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Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien

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December 21, 2012
• House Fails to Pass Plan B; Interview with Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Weather Threatens to Delay Holiday Travel; Guns Stores Selling out of Merchandise


December 20, 2012
• Winter Storm Threatens Parts of U.S.; Interview with Congressman Peter King; Congressional Criticism of "Zero Dark Thirty"; It's a Bird, It's a Plane - It's Not Real
• Winter Storm Pounds Midwest; Interview with Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia; Basketball Coach Begs for Action on Guns; Controversial Article: Shooting Deaths Prevented if Men Present
• Winter Storm Whips Through Midwest; Newtown Shooter's Mother Was Away; Army To Seek Death Penalty For Bales; Senator Inouye To Lie In State At U.S. Capitol; American Crowned Miss Universe 2012; Obama Appoints Gun Violence Team; Newtown Citizens Demand Action; "Project Nim" Film On HBO
• Winter Storm Threatens Midwest; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Interview with Senator John Barrasso; Tim Tebow Passed Over For Jets Starting Quarterback; Home Values Increase from Previous Year


December 19, 2012
• Interview with Senator Designate Tim Scott; Instagram Faces Insta-Backlash; Actor Brad Garrett Talks New Movie
• Benghazi Report Released; Interview with Congressman Tom Cole of Oklahoma; Obama Named "Time" Person of the Year; G.M. to Buy Back Stock from Treasury
• Four More Funerals In Newtown Today; Celebrating Jenni Rivera's Life; International Space Station's New Crew; Mudslide Knocks Train Off Tracks; Florida's Plan to Fix Voting Problems; One Millionth Concealed Carry Permit In Florida; Global Gun Control
• Report on Benghazi Attack Released; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Interview with Representative Chris Van Hollen; More Victims of Sandy Hook School Shooting Buried


December 18, 2012
• Interview with Frank Keating; School Shooting Invigorates Gun Law Debate; Faint in Response to Tragedy
• Fiscal Cliff Deal May Be Near; Captured NBC Reporter Now Free; Interview with Congressman Ron Barber of Arizona; Newtown Schools Reopen
• Newtown Mourns; A Moment Of Silence For Newtown; Manchin: Time To Talk Gun Control; Tragedy Renews Gun Control Debate; Newtown Copycat Arrest?; Benghazi Attack Report Released; Senator Daniel Inouye Dies At 88; Obama Answers Coach's Message; Mayor Bloomberg's Fight Against Guns; "I Am Adam Lanza's Mother"; Inside the Violent Mind
• Gun Legislation Discussed Among Lawmakers; Possible Movement on Fiscal Cliff Negotiations; Interview with Steve Perry; Sporting Goods Store Bans Sale of Assault Rifles


December 17, 2012
• Funerals Commence for Children Killed in School Shooting; Psychology Professor Discusses Possible Causes of Mass Shootings; The Conversation on Gun Control
• Newtown Mourns; Remembering Dawn Hochsprung; Boehner Offers Debt Limit Extension; SC Governor to Announce DeMint's Replacement
• President Obama Honors Victims; Tragedy Renews Gun Control Debate; Coping With A Monumental Tragedy; Heroism At Sandy Hook; Explaining What Happened; Newtown Remembers
• Funerals Commence for Students Killed in School Shooting; President Visits Newtown, Connecticut


December 14, 2012
• U.S. Vet Disrespected on Delta Flight; Young Man Shot in Florida; Controversial "Stand Your Ground" Law as Defense; "A World Made of Blood"; The Movie "Allegiance"
• Fiscal Cliff Looming at Year's End; U.S. Sending Patriot Missile Batteries to Turkey; JFK Security Threatens Holiday Strike; Was Basketball Blowout Unfair?
• North Koreans Celebrate; Man Fatally Shoots Self Inside Courthouse; Smokestack Death; Shooting On Train Caught On Tape; Asking About Sexual Orientation; Buzz Over Bin Laden Thriller; Rice Out Of The Running; Former President George H.W. Bush Improving; Fumbling In Philly; "The Revolution Was Televised"
• Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; NATO to Send Arms and Troops to Turkey; Interview with Philip Bredesen; ESPN Reporter Questions Robert Griffin the III's Racial Identity


December 13, 2012
• New MLK Tapes Found; Genetic Testing Offers Glimpse into Baby Futures; Resetting your "Super Brain"; Vying for Golden Globe
• Closing in on Fiscal Cliff: 19 Days; Clinton to Testify Next Week; Internet Mogul McAfee Back in the U.S.; Rebuilding After Sandy
• Syrian Regime Fires Scud Missiles; Cause Of Death Revealed; Senate Intern An Undocumented Immigrant; Justin Bieber Targeted; Google Maps Is Back; No Deal As Fiscal Cliff Draws Near; Jerry Brown Treated For Prostate Cancer; Police: Woman Had Cocaine Breast Implants; Fiscal Cliff Frustration
• Details Released on Portland Gunman; 19 Days Till Fiscal Cliff; McAfee in Miami;12.12.12 Concert for Hurricane Relief a Success; Interview with James Lankford; Too Fat to be President?


