bomb Plotter Could Be Released Within Days; Sen. Kamala Harris (D) California Wants Inspector General To Investigate If White House Urged Barr To Open Probes Of Trump Enemies. Aired on 6-7p ET
• Sen. Ben Cardin (D) Maryland Interviewed About Trump's One Hour Phone Call with Putin; Contradicting Pompeo; What About Bob?; Record Economy; Trump to Run on Economy as Unemployment Reaches Lowest Point; Mother of Otto Warmbier: My Son Looked "Like He'd Seen the Devil". Aired 5-6p ET


May 02, 2019
• Interview With Sen. Mark Warner (D) Virginia; White House Lashes Out At Mueller Report; Attorney General Bill Barr Under Fire; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D) California Accuses Barr Of Lying To Congress As Democrats Weigh Holding Attorney General In Contempt; Trump Won't Let Former White House Counsel McGahn Testify; FBI Sent Undercover Investigator To Meet Up With Trump Campaign Adviser Papadopoulos To Probe Possible Ties To Russia; Tension Growing Between U.S. And Russia Over Venezuela Crisis; Facebook Bans Controversial Users Deemed "Dangerous." Aired 6-7p ET
• Pelosi Says Barr Lied to Congress and "That's a Crime"; Poll: Trump Approval on Economy Hits New High; Manhunt for U.S.-Based Activist Accused in Attack of North Korean Embassy in Spain; Interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). Aired 5-6p ET


May 01, 2019
• Attorney General Barr Refusing To Testify Before House Tomorrow; Interview With Sen. Mazie Hirono (D) Hawaii; Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) New York Says He's Trying To Blackmail The Panel; Pompeo Warns Russia To Stop "Destabilizing" Interference In Venezuela's Uprising. Aired 6-7p ET
• Dems Call on Barr to Resign as He Downplays Russia Report and Defends Handling in Wake of Criticism from Mueller; Source Says Barr Not Expected to Testify Tomorrow; Democrats Call On Barr To Resign As He Downplays Russia Report And Defends Handling In Wake Of Mueller Criticism; Barr Calls Mueller's Letter Objecting To His Summary Of Report A Bit Snitty. Aired 5-6p ET


April 30, 2019
• Russia Responds To Wolf's Interview With Pompeo; Source: Trump Agreed With Dems To Spend $2 Trillion On Roads, Bridges And Broadband Because It Sounded Bigger And Better; Trump Agreed With Democrats To Spend $2 Trillion On Roads, Bridges And Broadband Because It Sounded Bigger And Better; Trump Team Sues Banks To Block Release Of Financial Records; Biden Opens Wide Lead Over Democratic Field; Americans Divided On Barr's Handling Of The Mueller Report; Interview With Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL); Crisis In Venezuela; Biden Leading Polls. Aired 6- 7p ET
• Dozens Injured In Venezuela's Political Upheaval as U.S Embassy Warns Americans to Shelter in Place; Trump Set $2 Trillion Figure for Road and Bridge Repair Because it Sounded Bigger and Better Than $1 Trillion; Attorney General Barr Facing Subpoena Threat Amid Battle Over Format of Testimony To House Judiciary Committee; Joe Biden Opens Wide Lead Over Democratic Field; Interview with Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State. Aired 5-6p ET


April 29, 2019
• Attorney General Bill Barr Defiant; Trump Versus Biden; Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Resigns; Interview With Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA); FBI Informed Of Threatening Social Media Post Five Minutes Before Synagogue Shooting; Rep. Jerry Nadler Pushes Back On Terms Of Mueller Report Testimony As Attorney General Barr Threatens To Skip Hearing; Joe Biden Holds First Campaign Rally As Trump Attacks Him, President Ignoring Warnings Against Elevating His Democratic Rival; Joe Biden Holds First Campaign Rally As He Spars With President Trump Over White Nationalist Violence; China's Military Expands Its Global Influence On The Doorstep Of A U.S. Base. Aired 6-7p ET
• Alleged California Terror Plot Thwarted, Officials Say Suspect Consumed With Hate, Bent On Mass Murder; Joe Biden Holds Out First Campaign Rally As Trump Ignores His Advisers' Warnings Against Elevating Rival; Attorney General William Barr Rejects Hearing Format Proposed By House Democrats; Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) New York Threatens To Subpoena; Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Resigns. Aired 5- 6p ET


