CNN.com - Transcripts (2024)

•New Stimulus Plan Moves Through U.S. Congress; Cultural Scars Remain From Taliban Rule; New Tech Helps Read The Contents of Old, Locked Letters. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Different U.S. States Take Different Approaches Concerning COVID-19; Pope Francis Makes A Historic Visit To Iraq; A Japanese Centenarian Prepares To Carry The Olympic Torch. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Iceland Shaken By Thousands of Earthquakes; Mars Rocket Prototype Explodes After Landing; A U.S. State Considers Ignoring Time Changes

•Explanation Of The Controversy Surrounding Russian Activist Alexey Navalny; New Type Of Dinosaur; New Photographic Technology

•New Satellite Images Lead To New Hypotheses About North Korea`s Nuclear Program; New Discovery In Pompeii Suggests The City Might Have Had A Limo Service. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Civilians And Government Face Off In Myanmar And Hong Kong; Massive Calving Occurs From An Ice Shelf; Young Woman Sets New Rowing Record. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Proposed Stimulus Package Advances In Congress; Discussion On Psychological Impacts Of The COVID Pandemic; A Drone Helps Monitor Endangered Dolphins. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Meteoric Sighting in Canada; Upcoming Olympics in Japan; Recovery of a Species in Europe; A Singing Tiger; Bad Poetry. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Global Tensions Over an International Nuclear Deal; Eruption of A Famous Volcano; Proliferation of Rats; Gourmet Desserts. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Recent News Standoff Between Facebook and Australian Government; Exploring A Pair of Pictorial Mysteries from Two Countries

•Dozens Of Boeing Passenger Planes Are Grounded; COVID Numbers Continue To Decrease In The U.S.; Orbiting Laboratory Opens Up More To Commercial Visits. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Water Shortage In Texas; New Look At Mars; How Work Continues At The Louvre; Sledding Chicken In Tennessee. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•New NASA Mission Arrives at Mars and Attempts a Difficult Landing; Explanation of Cold-Weather Terms Like Ice Jams and Ice Pancakes; Italy`s Mt. Etna Erupts

•One-Two Punch Of Deadly Winter Weather Rakes Across The U.S.; Mysterious Craters Appear In Siberia; How Researchers Get VR Footage Of The Sea

•Millions Of Americans Shiver In A Winter Storm; New Computer Model Animates Plate Tectonics; AI Brings Assistance And Controversy To Online Classes. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Impeachment Trial Ends; Winter Storm Rakes Across America; Search Continues For The Origins Of Coronavirus; Virtual Trip To Iceland. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Standoff Pit`s the Indian Government Against the Nation`s Farmers; Unstable Air Mass Sends Frigid Cold Through America; Explanation of What Wind Chill Is. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Government Considers Mandatory COVID Testing For All Domestic Flight Passengers; Conservationist Works To Protect The Sierra Gorda Region

•Significant Change in Cuba`s Economic Policy; Exploring How Retailers Deal With Online Purchases That Are Sent Back

•Second Trump Impeachment Trial Begins; New Variants of Coronavirus May Challenge Vaccines; An African Conservationist Protects Grey Crowned Cranes

•China`s Streets And Train Stations Quite Ahead Of The Lunar New Year; NFL Wraps Up A Season In Which It Kept COVID Largely On The Sidelines. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•President Biden Outlines His Administration`s Foreign Policy Goals; Nor`easter Causes Flooding on the U.S. Coast; We Examine the Science of Snowflakes. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Artic Air Spills Over North America; Different Countries Implement Different Approaches To School; Virtual Field Trip To Banff National Park. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Japanese Officials Say Tokyo 2020 Olympics Will Go On; WHO Starts Investigation of Where the Corona Virus Started; NASA Has Space Walks on the ISS; Working to Save the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey; Two Athletes Climb the World`s Largest Chimney in Slovenia

•Coup in Myanmar Led By The Country`s Military; Protecting The Endangered Whale Shark; Pandas Play At the National Zoo

•U.S. CDC Mandates Masks On Public Transportation; Hyperloop Technology Speeds Up; Storm System Sweeps Across America; Groundhogs "Predict" The Weather. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Gross Domestic Product Shrinks; New Type of Helicopter Approaches Launch Point; Visit to Hawaii`s Banzai Pipeline; Panda Makes His Debut

•Debate Over Minimum Wage In America; Duties Of The U.S. Vice- President; Efforts To Repopulate A Certain Marine Species In Maine. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Severe Weather In Alabama; International Update On COVID Responses; Study On Dog Migration; The Legacy Of U.S. "First Pets." Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Senate`s Schedule; Changing The Travel Industry; New Discovery in Egypt; Sleep Habits of Bees; Illuminated Ice Palace

