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CNN Evening News for 2012-10-15

This program is about 1 hour long

• Introduction/Preview Anderson Cooper (New York)

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  07:00:10 pm — 07:00:20 pm

• Campaign 2012 / Obama vs. Romney / Tax Plan / A Discussion

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  07:00:20 pm — 07:10:30 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) A look at Mitt Romney's tax plan and the studies on it introduced. [On Fox, Romney campaign senior adviser Ed GILLESPIE, host Chris WALLACE†- bicker over the studies on the Romney tax plan.] [October 17, 11, 3, ROMNEY; vice presidential nominee Paul RYAN - promise to reduce taxes for the middle class.] [September 9, October 3, ROMNEY; October 11, RYAN - cite academic studies on the tax plans.] The assumptions made in these six studies based on the lack of specifics from Romney-Ryan noted.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's political strategists Alex Castellanos and Bill Burton about the Romney tax plan. [CASTELLANOS - says there are studies on all economic plans so they are not an end-all; explains the Romney plan to get rid of tax loopholes; defends a tax plan based on a growing economy; previews tomorrow's debate.] [BURTON - says Romney should come clean about what his plans are; reiterates the numbers don't ad up; comments on the debate town hall format.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Anderson Cooper)

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  07:10:30 pm — 07:10:50 pm

• (Commercial: Volvo; Amazon Kindle; Delta; Bayer; MassMutual; HP; CNN The Presidential Town Hall Debate.)

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  07:10:50 pm — 07:13:50 pm

• Campaign 2012 / Obama vs. Romney / Second Debate

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  07:13:50 pm — 07:20:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The lead for Mitt Romney over President Obama in the latest CNN poll of polls cited.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; Washington: Jessica Yellin) The limits of the town hall format for Obama, his need to state the case for the economy and to connect to the voters in the room discussed.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; Boston: Jim Acosta) Romney's preparation for this second debate with Senator Rob Portman, their preparation for a more aggressive Obama and the issue of followup questions from the moderator discussed.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; no location given: Candy Crowley) The "selling" nature of the election with both men having to "sell" policies in tomorrow's debate and her preparations to moderate the town hall debate discussed.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Anderson Cooper)

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  07:20:50 pm — 07:21:10 pm

• (Commercial: Citracal; Dodge; Principal Financial Group; America's Natural Gas; Samsung.)

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  07:21:10 pm — 07:23:20 pm

• Syria / US Consulate Attack

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  07:23:20 pm — 07:26:40 pm

  (Studio: Isha Sesay) Breaking news on the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton taking responsibility reported.

  (Studio: Isha Sesay; no location given: Elise Labott) What Clinton said in the CNN interview about what happened in Libya: that security is a State Department responsibility, we need to stop the blame game, the confusion of the night, the politics of the election narrative of events there discussed.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Isha Sesay)

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  07:26:40 pm — 07:27:00 pm

• (Commercial: Best Western; "Piers Morgan"; Remington College; Williamson Medical Center; CNN The Presidential Town Hall Debate.)

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  07:27:00 pm — 07:28:50 pm

• Campaign 2012 / Obama vs. Romney / Body Language / Driver Interview

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  07:28:50 pm — 07:33:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The preparations by President Obama and Mitt Romney for tomorrow's town hall debate noted. Live discussion held with "You Can't Lie to Me" author Janine Driver about body language; prior debate video shown. [DRIVER - explains the non-verbal cues in a debate; analyzes Romney's gestures, Obama's actions in a town hall format, what one should do while the other is speaking, how gestures should be made and how body language is about perception.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Anderson Cooper)

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  07:33:50 pm — 07:34:20 pm

• (Commercial: Cadillac; vote4energy.org; Marriott; AARP; Insperity; Alka-Seltzer; vote4energy.org; CNN The Presidential Town Hall Debate; Comcast; Kellygirl Video; CNN Starting Point.)

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  07:34:20 pm — 07:38:40 pm

• Pakistan / Wounded Girl / Teen Activist

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  07:38:40 pm — 07:45:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The story of teenager Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai††, who was shot by the Taliban because of her views on education for girls, updated. [Last year, YOUSAFZAI††- speaks about why she raises her voice about the rights for girls.] The outrage in response to Malala's shooting shown.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; studio: Sanjay Gupta) Malala's gun shot injury, the significance of her body movement, the judgment call on the state of her injuries and how she could survive a gunshot to the brain discussed; photos of the wounded Malala shown

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; Islamabad, Pakistan: Reza Sayah) The lack of security for Malala, the half-child, half-human rights activist, the status of the government's hunt for the shooter, questions about the Pakistani government claims and the Taliban threats to go after her and her family again discussed.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Anderson Cooper)

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  07:45:50 pm — 07:46:10 pm

• (Commercial: Fiber One; SENSA.com; Nissan; Dell; AFLAC; Delta; GoToMeeting.)

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  07:46:10 pm — 07:49:10 pm

• Space: Skydive

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  07:49:10 pm — 07:53:50 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The extraordinary skydive by Austrian Felix Baumgartner that smashed the sound barrier noted; scenes shown of his freefall and ground landing {with his voice heard}.

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper; studio: Chad Myers) The science of Baumgartner's skydive: what would happen with a tiny tear in his pressure suit, his violent spin while falling and his falling speed discussed.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Anderson Cooper)

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  07:53:50 pm — 07:54:00 pm

• (Commercial: CSX; Aleve; Best Western; Korean Air; National; "Piers Morgan"; Quicken; CNN The Presidential Town Hall Debate.)

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  07:54:00 pm — 07:57:10 pm

• The RidicUList (Katie Lee Skeptics)

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  07:57:10 pm — 08:00:20 pm

  (Studio: Anderson Cooper) The daily addition of a person{s} to the RidicUList with a comic or caustic commentary presented. Nominee and reasons for the selection: Kathie Lee Gifford skeptics; scenes shown of Kathie Lee dropping a puppy on TV's "Today."

• Good Night

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  08:00:20 pm — 08:00:20 pm