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Cuomo Prime Time
• "Rust" Movie Production To Wrap Indefinitely After Alec Baldwin Accidentally Shot & Killed Cinematographer; Mark Zuckerberg Defensive On Facebook's Earnings Call; Biden To Head To G20 Amid Escalating Tension With China. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Ill-Fated Film To Wrap Indefinitely In Wake Of Deadly Shooting; Internal Documents Reveal Social Network's Antisocial Effects; First On CNN: Biden White House Rejects More Executive Privilege Claims By Trump; How Biden's Sinking Popularity Could Impact VA. Gov. Race; Charlottesville "Unite The Right" Civil Trial Begins; NYC Municipal Workers Protest Covid Vaccine Mandate; Miami Private Reverses Course On 30-Day Quarantine For Vaccinated Students. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Playwright Tom Stoppard; Interview With Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA); Interview with "Leopoldstadt" Playwright Tom Stoppard; Interview with Former ICU Nurse Rachel Ellsworth; Interview with Traveling Nurse Chelsea Walsh. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Crew Member Blames Armorer & Producers For Deadly Film Shooting; Affidavit: Alec Baldwin Was Practicing Drawing Gun When It Fired; Biden Hosts Manchin At Delaware Home In Push To Reach Spending Deal; Source: Manchin Open To $1.75T Spending Bill After Biden Meeting; Military Coup Underway In Sudan, Prime Minister Arrested. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Facebook Papers Paint Damning Picture of Role in Insurrection; FDA Advisers to Review Data on Vaccines for Children Tomorrow; Biden Delays Release of JFK Assassination Files, Citing COVID. Aired 11:30- 12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Facebook Releases Earnings Amid Widening Whistleblower Fallout; Military Seizes Power In Sudan; Japan's Princess Mako Set To Marry Commoner In Muted Ceremony. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Leaked Records Show Facebook Knew Its Platforms Were Used For Human Trafficking, Spreading Extremism, Inciting Violence; Anti- Vaccine Mandate Protesters Shut Down Brooklyn Bridge; NIH Letter Raises Questions About Wuhan Lab Experiments; Moderna: COVID Vaccine Shows Strong Immune Response In Kids 6-11; Person Who Handed Baldwin Gun Fired From Previous Film For Firearm Incident; Powerful Haiti Gangs Choking The Flow Of Fuel To Hospitals. Aired 4-5p ET
• President Biden Finalizing Spending Bill Prior To Foreign Trip; Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) Is Interviewed On Nearing Deal On The Spending Bill; Concerns On GOP About Trump Endorsing Controversial Candidates; Armed Forces Seize Power In Sudan, Arrest The Prime Minister; U.S. Embassy In Sudan Urges Americans To Shelter In Place; Doctors Often Unaware Of Only FDA-Authorized Early COVID Treatment; Moderna: COVID Vaccine Shows Strong Immune Response In Kids 6-11; U.S. Rocked By Triple Play Of Extreme Weather Hazards; California Pummeled By Heavy Rains From Bomb Cyclone; Michigan State Asks Staff To Work Dining Halls Amid Worker Shortage. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Assistant Director's History Of Negligence; Facebook Capitalized On The Hate And Division; Someone Must Be Held Accountable For Hutchins' Death; Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) Was Interviewed About President Biden's Agenda; New York Bracing For Bad Weather. Aired 10- 11p ET
• TheWrap: Gun That Killed Halyna Hutchins Was Used That Morning For Live-Ammo Target Practice; Election Day Preview; Seattle's First Black Female Police Chief Speaks Out; Facebook Papers Paint Damning Picture Of Company's Role In Insurrection; Charlottesville 'Unite The Right' Rally Trial Begins. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Dems on Verge of Agreement on Biden Social Spending Bill; Alec Baldwin Rehearsal Resulting in Fatal Accident; Facebook Papers May be Biggest Crisis in Company's History; House May Pass Infrastructure Package Soon. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Sudan Military Coup; COVID Vaccine Showing Strong Immune Response in Children; Record-Breaking Rain in California. Aired 9:30- 10a ET
• Democrats on Verge of Agreement on Biden Social Spending Bill; Director Says, Baldwin Was Practicing Drawing Gun When It Fired; Facebook Papers May Be Biggest Crisis in Company's History. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Depositions Scheduled for Stop the Steal Rally Organizers; Moderna Says, COVID Vaccine Shows Strong Immune Response in Kids 6 to 11; Gwinnett County, Georgia School Board Member Faces Harassment, Threats. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Facebook on Defensive Again; Democrats Nearing Infrastructure Deal?; New Details Emerge in Shooting Involving Alec Baldwin. