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August 30, 2020
• Portland Mayor Pushes Back at Trump Over Violent Protests That Turned Deadly; Trump Renews Attacks on Portland Mayor; Wisconsin Governor Asks Trump to Reconsider Visiting Kenosha; Interview with Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI) on Trump and Protests in Portland and Kenosha. Aired 7-8p ET
• Portland Mayor To Trump: It's You Who Has Created The Hate; Biden To Deliver Remarks Amid Violent, Deadly Unrest; Kenosha Officials Have Concerns With Trump Visiting Tuesday; At Least 36 States See Surges At Universities And Colleges; Intelligence Chief Tells Congress No In-Person Briefing On Election Security. Aired 6-7p ET


August 29, 2020
• Trump To Travel To Kenosha, Wisconsin On Tuesday; Intel Chief Tells Congress It Will Get No More In-Person Briefings On Election Security; Jacob Blake's Family Holds March And Rally In Wisconsin; New Harrowing Video Shows Russian Intercept Of U.S. Aircraft; More Than 1,200 Students Test Positive For COVID-19 At University Of Alabama; Kenosha Police Union Defends Officers In Jacob Blake Shooting; "Black Panther" Star, Chadwick Boseman, Dies At 43 Of Colon Cancer. Aired 9- 10p ET
• Jacob Blake's Family Holds March And Rally In Wisconsin; Intel Chief Tells Congress It Will Get No More Briefings On Election Security; More Than 1,200 Students Test Positive At University Of Alabama; Seventeen-Year-Old Accused Of Killing Two People At Kenosha Protests; Trump Campaign Seeks Post-Convention Bounce; Trump To Travel To Kenosha, Wisconsin On Tuesday. Aired 8-9p ET
• Trump Says DNI Stopping Election Security Briefings Due to Leaks; Intel Chief to Congress: No More Election Security Briefings; Police Union, Blake Family Offer Conflicting Accounts of Shooting; Blake's Family Organizes March in Wisconsin; "Black Panther" Star Dies at 43 of Colon Cancer. Aired 7-8p ET


August 28, 2020
• March on Washington; Wisconsin Unrest; U.S Death Toll tops 181,000 with Nearly 6 Million Cases, Key Model now Projects 317,000+ Deaths by December; Police: Rittenhouse Able to Leave Shooting Scene Still Armed Because He Walked Toward Officers with Hands Up; NBA to Resume Playoffs Tomorrow, WNBA Resumes Games Tonight After Boycott Over Jacob Blake Shooting. Aired 6-7p ET
• Police Association Claims Blake was Armed with a Knife, Put Officer in Headlock; Relatives of Jacob Blake, George Floyd Speak at March on Washington; Trump Condemns Violent Protests, Stays Silent on Blake Shooting; U.S. Death Tolls Tops 181,000 With Nearly 6 Million Cases; Key Model Now Predicts 317,000 Plus Deaths By December; American Academy Of Pediatrics: Update CDC Guidelines On Asymptomatic Testing Are "A Dangerous Step Backward"; NBA To Resume Playoffs Tomorrow, WNBA Resumes Games Tonight After Boycott Over Jacob Blake Shooting. Aired 5-6p ET


August 27, 2020
• President Trump Remains Silent on Wisconsin Shooting; Interview With Kenny Smith; Boycotts Disrupt Pro Sports for a Second Night, NBA to Resume Playoffs, Possibly this Weekend; U.S. Death Toll tops 180,000 with 5.8+ Million Cases; White House Admits Change in CDC Guidance Was Due to Backlog in Testing, Contradicting Trump's Claim; Biden: Trump and Allies "Rooting for Violence". Aired 6-7p ET
• Boycotts Disrupt Pro Sports for a Second Night; NBA to Resume Playoffs, Possibly this Weekend; Trump Slams NBA as a "Political Organization" as Pence Aide Calls League's Boycott "Absurd and Silly"; Biden: Trump and Allies "Rooting for Violence"; U.S. Death Toll Tops 180,000 With 5.8 Million Plus Million Cases; W.H. Admits Change In CDC Guidance Was Due To Backlog In Testing; Hurricane Laura Kills At Least Four People, 800,000 Plus Without Power In Texas & Louisiana; Boycotting Players Follow In Footsteps Of Decades Of Black Athletes Leading Charge Toward Racial Justice. Aired 5-6p ET


August 26, 2020
• NBA Players Boycott Games Over Police Shooting; Unrest In Kenosha, WI; Kenosha Curfew Hours Away As Justice Department Sending Federal Law Enforcement; U.S Coronavirus Deaths Tops 179,000 With 5.8 Million Cases, Official Says CDC Pressured From Top Down To Recommend Fewer Tests; Fauci Says He Was In Surgery When Task Force Discussed CDC Testing Guidelines; Hurricane Laura Intensifies To Category 4, Threatens "Unsurvivable" Storm Surge As It Approaches Gulf Coast. Aired 6-7p ET
• NBA Players Boycott Tonight's Three Playoff Games; Wisconsin Justice Dept., Kenosha Police Not Releasing Details Of Shooting; Seventeen-Year-Old Charged In Deadly Kenosha Shootings, Police Say Motive Unclear; U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Tops 179,000 With 5.8 Million Cases; Official Says CDC Pressured "From Top Down" To Recommend Fewer Tests; Hurricane Laura Intensifies To Category 4, Threatens "Unsurvivable" Storm Surge As It Approaches Gulf Coast. Aired 5-6p ET