April 26, 2019
• Convicted Russian Agent Speaks Out; President Trump Lashes Out at Mueller Team; Biden Under Fire; Interview With Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ); Trump Welcomes Putin's Statements on North Korea; New Poll Shows Majority Say Mueller Report Did Not Clear Trump; Maria Butina Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison. Aired on 6-7p ET
• Lied to the Public; Cashing In; Trump Takes Questions with Japanese PM; Trump Taking Swipes at Biden; Rep. Madeleine Dean (D) Pennsylvania Interviewed About Joe Biden. Aired 5-6p ET


April 25, 2019
• After Talks with Putin, Kim Jong-un Accuses the U.S. of "Bad Faith" During His Second Summit with Trump; Biden Holding First Fundraiser After Launching 2020 Presidential Campaign and Slamming Trump; Trump Denies Telling McGahn to Fire Robert Mueller; Admitted Russian Agent Sentencing Tomorrow Amid Uncertainty About her Faith. Aired 6-7p ET
• Joe Biden Holding First Fundraiser Hours after Announcing Campaign; Trump Denies McGahn's Sworn Testimony; Interview with Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), on 2020 Democratic Field; Biden Jumps In; House Dems Launch Investigation of "Unprecedented" Homeland Security Firings and Role of Stephen Miller; Judge Orders Release for Man Accused of Plotting Terror Attack; Billed for Release. Aired 5-6p ET


April 24, 2019
• Kim Jong-un Arrives In Russia For Summit With Putin; Iran's Foreign Minister Slams Trump Administration For "Very Dangerous Policy"; Oversight Chair: Trump And Atty. General Openly Ordering Federal Employees To Ignore Subpoenas In "Growing Pattern Of Obstruction"; Hillary Clinton Op-Ed Urges Dems To Build On "A Serious Crime" In The Mueller Report, But Warns Against Rush To Impeach Trump; U.S. Official: "Like Pulling Teeth" To Get Trump White House To Focus On Russian Election Interference; Interview With Thomas Friedman; Interview With Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA). Aired 6-7p ET
• Deutsche Bank Giving Trump's Financial Records To New York A.G.; Hillary Clinton: Congress Should Build On Mueller Report; Interview With Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) On Trump Ignoring Bipartisan Subpoena; Trump White House's Inability To Focus On Election Interference; Kim Jong-un Arrives In Russia For Putin Summit, Pressuring Trump. Aired 5-6p ET


April 23, 2019
• Democratic Presidential Candidates Comment on Trump Impeachment; Jared Kushner Downplays Russian Interference in 2016 Elections; Interview With Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA); Buttigieg Addresses His Ouster of Black Police Chief And Secret Tapes Controversy During CNN Town Hall; Source: ISIS Suspect Gave Advance Warning of Deadly Easter Bomb Attacks in Sri Lanka. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Administration Misses Deadline To Hand Over Trump Tax Returns; Interview With Rep. David Cicilline (D), Rhode Island, On The Battle Over Trump's Records; Kim Jong-un Leaves On Train For Summit With Putin In Russia. Aired 5-6p ET


April 22, 2019
• U.S. Narrows in On Terrorist Tied to ISIS, Sri Lanka Bombings; Dem Candidates Expected to Talk Impeachment in Town Halls; Interview With Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL). Aired 6-7p ET
• House Judiciary Chair Subpoenas From White House Counsel McGahn; Interview with Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) on McGahn Subpoena; Elizabeth Warren Unveils Plan for Free College, Erasing Student Debt. Aired 5-6p ET


