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Cuomo Prime Time
• Did Not Air.


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• President Joe Biden Unveils New Plan To Fight Omicron Variant; Facebook Sold Ads Comparing COVID Vaccine To Holocaust; Mark Meadows Agrees With Trump That His New Book Is Fake News; Investigators Questioning What School Officials Knew Before Deadly Shooting; Senate To Vote Soon On Keeping Government Running: Only After GOP Lawmakers Threaten Shutdown Over Vaccine Mandates; Prosecution Rests In Jussie Smollett Trial. Aired 8-9p ET
• Alec Baldwin On Fatal Film Set Shooting: "The Trigger Wasn't Pulled. I Didn't Pull The Trigger"; Biden Outlines New Steps To Combat COVID Through Winter Months As More Omicron Cases Identified In U.S.; Witness In Maxwell Case: "Many, Many, Many Females" Went Through Epstein's Home, Including Then-Underage Accusers. Aired 9-10p ET


Amanpour
• Iran Nuclear Talks; Interview With Women's Tennis Association CEO Steve Simon; Interview with The New York Times Magazine Staff Writer Ronen Bergman; Interview with Playwright Tony Kushner. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Minnesota Identifies Omicron Variant in Resident; Russia Warns of Return to Military Conflict over Ukraine; House Strikes Short-Term Deal to Avoid Shutdown. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• School Shooting Suspect Faces Murder and Terrorism Charges; Stacey Abrams Will Again Run to be Georgia Governor; Drug Users Turn to Fentanyl Test Strips to Prevent Overdose. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• U.N.: "Travel Apartheid"; Germany's Farewell to Merkel; Conversion Therapy in Canada. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Outlines New Steps To Fight COVID This Winter; One-On-One With Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ); Sheriff: Parents Met With School Officials About Accused Gunman's Behavior Hours Before Rampage; Blinken: Putin And Biden Could Speak "In The Near Future"; Biden Outlines New Steps To Fight COVID This Winter. Aired 4-5p ET
• Biden Outlines New Steps To Fight COVID This Winter; Biden To Require Insurers To Reimburse Costs Of At-Home Tests; CNN Gets Rare Look Inside Lab Sequencing COVID Variants; New CNN Analysis" Risk Of Dying From COVID Is 50 Percent Higher In Red States Than In Blue States Since Vaccines Became Widespread; South Africa Reports Cases Up 7K Plus In One Week, Fastest Spike Since Start Of Pandemic; Veterans Study: Moderna Offers Stronger Protection Than Pfizer; Smollett Defense Calls For Mistrial, Attorney Gets Emotional & Claims Judge Lunged At Her During Sidebar; 9-Year-Old Afghan Girl Sold As Child Bride Returns To Family; Beijing Blasts WTA Decision To Suspend All Tournaments In China; Major League Baseball Implements First Lockout Since 1990s; United Completes First Successful Flight On 100 Percent Sustainable Fuel. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Government Not Shutting Down; Alec Baldwin Believe He Is Not Responsible To Halyna Hutchins' Death; President Biden Unveils His Plan To Combat Virus Surge; Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) Was Interviewed About What's Going to Happen To Jeffrey Clark This Saturday. Aired 10- 11p ET
• President Biden Pushes New COVID Strategy As Omicron Reported In More States; Facebook Sold Ads Comparing COVID Vaccines To The Holocaust; Baldwin On Movie Set Shooting: "I Didn't Pull The Trigger"; Investigators Question What School Knew About Shooting Suspect; Suspect Arrested In Shooting Death Of Jacqueline Avant. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Biden to Address Nation on Variant; Variant Found in California; Leana Wen is Interviewed about the Variant; New Information on Michigan Gunman; House and Senate Reach Agreement; Meadows Agrees with Trump. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• January 6th Committee Seeks Contempt Charges; Supreme Court Leans Towards Limiting Abortion; Baldwin Comments on Movie Accident; Key Witness Testifies against Smollett; No Path Forward after Blinken/Lavrov Meeting. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• First Confirmed U.S. Omicron Case Detected in California; Fourth Victim Dead After Shooting at Michigan High School; Lawmakers Have Until Friday 11:59 P.M. ET to Avoid Government Shutdown. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Blinken Says, It's Now on Russia to De-Escalate in Ukraine; Stacey Abrams Announces She's Running for Governor in Georgia; Supreme Court Appears to Lean Toward Limiting Abortion Rights During Mississippi Law Arguments. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Republicans Threatening Government Shutdown; January 6 Investigation Ramping Up; President Biden to Unveil Winter COVID Plan. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Baldwin: "I Didn't Pull the Trigger" in Fatal Movie Set Shooting; GOP Sen. Mike Lee Warns He Will Block Vote to Fund Government; Biden Unveils Plan to Fight COVID Through Winter. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Michigan Shooting Investigation; President Biden Unveils Winter COVID Plan. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Baldwin: "I Didn't Pull the Trigger" In Fatal Movie Set Shooting; Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) Discusses The Supreme Court Abortion Case, Progressives Ramping Up Calls To Punish Rep. Lauren Boebert; McConnell Responds As Two Conservative GOP Senators Threaten To Block Vote To Fund Government. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Mark Meadows and Election Fraud Claims; President Biden Unveils Winter COVID Strategy. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Fox Host Doubles Down on Nazi Comparisons and Network Silent; Independent Voters Weigh in on Biden Presidency; Man Who Says He Faked Hate Crime Attack on Actor Testifies. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Growing Number Of Countries Confirm Omicron Cases; South Korea Breaks Record For Daily COVID Cases; E.U. May Discuss Mandatory Vaccinations Amid Omicron Fears; CNN Visits Lab Studying Omicron Variant; Women's Tennis Association Suspends Tournaments In China; Antony Blinken Warns Russia Against Aggression Towards Ukraine. Aired 12-1a ET
• Omicron Variant Detected In More Countries As Scientists Race To Find Answers; WTA Suspends Tournaments In China Over Peng Shuai Concerns. Aired 1-2a ET
• WTA's Bold Move; Most Important U.S. Abortion Case In A Generation; Growing Number Of Countries Confirm Omicron Cases. Aired 2-3a ET
• France Seeing Skyrocketing COVID Cases; South Korea's Hospitals Overwhelmed with Cases; Unvaccinated Ended Getting the Virus; Secretary Antony Blinken Meets Russian Counterpart; U.S. and NATO Allies Serious to Punish Russia with Sanctions. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Confirms First Omicron Case in California; Biden to Extend Mask Mandate for Travel through March; France Reports Nearly 50,000 New Infections in 24 Hours; U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Landmark Case; 15-Year-Old Charged with Murder, Terrorism. Aired 4- 4:30a ET
• Growing Number of Countries Confirm Omicron Cases; Women's Tennis Association Suspends Tournaments in China; Blinken to Meet with Russian Counterpart in Stockholm; Facebook: Belarusian KGB Used Fake Accounts to Stoke Crisis. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Omicron Variant Tests Nations' Patience with the Unvaccinated; Japan Backtracks on International Flight Restrictions; China Responds to WTA Decision to Halt Regional Tournaments; UAE Celebrates Golden Jubilee; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Meet over Ukraine Tensions; Iran Starts New Uranium Enrichment amid Vienna Nuclear Talks; Inside Look at Israel's Cybersecurity. Aired 10-11a ET
• Global Concern Over Omicron Variant Grows Amid New Appeals, New Restrictions on the Unvaccinated; Blinken and Lavrov Meet Amid Tensions over Ukraine; China Responds to WTA Decision to Halt Tournaments There; Patrick McEnroe: "Gutsy Decision" by the WTA; United Arab Emirates Celebrates 50th Anniversary; Ghobash on UAE Changes as it Becomes a Global Player. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Biden Pushes New COVID Strategy; Vows To Combat Omicron, Now Reported In 4 States, With "Science And Speed, Chaos"; Stricter Testing For U.S.-Bound Travelers Takes Effect Monday; Sheriff: 2 Teachers Reporting Teen Suspect's "Disturbing" Behavior Led To School Meeting With Parents Day Of Shooting; Sources: Meadows Pushed Officials To Pursue Baseless Election Claims Involving Thermostats In China And Satellites In Italy; WTA: New Email From Peng Shuai Not Enough To Ease Concerns; Washington Post: Trump Could Make $100M Off Sale Of DC Hotel. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET
• First U.S. Case of Omicron Variant Discovered in San Francisco; Michigan School Shooting Suspect Charged as Adult with Murder, Terrorism; Blinken Warns Russia of "Severe Consequences" If It Invades Ukraine; Supreme Court Leans Toward Upholding Mississippi's Abortion Law. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Shutdown Looms As Congress Struggles To Pass Stopgap Measure; Chinese Olympic Officials Seek 'Perfect' Games; Major League Baseball Announces Player Lockout. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Germany To Ban Unvaccinated People From All But Essential Businesses; Omicron Rapidly Becoming Main Variant In South Africa; Grab Makes Biggest Wall Street Debut By Southeast Asian Firm; IOC: Peng Shuai Reconfirmed She Is Safe In Second Video Call; Top U.S. And Russian Diplomats Discuss Ukraine Concerns; Electric Carmaker Polestar To Unveil Three-Year Plan; Volatility Jolts Major Averages; Electric Taxi-Bikes For Africa. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Soon: Biden Outlines New Winter COVID Strategy; Omicron Cases Detected in U.S., Patients have Mild Symptoms; Biden to Outline COVID Winter Strategy, Including New Travel Requirements, Including Vaccine Outreach; Sources: Meadows Pushed Bogus Election Conspiracies to National Security Officials across U.S. Government; Pence: I Did the Right Thing on January 6. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Dem Caucus Chairs Call For Boebert To Lose Committee Assignments; Stacey Abrams Running For Georgia Governor In 2022; Sheriff: Parents Met With School Officials About Gunman's Behavior Hours Before School Shooting. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Biden to Address Nation Amid Concern About New Variant; Uptick in Americans Who are Getting COVID Boosters; 4th Victim Dies, Suspect Charged as Adult in School Shooting; Meadows Calls Claims in His Own Book 'Fake News'. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Eric Fingerhut is Interviewed about Fox Host's Nazi Comparisons; Roe v. Wade in Doubt; Major League Baseball Announces Lockout. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Judge Says, Trump Stoked Crowd and Should be Held Responsible; Damning Evidence of Trump's COVID Lies Keeps Piling Up; Drug Users Utilize Fentanyl Test Strips to Prevent Overdose. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Drug Users Utilize Fentanyl Test Strips to Prevent Overdose; FDA Advisers Green Light Authorization of Pill to Treat COVID; Putin and Ukraine, Will He Get Away with It Again?; WTA Suspends China Tournaments Over Missing Tennis Star. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Women's Tennis Association Suspends Events in China after Disappearance of Chinese Female Tennis Star Peng Shuai; Patient with Omicron Variant of Coronavirus Located in California; Fifteen-Year-Old Accused of School Shooting in Michigan to be Tried as Adult. Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• Margaret Harris is Interviewed about Travel Bans; Brad Raffensperger is Interviewed about the Election; Scott Galloway is Interviewed about Social Media. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Germany Announces Lockdown For The Unvaccinated; Omicron Case In The U.S. As Biden Unveils Winter Strategy; Wall Street Bounces Back After Two Days In The Red; Omicron Variant Tests Germany's Patience With The Unvaccinated; U.S., U.K. And E.U. To Help Developing Nations Phase Out Coal; OPEC+ To Boost Oil Supply Despite New Variant Threat; Safaricom Boosts Profits As Mobile Service Fees Return. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Biden Says We Need To Be Ready For COVID Surge As New Variant Spreads; Sources Say, Meadows Promoted Election Conspiracies Inside Government; School Shooting Suspects Could be Charged Within 24 Hours; Prosecution Rests In Trial Of Actor Jussie Smollett; Olympic And Women's Tennis Officials At Odds Over Safety Of Chinese Player After Sexual Coercion Allegation. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Impact Of Inflation On American Farmers; Effort To Help Rhino Population In Africa; Vanity of A Wayward Goat. Aired 4-4:10a ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Joe Biden: Sharing Vaccine With Other Nations Is Key To Avoiding New Variants; Germany Bars The Unvaccinated From Most Of Public Life; WHO: Travel Bans Won't Keep Omicron From Spreading; Africa Lags On Vaccinations As Omicron Spreads; China Responds To WTA Decision To Halt Regional Tournaments; U.S. Secretary Of State Antony Blinken Warns Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Amid Ukraine Tensions; Alec Baldwin Says He Did Not Pull Trigger On Movie Set; U.K. Court Dismisses Newspaper Group's Appeal In Duchess Meghan's Privacy Battle. Aired 2-3p ET