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Cuomo Prime Time
• NYT: Trump Asked Acting A.G. To Put Trump Supporter In Charge Of Hush-Money Investigation, Despite Recusal; Andrew McCabe: "I Think It's Possible" Trump Is A Russian Asset; Mike Pence's "Greetings From Trump" Met With Silence In Europe. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• NY Times: Trump Asked Acting AG Whitaker to Put Trump Supporter in Charge of Michael Cohen Investigation; Interview with Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe. Aired on 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• ISIS on the Brink of Extinction; ISIS Brides Pleas to Come Home; Interview with Former al-Qaeda Member-Turned British Spy, Aimen Dean And Professor of Security Studies, King's College London, Peter Neumann; How to Handle Everyday Life and How to Cope when you Lose Faith; Interview with, Author of "Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved," Kate Bowler. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Bernie Sanders Officially Is Running For The Democratic Party In The 2020 Election; Bernie Sanders Doesn't Think That He Can Not Only Win The Democratic Race But Beat Trump; Bernie Sanders Trying To Reach Out To Younger Voters. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• House Oversight Committee to Investigate Proposed White House Plan to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Saudi Arabia; Texas Landowners File Lawsuit Against Trump's Emergency Declaration; Trump: Obama Told Me He Was Close to Starting War with North Korea; Trump Ramps Up Pressure on Venezuela's Maduro; Police Say 2 Brothers No Long Suspects in "Empire" Actor Case. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Did Trump Try to Intervene in Cohen Investigation?; Bernie Sanders Announces Presidential Bid. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• McCabe Speaks Out; Bernie Sanders Announces Presidential Bid. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Former Acting A.G. Denies SDNY Conversations with the President; President Trump Admits to Nothing; Donald Trump Asking Whitaker to Put a Trump Supporter in Charge of the SDNY Investigation; Interview with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA); Former Head of FBI Saying Trump Could be a Russian Asset. Aired 10-11p ET
• U.S. President Could be a Russian Asset; Alleged Attack Choreographed by Victim; Chicago Police Want to Talk to Jussie Smollett, But Don't Know When That Will Happen; White House Pivots to Offense in Mueller Investigation; Roger Stone Ordered Back to Court. Aired 11-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Andrew McCabe: We Had Information Trump "Might Be a Threat"; Deputy AG Rosenstein Expected to Leave DOJ in 3 Weeks; Trump Accuses McCabe, Rosenstein of "Treasonous" Act; Trump Ally Hints Intel Chief Dan Coats May Be Fired; Sixteen States Sue to Stop Trump's National Emergency Declaration; Investors Watch New U.S.-China Trade Talks. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• States Sue to Stop National Emergency Declaration; Ballot Fraud in North Carolina; Maduro Blames Trump for Crisis; Ginsburg Returns to Court. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Iconic Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld Dies At 85; Senator Bernie Sanders Launches Second Presidential Campaign; McCabe: We Had Information Trump "Might Be A Threat". Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Sixteen States Are Suing President Trump Over National Emergency Declaration; Roger Stone to Appear in Court Thursday to Discuss Recent Instagram Posting of Judge; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Back in Supreme Court for Hearing Today; Patrick Frazee Hearing Today in Possible Murder of Kelsey Berreth; Former Suspects in Jussie Smollett Case Released From Jail. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Worker Says I Falsified Absentee Ballots at GOP Operative's Direction; "New York Times" Says Trump Asked Acting Attorney General to Put Trump Supporter in Charge of Cohen Investigation Despite Recusal; Judge Summons Stone After He Appears to Threaten Her. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Judge Summons Stone after He Appears to Threaten Her; Bernie Sanders Receives over $1 Million Online after Launching Presidential Bid Sen. Klobuchar Take Case to Voters at CNN Presidential Town Hall; Trump Speaks to Reporters Amid "New York Times" Report He Tried to Interfere in Cohen Investigation. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Did Trump Try to Intervene in Cohen Investigation?; Roger Stone Attacks Judge; Bernie Sanders Announces Presidential Bid. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Pragmatic VS Progressive, Dem Field Begins to Sharpen; Sanders, My Radical Ideas Now are Mainstream; Klobuchar Not Apologizing, Yes, I'm a Tough Boss; McCabe, we told Lawmakers About FBI Probe into Trump; Worker Details Alleged Ballot Fraud in North Carolina; West Virginia Teachers Back on Strike After Sparking Nationwide Walkouts. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Diplomatic Teams Prepare for Upcoming Trump-Kim Summit; Freshman Democrats Shaking Up Washington; Report: White House Asks Abe for Nobel Nomination; Laureus Awards Bestowed on Top Athletes; Race Horses Compete on St. Moritz' 'White Turf'. Aired 12-1a ET
