CNN.com - Transcripts (2024)

•Labor Dispute Halting Freight Railroads in Canada; New Name For Surge Pricing. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•CNN Hero Who is Changing the Lives of Refugees Through Music; Gabby Thomas Talks Winning Gold at Paris Olympic Games. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Race to the White House; Spacecraft Journey Towards Jupiter. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Science of Earthquakes and Whether It`s Possible to Predict Them Accurately; Window Into Life in North Korea, a Place Few Outside the Nation Get The Chance to Encounter. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Political Conventions in the U.S.; The Hunt For Burmese Pythons in the Florida Everglades; Simone Biles tells competing in Paris "Meant the World" After Struggles in Tokyo. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•"Time to Break Up": U.S. Files Lawsuit Against Ticketmaster Owner; Court Rules Elvis` Graceland Mansion Cannot be Foreclosed Upon -- For Now. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Ireland, Spain and Norway Say They Will Recognize a Palestinian State; Scarlett Johansson vs OpenAI. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants Against Sinwar and Netanyahu for War Crimes Over October 7 and Gaza; Rare Deep-Sea Squid Captured on Video. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Return of Space Tourism; Red Lobster Files for Bankruptcy. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Biden Appeals to Black Voters and Says He`s Working Toward an "Immediate Ceasefire" in Gaza During Morehouse Commencement; The U.S. Keeps Breaking This Record and it Could Make Your Loans More Expensive. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Presidential Debates Take a Historic Turn as Biden and Trump Agree to Summer Showdown; See What it`s like in a `Doing Nothing` Competition. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Announces $2 Billion in Military Financing for Ukraine; UAE Producing Energy Using Household Waste; "Like a therapist": Why Patients Say This Dentist is Different. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Canadian Wildfires Forcing Thousands to Evacuate; Living Off The Grid; The Fascinating World of Medicine and Explore Where it All Begins. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Campus Protests Disrupt Graduation Ceremonies; Solar Storm Makes Northern Lights Visible to Much of U.S., World During Weekend. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Rethinking the 5-day work week?; `It`s Not Hopeless`: See How This Tiny Island was Brought Back to Life; A Rare Fossil on Display in Chicago. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Severe Weather Ravaging the United States, as Parts of the Country Endure a Devastating Tornado Streak; Inside a Ghost Town in Iceland Near an Active Volcano; Paris 2024 Olympic Flame Arrives in France. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•TikTok Sues to Block Prospective U.S. App Ban; NASA Simulation Shows What It Would Be Like to Get Sucked into Black Hole. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Destructive Storms Roar Through Oklahoma; "Bound to secrecy": The Indelible Ink Behind the World`s Biggest Election. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Water Finally Receding in Texas After Parts of the State Experienced Extreme Flooding; Can Melting Arctic Ice Be Refrozen?. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Hundreds Rescued from Texas Floods as More Storms Move Through Houston Area; New Mission Could Shed Light on the Secrets of the Moon`s "Hidden Side"; Boeing`s Starliner Spacecraft to Launch First Crewed Mission. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Collapse Of Affordable Internet?; Campus Protests: Now, And Then. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Police on Campus at Columbia and UCLA as Protests Disrupt Colleges Nationwide; A handwashing Lie Detector? Some Restaurants Are Adopting This System for Food Safety. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Dozens Arrested at Columbia University as NYPD Clears Occupied Building; Cities are Expensive. Does Rent Have to be? Recent EV Auto Show in China. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Pro-Palestinian Protests Disrupt Colleges Across the U.S.; Low Sea Ice Threatens Antarctica`s Penguins; Trillions of Cicadas Set to Emerge Across the Eastern Half of the United States. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•South Africa`s Democracy is Turning 30 -- But a Silent Crisis Threatens Its Hard-Fought Gains; Japanese Town Putting Up 8-Foot Barrier to Stop Mt. Fuji Selfies. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Blinken To Deliver Strong Warning On Russia Support As He Arrives In China For Key Meetings; Flash Floods Displace Thousands In Kenya; School Lunches Will Have Less Added Sugar, Sodium Under New Rule. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Clock is Ticking for TikTok; NASA Discovers Glassy Lava Lake on Jupiter`s Moon. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•After Five Months of Problems, NASA`s Aging Voyager 1 is Working Again; Who Wore it Worst: China`s Youth are Staging a Rebellion With "Gross" Work Outfits. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Columbia Crisis Spirals as Tensions Simmer and Protests Continue; Space Junk Crashes Into Florida Home. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•House Passes $95B Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan; How Office Vacancies Could Lead to a "Doom Loop." Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Indonesia Evacuating Thousands After Volcano Erupts, Causing Tsunami Threat; Once a Lush Mexican Lake, Now Dry Land. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A gold Medal for Breakdancing?; A Year`s Worth of Rain Plunges Normally Dry Dubai Underwater. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A Mass Bleaching Coral Event; Why Paris Spent $500 Million to Uncover Hidden Parts of Famous French Landmark. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Why the Four-Day Workweek Could Be Here to Stay; How Astronauts Today Benefitting from the 2003 Columbia Shuttle Disaster. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Iran Fires Missiles and Drones Directly at Israel for the First Time Ever; Inside Mexico`s New Efforts to Curb Illegal Immigration. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•CNN Join U.S. Military Crew In An Exclusive B-52 Bomber Mission; Billions Of Cicadas Are Set To Appear In A Rare "Double Brood Emergence." Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Standards To Limit Forever Chemicals; Stamp Prices Are Set To Increase. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Why the U.S.-Japan Summit is a Historic Turning Point Between Long- Time Allies; CSU`s Tropical Forecast Predicts `Extremely Active` Hurricane Season. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•How Much Income is Needed to Buy a Home? Aired 4-4:10a ET

•America Gets Ready for the Total Solar Eclipse. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Latest Eclipse Forecast Throwing A Curveball At Eclipse Watchers; Artists Are Raising Concerns About AI`s Threat To The Music Industry. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•7.4 Magnitude Quake Hits Taiwan, Strongest in 25 Years; Marine Biologists Have Partnered Up With Tiger Sharks to Better Understand and Preserve the Oceans. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•How to Watch the Upcoming Eclipse Without Damaging Your Eyes; As Cocoa Prices Soar This Easter, Chocolatiers Consider Alternatives; MIT Students Engineering Ways to Make Clean Drinking Water More Accessible Around the World. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Half a Million California Fast Food Workers Will Now Earn $20 Per Hour; Cleanup, Underway for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore; Colorado Released Wolves to Balance Its Ecosystem. But Some Ranchers Aren`t Happy. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Inside Taiwan`s Secretive Microchip Factory That Powers the World Economy; Behind the Remarkable Rise of the Savannah Bananas. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Turks Pile Into The Dollar, Gold And Stocks As 67% Inflation Savages "Worthless Lira"; Retired NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Talks About Her Record-Breaking Time In Space; Two Natural Events Collide In Iceland. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Julian Assange Staves Off Extradition to U.S. for Now, U.K. Court Rules; Both Local and Foreign Citizens Try to Leave Haiti Due to Gang Violence; Historic Renovation of Notre Dame Cathedral. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Baltimore Key Bridge Collapses After Ship Collision; Israel Cancels Washington Visit After U.S. Allows U.N. Gaza Ceasefire Resolution to Pass; Colombia Unraveling Gender Roles with Caretaker Classes for Men. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Apple Accused of Illegally Monopolizing the Smartphone Market in New Lawsuit; Hong Kong Passes Second National Security Law, Widening Crackdown Powers and Aligning City More Closely with Mainland China; 200 Waiters Race in the Streets of Paris, Trays in Hand. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Russia Announces National Day of Mourning Following Terror Attack at Moscow Concert Hall; Why E-Waste is a Growing Concern for the Environment; Two Astronauts Tell Us Their Experience While Working at the International Space Station; Disobedient Dog in a Swimming Pool Becomes Internet Star. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A Total Solar Eclipse; Women`s History Month Profiles Two Women; Rugby Star Louis Rees-Zammit to Pursue NFL Career. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Japan Ends 17-Year Run of Negative Interest Rates; Appeals Court Again Blocks Texas from Arresting and Deporting Migrants; How to Save Plants from Unexpected Spring Freezes; Dorothy`s Ruby Slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" Were Stolen. Nineteen Years Later, They`re Finally Back Home. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Putin Extends One-Man Rule in Russia After Stage-Managed Election Devoid of Credible Opposition; CDC Urges Vaccination Amid Rise in Measles Cases in the U.S. and Globally; Are "Digital Humans" the Wave of the Future With AI? Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Iceland Experiences Fourth Volcanic Eruption in Three Months; Conspiracy Theory Leaves Arizona County With a $200k Problem; March Napness Competition. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Residents in Indiana and Ohio are Surveying the Damage After Tornadoes Collapsed Homes and Left at Least 3 Dead; Northern Thailand`s Air Pollution Becoming a Tourism Issue; A Private Boarding School Bans The Use of Smartphones; Bees Cause a Buzz and Lengthy Disruption at Indian Wells Tennis. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Russian Presidential Election 2024; SpaceX Launches Starship Rocket On Third Test Flight; Two Influential Women Figures Were Recognized During Women`s History Month. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Haiti`s Leader to Resign as Gangs Run Rampant Through Country Engulfed in Crisis; Restaurants are Experimenting With Surge Pricing; As Remote Workers Return to the Office, So Do Their Bad Habits. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•AI-Generated Disinformation Poses Threat of Misleading Voters in 2024 Election; Pencils Down, SAT Goes All Digital; First U.S. Sign Language Starbucks Opens in D.C. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•A Bipartisan Bill Could Ban TikTok in the U.S.; Muslims Observe Ramadan, the Holiest Month in the Islamic Calendar; Rhino Populations led to Overcrowded Sanctuaries. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Takeaways from Joe Biden`s State of the Union Address; Clockmakers Adjust 2,000 Clocks at the Palace of Westminster for When Both Daylight Saving Time Begins and Ends; Gray Whale Species Spotted in the Atlantic Again After 200 Years. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Shining A Spotlight On Extraordinary Change-Makers For International Women`s Day; An Implant In His Brain Lets Him Do Incredible Tasks With His Thoughts. Astronomers Discover Oldest "Dead" Galaxy In The Distant Universe. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•CNN Captures Video Of Dramatic Chinese Confrontation With U.S. Ally; CNN Rides With Haitian Police Fighting To Dethrone Gang Leaders

•Global Carbon Pollution Hits Record High Even as Renewables Surge; How Satellites, Algorithms and AI Can Help Map and Trace Methane Sources; Why is Cookie Monster Popping Up in Economic News? Aired 4-4:10a ET

•What to Know About Super Tuesday; U.S. Recently Dropped Emergency Humanitarian Assistance by Air in Gaza; Updates to COVID-19 Guidelines from the CDC; Corpse Flower`s Stinking Bloom Draws Crowds in San Francisco. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Thousands of South Korean Doctors Stage Mass Demonstration in Seoul; Powerful California Blizzard Shuts Down Roads and Ski Resorts as Heavy Snow and Fierce Winds Slam Mountains; Firefighters Battling "Monster" Texas Wildfire Contend with Strong Winds and Heat as Residents Grapple With Lost Homes; NASA Showcases Quiet Supersonic Aircraft. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Democratic Primaries In Michigan; Iranians Vote In First Elections Since 2022 Protests; Deadly Texas Wildfire Torches 1 Million Acres -- The Largest Blaze In State History -- As More Infernos Rage; Black Bear Crawls Out Of The Vent Of A North Carolina Home. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Rapidly Growing Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas; North Korea Welcomes First Foreign Tourists Since The Pandemic; Fisk University Made History as the First HBCU to Have a Gymnastics Program. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Takeaways from the Supreme Court`s Arguments on Texas and Florida`s Social Media Laws and the First Amendment; Inside Los Angeles Mayor`s Plan to House The Homeless; NASA Seeks Volunteers for Simulated Mars Mission; Thousands Evacuated in English City Before Unexploded WWII Bomb Moved. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Trump Wins South Carolina GOP Primary as Haley Vows to Stay in Race; Ukraine Marks Second Anniversary of Russia`s Invasion; Scientists Confirm Discovery of a New Species in Japan. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Crowded Race Back to The Moon; Gen Z Taking on the Cost-of- Living Crisis by "Loud Budgeting." Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Humanitarian Crisis In War-Torn Sudan; The E.U. Just Unveiled One Of The World`s Most Ambitious Climate Plans; Ice Training Class For Kids In Sweden. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•How AI Can Help Detect Illegal Drugs Coming Into the U.S.; Border Officers Take to Sea and Sky; NYC Migrant Student Becomes Chess Prodigy After Just One Year of Playing. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. Proposes a "Temporary Ceasefire" in Gaza in Draft U.N. Resolution; A 5,000-Pound Satellite Expected to Fall to Earth This Week; Pregnant Stingray With No Mate Draws Attention, Crowds from Near and Far. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•New AI Tool Can Create Videos From Text; The Death of Alexey Navalny, a Well-Known Critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Tom Suozzi Won The Special Election In New York; Controversial Former General Claims Presidential Win In Indonesia; Pianist Plays Vertically While Suspended From Crane. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Congress` Historic Impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Robot Completes First Surgical Procedure in Zero Gravity; Inside the World of Competitive Lion Dancing. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Inflation Cooled Last Month, But Some Price Hikes Continue to Cause Pain; Why Deflation Would Be Bad For the Economy; How Love and Rejection Can Impact Our Brains; Senior Living Center`s "Valentine`s Day challenge." Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Celebrating the 215th Birthday of Charles Darwin; Sierra Leone Losing Its Forests; Medals for Paris Olympics revealed. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Companies Paying a Startling Amount for 30-Second Super Bowl Ads; Peek Inside Harvard`s Class on Taylor Swift; Examining Several Myths About President Lincoln. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•What Weight Tells Us About Our Health; Series Of Exercises With Just A Paper Plate; How Reading Food Labels Can Help Us Better Understand How Processed Some Foods Really Are; Chinese Lantern Festival Celebrates The Lunar New Year. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•What to Know About Trump and the 14th Amendment`s "Insurrectionist Ban"; The Impact AI-Generated Deepfakes Could Have on Elections; A Thousand Years in a Single Photograph. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•California Agrees on $2B Settlement for Students Hurt by Covid Shutdowns; New Study Found That More Than Half of the Most Popular TikTok Videos About ADHD Contained Misleading Information; Catfight at a Cat Show as Feline Slaps Judge. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Senators Unveil Border Deal and Foreign Aid Package for Ukraine and Israel Ahead of Key Vote; Historic Day in Northern Ireland as Michelle O`Neill Becomes First Nationalist Leader; 19 Galaxies in Never-Before-Seen Detail. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Strikes on Iran-Backed Militias in the Middle East Escalate; Wild Beavers Return to West London for the First Time in 400 Years. Aired 4- 4:10a ET

•Tech CEOs Grilled At U.S. Senate Child Safety Online Hearing; Explorers Say They Think They`ve Found Amelia Earhart`s Long-Lost Plane; How Right is Punxsutawney Phil? Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Two-Year Anniversary of Russia`s Invasion of Ukraine; Pig Could Save Life; Elon Musk`s Neuralink Implants Chip in Its First Human Brain. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•French Farmers Blockade Highways Near Paris; Kim Jong Un Bringing Powerful Women Into His Orbit; Astronomers Make Unprecedented Discovery in Search for Water in Space. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Cursive Makes Comeback in California Classrooms; Evergrande, Symbol of China`s Property Crisis, Heads to Liquidation; Truffle Hunting in Italy. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Top U.N. Court Orders Israel to Prevent Genocide in Gaza But Stops Short of Ordering Ceasefire; Michigan Native Goes Viral on TikTok Sharing Journey in Antarctica During Research Trip; A Journey to Explore the Ocean`s Twilight Zone. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Study Finds Video Gamers At Risk For Hearing Loss; Grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 Planes Can Return To Service After Inspection; NASA Plans To Take Commercial Flights Supersonic. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•U.S. and U.K. Carry Out Strikes Against Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen; The Doomsday Clock Reveals How Close We Are to Total Annihilation; See The Colors of the World Through an Animals Eyes. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•North Carolina Schools Get an AI Guidebook; The World is a Mess and Wall Street Isn`t Paying Attention; Building Homes From Discarded Plastic. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Why This Long-Anticipated Temple Has Divided India; Spike of Chinese Nationals Coming to The U.S.; Canadian Photographer Whose Latest Creative Winter Project Appears Frozen in Time. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Japan`s Lunar Lander Reaches the Moon But is Rapidly Losing Power; Uncovering Hong Kong`s Creatures at Night; Rat-Shaped Hole in Chicago Sidewalk Turning Into a Tourist Attraction. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•At Least 40 Dead From Barrage Of Winter Storms And Cold -- And There`s More On The Way; Pakistan Carries Out Military Strikes On Separatist Targets In Iran Following Deadly Attack On Its Own Soil By Tehran; Pay With The Palm Of Your Hand. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Rich and Powerful are Meeting in Davos; Failed Lunar Lander Heading Back Towards Earth; Travel Expert Explains Why Airline Passengers are Ditching Economy Seating. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The Latest on the Iowa Caucuses and 2024 Primary Campaign; Icelandic Town Evacuates After Volcanic Eruption; How To Change with Prof. Katy Milkman. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Israel-Hamas War Passes Grim Milestone; Denmark`s King Frederik X Takes the Throne After Abdication of Queen; Large Portion of U.S. Faces Frigid Temperatures This Week. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Boeing CEO Acknowledges "Mistake" Related To Terrifying Alaska Airlines Flight; Why Taiwan`s Elections Matter Around The World; 2023 Will Officially Be The Hottest Year On Record, Scientists Report. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•The U.S. Economy at The Start of New Year; Meta Adds New Teen Safety Features Following Renewed Criticism; Record Breaking Attendance at China`s Ice and Snow Festival. Aired 4-4:10a ET