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NBC.com · Running

Current with Christine Romans

2026

Next: S1 E45, Episode 45 · 2026-10-05

As markets open and the day's biggest stories take shape, anchor Christine Romans will translate breaking developments, politics, global news and the economy to help viewers stay informed and understand what's next. The two-hour program will also feature segments on finance, business, technology, AI and other consequential topics, leveraging Romans' role as NBC News' chief business correspondent.

Cast

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 2026-08-03 Iran denies President Trump's claim that new talks will start, wildfires continue to rage in Washington and Todd Blanche appears to have a clear pathway to becoming attorney general.
E2 Episode 2 2026-08-04 · 120 min A Washington man is accused of arson in connection to wildfires that have displaced thousands of people, a Senate Judiciary Committee advances Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general and a SpaceX rocket is expected to crash into the moon.
E3 Episode 3 2026-08-05 · 120 min Abdul El-Sayed speaks after winning Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, the man arrested near President Donald Trump's golf club faces federal charges and Chipotle replaces its jalapeño peppers as a wave of salmonella cases in Minnesota is being investigated.
E4 Episode 4 2026-08-06 · 120 min Senate committee votes to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, President Trump targets Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed after his primary win and fire crews battle a fourth wildfire in Washington.
E5 Episode 5 2026-08-07 Report shows U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, Sen. Cassidy announces his decision to support Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination and President Trump signs an executive order to limit birthright citizenship.
E6 Episode 6 2026-08-10 · 120 min A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Colombia, Taylor Farms recalls items containing jalapeños over a salmonella risk and the Department of Health and Human Services seeks to define what makes certain foods "ultraprocessed."
E7 Episode 7 2026-08-11 · 120 min
E8 Episode 8 2026-08-12 · 120 min A home explosion in Indiana during a major storm kills one person, the Powerball jackpot reaches $1 billion and the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers sell for $12 billion.
E9 Episode 9 2026-08-13 · 120 min Water rescues and evacuations are ongoing in the Midwest as rain inundates Indiana, two soldiers have been killed in a military helicopter crash in Texas and a new report finds dire conditions existed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during an extended deployment.
E10 Episode 10 2026-08-14 · 120 min Luigi Mangione, the man charged with gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street two years ago, pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in Manhattan Friday as Thompson's family looked on.
E11 Episode 11 2026-08-17 · 120 min Actor Hayden Panettiere, who was known for roles in "Heroes" and "Nashville" has died at age 36; severe weather continues to pound Indiana where multiple deaths have been reported and we track the damage in Hawaii after Tropical Storm Lala.
E12 Episode 12 2026-08-18 · 120 min Meta goes on trial in a landmark case about children's addiction to social media, voters cast ballots in critical primary elections in four states and millions of Americans are under heat alerts across the South.
E13 Episode 13 2026-08-19 · 120 min Progressive Democrat scores upset victory in Florida primary election, President Trump delays 50% Canadian tariffs by three days, and data signals a downward trend in the cyclospora outbreak.
E14 Episode 14 2026-08-20 · 120 min High temperatures strike the South as schools struggle to stay open, President Trump plans to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and five Americans are killed in a deadly helicopter crash in Kenya.
E15 Episode 15 2026-08-21 · 120 min Severe storms unleash damage across the U.S., a charter plane crash kills 8 in Alaska, and President Trump and Michael Cohen bury the hatchet during a radio interview.
E16 Episode 16 2026-08-24 · 120 min Evacuations are underway in Nevada as the Hawk Fire intensifies, President Trump makes more tariff threats toward Canada as economic tension rises between both countries and the closing arguments in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are expected this week.
E17 Episode 17 2026-08-25 · 120 min Canada announces new tariffs on the United States, voters head to the polls in South Carolina and the Hawk Fire in Nevada leaves a trail of destruction.
E18 Episode 18 2026-08-26 · 120 min Meta agrees to pay $18B to settle social media addiction lawsuit, a massive flash flood hits the Nepal-China border, and the world remembers country music icon Dolly Parton.
E19 Episode 19 2026-08-28 · 120 min Jury deliberations are underway in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, over 500 people are confirmed dead in Nepal with hundreds still missing, and President Trump renames Lake Ontario amid the U.S.-Canada trade war.
E20 Episode 20 2026-08-31 · 120 min Urgent search after Grand Canyon flash floods, rescue efforts ongoing in Nepal as death toll rises, and U.S. strikes Iranian launchers near Strait of Hormuz.
E21 Episode 21 2026-09-01 · 120 min Jury deliberations enter a fourth day in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, Texas and Louisiana brace for Tropical Storm Edouard, and a woman in a deadly Times Square attack is shot by police.
E22 Episode 22 2026-09-02 · 120 min
