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Cuomo Prime Time
• Sources: Diplomat Says Giuliani Pushed For Visa For Former Ukrainian Official Who Promised Dirt on Bidens; Trump to Host G7 at His Own Doral, Florida Resort; Trump Claims Mulvaney "Clarified" Quid Pro Quo Admission; Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Is Interviewed About Impeachment Proceedings; Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) Is Interviewed About President's Dealings With Ukraine. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• CNN Exclusive: Giuliani Pushed Trump Administration to Grant a Visa to A Ukrainian Official Promising Dirt on Democrats; Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is Interviewed About Giuliani Pushing Trump Administration to Grant a Visa to a Ukrainian Official; President Trump Praises Fragile Ceasefire As Violence Still Unfolds; Republicans Attack President Trump Over Syria; President Trump Awards New Year's G7 Summit Of World Leaders To His Own Resort; Stephanie Grisham On The Riduculist. Aired on 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Nobel Prize Awarded To An Apologist For Violent Nationalism; Critics Alarmed On Nobel Prize Given To Peter Handke; Peter Frankopan, Professor Of Global History, Oxford University, And Malte Herwig, Peter Handke Biographer, Are Interviewed About Peter Handke; The Journey From Fringes Of The Art World To Mayfair; Grayson Perry, Artist, Is Interviewed About His Journey Through The Art World; Super Rich Interior Decoration; Rhiannon Giddens' New Album "There Is No Other". Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• White House Doing Damage Control after Mulvaney Admits to Pro Quo Pro; Democrats Criticize Trump for Plan to Host G-7 at His Doral Resort; Majority of GOP Not Concerned by Giuliani's Work on Ukraine; Bipartisan Effort Underway for New Sanctions on Turkey for Invading Northern Syria; Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) Discusses the Cease-Fire with Turkey. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Key Witnesses Highly Trump's Role in Ukraine Effort; Mattis Hits Back & Mocks President Trump; G.M. Announces Plan to Close Lordstown Plant Despite Trump Promises. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Trump Praises Fragile Ceasefire As Violence Still Unfolds; Turkey's President To Meet Russian President Putin In Days; Economic Woes Trigger Big Protests in Beirut; Will Boris Johnson Get His Deal Through Saturday?; Demonstrators Clash With Police In Catalonia. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Syria Tensions; Ukraine Scandal Escalates. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Chaos in Syria: Despite Claims of a Ceasefire, Deadly Violence Continues; Hillary Clinton Seems to Suggest Russians "Grooming" Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for Third-Party 2020 Run; Ronan Farrow Discusses Bombshell Reporter On Lauer, Weinstein; NASA Astronauts Conduct First All-Female Space Walk. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Governor Kasich Awaken by the Clear Abuse of Power; Too Late the Hero, the Damage Has Been Done; Rudy Giuliani Doing Every Effort to Score for Trump Against Joe Biden; CNN Exclusive, Rudy Giuliani Pushed Trump Administration To Grant A VISA To A Ukrainian Official Promising Dirt On Democrats; Will Republicans Come Out In Favor Of Impeachment; State Department Probe Of Clinton Emails Finds No Deliberate Mishandling Of Classified Information. Aired 10-11p ET
• Hillary Clinton Cleared Of Her Server Scandal; Rudy Giuliani Tried To Get Visa For A Former Prosecutor; Mick Mulvaney's Admission Added To President Trump's Irritability; Republicans Going Against Trump On His Syria Decision; Week In Impeachment Inquiry; President Trump Pushing The Limits Of His Presidential Powers; Hillary Clinton Suggests Russia's Grooming Rep. Tulsi Gabbard For Third-Party Run; CNN Heroes. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Some Republicans Slam Mulvaney for Admitting to Quid Pro Quo Case with Ukraine; Kurdish Forces Accuse Turkey of Violating Hours-Old Syria Ceasefire; President Trump to Host Next Year's G7 Summit at His Florida Resort. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) is Interviewed on Issues around President Trump. Aired 9:30-10a