August 24, 2020
• Trump Trying To Rush Coronavirus Vaccine?; Republican National Convention Begins; An 8:00 P.M. Curfew Ordered After Violent Protests Over Police Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man In Wisconsin; New York State Attorney General Investigating Trump Organization For Allegedly Inflating Value Of Trump's Assets; Hurricane And Storm Surge Watches Issued As Two Major Storms Head Towards Gulf Coast. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Trending Down In 25 States; Dark Warning From Trump Kicks Off The Republican National Convention; Judge Blocks Florida State Reopening; Curfew Imposed In Kenosha, Wisconsin; Police In Wisconsin Shoot Unarmed Black Man Seven Times As His Children Watch From Inside SUV; Berlin Doctors Say Tests Indicate That Russian Dissident Was Poisoned; First Documented Coronavirus Reinfection Raises Many Questions With Few Answers. Aired 5-6p ET


August 23, 2020
• Trump Announces Emergency Use Authority for Coronavirus Treatment; Maryanne Trump Barry Blasts Trump in Secretly Recorded Audio; Interview with Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) about the Upcoming Republican National Convention; New Orleans and Louisiana Bracing for Two Possible Hurricanes. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Holds COVID-19 Press Conference After Accusing Members Of FDA Of Being Part Of Deep State; Trump's Sister Says, Donald Is Out For Donald, Period; Twenty-Six Republicans Voted With Democrats To Pass USPS Funding Bill; Gulf Coast Braces For Double Hurricane Threat; Trump's Sister's Comments Loom Over Republican National Convention; Steve Bannon Charged With Fraud In Border Wall Fundraising Campaign. Aired 6-7p ET


August 22, 2020
• WAPO: In Secretly Recorded Audio, President Trump's Sister Says He Has "No Principles" And "You Can't Trust Him"; New Book Claims Hannity Has Told People Trump Is "Crazy". Aired 9-10p ET
• Trump Says, Deep State At The FDA Deliberately Slowing Vaccine Work; Texas Woman Nearly Loses All Family Members And Her Job; Trump Falsely Claims Democrats Dropped God From Pledge Of Allegiance At DNC; Trump In Overdrive To Produce A Blockbuster RNC That Outshines Dems; Steve Bannon Charged With Fraud In Border Wall Fundraising Campaign. Aired 8-9p ET
• Researchers Say Additional 134,000 Could Die by December if No Further Measures are Mandated; Trump Baselessly Accuses FDA of Deliberately Delaying Vaccine Until After Election; House Passes Bill to Pause Postal Service Changes; President Falsely Claims Democrats Skipped the Words "Under God" in National Convention Pledge of Allegiance. Aired 7-8p ET


August 21, 2020
• Biden Campaign Raises $70 Million During Convention; CDC Predicts Nearly 195,000 U.S. Deaths By September 12; Interview With Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA); Biden's Campaign Says It Raised $70 Million during DNC; Federal Appeals Court Denies Trump Emergency Request to Stop Subpoena for Financial Records; The Relationship Between President Trump and Fox News. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Nears 175,000 Deaths with 5.6 Plus Million Cases and CDC Forecasts 20,000 more Deaths in Next Three Weeks; Trump Threatens to Deploy "Sheriffs" and "Law Enforcement" as Poll Watchers on Election Day; Biden Hopes to Build Momentum from Convention with Virtual Campaigning Ahead of Election; Postmaster General: Delivering Ballots On Time "Number One Priority" As Trump Rails Against Mail-In Voting. Aired 5-6p ET


August 20, 2020
• Joe Biden Set to Deliver Address at Democratic National Convention; Interview With Chicago, Illinois, Mayor Lori Lightfoot; Interview With Former Acting CDC Director Dr. Richard Besser; Steve Bannon Arrested on Fraud Charges; Coronavirus Pandemic Still Raging; Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) is Interviewed on Biden's Faith Front and Center on Last Night of Democratic Convention; Soon, Biden to Accept Democratic Presidential Nomination; Ex-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges. Aired 6-7p ET
• More than 1,000 Students Quarantined as Coronavirus Outbreaks Reported at Colleges in at least 17 States; Infectious Diseases Group Recommends Waiting a Few Weeks After Exposure to Test for Antibodies; Fauci Undergoes Surgery to Remove Polyp from His Vocal Cord; Awaiting Excerpts Ahead of Biden's Historic Convention Night; Tributes Tonight to Beau Biden, Rep. John Lewis; Bannon Pleads Not Guilty To Felony Fraud Charges; Federal Judge Rules Trump Must Turn Over Tax Returns; Rep. Adam Schiff Is Interviewed About the Steven Bannon Case; Russia Says Vaccine Trials To Move Forward With 40,000 People. Aired 5-6p ET


August 19, 2020
• Interview With Atlanta, Georgia, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D); Multiple Schools Suffering COVID-19 Outbreaks; Obama Speech Says, Donald Trump Hasn't Grown Into The Job Because He Can't; Bracing For Post-Election Battle As White House Still Won't Say Trump Will Accept Election Results If He Loses; Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) is Interviewed on Kamala Harris Set to Make History Tonight with VP Nomination. Aired 6- 7p ET
• New CNN Poll: 68 Percent Embarrassed By U.S. Coronavirus Response; Fauci: Until You Prove It's Safe And Effective, You Really Don't Want To Be Talking About Having A Vaccine; Coronavirus Cases Confirmed At Colleges In At Least Eight States; Obama's Message Tonight: Trump Has Shown "No Interest In Treating The Presidency As Anything But One More Reality Show"; Harris Set to Make History Tonight with VP Nomination; W.H. Refuses To Say Whether Trump Will Accept Result Of Election If He Losses. Aired 5-6p ET


