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Cuomo Prime Time
• Democracy Expert On Trump's Big Lie, Future Of U.S. Elections; Former FDA Commissioner On What End Of COVID Pandemic May Look Like; Southwest Tells Employees The Airline Is Understaffed And Will Cut Winter Schedules If Needed Amid Meltdown. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Continues To Peddle The Big Lie As The G.O.P. Embraces Him; Rep. Kinzinger Says Trump Aides Will Be Compelled To Testify To January 6 Committee; Average Rate Of Daily COVID Cases Drop Below 100K; Some Hospital Workers Are Willing tTo Lose Their Jobs Instead Of Getting COVID Vaccine; WI Parent Sues School District; Autopsy Results Released Tomorrow On Gabby Petito's Death. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Michel Barnier; Taiwan Tensions; Interview With Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen; Interview With Composer Terence Blanchard; Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Merck Asks FDA To Authorize Promising Anti-COVID Pill; FDA Vaccine Advisers To Meet This Week On Moderna & J&J Boosters; Southwest Cancels 2,000-Plus Flights Amid Staffing Shortages; FBI Sting Bans Engineer & Wife In Espionage Case; Chinese Aircraft Repeatedly Enter Taiwan's Air Defense Zone; Whistleblower Accuses Capitol Police Officials Of Lying To Congress. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Again Criticizes McConnell Over Debt Ceiling Deal; WHO Says, Climate Change Single Biggest Health Threat to Humanity; David Chappelle Faces Backlash Over Transphobic Jokes. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Merck Asks FDA To Authorize First Pill To Treat COVID In U.S.; Capitol Police Whistleblower Alleges Leadership Failures On January 6; Grassley Embraces Trump's Support As Former President Spreads Lies; U.S. Delegation Says Talks With Taliban "Candid And Professional"; FBI: Couple Tried To Sell Nuclear Intel Hidden In Sandwich, Southwest Cancels Hundreds Of Flights For Fourth Straight Day. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air. 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Jon Gruden Stepping Down from the Raiders; GOP's Loyalty to Trump Unshaken; Governor Abbott Issued New Executive Order on COVID Mandates; Anti-Vax Candidate Tested Positive; Facts Versus Fiction Over Medications Clarified; Superman Coming Out as Bisexual. Aired 10- 11p ET
• Biden Struggles To Unify Party And Salvage Agenda; GOP Embracing Trump And His 'Big Lie'; Jon Gruden Resigns As Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach; Former Facebook Employee Speaks To CNN With New Warning; Biden's Approval Slides Among Black Americans; Team Beans For Children Battling Cancer. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Southwest Passengers in Limbo over Cancellations; Dr. Megan Ranney is Interviewed about a new COVID Medication; Whistleblower on Capitol Insurrection Pens Letter; Schiff Says Committee will Receive Trump Documents Soon; Trump Pushes Big Lie and Signals 2024 Run. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Disturbing Video from Ohio Police Encounter; FBI Sting Nets Couple Accused of Selling U.S. Secrets; House Votes on Stopgap Bill to Raise Debt Ceiling; Biden's Approval Fades; Blue Origin Flies Again to Space. Aired 9:30-10a
• Passengers in Limbo as Southwest Cancels 2,000-Plus Flights in U.S.; Trump Pushes Big Lie, Signals 2024 Run at Iowa Rally; COVID Cases and Hospitalizations Plunge in U.S. as Vaccinations Rise. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Biden's Approval Fades as Democrats Fail to Rally Around His Agenda; Biden Administration Ramps Up Efforts to Secure U.S. Infrastructure from Russian, Chinese Cyberattacks; Blue Origin to Fly Star Trek's William Shatner to Space Wednesday. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Continues To Peddle The Big Lie As GOP Embraces Him; Capitol Police Whistleblower Alleges Jan. 6 Leadership Failures; Merck Seeks FDA Emergency Use Authorization For Experimental Antiviral COVID-19 Pill; Allen West Says He Has COVID-19, Slams CDC & Mandates In Online Rant. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Capitol Police Whistleblower Alleges Jan. 6 Leadership Failures; Trump Records Birthday Message for Rioter Who Died During Capitol Attack; 3-Year-Old Boy Lost in Woods Found Safe After 4-Day Search; Maryland Couple of Accused of Trying to Sell U.S. Nuclear Secrets. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb; Trump Teases 2024 Presidential Run; At-Home COVID Treatment. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Passengers In Limbo As Southwest Cancels 2K-Plus Flights In U.S.; Colorado Grocery Shooting Suspect Declared Incompetent For Trial; Maryland Couple Accused Of Trying To Sell U.S. Nuclear Secrets; Columbus Day 2021: A Mix Of Pride And Protest. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Continues To Peddle The Big Lie As GOP Embraces Him; Capitol Police Whistleblower Alleges Jan. 6 Leadership Failures; Merck Seeks FDA Emergency Use Authorization For Experimental Antiviral COVID-19 Pill; Allen West Says He Has COVID-19, Slams CDC & Mandates In Online Rant. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• One Killed, 14 Hurt in St. Paul Bar Mass Shooting; Bodycam Video Shows Dayton Cops Dragging Black Paraplegic Man Out of His Car During Stop; Attorney for Paraplegic Man Says Filing Civil Suit Against Dayton PD; Toddler Missing for Several Days Released from Hospital. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Teases 2024 Presidential Run; Delays at Southwest Airlines; At-Home COVID Treatment. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Sydney Partially Reopens After 100 Days Of Lockdown; Studies Indicate COVID-19 Having A Mental Health Impact; Fears Grow Poland Could Leave E.U. Amid Legal Primacy Fight; Container Ships Stalled At Sea With Ports Full; Opera Performer Killed Onstage During Live Performance; Xi Vows To Pursue Peaceful Reunification With Taiwan; William Shatner's Space Flight Delayed Due To High Winds. Aired 12-1a ET
• Sydney Partially Reopens After 100 Days of Lockdown; Opera Performer Killed Onstage During Live Performance; Fears Grow Poland Could Leave EU Amid Legal Primacy Fight; Afghan Refugees Start New Life in U.S. After Fleeing Home; Studies Indicate COVID-19 Having A Mental Health Impact. Aired 1-2a ET
• China: Tsai's Speech Incites Violence and Distorts Facts; Polls Close in Iraq's Parliamentary Election; Talks in Doha: U.S. Calls Talks with Taliban "Candid & Professional"; San Jose Apologizes for Past Racism Against Chinese; Extreme Weather: Severe Weather Across Sothern Plains; William Shatner's Space Flight Delayed Due to High Winds. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.S. Not Yet Out of the Woods; Australians Celebrate Their Freedom After 106 Days of Lockdown; Poland Wants to Remain in the E.U.; Not Many People in Iraq Responded to the Polls; Couple Charge for Violating Atomic Energy Act; President Biden's Sinking Poll Numbers Worries Other Democrats. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Gains Ground in COVID Fight, But Experts Urge Caution; Sydney, Australia Partially Reopens After 100 Days of Lockdown; U.K. Lifts Travel Restrictions on 47 Nations and Territories; Opera Performer Killed Onstage During Live Performance; Questions Raised about Laundrie's Survival Skills; Strong Storms and Tornadoes Across U.S. Southern Plains. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Virginia Candidate Downplays Remark About Biden; Committee Hopes to View Trump-Era Documents Soon; Whistleblower Drives Bipartisan Support in Big Tech; Taiwan President: Island Won't Bow to Beijing's Pressure; Xi Vows to Pursue Peaceful Reunification with Taiwan; Pro-EU Rallies as Fears Grow Poland Might Leave Bloc; Why "Squid Game" has Become Netflix's Newest Hit. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Taiwan Remains Defiant Against Chinese Aggression; Sydney Reopens After 106 Days Of COVID Lockdown; Moscow Tells E.U. To Fix Ties To Avoid Gas Shortages. Aired 10-11a ET
• U.S. calls Talks with Taliban "Candid & Professional"; Early Elections are Response to Deadly 2019 Crackdown; Officials: 41 Percent Voted in Iraq, Lowest Turnout Since 2003; U.S. Says Taliban to be Judged on Actions, Not Just Words; Family Urges Iran to Let Baquer Nazami Leave; Why "Squid Game" has Become Netflix's Newest Hit. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Senior G.O.P. Senator Who Once Condemned Trump's Actions On January 6th Now Embraces His Endorsement; Bodycam Video Shows Ohio Police Officers Drag A Black Paraplegic Man Out Of His Car By His Hair; China Vows "Complete Reunification" With Taiwan After Sending Record Number Of Warplanes Into Defense Zone. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET
• COVID Cases in the U.S. Plummet As Vaccinations Climb Above 1 Million Per Day; Taiwan Performs Rare Show of Force with Military Parade; Southwest Airlines Cancels Over 1k Flights on Sunday. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Trump Rips McConnell For Debt Ceiling Compromise With Democrats; Polls Close In Iraq Election, Low Turnout Reported; Kim Kardashian West Roasts Famous Family As "SNL" Host. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Energy Emergency from Beijing to Brussels, Governments Face a Winter Fuel Crunch; Taiwan President Tsai Says They won't Bow to Chinese Pressure; "Star Trek's" William Shatner Prepares for Blast Off. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• McAuliffe Scrambles To Walk Back Biden Snub; McAuliffe Mentions Trump Almost 20 Times In CNN Interview; Biden Pushes For Party Unity, Seeks To Salvage Agenda; Allen West Hospitalized With COVID; George Clooney Calls Trump A "Knucklehead"; FBI Sting Nabs Navy Engineer & Wife In Espionage Case. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Adam Kinzinger: Committee Mulls Criminal Contempt for Defying Subpoenas; Grassley Embraces Trump's Support as Former President Spreads Lies; Trump Continues to Peddle the Big Lie as GOP Embraces Him; Study: Democrat-Led States Saw Slower COVID Spread than GOP-Led States; Merck Seeks Emergency Use for Pill to Treat COVID-19. Aired 12-12:30p ET


New Day
• Merck Applies For FDA Green Light On Pill To Treat Coronavirus; Americans In Limbo As Southwest Cancels 1,000 Plus Flights In U.S.; Stage Set For January 6th Showdown This Week Over Subpoenas; Whistleblower Alleges Police Leadership Failures On January 6th; U.S. Navy Engineer Arrested For Trying To Sell U.S. Nuke Secrets. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Mara Schiavocampo is Interviewed about Chappell's Comments; Video of Police Dragging a Paraplegic Man from Car; Joy Hofmeister is Interviewed about Running for Governor; Taiwan at Center of Standoff. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Americans in Limbo as Southwest Cancels 2,000-Plus Flights in U.S.; Number Two House Republican Refuses to Say Election Wasn't Stolen; Passengers Describe Tense Moments During Flight Scare. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Conspiracies Evident Among Trump Supporters At Iowa Rally; CNN Interviews William Shatner And Crew Before Space Flight; Survivors Livid Over Video Game Featuring Iraq's Bloodiest Battle. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Weekend of Violence Includes Officer, Nurse Shot and Killed; Police Say Brian Laundrie Family's Odd Story Does Not Make Sense. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Democratic Majority May be the Last for a Decade; Sheriff Don Sowell is Interviewed about Finding a Missing Boy; Red Sox Push Rays to Brink. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• World Bank President Admits Bank Made Mistakes With Reports; Fuel Shortages Cause Price Spike Around The World; Fuel Crisis Focusing Attention On Electric Vehicles; Nobel Prize In Economics Awarded For Real- World Experiments; David Card Awarded Nobel Prize For Real-World Experiments; 2021 Nobel Prize Winner On U.S. Minimum Wage Debate. Aired 3- 4p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Pours Fuel on the Big Lie in Run-Up to 2024; FDA Asked to Authorize First Anti-COVID Pill; Biden Struggles to Unify Party, Salvage Agenda as Clock Ticks and Public Approval Fades; FBI Sting Nabs Navy Engineer & Wife Accused of Trying to Sell U.S. Nuclear Secrets; Bodycam Video Shows Police Dragging a Black Paraplegic Man from His Car By His Hair During A Traffic Stop. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Still Touting His Big Election Lie Setting Up For 2024; U.S. Capitol Police Whistleblower Alleges Leaders Of Failures; Turning The Corner On The Pandemic; Biden's Dwindling Timeline For His Agenda; Biden Struggles To Unify Party, Salvage Agenda As Clock Ticks & Public Approval Fades; Democrat Faces Headwinds In Virginia Governor's Race Due To Biden's Stalled Agenda In Washington; Tensions Soar As China Provokes Taiwan By Repeatedly Sending Warplanes Into Its Air Defense Zone; U.S. Calls New Talks With Taliban "Candid" & "Professional"; Southwest Says Flight Cancellations Due To "Weather & Other External Constraints," Not Vaccine Mandates. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN 10
• Latest U.S. Jobs Report; Testing Drone Mail Delivery To A Remote Island; Selfless Act Of A Homecoming Queen. Aired 4-4:10a ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Rising Energy Prices Endanger Global Economic Recovery; Tensions Soar Between China And Taiwan; Polish Government Denies It Wants Out Of The EU; Initial Results Show Muqtada al-Sadr's Bloc Wins Most Seats; Syria's White Helmets Bury Idlib Province's Dead. Aired 2-3p ET