April 19, 2019
• Analyzing the Mueller Report; Interview With Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX); Kremlin Twists Findings of Mueller Report, Claiming No Proof of Russian Interference Despite Extensive Evidence; North Korea's Kim Jong Un to Meet Vladimir Putin For the First Time In Russia Later This Month; Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) Slams Trump Over Mueller's Findings, Says He's Sickened By Pervasiveness Of Dishonesty; Justice Department Says House Democrats' Subpoena For Full Mueller Report Is Premature And Unnecessary. Aired on 6-7p ET
• Offer Rejected; Lone Republican; Ongoing Investigations; Remove Him; Interview with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Mueller Report Redactions; Democrats Reject Justice Department Offer To Let Some Members Of Congress See A Less Redacted Mueller Report; Trump Impeachment Picks Up Support. Aired 5-6p ET


April 18, 2019
• Interview With Rep. Ted Deutch (D) Florida; Mueller Report Released; Mueller Report Does Not Exonerate Trump On Obstruction, Is Unable To Conclude No Criminal Conduct Occurred; White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Admitted To Mueller Her Public Comments About FBI Weren't True. Aired 6-7p ET
• Mueller Report "Does Not Exonerate" Trump; Interview with Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) on Possible Trump Obstruction of Justice; Interview with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Member, Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, on Gaps in Mueller Investigation; The Mueller Report Says Obstruction On By Trump Failed Because Others Refused To Carry Out Orders; White House Counsel McGahn Packed Up Office, Threatened To Quit Because The President Asked Him To Do Crazy Things. Aired 5-6p ET


April 17, 2019
• FBI: Investigators Now Focused on Possible Accomplices After Woman Wanted for Columbine Threat Found Dead; Interview With Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL). Aired 6-7p ET
• Attorney General Barr to Hold News Conference about Mueller Report to Accompany Release of Redacted Version; Interview with Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) of the Intelligence Committee on the Mueller Report. Aired 5-6p ET


April 16, 2019
• Michelle Obama Compares Trump to a "Divorced Dad"; Source: Prosecutors to Seek Up to 10 Months in Jail for Actress Felicity Huffman in College Admissions Scandal; Interview With Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA). Aired 6-7p ET
• Parisians Crowd Streets in Vigil outside Notre Dame; Current and Former White House Officials Fear Trump's Wrath if Mueller Report Exposes Their Testimony; Interview with Rep. Denny Heck (D-WA), on the Mueller Report; House Dems Zero in on Trump's Finances. Aired 5-6p ET


April 15, 2019
• Congressional Investigators Subpoena Deutsche Bank; Bernie Sanders Releases His Tax Returns; Protesters Demanding Civilian Rule in Sudan. Aired 6-7p ET
• Former Governor Bill Weld Officially Announces He Is Challenging President Trump For GOP Nomination; Fire Engulfs Notre Dame Cathedral In Paris; Iconic Spire Has Fallen, Roof Has Collapsed; Barr Due To Release Mueller Report Thursday As President Trump's Legal Team Prepares To Push Back; French Official Says One Firefighter Seriously Injured Battled Blaze At Notre Dame Cathedral. Aired 5-6p ET


April 12, 2019
• Millions of Fisher-Price Rock 'N Play Sleepers Recalled After At Least 30 Infant Deaths; Trump: Ivanka "Would've Been Great" at U.N., World Bank; Lori Loughlin Fights Charges; Trump's New Plan to Detain Migrants and Punish Democrats; Interview With Rep. Tim Ryan (D- OH); Federal Judge Rebukes Trump's Attacks On Courts, Draws Parallels To The KKK During Segregation; Brains Behind College Cheating Scheme Pleads Guilty As The Scandal Forces A New Crackdown On Entrance Exams. Aired on 6-7p ET
• Political Pawns; Pardon Promise; Trump Admits to Dumping Immigrants to Sanctuary Cities; Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Interviewed Regarding Immigrant Placement; Trump Is Strongly Looking At The Possibility Of Bringing Detained Migrants To Sanctuary Cities; Cheating Scandal Forces Crackdown In College Entrance Exams; Ecuador Says Close Collaborator Of Assange Under Arrest; Looking For Russians Who May Have Worked With Assange. Aired 5-6p ET