August 18, 2020
• Trump Responds To Michelle Obama Convention Speech; Schools Facing COVID Outbreaks; Postmaster General Agrees To Suspend Changes; DNC Releases Video Showing Unlikely Friendship Between Joe Biden And The Late Senator, John McCain; Bipartisan Senate Report Details Trump Campaign Contacts With Russian Officials In 2016; Democrats Face Criticism For Lack Of Latino Representation At Convention. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Surpasses 171,000 With 5.4 Million Cases; New Cases Fall Below 40,000 A Day For First Time In Two Months; Trump Ally Says President "Enthusiastic" About Unproven Therapeutic Made From Toxic Plant But Can't Provide Evidence It Works; Notre Dame Univ. Reports Almost 150 Positive Coronavirus Cases; New Study: Possible Coronavirus Spread On Airplane; Trump Attacks Michelle Obama After Her Scathing Remarks In Convention Speech; Postmaster General Suspends Changes At Post Offices. Aired 5-6p ET


August 17, 2020
• U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 170,000; Trump Targeting U.S. Postal Service?; Democratic National Convention Set To Launch; L.A. Schools Announce Massive Testing And Tracing Initiative For All Students And Staff; Soon, Democrats Begin Unprecedented Virtual Convention; Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) Is Interviewed On Postmaster General Agreeing To Testify To Congress As Trump Steps Up Attacks On Mail-In Voting. Aired 6-7p ET
• Dr. Deborah Birx Wishes U.S Lockdown Resembled Italy; Virus Testing Declines In 15 States; Louis DeJoy To Testify To Congress; Former Trump Official Endorses Joe Biden; Interview With Jared Kushner About Coronavirus, Elections And Middle East; UNC Chapel Hill Returning To Remote Learning Due To Rise In COVID-19 Cases; Trump To Give GOP Acceptance Speech From W.H.; Soon: Democrats Begin Unprecedented Virtual Convention. Aired 5-6p ET


August 16, 2020
• Speaker Nancy Pelosi Calls House Back from Recess; Interview with Julian Castro about Turning Texas Blue; U.S. Nears 170,000 Death Toll, as CDC Issues Ominous Fall Warning; Interview with Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) about the 2020 Race. Aired 7-8p ET
• House Democrats Ramping Up Probe of Postal Service; Georgia Reports, Third Cherokee County School Closes Temporarily Due to Virus; Speaker Nancy Pelosi Calling for House to Return from Recess; Interview with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) about the U.S. Postal Service Funding Bill; Former Republican Presidential Candidate to Speak at Democratic Convention; Thousands Pour into Streets of Belarus in Opposition to President. Aired 6-7p ET
• President Trump Claims Massive Voter Fraud In Mail-In Voting; House Democrats Want Postal Service Officials To Testify; Sen. Kamala Harris Responds To Trump's Attacks; Reports On Long-Term COVID-19 Symptoms; Warning From CDC On The Worst Fall In The U.S.; Rahm Emanuel's Pitch To Get Republicans Over To The Democratic Party; Trump Lawyers Fight Battle On Trump's Financial Reports; Former FBI Lawyer To Plead Guilty As Part Of Russia Probe; Trump Opposes Funding Of USPS. Aired 5-6p ET


August 15, 2020
• House Leaders Discuss Returning Early To Capitol Hill To Address Postal Service; Trump Backs Postmaster General As Inspector General Begins Review Of Changes, Ethics Compliance; Protesters Face Off With Police In Chicago; Sources: Democrats Considering Cutting House Recess Short; Trump Doesn't Refute False Birther Theory About Senator Harris; Trump COVID Response: "We Have Done It Right". Aired 9-10p ET
• WHO Reports Record Number Of New COVID-19 Cases; CDC Says, Rate Of COVID Cases In Children Steadily Increasing; Lawmakers Say Postal Changes Slowing Mail-Order Meds For Vets; Some Arizona Republicans Organizing Support For Biden; Biden Polling Ahead Of Trump Nationally And In Swing States; Israel And UAE Strike Deal For "Full Normalization Of Relations". Aired 8-9p ET
• Democrats, President In Stand-Off Over Funding For Post Office 80 Days Before Election Day; President Donald Trump On Mail-In Voting: "It's Going To Be A Catastrophe"; Facing Sagging Poll Numbers, Trump Claims To Have "Silent Majority"; More Than 2,000 People Dead From COVID-19 In Miami-Dade County; Economic Uncertainty Fuels Food Insecurity In America. Aired 7-8p ET