E23 Episode 23 2026-09-03 · 120 min Jury deliberations enter a sixth day in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92, and Texas grapples with damage after severe storms.
E24 Episode 24 2026-09-04 · 120 min The August jobs report shows 162,000 jobs were added, two trapped workers are pulled alive from a Nepal tunnel, and the judge signals a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial.
E25 Episode 25 2026-09-07 · 120 min At least five people are dead after an Amazon-branded cargo plane overran the runway at Miami International Airport, an armed man confronts Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton in a targeted attack and the Pentagon denies that Iran struck a U.S. ship.
E26 Episode 26 2026-09-08 · 120 min Canada's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods are now in effect, Hawaii is battered by Category 2 Hurricane Lowell, and new details emerge about an Amazon-branded cargo plane crash at Miami's airport.
E27 Episode 27 2026-09-09 · 120 min Oil is now topping $100 a barrel as strikes between the U.S. and Iran intensify, Republicans gather for a rare first-ever midterm convention in Texas and the new CEO of Apple is set to unveil the latest iPhone lineup.
E28 Episode 28 2026-09-10 · 120 min The escalating conflict with Iran pushes global oil prices to $105 per barrel, Trump keynotes the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, and a former Anthropic researcher warns that AI could put lives at risk.
E29 Episode 29 2026-09-11 · 60 min
E30 Episode 30 2026-09-14 · 120 min Tech CEOs are calling for a slowdown in AI development amid growing concerns, Congress weighs President Trump's proposed $5,000 payments to Americans and a DHS inspector general report reveals the migrant holding cages inside "Alligator Alcatraz."
E31 Episode 31 2026-09-15 · 120 min
E32 Episode 32 2026-09-16 · 120 min A news helicopter reporting for NBC Los Angeles crashes, killing three people, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates to fight inflation and a suspect assaults two deputies in an Ohio courthouse.
E33 Episode 33 2026-09-17 · 120 min President Trump blasts the Federal Reserve after it raised interest rates for the first time in three years, the battle over how to regulate AI intensifies on Capitol Hill and the investigation into the deadly NBC Los Angeles helicopter crash continues.
E34 Episode 34 2026-09-18 · 120 min Diesel prices have hit a new high at $6.45 per gallon amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, an F-16 fighter jet crashed in a Michigan neighborhood and lawmakers have proposed new safeguards to regulate AI.
E35 Episode 35 2026-09-21 · 120 min Three news outlets sue the White House after President Trump barred them from reporting inside, an ICE officer shot a Venezuelan man in Austin, Texas, and Presley Gerber, son of Cindy Crawford, has died at 27.
E36 Episode 36 2026-09-22 · 120 min President Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Iran threatens to expand the war if the U.S. strikes, and a grand jury will not pursue criminal charges in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells.
E37 Episode 37 2026-09-23 · 120 min Chinese President Xi is set to meet with President Trump in Washington D.C., Iran's president addresses world leaders at the United Nations amid the conflict with the U.S. and Harvey Weinstein appears in court for sentencing regarding the assault of a production assistant in 2006.
E38 Episode 38 2026-09-24 · 120 min President Trump meets with Chinese President Xi at the White House amid the legal battle over the media ban, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to speak about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the United Nations and the Senate holds a confirmation hearing for Trump's new pick to be the next FDA commissioner.
E39 Episode 39 2026-09-25 · 120 min Chinese President Xi Jinping enters the third and final day of his state visit to the U.S., President Trump hosts Xi for a White House state dinner attended by top tech executives and millions along the East Coast brace for a dangerous nor'easter.
E40 Episode 40 2026-09-28 · 120 min Coastal flood alerts leave 24 million people under watch from Maryland to Massachusetts after a powerful nor'easter hits the East Coast, SpaceX launches Starship into orbit and around the Earth and five people are arrested in a terror plot near a U.S. air base in England.
E41 Episode 41 2026-09-29 · 120 min
E42 Episode 42 2026-09-30 · 120 min An Israel-bound flight makes an emergency landing after a violent incident onboard, a federal appeals court grants Christa Pike a temporary stay just hours before her scheduled execution and significant flooding threatens parts of the Southwest.
E43 Episode 43 2026-10-01 · 120 min Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survives two doses of lethal injection drugs after being sentenced for a murder she committed when she was 18, officials continue to investigate an alleged hijacking aboard a Flydubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia and NASA and SpaceX launch the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station.
E44 Episode 44 2026-10-02 · 120 min New York Attorney General Letitia James is appointed special prosecutor in the Cornell sexual assault investigation; the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the U.S. economy added 29,000 jobs in September and 19 million people are under flood watches as severe flooding slams Texas.
E45 Episode 45 2026-10-05 · 120 min
E46 Episode 46 2026-10-06 · 120 min
E47 Episode 47 2026-10-07 · 120 min
E48 Episode 48 2026-10-08 · 120 min
E49 Episode 49 2026-10-09 · 120 min

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