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• FL Surgeon General Under Fire for Refusing to Wear Mask in Office of Lawmaker with Breast Cancer; Interview with State Sen. Tina Polsky (D-Florida); Vaccine Mandate Protesters Stop Traffic in New York City; Jury Selection Begins in Trial over Deadly Far-Right Rally; Doctors Often Unaware of Only FDA-Authorized Early COVID Treatment; FDA Advisory Panel Meets Tomorrow to Discuss Pfizer Vaccines for Kids 5 to 11; Biden Touts Agenda as Democrats Close in on Economic Deal. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• President Biden Delivers Address in New Jersey. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Facebook Papers Paint Damning Picture Of Role In Insurrection; Documents: Facebook Executives Knew Of Human Trafficking, Extremism; "Rust" Assistant Director Subject Of Previous Complaints On Safety; Tomorrow, FDA Panel To Rule On Pfizer Vaccine For Ages 5-11; Moderna: COVID Vaccine Shows Strong Immune Response In Kids 6-12; DeSantis Now Says $5K Offer To Out-Of-State Police Relocating To Florida Is Not Related To Vaccine Mandates. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• New Details Emerge in Shooting Involving Alec Baldwin; Facebook Under Fire. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Manchin Says Expanding Medicare Is Not Fiscally Responsible Right Now; Biden Pitches Agenda Ahead of Key Week for Hill Negotiations; Georgia Police Department Orders Officers to Aim for Legs, Pelvis, Abdomen; Military Coup Underway in Sudan, Prime Minister Arrested. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Cases Surge Across Parts of Europe as Winter Looms; U.K. Leaders Say Vaccinations Are Way Out of Pandemic; COVID Cases Jump in Some Asia-Pacific Countries; Filthy, Used Nitrile Gloves Make It into U.S. Supply Chain; California Vigil Honors Slain Cinematographer; China's President Delivers Speech Amid Ongoing Tensions; Princess Mako to Wed Kei Komuro on Tuesday; Storm Triggers Landslide in California. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• U.K. Hospitals Strained Amid COVID Spike; Afghan Refugee Resettlement in the U.S.; Military Appears to be Surrounding Home of Sudan PM; Afghans Uneasy with Country on Brink of Economic Collapse; Gang Kidnaps Haitian Girl, Family Forced to Pay Ransom; Colombia to Extradite Alleged Drug Lord "Otoniel" to U.S.; Home of Sudan's PM Appears Surrounded by Military. Aired 1-1:45a ET
• House of Sudan's Prime Minister Surrounded by Military; Vaccine for Children in the U.S.; Asia-Pacific Countries Battling Rise of COVID Cases; Australia to Lift Travel Restrictions; New Developments on Alec Baldwin's Prop Gun Shooting; Former U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan Resigned Because of Internal Debates; Information Ministry: Sudan's PM Under House Arrest; Atmospheric River Triggers Landslide In California; Israeli Delegation To Brief U.S. Officials After Labelling Palestinian Civil Society Groups Terrorist Organizations. Aired 2-3a ET
• Sudan's Prime Minister Under House Arrest; United Kingdom Focuses on Vaccination Drive; A Memorial Offered to Halyna Hutchins; President Biden Not Giving Up on His Agenda; Israel Designating Six Groups as Terrorist Organization; Tens of Millions of Filthy, Used Medical Gloves Imported into the United States; Some Asia-Pacific Countries Reopen Despite Rising Cases; Bad News for Facebook; Massive Storm Blasts Parts of Western United States. Aired 3-4a ET
• "Rust" Movie Set Shooting Investigation Still Ongoing; Democrats Hope to Vote on Infrastructure Bill this Week; FDA, CDC Set to Consider Vaccines for Children Ages 5-11; U.K. Hospitals Strained Amid Spike in Covid Infections; U.S. Lawmakers Slam Facebook's Claim It Wants Regulation; Massive Storms Blasts Parts of Western U.S.; Sudan's Prime Minister and Wife Arrested, Taken to Undisclosed Location. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• NIH Chief: Mistakes Were Made But We Air for Transparency; China Reports Local Covid Cases Ahead of Winter Olympics; Israel Labels 6 Palestinian Civil Society Groups Terrorist; Gang Kidnaps Haitian Girl, Family Forced to Pay Ransom; Protests Support Kyrie Irving's Decision to Go Unvaccinated; Princess Mako to Wed Fiancee Kei Komuro on Tuesday. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Sudan Adviser: Absolutely This Is A Coup; Hireka: Sudan's Transition To Democracy Has Ended With Coup; U.S. Support For Sudan Depends On Transitional Order; "Facebook Papers" May Be Company's Biggest Crisis; 8.7 Million People Are On Famine's Door In Afghanistan. Aired 10-11a ET