December 12, 2012
• Tennis Player Criticized for Imitating Serena Williams; Meteorologist Fired for Publicly Defending Hair Style; Last Minute Holiday Shopping; Romney Claim Wins "Lie of the Year"
• Terror at the Mall; US Condemns North Korea's Rocket Launch; Interview With Rep. Marsha Blackburn; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
• North Korea Launches Long Range Rocket; Court Hearing In Etan Patz Case; Alabama Men Face Terror Charges; Pope's First Tweet; Republican To Democrat; "Then And Now"; Lieberman's Farewell; Competing Comet Light Shows; Super Secret Mini Shuttle Launches
• Gunman Opens Fire in Crowded Oregon Mall; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Interview with Congressman Elijah Cummings


December 11, 2012
• Cory Booker's Future Plans; Interview with Actor Frankie Muniz; Chuck Leavell's Epic Tour; Women in Corporate America; Battling Back from Anorexia
• Interview with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Javier Palomarez; Right to Work Measure to Pass in Michigan Today; Interview With Rep. Sandy Levin; NHL Cancels Games Through End of Year
• Panetta: Assad "Got The Message"; "We Still Have Faith She Will Be OK"; McCain-Rice Showdown Looming; Monkey In A Coat At Ikea; Hushed Talks Over Fiscal Cliff; Record Number On Food Stamps; Mandela Health Watch; DSK And Hotel Maid Settle Lawsuit; What If "Seinfeld" Was Still On?; "The Fitzgerald Family Christmas"
• Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Interview with Congressman Steve Israel; Bob Costas Defends Comments on Gun Culture in NFL


December 10, 2012
• Navy SEAL Member Killed During Rescue Mission; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Interview with Reps. Mary Bono and Connie Mack; Your Taxes in 2013; Adam Lambert Host VH1 Divas
• Fiscal Cliff Countdown: 22 Days; Interview with Congresswoman Judy Chu of California; "Scholar Strong and Rockaway Resilient"
• Chavez Needs Cancer Surgery; North Korea Launch Window Extended; Same-Sex Marriage; SNL'S "Fiscal Cliff Compromise"; Who Is Black In America?; Senator Blasts MTV; Grace, Gold And Glory
• Mexican Singer Reportedly Killed in Plane Crash; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Interview with Cory Booker


December 07, 2012
• Jobless Rate Falls to Lowest Level Since 2008; Who is Black in America?; The Brown Paper Bag Test; Inside Camp Pacquiao
• Earthquake Hits Japan; Interview with Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan; Did Costas Cross the Line?
• Michigan Right To Work Protests; Navy Warships Monitoring North Korea; Zimmerman Attorney: No Plea Deal; Strange Case Of John McAfee; Colbert For Senate?; Boehner To Top Dems: "Step Aside"; 25 Days Until Fiscal Cliff; Imagine There's No Kickoffs; "Dangerous Grounds"
• Tsunami Warning in Japan Lifted; Obama and Boehner Work One-on- One Towards Deal; NFL Might Re-Vamp Kick Off; November Jobs Report Out Today; Growing Signs of Chemical Warfare in Syria; Florida's Python- Killing Contest


December 06, 2012
• Syrian Reportedly Preparing Chemical Weapons Against Rebels; Interview with Former Ambassador Nicholas Burns, "The Biracial Poem"; Sandy Strikes Students
• Fear that Syria May Use Nerve Gas; High Times in Washington State; Interview With Rep. Steve LaTourette
• Fiscal Cliff Hanger: 26 Days; Bodies Found In Iowa Woods; Massacre Suspect's Emails Released; Starbucks CEO Talks Fiscal Cliff; Cadet Leaves West Point; Tough Times For The NFL; "Detropia" Documenting Detroit
• Protests Continue in Egypt; Syrian Government Forces Reportedly Preparing Chemical Weapons Against Rebels; Marijuana Legalized for Personal Use in Washington State; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue


