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Cuomo Prime Time
• Biden Gives Intel Agencies 90 Days To Probe COVID's Origins; Eight Dead In America's Latest Mass Shooting; NY Trump Probe: Prosecutors Tell Witness To Prepare To Testify. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• At Least Eight Killed In Shooting At San Jose Rail Yard; Prosecutors Investigating Trump Tell Witness To Prepare For Grand Jury Testimony; Mother Of Fallen Capitol Police Officer Wants To Meet With GOP Senators Ahead Of Commission Vote; Biden Gives Intel Agencies 90 Days To Probe COVID's Origins; Justice Rally For Greene At Louisiana State Capitol On Thursday. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service; Interview With U.N. Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance Mark Carney; Interview With Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yuriy Filatov. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Sheriff: "Shooter is Down" After Shooting in San Jose, CA; Washington Post: Grand Jury to Consider Potential Charges Against Trump. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Rail Yard Official Says, San Jose Shooting Suspect Dead, Multiple Casualties; Police Holds News Conference on San Jose Shooting. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Tasks U.S. Intel Community to Report on COVID Origins in 90 Days; Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) is Interviewed About Investigation on COVID Origins; Eight People Killed in San Jose Mass Shooting; Grand Jury Convened to Consider Whether to Indict Trump. Aired 4-5p ET
• Biden Tasks U.S. Intel Community To Report On COVID Origins In 90 Days; Sheriff's Dept.: At Least Eight Killed In San Jose Shooting; Death Of A Belarusian Activist Suggests Abuse, Raising Concern For Journalist Taken Off Plane; Actor John Cena Apologizes For Calling The Self-Governing Island Of Taiwan A "Country"; Congressional Report: U.S. Companies May Have Benefited From Forced Labor Of Uyghur Muslims. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Responds To House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy; President Biden Orders To Lower Flag Today At Half- Staff; Eight People Killed In Mass Shooting In San Jose Rail Yard; Senate Set To Vote Tomorrow On January 6th Commission; Manhattan Prosecutors Tell A Witness To Prepare For Testimony As They Move Criminal Charges Against Trump Organization; Former President Obama Weighed In On Race And Violence. Aired 10-11p ET
• Former President Obama Speaks About What He Would Have Done Differently On Policing As President; Key Senate Vote On January 6 Commission Bill; Interview With Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO); Department Of Justice Has Charged At Least 400 People In Capitol Riot; Shooter Kills Eight People At San Jose Railyard; President Biden Gives U.S. Intel Community 90 Days To Report On COVID-19 Origins; A Texas Bill Targeting School Curriculum On Racism Is Sparking Outcry. Aired 11p- 12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Grand Jury to Consider Charges against Trump; Key Vote Tomorrow on January 6th Commission; Biden Signaled $1 Trillion Infrastructure; COVID-19 Vaccine Not Linked to Heart Problems in Kids. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• COVID-19 Vaccine Not Linked to Heart Problems in Kids; Biden Shut Down Investigation of Lab Leak Theory; Biden and Putin to Meet Face-to-Face; Emilia Strong Sykes is Interviewed about Ohio's Vaccine Lottery. Aired 9:30-10a ET.