August 14, 2020
• Postal Service Issues Warning About Election; President Obama Praises Biden V.P. Selection; U.S. Death Toll tops 168,000 with 5.2+ Million Cases, New CDC Forecast Projects 189,000 U.S. Deaths by September 5; Postal Service Warns It May Not Meet Some Mail-In Ballot Deadlines as Trump Opposes New Funding, Attacks Mail-In Voting; Teachers, Students, Parents Face the Challenges of Remote Learning. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Death Toll Tops 168,000 with 5.2+ Million Cases; Trump Praises QAnon Conspiracy Backer who Won GOP Primary; Postal Service Inspector General Reviewing Postmaster General's Policy Changes and Potential Ethics Conflicts; WH Testing Czar: "Everything that can Possibly be Done has been Done"; Trump Claims No Problem With Women Of Color After Promoting Birther Lie About Sen. Kamala Harris; Postal Service Warns It May Not Meet Some Mail-In Ballot Deadlines As Trump Opposes New Funding, Attacks Mail-In Voting; Teachers, Students & Parents Struggling With Remote Learning. Aired 5-6p ET


August 13, 2020
• AAP: Face Coverings Can Be Worn by Nearly All Children Age 2+; FDA Releases New Guidelines on Hand Sanitizers; Will Pandemic Worsen in Fall?; President Trump Holds White House Press Briefing; U.S. Death Toll nears 167,000 with 5.2+ Million Cases after Deadliest Day of Pandemic since May; Phoenix Mayor Responds to Fauci saying Arizona Set a Good Example for Controlling COVID. Aired 6-7p ET
• Biden and Harris Call for Mask Mandates in Every State; CDC Chief Breaks from Trump Spin, Admits "We Were Underprepared" for Crisis; Fauci: "I'm Not Pleased with How Things Are Going"; More Than 2,000 Students, Staff Quarantined As Schools Reopen; Trump Admits He Opposes New Postal Service Funding To Block Mail-In Voting; Trump Unloads On Harris, Calls Her Mean, Nasty, Angry. Aired 5-6p ET


August 12, 2020
• Biden, Harris Debut As Running Mates; Interview With District Of Columbia Mayor, Muriel Bowser (D); Trump Takes Questions After First Biden-Harris Campaign Event. Aired 6-7p ET
• Biden & Harris Appear Together For First Time As Running Mates; Harris Slams Trump COVID Response In First Speech As Running Mate. Aired 5-6p ET


August 11, 2020
• Biden Chooses Kamala Harris As Running Mate; President Trump Holds White House Press Briefing. Aired 6-7p ET
• Biden Picks Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) as Running Mate. Aired 5- 6p ET


August 10, 2020
• President Trump Holds Press Conference At White House; Secret Service Briefly Escorted President Trump Away From Briefing; Trump Takes Questions After Shooting Outside White House. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S Tops Five Million Coronavirus Infections As Schools Start To Reopen Next Week; Moderna Recruits 5,000 Volunteers; Trump Aides Exploring Executive Action On Voting Law; White House Having Trouble Defending Executive Orders; Texas Positivity Rate Hits Record High At 20 Percent; British P.M. Pushes Schools To Open Despite Increasing Cases; Brazil Surpasses 100,000 Deaths; Trump Abruptly Ends Coronavirus Briefing. Aired 5-6p ET


August 07, 2020
• Will Trump Use White House For Acceptance Speech?; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 160,000; Seven-Year-Old Boy Becomes Georgia's Youngest COVID Victim; U.S. Intel Officials Say, China Prefers Trump not Re-Elected, Russia Spreading False Information about Biden; U.S. Intel Officials: China "Prefers" Trump Not Re-Elected, Russia Spreading False Information About Biden; Trump Says U.S. Sending Aid to Beirut After Deadly Explosion. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Nears 5 Million Cases With 160,000 Plus Deaths as Coronavirus Testing Declines In 29 States; Former CDC Directors Rip White House Mixed Messaging on Virus; Stimulus Talks Collapse and Trump Threatening Executive Action; Fauci Ducks Mail-In Voting Question; Potential Antibody Treatment Likely In Short Supply; Explosion Death Toll Climbs To 154 With 5,000 Wounded; CDC Warns Not To Wear Masks With Vents Or Valves. Aired 5-6p ET


August 06, 2020
• Interview with National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins; Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Tests Positive for Coronavirus; Key Model Forecasts Nearly 300,000 Deaths by December But Says Consistent Mask-Wearing Could Save 70,000 Lives; Growing Anger Over Reports of Ignored Warnings Before Explosion Left 137 Dead, Thousands Injured; NY Times: Trump's Bank Subpoenaed in New York Criminal Inquiry. Aired 6-7p ET
• Key Model Forecasts Nearly 300,000 Deaths by December, but Says Consistent Mask-Wearing could Save 70,000 Lives; Ohio Governor Test Positive for Virus, Says "I Feel Fine," Just a Slight Headache; Trump Claims Optimism about Vaccine by Election Day, Says it "Wouldn't Hurt" His Chances of Winning; Multiple Schools In Georgia Reporting Cases In First Week Of Classes; Growing Anger Over Reports Of Ignored Warnings Before Explosion Left 137 Dead, Thousands Injured; Mayor: No Masks, No Travel Restrictions In Place At S.D. Motorcycle Rally With 250,000 People Expected. Aired 5-6p ET


