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Cuomo Prime Time
• McConnell Warns Democrats That Overhauling Filibuster Rules Will Lead To "Completely Scorched-Earth Senate"; U.S. Intel Report: Russia Tried To Interfere In 2020 Election In Hopes Of "Denigrating" Biden, Helping Trump; Suspect Apprehended In Atlanta-Area Shootings. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Biden Tells Migrants Don't Come Across U.S. Border Right Now; At Least Seven People Killed In Shootings At Three Atlanta Area Spas; U.S. Intel Report Indicates Putin Targeted Biden In 2020 Meddling; New COVID Cases At Least 10 Percent Higher Than Last Week In 15 States, Still Down In U.S. Overall; California Governor On The Recall Campaign Against Him; Suspect Apprehended In Atlanta Area Shootings. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• World Shaken Over Sarah Everard Murder; Truth About AstraZeneca Vaccine?; Interview with Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT). Aired 3-4p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Makes First Stop to Promote COVID Relief Bill; First Kids Vaccinated in Moderna's Pediatric Vaccine Trial; Interview with California Governor Gavin Newsom. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• AstraZeneca Vaccine Pause; Migrant Crisis?; New Reports Find Russia Favored Trump in 2020 Election; Interview With Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA). Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Biden Not In Favor Of Eliminating The Filibuster; Eight People Killed In Spa Shootings In Georgia; Dr. Birx Felt Uncomfortable With A Head-Scratching Question; Senator Ron Johnson Complains About Cancel Culture; Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) Is Interviewed About Whether President Biden Would Stop The GOP From Suppressing Voting Rights; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel Warns Democrats. Aired 10-11p ET
• At Least Eight Dead In Shooting At Three Spas In Atlanta Area; President Biden Says He Supports Resurrecting The Talking Filibuster Rule; Should Gov. Andrew Cuomo Resign?; New COVID-19 Cases Up At Least 10 Percent From Last Week In 15 States; Trump Calls On Americans To Get Vaccinated; Intel Report: Russia Tried To Meddle In 2020 Election; Georgia Voting Rights Activists Pressure Big Corporations To Oppose GOP-Backed Ballot Restrictions; CA Governor Faces Intensifying Recall Threat. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• White House Racing to Prevent Another Potential Surge as Variants Spread; Moderna Vaccinates First Children in Pediatric Vaccine Trial; More Than a Dozen Countries Pause AstraZeneca Vaccine Rollout; Biden Administration Under Pressure As Migrants Strain Immigration System; DHS: Administration to Use Dallas Convention Center to Shelter Migrant Teen Boys. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Texas Rolls out Voting Restrictions; Jared Bernstein is Interviewed about the Rescue Plan and Wealth Tax; Army Pushed to Reject Request for Troops before January 6th. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• White House Fighting to Prevent Another COVID Surge, at Same Time Facing Migrant Emergency at Border; Today, Biden Heads to Pennsylvania to Promote Massive Rescue Plan; Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) Accuser Speaks with Investigators for More Than Four Hours. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Southern Border Migrant Surge Worsens; Families in Syria Remain Devastated by War; Jury Selection Continues in Derek Chauvin Trial. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Moderna Begins Late-Stage Trial of COVID Vaccine in Young Kids; Today: W.H.O Holds Meeting on Safety of AstraZeneca Vaccine; Soon: Biden Kicks Off "Help Is Here Tour" to Tout COVID Relief Package; Dallas Convention Center to Be Used to Shelter Migrant Teen Boys. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Georgia Groups Lobbying Big Corporations Over Voting Rights; Washington Post Reports, Army Initially Pushed to Reject D.C.'s Request for National Guard Presence Ahead of January 6 Rally; L.A. County Restaurants, Movie Theaters, Gyms Reopen. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Another Study Links U.K. Variant to Increased Risk of Deaths; Daughter Testifies Against Dad, He Told Me Traitors Get Shot. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Duke on Lockdown: Frats Linked to Campus COVID Outbreak; "Bachelor" Breaks Up with Winner Over Her Racist Past; Michelle Obama: Markle's Racism Accusations Not "A Surprise"; U.S. Intel Assesses North Korea May Be Preparing Weapons Test; North Korea Breaks Silence But New Threat Is From Kim Jong-Un's Sister. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Guam Controversy; Nashville Bombing Investigation; Biden's Border Challenge; Biden Tours Country to Tout American Rescue Plan. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Del. Michael San Nicolas (D-Guam) Discusses Being Accused of Using National Guard Troops as Political Props; Big Biz in Georgia, Including Coke, Speak Out Against Voting Restrictions; Stacey Abrams: GA Voting Bills "a Redux of Jim Crow in a Suit and Tie"; U.S. Intel: Russia Tried to Influence Election to "Denigrate" Biden; County Music Star, Chely Wright, Discusses Backlash After Vatican Says Same-Sex Marriage Is a Sin. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Cuomo Accuser Meets With Investigators; Biden's Border Challenge; New Reports Find Russia Favored Trump in 2020 Election; Biden Tours Country to Tout American Rescue Plan. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Cuomo Accuser Speaks with Investigators for More Than 4 Hours; Biden Visits Small Business on "Help Is Here" Tour; North Korea to Biden Administration: Don't Cause a Stink; Biden Stresses Local Leadership in Persuading the Vaccine Hesitant to Get Shots; Religious Leaders Fight Vaccine Hesitancy Among Minorities. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• More Countries Hit Pause On AstraZeneca Vaccine; Hong Kong Conducting Snap Lockdowns, Forced Testing; Grieving Families, Friends Of Politicians Allege Torture In Myanmar; CNN Marks 10th Anniversary Of Freedom Project; Syria Devastated As Conflict Remains In A Stalemate; Border Patrol Has 4,000-Plus Migrant Children In Custody. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• AstraZeneca Rollout Stalls In Europe; My Freedom Day: Take The Pledge To Put An End To Modern-Day Slavery; Brazil Appoints Fourth New Health Minister As COVID Crisis Leaves Hospitals Near Collapse; Italy Locks Down For The Third Time; Syrian Conflict; Multinational, Complex And Without Relief; Grieving Families In Myanmar Bury Their Dead; Increasingly Violent Crackdown Paired with Martial Law; Top U.S. Officials Visiting Tokyo and Seoul to Bolster Ties; Navalny Calls Penal Colony a "Concentration Camp"; London Sees More Protests in Wake of Everard Vigil; Peak Demand for Oil Already Reached. Aired 1-2a ET
• More Countries Hit Pause on AstraZeneca Vaccine; Grieving Families, Friends of Politicians Allege Torture in Myanmar; CNN Marks 10th Anniversary of Freedom Project; Top U.S. Officials Visiting Tokyo and Seoul to Bolster Ties; Hong Kong Conducting Snap Lockdowns, Forced Testing; London Sees More Protests in Wake of Everard Vigil. Aired 2- 2:45a ET
• European Countries Raise Concerns Over AstraZeneca Effects; People Need to Know the Facts on AstraZeneca; Italy Back to Strict Lockdown; Alexei Navalny Imprisoned in Russia's Notorious Penal Colony; Londoners Outrage Over Sarah Everard's Murder; Children Voicing Their Freedom; Syria A Living Nightmare After Years Of Civil War; Crisis In Myanmar, At Least 94 People Killed in Two Days; Brazil Appoints Fourth Health Minister Since Pandemic Began; My Freedom Day, Sign The Pledge To End Modern Day Slavery; Women Make History With Oscar Nominations; International Renewable Energy Agency, $131 Trillion Needed To Cap Global Warming At 1.5 Degrees Celsius By 2050. Aired 3-4a ET
• Biden Takes to the Road to Promote COVID Relief Plan; Biden Faces Pressure Over Situation at U.S.-Mexico Border; Increasing Number of Americans Getting Vaccinated; Growing Number of Countries Pause Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine; Cuomo Accuser Speaks to Investigators for Four Plus Hours; Two Men Charged in Assault of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick; Police Officer Due in Court, Accused of Kidnap and Murder of Sarah Everard. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• White House: Migrant Surge at Border A Big Problem; Border Patrol has 4,000+ Children in Custody; Texas Republicans Pushing Bills to Make It Harder to Vote; U.S. Secretary of State Visits Japan and South Korea to Bolster Ties; Regional and International Powers Play a Part in Syria; Woman Received Record-Breaking 76 Oscar Nominations. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• More Countries Hit Pause on AstraZeneca Vaccine; CNN Marks 10th Anniversary of Freedom Project; Navalny's First Comments from Penal Colony; Sign the Pledge #MyFreedomDay; Report: $131 Trillion Clean Energy Investment Needed by 2050; Prince Philip Released from Hospital. Aired 10- 11a ET
