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Cuomo Prime Time
• Biden: Omicron Variant "Cause Of Concern," Not "Panic"; Health Officials Urge Vaccinations, Boosters Amid New Threat; Boebert Defiant After Implying Omar Could Be Suicide Bomber; New Wave Of Smash-And- Grab Robberies On Black Friday; Merriam-Webster's Word Of The Year: Vaccine. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• President Biden Calls Omicron Variant A Cause For Concern, Not A Cause For Panic; 50-Plus Nations Including U.S. Restrict Travel Over Omicron Variant; Boebert And Omar Have Contentious Call As Boebert Faces Backlash For Anti-Muslim Remarks; Rep. Ronny Jackson, A Physician, Says Omicron Variant Will Be Used By Dems To Cheat In The Midterm Election; Tiger Woods Says His Days Of Being A Full-Time Golfer Are Over; Tony Bennett Performs Moving Final Concert With Lady Gaga. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC); Interview With Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI); Omicron Threat; Interview with "Writing with Fire" Filmmaker Rintu Thomas; Interview with "Writing with Fire" Filmmaker Sushmit Ghosh. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• W.H.O. Warns Omicron Variant Poses "Very High" Risk; House Panel To Decide On Contempt Charges For Mark Meadows This Week. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Sex Trafficking Trial Begins For Epstein Partner Ghislaine Maxwell; Soon, Biden Addresses Nation on Omicron Variant; Deaf Football Team Plays in First-Ever Championship Game. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Omicron Cases & Restrictions; Barbados Becoming A Republic; MMA Fighter On Sexual Abuse. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Addressing Duel Problems: New Variant & Supply Chain Issues; 50+ Nations Including U.S. Restrict Travel Over Omicron Variant; CDC Strengthens Booster Recommendations Due To Omicron Variant; January 6 Committee To Vote On Criminal Contempt For Trump DOJ Official; Jury Selection Underway In Trial Of Actor Jussie Smollett; Trial Of Jeffrey Epstein Partner Ghislaine Maxwell Begins; 50+ Nations Including U.S. Restrict Travel Over Omicron Variant. Aired 4-5p ET
• Omicron, The Dominant Variant In South Africa, Variant Of Concern Worldwide; New COVID Conspiracy From Rep. Ronny Jackson; Escalating Feud Between Rep. Boebert And Rep. Omar Over Islamophobia; Pentagon Sued By Former Secretary Mark Esper; Former Defense Secretary Sues Defense Dept. Over Book Redactions; "Smash And Grab" Robberies Challenge Police, Retail Stores Across U.S.; Drug Overdose Deaths Hit Record High During Pandemic; Queen Elizabeth To Be Removed As Head Of State Of Barbados. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Biden Calling For Calm Over New Variant; GOP Politicizing The New Strain Of COVID; Congresswoman Lauren Boebert Doubling Down On Racist Rhetoric; House Committee To Vote On DOJ Official's Fate; Health Experts Learning More About Omicron; CDC Pushing For People To Get Booster Shots; Smash And Grab Happening In Cities. Aired 10-11p ET
• January 6 Committee Expected To Vote For Criminal Contempt Charges Against Former Top Justice Department Official; President Biden Calls For Calm Over New Coronavirus Variant; Coronavirus Pandemic: Omicron; GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert Doubles Down On Islamophobic Comments; Parents Upset Over Mask Mandates Attack School Board Chair's Child Online. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Biden to Address Omicron; Health Officials Urge Vaccinations and Boosters; Dr. Francis Collins is Interviewed about the New Variant; Boebert Apologizes to Anyone She Offended; David Gergen is Interviewed about the Republican Party. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Global Markets Brace for Nervous Week; Nations are Banning Travel from Southern Africa; Twitter Co-Founder Stepping Down; Esper Sues Pentagon; Iran will Not Negotiate Directly. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• U.S. Begins Restrictions on Travel From South Africa, Seven Nations; U.S Markets Up This Morning After Falling on Friday; Decision on Contempt Charges For Meadows Could Come This Week. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Israel Confirms Country's Second Case of Omicron Variant; Supreme Court to Hear Major Case That Could Threaten Abortion Rights; Jury Selection Begins in Ghislaine Maxwell Sex Trafficking Trial. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Begins; Markets Stabilize; President Biden Urges Patience Amid New Omicron Threat. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Soon, Sex-Trafficking Trial Begins for Epstein Partner Ghislaine Maxwell; Update on International Reaction to Omicron COVID Variant; DOJ Accuses Bannon of Attempting to Try Case Through Media; Meadows Not Yet Held in Contempt for Defying Subpoena; Appeals Court to Hear Trump's Case Tomorrow on Whether National Archives Can Give Documents to 1/6 Committee; Cohen: Prosecutors Could "Indict Trump Tomorrow" If They Wanted; 1/6 Committee to Refer Jeffrey Clark for Contempt. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Congress Seeking to Avoid Government Shutdown; President Biden Urges Patience Amid New Omicron Threat. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• 1/6 Committee To Vote On Whether To Refer Former DOJ Official, Jeffrey Clark, For Contempt; Twitter: CEO Jack Dorsey Stepping Down Effective Immediately; Sex-Trafficking Trial Begins For Epstein Partner, Ghislaine Maxwell; "Smash-And-Grab" Mobs Hit Retail Stores Across U.S. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Lauren Boebert Doubles Down on Incendiary Comments; Congress Files More Contempt Charges; World Waits For Answers on Omicron Variant. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• World Waits for Answers on Highly-Mutated Variant Omicron; Study: Patients with Persistent COVID-19 Show Continued Cardiovascular Problems in Response to Exercise; Former Defense Secy. Esper Sues Pentagon Over Book Redactions; Jury Selection Begins in Actor Jussie Smollett Trial; Biden Meets with Top Retail Execs This Cyber Monday. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Omicron Variant Could Cast Shadow Over Beijing Olympics; Europe Braces for Omicron Amid Latest COVID Surge; Taiwan: China Flew 27 Warplanes in Air Defense Zone; South African President Slams Omicron Travel Bans; U.S., Allies to Resume Iran Talks after 6-Month Break; U.S. Dancer, WWII Spy, Civil Rights Activist Josephine Baker Honored. Aired 12-1a ET
• Omicron Variant Spreads To More Countries As World On Alert; Taiwan Sends Jets After 27 Chinese Planes Enter Buffer Zone. Aired 1- 2a ET
• New COVID-19 Variant Giving Global Concerns; Eight African Countries Restricted to Enter U.S.; Taiwan Scrambles Air Force in Response to China; Iran Nuclear Program to Resume Talks. Aired 2-3a ET
• Japan Bans Incoming Foreigners; Health Experts Salutes South Africa's Prompt Action; Israel First to Close Its Borders; New Variant Send Fears to the Market. Aired 3-4a ET
• W.H.O. Global Risk Tied to Omicron Variant "Very High"; U.S. Restricts Travel From Eight African Countries; Japan to Suspend All Arrivals of Foreign Nationals; Israel Bans Entry of All Foreigners Over Omicron Fears; South African President Slams Omicron Travel Bans; European Markets Eye Recovery After Omicron-Driven Drop. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Taiwan: China Flew 27 Warplanes in Air Defense Zone; U.S., Allies to Resume Talks with Iran After 6-Month Break; Chega Party Shaking Up Portugal's Political Landscape; NBA Star Embiid Says He Thought He Would Die From COVID. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Iran Nuclear Talks Resume After Long Break; U.K. Detects Community Transmission Of Omicron Variant; Japan Suspending All Arrivals Of Foreign Nationals. Aired 10-11a ET
• CNN Speaks with Co-Chair of African Vaccine Delivery Alliance; Iran Resumes Nuclear Talks with United States & its Allies; Iran Nuclear Talks Resume After Long Break; Omicron is Already the Dominant Variant in South Africa; Tribute to U.S. Dancer, WWII Spy, Civil Rights Activist. Aired 11a- 12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• CDC: Everyone 18 Plus "Should" Get A Booster; Pfizer Expected To Seek FDA Authorization For Boosters For 16 And 17-Year-Olds; Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) Discusses About What He Thinks About The Feud Between Rep. Omar And Rep. Boebert; Police On Alert To Combat "Smash And Grab" Robberies Across U.S.; Defense Argues Ghislaine Maxwell Is "Not Jeffrey Epstein"; Former Top DOJ Official May Face Charges For Defying January 6 Panel. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET
• Anxiety Grows Over Omicron Variant; Futures Look to Rebound After a Major Selloff; Twenty Seven Chinese Military Jets Enter Taiwan's Air Defense Zone. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• World Facing Two Weeks Of Uncertainty In Wait For Omicron Answers; Ukrainian President Says He Has Intel On Coup Planned For December 1-2; Student Dies After Taking Part In UNLV Sanctioned Boxing Match. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• W.H.O. Warns Omicron Poses Very High Global Risk; Countries Across Europe Report First Omicron Cases; South Africa's President Slams Omicron Travel Bans; Amazon Braces For New Coronavirus Variant; U.S. Stocks Rebound After Friday's Sell-Off; Scientists Race To Find Out If Omicron Evades Vaccines; Report: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Is Stepping Down; Report: Turkey Willing To Mediate Between Ukraine, Russia; U.S., Allies Restart Iran Nuclear Talks After Extended Break. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Soon: Biden Speaks on New Coronavirus Variant; President Biden Speaks on Omicron Variant after Briefing from Top Health Officials; Federal Officials Bracing for First Detection of Omicron Coronavirus Variant in the U.S.; Biden: Sooner or Later Omicron Variant will be in U.S.; Joe Biden: Don't Believe Shutdowns or Lockdowns will be Needed. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• GOP Rep Pushes Misleading Idea "Natural Immunity" Might Provide More Protection Than Vaccines; McCarthy & GOP Face Another Test After Rep's Racist Remarks; DOJ Moves To Limit Bannon Media Circus Over Contempt Charge. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• South Africa's President Calls for Lifting of Omicron Travel Bans; Israel Bans All Foreign Travelers; Omicron Variant Spreads Across Europe; Why Global Low Vaccination Rates Will Always Risk New Variants; Lawsuit: Pentagon Wants Esper to Remove Trump Parts from Book; McCarthy Doesn't Condemn Boebert's Anti-Muslim Remarks; Smollett Faces Trial for Alleged False Reports to Police; Parkland Families Receive $130M Over FBI's Failure to Stop Gunman. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Salim Abdool Karim is Interviewed about the new Variant; Patriots Win Sixth Straight Game; Louis Vuitton Designer Dies of Cancer; Allyson Finch Wilson is Interviewed about Dave Chappelle. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Scientists Race to Find Out If New Variant Evades Vaccines; Markets Face Uncertain Week After Being Rattled By Variant; Fox, GOP Lawmakers Suggest Democrats Invented New COVID Variant. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Ukraine's Zelensky: Russia Plotting Coup Against Me This Week; College Student Dies After Taking Part In Frat Boxing Match; 27 Chinese Military Jets Enter Taiwan's Air Defense Zone. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Countries Ban Travel from South Africa and Neighboring Countries as Omicron Variant of COVID-19 Spreads; Research Underway into Transmissibility of Omicron Variant; American Family Stuck in South Africa Due to Travel Bans. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Archeologists Unearth Mummy in Peru; Travelers Set New Record; Deaf Football Team Plays for Championship; First Lady Announces White House Holiday Theme. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Biden Rules Out Travel Curbs and Lockdowns for Now; Major Averages Claw Back from Steep Friday Losses; Japan to Suspend all Arrivals of Foreign Nationals; Omicron Variant Detected In More Than Dozen Countries; New Variant Detected In More Than Dozen Countries; Biden Says He Doesn't Expect New Travel Bans Right Now. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• CDC Weighs In On New Variant As Biden Warns Against Panic; January 6 Committee Sets Vote On Jeffrey Clark Contempt Referral; Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) Says, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) Doubled Down On Dangerous Comments During Call; Law Enforcement Scrambling To Respond To Wave Of Smash-And-Grab Robberies Across U.S.; Opening Statements Begin In Trial Of Actor Jussie Smollett. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Scientists Identify New Variant of COVID-19; In-Person Black Friday Shopping Falls Short of Pre-Pandemic Levels; Examining What Happens to Return Goods. Aired 4-4:10a ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Omicron Variant Spreads Globally, Prompting Travel Bans From Some Countries; Tensions Soar Between Ukraine And Russia; Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Trafficking Trial Starts In New York; NATO To Tackle Polish-Belarusian Border Crisis; Iran Nuclear Talks Resume After Long Break; Twitter Co- Founder Jack Dorsey Steps Down As CEO. Aired 2-3p ET