August 05, 2020
• Should Schools Reopen?; President Trump Holds White House Press Briefing; Trump: Pandemic Will Go Away, Hopefully Sooner Rather Than Later; Texas Reports 235 New Deaths And 8,700-Plus New Cases; Food Insecurity In The U.S. On The Rise As Prices Soar And Stimulus Money Running Out; At Least 135 Dead, Dozens Missing After Huge Explosion In Beirut. Aired 6-7p ET
• One-On-One With White House Chief Of Staff; W.H. Chief Of Staff Chides Dems On Stimulus, Defends Trump Pandemic Response In Exclusive CNN Interview, Says He Doesn't Expect Trump To Accept Nomination In Oval Office Speech; New Clues About Cause Of Beirut Blast, 135-Plus Dead, 5,000-Plus Hurt. Aired 5-6p ET


August 04, 2020
• Trump Believes Coronavirus Pandemic Under Control; President Trump Holds Press Briefing; Trump Again Falsely Claims U.S. Has One Of The Lowest Coronavirus Mortality Rates; At Least 78 Killed, Thousands Injured In Beirut Explosion. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 156,000; Trump On The Rising Death Toll: It Is What it Is; Third U.S. Company Releases Study Showing Its Coronavirus Vaccine Is Safe, Elicits Immune Response; NYC Health Commissioner Resigns, Says Experts Were Sidelined; State Education Official: NYC Plan To Reopen Schools "Looked More Like An Outline, Not A Plan"; NYPD Reporting Sharp Rise In Shooting, Murders, Burglaries; At Least 73 Killed, Thousands Hurt By Beirut Explosion. Aired 5-6p ET


August 03, 2020
• President Trump Holds Press Briefing; Interview With Former Acting CDC Director Dr. Richard Besser; Trump Says We're Doing Well, Even As Death Toll Tops 155,000 In U.S.; Dr. Fauci: New Phase Of Coronavirus Refers To Insidious Community Spread; Isaias Expected To Hit Land As A Hurricane Tonight, More Than 100 Million At Risk On East Coast. Aired 6-7p ET
• Thirty U.S. States Record Spiking New Deaths; Deborah Birx Slammed By Trump And Nancy Pelosi; Trump Still Touts Hydroxychloquine for COVID-19 Treatment; FL Set To Become 2nd State Behind CA With Half Million Cases; Fauci: Default Position Should Be To Keep Schools Open But Primary Consideration Should Be Safety; 260 Employees Infected Or Exposed To Virus In Georgia's Largest School District; 7 St. Louis Cardinals Players, 6 Staffers Test Positive For Coronavirus, More Games Postponed. Aired 5-6p ET


August 02, 2020
• FL Nears 500,000 Cases As Tropical Storm Disrupts State; New Infections Surge Across U.S.; CA Reports 500,000-Plus Total Cases; Controversial Pentagon Nominee Placed Into Senior Role Days After Nomination Failed; Is It Safe To Reopen The Nation's Schools?; NASA Astronauts Return To Earth After Historic SpaceX Flight. Aired 9-10p ET
• Florida Nears 500,000 COVID-19 Cases as Tropical Storm Disrupts State; Dr. Deborah Birx Says "New Phase" of Pandemic with Both Urban and Rural Areas Affected; Interview with Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber (D) about Tropical Storm and Coronavirus Cases; Millions Fear Eviction as White House, Dems in Stalemate over Stimulus; Interview with Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) about COVID Relief Package Negotiations; Ex-NFL Player Now a Doctor on Front Lines of COVID-19; Trump Seen Golfing This Weekend Amid Two Crises Facing America. Aired 8-9p ET
• Storm Isaias Nears Florida's East Coast to Bring High Winds and Heavy Rain; Dr. Deborah Birx Warns U.S. is in New Phase of the Pandemic; Coronavirus Pandemic Magnifies Flaws in U.S. Health Care System; Controversial Pentagon Nominee Placed into Senior Role After Nomination Failed; Interview with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) about Coronavirus Cases and School Opening. Aired 7-8p ET


August 01, 2020
• Florida Residents Prepare For Large Storm During Pandemic; California Reports Its Highest Number Of Daily COVID-Related Deaths; GOP Convention In Charlotte Closed To Press; Trump Trails Biden In Polls; Alleged Chinese Human Rights Abuses Exposed. Aired 9-10p ET
• Hurricane To Re-Strengthen; CDC Prediction; Georgia Summer Camp; Congress And White House Deadlocked; Interview With Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) On Unemployment And Tech Platforms; Millions Face Eviction After Federal Relief Bill Expired; CDC: 260 Kids And Staff Infected At Georgia Summer Camp; Mexico Reports Its Highest Daily Coronavirus Cases And Deaths. Aired 8-9p ET
• Florida Prepares For Major Storm As COVID-19 Cases Surge; Arizona Congressman Tests Positive For Coronavirus; CDC Projects 20,000 COVID Deaths In Three Weeks; Miami-Dade Emergency Center Using U.V. Fans To Kill COVID-19; Trump Again Tries To Discredit Dr. Fauci On Twitter; Herman Cain Dies After Being Hospitalized For Coronavirus. Aired 7-8p ET


July 31, 2020
• Hurricane Targets Florida; U.S. Tops 4.5 Million Coronavirus Cases; Hurricane Warning Issued for Parts of Florida's East Coast; Are Face Shields or Goggles Needed in Addition to Masks?; Ohio Reports 91,000+ Total Cases, 3,489 Deaths. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Cases Surpass 4.5 Million as Record Number of Infections Reported to W.H.O. in Last 24 Hours; Trump in Florida as State Sees Deadliest Day of Pandemic, Greets Crowds without Mask; Trump Ramps Up Effort to Sow Doubt in 2020 Vote, Warns of "Greatest Election Disaster in History"; Hurricane Warnings Issued For Parts Of Florida; California Sees First Coronavirus Teen Death; Massive Increase In Mail-In Ballots Leaves N.Y. Race Still Undecided; Tower Of London's Beefeaters Face Layoffs For First Time In 500 Years As Virus Cuts Tourism. Aired 5-6p ET


