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Cuomo Prime Time
• 100 Senate Jurors Sworn In For Trump Impeachment Trial, 45 Out Of 50 Republicans Vote To Dismiss It; WH To States: Vaccine Shipments To Increase Next Week; Biden Aims To Tackle Nation's Racial Inequity Crisis. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Senators Sworn In For Trump's Second Impeachment Trial; Interview With Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT); Joe Biden Announces Order Of 200 Million More Vaccine Doses; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Indicated Support For Executing Prominent Dems In 2018 And 2019 Before Running For Congress; At Least 150 People Charged By DOJ In Capitol Riot; Sen. Leahy Home From Brief Hospitalization. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Rafael Nadal; Interview With International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Senators Sworn in For Trump Impeachment Trial; Interview With Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Biden Promises Increase in Vaccine Supply; How Safe Are Schools?. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Only Five GOP Voted To Impeach Donald Trump; Senator Rand Paul Ignoring Facts; Trump Enablers Begging Democrats To Leave Him Alone; Two Hundred Million More Vaccines Coming; Executive Order Signed Addressing Biases; Donald Trump Has GOP's Back; Sen. Cory Booker (D- NJ) Is Interviewed About His Take On His GOP Colleagues Who Voted To Abstain Former President Trump; Three Hundred Million Shots Are Attainable. Aired 10-11p ET
• President Biden Announces Purchase Of 200 Million More Vaccine Doses; Only Five GOP Senators Join Democrats To Agree Trump's Second Impeachment Trial Is Constitutional; At Least 150 People Have Been Charged By Justice Department In Capitol Riot; Republican Party At War With Itself: Pro And Anti-Trump Factions Battling It Out; CDC: It Is Safe To Open Schools As Long As COVID Precautions Are In Place; Health Experts Warns Every Day Activities Are More Dangerous Due To New COVID Variants. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Senators to be Sworn in Today for Trump's Second Impeachment Trial; Biden to Sign Executive Orders Related to Equity; Travelers to the U.S. Now Need Negative Test Prior to Departure; U.S. Detects First Case of Variant Identified in Brazil; Senators To Be Sworn in for Trump's Second Impeachment Trial Today; Sources: Chief Justice Roberts will not Preside Over Trump's Second Impeachment Trial; Biden Hoping U.S. will Soon Be Able to Administer 1.5 Million Vaccines Per Day. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Biden Hopes for 1.5 million Vaccines Per Day; Millions Struggle while Lawmakers Debate Relief Package; Biden Administration Weighing Trump's Tax Returns. Aired 9:30-10a
• Senators to be Sworn in for Trump's Second Impeachment Trial; Senate Power-Sharing Agreement Clears Path for Biden Agenda; New Reports Show Billionaires' Wealth Grew since Start of Pandemic While Millions of Americans Fell into Poverty. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• COVID Variants Are More Transmissible; President Biden to Announce Executive Orders Aimed at Racial Equality; Interview with Girls Who Code Founder and CEO Reshma Saujani. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Soon: Senators Sworn In For Trump's Second Impeachment Trial; Soon: Senate Votes On Biden's Secretary Of State Nominee; Biden Raises Vaccination Target To 1.5 Million Doses Per Day; Interview With Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN). Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Founder of a Republican Group Charged in Capitol Riot; New York City to Postpone Opening Mass Vaccination Sites amid Shortage; Millions Struggle as Lawmakers Negotiate New Relief Package. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• White House Briefing As Biden Unveils More Executive Actions; Biden To Speak Today On Increasing Vaccinations Across U.S.; White House Briefing Amid Growing Concerns About New COVID Variants. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• White House Press Briefing; Capitol Police Chief Apologizes for Security Failures in Attack; Soon, Senators to be Sworn in for Trump's 2nd Impeachment Trial; Senators to Vote this Afternoon on Constitutionality of Trump Impeachment; Biden Set to Sign New Executive Actions on Housing, Prison Reforms, and More. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Republicans Continue to Object to Trump Impeachment; Live Coverage of President Biden's Racial Equity Announcement; Donald Trump Expands Legal Team. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• McConnell Didn't Express Views on Trial at GOP Lunch; Nikki Haley on Impeachment Trial: "Give the Man a Break"; Senators Sworn in for Trump's Historic 2nd Impeachment Trial; GOP Argues Against the Constitutionality of Trump Impeachment. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Senators Sworn in For Trump Impeachment Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Senate Defeats Motion on Constitutionality of Impeachment Trial; Senators Sworn in for Trumps Historic 2nd Impeachment Trial; Oregon GOP Falsely Calls Capitol Siege "False Flag" Operation; Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden's Plan to Halt Deportations; Vice President Harris Gets Second Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Article of Impeachment Now in the U.S. Senate; Biden Touts Unity to "Eliminate the Vitriol"; Frustration with Slow Pace of E.U. Vaccinations; Putin Forced to Deny Navalny's Anti-Corruption Report; White House: U.S. Will Approach China with 'Strategic Patience'; India Bolsters Holiday Security as Farmers Stream to Capital; Dominion Voting Systems Suing Rudy Giuliani for $1.3 Billion; Key COVID Model Projects 569,000 Deaths and 42,800 Saved by Vaccine by May. Aired 12- 12:45a ET
• Putin Faces Nationwide Protests Mobilized By Navalny; Validity And Format Of Trump's Second Impeachment Trial As Yet Unconfirmed; New Coronavirus Variants Still Present Unknowns; Biden Suggests U.S. May Get 1.5 Million Vaccines a Day; White House: U.S. Will Approach China with "Strategic Patience"; Arizona Republicans Torn after 2020 Election Losses; Farmers Stage Mass Protest on India's Republic Day; European Vaccinations Lagging. Aired 1-2a ET
• Article of Impeachment Now in the U.S. Senate; Madrid Restaurants Close Early with New High Cases; Brazil's Amazonas State Goes into Lockdown as Cases Surge; Slow Distribution Affects E.U. Vaccination Targets; Farmers Stage Mass Protest on India's Republic Day; Dominion Voting Systems Suing Rudy Giuliani. Aired 2-3a ET
• Farmers Stage Mass Protest On India's Republic Day; U.S. To Use Strategic Patience With China; Russia's Political Turmoil; Putin Forced To Deny Navalny's Anti-corruption Report; Italian Prime Minister Conte To Resign; Judge Approves $17 Million Settlement For Movie Mogul's Victims; Brazil's Amazonas State Goes Into Lockdown As Cases Surge; New Zealand To Approve Vaccine; Wuhan, China After One Year On; Presidential Pooches, The Dogs Are Back In The White House; Articles of Impeachment Now in the Senate; Law Firms Distancing from Donald Trump; President Biden Raising the Bar on Vaccine Distribution; People Frustrated and Tired of Lockdowns; Slow Distribution Affects Vaccination Targets; Death Toll in U.S. Remain High. Aired 3-4a ET
• Biden: Impeachment Trial Has to Happen; Senate Receives Article of Impeachment Against Trump; Biden Aiming for 1.5 Million Vaccination a Day in U.S.; Significant Tornado Damage in Alabama; New COVID Variants Appear in U.S.; U.K. Government: Realistic Possibility U.K. Variant has Increased Mortality. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Senate Receives Article of Impeachment Against Trump; Dominion Voting Systems Suing Rudy Giuliani for $1.3 Billion. White House: U.S. to Use Strategic Patience with China; Putin Slams Protests Demanding Release of Kremlin Critic; Arizona Republicans Torn After Election Losses. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Article of Impeachment Now in the U.S. Senate; DOJ Watchdog to Probe Possible Effort to Overturn U.S. Election; President Joe Biden to Outline Racial Equity Agenda; World Leaders Wait for U.S. Foreign Policy Changes; Frustration with Slow Pace of E.U. Vaccinations; Vaccines Prevent Illness, Not Necessarily Infection; Lakers Remember Kobe Bryant. Aired 10-11a ET
