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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Sources: Former Attorney General Bar Tentatively Agrees to Give Sworn Statement to January 6 Committee; At Least 15 Joined Private Chat Group of Suspected Buffalo Shooter Shortly before Attack; South Dakota Trigger Law would Outlaw Almost All Abortions if Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade; Trump Looms Large In Primary Fight For Governor; Kharkiv Resident Flees The City After Constant Bombings; Biden Pledges The "Complete Backing" Of Sweden And Finland's Bids TO Join NATO Alliance; Crewless Boeing Capsule Launched, Expected To Dock With International Space Station. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Music of Afghanistan; Interview U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko; Interview with Afghan National Institute of Music Founder Ahmad Naser Sarmast; Interview with Brown University Professor of Economics Emily Oster. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Biden Speaks alongside NATO Hopefuls Sweden and Finland; U.S. Government Efforts to Alleviate Formula Shortage. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• President Biden To Make First Trip To Asia Since Taking Office; Soon: CDC Vaccine Advisers Vote On COVID Boosters For Kids 5-11; Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• War On Ukraine's Front Lines; Interview With Charles Michel; Taliban Restrict Women On Air. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Admin Warns Parents To Beware Formula Scammers; Biden Departs For Critical Asia Trip Amid Multiple Domestic Crises; Ukrainians Still Sheltering Underground In Kharkiv After 2 Months; Accused Shooter Indicated By Grand Jury; Oz, McCormick Race Tightens As Mail-In Ballots Are Counted; Star Witness Testifies In Trial Over Trump-Russia Probe's Origin; CDC Investigating Outbreak Of Monkeypox After Cases Identified In At least 5 Countries. Aired 4-5p ET
• Oklahoma To Ban Abortion From Moment Of Fertilization; Biden Invokes Defense Production Act To Boost Baby Formula Supply; Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Is Interviewed About Baby Formula Supply; House Passes $28 Million Emergency Funding To Help Formula Shortage; New GA Poll Shows Kemp's Lead Growing Over Trump-Backed Perdue; New Map Could Pit New York House Dems Against Each Other. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• January 6th Committee Want To Know About The House Tour; Pennsylvania Headed To A Recount; Bill Barr To Testify Behind Closed Doors; Donald Trump Can't Wait To See Final Result Of Votes; Dough Mastriano Not Match To Josh Shapiro; Buffalo Shooter Indicted By Grand Jury; Social Media Not A Safe Place For Disturbed People; 911 Operator Hung Up To A Store Employee's Plea For Help. Aired 10-11p ET
• Buffalo Mass Shooting Survivor Shares Her Story; A.G. Bill Barr Tentatively Agrees To Give Sworn Testimony To January 6 Select Committee; Confirmed Case Of Monkeypox Identified In Massachusetts; Stocks Down Again A Day After Massive 1,100+ Point Loss; Fear Of Migrant Surge On Lifting Of Title 42 Restriction. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• President Biden Hosts Leaders of Finland and Sweden After Nations Apply to NATO; Biden Could Meet with Saudi Crown Prince as Soon as Next Month; Trial Resumes for Russian Soldier Who Pleaded Guilty to War Crimes; House Passes Funding Bill to Address Baby Formula Shortage; Interview with Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) About the Baby Formula Shortage and Abortion Rights in America. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Stocks Down Again After Dow Has Worst Trading Day Since 2020; Hero Workers Saved Others During Buffalo Massacre; New York's Attorney General to Investigate Social Media Platforms After Buffalo Shooting; Case of Monkeypox Identified in Massachusetts. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Biden Hosts Leaders of Finland, Sweden After Nations Apply to NATO; Stocks Down Again After Dow Has Worst Trading Day Since 2020; New York Governor Strengthens Red Flag, Announces New Domestic Terrorism Unit. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Parents Scramble to Find Baby Formula Amid Ongoing Shortage; Biden Hosts Sweden, Finland Leaders Amid Push to Join NATO. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• NATO Expansion; Biden Administration Targets Baby Formula Shortage; Interview With Former U.S. Special Representative For Ukraine Kurt Volker; President Biden Heads Overseas. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Accused Mass Shooter Appears in Court, Faces Victims' Families; Record Diesel Prices, Shortages Loom as Growing Crisis; Oz, McCormick Locked in Tight PA GOP Senate Primary Race; Heard's Sister Testifies She Saw Depp Hit Amber. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• U.S. Reports First Case of Monkeypox; Gas Prices Rising; Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta; NATO Expansion; President Biden Heads Overseas. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• U.S. Reports 1st Case of Monkeypox as Outbreak Grows in Europe; Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Tackle Baby Formula Shortage; Desperate Families Turn to Hospitals When Hunt for Formula Comes Up Dry; 2 Young Children Hospitalized for Dehydration Because Their Specialty Formula is Out of Stock. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• House Jan. 6 Panel Investigating Tour of Capitol given by Republican Lawmaker on Eve of Insurrection; Rising Inflation, Recession Fears Trigger Stock Selloff; Biden Heads to Asia to Bolster Eastern Alliances Amid War in West; Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Tackle Baby Formula Shortage. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Biden Invokes Defense Production Ace to Tackle Baby Formula Shortage; New COVID Cases, Hospitalizations Rise Nationwide; 12 Civilians Killed in Luhansk as Russian Bombardment Intensifies; Oklahoma Legislature Passes Ban on Abortions from Fertilization. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• CNN Reports From Frontline Of Ukrainian Counteroffensive; NATO Official: War At Standstill, But Momentum Favors Ukraine; U.S. Retailers Target And Walmart Post Losses Amid Inflation; Pennsylvania Republican Senate Race Still Too Close To Call. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. Stock Markets Fall Sharply As Investors Worry About Recession; No Major Battlefield Gains Expected For Either Side In The Coming Weeks; Biden To Meet Sweden, Finland Leaders At White House; Afghan Women Open Up About Life Under The Taliban; New Mexico Fighting Largest Fire in State's History; Russian Soldier Pleads Guilty in War Crimes Trial; Kalush Orchestra Receive Hero's Welcome at Home. Aired 1-2a ET
• Pennsylvania Republican Senate Race Too Close To Call; GOP Primary Winner To Face Democratic Nominee Fetterman; Trump Encourages Oz To Prematurely Declare Victory; Volatile Markets; Dow Tumbling 1,160 Points; Baby Formula Shortage; U.S. Wildfires; NY A.G. Probing Social Media Sites; COVID Deaths & Hospitalizations Expected to Increase; Afghanistan Under Taliban. Aired 2-3a ET
• Too Close to Call for Pennsylvania's GOP Primary; Stock Markets Nosedive Today; Finland and Sweden Formally Applies to NATO Alliance; Turkey Blocks Two Applicants for NATO; Kalush Orchestra Won in Eurovision Contest; Russian Suddenly Change His Tune; U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Reopens; CDC Monitors New Monkeypox Disease; Buffalo Shooter Used Social Media Prior to Attack; World Temperature Rising Faster; Fires in New Mexico Charred Thousands of Acres. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Retailers Target and Walmart Post Losses Amid Inflation; U.K. Inflation Hits 9 Percent as Wall Street has Tough Day; White House Announces "Operation Fly Formula" to Import More; Finland and Sweden Formally Apply to Join NATO; Pennsylvania Republican Senate Race Still Too Close to Call; U.N. Chief: Time is Running Out, World Must Act in This Decade; NATO Official: War at Standstill, But Momentum Favors Ukraine. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Food Crisis Looms as Russia Blocks Ukrainian Grain Exports; EU Lawmakers Debate Energy Security Amid Row with Russia; Afghan Girls Denied Education Learn Alternate Skills; Ukrainian Eurovision Winners Receive Hero's Welcome at Home. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Russian Soldier On Trial For War Crimes Apologizes; Biden Gives Full Backing To Nordic NATO Bids; Taliban Impose New Restrictions For Female Journalists In Afghanistan; Food Crisis Looms As Russia Blocks Ukrainian Grain; CNN Confronts Taliban Over Face Covering; Deadly Floods Tear Through India's Assam State; The Cannes Film Festival Returns To The Riviera. Aired 2-3p ET


Connect the World
• Azovstal Steel Plant Evacuation Efforts Continue; Russian Soldier Pleads "Fully" Guilty in War Crimes Trial; Ukraine's Front Line Counteroffensive; Stocks under Pressure after Major Selloff Yesterday; North Korea Sends Cargo Planes to China; Food Crisis Looms as Russia Blocks Ukrainian Grain; Biden Speaks alongside NATO Hopefuls Sweden and Finland. Aired 10-11a ET
