CNN Daybreak CNN Daybreak CNN Daybreak is an American early morning news television program aired on CNN, anchored from New York by Carol Costello. It debuted on June 1, 1980, the same day CNN went live. The first program to air live weekdays on the network, it preceded "American Morning" at 5:00 a.m. ET. Similar to "First Look" on MSNBC, the program was based on covering the news stories of the morning without talk and analysis, usually with correspondents on location or taped stories from the previous evening. Until spring 2005, Daybreak was aired from the CNN Center in Atlanta. Costello then
CNN Live Today CNN Live Today CNN Live Today is an American television news program on CNN. It aired weekdays from 10:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m., and also during "Your World Today" from 12:20 p.m. ET to 12:32 p.m. It was last anchored by Daryn Kagan. Previous hosts include Rick Sanchez and Leon Harris. On August 3, 2006, "TVNewser" reported that Kagan would be leaving the network as of September 1, 2006. "CNN Newsroom" replaced both "Live Today" and "Live From..." starting on September 4, 2006. The morning edition of "CNN Newsroom", which replaced "CNN Live Today", was co-anchored by Heidi Collins