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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Mark Meadows Sues January 6 Committee And Speaker Pelosi; Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); Russia Boosting Troop Levels Near Border According To Ukraine Military; Instagram Boss Asked Why Company Only Acted On Eating Disorder Accounts After CNN Report; Opening Statement Made In Trial Of Ex-Cop Who Killed Daunte Wright; Pence Visit NH Amid Presidential Run Rumors. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• U.S. Republican Party In Peril; The Future Of Roe v. Wade; China And The Media; Child Care Around The World. Aired 4-5p ET


At This Hour
• Pfizer Says Booster Protects against Omicron; Biden Says U.S. Troops on the Ground in Ukraine "Not on the Table." Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Biden Talks to Reporters About Putin Call on Ukraine; Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) Says, Inflation a Larger Concern Than Build Back Better Plan; Closing Arguments Underway in Jussie Smollett Trial. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Pfizer CEO Speaks To CNN, UK Imposes New Restrictions, Instagram CEO Testifies. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Pfizer: Third Doses Of Vaccine Protects Against Omicron; Biden Warns Putin Of "Severe Consequences" If Russia Invades Ukraine; Jury Deliberations Under Way In Case Against Former "Empire" Actor; Opening Statements Begin In Trial Of Ex-Cop Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright; Jan 6 Committee: "No Choice" But To Pursue Contempt Charges For Meadows; Olaf Scholz Succeeds Angela Merkel As German Chancellor. Aired 4-5p ET
• Instagram CEO Rejects Data Showing App Is Addictive; New Report Claims Instagram Acts As Drug Pipeline To Kids; Pelosi: GOP Has A Responsibility To Discipline Their Members; AOC & Boebert Trade Jabs Over GOP Lawmaker's Christmas Gun Photo; New Israeli Studies Find Pfizer's Booster Shot Reduces Infections & Deaths By 90 Percent Or More; Democratic Rep. & Sister-In-Law Who Lost Son Push For Congressional Action On Drugs Laced With Fentanyl; Rep. Ted Deutch, (D-FL), Is Interviewed About Drug Overdose. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Mark Meadows Sues Nancy Pelosi And The January 6th Special Committee; Former President Barack Obama Shot Down At GOP's Gerrymandering; Pfizer's Booster Protects Against Omicron; James Brown Claimed The CIA Spied On Him. Aired 10-11p ET
• Mark Meadows Sues Jan. 6 Committee to Block Subpoenas; Biden Touts Economic Agenda; House Progressives Move to Strip GOP's Boebert of Committee Assignments Over Anti-Muslim Remarks; Instagram CEO Grilled by Congress About App's Impact on Teens; Manslaughter Trial Begins for Ex-Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright; Black Couple Suing for Housing Discrimination. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Pfizer Data on Omicron; Meadows Not Cooperating with Congress; Biden warns Putin of Consequences; Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) is Interviewed about Ukraine. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Move to Strip Boebert of Assignments; Opening Statements to Start in Potter Trial; Man Arrested in Christmas Tree Fire; Germany Swears in New Chancellor. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Pfizer CEO Says, Booster Dramatically Improves Efficacy Against Omicron; Progressives Move to Strip GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) of Committee Assignments; January 6 Panel to Meadows, Testify or Face Contempt Charges. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Putin Says, Russia Does Not Want Any Confrontations; Biden Administration's New Drug Czar Speaks With Dr. Sanjay Gupta; Biden to Promote Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Missouri. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Congress Moves to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt; Russia Tensions; Pfizer Announces Booster Shots Protect Against Omicron. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Opening Statements Begin in Trial of Ex-Cop Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright, Claiming She Mistook Gun for Taser; Closing Arguments Underway in Jussie Smollett Trial; Pelosi Hesitates to Take Action Against GOP Rep. Boebert as Progressives Move to Strip Committee Assignments; Tiger Woods Returns to Competitive Golf Following Car Accident. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Congress Moves to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt; Russia Tensions; Pfizer Announces Booster Shots Protect Against Omicron. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Biden: Severe Consequences For Putin If Russia Invades Ukraine; Minnesota Man Is Second Confirmed U.S. Case Of Omicron; Polls: 6 In 10 Support Key Biden Legislation, Approval Numbers Stay Low. Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Closing Arguments Conclude in Jussie Smollett Trial; Lauren Boebert Under Fire Again; The Great Resignation; Congress Moves to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt; Pfizer Announces Booster Shots Protect Against Omicron. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Closing Arguments Conclude in Jussie Smollett Trial; Trial Begins for Former Minnesota Police Officer Kim Potter; Law Makers Grill Instagram CEO Over App's Impact on Kids; NYC to Approve Measure Giving 800K Noncitizens a Vote in Local Elections. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Joe Biden And Vladimir Putin Hold Two-Hour Video Call; Kremlin Blames NATO For Troop Buildup Near Ukraine Border; Joe Biden Warns Vladimir Putin About Economic Consequences Of Invasion; WHO Europe: Success Against Delta Will Help With Omicron; Angela Merkel Stands Down After 16 Years As German Chancellor. Aired 12-1a ET
• Biden and Putin Hold Two-Hour Video Call; Scientists Reportedly Identify "Stealth" Omicron Variant; Angela Merkel Stands Down After 15 Years as Chancellor. Aired 1-2a ET
• Biden And Putin Hold Two-Hour Video Call; Angela Merkel Stands Down After 16 Years As Chancellor; Instagram Unveils New Safety Tools. Aired 2-3a ET
• Parliament Meets to Elect New Chancellor; Biden and Putin Hold Two-Hour Video Call; Coronavirus Pandemic: Omicron Variant and Rise in COVID-19 Cases. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump's Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Expected to No-Show; Committee Issues 100+ Subpoenas for Phone Records; Biden and Putin Hold Two-Hour Video Call, Adviser: Biden Direct with Putin on Ukraine; Actor Jussie Smollett Denies He Staged a Violent Hate Attack; French Authorities Detain a Suspected Killer of Journalist. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Merkel, Receives Lengthy Ovation in Parliament; Parliament Elects Olaf Scholz as New Chancellor; France Records One of Its Highest Daily Case Counts; Australia Joins Diplomatic Boycott of Winter Games; Western Hawaiian Islands Under Flood Watch; Japanese Billionaire Successfully Launches into Space. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN INTERNATIONAL: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Holds Press Conference. Aired 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Olaf Scholz Sworn in as German Chancellor; South African Study Says Omicron Variant Partially Evades Pfizer Vaccine; Video: Boris Johnson Had Party during Lockdown; France Frees Mistaken Khashoggi Suspect; Pfizer Says Booster Protects against Omicron; U.K. and Australia Join Boycott of Winter Games; Japanese Billionaire Arrives at ISS. Aired 10-10:40a ET
• One out of Four Tests Coming Back Positive in South Africa; African Nations Struggle to get Vaccine into Arms; Indian Defense Chief Killed in Helicopter Crash; Yemen Conflict Has Caused Widespread Famine, Suffering; Biden: Warned Putin of "Severe Consequences" if he Attacks Ukraine; UK PM Apologizes for Video Showing Staff Joking Over Alleged Downing Street Christmas Party During Lockdown. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Meadows Sues Pelosi And Jan 6 Panel, Alleging Subpoenas Are "Overly Broad" And Panel "Lacks Lawful Authority"; Pfizer: Booster Dose Protects Against Omicron Variant; Manchin Signals He's Still Undecided On Biden's Spending Plan; IOC Chief Dismisses "Suspicions" Surrounding Peng Shuai Case; First Day Of Testimony In Trial Of Ex- Officer In Taser Mix-Up. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET
• Energy Cost Relief: Prices Fall for Heating, Cooling & Fueling Up; Mark Meadows Now Ending Cooperation with January 6 Committee; Biden Warns Putin of Severe Consequences If Russia Invades Ukraine. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• House Passes New Debt Ceiling Plan, Measure Goes To Senate; Daily Cases Rise To 120,000 As Delta Variant Surges Across U.S.; Olaf Scholz The New German Chancellor. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Germany's New Chancellor Takes Office; Pfizer: Booster Dose Of Vaccine Protects Against Omicron; COVID-19 Positivity Rate Drops Slightly In South Africa; Biden And Putin Hold Two-Hour Video Conference; COVID Deaths Drop In Brazil With Mass Vaccination; Japanese Billionaire Arrives At International Space Station. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Jan 6 Committee will Move to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt; Meadows Provided 1/6 Committee Phone & Email Records, Including Messages Sent During Riot, Before his Refusal to Cooperate; Pfizer: Third Dose of Vaccine Protects Against Omicron; Omicron Variant Cases Found in At Least 21 States; Biden: "Severe Consequences" for Putin if Russia Invades Ukraine. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Pelosi Dodges On If Dems Will Take Action Against Boebert; Judge Blocks Biden's Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate. Aired 12:30- 1p ET


New Day
• January 6th Panel Suffers Setbacks as Trump Aides Stonewall; South African Doctor Treating Omicron Patients Shares Trends; Arrest Made after FOX News Christmas Tree Set on Fire; Leaked Video: Boris Johnson Had Party During Lockdown; Biden Threatens Putin: We'll Do What We Didn't in 2014. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Biden Threatens Putin; San Antonio School Removes Books from Library; Ex-Saints Player Dies in Police Custody; Dozens of Confirmations Blocked. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Gas Prices Will Tumble $3 Soon, Government Forecasts; January 6th Panel Suffers Setbacks as Trump Aides Stonewall; Biden Threatens Putin, We'll Do What We Didn't in 2014. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Pfizer: Booster Dose Of Vaccine Protects Against Omicron; Cream Cheese Shortage Hits New York City Bagel Shops; Progressives Move To Strip Boebert Of Committee Assignments. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Judge Block's Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors; UK's Boris Johnson Announces Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Olympics. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• "Reality Check" on Nunes Leaving Congress; Peter McGinn is Interviewed about Having the Omicron Variant; Wealth Soared During Covid. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• British Prime Minister Imposes New Rules Amid Lockdown Scandal; Pfizer Says Three Vaccine Doses Needed To Ward Off Omicron; Merkel Era Ends In Germany As Scholz Takes Over; Canada, U.K. And Australia Join Boycott Of Winter Games; Instagram CEO Makes First Appearance On Capitol Hill; Call To Earth: Scotland`s Oysters; Steinway Adapts To Pandemic. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN TONIGHT: House Progressives Move To Strip GOP's Boebert Of Committee Assignments Over Anti-Muslim Remarks; Lawmakers Grill Instagram's CEO Over App's Impact On Kids; Attorney Representing Transit Union On Lawsuit Over Port Authority's "Black Lives Matter" Mask Ban. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Meadows Sues Rep. Nnacy Pelosi (D-CA), 1/6 Committee As Panel Moves To Hold Him In Contempt; Biden Warned Putin Severe Consequences, Like None He's Ever Seen, If Russia Attacks Ukraine; Pfizer Shows Vaccine Booster Protects Against Omicron Variant; House Progressives Move To Strip GOP's Boebert Of Committee Assignments Over Anti-Muslim Remarks; Smollett Jury Finishes First Day Of Deliberations. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• U.S. Announces Diplomatic Boycott of the Upcoming Winter Olympics; Remembering the Attack on Pearl Harbor; Observing a Total Eclipse in Antarctica; Dixie the Giggling Fox


Hala Gorani Tonight
• U.K. Prime Minister Johnson Reintroduces COVID Restrictions; Leaked Video Adds Fuel To Outrage Over Alleged Holiday Parties At Downing Street During Lockdown; Pfizer Recommends Booster To Fight Omicron; Biden Says U.S. Troops On The Ground In Ukraine "Not On The Table;" U.K. And Australia Join Boycott Of Winter Games; Instagram CEO Makes First Appearance On Capitol Hill; Indian Defense Chief Killed In Helicopter Crash; Japanese Billionaire Arrives At ISS. Aired 2-3p ET