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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Interview With Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL); Blinken And Lavrov Meet In Geneva; Extremist Groups And Their Ties To Trump's Orbit; New CDC Studies: Boosters Provide The Best Protection Against Omicron; FBI Gives New Details On Gabby Petito Homicide Investigation. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Play Examines 'Jaws' Drama; Interview With Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Interview with "The Shark is Broken" Actor and Co- Writer Ian Shaw; Interview with Former U.S. Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott; Interview with Fontaines D.C. Lead Singer Grian Chatten. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• New CDC Reports Show Booster Critical To Preventing Severe Illness; Blinken Meets With Russian Counterpart On Ukraine Invasion Fears; DOJ Charges TX Man With Threatening To Kill GA Election Workers. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Sources: Giuliani Led Plot To Install Fake Electors In 7 States; Anti-Abortion Protesters Marching In Washington Today; NYPD: Woman Spit On, Yelled Anti-Semitic Comments At Jewish Kids. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• U.S., Russia FMs Meet In Geneva, Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill Dozens Across Yemen; Tonga International Calls Restored. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• New CDC Reports Highlights Urgency Of Getting COVID Booster Shot; Blinken: If Russia Invades, U.S. Response Will Be "Swift, Severe"; Biden Searches For Way Forward On Stalled Agenda; Nation's Mayors Meet In D.C. To Discuss COVID Recovery; Maskless Woman Forces London-Bound Flight To Turn Back. Aired 4-5p ET
• Sources: Pentagon Preparing Military Options In Case Of Invasion; Sen. Roger Wicker, (R-MS), Is Interviewed About Ukraine; Ukrainian Official To CNN: Talks May Be Russia's Delay Tactic; GOP Sen. Candidates Spend Millions On Ads Pushing Trump's Delusions; Politico: Trump Draft Order Would Have Seized Voting Machines; Politico: Trump Considering Dual Midterm Endorsements, Growing Suspicious Of Advisers; Biden Administration Divided Over Plan To Vaccinate Migrants; South Africa Returns To Normal Life After Omicron Surge; Childcare Woes, Vaccine Questions Plague Parents Of Kids Under 5; Legendary Rock Singer, Actor Meat Loaf Dies At 74; Actor & Comedian Louie Anderson Dies At 68. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• National Archives Gave Green Light To House Committee; Fulton D.A. Giving Trump More Headache; Virginia Thomas Messing With SCOTUS' Business; Mitch McConnell Under Fire For Omitting One Word; One Police Killed In New York. Aired 10-11p ET
• Politico: Trump Draft Order Would Have Seized Voting Machines; Influence Of The Right-Wing Media In The Days Leading Up To The January 6th Insurrection; Judge Blocks Biden's Vaccine Mandate For Federal Employees; VA Mother Threatens To Bring Gun To School Over Mask Mandate; Theodore Roosevelt Statue Removed From Outside New York City Museum. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.S. and Russian Diplomats Meet; Giuliani Led Effort to Overturn Election; McCarthy Threatens Freedom Caucus. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Lawmakers Working on Electoral Count Act; Meat Loaf Dies at the Age of 74; Minnesota AG Sues over Covid Testing; American Flight mask Dispute; Mortgage Rates Rise. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Top U.S., Russian Diplomats Meet Amid Ukraine Invasion Fears; Interview with British Ambassador to the U.S. Karen Pierce on Russian Threat of Invasion against Ukraine; Trump Faces Mounting Legal Battles. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Omicron Cases Dip in U.S. as COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rise; Motions Being Heard for Defendants in Ahmaud Arbery Case; Actor, Comedian Louie Anderson Dead at Age 68; Grammy-Winning Singer Meat Loaf Dead at Age 74; New Orleans on High Alert Over String of Deadly Interstate Shootings. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Russia Tensions; Texas Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Georgia Election Workers; New Coup Plot Revelations. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Studies: Boosters Provide Best Protection Against Omicron; Abortion Opponents March While Fate of Roe v. Wade Is Uncertain; Rising Mortgage Costs Have Home Buyers Scrambling; China Attempts Most Ambitious Quarantine Ever with "Olympic Bubbles"; Biden Addresses U.S. Conference of Mayors. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Russia Tensions; President Biden Delivers Address at U.S. Conference of Mayors. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• 1/6 Committee Has Received "Hundreds" of Documents from National Archives; Sources: Giuliani Led Plot to Install Fake Electors in 7 States; Adele Postpones Las Vegas Residency Due to COVID and "Delays"; Legendary Rock Singer Meat Loaf Dies at 74. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Effectiveness of Vaccine Boosters; Russia Tensions; Texas Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Georgia Election Workers; New Coup Plot Revelations. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Netflix Shares Tank 20 Percent on Weak Subscriber Outlook; 2021 Homes Prices Rose 16.9 Percent, the Highest on Record; GOP Candidate for Alaska's U.S. House Seat Questioned Election Results; Texas Judge Blocks Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employee. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Wrong Choice of Word by President Biden; Humanitarian Aid Now Coming to Tonga; Former Pope Embroiled in Sexual Abuse Cases; Boris Johnson Insist Innocence; Beijing Well-Prepared for Winter Olympics; COVID-19 Forces Adele to Postpone Las Vegas Residency; Zara Rutherford Becomes Youngest Woman to Fly around the World Solo. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Biden's Looks To Clarify "Minor Incursion" Comments; Much- Needed Water Shipments Headed To Tonga; German Inquiry Finds Inaction On Child Sexual Abuse Claims; Report On Sexual Abuse In German Diocese Faults Former Pope; Austria Makes COVID Vaccination Mandatory In EU first; China COVID Policy Impacting Cathay Pacific Airline, Crew; Sudanese Judges, U.S. Denounce Crackdown On Anti-Coup Protesters; Teen Pilot Zara Rutherford Becomes Youngest Woman To Fly The World Solo. Aired 1-2a ET
• Top U.S. And Russian Diplomats Meet In Geneva To Discuss Ukraine Issue; Aid Flights Arrive In Disaster-Hit Tonga As Islands Aim To Keep Covid-19 Out; Former Pope Benedict Accused Of Inaction Over Child Sexual Abuse Cases; Hong Kong Culls Small Animals Over COVID Fears; Teen Pilot Becomes Youngest Woman To Fly The World Solo; Playing And Inspiring Through Adversity. Aired 2-3a ET
• Top U.S. and Russian Diplomats to Meet Soon in Geneva; Much- Need Water Shipments Headed to Tonga; Munich Archdiocese Abuse Report; Conservative MP Alleges Downing Street Intimidation; HK COVID Policy Impacting Cathay Pacific Airline, Crew; Australia: First EU Country to Mandate Adult Vaccinations. Aired 3-4 am ET
• Top U.S. and Russian Diplomats to Meet Soon in Geneva; Biden: Heavy Price if Russia Move Unites Into Ukraine; January 6 Committee Asks for Ivanka Trump's Voluntary Testimony; Lawmakers Investigation Possible Fake Electors Scheme; Rock Star and Grammy Winner Meat Loaf Dead at 74; Covid-19 Detected Among Arrivals to Beijing Winter Olympics. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Rare Ice Storm Poised to Hit Several East Coast Beaches; Desperately Needed Aid Shipments Headed to Tonga; Conservative MP Alleges Downing Street Intimidation; German Inquire Finds Inaction on Child Sexual Abuse Claims. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Blinken-Lavrov Meeting Ends With Promise Of More Talks; Interview With Ukrainian Journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk On Russian Aggression Against Ukraine; Scores Reported Killed And Wounded In Yemen Airstrikes; Beijing Hoping Barriers Will Prevent Explosion Of COVID Cases; Mass School Closures In France Due To COVID-19; Russian Foreign Minister Claims Written Response Coming From The U.S. Next Week; Iconic Rock Star Meat Loaf Dies At 74; Victoria Azarenka Eyes Third Australian Open Title. Aired 10-11a ET
• Lavrov: Written Response coming from U.S. Next Week; Scores Reported Killed and Wounded in Yemen Airstrikes; Olympic Visitors Required to Download Health App; Examining Putin's Troop Buildup Around Ukraine; Unrest in World's #2 Crypto Miner Hurts Bitcoin Business; Tearful Adele Postpones her Las Vegas Show. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Expert: New Satellite Images Show More Russian Build-Up; Russia Claims It Isn't Planning To Attack Ukraine, But Is Contradicted By Ground Movements, Build-Up On Border; Natl Archives: Jan 6 CMTE Has "All" Requested Docs From Trump WH; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) Discusses About Seizing Of Donald Trump's Documents From National Archives; Texas Man Charged With Threatening To Kill GA Election Officials; DOJ Has Dozens Of Ongoing Probes Into Election Worker Threats; COVID, Staff Shortages Force Hospitals To Delay Surgeries; New Mexico Dealing With Fallout From Cyberattacks That Closed Schools. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Top Diplomats from U.S., Russia Meet on Ukraine; Grammy Winner Singer Meat Loaf Dies at 74; Biden to Tout New $20 Billion Intel Semiconductor Factory; Atlanta Area D.A. Requests Special Grand Jury for Trump Probe. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Primary Challenges Loom After Voting Rights Defeat; DeSantis Proposes Florida Election Police Force; Reporter Hit By SUV On Live T.V. Gracefully Rebounds. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Blinken: U.S. Committed to "Swift Response" to Further Russian Aggression Towards Ukraine; At Least 60 Killed in Airstrike in Yemen; IOC: COVID-19 Cases Detected in Beijing Olympic Visitors; Call Service Partly Restored in Tonga After Volcanic Eruption; "Bat Out of Hell" Singer Meat Loaf Dies at 74; World Bank Forecasts "Very Grim" Rise in Rich Versus Poor Gap; A Hard Time for Pandemic Winners; Twitter Rolling Out Verified NFT Profile Pictures; Netflix, Peloton Shares Under Heavy Pressure; Reinsurance Industry Set for a Strong 2022; Raise A Glass to Record Champagne Sales. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Biden Faces Familiar Problems as he Starts 2nd Year of Presidency; Manchin: Need to Start from Scratch on Biden Agenda; Blinken Meets with Russian Counterpart Amid High Tensions; Blinken Warns Any Russian Invasion of Ukraine will be Met with a "Severe and a United Response" from U.S. and Allies; Trump's Legal Jeopardy Intensifies Amid Multiple Probes. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Grisham: I Think Ivanka "Tried To Tell Him To Stop" On 1/6; CDC Studies: Boosters Provide Best Protection Against Omicron; Poll: 45 Percent Of Adult Approve Of Biden's Handling Of Pandemic. Aired 12:30- 1p ET


New Day
• Trump's Legal Jeopardy Intensifies with Georgia Criminal Probe; U.S. and Russia Face-to-Face to Discuss Ukraine; Grammy-Winning Singer, Actor Meat Life Dies at 74. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Signs of Pandemic Shift; Homebuyers Scramble as Mortgage Rates Rise; Pundits got Biden's News Conference Wrong; Biden's Approval Rating; American Flight Mask Dispute. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Trump's Legal Jeopardy Intensifies with Georgia Criminal Probe; U.S and Russia Meeting Lasts Only 90 Minutes Amid Invasion Fears; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to GOP, Quit Trying to Hold Speaker Vote Over My Head. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Hospitals Overflowing with Unvaccinated, Hurting Normal People; Biden Administration Divided Over Plan To Vaccinate Migrants; Blinken Speaking After Meeting With Russian FM. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Holds Press Conference after Meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Concerning Continued Russian Military Buildup on Border with Ukraine; Singer of Meatloaf Passes Away; Giuliani Coordinated Plot to Install Fake Electors in 7 States; Grisham Tells Committee: Trump Had Secret Meetings Before Attack. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Meat Loaf Dies at Age 74; NYPD Searches for Woman who Spit on Jewish Children; New Orleans on High Alert over Interstate Shootings; NBC and ESPN Not Sending Announcers to Olympics. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Netflix Shares Tank 20 Percent On Weak Subscriber Outlook; Bitcoin's Value Plunges As Tech Stocks Suffer; U.S. Secretary Of State And Russian Foreign Minister Hold Talks In Geneva; Some Colleges And Universities Return To Remote Learning; Brown Professor: Decision To Return To Remote Learning A Mistake; Netflix Drags NASDAQ Deeper Into Correction. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN TONIGHT: Expert: Election Subversion Most Immediate Threat To Democracy; Sen. Josh Hawley, Leader Of January 6 Objections, Unironically Claims "Democrats Don't Accept Elections" That They Don't Win; Former Fox News Reporter On Republicans Pushing "The Big Lie" Ahead Of Midterms. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• No Breakthrough In U.S.-Russia Crisis Talks Amid Ukraine Invasion Fears; CDC Studies Show Boosters Provide Best Protection Against Omicron; Trump Legal Pressures Mount As Scope Of Election Scheme Emerges; Wolf One-On-One With Buffalo Bills Head Coach Sean McDermott; Fans Mourn Deaths Of Rocker Meat Loaf And Comic Louie Anderson. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Ups and Downs of President Biden`s First Year; Discovery of a Deep Coral Reef; History-Making Flight of a Teenage Pilot. Aired 4-4:10a ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Top U.S. And Russian Diplomats Meet For Talks On Ukraine In Geneva; CDC Releases New Data On Boosters; Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill Dozens Across Yemen; U.S. To Provide Written Answers On Russian Demands Next Week; MP: Long COVID Should Be Recognized As An Occupational Disease; Legendary Rock Singer Meat Loaf Dies At 74. Aired 2-3p ET