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Cuomo Prime Time
• Biden & Harris Hold Memorial To Mark 400,000-Plus Lives Lost In U.S. To COVID-19; Trump Farewell Video: "We Did What We Came Here To Do... Started No New Wars"; Biden To Be Sworn In As President Tomorrow. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Biden Will Be Sworn In As The 46th President Of The United States Tomorrow At Noon; Prosecutors Say Three Members Of Extremist Oath Keepers Group Planned And Coordinated Ahead Of Capitol Riot; U.S. Landmarks Glow Amber In Honor Of COVID-19 Victims; Trump Issues Last- Minute Memo Declassifying Parts Of FBI's Russia Probe Documents; WH Officials: Trump's Final Pardons Could Come Any Moment. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Did Not Air 2-3p


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Did Not Air 4-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Joe Biden Pays Tribute To COVID Victims; President Trump An Outcast In Biden's Inauguration; No Acknowledgment Of Joe Biden; Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) Is Interviewed About Joe Biden's Presidency For The Next Four Years; Steve Bannon Awaits To Be Pardoned. Aired 10-11p ET
• Biden And Harris To Be Sworn Into Office In A Few Hours; President Trump Saying He's Decided To Pardon Steve Bannon; Trump Era Comes To An End Tomorrow; Joe Biden's Inauguration Amid Threats; Biden Mourns 400,000 Americans Lost To COVID; McConnell Says Capitol Mob Was Provoked By Trump. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump's Chaotic Presidency Coming to an End; President-elect Biden Travels to Washington for Inauguration; FBI Warns Extremists Discussed Posing as National Guard; Capitol Police Officers Say They were Unprepared, Betrayed. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump Expected to Issue Pardons Today; Biden Aims to Unify the Nation Tomorrow; Pentagon Preps for Inauguration Handoff; Demand for Vaccine Outpacing Supply. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump to be First President in 152 Years to Skip Successor's Inauguration; President-Elect Travels to Washington for Inauguration; Key Confirmation Hearings Underway for Biden Cabinet Picks. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Capitol Police Received No Advance Planning; Atlanta Voters Reflect on Election; U.S. Future as World Leader Uncertain. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Soon: President-Elect Biden Travels To Washington, D.C.; Biden Aims To Unify Divided Nation In His Inaugural Address; President-Elect Biden Faces Unprecedented Challenges, Divided Nation. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Army Reservist, Ex-FDNY among Latest Charged in Capitol Riot; Trump Ignores Traditional Transfer of Power Rituals; Two National Guard Members Removed from Inauguration Duty. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Biden Plans Bipartisan Church Service Before Inauguration; CNN: Trump Bitter And Consumed With Grievances Over Election Loss And With Republicans Who Didn't Back Him; CNN: Trump Taped Farewell Message Last Night, Could Release Today; CNN: Trump Expected To Issue About 100 Pardons, Commutations Today; Mitch McConnell: The Mob Was Fed Lies, They Were Provoked By The President And Other Powerful People. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• McConnell: "The Mob Was Fed Lies, They Were Provoked By The President And Other Powerful People"; Treasury Sec. Nominee: U.S. Must "Act Big" On Pandemic Relief; CNN: Biden COVID-19 Team Nervous About What Trump Team Hasn't Told Them. Aired 12:30-1p ET
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• Transfer of Power: Trump's Final Hours as U.S. President; Guatemalans and Migrant Hondurans Clash; Europe Wrestles with Slow Rollout and Rising Cases; Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny to Remain in Custody for 30 Days; Kremlin Critic to Remain in Custody for 30 Days; Brazil Begins Vaccination Program with Limited Supply; Sweden Imposes New Restrictions as Deaths Rises; Critics 'Moved to Cheers' Over Trump's Departure; Trump Inner Circle Helped Stoke Insurrection. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Trump's Last Full Day As President; Trump's Last 100 Pardons, List Unknown; Navalny Calls On Supporters To Take To The Streets; COVID-19 Death Toll Set To Reach 500,000 By Mid-February; America Now Has 25 Percent Of Global COVID-19 Infections; Trump To Issue Around 100 Pardons and Commutations; WHO Head Warns of Catastrophic Moral Failure; Sweden Imposes New Restrictions as Deaths Rise; Trump's Allies Stoked the Flames Ahead of Riot. Aired 1-2a ET