• Mick Mulvaney Admits, Then Denies, Ukraine Quid Pro Quo; White House In Cleanup Mode After Mulvaney Admits Ukraine Quid Pro Quo; Kurds Say Turkey Violating Hours-Old Syria Ceasefire. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Violence Continues in Syria; Trump Increases Number of Public False Claims Per Week; Interview with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• New Fallout After White House Admits Then Denis Quid Pro Quo; New Questions Today About The So-Called Ceasefire In Northern Syria And Whether It Is Holding. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Awards His Doral Resort & U.S. Taxpayers Footing Bill; Eric Trump: Using Trump's Doral Property Will Save Government Money; Trump Not Doing Well in Showing Empathy This Week; Trump Pattern: Taking Credit for Solving Crises He Created or Exacerbated; Texts Reveal Boeing Employees Knew of 737 MAX Issues in 2015. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Syria Tensions; Interview With Doral, Florida, Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez; Ukraine Scandal Escalates. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Doral Mayor Says No One Told Me Beforehand about G7 Summit; Trump Awards His Resort with U.S. Taxpayers Footing the Bill; Hillary Clinton Suggests Russia Is Grooming Gabbard as Third Party Option; Mattis Criticized for Joking About Trump, Instead of Candid Criticism; Trump Thanks Perry And Names New Energy Secretary; "Washington Post" Says Diplomat Testifies that He Raised Concerns about Hunter Biden's Ukraine Work In 2015. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Turkey Agrees to Five-Day Pause in Rout of Syrian Kurds; Romney: Turkish Pause is 'Far from a Victory'; Mulvaney Admits Quid Pro Quo, Later Backtracks; U.K. & E.U. Agree, But Deal Faces Uphill Battle in Parliament; China's Economic Growth Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1992; Demonstrators Clash with Police in Catalonia; Plane Carrying British Royals Had to Abort Landing Twice. Aired 12-1a ET
• Turkey Agrees to Five-Day Pause in Rout of Syrian Kurds. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.S. and Turkey Agrees to a Ceasefire in Syria; Mulvaney Admits Quid Pro Quo, Then Backtracks; The Next Fight in the Brexit Battle. Aired 2-3a ET
• Ceasefire with Different Interpretations from Two Parts of the World; Chief of Staff Spill Beans to POTUS' Opponents; Boris Johnson Optimistic About His Deal; Rollercoaster Ride in the Sky. Aired 3- 3:30a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• New Fallout After White House Admits, Then Denies Quid Pro Quo; Ceasefire Appears Shaky As Fighting Erupts In Syria. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) Discusses Trump Choosing His Doral Resort to Host G-7, the Syria Crisis, the Passing of Elijah Cummings; Hillary Clinton Suggests Russia "Grooming" Gabbard as 3rd-Party Option; Romney: Trump's Syria Decision a Bloodstain" on U.S. History; Op-Ed on Syria: Trump's Pushing Republicans Too Far on Syria; Mattis Hits Back & Mocks President Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Sources: Diplomat Says Giuliani Pushed For Visa For Ukraine Official Who Promised Dirt On Democrats; Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) Is Interviewed About George Kent Deposition Especially On The Part Of Rudy Giuliani's Participation On Foreign Policy; Report: Trump Allies Urging Him Not To Fire Mulvaney, Warn He May Be Damaging Witness In Impeachment Probe; GOD Rep. Francis Rooney: Quid Pro Quo On Ukraine Is Now "Clear"; Hillary Clinton Suggests Russians Are "Grooming" Tulsi Gabbard for Third-Party Presidential Run; McConnell on Trump's Syria Policy: "Grave Strategic Mistake". Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Mick Mulvaney Admits to Ukraine Quid Pro Quo; U.S. Announces Cease-Fire in Syria; Trump's Syria Policy and Behavior Alarming GOP. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Mick Mulvaney Confirms Quid Pro Quo with Ukraine; Cease-fire Deal Seems to Give Turkey What It Wants; Syrian Refugees Crossing Into Northern Iraq; U.K. and E.U. Strike Brexit Deal. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• White House: "Get Over It"; U.S. Announcers Ceasefire in Syria; Rpt: Mexico Captures, Releases El Chapo's Son; Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes Suffers Knee Injury. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Mulvaney Admits To Ukraine Quid Pro Quo; U.S. Announces Ceasefire In Syria; President Trump Awards G7 Summit To Trump Doral Resort. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The U.K. Prime Minister Hunting For Support Ahead Of Saturday's Crucial Vote; Saudi Arabia's Mega Aramco IPOs Delayed Once More; Mick Mulvaney's Admitting A Ukrainian Quid Pro Quo, Then Clarifying That Fact Later. Aired 9-10a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Interview With Tony Blinken About Joe Biden's Foreign Policy; Interview With K.T. McFarland About Donald Trump's Foreign Policy; Pandemic Cost Four Times Higher Than 2008 Financial Crisis; Senate Confirmation Hearings, Intentional Lack of Substance; Abraham Accords Complicate Netanhayu Promises. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• W.H. Doing Damage Control After Mulvaney Admits To Quid Pro Quo; Mulvaney Now Denies Quid Pro Quo After Admitting It On Live TV; Global Skepticism Over U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire In Northern Syria; Republican Lawmakers Raise Concerns About Ceasefire. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Mattis Responds to Trump's "World's Most Overrated" Comment; Retired Admiral: Trump Is A "Transactional President"; Trump Speaks on U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire in Syria. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Mulvaney Denies Quid Pro Quo after Admitting it on Live TV; Ambassador: Trump Ordered Diplomats to Work with Giuliani on Ukraine; White House: Trump to Host G-7 Summit at His Own Resort. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Fighting Continues in Syria; Mulvaney Admits to Quid Pro Quo; Rep. Ro Khanna talks about Sondland's Testimony; Mattis Roasts Trump at Gala. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Sondland: Trump Ordered Diplomats to go Through Giuliani on Ukraine; Mulvaney Denies Quid Pro Quo after Admitting it to the Press; White House Announces G-7 Summit will be Held at Trump's Resort; Prince William & Kate Visit Pakistan Orphanage. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Rep. Joe Kennedy, III (D-MA) Discusses Ukraine Controversy, Resignation Of Energy Sec. Rick Perry, And His Senate Campaign Bid; Houston Astros One Win Away From The World Series; Biden Fundraising Numbers Raise Questions About His Campaign. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) is Interviewed About Mick Mulvaney Admitting to Quid Pro Quo; Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney Confirms Quid Pro Quo in Conversation between President Trump and E.U. President; U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Gordon Sondland Testifies to Congress; President Trump Proposes Holding G7 Summit at His Property in Doral, Florida. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Impact of Trump's Turkey Policy; Cartel Gunmen Torch Cars and Buses in Mexican City; Prison for Felicity Huffman; Mattis Roasts Trump. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• The FAA Is Demanding To Know Why The Boeing Withheld Information About 737 MAX; Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep Lebanon; E.U.'s Outgoing Economic Commissioner, Pierre Moscovici Says Johnson's Deal Is Better Than No Deal At All; NASA Astronauts Complete First All-Female Spacewalk; Chinese GDP Growth Slows To Lowest Since 1992; Demonstrators March In Barcelona As Tens Of Thousands Rally Against Jailing Of Separatist Leaders. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) Is Interviewed About Mitch McConnell's Rebuke Of President Trump's Syria Policy; Deadline Tonight For Rick Perry And White House To Produce Ukraine Documents In Impeachment Probe; Trump Tries To Downplay Mulvaney Quid Pro Quo Debacle As Sources Say He's Angry And Pelosi Calls It A "Confession"; Mixed Reaction After Former Defense Secretary Mattis Jokes About Trump Calling Him "Overrated"; McConnell Rebukes Trump's Syria Troop Withdrawal, Calls It "Grave Mistake" In New Op-Ed; North Korea Blocks High-Rise Windows in New Signs of Kim Jong-un's Paranoia. Aired 5-6p ET
• Rick Perry Defies House Subpoena; Interview With Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI); Syria Tensions; Ukraine Scandal Escalates; Trump Tries To Downplay Mulvaney Quid Pro Quo Debacle As Sources Say He's Angry And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Calls It A Confession; Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Blasts Trump's Syria Troop Pullback, Calling It A Grave Mistake Creating A Strategic Nightmare For U.S. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Britain`s Parliament Considers a New Brexit Deal; Turkey Agrees to Pause its Incursion into Syria; A Man makes a Living Off Pronunciation and Enunciation


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Violence In Syria Violates Ceasefire; Protests Break Out In Lebanon; Mulvaney Walks Back Quid Pro Quo; Riot Police Clash With Demonstrators In Barcelona; Johnson Scrambles For Support On Brexit Deal Ahead Of Vote; CNN Speaks To Duchess Of Cambridge; El Chapo's Son Escapes Gun Battle With Mexican Authorities; Hacker Has No Problem Getting Personal Information. Aired 2-3p ET