• Top General at U.S. Central Command Visits Northern Syria; Baghouz al-Fawqani Reduced to Rubble; Diplomatic Teams Prepare for Upcoming Trump-Kim Summit; Sixteen States Sue to Stop Trump's National Emergency; Property Owners Suing Trump over Wall; U.K. Wants Tougher Rules for Facebook; Trump Warns Military Against Backing Maduro; High- Level Corruption Allegations And Skyrocketing Inflation Send Country Spiraling Into Turmoil; Relative Calm For Now In Haiti After Days Of Protests; Haiti Vows Probe Of Alleged Corruption In Oil Program; Seven M.P.s Leave U.K. Labour To Start Independent Group. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Delivers Blunt Warning to Venezuela Military over Aid Impasse; Roger Stone Apologizes For Posts About Judge; U.K. Could Undermine U.S. Plan To Block Huawei; Report: White House Asks Abe For Nobel Nomination. Aired 2-3a ET
• Lawsuits Filed Against President Trump on President's Day; Finger-Pointing Between Andrew McCabe and Rod Rosenstein; Nicolas Maduro No Empathy for Venezuelans; Poland Offended by Israel's Comment; Sixteen States Sue To Stop Trump's National Emergency; Votel Arrives In Afghanistan After Stop In Syria; Honda Plant In U.K To Close, Unrelated To Brexit; President Trump Believed Putin Over U.S. Intelligence; View From The Border; Appealing To The Political Left; America Votes 2020; Weather Forecast. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Stone Summoned to Court; Democratic Field Begins to Sharpen; McCabe Told Lawmakers about Probe; Trump Asked Whitaker about Cohen Case. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• NYT: Trump Asked Acting A.G. Whitaker to Put U.S. Attorney in Charge of Cohen Investigation Despite Recusal; Worker Details Alleged Ballot Fraud as North Carolina Congressional Race Hangs in Balance. Aired 1:30-2p ET


Connect the World
• Exclusive, CNN Follows Hunt for ISIS Leader; U.K. Revokes Citizenship of ISIS Bride Shamima Begum; Three U.K. Conservative Lawmakers Quit Party Over Brexit; U.K. Prime Minister Returning to Brussels to Continue Brexit Talks; Putin Promises Strong Response to Missile Deployments; U.S. House Investigating Efforts to Transfer Nuclear Technology to Saudi Arabia; Pope Says Sexual Abuse for Nuns is a Problem; CNN Investigates French Order Accused of Sexual Slavery; Taiwan's President Says Threat from China Growing Every Day. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• House Probes Trump's Plans to Give Saudis Nuke Technology; Interview with Democratic Congressman Adam Smith; Interview with Tom Steyer. Aired on 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Sixteen States Sue to Block National Emergency; Pragmatic Klobuchar Makes Pitch for Democratic Nomination; Infant Screen Time Doubles; West Virginia Teachers to Strike Again. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Border Battle: 16 States Sue to Block National Emergency; Pragmatic Klobuchar Makes Pitch for Democratic Nomination; Infant Screen Time Doubles; West Virginia Teachers to Strike Again; Trump Vows "New Day" for Venezuela. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• 16 States Sue to Block National Emergency; Pragmatic Klobuchar Makes Pitch for Democratic Nomination; Infant Screen Time Doubles; West Virginia Teachers to Strike Again; MLB Will Use Pitch Clock During Spring Training Games. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• 16 States File Lawsuit To Stop President Trump's National Emergency Declaration; Pragmatic Klobuchar Makes Pitch For Democratic Nomination; President Trump Vows New Day For Venezuela; Study: Screen Time For Kids Under Two Is Soaring; West Virginia Teachers To Strike Again. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Sanders Joins Race for 2020; Stone Ordered to Court after Posts; White House Ties to Saudi Nuclear Project; Warren's Child Care Plan. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• 2020 Hopefuls Tout Parental Issues On The Trail; Trump Confidant Speculates On DNI Coats' Job; McCabe Confirms He Opened Counterintelligence Investigation Into Trump; 16 States Challenging Trump's National Emergency Declaration. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• 16 States Sue Trump Over National Emergency To Build Wall; Rod Rosenstein Expect To Leave Justice Department In Mid-March; Trump Confidante Believes Intel Chief Dan Coats Will Be Fired; Lawsuit: Emergency Declaration "Unconstitutional & Unlawful Scheme"; Senator Amy Klobuchar Makes Her Case At CNN Town Hall; Klobuchar Defends Record: "Yes, I Am A Tough Boss"; Warren To Release Universal Child Care Plan Paid For By "Wealth Tax"; Democratic Primary Voters Growing More Diverse; Senator Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Run; Hate Crime Hoax?; Police: 2 Brothers No Longer Suspects In "Empire" Actor Case; Sources: Smollett Paid Brothers To Orchestrate Attack; "Empire" Actor Denies Any Role In His Alleged Attack; Suing Trump; Sanders Joins 2020 Race. Aired: 6-6:30a ET
• Sanders Announces 2020 Run; New Developments in Smollett Case; States Sue Trump over National Emergency. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Bernie Sanders Has Decided To Run For President Again; Sanders Issues Last Time He Ran Were Deemed Radical, This Time They Seem Mainstream Conversation; At Least Ten Democrats Running For President; N.C. Woman Has Testified That Sanders Illegally Collected And Falsified Absentee Ballets. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein Expected To Leave Justice Department In Mid-March; CNN Reality Check: GOP Hypocrisy On Executive Outreach; German Chancellor Angela Merkel Claims German Cars Are Threat; Study Shows Screen Time For Kids Under Two More Than Doubles. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Candidacy; Analysts Examine Prospects for Bernie Sanders Presidential Run; Interview with Independent Senator Angus King of Maine. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Powers Apologizes for Tweets; Grand Jury Convened in R. Kelly Case; Wellspring Living Impacts Women's Lives; Smollett Paid for Attack. Aired 8:30-9a ET


NEWS STREAM
• Breaking New This Hour, Karl Lagerfeld, One Of The Most Celebrated Fashion Designers Of Our Time Has Died; Vermont Senator, Bernie Sanders Announced That He Is Kicking Off His Second Bid For President; Taiwan President's Tsai Ing-Wen Tells CNN In An Exclusive Interview That She Will Run For Re-Election; Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Is Hitting Back At Donald Trump After The U.S. President Took Him On In A Speech From Miami On Monday; Indian Army Says A Pakistan-Based Terror Group Carried Out Last Week's Bomb Attack In India-Controlled Kashmir With Active Support From The Pakistani Army; A Fresh Revelation From The Vatican As It Confirms It Has Secret Rules For Priests Who Father Children Following Claims In "The New York Times;" The Typically Media-Shy Founder Of Huawei Delivers A Bold Message For Washington As A U.S. Offensive Against His Firm Rages On; The Japanese car maker, Honda has confirmed it will close down its U.K. factory in two years. Trump: America Will Never Be A Socialist Country; A Warning For Parents About The Time That Your Kids Are Spending In Front Of A Screen. Aired: 8-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Iconic Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld Dies at 85; U.S. Lawmakers Investigate Reports of Flynn-Backed Efforts to Export Nuclear Technology to Saudi Arabia; British Teen Who Joined ISIS is Being Stripped of Her British Citizenship; Macron Condemns Vandalism of Jewish Graves; Catholic Officials Ashamed of Sex Abuse of Children; Honda to Close U.K. Plant, Wiping Out Thousands of Jobs; Trump Says He's Open to Postponing March 1st Deadline to Complete Negotiations with China; Stocks Waver Ahead of China Trade Talks; U.S.-China Trade Talks Resume in Washington; Bernie Sanders Launches Second U.S. Presidential Campaign; President Trump Declares America will Never Be a Socialist Country; Wall Street Keenly Monitors Trade Talks. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. President Asked Trump Supporter Be Put in Charge of Cohen Probe; Judge Orders Roger Stone Back to Court after Crosshairs Photo; Interview with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, Armed Services Committee; Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI); Sanders Raises $3+ Million After Announcing White House Bid; "NY Times:" President Asked Acting Attorney General to Put Trump Supporter in Charge of Federal Probe of His Former Lawyer Cohen; Five Americans Detained Amid Haiti Violence. Aired on 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Three Women Tell CNN of Alleged Abuse at Hands of Priests; Sanders Slams Trump as He Announces Presidential Run; Karl Lagerfeld, Iconic Fashion Designer Dies. Aired 2-3p