• Washington Post Reports, Grand Jury to Consider Potential Charges Against Trump; GOP-Led Arizona Election Audit Moves Forward amid Intra-Party Fight; Senate Holds Key Vote Tomorrow on January 6 Commission. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Airlines Brace for Busiest Travel Weekend since Pandemic Started; Facebook Says, Russia and Iran are Top Sources of Fake Activity, U.S. in Fourth Place; Police Responding to a Shooting Near Downtown San Jose, California. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Multiple Fatalities and Wounded, Suspect Dead in Shooting; Washington Post Reports, Grand Jury to Consider Potential Charges against Trump; Biden Gives Intel Agencies 90 Days to Probe COVID's Origins. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Biden Shut Down Pompeo-Led Effort to Probe Lab-leak Theory of COVID-19; Union: Southwest Flight Attendants Assaulted, 2 Teeth Knocked Out; Officials Give Update on Deadly San Jose Shooting. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Eight People Killed in San Jose Mass Shooting. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• WAPO: Grand Jury Convened to Consider Whether to Indict Trump; Police: Eight Fatalities, Suspect Dead in San Jose Shooting; Author Dave Cullen Discusses Mass Shootings, Gun Reform; FAA Says 1,900 Reports of Mask Mandate Violations, TSA Reports Assaults on TSA & Flight Crew Employees. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Grand Jury Convened to Consider Whether to Indict Trump; President Biden Orders Investigation Into Origins of COVID-19; Will Republicans Block Bipartisan Insurrection Commission?; Eight People Killed in San Jose Mass Shooting. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• New York Prosecutor Convenes Grand Jury to Look into Trump Organization; Manhattan D.A. Trying to Flip Weisselberg Against Trump; Pentagon Considers Telling Troops to Report Suspected "Havana Syndrome" Incidents; Eight Fatalities, Suspect Dead in San Jose Shooting; House Democrats Urge Biden to Appoint Anti-Semitism Ambassador. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Top Japanese Newspaper Calls for Olympic Games to Be Canceled; U.S. Pledges to Reopen Jerusalem Consulate and Aid to Rebuild Gaza; Biden and Putin to Meet in Switzerland in June; Indian Farmers to Hold Mass Protests Despite COVID-19; Tropical Cyclone Yaas Approaches Landfall in India; Residents Face Bleak Future, Little Chance to Leave; John Cena Apologizes to China for Calling Taiwan a Country. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Blinken Meets Israeli, Palestinian Leaders on Mideast Tour; Olympic Co-Sponsor Calls for Games' Cancellation; Former Johnson Adviser to Face Parliamentary Probe; Middle East Diplomacy; Memorials and Calls for Reform One Year after Murder; Indian Farmers Begin Mass Protests Despite COVID Risk; Tropical Cyclone Yaas Makes Landfall in Northeast India; Cena Apologizes to China for Calling Taiwan a Country; Ship Could Sink Any Moment and Spill Oil near Sri Lanka. Aired 1-2a ET
• Top Japanese Newspaper Calls for Olympic Games to Be Canceled; U.S. Pledges to Reopen Jerusalem Consulate and Aid to Rebuild Gaza; Experts Call for More Investigation into COVID-19 Origins; Former Boris Johnson Adviser to Face Parliamentary Probe; Tropical Cyclone Yaas Makes Landfall in India; Gaza Residents Face Bleak Future; John Cena Apologizes for Calling Taiwan a Country. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Accepts U.S. Invitation; U.S. to Help Rebuild Gaza; Japanese Newspaper Calling Tokyo Olympics to be Cancelled; UNRWA Plays Major Role in Helping Refugees; European Nations Avoid Flying to Belarus Airspace; European Parliament All Eyes to Dominic Cummings; Blinken Wraps Israel Visit, Heads To Egypt, Jordan. The Threat From Tehran; Polls Open In Election Seen As Rubber- Stamp For Assad; Tropical Cyclone Yaas Makes Landfall In Northeast India; George Floyd's Murder, One Year On; Burning Cargo Ship Off Colombo, Sri Lanka; Deadly Volcanic Eruption In Goma, Congo; Shepherd Saves Six Runners During Extreme Weather In China; John Cena Angers Fans In China. Aired 3-4a ET
• Manhattan Prosecutor Convenes Grand Jury in Trump Probe; More World Leaders Blast Belarus Over Flight Diversion; Blinken Met with Israeli and Palestinian Leaders; U.S. Calls for Further Investigation into Covid Origins; Official Olympic Partner Calls for Games to be Canceled; Push to Pass "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act"; Pressure Mounts on Louisiana State Police as Family Alleges Cover-Up. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Republicans Finally Denounce Holocaust Comparison; British Prime Minister's Ex-Adviser to Testify in Parliament COVID Probe; Three Arrests in Deadly Italian Cable Car Crash; John Cena Apologizes to China for Calling Taiwan a Country; Sports World Pays Tribute to George Floyd. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• U.S. Pledges to Reopen Jerusalem Consulate and Aid to Rebuild Gaza; Gaza Residents Face Bleak Future; Lukashenko Resents "Ill Wishers" Attacking Belarus over Plane; Mexico's Deadly Election Season; Former Boris Johnson Adviser to Face Parliamentary Probe; Burning Cargo Ship near Sri Lanka Could Sink "Any Moment" and Spill Oil. Aired 10-11a ET