• President-Elect Joe Biden's Plans for Immediate Action; Transfer of Power: Trump's Final Hours as U.S. President; Brazil Authorizes Two Vaccines for Emergency Use; Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny to Remain in Custody for 30 Days; Critics "Moved to Cheers" over Trump's Departure. Aired 2-3a ET
• President Trump's Term Come to an End; No to Briefings and No to Another Term in Office; California Tops COVID Cases in U.S.; CDC Projects Half Million Deaths by Mid-February; Britain Breaks Two Records in Europe; Tough Restrictions Works; Sweden Just Started Implementing Mandatory Guidelines; Navalny Arrested, Kremlin Critic To Remain In Custody For 30 Days; Ugandan Opposition Says Troops Raided Its Offices; Unrest In Tunisia's Growing Economic Crisis; WHO Urges Nation To Share Vaccine Distribution Equally; Brazil Begins National Vaccination Campaign; UAE Pick Up Pace With COVID-19 Vaccinations; Joe Biden's Pipeline Plans; Extremist Emboldened Online. Aired 3-4a ET
• 32 Hours Left in Donald Trump's Presidency; Threat of Violence Prompts Additional Screening of Troops; Videos of Insurrection Now Key Pieces of Evidence; Biden to Sign About a Dozen Executive Orders on Day One; Experts Fear Virus Variant Could Fuel a New Peak; 500,000 U.S. Deaths Predicted by Mid-February; Europe COVID Cases Trending in the Right Direction. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Heavy Security in Washington Ahead of Biden's Inauguration; Georgia Lt. Governor Astonished by Elections Misinformation; How Social Media is Still Fueling Extremism; Trump to Issue Around 100 Pardons and Commutations; World Gets Ready for Biden Administration; Kremlin Critic to Remain in Custody for 30 Days. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
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Connect the World
• The End of the Trump Presidency; Confirmation Hearings Start in U.S. Senate; Trump to Issue Dozens of Pardons; Social Media is Still Fueling Extremism; Burial Services Overwhelmed by South Africa's Second Wave; Biden's Favorability Rises ahead of Inauguration; Trump Snubs Biden. Aired 10-11a ET
• United States Senate Back In Session As Confirmation Hearings Start; Van Jones: Biden Is The President This Country Needs; Independent Panel Criticizes World Health Organization & China For COVID Response; How Social Media Is Still Fueling Extremism; United Kingdom Reports Highest COVID-19 Death Rate In The World; 25,000 National Guard Troops Now In DC For Inauguration. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Biden Hours Away From Being Sworn In As Trump Is Secluded In Final Moments Of Presidency; Frantic Scramble Behind The Scenes At White House Over Whether To Grant Steve Bannon A Pardon; Interview With Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); Hawley Vows To Block Quick Confirmation Of Biden's Homeland Security Pick Over Immigration Policies; Biden Hours Away From Being Sworn In; Prosecutors: Members Of Oath Keepers Coordinated Before Riot; Trump Expected To Issue 100- Plus Pardons At Any Moment. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
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• U.S. Verges on Extraordinary Transfer of President Power; Trump Expected to Issue About 100 Pardons on Last Day in Office; WaPo: Extremists Discussed Posing as National Guard at Inauguration; U.S. Approaching 400,000 Coronavirus Deaths; Putin Critic Navalny Being Held for 30 Days After Return to Russia. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• The U.S. Prepares For Extraordinary Transfer Of Presidential Power; What The Incoming Administration's Policies Mean For You; Biden Faces Relationship With China Rattled By Trump. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Americans Prepare For Pardons, The TV Address And An Inauguration Like No Other; Janet Yellen, Biden's Treasury Pick To Tell Congress To Act Big; Passing The Weapon Codes In A Troubled Transition. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• President-elect to Travel to Washington for Inauguration; Trump to Release Farewell Video Today; FBI Warns Extremists Discussed Posing as National Guard; Poll: Biden's Favorability on Rise Ahead of Inauguration; U.S. Capitol Police Officers Say They Were 'Unprepared' and 'Betrayed'. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Capitol Police Unprepared and Betrayed; FBI Warns Extremists Discussed Posing as National Guard; U.S. Nears Milestone in Pandemic. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• President-Elect Travels to Washington for Inauguration; Biden Aims to Unify Divided Nation in His Inaugural Address; Insurrectionists Say They Were Following Trump's Call to Action. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Cult Expert On How To Deradicalize Trump's Most Extreme Followers; Biden Coronavirus Team Nervous About What Trump Team Hasn't Told Them; CNN Reality Check: President Trump's Many Broken Promises. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Congressional Leaders to Join President-Elect Joe Biden in Church Services in Washington, D.C.; Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) Interview on Agenda of Incoming Biden Administration; Analysts Reflect on Previous Four Years of American Politics Under President Trump; Washington Post: FBI Warns Extremists Discussed Posing as National Guard. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is Interviewed about the Inauguration, Impeachment Trial; Fears Variant May Reduce Vaccine Effectiveness; Biden and Harris Honor Pandemic Victims. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Did Not Air 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• The Inauguration of Joe Biden; Trump Decides to Pardon Steve Bannon; Trump Era Comes to an End in Less Than 12 Hours; White House Officials - Trump's Final Pardon List Could Come Soon; D.C. Locked Down in Final Hours Before Biden's Inauguration. Aired 12-1a ET
• CNN Poll: Biden Favorability Rises, Trump Approval Sinks; Soon, Biden Departs Home State for Washington on Inauguration Eve; Pence May Not Attend Trump Departure Ceremony; McConnell Blames Trump for Riot, Saying It Was Based on Lies; Biden Speaks Emotionally As He Departs Wilmington for Washington. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Live Coverage as Joe Biden Prepares for Inauguration; Justice Department Arrests Oath Keepers Leader; National Guard Removes Two From Inauguration. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• CNN: Trump Talked Out of Pardoning Kids & GOP Lawmakers; Trump's Forego Traditional Tour of White House for Bidens; Biden COVID Team Nervous about What Trump Team Hasn't Told Them; U.S. Crosses 400,000 COVID Deaths on Trump's Final Day in Office; The Survivors of the Trump Administration's Revolving Door; Op-Ed: Trump Couldn't Have Incited Sedition Without Help of FOX News. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• More Capitol Building Siege Arrests Made; Securing D.C.; President Trump Set to Release Farewell Video. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Talked of Pardoning Kids and GOP Lawmakers; McConnell: Capitol Mob Provoked by Trump and Fed Lies; VP Pence Will Not Attend Trump's Departure at Joint Base Andrews; Will Chief Justice Roberts Preside Over Trump's Second Impeachment Trial; Blinken Says Trump Largely Got It Right on China Threat. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Joe Biden Arrives in D.C. Ahead of Inauguration Day. Aired 4- 4:30p ET
• President Trump Delivers Farewell Address; President-Elect Biden en Route to Reflecting Pool. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Biden And Harris Hold Memorial For 400,000 American COVID Victims; President-Elect Biden Delivers Remarks At COVID Memorial. Aired 5-6p ET
• President Trump Delivers Farewell Address; Biden Arrives In D.C. Ahead Of Inauguration; Biden To Be Sworn In As 46th President Tomorrow; Trump Will Not Attend Biden Inauguration; Trump Expected To Release Final Pardons Before Noon Tomorrow. Aired 6-7p ET


The Situation Room
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET
• Did Not Air 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• A Glimpse of Inauguration Security; An Explanation of Herd Immunity & A Report on COVID-19 Vaccines; An Avalanche Survival Story. Aired 4-4:10a ET