• E.U. Demands Transparency From Vaccine Manufacturers; Senators To Be Sworn In For Unprecedented Second Trial; Moscow Court To Hear Appeal Over Alexei Navalny's Detention; American Women Lost 140,000 Jobs In December 2020; "Flaming Lips" Front Man Wayne Coyne Speaks With CNN; Violent Clashes In New Delhi On India's Republic Day. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• CNN: House Managers Prepping Video Evidence Of Capitol Riot Amid GOP Claims Trump Impeachment Trial Is Unconstitutional; Sen. Leahy, Set To Preside Over Impeachment Trial, Hospitalized; Only Five GOP Senators Join Dems On Constitutionality Of Trump Trial; President Biden Announces Purchase Of 200 Million More Vaccine Doses; Will Increase Planned Supply by 50 Percent; Interview With Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO); Interview With Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR). Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• McConnell Drops Filibuster Demand, Senate Dems Take Full Control; Biden Faces Economic Crises: Unemployment, Eviction, Hunger; First U.S. Case of Brazil Coronavirus Variant Found. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• House Managers Read Charges In Donald Trump's Second Impeachment; Pentagon Weighs Troop Deployment To Accelerate Vaccinations; Dominion Sues Giuliani For $1.3 Billion Over Election Fraud Claims. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• As President Biden Admits, The Senate Is Unlikely To Convict Donald Trump; The E.U. Hits Out At Vaccine Makers Over Supply Delays; The U.K. To Announce Tough New Rules On Travel, Including Quarantine Hotels. Aired 9- 10a ET


Inside Politics
• Food Banks Strained By Pandemic Struggle To Meet Demand; CNN: White House Aiming For COVID Relief Package To Be Law By Mid-March; Soon: Senators To Be Sworn In As Impeachment Trial Jurors; "Washington Post:" Oregon Republican Party Calls Capitol Riot A "False Flag" Meant To "Discredit" Trump; GOP Senator Says White House Reached Out About Another COVID Relief Meeting. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Impeachment Managers Remain Tight-Lipped About Case; WH Briefing as Biden Unveils More Executive Actions. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Historic 2nd Impeachment Case Against Trump Now in Senate's Hands; 1 Dead After Powerful Tornado Rips Through Birmingham Area; Biden Raises Vaccination Goal to 1.5 Million a Day; COVID-19 Variants Identified in U.S. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• McConnell Drops Filibuster Demand; Impeachment Case Goes to the Senate; Turning Trump's Tax Returns over to Congress; Millions Struggle as Relief Package Negotiations Continue. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Biden to CNN, Doubts 17 GOP Senators will Vote to Convict Trump; Historic 2nd Impeachment Case Against Trump Now in Senate's Hands; U.S. Detects First Case of Brazil Variant of Coronavirus. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Arizona Republicans Wrestle With Their Party's Future; CNN Reality Check: GOP Dismisses Biden Call For Unity After Disputing Election; Turning America's Racial Reckoning Into Action. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• NYT: As Trump Seeks to Remain a Political Force, New Targets Emerge; Dominion Files $1.3B Defamation Lawsuit Against Rudy Giuliani; President Biden Discusses Necessity of Impeachment Trial of former President Trump; Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) Interviewed on Upcoming Impeachment Trial of Former President Trump; Tornado Hits City in Alabama. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Dominion Files Defamation Lawsuit; China's Crackdown on Citizen Journalists; Negative Test Requirement for International Travelers; Biden Reopens ACA Marketplaces. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Senators Sworn in For Trump Impeachment Trial. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Biden Promises To Have Enough Coronavirus Vaccines For All Americans By The End Of Summer; Biden Announces Plan To Buy 200 Million More Vaccine Doses; Senators Sworn In For Trump's Historic Second Impeachment Trial; Interview With Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI); CDC Publishes Study Saying In-Person Learning With Minimal COVID-19 Spread Is Possible With The Right Precautions; CNN: At Least 150 Suspects In Capitol Riot Charged By Feds. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL); Senator Patrick Leahy In Hospital; Biden Promises More Supply Of Vaccines; Senators Sworn In For Trump Impeachment Trial; Biden Announces Plan To Buy 200 Million More Vaccine Doses; Feds Say, More Than 400 Subjects And 200,000 Tips In Nationwide Investigation Of Capitol Riot; President Biden Signs Executive Actions On Racial Equity. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• U.S. Senate`s Schedule; Changing The Travel Industry; New Discovery in Egypt; Sleep Habits of Bees; Illuminated Ice Palace