• Blinken Meets Israeli, Palestinian Leaders; Israeli President Accepts Biden's Invitation to Visit U.S.; Israel Ambassador to the UAE: Look at Normalization With the United Arab Emirates to See the "Fruits of Peace" With Israel; Assad's Legacy: Catastrophic Civil War & Ravaged Economy; U.S. Resolution Wants Eritrean Troops Out of Ethiopia; Ethiopia Denounces U.S. Visa and Aid Restrictions. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Witness Told To Prep For Grand Jury Testimony In Trump Case; Some Trump Advisers See An Indictment As Inevitable; Eight People Killed In CA Mass Shooting; Biden Tells Intel Officials To Report On COVID Origins In 90 Days; Trooper In Ronald Greene Arrest Will Be Fired Over Unrelated Case; Arizona GOP Trying To Strip Power From Democratic Secretary Of State After She Slammed Sham Election Audit In Maricopa County. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• WaPo: Manhattan D.A. Convenes Grand Jury to Hear Trump Case; Pompeo-Led Effort to Prove Lab Leak Theory Shut Down By Biden; Official Tokyo Olympics Partner Calls for Games to be Cancelled; GOP Negotiators to Offer Counterproposal on Infrastructure; Sports World Pays Tribute to George Floyd One Year Later. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Washington Post: Manhattan D.A. Convenes Grand Jury To Hear Trump Case; Biden: Sanctions For Belarus "In Play" Over Forced Plane Landing; Biden-Putin Summit Set For Geneva On June 16. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Amazon Buys the Maker of James Bond for Almost $9 Billion; President Lukashenko Accuses the West of Strangling the Nation with Sanctions; CEO of Leading U.S. Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Discusses How to Clean Up Crypto. Aired 9-9:45a ET


Inside Politics
• Shooting at Rail Yard Near Downtown San Jose, California; State Department: Multiple Fatalities & Wounded, Suspect Dead in Shooting; WAPO: Grand Jury Convened, May Decide Whether to Indict Trump; Book: Secret Service Promotion System "Closely Resembles" The Mafia. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Sheriff's Dept: Multiple Fatalities and Wounded, Suspect Dead In Shooting. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Grand Jury Convened in Criminal Probe of Trump; GOP Rebukes, Dems Strive for Censure and Restraining Order on Greene; Woman Behind Bogus Arizona 'Audit' Defends Actions. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Charges Against Trump; Dozens of Mexican Politicians and Candidates Killed; Sports World Pays Tribute to Floyd; Man Accused of Bringing Bombs to Capitol. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Storms Across Central Plains, Cold Front Heads East; Washington Post Reports, Grand Jury to Consider Potential Charges against Trump; How Majority of Republicans are Living in Trump's Fantasy World. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Senate To Hold Key Vote On January 6 Commission Tomorrow; CNN: Pompeo's "Suspicious As Hell" Theory Hunt Squashed By Biden; Actor Slammed For Apologizing To China Over Taiwan Remark. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Former Virginia Senator John Warner Dies at 94; WaPo: Grand Jury Convened in Criminal Probe of Trump. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Woman Behind Arizona Audit Speaks to CNN; Troop Withdrawal Leaves Afghans at Risk; Time to Cancel Olympics; Cash for Shots; Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) is Interviewed about the Vaccine Lottery; Volcano Separates Families in Congo. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Lufthansa CEO Says Trust Was Broken By Belarus; Six U.N. Security Council Members Demand Belarus Release Dissident; At Least Eight Killed, Suspect Dead In San Jose Shooting; Lufthansa CEO: "Positive" Transatlantic Bubble To Open Soon; Dream Hotel Group Reopens Downtown Manhattan Location. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Interview With Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI); Nine Dead In California Mass Shooting; Sherriff's Department Says, San Jose Gunman Killed Himself, Motive Unknown; Source Says, Prosecutors Investigating Trump Tell Witness To Prepare For Grand Jury Testimony; Biden Gives U.S. Intel 90 Days To Probe COVID-19 Origins, Including "Specific Questions For China"; Growing Calls To Cancel Tokyo Olympics Amid Japan's COVID Crisis. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Blinken Urges Regional Approach To Resolving Conflict; Assad's Legacy: Catastrophic Civil War & Ravaged Economy; Hundreds Of Political Candidates Targeted In Mexico. Aired 2-3p EST