Overview of 'CNN Special Report' Season 41

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In hour-long, in-depth explorations, CNN hosts examine extraordinary individuals, unexpected events and controversial subjects through interviews, stories, images and videos.

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Release Date: 1980-04-19
Seasons: 1 38 40 41 42 43

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Country: US
Language: English
Runtime: 45

Season 41 Episode List

Episode 1 - The Trial of William Jefferson Clinton
Release Date: 2020-01-06
As the nation prepares for the impeachment trial of President Trump, CNN takes a look back and inside the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. The trial was more surprising, dramatic, and eventful than most people remember. A fascinating look at the last trial of a President and what it could say about the one ahead.
Episode 2 - Royal Revolution: Harry and Meghan
Release Date: 2020-01-19
An updated look at Harry and Meghan's lives as they step back from their roles as senior members of the British Royal Family. Alisyn Camerota hosts.
Episode 3 - Inside the ER: The Incredible Fight Against Coronavirus
Release Date: 2020-04-06
CNN's Miguel Marquez takes viewers up close to the front lines of hospitals and emergency rooms as doctors, nurses and healthcare workers battle the coronavirus.
Episode 4 - The Road to Change: America's Climate Crisis
Release Date: 2020-04-26
During his journey into America's climate crisis, CNN's Bill Weir interviews the nation's top climate change experts and leaders including former vice president Al Gore, Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Greta Thunberg who help explain the wide-ranging threats communities will increasingly face as climate change continues unabated -- and more importantly, what is required to avoid the worst case scenario.
Episode 5 - The Pandemic & The President
Release Date: 2020-05-04
CNN's Jake Tapper lays out the timeline of how the Coronavirus spread across the globe and examines how President Trump reacted to the virus's developments as they occurred.
Episode 6 - China's Deadly Secret
Release Date: 2020-05-25
Did China hide the truth about Covid-19? Was there a cover-up? Fareed Zakaria follows the timeline of what China knew, and when - to get at the story behind China's deadly secret.
Episode 7 - Bats: The Mystery Behind Covid-19
Release Date: 2020-06-15
CNN's Anderson Cooper looks at the mysterious mammals and how human infringement on their territory may have contributed to the transmission of diseases bats carry to humans, including the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Episode 8 - Trump & The Law: After Impeachment
Release Date: 2020-06-29
CNN's Jake Tapper examines President Trump's experiences with the legal system, before and during his presidency, as well as looking at President Trump's words and actions related to legal norms and the rule of law.
Episode 9 - Donald Trump's Conspiracy Theories
Release Date: 2020-07-20
CNN's Fareed Zakaria examines Donald Trump's love affair with conspiracy theories. Why do people believe them? Does he really believe them? And when he has finally left the American stage, how much damage will be left in his wake?
Episode 10 - Count on Controversy: Inside the Electoral College
Release Date: 2020-08-15
Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election despite losing the popular vote by more than three million votes, could it happen again in 2020? CNN visits one of the most maligned, highly scrutinized and resilient government institutions of the past two hundred years, the Electoral College.
Episode 11 - Women Represented: The 100 Year Battle for Equality
Release Date: 2020-08-22
On the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment giving women the legal right to vote in the United States, CNN anchor Erin Burnett examines the current state of women's rights in America and the complex history of the suffrage movement.
Episode 12 - Fight for the White House: Donald Trump's Presidency
Release Date: 2020-09-07
CNN's Jake Tapper looks at President Trump's first term, the moments that standout and the issues that defined his presidency to date.
Episode 13 - Fight for the White House: Joe Biden's Long Journey
Release Date: 2020-09-07
CNN's Gloria Borger takes a look at Joe Biden's long journey to the 2020 election and his fight to become the 46th President of the United States.
Episode 14 - How the World Sees America
Release Date: 2020-10-11
After four years of a Donald Trump presidency, what is America's standing in the world? Fareed Zakaria examines whether America can regain the ground it has lost as the world's Superpower and who would stand with us in a moment of crisis.
Episode 15 - Divided We Stand: Inside America's Anger
Release Date: 2020-10-24
CNN's Randi Kaye travels throughout the battleground state of Florida, home to an aging population of transplants whose politics reflect just how divided the rest of the country is. Given everything at stake, their vote this year might change the course of the nation forever.
Episode 16 - Pandemic: How a Virus Changed the World in 1918
Release Date: 2020-12-19
In 1918, America was fighting 2 wars, with World War One overseas, and an even deadlier battle at home. It was the pandemic of 1918, known as the Spanish flu, and it was killing Americans quickly and in large numbers. Anderson Cooper, Dr. Anthony Fauci and others trace the evolution of this virus and look at lessons that should have been learned from back then.