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CNN Transcripts for February 17, 2019

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CNN Newsroom
• Republicans On Capitol Hill Divided On The President's National Emergency; Eyes Are On "Empire" Star Jussie Smollett; President Trump Is Delivering An Ultimatum To European Allies; Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Are Forced To Answer Questions About Their Race And Gender; More Than A Week Of Violent Protests In Haiti Before The Country's Prime Minister Finally Broke His Silence; Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Wiener Has Just Been Transferred From Prison To A Halfway House. Aired 2-3p ET
• Trump Faces Challenges In Court Congress Over Emergency Declaration; 1,000 ISIS Fighters Likely Have Fled Syria Into Iraq; USAID Planes Deliver Aid To Venezuela Border; Kaepernick's Attorney Predicts He Will Soon Sign NFL Contract; Aurora Man Has Built 26,579 Crosses For Gun Violence Victims. Aired 3-4p ET
• Evidence Suggests Actor Jussie Smollett May Have Orchestrated Attack; Trump Faces Challenges in Court, Congress Over Emergency Declaration; Aired 4-5p ET
• Border Crisis, National Emergency Declared; U.S. Aid Blocked by President Maduro; Court Challenges and Congress over National Emergency Declaration; Trump Threatens to Release ISIS if E.U. Do Not Take Them; Mueller Probe's New Evidence on Roger Stone; Smollett Orchestrated His Attack; Civilians Fleeing ISIS Last Syria Territory; Building Border Wall Risk Land Seizures; Cross-Exam with Elie Honig. Aired 5-6 pm ET
• Democrats Accuse President Donald Trump Of Fabricating National Emergency Just To Get What He Wants; Heather Nauert, Pulled Her Name From Consideration As U.S. Ambassador; Chicago Police Would Like To Have Another Chance To Talk To Jussie Smollett; Venezuela People Are Struggling To Find Basic Necessities As The Humanitarian Crisis There Grows Worse. Aired 6-7p ET
• Interview with Republican Senator Marco Rubio; Venezuela's Economic, Political, Humanitarian Crisis Reaches Critical Level; Democrats Plan to Vote to Overturn Emergency Declaration. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Faces Challenges in Court, Congress Over Emergency Declaration; Deadly Protests Grip Haiti; Andrew McCabe Speaks Out on FBI Investigation into Trump. Aired 8-9p ET
• Fight against ISIS; Tense Pause in Protests as Haitians Gather Food, Water; Police Believe Actor Jussie Smollett Orchestrated Attack; Trump's National Emergency; Interview with Robert Weissman of Public Citizen. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Fight against ISIS; Police Believe Actor Jussie Smollett Orchestrated Attack; Trump's National Emergency; Tense Pause in Protests as Haitians Gather Food, Water; Munich Security Conference; Funeral Held for Footballer Emiliano Sala. Aired 4-5a ET
• Fight against ISIS; Munich Security Conference; Police Believe Actor Jussie Smollett Orchestrated Attack; Tense Pause in Protests as Haitians Gather Food, Water; Trump's National Emergency; Funeral Held for Footballer Emiliano Sala; Photo Ops Build Up Russian President's Macho Image. Aired 5-6a ET


Connect the World
• SDF Commanders Expect Victory Within Days; Haiti Hospital Struggles After Violent Protest; U.S. Sends More Humanitarian Aid To Colombian Border; Challenges Mount To Trump's Emergency Declaration; Acting U.S. Defense Secy. To Find Funding For Border Wall; Top Dems Emergency Declaration Shreds The Constitution; Nauert Withdraws From Consideration As U.N. Ambassador; U.S. Landowners Fear They'll Lose In Border Wall Battle; Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Receives Lavish Welcome In Pakistan; Pregnant Women Risk Their Lives To Bring The World Tea. Aired 10-11a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Examining Appointments of World Bank Leaders; Discussion of Advances in Artificial Intelligence. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump: I'm Declaring National Emergency at the Border; New Attorney General Will Decide Fate of Mueller Report; Decision Time for 2020 Presidential Hopefuls. Aired 8-9a ET


New Day Sunday
• CNN Police Sources: Evidence Suggests Smollett Orchestrated Attack; Heather Nauert Withdraws U.N. Ambassador Bid Over Nanny Controversy; Acting U.S. Defense Secretary To Find Funding For Border Wall. Aired 6-7a ET
• CNN Police Sources: Evidence Suggests Smollett Orchestrated Attack; Heather Nauert Withdraws U.N. Ambassador Bid Over Nanny Controversy; Democratic Presidential Contenders Campaigning Like It's 2020; More Than 1,000 ISIS Fighters Likely Fled Syria in Last 6 Months; Canadian Tourists Evacuated from Haiti Amid Protests, Riots; Crisis in Venezuela: U.S. Aid Lands in Colombia to Deliver Supplies for Thousands. Aired 7-8a ET


Reliable Sources
• Trump Pretends to Win While Losing Funding Fight; Sources: Evidence Suggests Smollett Orchestrated Attack. Aired 11a-12p ET


State of the Union
• Trump Already Undercutting Case for National Emergency?; Interview With Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); Trump Undercuts His Emergency: "I Didn't Need To Do This"; Trump Divides Conservatives With National Emergency Declaration; Amazon HQ2 Fiasco Sparks Civil War Among Democrats; Across The Country, Women Are Leading The Political Discourse. Aired 9-10a ET