December 05, 2012
• New Details Emerge Regarding NFL Player's Alleged Murder- Suicide; Couple Survives Tree Falling on Their Car; What is Black in America?; "Reporting the Revolutionary War"
• Obama Stands His Ground; Interview with Congressman Jeb Hensarling of Texas; Bar Exam For Teachers?
• Rebranding The Republican Party; Gingrich: "Go Over The Cliff"; Mystery Of John McAfee, Internet Pioneer; Dashcam Of Kidnapped Clerk's Rescue; Aussie DJs Prank Call Duchess' Hospital; NYC Subway Pushing Death Stirs Anger; Bin Laden Film Stirs Controversy; North Korea Busy At Launch Site; Ashton Kutcher As Steve Jobs; "The Human Face Of Big Data"
• Man Pushed in Front of New York City Subway Train; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Interview with Stephanie Cutter; Newark Mayor Cory Booker Attempts to Live on Food Stamps


December 04, 2012
• Children in Atlanta Exposed to Toxic Levels of Carbon Monoxide while in School Whitney Houston Photo Tribute; Wall Street CEOs and Fiscal Cliff; School Bus Crash in Florida
• Fiscal Cliff Face-Off; Interview with Senator Ron Johnson; Chemical Weapons Fears In Syria
• Death On the Subway; Search For Missing Leukemia Patient; Fiscal Cliff Faceoff; Bowles Talks Fiscal Cliff Debate; GOP's Fiscal Cliff Counteroffer; Wall Street CEOs And Fiscal Cliff; Royal Baby On The Way!; Deadly Typhoon Slams Into Philippines; Lohan Slammed By Uncle Sam
• Republicans Make Counteroffer in Fiscal Cliff Negotiations; Syrian Government Warned by U.S. not to Use Chemical Weapons in Civil War; Interview with Tony Blair


December 03, 2012
• Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Possibly Stalled; Interview with Representatives Mary Bono Mack and Connie Mack; Collision Kills U.S. Coast Guardsman; CNN Hero Fulfilling Children's Dreams
• NFL Shooting Tragedy; Syria Warned Against Using Chemical Weapons; 29 Days Until Fiscal Cliff; Costas "Commentary" On Belcher Case
• Chiefs Win After Belcher Suicide; Northern California Soaked; Will Justices Tackle Same Sex Marriage?; Deadly Tunnel Collapse In Japan; Rough Ride; John McAfee In Hiding; Residents Protest "Maternity Hotel"; Born In The USA; Sea World Scare; Notre Dame Alabama Showdown Set
• Storms and Flooding Hit Northern California; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Possibly Stalled; Interview with Senator Richard Blumenthal; NFL Player Commits Suicide in Front of Coach; Syrian Government Warned by U.S. not to use Chemical Weapons in Civil War


November 30, 2012
• How News Networks Handle Dissension; Zimmerman Signing Autographs for Money; Train Derailment in New Jersey; Simmons: President Should Give Back to Community
• Fiscal Cliff Finger-Pointing; Interview with Jon Huntsman; Cop's Act Of Kindness Goes Viral; Freight Train Derails in New Jersey
• Obama's Opening Pitch On Fiscal Cliff; Economy Grew Faster Than Estimated; Another Debt Limit Battle On Horizon; Should U.S. Provide Arms To Syrian Rebels?; Strauss Kahn Reportedly Settles Lawsuit; Out Of Nowhere, The Earth Collapsed; Biden Bulks Up; Powerball Winner Caught On Camera; Missouri Powerball Winner Identified; Los Angeles Auto Show; Bringing Visual Arts To All
• Powerball Winners Come Forward; U.N. Recognizes Palestinian as a State; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations May have Stalled; Statue of Liberty Undamaged by Super-storm Sandy; Interview with Steny Hoyer


November 29, 2012
• Lindsay Lohan Arrested; Interview with Representatives Connie Mack and Mary Bono Mack; Fiscal Cliff Negotiation Continue; Back from the Brink of Death; Events that Shaped America
• Clashes in Egypt; 33 Days Until the Fiscal Cliff; Interview with Congressman Tom Cole of Oklahoma; "But Now I See": Olympic Bobsledder Going Blind
• U.S. Embassy In Cairo Closed; Sectarian Violence Flares In Iraq; Koren Rocket Launch Scrubbed; Pakistani Doctor On Hunger Strike; Government Report Says Gitmo Can Be Closed; Two Winning Tickets In Powerball Jackpot; Rick Warren's New Book
• Protests in Cairo, Egypt, Continue; President Obama Invites Mitt Romney to White House; Two Winning Tickets Sold for Powerball Jackpot; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Interview with Senator John Barrasso