April 11, 2019
• Former Stormy Daniels Lawyer Michael Avenatti Indicted on 36 Counts; Trump Touts Ties with Kim Jong-un Hours After Dictator Threatens "Telling Blow"; Interview With Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA); WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Facing Extradition To U.S. On Conspiracy Charge After Dramatic Arrest In London; Rod Rosenstein Tells Wall Street Journal Attorney General Barr is Being As Forthcoming As He Can On Mueller Report. Aired on 6-7p ET
• Barr Praised By Trump But Faces Backlash From Democrats And Some In GOP For Remark About Spying On Campaign; U.S. Charges WikiLeaks Founder In Hacking Conspiracy; Julian Assange Allegedly Plotted To Steal Military Secrets; Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) Interview about Joining Crowded Field In 2020 Presidential Race; Feds Charge WikiLeaks Founder In Hacking Conspiracy; Julian Assange Arrested And Likely To Be Brought To U.S.; Ex-Obama White House Counsel Indicted In Case Tied To Mueller; Feds Probe Bezos Claim Of Extortion By Trump Ally; Trump Has Kind Words For Kim Jong-un Despite Hostile New Tone From North Korean Dictator. Aired 5-6p ET


April 10, 2019
• Tax Return Battle; Interview With Rep. Steve Cohen (R) Tennessee; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D) California Says William Barr Is Going Off The Rails And Acting Like He's The Attorney General Of Donald Trump; "The Wall Street Journal" Says New York Prosecutors Interviewed Former Communications Director Hope Hicks And Trump's Longtime Bodyguard Keith Schiller; Democrats' Deadline For Six Years Of Trump's Tax Returns Arrives As Trump And Treasury Chief Make It Clear They Won't Comply; Attorney General To Investigate Spying On Trump Campaign. Aired 6-7p ET
• Democrats Demand Answers after Attorney General Barr Says He Thinks "Spying Did Occur" against Trump Campaign; Trump's Inner Circle Gave Evidence to Feds on Hush Money Payments to Women; Trump and Treasury Chief Won't Comply with Dems' Demand for Trump's Tax Returns; Interview with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on the U.S. Intelligence Community and Transparency; Schumer Calls on Barr for Evidence of "Spying" against Trump Campaign or Retract Statement. Aired 5-6p ET


April 09, 2019
• Interview With Rep. Denny Heck (D) Washington; Putin Defends Trump; Rep. Adam Schiff (D) California Says Attorney General William Barr Is Acting Like Trump's Roy Cohn; Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Threatens To Never Return To Hearings By Committee; Trump Denies Renewal Of Family Separation Policy; William Barr Faces Congress. Aired 6-7p ET
• Interview With Rep. Chris Stewart (R) Utah About Mueller Report, Redactions And Trump's Zero-Tolerance Policy; Rep. Jerry Nadler Says He Will Subpoena Unredacted Mueller Report As Attorney General Barr Says To Expect Redacted Report Within A Week; Donald Trump Has No Plan To Restart Family Separations At Border And Blames Obama For The Separations And Use Of Cages; Actress Lori Loughlin Among 16 Parents Facing Additional Charges In College Entrance Scandal; "New York Times" Says Sen. Bernie Sanders (D) Vermont Says He Now Is A Millionaire And Will Release 10 Years Of Tax Returns Before Monday; Experts Detail Mar-a-Lago Intruder's Sophisticated Spyware. Aired 5-6p ET


April 08, 2019
• Mar-a-Lago Trespasser Appears in Court; Trump Fires Secret Service Director and Homeland Security Chief; Interview With Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI). Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Fires Secret Service Director after Ouster of Homeland Security Secretary; Trump Ordered Nielsen and Pompeo to Immediately Shut Down Part of Border Two Weeks Ago but Backed Down; Interview with Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX), on U.S. Border Security; Trump Purging Top Homeland Security Officials as Immigration Hardliners Hold Sway at White House. Aired 5-6p ET