• Swedish & Finnish Leaders Visit after Applying to NATO; Bank Offers Strong Support for Finland & Sweden to join NATO; Russian Soldier Apologizes to Widow of Man he killed; IDF: No Decision on Criminal Investigation into Journalist's Death; China Moves Entire Village into Quarantine; Stocks Under more Pressure a Day After Major Sell-Off. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Ukrainian Commander Upbeat On Gains, Touts Successful Counter- Attacks; Senate Approves $40B Ukraine Aid Package For Total Pledge Of $54B, Topping What U.S. Spent On All Foreign Aid In 2019; Biden Admin Secures First Batch Of Formula From Overseas; Ex-AG Bill Barr Tentatively Agrees To Testify Before January 6 Panel; All Eyes On Georgia Governor Race: Kemp Versus Trump-Backed Perdue; NYC Health Department Investigating Possible Monkeypox Case; North Korea Scrambles To Contain Fast-Spreading COVID Outbreak; U.S. Days Away From Lifting COVID Border Rules, Migrant Surge. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Stocks Tumble Amid Inflation, Recession Fears; Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Ease Formula Shortage; Biden Hosts Leaders of Finland, Sweden at White House Today. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• NATO Official: War Momentum Has Shifted In Ukraine's Favor; U.S. Move Will Likely Push Russia Closer To Foreign Debt Default; Biden Leaves Today On First Official Trip To Asia. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Street Market Turmoil; Food Crisis Looms as Blocks Ukrainian Grain Exports; Wall Street Opens Lower after Worst Day Since Mid-2020; Russian Soldier's Trial for War Crimes Resumes in Kyiv; Leaders of Finland and Sweden Meet Today with Biden; Any Moment: Biden to Meet with Leaders of Sweden, Finland. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Oz, McCormick Campaigns Closely Watching Vote Count, Preparing For Potential Automatic Recount; Trump Urges Oz To Declare Victory As PA Counts Votes; GOP Sens Uneasy Trump-Backed PA Gov Nominee's Election Lies; New Tests Of Trump Endorsement Next Week In Georgia; Turkey: We Will Say No To Finland, Sweden Joining NATO; Biden: NATO Should Let Sweden, Finland Into Security Alliance; Biden Leaves For Critical Asia Trip; Slowdown Fears Spark Wall Street Sell-Off. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Inflation, Gas Prices & Baby Formula Shortage Plague Biden Admin; NYT: Trump Constantly Concerned About Tending To Supporters; Buffalo Shooting Suspect In Court. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Dow Dives, Gas Prices Surge, Inflation Hurts Retail; Key PA Senate Race Tightens as All Eyes Turn to Mail-in Ballots; Trump Tells Oz to Declare Victory Despite Uncounted Votes; Shooting Survivor Recounts How He Saved Others; Biden to Host Leaders of Finland, Sweden at White House. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Bob Baer is Interviewed about His New Book; Justin Green is Interviewed about China Eastern; Golden State Dominates Dallas in Game One; Tiger Woods Returns to PGA Championship. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Biden Invokes Defense Powers to Address Formula Shortage; Anxiety Grows, Dow Dives, Gas Prices Surge, Inflation Hurts Retail; Key Pennsylvania Senate Race Tightens As All Eyes Turn to Mail-In Ballots. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Op-Ed: "I'm A Black Father, I Want To Ask White Teen Males" A Question; NATO Official: War Momentum Has Shifted In Ukraine's Favor; Amber Heard's Sister Testifies She Saw Abuse By Johnny Depp. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Accused Gunman in Buffalo Mass Shooting to Appear in Court; President Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Address Baby Formula Shortage in U.S.; American Academy of Pediatrics States Babies as Young as Six Months Old May have Whole Cow's Milk During Baby Formula Shortage; Republican Senate Primary Race in Pennsylvania Still Too Close to Call; Sen. Angus King (I-ME) is Interviewed About U.S. Marshals Securing Homes of Supreme Court Justices "Around the Clock", and U.S. Intel Launching Review After Failures on Ukraine, Afghanistan. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Shortage and Higher Diesel Prices; Developments Around the World; Momentum Shifting to Ukraine; Mayor Eric Adams is Interviewed about Covid. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Global Issues Mount In Ireland; Disappointing Earnings Add To Fears Of A Recession; Western Allies Work To Keep Russia In Check; Micheal Martin Says Northern Ireland Protocol Dispute "Can Be Resolved"; Call To Earth: Mangroves. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN TONIGHT: Oklahoma Poised To Ban Abortion "From Fertilization"; Ex-Head Of DHS Anti-Disinformation Board On Her Resignation; Actress Ellen Barkin Testifies In Heard Trial, Claims Depp Threw Bottle At Her And Others In The '90s. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Biden Vows NATO Stronger Against Russia If Finland And Sweden Join; CDC Weighs Vaccines For Americans At High Risk Of Deadly Monkeypox; Washington Post Reports, 15 Signed On To Buffalo Suspect's Chatroom Ahead Of Shooting; Russia Targets Important Hub For Ukrainian Military In East; Biden Admin Secures First Overseas Shipment Of Baby Formula; Oz, McCormick Locked In Tight Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary Race. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Finland And Sweden Apply To Join NATO; The U.S. Congress Holds A UFO Hearing; A VR Attachment Aims To Restrict Breathing. Aired 4-4:10a ET