November 28, 2012
• New Report Indicates Widespread Corruption at Kabul Bank in Afghanistan; Powerball Jackpot Second Highest Ever; Who is Black in America?; Dionne Warwick's Legendary Career
• Rice Returns to the Hill; Interview with Senator Johnny Isakson; Powerball Dollars and Dreams; Stubborn Battle Over Fiscal Cliff
• Another "Stand Your Ground" Gun Case; Powerball Fever; "Fast And Furious" Lawsuit Talks; Sandusky Case Prompts Call For Change; Belly Fat And Bone Loss In Men; Stubborn Battle Over Fiscal Cliff; Senior GOP Lawmaker Pushes Compromise; The Naked Truth
• Powerball Jackpot Second Highest Ever; Negotiations over Fiscal Cliff Continue; Ambassador Susan Rice to Meet with Senator; Interview with Dick Durbin; Teenager Killed in Florida


November 27, 2012
• Susan Rice to Meet with Senatorial Critics; Salmonella Shuts Down Peanut Butter Processor; "Girl Meets World"; Advice on Office Lottery Pools; Gymnast Rebounds After Addiction; Young Actress's Big Hit Drama
• Fiscal Cliff 35 Days Away; Interview with Sen. Mike Lee; "Two and a Half Men" Star Begs Viewers Not to Watch; Amb. Susan Rice Heads To Capitol Hill
• Most Favor Tax Hikes And Spending Cuts; McConnell: Talks Already At Impasse; Back To Work On Fiscal Cliff; Ambassador Susan Rice Heads To Capitol Hill; "Fast And Furious" Hearing; Pre-Trial Hearing In Wikileaks Case; "I Don't Know Where We Are"; Santorum "Open" To Running Again; Fearlessness In The Face Of Danger; Mexican Beauty Queen Killed In Shootout; Danica Patrick Revs Up Video Game
• Susan Rice to be Interviewed by Senatorial Critics; Fiscal Cliff Looms for American Economy; Interview with Senator Pat Toomey


November 26, 2012
• Second Bangladesh Factory Fire; Casey Anthony Investigators Missed Evidence; College Basketball Scores 138 Points; Drug Manufacturer Recalls Bottles for Glass; Florida Sex Survey; Tony Bennett Isn't Slowing Down
• Fiscal Cliff: 35 Days and Counting; The End of the Pledge?; Truce Holds Between Israel, Hamas
• No Regrets For Anti-Islam Filmmaker; Statin Recall; McCain Softens Attack On Rice; Giants Snap Out Of November Swoon; Delayed By "Showers"; Notre Dame Number One; Morsi To Meet With Judges; State Department Responds To Morsi; Civil Rights Activist Guyot Dead; Leave The Manatee Alone; Confetti Mystery At Macy's Parade; A Christmas Classic
• Protests Continue in Egypt; Congress Signals Compromise on Fiscal Cliff; Doctors Make Controversial Recommendation Regarding Contraceptives for Minors


November 23, 2012
• Camp Out, Save Cash?; Violence Erupts Near Gaza Border; James Spader on Lincoln; A Thanksgiving Gift
• Black Friday Shopping Binge; Clash at the Gaza-Israel Border
• Shoppers Gone Wild; Wal-Mart Workers to Protest Today; Report: Looking into Petraeus' Staff; Feeling Lucky?; Black Friday Begins; The Hottest Toys of the Year; Sandy Aftermath on Staten Island; Hotels for Heroes
• Stores Open Early for Black Friday; Protests Evoke Violence on Israel-Gaza Border; Interview with Foreign Policy Analyst Robin Wright


November 22, 2012
• Truce Holding Between Israel, Hamas; Still Reeling From Hurricane Sandy; Interview with Palestinian National Authority Spokeswoman Nour Odeh; Thanksgiving in Afghanistan; NYC's Thanksgiving Day Parade; Black Friday in America
• Israel and Gaza Agree to Ceasefire; Interview with Former Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell; Thanksgiving Charity Event Held for Victims of Hurricane Sandy; U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice Speaks Out; Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 23; Photo Costs Two Women Their Jobs; Black Friday Spills Over to Thanksgiving; Previewing NYC's Thanksgiving Day Parade