April 05, 2019
• Interview With Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D) California; Joe Biden Jokes About Physical Contact Controversy; Trump Fighting Release of Tax Returns; FBI: Man Who Falsely Claimed He Was Boy Missing Since 2011 Facing Federal Charges, Potential Prison Term; Two U.S. Citizens Among Those Arrested in Saudi Crackdown; Trump Visits Border And Declares Our Country Is Full; Fmr. Sen. Joe Biden (D) Delaware Speaks Out About Controversy Over Women's Complaints Of Unwanted Contact As He Closes In On 2020 Announcement. Aired on 6-7p ET
• Tax and Defend; Bordering on Confusion; Iced Out; Biden's Miscalculations; Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Interviewd about Trump Tax Returns; A Long Extended Discussion About The Privacy Interest In Tax Returns; The Energy And Commerce Committee This Week Passed Legislation Mowing Toward The Floor To Overturn Trump Administration Actions Weakening The Guarantees Of Preexisting Conditions Protections; Julian Assange Could Face Legal Jeopardy In The U.S. And May Hold Answers To A Key Question In The Mueller Probe; President Trump Makes It Clear He Won't Release His Tax Returns And Hiring Lawyers To Fight A Demand By Democrats. Aired 5-6p ET


April 04, 2019
• Interview With Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); Boeing Issues Statement on Air Crashes; Congress Requests Trump's Tax Returns; Did Barr Mischaracterize Mueller Report in Letter?; FBI: DNA Test Disproves Story of Young Man Who Claimed to be Boy Who Vanished in 2011; Inside Russia's Military Buildup at Bases Closest to U.S.; Dem's Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) New York Demands DOJ Release Communications Between Attorney General And Mueller's Office. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump on Releasing Tax Returns; Nadler Demands DOJ Release Communications between Attorney General and Special Counsel Mueller; Interview with Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD.), Foreign Relations Committee, on Mueller Report; Boeing CEO "Sorry" for Lives Lost in 737 MAX Accidents; Judiciary Committee Chairman Demands Immediate Release of any "Summaries" in the Mueller Report; FBI: DNA Test Disproves Young Man's Claim; Kim's Next Move. Aired 5-6p ET


April 03, 2019
• Interview With Rep. Dan Kildee (D) Michigan; Joe Biden Responds To Unwanted Touching Allegations; CNN Exclusive: Key Dem Sends Letter To IRS Demanding Trump's Tax Returns From 2013-2018; FBI Investigating Security Breach At Mar-a-Lago For Possibility Of Spying Effort At Trump Resort; House Panel Authorizes Subpoena For Mueller Report As Trump Backs Away From Calls For Public Release; Actresses Lori Loughlin And Felicity Huffman In Court Along With Other Defendants In College Cheating Scandal. Aired 6-7p ET
• House Panel Authorizes Subpoena for Mueller Report as Trump Backs away from Calls for Public Release; Trump Flip-Flops on Health Care and Lies about His Father; Interview with Rep. Steny Hoyer (D), House Majority Leader, on Mueller Report; Chinese Woman Breached Security at Mar-a-Lago. Aired 5-6p ET


April 02, 2019
• Mar-a-Lago Security Breach; Interview With Rep. Jackie Speier (D) California; Congress Investigates White House Security Clearances; Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) New York And Rep. Adam Schiff (D) California To Wolf: Can't Give The Attorney General The Benefit Of The Doubt On Mueller Report; Trump: Ridiculous To Subpoena Full Mueller Report, Anything We Give Democrats Will Never Be Good Enough; House Oversight Committee: All Four Subpoenas Served In Investigations Of Security Clearances And Census; Trump To Offer No Plan To Replace Obamacare Until After Election. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump: Ridiculous To Subpoena Full Mueller Report; Trump Calls Dems' Nadler Hypocrite For Objecting To Full Release Of 1998 Starr Report On Clinton Probe; Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) New York Says The Attorney General Is An Agent Of The President; Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D) Ca. Aired 5-6p ET


April 01, 2019
• Supporters Defend Biden As He Denies Inappropriate Touching; House Dems Poised To Hit Trump White House With First Subpoenas Over Security Clearance Concerns, Full Access To Mueller Report; Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) New York Plans Subpoena To Get Full Mueller Report; Second Woman Makes A Public Complaint About Former Vice President; Feds: Software Fix For Grounded Boeing Jets Delayed For "Weeks". Aired on 6- 7p ET
• Whistleblower Says White House Overturned about 25 Security Clearance Denials; Democrats to Authorize Subpoena Full Mueller Report; Interview with Rep. Jim Banks (R-IND.), Armed Services Committee, on Security Clearances; Second Woman Complains about Biden; The Democratic Apology Trail; Rep. Elijah Cummings (D) Maryland: Whistleblower Says White House Overturned About 25 Security Clearance Denials, Feds: Software Fix For Grounded Boeing Jets Delayed For Weeks; Second Suspect Due to Go Free in Nerve Agent Assassination of Kim Jong-un's Half-Brother. Aired 5-6p ET


