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Cuomo Prime Time
• Capitol Police Chief: "There Have Been Some Threats Of Violence" At Tomorrow's Rally For January 6 Rioters; FDA Committee Rejects COVID Boosters For Most Americans, Limits Pfizer Recommendation To Ages 65-Plus & Certain High-Risk People; Police: Petito Fiance's Family Hasn't Seen Him Since Tuesday. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer Booster for Ages 65+ and High Risk, Rejects for General Public; Pentagon Admits Kabul Attack Killed 10 Civilians, not Terrorists; Senior Law Enforcement Official On Saturday's "Justice For J6" Rally: "We're Ready". Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Anger Plaguing American Democracy; Tackling World Poverty; Interview with Author Evan Osnos; Interview with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• High Alert; GOP Rep Who Voted to Impeach Trump Won't Seek Reelection; Coronavirus Pandemic; Milley Defends Calls To Chinese As Effort To Avoid Conflict; Diplomatic Rift. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Thousands of Migrants Await Processing Under Texas Bridge; Police Say, Missing Woman's Fiance Withholding Critical Information; Cuba Begins Vaccinating Children as Young as Two. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• DOD: Kabul Strike Mistakenly Killed Three Adults, Seven Children; FDA Vaccine Advisers Vote Against Pfizer's COVID Booster For Americans 16 And Older; FDA Advisers Vote to Recommend Pfizer Booster Shot For Those 65+ And High Risk; Officials Preparing For The Worst Ahead Of Right-Wing Rally; France Recalls Ambassadors To U.S., Australia Over Security Spat; 12,500-Plus Migrants Living Under Bridge At U.S.-Mexico Border. Aired 4-5p ET
• FDA Advisers Vote To Recommend Pfizer Booster Shot For Those 65-Plus And High Risk; Retiring GOP Congressman Calls Trump A "Cancer For The Country"; GOP Lawmakers Keep Saturday's Right-Wing Rally At Arm's Length; Biden Authorizes Sanctions Over Atrocities Uncovered By CNN Reports; Top Gymnasts Demand Answers Over FBI's Failed Nassar Investigation; Missing Woman's Fiance Silent As Search Intensifies. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• FDA Approved Boosters for 65 and Older; One House GOP Not Running for Re-election; Donald Trump Touts He Still Have Nine Left to Go; Illegal Immigrants Painted as Democrat Voters; Pentagon Admitted Their Mistake; No Chance GOP Can be Fixed. Aired 10-11p ET
• Setback for White House as FDA Panel Rejects Boosters for General Public, Recommends for Ages 65+ and High-Risk Only; Capitol Braces for DC Rally in Support of January 6 Rioters; Idaho's Struggle to Keep Up with COVID-19 Surge Puts Pressure on Washington State Hospitals; Police Say Three Tourists Attacked NYC Restaurant Hostess Over Vaccine Proof; Family of Gabby Petito's Fiance Tell Police They Have Not Seen Him Since Tuesday. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• DHS Warns of Violence Before Tomorrow's Rally; Gonzalez Announces He's Not Running in 2022; Charles Ramsey is Interviewed about Capitol Security; Milley Comments on Call to China; Georgia Probe into Election Continues; Dr. Ali Khan is Interviewed about Booster Shots. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Migrants Are Living Under Bridge at U.S.-Mexico Border; DHS Confronts Multiple Crises; Missing Woman's Family Begs Fiance to Break Silence.; Josh Taylor is Interviewed about Gabby Petito's Disappearance. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• DHS Warns of Potential Violence Before Right-Wing Rally Tomorrow; Now, FDA Advisers Debate Need for COVID Vaccine Boosters; Tensions Bubble Up at DHS as Agency Confronts Multiple Crises. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Sources Say, Border Crisis Sparks Disagreement Within Biden Administration; South Carolina Lawyer Accused of Hiring Hit on Himself Released on $20,000 Bail; 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards Welcomes Audience, Vaccines Required. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• U.S. Capitol Police Set to Speak Ahead of Far-Right Rally; Now, FDA Advisers Debate Need for COVID Vaccine Boosters; Milley Says, Calls to China Near End of Trump Administration Routine. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Mayor: 12,500-Plus Migrants Living Under Texas Bridge; Former DHS Secretary, Jeh Johnson, Discusses Crisis at Southern Border, Infighting Developing in Biden's DHS; CNN: Documents Show Capitol Police Suspected Colleagues Aided Rioters; Enrage France Scales Back U.S. Celebrations Over New Alliance. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• D.C. Officials Prepare For Right-Wing Rally; FDA Considers Booster Shots. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Crisis At U.S. Southern Border; Mayor: 12,500-Plus Migrants Living Under Texas Bridge; TX Governor Orders National Guard, State Police To Help With Migrant Surge; Future For LGBTQ Afghans Left Behind Is Death; Police: Gabby Petito's Fiance And Those Around Him Have Information. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• U.S. Authorities Update Afghanistan Strike Investigation; D.C. Officials Prepare For Right-Wing Rally. Aired 3-3:30p ET.
