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Cuomo Prime Time
• House Managers Wrap Case Against Trump, Defense Up Next; GOP Senators To Face Reckoning Over Impeachment; CDC Issues New Guidance On Face Masks. Aired 12-1a ET
• New Details About Trump's Call With McCarthy Show Trump Had No Intention Of Calling Off January 6th Rioters At Capitol; Senator Tuberville Stands By Account Of Trump Call On January 6th, Telling Trump Pence Was Being Evacuated; Senate Jurors Hours Away From Vote On Trump's Fate. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Senators Finish Questions in Impeachment Trial, Will Vote Tomorrow; Trump Lawyer Claims There was No Insurrection; Trump's Attorneys Respond to Presidential Tweet on Pence; Source Close To Pence: Trump Lawyers Not Telling Truth About Whether Trump Knew Pence Was In Danger During Riot; Sen. Tuberville Tells CNN He Stands By His Account That He Told Trump That Pence Had Been Evacuated; Senate Recognizes Police Officer Eugene Goodman With Standing Ovation, Votes To Award Him Congress Top Honor. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Acting President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani; Interview With Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Incoming World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.. Aired 11-11:40a ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


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


Don Lemon Tonight
• A Call That Wasn't Perfect; Trump Denies Knowing the Riot; Trump Defense Team Played Well-Edited Videos; One Trump Lawyer About to Quit; Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Was Interviewed About the Call Between Kevin McCarthy and Then President Trump. Aired 10-11p ET
• Senate Expected to Acquit Donald Trump on Saturday; Schoen Tried to Quit Last Night Over Video Clips; Trump Lawyers are Lying About Whether Trump Knew Vice President Pence was In Danger; Trump Trial Hours Away in Final Vote; White House Deputy Press Secretary Suspended; Trump's Legal Team Called Out for Focusing on Black Women; Paramilitary Extremists Role in Capitol Riot Under Investigation; A Missouri Woman Charged for Stealing Nancy Pelosi's Name Plate. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Lawyers to Deliver Impeachment Defense; Prosecutors Scrutinizing Communications of Paramilitary Extremists; Nikki Haley Breaks with Trump; Former GOP Officials Talk About Forming a Breakaway Conservative Party; Retail Pharmacies to Begin Vaccinating Americans Today. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Retail Pharmacies Begin Vaccinations. CDC Guidance on School Reopening; White House Meets on Stimulus Relief; Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is Interviewed about Impeachment. Aired 9:30-10a ET.
• Soon, Trump Lawyers Deliver Impeachment Defense; Nikki Haley Criticizes Trump, Says He Has No Future in the GOP. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Biden's COVID Relief Bill Progresses; COVID Vaccine Studies in Children Currently Under Way; New Show by Stanley Tucci Airs This Weekend. Aired 10:30-11a ET
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• Democrats Wrap Case, Trump Lawyers to Begin Defense; Protests Continue for 7th Day in Myanmar; A Closer Look at Denmark's Future 'Coronavirus Passports'; U.S. Vaccinations Ramping Up After Slow Rollout; Hong Kong Celebrates Scaled-Down Lunar New Year; GOP Senators to Face Reckoning Over Impeachment; CDC Issues New Guidance on Face Masks. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Surveillance Video Key to House Managers' Case; Feds Oath Keepers Leader Waited for Trump's Direction; Remembering the 2011 Arab Revolt: Ten Years On; News & Analysis Of Day 3 Of Trump's Impeachment Trial; Family Of Freed Saudi Activist Loujain Al-Hathoul Speaks Out; Why Israel's Vaccine Rollout Has Been So Successful; Myanmar Military Takes Control Of Internet And Communications; Myanmar Coup Leaders Shut Down Internet and Communication; Biden Says The U.S. Will Have Enough Vaccine For 300 Million Americans By End July. Aired 1-2a ET
• Democrats Wraps Their Case and Trump Lawyers Will Begin Defense; Coronavirus Pandemic in the United States; The Highly Contagious Variants are Putting Europe at Risk; A Closer Look at Denmark's Future Coronavirus Passports; Alexei Navalny is Back in Court; Alexey Navalny Back In Court In Defamation Case; Myanmar Coup: Protestors March For Seventh Straight Day; Hong Kong Celebrates Scaled Down Lunar New Year; Impeachment Manager Asks Senators To Convict Trump: "If We Let It Go Unanswered, Who's To Say It Won't Happen Again?" Aired 2-3a ET
• Democrats Wrap Case, Trump Lawyers To Begin Defense; Most Senate Republicans Expected To Acquit Ex-President; Seventh-Day Of Protest In Myanmar; Activists Ask Companies To Cut Ties With Junta; Saudi Activist's Sisters Rebuke Crown Prince; Tokyo Olympics Chief Yoshiro Mori Resigns; House Impeachment Managers Determined to Impeach Trump; Trump Defense Team Prepares with Their Case; Alexei Navalny Facing Another Charge; President Biden Aims to Vaccinate 300 Million Americans; European Countries Battling with U.K. Variant; Scientist Warns of More Deadly Variant; Victoria Facing Five-Day Lockdown. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Leading Scientist Warns Variant Will "Sweep the World"; Portuguese Foreign Minister Speaks to CNN; Close Call with Nuclear Football; China Bans BBC News, A Week After CGTN Withdrawn in U.K.; David Guetta Joins Us in Dubai. Aired 10-11a ET
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Erin Burnett Outfront
• Sen. Tuberville Tells CNN He Stands by His Account that He Told Trump that Pence had been Evacuated; New Details of Trump's Call with McCarthy Show Trump had No Intention of Calling Off January 6th Rioters at Capitol; Damning New Details About Trump Call with McCarthy During Riot; As McCarthy Urged Trump to Call Off Rioters, Trump Said "I Guess These People Are More Upset About the Election Than You Are"; Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) Discusses About the Call Between McCarthy and Trump During the Riot and the Impact it May have on the Republican Party. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Trump Defense Team Prepares to Make Case for Acquittal; San Francisco Files Emergency Court Order to Force Schools to Reopen; Biden's Plan to Reopen Schools Clashing with Teachers Unions; U.S. Bolsters Supply, Expects to Have 300 Million Doses by July; Trump's Oxygen Level Dipped into the 80's While Infected; Video Evidence in Impeachment Trial was Originally Posted to Parler. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trumps Defense Team Prepares to Make Case for Acquittal; Trumps Attorneys Meet Behind Closed Doors with Graham, Lee and Cruz; Economists Lift Expectations for Economic Growth in 2021; 1.7 Million Counterfeit 3M Masks Seized in Long Island; Biden to Roll Back Trump- Era Policy on Migrants at Southern Border; Futers Lower After S&P and Nasdaq Hit Record Highs. Aired 4:30-5a ET
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First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Lawyers for the Former President begin His Impeachment Defense; Disney Puts the Soul into the House of Mouse; The U.K. Economy's Worst Year Since the Great Frost of 1709. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• Soon: Trump Lawyers to Deliver Impeachment Defense; 3 GOP Senators Meet with Trump Lawyers During Impeachment Trial; Source: Doctors Considered Putting Trump on Ventilator During COVID Battle. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Source: Doctors Considered Putting Trump On Ventilator During COVID Battle; Biden: "Some Minds May Have Been Changed" By Prosecutors' Case; CDC To Release Guidance On Safely Reopening Schools Today. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump Lawyers to Deliver Impeachment Defense; Georgia Prosecutor Speaks Out on Trump Criminal Probe; Pharmacies Begin Offering Coronavirus Vaccines Today. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• CDC to Release School Guidance; Trump's Impeachment Defense; Potential Danger to Pence's Nuclear Football; Enough Vaccine for 300 Million People; Australian Open Without Fans. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Nikki Haley Breaks with Trump, Says, We Shouldn't Have Followed Him; Source Says, Doctors Considered Putting Trump on Ventilator During COVID Battle; Impeachment Managers Say, Trump Could Incite More Violence If Not Convicted. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Impeachment Trial; Cuomo's Top Aide Apologizes To NY Lawmakers; Beyond The Call of Duty. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Georgia Prosecutor Speaks Out on Trump Criminal Probe; Nikki Haley Breaks with Trump; Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) is Interviewed About Haley Breaking with Trump, About the Impeachment Trial and the COVID Bill. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) is Interviewed about Minimum Wage; White House Valentine's Day Display; Awaiting Direction from Trump; The Story of Lincoln. Aired 8:30-9a ET