March 29, 2019
• Interview With Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R) Illinois; Release of Mueller Report Expected By Mid-April; Trump Threatens to Close Border; CNN in Iraq Finds "Defeated" ISIS Lurking in the Shadows; House Judiciary And Intel Chairs Say They Still Expect Full Mueller Report By April 2; Trump Warning He'll Close The Southern Border Next Week After Mocking Asylum Seekers; Justice Department Asks Judge To Send Maria Butina Back To Russia After She's Sentenced In April. Aired on 6-7p ET
• The Mueller Report Will Be Released Mid-April; One-On-One Interview With Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI); President Donald Trump Threatens To Close The U.S.-Mexico Border Next Week; Attorney General Barr Says Mueller Report Is Nearly 400 Pages, Expects Release "By Mid- April, If Not Sooner"; Barr: Mueller Assisting DOJ In Redacting His Report; House Judiciary Chairman Nadler Still Insisting On Full Mueller Report "Without Redactions" By April 2; Attorney General Barr Offers To Testify Before Senate And House Committees On May 1 And May 2; Trump Says "Very Good Likelihood" He Will Close The Border With Mexico Next Week; North Korea Completing Work On Rocket Facility; Trump Talks About North Korea Sanctions; Reports: North Korea's Restoration Of Long-Range Rocket Launch Facility Is "Almost Complete". Aired 5-6p ET


March 28, 2019
• Interview With Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE); Trump Touts Beautiful Conclusion Of Mueller Report, Demands Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) Resign; Trump Calls For Funding Of The Special Olympics After His Education Secretary Spends Third Day Defending Cuts; Trump Blasts "Absolute Embarrassment" of Smollett Case; Sources: U.S. Legal Residents Held in Chinese Labor Camps; Shadowy Group Seeking to Oust Kim Jong-un. Aired 6-7p ET
• Grand Jury Info is "Primary Obstacle" to Release of Mueller Report; House Intel Republicans Call on Chairman Schiff to Resign; Interview with Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Member, Oversight Committee, on Congressional Feuds; Trump Calls Smollett "Absolute Embarrassment" to U.S. Aired 5-6p ET


March 27, 2019
• Interview With Vice Presidential Chief Of Staff Marc Short; Majority Of Americans Don't Believe Mueller Report Exonerates Trump; Boeing Under Fire; Smollett Controversy; Two Police Investigative Reports Released In Smollett Case; Police Union Wants Outside Probe Of Actor's Sudden Release, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) New York: Attorney General Barr Says The Mueller Report Is Very Substantial, CNN Exclusive Poll: 56 Percent Believe Mueller Report Does Not Exonerate Trump Of Collusion With Russia; Boeing Unveils Changes To Software System; Former Russian Ambassador Calls Mueller Probe A "Hoax"; Rare Access To Rebel-Held City As Yemen War Grinds On. Aired 6-7p ET
• CNN Exclusive Poll: 56 Percent Say Trump Not Exonerated of Collusion After Release of Attorney General's Summary of Mueller Report, CNN Exclusive Poll: 86 Percent Say Mueller Findings Won't Affect Their 2020 Vote. Aired 5-6p ET


March 26, 2019
• Israeli Military: New Airstrikes Against Hamas Targets In Gaza After Two More Rockets Are Fired Toward Israel; Sen. Kamala Harris (D) California Proposes Using Federal Funds To Raise Teachers' Pay; Giuliani: Mueller Should Not Have Punted The Decision On Obstruction To The Attorney General; DOJ Says, Weeks, Not Months, To Release Mueller Report; Admin Official: White House Still Hasn't Seen Full Report. Aired 6-7p ET
• Cook County Prosecutor Drops 16 Felony Counts Against The Actor Jussie Smollett; President Trump Now Calls Robert Mueller's Report Great; Rudy Giuliani Is Interviewed Regarding the President's Reaction To The Mueller Report. Aired: 5-6p ET


