CNN.com - Transcripts (2024)

•World`s Largest Iceberg Is On The Move. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Schools Introducing Media Literacy to the Classroom; Santa Claus Who Knows Sign Language; Current Cost of the Gifts in an Iconic Christmas Song. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•More Than 200 Countries Have Made The Pledge to Phase Out Fossil Fuels; Jobs Most Likely to be Impacted by AI. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•North Korean "Shadow Army" Could Be Funding Leader`s Whims; "The Blue Heart of Europe" Teeming With River Life; Santa`s Helpers Cycling for a Good Cause. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Iowa Caucuses Phenomenon Is Real, Kind Of; CNN Hero Of The Year Dr. Kwane Stewart; An Astronaut At The Center Of A Mystery In Space. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Flood Of Criticism That Led University Of Pennsylvania`s President Liz Magill To Step Down; Rembrandt Painting That Was Seen For The First Time In Seven Decades; Team Of Fashion Designers Turning Food Waste Into Accessories. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Aviation Industry Addresses "Culture of Silence" Around Mental Health; The Most Popular Wikipedia Pages Of 2023 Reflect Trends Around The World. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Ghost Kitchens Struggle For Post-Pandemic Survival; U.S. Students` Math Scores Plunge in Global Education Assessment; NCAA President Proposing a Plan That Would Allow Some Colleges to Pay Student Athletes Directly. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Policy Disputes Over Additional Funding for Ukraine and Israel on Capitol Hill; Venezuela Voted to Takeover Part of Guyana. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Combating AI-generated Content Ahead Of The U.S. Election; "Urban Surfers" Rummaging For Recyclable Plastics In South Africa; Baby Giraffe, Kendi, At The Oakland Zoo. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A Tribute to Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O`Connor; Historic Climate Pledge from World Leaders Out of COP28; Scientists See Planet Forming Outside Our Galaxy. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.N. Holding Its Annual Climate Summit COP28; EPA Proposes 10-Year Deadline To Remove Lead Pipes Across U.S.; Henry Kissinger, A Dominating And Polarizing Force In U.S. Foreign Policy, Dies At 100. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Surge In Children Suffering From Respiratory Illnesses In China; New Zealand`s New Government Scraps World-Leading Smoking Ban To Fund Tax Cuts; A Rare Weather Phenomenon Called Steve. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Rescue Mission Frees Workers After 17 Days; Federal Lawsuit Accuse Tech Giant Meta; World`s Most Dangerous Animal Threatening An Endangered Species of Native Birds. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Biggest Drone Attack Against Kyiv; Merriam-Webster`s Word of the Year; Special Report for "Call to Earth" Day; The World`s Largest Christmas Light Maze. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Temporary Truce Deal Between Israel And Hamas; How Black Friday Shopping Has Changed; Story Of A Runway Roomba Vacuum. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Legacy of Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Who Passed Away on Sunday; A High School Focusing on Aviation; Latest Weather Report for the Holiday Travel Week. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•SpaceX Launches a Second Test Flight of the Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built; New Delhi, Top of the List of the Most Polluted Cities in the World Last Week; Why You`re Seeing More $50 Bills. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Travel Forecast For Thanksgiving Week; Nepal Introducing A Ban On TikTok; Town In The Northern Part Of Alaska Won`t See The Sun For Two Months. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Highly-Anticipated Meeting Of Pacific Leaders; Aquamarine Waters Of Mozambique. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•CNN Goes Inside Gaza With The Israeli Military; New Concept of Self- Checkout Starts To Get Old; North Texas Elementary School Teacher Goes Viral After Mock Trip to Mexico. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Iceland`s State of Emergency; Rapidly Approaching Deadline for Federal Funding Plan Could Result in Government Shutdown; Flag Football Coming to The 2028 Olympic Games. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Hollywood Actors Make Deal to End Long Strike; Brand-New Island Off The Coast of Japan; Veterans Day; A Bear Stole Taco Bell Delivery Order. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Israel Defense Forces Targeting Vast Underground Network; Japanese Scientists Tackle Space Waste Problem. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A Panda Family Returns Home; The Greatest Light Show; An Ungulate Crash Landing That Saved One Buyer a Couple Bucks. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The CDC Expands a COVID-19 Surveillance Program to Include More Than 30 Pathogens; How Did The Great Sphinx End Up in The Desert?; Rarely-Seen 30-Foot Whale Shark Feeding in Hawaiian Waters. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•America Heads To The Polls For Election Day 2023; India`s Iconic Monument Shrouded In Smog; Exploding Pumpkins. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•China`s Space Agency and Their Exploration; The Brewing Clash on Campus Between AI Chatbots and Professors; 276 Cat Expressions. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Tensions Ignite Across U.S. College Campuses; Explanation of Daylight Savings Time Ahead of This Weekend`s Clock Change; Scotland Monstrous Mystery Lurks and Lingers. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Holiday Shoppers Undeterred By Inflation; NASA Reaches A Milestone

•Why Millions of Venezuelan Residents Leaving the Country and Heading North; President Biden Puts Guardrails on Artificial Intelligence; A Coyote Outrun Police on an Airport Runway. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Longest Auto Strike in Decades Approaches a Tentative Close; King Charles III Begins a Four-Day Tour in Kenya and Faces Mixed Feelings Among Kenyans; Trick or Treat or Freeze: Chilly Weather Predicted for Halloween. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Israel-Hamas War Enters New Phase as Israeli Forces Launch a Ground Invasion; Moon Gets Some Time In And Out of the Sun With Its Own Partial Eclipse; Researchers Say Napping May Be Beneficial for the Brain. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Mexico Surveys The Damage From A Record Hurricane; Space Race Goes Into High Gear As China Launches A Manned Mission Heading To Its Tiangong Space Station; Good News Ends The Week As Superstars Tom Brady, Aaron Judge And Jayson Tatum Make Wishes Come True For Kids Battling Critical Illnesses. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•After Three Weeks of Failed Attempts, Congress Elects a Speaker of the House; A Record Storm Slams Into Southern Mexico as Hurricanes Intensify; Ivory Coast Makes Great Use of Plastic Trash; Drone Show Above The Lake in Central Park in New York City Inspired by Starling Birds. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Amazon`s Rivers Are Running Dry; Geophysicists Use New Technology on Very Old Lunar Samples to Get a More Precise Age of Our Moon; Tips to Avoid Pumpkin Carving Injuries. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Debt and Deficit. What`s the Difference?; The story of an Ambitious CNN Champion for Change Who Wants to Rescue Every Savable Animal by 2025; Chili Pepper Setting World Records on the Scoville Scale. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Home Buying Challenges; Farming Alternatives and What It Could Mean for The Future of Agriculture. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Race To Win The Gavel; Israel-Hamas War; Incredible Footage Of A World War II Submarine Discovered Deep Below; Hybrid Aircraft And A Pizza Mobile. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A Step Back From The Conflict. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Update on The Israel-Hamas War; A Mars Express Satellite Captures Amazing Video Imaging of "Labyrinth of Night"; Whale of a Tale. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Situation in Israel and Gaza; A simple Question Leads to a Korean History Lesson; Girl Gets Paid More Than 4,000 Bucks a Week to Play the Card Game, UNO. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Conditions In Gaza Have Deteriorated; The Shipping Industry`s Carbon Neutral Pledge; NASA`s Falcon Heavy Rocket Lifted Off Friday. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Race For Speaker Of The House; A Rare Cosmic Occurrence Known As An Annular Solar Eclipse Happening This Weekend. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Conflict in Israel and Gaza as Destruction and Casualties Continue; Africa`s Second Longest River. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Latest Updates On The Conflict In Israel And Gaza As Missile Strikes Continue And The Death Toll Rises; California Making History As The First U.S. State To Ban Four Potentially Harmful Chemicals In Food Products; Driverless Cars. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Crisis in Israel and Gaza; Anticipating a Celestial "Ring Of Fire" Eclipse. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Surprise Attack on Israel. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Migrant Crisis In The United States; Group Of Courageous Young Women In Afghanistan Attending School In Secret; Record-Breaking Skydiver Takes The Leap. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Kevin McCarthy Ousted As House Speaker; Louisiana Clean Water Crisis; Creating Robotic Medical First Responders. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Longest Holiday in China; Emergency Alert System Sounding the Alarm to All Phones; Future of Driverless Cars. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•More Potential Strikes in America as Health Care Workers for Kaiser Permanente Plan to join a List of Industries in the Past Few Months to Head to the Picket Line; Bed Bugs in Paris; Emotional Interview from CNN Senior Correspondent Sara Sidner on How She Copes With Fear While Reporting From Dangerous Situations. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•How Congress Averted a Government Shutdown; Hear From Young Voters About Whether Age is Just a Number in Politics; A Magical Skydiving Stunt Over England. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Ending A Record-Breaking Mission; Electric-Blue Spiders; Long-Lived "Blue Zones." Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A Landmark Lawsuit and a Looming Government Shutdown; Series of Inspiring Stories About Women. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Attack Sent Thousands of Ethnic Armenians Fleeing To Safety in the Country of Azerbaijan; Worsening Drought Conditions Affect The Mississippi River and What It Means for Louisiana`s Drinking Water; Subway Artist Turned Influencer. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Hollywood Writers Strike and Where Things Stand; Latest Mission from NASA Bringing Back The Goods From an Asteroid; Fish Whose Age is Record- Breaking. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Australia Faces Another Fire Season; Plastic Industry and a Worldwide Call To Action; Heartwarming Story of a Photo Finish for a Mother`s Marathon Run. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Battle Against Air Pollution; All-New Sports Segment With Grady Jarrett; The Tall Tale Of A Four-Footed Police Chase In Missouri. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Rising Gas Prices; CNN Champion for Change Creating Safe-Space Cyphers for Lyricists in Atlanta; Giant Nacho Pulled Off a Record-Setting Cheese Stretch. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A Gathering Of World Leaders; CNN`s Champions for Change, The Man Behind "Adaptive Surfing"; Unexpected Customer That Surfaced at a Starbucks Drive-Thru. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Flooding Disaster in Libya; Dangerously Low Water Levels of the Panama Canal; How Firefighters Are Using Artificial Intelligence To Get Ahead Of The Flames. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Constitution Week in the United States; Update on Hurricane Lee. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Hurricane Lee; Mysterious Lights Captured In a Video Taken Before the Earthquake in Morocco; Artificial Intelligence and How Tech Leaders and Politicians Are Discussing the Challenges of Managing It. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Meeting Between North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un and His Russian Counterpart, Vladimir Putin; Inflation and The Potential for a Federal Reserve Interest Rate Hike; Rescue Mission Into One of Turkey`s Super Deep Caves. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Libya Terrible Storm Flooded Parts of the Country; Relief Efforts in Morocco. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Reportedly Left The Capital of Pyongyang On His Way to Russia for a Highly Watched Meeting With Russian President Vladimir Putin; Producing Oxygen On Mars; Around 150,000 U.S. Auto Workers Could Be Gearing Up For A Strike. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Powerful 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Devastated the Nation of Morocco; A Day Of Remembrance And Reflection of 9/11. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Presidential Election; Golf Course Getting A Makeover. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Gabon`s Military Coup Has Overthrown, A Powerful Political Dynasty; Floating City Of Venice Could Soon Charge Some Visitors A Fee To Help Discourage People From Visiting During The Busiest Times Of The Year; Sneaky Germs Hiding Where You Can`t See Them. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Plans for the Leaders of North Korea and Russia to Meet; Examining Invasive Species and How They Might Impact Everything From our Economy to Our Weather; The U.S. Open. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Roads Begin to Reopen for Tens of Thousands of Burning Man Attendees Trapped for a Third Day in Nevada Desert; Four Astronauts Touch Down in Florida; Can Football Ever Be Safe Again? Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Ahead To The Summer Olympics; College Volleyball Match, Where Attendance Reached A Record High For A Women`s Sporting Event; Wild Finish For T-Rex Costume Race. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Hurricane Idalia Hits the U.S. With Heavy Rain, Strong Winds and a Record-Setting Storm Surge; Architects Using Drones to Map Hot Spots in Our Cities; Herd of Goats Got a Hero`s Welcome in Chicago. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•North Korea Reopening Its Borders to Some People For The First Time Since The COVID-Era Shutdowns; Update on Hurricane Idalia; The Rare Blue Moon. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Tropical Storm Idalia Expected to Become a Hurricane, Makes Its Way Toward The Western Coast of Florida; New Screen Time Limits in China Could Become Law; U.S. Eight States Have Abolished The Tipped Minimum Wage, But Some Business Owners And Employees Don`t Want The Change. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•March on Washington Exactly 60 Years Ago; Severe Drought Affecting the Panama Canal; Toxic Algae Impacting Wildlife. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Excessive Heat Sweeping U.S.; Austin`s Apptronik Launches Humanoid Robot Apollo. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Looking Ahead to the 2024 Presidential Election; India Made History as the 4th Nation to Ever Touch Down on the Moon; Summer Swimmers at Beaches Across America Are On The Lookout For Sharks. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Controversial Plan To Release Treated Wastewater from The f*ckushima Nuclear Disaster Into The Pacific Ocean; Feeding the Astronauts During Long Duration Missions; Dog Ate Groom`s Passport Days Before Couple`s Wedding in Italy. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A Severe, Record-Breaking Storm Carves Its Path Through California and Nevada; Nationwide Shortage That`s Complicating The Back-To-School Season; Inspiring Story of a CNN Hero Doing Off-Road Outreach. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Tropical Storm Hilary Slams Into West Coast; A Race for the Lunar South Pole; A Sweet Surfer Story That`s Sure To Earn Your Seal of Approval. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Driverless Cars In San Francisco Stall Causing A Traffic Jam; Hawaii Wildfires Continue To Burn In The Upcountry Maui Town Of Kula; Rafting Trip Down The Iconic Colorado River In Utah; New Snake Species Named After Harrison Ford. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Two Years On From Taliban Takeover, Afghan Women Are Being "Erased From Everything"; A Journey Back To The Silk Road. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•New Indictment For Former President Donald Trump; Power Lines Likely Caused Maui`s First Reported Fire; 3,000 Snails Travel 3,000 Miles In An Effort To Save A Species. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A Devastating "Fire Tornado" In Hawaii; Bringing Care To Thousands In Rural Ghana. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•More Schools Switching To Four-Day Week; Climate Event El Nino; Minneapolis Dog Jumped Kennel Wall To Be With Friend. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Mexico`s Most Active Volcano; In Advance of Memorial Day; Is Saturn Losing Its Rings? Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Typhoon Mawar Slamming the U.S. Territory; How Technology Behind ChatGPT Could Make Mind-Reading a Reality; Ed Sheeran Surpirse Visit. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Fake Image Claiming to Show an Explosion Near The Pentagon; Conservation Efforts in Argentina. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Cyclone Mocha Death Toll Rises Sharply in Myanmar; NASA`s Perseverance Rover Finds Mars River; Restoring Forest And Conserving Threatened Birds In Mauritius. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Debt Ceiling Talks, Ukraine Dominate Final Day of G7 Summit; Montana Governor Bans TikTok. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Congress Looks At AI Risks; Damar Hamlin Named 2023 George Halas Award Winner. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Devastating Floods in Italy; Efforts to Save Endangered Species on Ecuador`s Galapagos Islands; Do Plants Get Stressed Out? Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Negotiate on Debt Ceiling; An Underground Effort in Ukraine. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Expiration of Title 42; Scholarships and Support; City Tests Traffic Light. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•How The Gulf War Began. Aired 4-4:24a ET

•How Inflation Is Slowing Down; Great Bear Rainforest In British Columbia, Canada. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Debt Ceiling Debate; Scientists Produce Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough; Voyager Program; Possible Meteorite Hits Home in New Jersey. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The End Of Title 42; CloudChef Debuts New Food Tech Solution. Aired 4-4:10a ET