July 30, 2020
• Operation Warp Speed Chief: Expect Coronavirus Vaccine to be High Effective, "In the 90 Percent" Range; Remembering Civil Rights Icon Rep. John Lewis; Trump Floats Delaying Presidential Election; President Trump Holds Press Briefing; Obama Slams Trump Over Voting Rights as Trump Focuses on Mail-in Voter Fraud; U.S. Cases Near 4.5 million with 151,000+ Deaths, Highest One-Day Death Toll Reported Since May. Aired 6-7p ET
• Operation Warp Speed Head Says He Expects Coronavirus Vaccine to be Highly effective, "in the 90 Percent Range"; Obama Slams Trump Over Voting Rights, Protest Response in Powerful Eulogy to John Lewis; U.S. Economy Suffers Worst Quarter Plunge Ever as COVID Cases Surge. Aired 5-6p ET


July 29, 2020
• U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 150,000; Interview With Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin; Republican Congressman Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Trump Continues To Push Hydroxychloroquine; Russia's Coronavirus Vaccine Claim Sparks Global Interest. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Surpasses 150,000 Coronavirus Deaths; Trump Touts Unproven Drug & "Alien DNA" Doc As Virus Deaths Rise; GOP's Gohmert Test Positive, Suggests He Got COVID From Wearing A Mask After Often Refusing To Do So; NBA To Provide Thousands Of No-Cost Coronavirus Tests; Silver: "No Question" NBA Would End Season If Outbreak Occurs; Russia's Coronavirus Vaccine Claim Sparks Global Interest. Aired 5-6p ET


July 28, 2020
• Attorney General Barr Spars With Democrats Over Accusations He Tilted Justice For Trump In Heated Hearing; Interview With Miami Beach, Florida, Mayor Dan Gelber (D); Interview With Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy; Major League Baseball Postpones Multiple Games After Miami Marlins Players Test Positive for Coronavirus; Russia Claims It Will Approve First Coronavirus Vaccine Within Two Weeks Despite Safety & Effectiveness Concerns. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Cases Top 4.3 Million As Infection Rate Rises In 22 States; Russia Claims It Will Approve First Coronavirus Vaccine Within Two Weeks Despite Safety & Effectiveness Concerns; Trump Holds Briefing After Promoting Virus Misinformation And As U.S. Death Toll Nears 150,000; Trump Continues To Promote Unproven Drug Hydroxychloroquine. Aired 5-6p ET


July 27, 2020
• U.S. National Security Adviser Tests Positive For COVID-19; Interview With District Of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser (D); U.S. Deaths Top 147,000, Averaging 900 Deaths A Day Over Past Week; Interview With Dr. Anthony Fauci. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 147,000; Trump Tells Governors To Reopen; Moderna Begins Phase Three Trials; Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) Is Interviewed On Maryland's Surging Coronavirus Cases; Biden Paying Respects To Rep. John Lewis At U.S. Capitol; Chinese-U.S. Relations Deteriorating Amid Pandemic; Brazil Testing Possible Vaccines From Britain, U.S. & China; South Korea Allows Fans To Attend Baseball Games; Google To Let Employees Work From Home Until At Least Next Summer. Aired 5-6p ET


July 26, 2020
• Did Not Air. 8-9p ET
• GOP to Reveal Their Provisions of Next Stimulus Bill; Coronavirus Testing Czar Says Turnaround Times Still Too Long in the U.S.; Trump's Disapproval Rating is 61 Percent with 100 Days to Election; Interview with Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) about Coronavirus in Arkansas; Remembering Civil Rights Icon John Lewis. Aired 9-10p ET
• Los Angeles Bar And Restaurant Industry Suffering During Pandemic; Interview With Mayor Steve Adler (D) Of Austin About Coronavirus Surge In Texas; Testing Delays Plague U.S., Months Into COVID-19 Pandemic; White House, GOP Senators Finishing New Stimulus Plan; Democrats And GOP Spar Over Extended Unemployment Benefits; Rep. John Lewis' One Last Journey Over The Edmund Pettus Bridge. Aired 7-8p ET
• Global COVID-19 Cases Top 16 Million, U.S. Cases Over Four Million; Republicans, White House Finalize Coronavirus Stimulus Package; COVID-19 Cases Surge Amid Concern Over ICU Capacity; Hundreds Demand School District In Georgia Allow In-Person Classes. Aired 6-7p ET