March 25, 2019
• Interview With Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R) Pennsylvania; Will Public See Mueller Report?; Michael Avenatti Charged With Federal Crimes; White House Official: Trump Team Still Hasn't Seen Full Mueller Report. Aired 6-7p ET
• Interview with Eric Swalwell (D-CA); White House official: Trump team still hasn't seen full Mueller report, Democratic lawmakers insist on seeing full Mueller report, vow to push on with their own investigations, Feds arrest porn star's ex-attorney, Michael Avenatti, in cases alleging bank fraud, attempt to extort Nike. Aired 5-6p ET


March 23, 2019
• Attorney General Spends Hours Reviewing Mueller Report As House Democrats Hold Emergency Conference Call; Trump Golfing, Lying Low As Sources Say He Is Taking A Wait And See Approach To Release Of Mueller Report; Attorney General Barr Spends Hours Reviewing Mueller Report; Sources Say Trump Taking Wait And See Approach To Its Release; Democrats Tell Trump Administration To Preserve Documents Related To The Mueller Investigation; Attorney General Spends Hours Reviewing Mueller Report As House Democrats Hold Emergency Conference Call; Rep. Val Demings (D) Florida Is Interviewed About Her Expectation On Robert Mueller's Report; House Democrats Hold Emergency Conference Call, Demand Full Transparency On Final Mueller Report; Russia Awaiting Conclusions Of Mueller's Report. Aired 6-7p ET
• What Mueller Found?; Breaking Down William Barr's Process; Attorney General William Barr Just Left the Justice Department; President at Florida Resort Playing Golf; House Democrats Held an Emergency Strategy Session; A Closer Look at Robert Mueller and the Key Roles He's Played at DOJ; Reaction From the Kremlin About the End of the Investigation That's Been so Focused on Russia. Aired 7-8p ET
• U.S. Attorney General Reportedly Preparing Summary of Principal Conclusions from Mueller Report for Congress; Jared Kushner Agrees to Provide Documents Requested by Congress; Rep. Chris Stewart (R) Utah is Interviewed on Congressional Requests that Full Mueller Report be Released Publicly; U.S. Led International Coalition Declares Complete Victory over ISIS; North Korea Removes Representatives from Office Designed to Ease Communications with South Korea. Aired 10-11a ET


March 22, 2019
• Interview With Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) Illinois; Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D) California; Mueller Completes Russia Report; Attorney General Says He May Notify Congress Of Special Counsel's Principal Conclusion As Soon As This Weekend; Special Counsel Mueller Finishes Russia Probe, Delivers His Report To The Attorney General; DOJ Official: Special Counsel Conclusions "Expected To Be Made Public". Aired on 6-7p ET
• Justice Department Awaiting Mueller Report; Attorney General Says He May Notify Congress Of Special Counsel's "Principal Conclusions As soon As this Weekend"; DOJ Official: Special Counsel Conclusions "Expected To Be Made Public"; Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) California Is Interviewed About The Mueller Report; DOJ Official: No Additional Indictments Coming From Mueller. Aired 5-6p ET


March 21, 2019
• White House Rejects Democrats' Request For Documents On Trump Communications With Putin; Pentagon Denies Russian Jets Chased Away U.S. B-52 Bomber As Moscow Accuses Washington Of Risking A Nuclear War; Flooding Follows Trump Tariffs Delivering Double Blow To Midwest Farmers; Interview With Rep. Anthony Brown; Floods Follow Trump Tariffs Delivering Double Blow to Midwest Farmers; Trump Moves to Recognize Israeli Control of Golan Heights, Claim It's Not a Bid to Help Israeli Leader in Tough Election. Aired on 6-7p ET
• White House Braces for Mueller Report, Rejects Request for Info on Trump-Putin Communications; Ivanka Trump Used Personal Email for Government Work, Jared Kushner Used WhatsApp to Contact Foreign Leaders; Interview with Rep. Steve Cohen (D), Tennessee, on Trump's Relatives. Aired 5-6p ET