• Defense Department Says Strike Killing Three Adults and Seven Children a Tragic Mistake; U.S. Targeted Wrong Vehicle in Kabul Strike; FDA Vaccine Advisers Reject First Vote on Pfizer Booster. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• France Suspends 3,000 Unvaccinated Healthcare Workers; Italy to Require 'Green Pass' for All Workers; U.S., Europe Disagree on Vaccine Passports; Beijing Harshly Critical of Aukus Security Deal; Afghan Female Judges Fear Attacks from Men They Once Jailed; Satellite Images Reveal Construction Underway at North Korean Enrichment Plant; Indebted China Property Giant Close to Collapse; Cuba Vaccinates Kids as Young as 2. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Afghan Female Judges Fear Attacks from Men They Once Jailed; Indebted China Property Giant Close to Collapse; Health Advocates Slam Philip Morris International Deal; Protests, Technical Snags Hit El Salvador's Bitcoin Rollout; Historic Parisian Landmark gets the Christo Treatment; Indo-Pacific Pact; Coronavirus Pandemic. Aired 1-2a ET
• Coronavirus Pandemic: France and Italy Crack Down on the Unvaccinated; New AUKUS Deal Infuriates Beijing, Paris; Afghan Female Judges Fear Reprisal Attacks; North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions; Satellite Images Reveal Construction Underway At A North Korean Uranium Enrichment Plant; Protests, Technical Snags Hit El Salvador's Bitcoin Roll Out; Indebted China Property Giant Close To Collapse. Aired 2-3a ET
• Italy Impose Tough COVID Rules; Cuba Vaccinates Its Toddlers; Scientists and Doctors Aren't on the Same Page on Booster Issue; France Disgusted by Australia's Decision; AUKUS Alliance a Message to China; Images reveal North Korea Expanding Uranium Environment Plant; Evergrande Crisis, Close To Collapse; Ranchers Concerned Over El Salvador's Adoption Of Bitcoin; Humanitarian Crisis In Afghanistan; Female Afghan Judges Fear Reprisal Attacks; U.N. Climate Change Fights Falls Behind Schedule; Historic Parisian Landmark Gets The Christo Treatment; "Respect" By Aretha Franklin Named Greatest Song. Aired 3- 4a ET
• U.S. Boots Security at Capitol Ahead of Rally; Data on Boosters to be Presented at FDA Meeting today; Italy Require "Green Pass" for All Workers; Paris Feeling Betrays Over Canceled Sub Deal; Images Reveal North Korea Expanding Uranium Enrichment Plant; TSA Ramps Up Security Ahead of Saturday's Right-Wing Rally. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Afghan Female Judges Fear Attacks from Men They One Jailed; Atlanta School Accused of Creating "Black Classes"; Rain to Bring Trouble to South, Relief to Northwest; Carli Lloyd Scores 5 Against Paraguay in Farewell tour. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• U.S. FDA Considering Whether to Approve Booster Shots; Italy Mandates Green Pass for All Workers; Cuba Vaccinates Children as Young as 2 Years Old; Biden Authorizes New Ethiopia Sanctions After CNN Report; Humanitarian Crisis Feared in Afghanistan; Afghan Female Judges Fear Reprisal Attacks; President Xi Jinping Slams Submarine Deal; New Lebanese Prime Minister Faces Nation on the Verge of Economic Crash; Aired 10-11a ET
• Hezbollah Trucks Bring in Iranian Fuel, are Greeted as Heroes; Biden Authorizes New Ethiopia Sanctions After CNN Reporting; Pakistani Taliban Reject Government's Amnesty Offer; Shifting Geopolitics in Region after U.S. Withdrawal; Photographer Shows Beauty and Resilience of Afghan Women. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• FDA Panel Rejects Boosters for All, Supports for Some; Breaks with Target Set by Biden and Top Officials; Member: Proves Committee Recommendations are "Independent"; Defense Official Under Trump Held Call with China 2 Days Before Milley's Call, Undercutting Criticism He Was Out of Line. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• DHS Warns of Potential for Violence at "Justice for J6" Rally; Pelosi in London to Speak Ahead of G7 Heads of Parliament in Conference; Police Release Bodycam Footage of Distraught Gabby Petito. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• FDA Meets Today To Debate COVID Booster Shots; Murdaugh Surrenders And Admits Trying To Stage His Own Murder; France Outraged Over Trilateral Submarine Deal With Australia. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• A day after U.S. Security Deal, China Ask to Join a Regional Trade Pact; President Biden signs a New Order for Ethiopia Sanctions after CNN Reporting on Atrocities in the Tigray Region; Italian Workers Face Tough New Rules on Vaccines, as well as COVID tests.. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Soon: U.S. Capitol Police Hold Briefing Ahead of Right-Wing Rally; DHS Warns of Potential Violence Before Rally Tomorrow; Trump Expresses Support for "Persecuted" 1/6 Rioters; Ohio Representative Won't Run due to "Toxic" Politics in GOP & Trump; Book: Trump to Pence on January 5th: "I Don't Want to be Your Friend Anymore". Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Pence: May Never See "Eye To Eye" With Trump On Jan. 6; Now: FDA Panel Meeting On Need For Boosters; 12,500-Plus Migrants Living Under Bridge At U.S.-Mexico Border. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• GOP Lawmaker Who Voted to Impeach Trump Bows Out of 2022 Race; DHS Warns of Potential Violence before Rally; Soon: FDA Debates, Decides Need for Americans to Get Boosters; Cuba to Begin Vaccinating 2-Year-Olds against COVID. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Dem-Linked Lawyer Indicted for Lying; Virginia Candidates Spar over Mandates; Controversy over New Milley Revelation. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• DHS Warns of Potential Violence Tonight, Tomorrow Before Rally; Soon, FDA Debates, Decides Need for Americans to Get Boosters; Biden Warns Economy at Inflection Point as He Pushes Agenda. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• School District Bans Books On Race, History, Civil Rights; Georgia Prosecutor Quietly Pursues Case Against Trump; Family Of Missing Woman's Fiance Breaks Their Silence. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Republican Congressman Anthony Gonzalez Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection; Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh Interviewed on Current State of Republican Party; Capitol Police Prepare for Rally Supporting January 6th Insurrectionists; Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) Interviewed on Negative Effects January 6th Riots Had on Lawmakers. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Misinformation Destroys Democracy; Biden to Authorize New Ethiopia Sanctions; Escalating Tension between U.S. and China; Texas Orders Six Border Point Closures. Aired 8:30-9a ET


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


The Situation Room
• FDA Advisers Vote to Recommend COVID Boosters for People 65- Plus; Pentagon Admits Kabul Strike Killed Ten Civilians, Not Terrorists; Republican Who Voted for Impeachment Won't Run in 2022, Cites "Cancer" Trump and "Toxic Dynamics" Inside GOP. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Geopolitics Factor In A New Defense Partnership Between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States; First All-Civilian Spaceflight Orbiting Overhead; Summit One Vanderbilt Skyscraper in New York City. Aired 4-4:10a ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• U.S. FDA Vaccine Advisors Meet to Discuss Booster Shots; Cuba Vaccinates Children As Young As Two Years; U.K. Travel Secretary Announces Simplified Travel Rules. Aired 2-3p ET