• More European Countries Pause Use Of AstraZeneca Vaccine; European Medicine Agency Chief: No Indication The AstraZeneca Vaccine Has Caused These Adverse Conditions; Lloyd Austin: China Has Modernized Military Over Past Two Decades; Families And Friends Say Slain Politicians Were Tortured; Former U.S. Ambassador To Myanmar Speaks To CNN; Rosamund Pike: Tragedy Of "I Care A Lot" Is That It Can Happen. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Biden To Migrants: "Don't Come" Amid Surge At U.S.-Mexico Border; Interview With Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ); Extremist Group Member Pleads Not Guilty To Capitol Riot Charges; U.S. Intelligence Report: Russia Used Trump Allies To Influence 2020 Election With Goal Of "Denigrating" Biden; Florida Governor DeSantis Pandemic Response Gets A Second Look; At Least Seven People Killed At Multiple Atlanta Area Spas, Four Of The Dead Appear To Be Asian Women. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Much of Europe Pulls AstraZeneca Vaccine Over Side Effect Worries; Biden Travels to Pennsylvania Today to Promote Rescue Plan; Two Men Charged for Assaulting Capitol Police Officer Sicknick; Dallas Convention Center Being Used to House Migrant Teens. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Much Of Europe Pulls AstraZeneca Vaccine Over Side Effect Worries; White House Races To Prevent Potential Coronavirus Surge; Biden Cabinet Officials In Japan To Set The Tone On China. Aired 5:30- 6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• More Nations Announce Temporary Suspension of AstraZeneca's COVID Vaccine; Beijing Promises Greater Scrutiny of China's Tech Giants; U.S. Extends $14 Billion Lifeline to Airlines. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Multiple Countries Pause Rollout Of AstraZeneca Vaccine; Soon: Biden Hits The Road To Tout His COVID Stimulus Package; Texas Democrats: Biden Needs To Make Border Message Clearer To Central America; Moderna Vaccinates First Children In Pediatric Vaccine Trial; Senate Democrats Call On Biden To Prioritize U.S. Companies For Projects Funded By The American Rescue Plan. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) And Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Is Interviewed About Democratic Priorities; Newsom launches Campaign To Stop Recall Effort Against Him; VA Gov. Restores Voting Rights To 69K Former Felons. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• CDC Director Pleads with Americans to Remain Vigilant as Cases Plateau; More Than a Dozen Countries Pause AstraZeneca Vaccine Rollout; Two Arrested for Assault on Capitol Police Officer Who Later Died; Dallas Convention Center to Shelter Migrant Teenagers. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Shelter for Migrant Teens in Dallas; Forty-nine Percent of Republicans Won't get the Vaccine; Texas Rolls out Bills to Restrict Voting; Small Colleges Struggle in Pandemic. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Moderna Launches COVID Vaccine Trial for Young Children; Biden Travels to Pennsylvania Today to Promote Rescue Plan; DHS Says, Biden Administration to Use Dallas Convention Center to Shelter Migrant Children. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• The Crisis At The U.S.-Mexico Border Is Growing; Two Men Arrested And Charged With Assaulting U.S. Capitol Police Officer, Brian Sicknick; Derek Chauvin's Lawyer Asking To Delay And Relocated The Trial; The Governor Of Texas Trying To Crack Down On Election Fraud, Saying It's Unacceptable. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Moderna Gathering Data on Coronavirus Vaccine Effectiveness in Children; Vaccinations for Coronavirus Continue across U.S.; Journalist Recounts Her Experience with Having the Coronavirus; Two Charged with Assaulting the Capitol Officer Who Later Died. Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• Biden's Immigration Policies May be Backfiring; North Korea Warns U.S.; Asian-American Restaurant Targeted by Vandals. Aired 8:30- 9a ET


Quest Means Business
• E.U. Regulators Say There Is No Evidence Of Health Risks With Vaccines; Volkswagen Ramps Up Plans To "Unseat" Tesla In Electric Vehicle Market?; Labor Market Showing Signs Of Recovery; CNN's "My Freedom Day" With Young People From Across The Globe; Take The Pledge To Put An End To Modern-Day Slavery; Italy Locks Down For The Third Time. Aired 4-4:40p ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Intel. Report Says Russia Tried To Interfere In 2020 Election With Goal Of "Denigrating" Biden And Helping Trump; Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); First Children Vaccinated In Moderna Late-Stage Trial On Kids; WHO Meets To Discuss AstraZeneca Vaccine As More European Countries Pause Rollout; Woman Who Accused Gov. Cuomo Of Sexual Harassment Speaks With Investigators For More Than Four Hours; Biden Admin Warns "The Border Is Not Open" As Migrant Crossings On Pace To Reach Highest Level In 20 Years. Aired 5-6p ET
• AstraZeneca Vaccine Pause; New Report Finds Russia Favored Trump In 2020 Election; Biden Tours Country To Tout American Rescue Plan; Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) Restores Voting Rights To 69,000 Former Felons; Woman Who Accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) Of Sexual Harassment Speaks With Investigators For More Than Four Hours; New Video In Case Against QAnon Shaman Charged In Capitol Riot. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Unrest In Myanmar; Worldwide Coronavirus Update; Surge Of Migrants At The U.S.-Mexico Border; Smart Glass That Could Change Windows As We Know Them. Aired 4-4:10a ET