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


CNN Live Event/Special
• Soon: Historic Trial for Trump's Second Impeachment Resumes; Nikki Haley Criticizes Trump, Says He Has No Future in GOP. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Nikki Haley Criticizes Trump, Says He Has No Future in GOP; CNN Reports, Three GOP Senators Met with Trump's Lawyers Ahead of Defense Presentation; Democrats Debate Whether to Seek Another Form of Punishment Against Trump after Impeachment Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Defense Team Starts Presenting Arguments; Trump Defense Arguments Expected to Take About Four Hours. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Lawyers Criticize Impeachment Managers For Not Showing New Videos of Riots Sooner. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump; Trump Lawyers Run Nearly 10-Minute Clip to Show Democrats Use the Word "Fight" in Speeches; Trump Lawyer: "All Robust Speech Should be Protected." Aired 1-1:30p ET.
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case; Defense Claims First Amendment Protections; Defense's Video Clips Highlight Similar Statements by Democrats. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Defense Team Presents Case to Acquit Trump. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Soon: Historic Trial for Trump's Impeachment Resumes; Source: Trump Had to Be Convinced to Tweet "Stay Peaceful" During Riot; Soon: Senators Ask Questions in Impeachment Trial; GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham Met with Trump Defense Lawyers During Break; Source: Trump Happier with Today's Defense Performance. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Senators Ask Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial. Aired 4- 4:30p ET
• Senators Ask Questions in Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Senators Ask Question in Trump Impeachment Trial. Aired 5-6p ET
• Senators Ask Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial; Senators Finish Questions in Trump Impeachment Trial, Will Vote Tomorrow; New Details of Trump's Call with Rep. Kevin McCarthy Show Trump Had No Intention of Calling Off January 6th Rioters at Capitol; GOP Lawmaker: Trump to McCarthy During Capitol Riot, "I Guess These People are More Upset About the Election Than You Are". Aired 6-7p ET


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


CNN 10
• Standoff Pit`s the Indian Government Against the Nation`s Farmers; Unstable Air Mass Sends Frigid Cold Through America; Explanation of What Wind Chill Is. Aired 4-4:10a ET