•CNN Returns To Wuhan, China A Year After Coronavirus Outbreak; Questions Being Raised About Upcoming Olympics In Tokyo, Japan. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•U.S. Senate`s Busy Schedule; Lake-Effect Snow; Virtual Visit to Kenya; A Story with A Ring; A New Law Concerning the Moon. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Special Inauguration Day Coverage. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Joe Biden To Be Sworn In As 46th President Of The United States; The 45th U.S. President Donald Trump Will Not Attend Biden`s Inauguration; Manta Rays Classified Vulnerable By International Union For Conservation Of Nature. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A Glimpse of Inauguration Security; An Explanation of Herd Immunity & A Report on COVID-19 Vaccines; An Avalanche Survival Story. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Initial Jobless Claims Give Negative Indication About U.S. Economy; Young People Lift Their Voices in Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Historic Impeachment Vote; New Restriction On Travel To America; A "Spicy Meatball"; A Busy Intersection; An Icy Winter Wonderland. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Challenges And Changes Characterize The U.S. Vaccine Rollout; FBI Guards Against Violence; Trade Show Goes Virtual; Augmented Reality Is Test-Driven. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Jobs Situation and Outlook; The 25th Amendment and Debate Surrounding It; The Work of Volunteers to Transport Service Puppies

•New U.S. Political Developments; New Observations Concerning COVID- 19; Power Outage In Pakistan; Unstable Polar Vortex. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Congress Certifies Electoral College Votes; Examination of Some Global COVID-19 Responses; Virtual Reality Helps Some South Koreans Step Back In Time. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Trouble On Capitol Hill; U.S. Senate Projections From Georgia; The Potential For Artificial Intelligence In Recycling. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Tensions Between Iran And The United States; Uncertain Future Of Popular Entertainment Venue; Rescue Workers` Creative Use Of Dogs. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Special Runoff Election In Georgia; Congress To Certify The Electoral College Votes On January 6th; Olympics Update; Pompeiian Discovery. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Reports On A Stimulus Package; COVID-19 Vaccines; Rocketing Value Of Bitcoin; Robots Dancing "The Human." Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Year In Review; Scientific Definition of White Christmas. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Pros And Cons Of Contact Tracing; The Significance Of China`s Latest Mission To The Moon; The History Of Germany`s Autobahn. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•New Measures Concerning Coronavirus; Threat Of A New Storm In The U.S.; New Use For Mineral That Could Improve Solar Panel Efficiency. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Voting In The U.S. Electoral College; Exploring Ancient Rock Paintings; Planning For Future Offices; Schooling Santas. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Shipping Gets Underway For U.S. Coronavirus Vaccine; Project Aims To Turn Barren Land Into Fertile Farmland; New Study On Manmade Mass. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Two New Lawsuits Target Facebook; Space X Rocket Makes A Crash Landing; A Solar "Belch" Occurs Meteorological Winters and Atmospheric Rivers. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Upcoming Runoff Election In Georgia; Economic Ripple Effects Of COVID Closures; Exceptional Pay It Forward Event. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Vaccine Deliveries and Restaurant Deliveries; Measuring Mount Everest; Staying in Shape

•U.S. Politics And The Vote Certification Process; The Purported Skeleton Of A Triceratops; Assessment Of NASA`s Next Moon Mission. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Fall Nor`easter Makes The Weather Frightful In Several States; Marking 79 Years Since The Pearl Harbor Attack; Company Uses Drones In Reforestation. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Unmanned Mission to the Moon; Pros and Cons of Vertical Farming; A Dive into the World`s Deepest Pool. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Record-Breaking Heat In Australia Risks Bush Fires; COVID-19 Puts Hamper On Fishermen; Boater Rescued By Shipping Boat; Discussion On The Poinsettia Plant. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Challenging Call For American Medical Advisors; Use Of Facial Recognition Technology For Humans And Bears; Mysterious Monolith. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Tensions Flare After An Iranian Nuclear Scientist Is Killed; Europeans Prepare For A Different Christmas Season; Airline Requires COVID Tests To Fly. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Mixed Bag Of Indicators For Shopping And The U.S. Economy; Female First For College Football; Animal Highway; Electoral Coin Flip. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Thanksgiving Closures And Retailer Concerns; Vaccine Logistics; QR Code Controversy; Discussion On A Shipwreck. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Holiday Travel Amid Coronavirus; Most Expensive Object Ever Built; Graduate Students` Innovations. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Headlines From Nicaragua to New York; Look At the U.S. Presidential Cabinet; Report on Benefits of Kelp Farming. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Special Edition Focuses on the Prospect of Driverless Cars and How Do Their Developers and Supporters See a Future Without Human Drivers

