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Cuomo Prime Time
• Holmes Testimony: "Never Seen Anything" Like Trump-Sondland Call In Restaurant; Hale: Pompeo Spoke To Hannity, Giuliani About Yovanovitch; Holmes: Ukrainians Felt Heat, Understood That There Was A Quid Pro Quo. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Source: President Trump Suggested Ousting Impeachment Witnesses; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) is Interviewed About the Impeachment Investigation; Transcript of Closed-Door Testimony from State Department Officials David Holmes and David Hale Being Released By House Committees. Aired on 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Venice's Worst Floods in 50 Years; 6-Foot Tides Engulfs 85 Percent of Venice's Streets and Buildings; Henk Ovink, Dutch Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, is Interviewed About Floods in Venice and Climate Change; Climate Science Disbelief; Katharine Hayhoe, Atmospheric Scientist, is Interviewed About Climate Change; Allbirds' Carbon Neutral Products; Joey Zwillinger, Co-CEO, Allbirds, is Interviewed About Shoes. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Critical Week as 8 Witnesses Gear Up to Testify in Public; New Testimony on Phone Call Raises Stakes for Sondland Ahead of Hearing; E-mails Show Sondland Kept Mulvaney & Perry in Loop of Ukrainian Push; Trump Attacks Jennifer Williams Ahead of Public Testimony; Trump Says He'll "Strongly Consider" Testifying in Impeachment Probe; House Now Investigating Whether Trump Lied to Robert Mueller; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) Discusses House Investigating If Trump Lied to Mueller. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) Discusses House Investigating If Trump Lied to Mueller, Impeachment, GOP's Multiple Strategies to Defend Trump; Buttigieg Surges to First in CNN Iowa Poll; Bloomberg's About- Face on Stop & Frisk Policy; Trump Reverses Course on Flavored E- cigarettes Ban. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• U.S. Will No Longer Consider Israeli Settlements In West Bank Illegal; Violence Escalates In Hong Kong; Did President Trump Lie In Written Testimony? Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Week Two of Impeachment Hearings Set to Begin; Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) is Interviewed About House Investigating Whether Trump Lied to Mueller. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• White House Stands By Stephen Miller; Buttigieg Struggling to Win African-American Votes; Impact of Impeachment; Week Two of Impeachment Hearings Set to Begin. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Nine Witnesses Lined Up For Their Impeachment Inquiry Testimony; All Eyes On Gordon Sondland On Whether He'll Change His Tune; Bill Taylor's Aide With Vivid Memory On What He Heard; Transcripts Of Impeachment Testimony By Diplomats, David Hale And David Holmes Released; GOP Shaken By State Department Aide's Testimony; President Trump Suggests Firing Impeachment Witnesses, Aides Warn It Could Be Seen As Retaliation; President Trump's Pattern Of Intimidation. Aired 10-11p ET
• More Key Witnesses Expected To Testify This Week; President Trump Used To Lying About Everything; President Trump In Perfect Shape Despite Surprise Hospital Visit; Michael Bloomberg Apologizes For Support Of Controversial Police Tactic 'Stop And Frisk'; E-mails Show White House Aide's Connections To White Supremacy; Timeline Of Critical Events In The Trump-Putin Relationship; CNN Hero Zach Wigal. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Crucial Week as Eight Witnesses Gear Up to Testify in Public; Trump Attacks Another Witness Ahead of Key Week of Testimony; Crucial Week as Eight Witnesses Gear Up to Testify in Public; New Testimony Raises Stakes for Ambassador Sondland's Hearing; Hong Kong Police and Protesters Clash in University Standoff. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump's Unannounced Exam; Crucial Week of Impeachment Hearings; Buttigieg Surges in Iowa; Shooting at Football Watch Party. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Crucial Week As Eight Witnesses Gear Up To Testify In Public; Interview With Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL). Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Hong Kong Protests Intensifying Around University; Pete Buttigieg Ahead in Latest Iowa Poll; Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Involved in Naftogaz Shakedown. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Eight Witnesses Gear Up To Testify In Public Impeachment Hearings; House Investigating Whether Trump Lied To Mueller; The U.S. Supreme Court Is Blocking The Release Of The President's Taxes To The U.S. House of Representatives. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Reversing 60-Plus Years Of Policy, Says U.S. No Longer Considers Israeli's Settlements Inconsistent With International Law; Pence's Office Declines To Defend Own Aide; Cracks Among Republicans Amid Impeachment Inquiry; North Korean Leader To Trump: No Longer Interested In Meeting. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump's Unannounced Hospital Visit Raises Questions; Week Two of Impeachment Hearings Set to Begin. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump's Unannounced Hospital Visit Raising Questions; Bloomberg Apologizes to Black Voters for Stop and Frisk; Ten Shot, Four Died at Football Watch Party. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Hong Kong Firefighters Criticize Police Force; Duke of York Under Fire Over Epstein Defense; Venice Experiencing Historic Flooding; Police Standoff With Hong Kong Protesters Intensifies; U.S. Condemns Iran For Lethal Force On Demonstrators; Wall Street Journal Reports, Sondland Briefed Trump Officials On Ukraine Plans. Aired 12- 1a ET
• Police Standoff With Hong Kong Protesters Intensifies; Iranians Denounce Gasoline Price Increase And Rationing; Long Lines For Food, Fuel As Political Crisis Deepens; Trump Slams Pence Aide Ahead Of Impeachment Hearing; Eight Officials To Testify Publicly This Week; WSJ: Sondland Briefed Trump Officials On Ukraine Plans; Trump's Hospital Visit Raises Questions In Washington; Duke of York under Fire over Epstein Defense; Netanyahu on the Attack over Arab Parties in Government; Venice Flooding. Aired 1-2a ET
• Police Standoff with Hong Kong Protesters Intensifies; Hong Kong Firefighters Criticize Police Force; Netanyahu On The Attack Over Arab Parties In Govt.; Popular Tourist City Awaits Relief From Rising Waters; Hong Kong Police and Protester Clashes Magnified; Unrest in Iran Over Petrol Price Hike; Second Week of Trump's Impeachment Hearings; The Duke of York Under Fire After Interview on Relationship with Epstein. Aired 2-3a ET
• Capitol Hill Fully Booked with Witnesses for the Impeachment Investigation; President Trump Made a Surprise Visit to Walter Reed Hospital; Michael Bloomberg's Too Late the Hero Apology; Supporters Call to Exonerate a Convicted Murderer.; Hong Kong Protesters Trapped Inside a University Building; President Trump Attacked Another Witness; Iranians Furious Over Another Rise in Fuel; Prince Andrew Under Fire After His Interview. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• House Now Investigating Whether Trump Lied To Mueller; Crucial Week As Eight Witnesses Gear Up To Testify In Public; Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Release Of Trump Taxes. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump's Unannounced, Unscheduled Hospital Visit Raising Questions; Trump Reverses Course On Flavored E-cigarettes Ban; Trump Issues Controversial Pardons Hours After Stone Verdict; Congress Struggles To Fill Loophole That Taxes Gold Star Families. Aired 1:30- 2p ET


Connect the World
• New Protests Erupt on Streets of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Protesters and Police Clash in Ongoing Campus Standoff; Interview with Ted Hui, Pro- Democracy Legislator, Speaks from Within the University in Hong Kong; Iranians Vent Anger Over Petrol Price Hike; Iraq Spy Chief Warns ISIS is Rebuilding; Leaked Iranian Cables Show Influence in Iraq. Aired 10-11a ET
• Global Protest In Season Of Discontent; Hong Kong Protesters And Police Clash In Ongoing Campus Standoff; Iraq Spy Chief Warns ISIS Is Rebuilding. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Source: Trump Suggested Firing Impeachment Witnesses As Nine More Set To Testify Publicly This Week; Source: Trump Suggested Firing Impeachment Witnesses; Aides Warn This Could Be Perceived As Retaliation; Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) Discuss About President Trump And His Aides Respond To Witnesses Coming Forward To Testify; GOP Lawmakers "Shaken" By Testimony Of Aide Who Overheard Trump Ask About Ukraine Investigation; Trump's Unannounced Hospital Visit Raising Questions; Source: Hospital Visit "Not Protocol" For Routine Exam. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Gordon Sondland Under The Microscope; CNN Poll, Pete Buttigieg Leads In Iowa; Backing Away From Vaping; Major Week Of Public Testimony Ahead; Hong Kong Protesters Set Fire To University; Vaping Epidemic; Vigil For Victims Of Saugus High Shooting; Iran Protest Over Gas Prices; U.S./China Held Constructive Talks About Deal; FAA, NSTB New Certification Rules; Syracuse University Suspends Frat Activities; Real-Life Breaking Bad In Arkansas; Trending Now, Eight Year-Old Makes Hero-Bags. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Gordon Sondland Under The Microscope; CNN Poll, Pete Buttigieg Leads In Iowa; Backing Away From Vaping; Major Week Of Public Testimony Ahead; Hong Kong Protesters Set Fire To University; Vaping Epidemic; Bloomberg Apologizes For Backing Stop and Frisk Program; At Least 10 Shot, Four Dead In Fresno; Questions Over President Trump Hospital Trip; U.K. Papers And Social Media Slam Prince Andrew; FedEx CEO Challenges New York Times Publisher To Public Debate; Dunkin Tossing Out Styrofoam Cups; Two Yacht Destroyed In Florida Fire; Wall Street Set For Another Record Day; H.P. Rejects $33 Billion Takeover Bid From Xerox; Ford takes Aim At Tesla With Electric Mustang SUV; Late Night Laughs. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Former Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland Set to Testify on Wednesday; Pete Buttigieg Surges to Lead in Iowa in a New CNN Poll; Hong Kong Protesters Set Fire to University. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Major Week Of Public Testimony Ahead; Iranian Official Threatens Gas Price Protesters; U.K. Papers And Social Media Slam Prince Andrew. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Protesters And Police Clash Violently At A University In Hong Kong; Reportedly, No International Marketing For Saudi Aramco As The IPO Nears; Airbus Snaps A $16 Billion Deal With Emirates. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Giant Week Ahead For The Public Impeachment Hearings; Speaker Nancy Pelosi Says The President Is Welcome To Come Testify In His Own Defense; New Reporting Raises Questions About Gordon Sondland's Prior Testimony; GOP Rep. Mike Turner: Ukraine Call Is "Not OK"; CNN Poll: Mayor Pete Buttigieg Jumps To First Place In Iowa. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Pete Buttigieg Jumps to First Place in Iowa; Buttigieg Unveils Plan to Help Students Pay for College; Bloomberg Apologizes for "Stop and Frisk" Policing Tactic; Trump Meets Fed Chair Powell and Mnuchin at WH; Trump Changes Tune on Flavored E-Cigarette Ban; Trump Attacks State Department Official Ahead of Testimony. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Pence Aide Testified Trump's Ukraine Call 'Unusual & Inappropriate'; New Testimony Places Sondland in Center of Ukraine Scandal; Source: Trump Hospital Visit Didn't Follow Protocol for Routine Exam. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Clashes in Hong Kong; Trump's Health Questions; 2020 Democratic Primary Polls; Officials Miss Call in Texans versus Ravens Game; Prince Andrew Faces Backlash. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Eight Witnesses to Testify in Public This week; Republicans Shift Trump Defense Ahead of Critical Testimony. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) Weighs In On This Week's Impeachment Hearings; President Trump's Hospital Visit Raises Questions About His Health; Nancy Pelosi's Daughter Profiles House Speaker In New Book. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Ambassador To E.U., Gordon Sondland To Testify In Public Impeachment Hearing; President Trump Criticizes Aide To Vice President Pence Ahead Of Her Testimony In Impeachment Hearing; Demonstrators Clash With Police At A University In Hong Kong; Pete Buttigieg Is Now The Front Runner In Iowa. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• First Exposed Ukraine Scandal; Miller Emails Revealed; Sisters Recount California School Shooting; Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Reverses Decades of U.S. Policy on Israeli Settlements; U.S. House Now Investigating if President Trump Lied to Mueller; President Trump Says He will Consider Testifying in Impeachment Inquiry. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Diplomat, David Holmes To Testify In Public Impeachment Hearing; Trump Considering Submitting Testimony; V.P. Pence's Aide Gets Criticized By Trump; New Health Questions On Trump Emerges; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) Is Interviewed About The Impeachment Inquiry Of Trump; Pompeo Declines To Support Top Ukraine Diplomats Publicly; How Trump's Policies Seem To Repeatedly Benefit Putin; North Korea "No Longer Interested" In Talks With Trump. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA); Week Two Of Impeachment Hearings Set To Begin; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Says, Facts Uncontested That Trump Abused His Power For Personal, Political Benefit; Trump Attacks Another Witness As His Impeachment Defense Faces New Tests; Feds Seeking New Interviews In Giuliani Probe; Trump's Unannounced Hospital Visit Raising Questions. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• New Study Looks At Potential Health Concerns For Astronauts; Some Students Leave Hong Kong For Mainland China; Assessing The Recent Floods Of Venice. Aired 4-4:10 a.m. ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Hong Kong Protests Increasingly Violent; Interview With Gloria Allred As Prince Andrew's Interview Stirs Up Epstein Controversy; Eight Set To Testify In Impeachment Inquiry; U.S. Reverses Policy On Israeli Settlements In West Bank; Iraq Spy Chief Warns ISIS Is Rebuilding; Demonstrations Spread Throughout Iran As Frustration Grows; Powerful South African Telescope Looks To The Skies. Aired 2-3p ET