July 25, 2020
• Legendary T.V. Host Regis Philbin Dies At 88; Fifty Florida Hospitals Have Reached ICU Capacity; Texas Seeing Fourth Highest Number Of Cases In US; Houston Mayor On COVID-19 Crisis In His City; At Least 16 Arrested, Three Officers Injured In Seattle Protests; Daycare Centers Could Be Model For Reopening Schools; New CDC Guidelines Strongly Favor Opening Schools; Hanna Makes Landfall As Category 1 Hurricane; Polls Show Biden More Trusted To Handle The Pandemic. Aired 9-10p ET
• New Cases Soaring Nationwide; California Sees Record One-Day Deaths; Florida Surpasses New York In Total COVID-19 Cases; Arizona Hits Second Highest Daily Death Toll As Crisis Deepens; Millions Face Uncertainty As $600 Unemployment Benefit Set To Expire; NBA Players Return To The Court On Thursday; Wife Of Senate Candidate Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Legendary T.V. Host Regis Philbin Dies At 88. Aired 8-9p ET
• FDA Authorizes First Test For Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases; Florida COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up 79 Percent In Three Weeks ; First U.S. Phase Three COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Set To Begin Next Week; U.S. Tops 1,000 Daily Coronavirus Deaths For 4th Day; New CDC Guidelines Strongly Favor Opening Schools. Aired 7-8p ET


July 24, 2020
• Coronavirus Surging; Interview with Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy; Interview with Thomas Friedman; Texas Reports Nearly 200 Deaths in a Day, Second Highest Toll in 24 Hours; CDC Says, Kids Should Go to Schools Unless Transmission Uncontrolled; North Carolina City Confronts Racism With Reparations for Its Black Residents. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Records over 1,000 Deaths for Third Day in a Row; CDC: Kids should Go to School unless Transmission "Uncontrolled"; Trump Cancels RNC Events in Florida; World Health Org Reports Global Record For New Cases In A Day; Chinese-U.S. Relations Deteriorating Amid Pandemic; Brazil Reports Second-Highest Number Of New Cases; Money And Power Behind Disparity In U.S. Testing. Aired 5-6p ET


July 23, 2020
• Trump Cancels Jacksonville GOP Convention; Texas Reports 173 Deaths, 9,500+ New Cases in a Day; Trump Holds Briefing without Fauci for Third Day; Miscalculation by Police Led to the Death of Breonna Taylor. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Tops 4 Million Cases, About 1 Million Reported in Past 15 Days; CDC Experts: COVID-19 "Will End Up as a Top 10 Leading Cause of Death" in 2020; Ex-FDA Commissioner: U.S. could See 300,000 Deaths; Dr. Birx Warns of Concerning Rise in Cases in 12 Cities as Trump Paints a Rosy Picture; Florida Reports Record 173 Deaths, 10,000 Plus Cases in a Day; Miami Mayor Says 32 Percent Contracting Virus at Home Suggests Masks, Social Distancing Inside for Some; Trump Cancels Jacksonville Portion Of GOP Convention; Trump Holds Briefing As U.S. Coronavirus Cases Top 4 Million. Aired 5-6p ET


July 22, 2020
• Vaccine Search; President Trump Holds Coronavirus Briefing; U.S. Agrees To Pay Pfizer Nearly $2 Billion For 100 Million Doses Of Promising Vaccine; California Hits New Daily Peak Of 12,807 Cases After Passing New York With Most Infections In The U.S.; Who Gets A Coronavirus Vaccine First? Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Death Toll Tops 142,000 After Reporting 1,000-Plus Deaths In One Day; Fauci: I Don't Really See Us Eradicating COVID-19; Study: Immunity To Virus May Decline Quickly After Infection; Fear Of Case Spikes As NYC Moves To Reopen Schools; Trump Threatens to Deploy Agents to New York, Other Cities; Key Model Predicts Drop In Deaths If Mask Mandates Continue; GOP Infighting Delaying Progress On New Stimulus. Aired 5-6p ET


July 21, 2020
• President Trump Holds Coronavirus Briefing; California Tops 400,000 Total Cases with 7,700-Plus Deaths; Trump: Pandemic Will Probably Get Worse Before It Gets Better; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Is Interviewed To React On President Trump's First Coronavirus Media Briefing Since April. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Virus Briefing Returns, Likely Without Doctors; Three Million More Infections And 86,000 Deaths Since Trump Last Held A Coronavirus Briefing; Trump: COVID Probably Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better; Trump Says He Would Wear A Mask, But Did Not Last Night At Trump Hotel; Florida Governor Claims State "On The Right Course" As Cases Surge; Florida Reports 9,400-Plus New Cases, 134 More Deaths. Aired 5-6p ET


July 20, 2020
• Interview With Former CDC Director Thomas Frieden; Trump Finally Changing Tune On Masks?; Los Angeles County Breaks Daily Record For Hospitalizations For Fourth Time In Past Week; Mask Mandate Fight Intensifies Between Atlanta Mayor, Georgia Governor; Suspect Identified In Deadly Shooting At Federal Judge's Home; Coronavirus Crisis: Testing Delays, Backlogs Hobble Virus Response. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 140,000; Los Angeles County Reports Record COVID-19 Hospitalizations; Florida Reports Another 10,000 New Coronavirus Infections; Phase Four Re-opening For New York City; Lawsuits Filed Against School Re-openings; Trump Posts Picture In Mask; White House Blocking Funding For Testing And Tracing; Promising Vaccine Results From Oxford. Aired 5-6p ET


