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Cuomo Prime Time
• Source: President Trump Not Sold On Last-Minute Border Deal; "El Chapo" Trial Suggests Border Wall Won't Stop Drugs; President Trump Calls Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's Apology "Lame," Suggests She Resign; Former Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz To Appear In CNN Town Hall As 2020 Decision Nears. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• President Trump Likely to Sign Deal, But "Not Happy" and Weighing Options for Building Border Wall; Top Dem on Senate Intel Rejects Chairman's Claim that Panel Found No Evidence of Collusion with Russia; Interview with Congressman Jim Himes. Aired on 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Trump, Beto O'Rourke Hold Dueling Rallies in El Paso; Interview with Dee Margo, Mayor of El Paso; Impacts of Separation at Border Felt by Children. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Lawmakers Await Trump's Reaction to Border Security Deal; Journalist Attacked at Trump Campaign Rally in El Paso; White House Aide Writes Tell-All Book, Sues Trump; Is Beto O'Rourke Rally Against Trump in El Paso a Sign He'll Run in 2020. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Is Beto O'Rourke Rally Against Trump in El Paso a Sign He'll Run in 2020; Interview with former Ohio GOP Governor John Kasich; Interview with Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY); Trump & N.Y. Gov. Cuomo to Meet over SALT Tax Caps Cuomo Says Hurts State; Possible Independent Presidential Candidate Howard Schultz to Appear at CNN Town Hall. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• El Chapo Guilty on All Counts; Trump Reportedly Likely to Sign Deal to Avoid Another Shutdown. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Republicans Target New Democratic Congresswomen; O'Rourke vs. Trump. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Howard Schultz Not A Spoiler; Democrat Freshman Under Fire Over Tweets; Trump Likely To Sign Border Security Deal, Accepting Less Wall Money Than Previous Deals; Trump Floats New 'Tradition'; Ex-Trump Lawyer Speaks About POTUS Sit-Down With Mueller; A 1993 Yearbook Photo Shows Baton Rouge Police Officers Dressed In Blackface. Aired 11-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Negotiators Reach Tentative Deal to Keep Government Open; Washington Bracing for President Trump to Weigh in on Deal Over Border Wall Funding Agreement; NYT: Senior Officers Worried that Troops at Border Aren't Conducting Training Needed for Their Regular Missions; White House Refuses to Meet Congress' Deadline on Khashoggi Killing; GOP and Democrats Plan to Pressure Trump on Khashoggi as Pompeo Denies Covering Up for His Murder; Dow Set to Rise as Investors are Optimistic Over Border Deal; Interview With Sen. James Lankford (R- OK); Bipartisan Negotiators Reach Tentative Deal to Keep Government Open; President's Closest Allies Slam Deal to Avoid Shutdown; Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Dowd on Mueller Report; O'Rourke and Trump Hold Dueling Rallies; Protesters Flood Venezuela's Streets; Cuomo Talks Taxes with Trump. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Negotiators Reach Tentative Deal To Keep Govt. Open; CNN: Trump Thinks Congress Will Never Be Serious About Wall; Rep. Omar Apologizes "Unequivocally" For Tweets Called Anti-Semitic; CNN Hosts Howard Scultz In Town Hall Aired Tonight At 10PM ET. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Howard Schultz Town Hall Appearance on CNN Tonight; Former Sen. Gabby Giffords' Husband to Run for McCain's Arizona Senate Seat; President Trump's Former Lawyer John Dowd Claims No Mueller Report Will be Made Public; North Korean Military Exercises Continue Unchanged; Louisiana Town Receives Grant to Relocate People Displaced by Climate Change; Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax's Staffers Resigning Amid Calls for His Impeachment; Funeral for Rep. John Dingell to be Held Later Today. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Says, Can't Say I'm Happy About Bipartisan Border Deal; Why Trump's National Emergency Threat Concerns the GOP; Trump Calls on Freshman Democrats to Resign Over Her Remark; Conservative Klobuchar Is Trump's Worst Nightmare. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Op-Ed: Amy Klobuchar Trump's Worst Nightmare; Gun Control Advocate Mark Kelly to Run McCain's Senate Seat; Fl. Rep. Ted Deutch Plans to Introduce a Bill to Ban High-Capacity Gun Magazines; A Mother's Valentine's Letter to Her Daughter, a Parkland Shooting Victim; White House Official Says Trump Will Likely Sign Government Funding Bill; White House Correspondent's Association Responds to Attack on Journalist at Trump Rally; Baton Rouge P.D. Undercover Officers Admit to Using Blackface. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Democrats Ramping Up Oversight of Trump Administration; El Chapo Guilty on All Counts; Trump Likely to Sign Deal to Avoid Another Shutdown. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• 2022 Challenges Assumptions on Women Candidates; Lufthansa Airlines Sues Passenger Who Missed His Flight; Michael Cohen Once Again Does Not Show Up for Court; Bill Cosby Calls Prison an Amazing Experience. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• U.S. negotiators say they have reached an agreement in principle to avoid another government shutdown, Battle rages as terrorists cling to last Syrian enclave, Opposition leader urges protests on Youth Day, U.S. Secretary of State visit Hungary, Aired 12m-1a ET
• Trump Heads To Texas To Make Case For Wall; Trump Belittles Competing O'Rourke Rally; CNN Team Witnesses Intense Fighting In E. Syria; Battle Rages As Terrorists Cling To Last Syrian Enclave; U.K. Posts Slowest Growth In Six Years; Possibility Of A "No-Deal" Brexit Has Businesses On Edge; Russia and China Taking the Lead on Global Affairs; Russian Gun Rights Activist Says She's No Spy; A Town Being Swallowed by the Sea; Aerosmith Frontman Helps Young Girls in Need. Aired 1-2a ET
• Washington Braces for Trump to Weigh In On Shutdown Deal; The Great Human-Computer Debate; Students Aiming To End The Stigma Of Menstruation. Aired 2-3a ET
• Government Shutdown Could Happen Again; President Trump Says Wall Saves Lives; President Maduro Continues to Block Humanitarian Aid; Trump and O'Rourke hold dueling rallies; Battle Rages As ISIS Clings To Last Syrian Enclave; A Defiant Iran; Ending The Stigma Of Menstruation; Changing Climate. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Trump Talks about Border Deal; Interview with Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA); Trump Calls for Oma's Resignation; El Chapo Found Guilty; Interview with ICE Acting Deputy Director Matt Albence. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Interview with Acting Deputy Director of ICE, Matt Albence; Concerns Raised on Date Rape During Neomi Rao's Confirmation Hearing; Trump Calls Out Rep. Omar Ilhan for Anti-Semitic Tweet; Possible Independent Presidential Candidate, Howard Schultz, to Appear at CNN Town Hall. Aired 1:30-2p ET


Connect the World
• ISIS Makes Desperate Last Stand in Eastern Syria; White House Still Evaluating Border Security Deal Compromise; Interview with Karin Kneissl, Austrian Foreign Minister on Brexit; U.K. Prime Minister to Talk Further Over Brexit Deal; Scandal Renews Scrutiny of Bezos' Ties to Saudi Crown Prince; Protesters Demand Maduro Let Air into Venezuela. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump "Not Happy" With Border Deal That Includes Fraction Of Wall Money He Demanded; White Official: Trump Likely To Sign It Anyway; White House Official: Trump Is Likely To Sign Border Security Deal; Means Trump Would Accept Less Wall Money Than Previous Deals; Trump Calls On Representative Omar To Resign Over Anti-Semitic Tweets; Trump Accused Of Hypocrisy After Calling On Representative Omar To Resign; 2020 Contender Senator Elizabeth Warren Attends Native American Event Amid Scrutiny Of Her Past Claims Of Native American Ancestry; Soon: CNN Town Hall With Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. Aired: 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Lawmakers Cut A Deal To Avoid A Government Shutdown; Trump's El Paso Wall Push Countered By A Potential 2020 Challenger; New Dangerous Teenager Trend Vaping Is The New Smoking. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Lawmakers Trying To Cut A Deal To Put Off Another Government Shutdown; Vaping Is On The Rise; The President's Most Loyal Allies Are Slamming The Bipartisan Border Security Deal; Hawaii, A History Winter Storm Pounding The Island With Dangerous Gale Force Winds, Massive Waves, Snow In Some Very Unusual Places. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Senate Appropriations Chairman Telling Reporters We Got An Agreement On All Of It; Border Barrier Deal Includes $1.4 Billion For 55 Miles; The President's Most Loyal Allies Slamming The Bipartisan Border Security Deal; The Main Author Of The Green New Deal Congresswoman Cortez Took Immediate Fire For The Deal; An Apology From Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Of Minnesota, The Freshman Democrat Facing Backlash For Tweets Condemned By Both Parties As Anti-Semitic; The Cleveland Browns Are Giving A Second Chance To Kareem Hunt. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Negotiators Reach An Agreement In Principle To Avert Government Shutdown; President Trump Versus Beto O'Rourke At Dual Rallies; ISIS Launches Surprise Counterattack; Teen Vaping Epidemic Wipes Out Progress On Smoking; President Trump And Kanye West On MRE Packaging? Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• President Meets over Funding Deal; Negotiators Reach Tentative Deal; El Chapo Trial Verdict; Trump Speaks About Funding Deal. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Unhappy With Border Barrier Deal Lawmakers Crafted; Jury Reaches Verdict In Trial Of Mexican Drug Lord "El Chapo". Aired 12:30- 1p ET


New Day
• Lawmakers Reach Tentative Deal to Keep Government Open; Interview with Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY); Trump, O'Rourke Hold Competing Rallies in El Paso. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Lawmakers Reach Tentative Deal; Trump and O'Rourke Face Off in El Paso; Battle Intensifies to Push out ISIS; Democrats Diverse Electorate. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• News That Congress Has Reached A Deal In Hopes TO Avoid Another Shutdown; Donald Trump Is Simply Demanding Billions Of Dollars For Something That Bipartisan Groups Of People Say Is Not Necessary. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• 20 Years After President Bill Clinton's Impeachment Acquittal; Inside The Relationship Between The Saudis And Jeff Bezos; Gov. Andrew Cuomo To Meet With President Trump Over Tax Breaks; One Year After The Parkland Massacre. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Democrats and Republicans in Congress Strike Deal on Government Funding and Border Security; Author of Tell-All Book on Trump White House Sues President for Attempting to Infringe his First Amendment Rights. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Louisiana Island Disappearing; Town Hall with Howard Schultz; Kelly Launches Senate Campaign; Klobuchar Addresses Mistreatment; CDC Blames Vaping for Spike. Aired 8:30-9a ET


NEWS STREAM
• The Final Assault - ISIS Pushes Back In The Battle For Its Last Enclave As The Top U.S. General In The War Warns Of A Lingering Threat; A Breakthrough In U.S. Border Talks; Refugee Footballer Hakeem Al Araibi Gets A Warm Welcome Home. Aired: 8:00-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Drug Lord El Chapo Found Guilty, Faces Life in Prison; Battle Rages as ISIS Clings to Last Enclave in Syria; White House Official: Trump Likely to Sign Deal to Avoid Shutdown; Nissan Takes $83 Million Charge Over Ghosn's Disputed Pay; Top French Journalists Used Facebook Group to Harass Women; Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Considering White House Run; Starbucks Shares Soar Under New CEO; Video Games Giants Lining Up to Take on Fortnite; Call of Duty Maker Activision Blizzard to Announce Layoffs; EA's Apex Legends Outpaces Fortnite in First Week Growth; Government Shutdown Fears Subside and Trade Hopes Lift Stocks. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Poppy Harlow Hosts Howard Schultz in a Houston Town Hall. Aired 10-11p ET


The Situation Room
• Senate's Russia Probe Split Revealed; Angry Senate Intel Chair on Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen over Postponed Testimony; Trump Stirs Confusion on Deal to Avoid Shutdown; Interview with Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT); Millions Hit by Severe Winter Storms; Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to Face Questions in a Town Hall; Ex-White House Aide Suing Trump Over Nondisclosure Agreements. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA); Almost 100 Million in Path of Winter Storm; Top U.S. General for Korea: "Little to No Verifiable Change" in North Korea's Military Capabilities. Aired on 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Trump Not Happy with Budget Deal but Shutdown Unlikely; Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo Guilty on All Counts; Pro- and Anti-Maduro Demonstrators on The Streets; Turkey Launches Nationwide Raids Over Failed 2016 Coup. Aired 2-3p ET