March 20, 2019
• FAA: Boeing Has Developed Software Patch, Pilot Training Program To Address 737 MAX Issues; Trump Now Says, Let People See The Mueller Report; Trump Complains He Didn't Get A Thank You For McCain's Funeral; Trump Calls George Conway Loser And Husband From Hell; O'Rourke Reveals New Details Of $6 Million Fundraising Haul. Aired 6- 7p ET
• Trump Launches New Rant against Late Senator McCain; Poll: Democrats Withdrawing Support for Impeaching Trump; Interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Member, Judiciary Committee, on Hope Hicks Cooperation; Trump Not Opposed to Publicizing Mueller Report; Fmr. Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) Colorado Takes Voters' Questions at CNN Presidential Town Hall tonight at 10 P.M. ET; Senate Announces Hearing On Commercial Aviation Safety As Reports Reveal Disturbing Details Of Boeing Airliner Crash; Conway Versus Conway and Trump. Aired 5-6p ET


March 19, 2019
• Interview With Rep. Ted Lieu (D), California; Kellyanne Conway's Husband Slams Trump In New Interview; CNN: White House Expects To See Mueller Findings Before Congress, Former Vice President Joe Biden And Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) Vermont Lead New CNN Poll Among Democrats With Sen. Kamala Harris (D) California Jumping To Third; Signs Of Russia Moving Nuclear-Capable Weapons To NATO's Doorstep. Aired on 6-7p ET
• Trump Spins New Conspiracy Theories; Interview with Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Penn.), Judiciary Committee, on Mueller Reviews of Cohen Documents; Aired 5-6p ET


March 18, 2019
• Interview With Rep. Ro Khanna (D) California; Democrats Want FBI To Investigate Spa Owner's Ties To Trump; House Judiciary Receives Tens Of Thousands Of Documents After Sending Letters To 81 Targets, Not All Have Cooperated; Aides Defend Trump's Mental Fitness And Deny Racism Charges. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump's Approval Rating Edges Up as His Latest Twitter Meltdown Raises Concerns; Deadline for 81 Individuals to Answer House Judiciary Request for Info on Possible Obstruction Charges; Documents from Michael Cohen Search Warrants to Be Made Public; Interview with Carson on Cohen Briefings; Aired 5-6p ET


March 15, 2019
• Interview With Rep. Joaquin Castro (D) Texas; Forty-Nine People Killed In New Zealand Mass Shooting; Trump Issues First Veto; Flynn Finishes Cooperating With Special Counsel, His Information Still Part Of Other Investigations, White House And Democrats Battle Over John Kelly, Ex-officials In Trump Probes, Mueller Team: Rick Gates Still Cooperating In Several Ongoing Investigations And Isn't Ready For Sentencing; Trump Says White Nationalism Is Not A Rising Threat After A White Nationalist Kills 49 In Mosque Attacks; NYT: New Evidence In Ethiopian Crash Points At Connection To Earlier Jet Disaster. Aired on 6-7p ET
• New Zealand Mosque Terror Attacks; Trump Says White Nationalists Are Small Group, Not Rising Threat; Interview with Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Member, Judiciary and Armed Services Committees, about Trump on White Nationalism; Trump Says White Nationalism Is Not Rising Threat After A White Nationalist Kills 49 In Mosque Attacks; Mueller Team: Rick Gates Is Not Ready For Sentencing; Court Filing Says Ex-Manafort Deputy Still Cooperating; Mueller Team: Rick Gates Still Cooperating On "Several Ongoing Investigations" And Isn't Ready For Sentencing; North Korea Threatens To End Talks, Resume Missile Tests. Aired: 5-6p ET


March 14, 2019
• Interview With Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) Connecticut; Beto O'Rourke Running for President; Senate Votes to Block Trump's Emergency Declaration; New Details on Drone Attack Aimed at Venezuelan President. Aired 6-7p ET
• Senate Rebukes Trump over Border Emergency; Judge Sets Roger Stone's Trial; Interview with Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) about Senate Vote to Overturn National Emergency. Aired 5-6p ET


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