July 19, 2020
• Trump Downplays Virus Surge, Even When Confronted With Data; Delta To Ask Passengers Unable To Wear Face Mask To Consider Staying Home; AZ Reports Record Death Toll, Near-Record Positivity Rate; Can Schools Reopen Safely?; CDC Study: Kids Age 10 And Up Spread Virus As Easily As Adults; Coronavirus, Deforestation Rip Through Brazil's Population. Aired 9-10p ET
• Trump Defends Handling of Coronavirus Crisis as Cases Surge in the U.S.; Florida Reports More Than 12,000 New COVID-19 Cases in Single Day; Interview with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez about Florida's Coronavirus Cases; New York City Enters Last Stage of Reopening Plan Monday; Millions of Americans' Extra Unemployment Benefit Set to Expire; Major League Baseball Attempts Comeback on Thursday; Israel Imposes New Lockdown Restrictions as Cases Surge. Aired 8-9p ET


July 18, 2020
• Florida And Texas Report Alarmingly High Number Of New Coronavirus Cases; Interview With Gov. Ron Nirenberg (I), San Antonio, TX; NYT: White House Push To Reopen Undercut Mitigation Efforts; Rep. John Lewis, Titan Of Civil Rights, Dies At 80; CDC Issues New Guidelines On Isolating If You Test Positive; Unidentified Federal Agents In Camo Arresting Protesters In Portland. Aired 9-10p ET
• Austin Mayor Would Consider New Shutdown As Last Resort; NYT: Trump Administration Rushed To Abandon Leadership On COVID Response; Interview With Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ); Rep. John Lewis, Titan Of Civil Rights, Dies At Age 80; Florida Reports 10K New Cases, 90 Deaths Today; Poll: 60 Percent Disapprove Of Trump's Handling Of Coronavirus Pandemic; Trump Cites Freedom As Reason To Not Mandate Masks. Aired 8- 9p ET
• Florida Reports 10K New Cases, 90 Deaths Today; NYT Investigation: Key Decisions About Reopening Economy Made By White House Aides Instead Of Doctors, Scientists; Rep. John Lewis, Titan Of Civil Rights, Dies At Age 80; CDC Forecasts 157,000-Plus U.S. COVID-19 Deaths By August 8; CNN Reports Trump Made 41 False Claims About COVID-19 In Four Weeks. Aired 7-8p ET


July 17, 2020
• Trump: Masks Cause Problems Too; Coronavirus Cases Exploding; Interview with National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins; Texas Reports A Record High Of 174 Deaths in A Day; Florida Leading U.S. in Per Capita Cases for Five Straight Days; House Education Committee Accuses White House Of Blocking CDC Chief From Testifying Next Week. Aired 6-7p ET
• Record Number of COVID-19 Cases Reported to W.H.O. in Last 24 Hours; House Education Committee Accuses White House of Blocking CDC Chief from Testifying Next Week; Secret WH Task Force Report says 18 States in Coronavirus "Red Zone" should Roll Back Reopening; Texas Shatters Record for Single-Day Coronavirus Deaths; GA Governor Sues Atlanta Mayor Over City's Mask Mandate; Savannah Mayor: GA Gov "Does Not Give A Damn About Us"; Brazil Surpasses Two Million Confirmed Cases; Russia Denies Involvement In Vaccine Research Cyberattacks; Doctors Sound The Alarm Over "COVID Patients". Aired 5-6p ET


July 16, 2020
• President Trump in Denial Over Coronavirus?; Coronavirus Raging; Georgia Governor Sues Atlanta Mayor Over City's Mask Mandate; Russians Accused Of Cyber Attacks On Vaccine Research Facilities; New Study: Testing That Takes 5 Days or Longer of Little Use. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Cases Top 3.5 Million with 138,000 Plus Deaths as Number of New Cases is Rising in 39 States; Refrigerated Trucks Arrive in Texas to Expand Morgue Capacity; Texas Reports Record 129 Coronavirus Deaths in One Day; Pelosi, Florida Reports New One-Day Record Of 156 Deaths; Texas Reports Record 129 Coronavirus Deaths In One Day; Russians Accused Of Cyberattacks On Vaccine Research Centers; National Security Concerns As Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked. Aired 5-6p ET


July 15, 2020
• White House Versus Dr. Fauci?; Interview With Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D), Atlanta, GA; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 137,000; White House Chief Of Staff: Trump Did Not Approve Adviser's Op-Ed Slamming Fauci; Miami-Dade County Has Run Out Of ICU Beds, 26 Patients In Converted ICUs; Brazilian President Says He Tested Positive Again. Aired 6-7p ET
• Fauci Suggests A Reset On Virus Response; U.S. Sets Another One-Day Case Record As Virus Rages; COVID Hospital Data Will Be Sent To Trump Admin Instead Of CDC; Trump: Navarro Shouldn't Have Published Op-Ed Critical Of Fauci; Texas Reports New Single-Day Record Number Of Deaths; Brazilian President Says He Tested Positive Again; Sources: Canadian-U.S. Border Will Remain Closed To Non-Essential Travel. Aired 5-6p ET


July 14, 2020
• President Trump Holds News Conference; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 136,000, Cases Rise In 37 States; Trump Attacks Biden, Repeats False Claims As Virus Rages; New Study: Moderna Vaccine Induced Immune Responses In All Participants, No Safety Concerns Identified; Texas Reports Daily Record 10,745 Cases. Aired 6-7p ET
• New Study: Moderna Vaccine Induced Immune Responses In All Participants, No Safety Concerns Identified; Fauci: You Can Trust Me On Coronavirus; Trump Speaking To Reporters At The White House; U.S. Deaths Surpass 136,000 As New Cases Rise In 37 States. Aired 5-6p ET


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