• Sudan's Military Dissolves Power-Sharing Government in Coup; "Facebook Papers" May be Company's Biggest Crisis; Filthy, Used Medical Gloves make it into Supply Chain; Anger after Israel Outlaws Palestinian Civil Society Groups; Sudanese Doctor: 2 Killed, 80 Injured in Anti-Coup Protests. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Mark Zuckerberg Defiant, Claims Trove of Leaked Facebook Documents "Selectively" Chosen to "Paint a False Picture"; Biden Wants a Deal on Spending Bill Before Foreign Trip Thursday; Manchin: Deal Could Happen this Week, But I'm Still at "$1.5 Trillion"; Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) Discusses About His Conversation with Sen. Manchin on Infrastructure Bill; "Rust" Assistant Director was Fired From Previous Movie After Gun Unexpectedly Discharged, Injuring Crew Member; Biden, Obama, Top Dems Try to Boost Democratic in Virginia Governor's Race. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• A Report Cites Alec Baldwin was Rehearsing Gun Draw When it Fired; House Democrats Hoping for Mid-Week Vote on Infrastructure Package; Soldiers in Sudan Take Over Government After Arresting Sudanese Prime Minister and Wife. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Japan's Ground Troops Hold First Military Drills In Years; Families Of Missing Black Men Plead For More Accountability; Biden Administration Making Major Changes To Afghan Resettlement Program. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Whistleblower Frances Haugen Testifies in the U.K. as Criticism against Facebook Mounts; HSBC Plans a $2 Billion Splurge as Profits Jump; President Erdogan Threatens to Expel Western diplomats, Currency Plunges. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Biden Tries to Lock in Agenda Before Foreign Trip; Pelosi Says Dems to vote on Infrastructure this Week; Biden on Road in NJ Today to Sell Agenda; Tomorrow: FDA Panel to Rule on Pfizer Vaccine for Ages 5- 11; Docs: Facebook Failed to Halt "Stop the Steel" Movement. Aired 12- 12.30p ET
• Trump Ally: "Greater Than 50 Percent Chance" Trump Runs In 2024; Manchin: $1.5 Trillion Still Top Line Number; VA's Gov's Race In Dead Heat With Eight Days To Go; Youngkin Focuses On Critical Race Theory, Economy On Trial; Rand Paul Questions NIH Funded Research In Wuhan & COVID-19 Origins, NIH Says The Research "In No Way" Is Connected; Military Coup Underway In Sudan. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Details Emerging about Fatal Film Set Shooting; Manchin OK with $1.75T for Spending Bill; Anti-Vax Mob Swarms NBA Arena in Protest Over Kyrie Irving. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Anti-Vax Mob Swarms NBA Arena in Protest Over Kyrie Irving; Doctors Often Unaware of Antibody Treatments for Early COVID; White Supremacists on Trial for Charlottesville Rally; Coup Underway in Sudan; Global Superpower Race to Develop Hypersonic Weapons; China Pulls Boston Celtics Games Over Enes Kanter's Remarks. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Director Says, Alec Baldwin Practicing Drawing Gun Before Shooting; CNN Reports, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) Ok With $1.75 for spending bill after Biden meeting; Facebook's Future Uncertain as Giant Faces Biggest Crisis Yet. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Fauci: NIH Not Lying About Bat Research Amid New Revelations; Fox's Neil Cavuto, Infected With COVID, Pleads With Unvaccinated; Russian Hackers Still Actively Targeting U.S. Tech Firms. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Actor Alec Baldwin Accidentally Shoots and Kills Cinematographer on Movie Set with Prop Gun; Friend of Cinematographer Killed on Movie Set Interviewed about Her Film Work; Manchin Okay with $1.75 Trillion for Spending Bill after Biden Meeting; Texas Man Arrested for Murder in Killing of Moroccan Immigrant. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Gov. Dan Patrick Promised To Pay $1 Million If Anyone Came Forward With Examples Of Voter Fraud; The Assistant Director On Alec Baldwin's Film Had A History Of Safety Complaints Against Him Involving Weapons And Pyrotechnics; The Latest Internal Leaks From Facebook Show How Its Algorithms Help Promote The Political Extremism And Conspiracy Theories That Are Disfiguring Our Democracy. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Leaked Docs Show Facebook Struggling to Contain Toxic Influence; Erdogan Backs Off Threats to Expel Western Diplomats; Protests in Sudan after Coup, State of Emergency Declared; NBA Player's Pro-Tibet Post Sparks Backlash In China; FB Whistleblower: Regulations Could Be Good For Company; Tesla Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap After Hertz Deal. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Facebook In Crisis After Damning Evidence Of Its Role In January 6th Riot; Biden Sells Agenda, Faces Critical Week At Home And Abroad; Rust Pauses Production Amid New Details Of Fatal Prop Gun Shooting; Biden White House Rejects More Executive Privilege Claims From Former President Trump; Putin's Army Of Hackers Hits U.S. With New Wave Of Cyberattacks. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Week Of Potentially Dramatic Weather In America; Mystery Lights Up The Night Sky; Toy Store Owner Discusses Supply Uncertainty. Aired 4-4:10a ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Military Seizes Power In Sudan; Facebook Whistleblower Haugen Testifies Before U.K. Parliament; Filthy, Used Medical Gloves Make It Into Supply Chain; COVID Spreads In Europe As Winter Approaches; Palestinian Groups Reject Israel's "Terror" Label; Director: Baldwin Had Been Told Weapon Was Unloaded. Aired 2-3p ET