November 21, 2012
• Bomb on Bus Kills 10 in Israel; Interview with Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Michael Oren; Benghazi Talking Points were Changed; 97 House Republicans Sign Letter Protesting Susan Rice
• Clinton Trying to Broker Cease-Fire; Egypt President A Key Player; 22 Inured in Tel Aviv Bus Blast; A Look at Holiday Travel
• Tel Aviv Bus Explosion; Man In The Middle; Clinton Meeting With Morsy; Deadly Bus Collision In Arizona; Documentary: O.J. Simpson Didn't Do It; Food For The Troops; Murdoch Accused Of Anti-Semitism; The Technology Of War
• Bomb on Bus Kills 10 in Israel; Security Director of Benghazi Assassinated; Iowa Governor Calls Straw Poll a Relic


November 20, 2012
• Israel Holds Ground Offensive into Gaza; Peace Talks Concerning Israel and Hamas Commence; The Future of the GOP; Morsi: "Positive Results" in Conflict
• Israel Puts Ground Invasion on Hold; Discussion on the Israel- Hamas Conflict; Intelligence Community Altered Talking Points; Allen West Concedes Florida's Congressional Race; Stock Futures Flat This Morning
• Sirens Sound In Israel; Israel Ground Offensive On Hold; Searching for "John Doe Duffle Bag"; NTSB Recreating Train Collision; Blasphemy Trial; Monday Night Football; Hope Of Ceasefire in Truce Talks; Benghazi Talking Points Were Changed; "They Pick On Women And Minorities"; Fear Of Gaza Ground War
• Israel Holds Ground Offensive into Gaza; Peace Talks Concerning Israel and Hamas Commence; Interview with Israeli Government Spokesman Mark Regev


November 19, 2012
• Israeli-Gaza Conflict Escalates; Negotiations Continue Over Fiscal Cliff; Interview with Representative Barbara Lee; Chris Christie on SNL; Sirens Go Off in Gaza; Prepping for Holiday Travel
• Mideast Bloodshed; U.S. Stock Futures Trading Higher Today
• Bombings And Bloodshed Escalate In Gaza; Deadly Airstrikes In Gaza; Peace Talks Underway In Egypt; Historic Visit To Myanmar; Rubio 2016?; Keystone XL Pipeline Protests; Still Not Impressed; Notre Dame Number One; Hola, Twinkie; America's Economic Deadline; Lawmakers Still Drawing Lines; New Report On Fighting Poverty
• Israel-Gaza Conflict Escalates; Interview with George Mitchell; President Visits Myanmar; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue


November 16, 2012
• Washington Battles Over Fiscal Cliff; Israel on Brink of War?; House Holds Hearing about Benghazi Attack; Fiscal Cliff Looms for U.S. Economy; Interview with Senator Jeff Sessions; Jada Pinkett Smith's New Role; "Flight" Drama of Salvation
• Tensions Rise Between Israel and Gaza Strip; Interview with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Maine Republican Committee Chairman Makes Controversial Statement about Black Voters; Violence Escalating In Gaza; Benghazi Attack As It Unfolded; Ron Paul Blasts Both Parties; Dangerous Energy Drinks; The Cost Of Obamacare?; Petraeus Beginning His Testimony; Romney: Obama Won By Giving "Gifts"; Major Shake Up In Japan's Government; "Miggy" And Posey Win MVP Awards; Cracker Jacks With A Jolt; Brad Pitt Debuts Furniture Collection


November 15, 2012
• Obama Prepared for a Fight; Interview with Congressman Joe Heck; Dow Falls 200 Points; BP to Pay Millions for Oil Spill; Deadly Dose: Dangers of Prescription Overdosing; New Details Emerge Concerning Petraeus Resignation; Interview with Dutch Ruppersberger; Hearings on Benghazi Attack Today; Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Part 2
• Israel Kills Hamas Leader; Congress and President Set to Begin Negotiations on Fiscal Cliff; New Details Emerge about Petraeus Resignation; Israel Launches Strikes In Gaza; New Mideast Violence; NYC Nanny Indicted In Double Murder; Texas A&M Wide Receiver Found Safe; Obama Surveys New York Storm Damage; General Honore On Hurricane Recovery; McAfee "Seems To Be Bonkers"; Gene Mutation Linked To Alzheimer's Disease; Jordin Sparks On "Sparkle"


November 14, 2012
• Pelosi to Stay or Go?; Jill Kelley's Link to Scandal; WSJ Op-Ed Supports Bipartisan Fiscal Accord; Fiscal Cliff Looms For U.S. Economy; Victoria's Secret Apologizes for Cultural Insensitivity


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