•Planned U.S. Troop Withdrawals; Seasonal Affective Disorder; A Discovery Of Antiquities; A New Tool That Could Help Prevent Overfishing. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•An Announcement from a U.S. Drug Company; Category 5 Hurricane in Central America; The History and Future of Ice Cream

•Projected Balance Of Power In The U.S. Senate; Controversial Traffic Project Near Ancient Monument; New Mission To The ISS. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Logistical Challenges of Distributing A Vaccine; Potential Impact of Corona Virus on Black Friday; The Advent of a Robotic Dolphin

•Hospitalization Record; A New Antibody Therapy; Discussing Ocean Exploration; A Building on the Move

•Weather and Politics First Two Topics; Test Ride Aboard Hyperloop Vehicle; Exploring Pet Adoption in COVID Era. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Drugmaker Says Its Vaccine Shows Promise; Storm Leaves Behind Destruction in Central America; Native American Tribe Promotes Prescribed Burning

•U.S. Media Has Projected A Winner In The 2020 Presidential Election; CNN Hero Uses His Organization To Provide Free Adventure To Health Care Workers. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Two U.S. Candidates Discuss the Vote; Study Into Teens` Screen Time; Company Aims to Improve Bees` Nutrition; Baby Rhino Makes His Debut. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Latest U.S. Presidential Election Results; The Hearing Ability Of Certain Spiders; Two Towns With A Puzzling Fit. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The U.S. Presidential Election; Hurricane Eta`s Landfall in Nicaragua; The Reopening of Machu Picchu

•Some Possible Complications With The Voting Process In America; The Weather`s Impact On Turnout; The Sounds Of Space. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•English Lawmakers Debate Another National Lockdown; A Deadly Earthquake Strikes Turkey And Greece; A "Morning Daylight" Advantage To Falling Back. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Economic Measure Sets A Record for Growth; Firefighting Robot Aims to Save Lives; Nigeria`s First Female Mechanic Helps Others. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Storms In Vietnam And The United States; International Travel In The Era Of Coronavirus; Newly Discovered Reef The Size Of A Skyscraper. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•History Of Voting In America; New Theories About Water On The Moon; Ways You Can Verify News You Read Online. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Checking In On Polling And Early Voting In The U.S.; News On The Confirmation Of The U.S. Supreme Court Nominee; Space Exploration; Bygone Era. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Destroying A Nest of Murder Hornets; Providing RVs To Wildfire Victims; Changing Plans For Halloween. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Discussion on the Second And Final Debate For The President With The Election Days Away.

•Flooding Claims Lives And Homes In Vietnam; U.S. Candidates Prepare For A "Muted" Debate; An American Company Works On A Type Of Biodegradable Material. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Government Files Lawsuit Against Google; New Technology Helps Ocean Researchers. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Explanation of the Electoral College; Reports on Corona Virus Cases in Europe; Three Space Headlines

•A Flare-Up Of Violence Between Armenia And Azerbaijan; The Work Of A CNN Hero To Bring Music To Senior Citizens. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Coronavirus Cases Rise in Most U.S. States; A La Nina Forms in the Pacific; Thousands More Satellites are Headed for Space. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Balance of Power in Congress; Science Behind Cloud Seeding; New Space Research; Possible Slip `N Slide Record

•Facebook Makes A Policy Change Related To Holocaust Content; CNN Election Trackers Explain How They Project Results; U.S. Scientists Trace Murder Hornets. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Corona Virus Headlines from Several Countries; Early Voting in America; Virtual Tour of Dubai; Record Setting T. Rex

•Senate Hearings For Supreme Court Nominee Start Monday; Presidential Debate For This Week Canceled; U.S. Landfall Of Hurricane Delta; Military Parade In East Asia; CNN Hero`s Quarantine With 54 Children In Nepal. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Louisiana Braces for the Landfall of Another Named Storm; Questions Surround the U.S. Presidential Debate Schedule; Blue Moon Set for Halloween. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Debate Goals of Vice-Presidential Nominees; Monetary Struggles of the U.S. Postal Service; Use of Video Surveillance in the NFL

•Reporting on A Storm in the Caribbean; Tides and Flood Barriers in Italy; Potential Role of Mealworms in Consuming Plastic Waste

•Several Nations Consider Reimposing Coronavirus-related Restrictions; U.S. Supreme Court Kicks Off New Season; Nobel Prize History. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•President Trump Contracts And Fights Coronavirus; What Happens When A President Gets Too Sick To Govern; Space Stories. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Economy; Influence of the Jet Stream; Electrically Powered Road; Seriously Ginormous Pumpkins. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Navy Flight Tracked By Russian Fighters Over Black Sea; Coronavirus Brings Changes To U.S. Political Campaigns; Travel From Sea To Sky. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Trump and Biden Participate in the first Presidential Debate. Aired 4-4:10a ET