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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Woodward Releasing Audiobook With Eight-Plus Hours Of Trump Tapes; Jury Acquits Igor Danchenko, Primary Source For Trump-Russia Dossier, On All Charges; Record Day One Early Midterm Voting In Georgia; Ukrainian Intel Officer Shows CNN Team Downed Iranian Drone; News Anchor-Turned Arizona Gubernatorial Candidate Close Race After Endorsing Trump's Election Conspiracies; Bodies Of 4 Missing Oklahoma Men Found Shot, Dismembered. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With British Conservative MP And House Of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee Former Chair Crispin Blunt; Interview With "The Persuaders" Author Anand Giridharadas; Interview With "Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day In March" Executive Producer Gina Kim; Interview With Son Of Young Ae Yue, Victim Of Atlanta Spa Shooting Robert Peterson. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Biden to Focus on Abortion Rights as Midterms Near; Abrams and Kemp Battle over Abortion and Crime in Georgia Debate; Russian Rocket Attacks Damage Water, Power Facilities in Kyiv. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Justice Department Announces French Company Pleads Guilty To U.S. Charge Of Supporting ISIS, Other Terror Groups; WH Plans To Announce Additional Oil Reserve Sales After OPEC Cut; Study: 1.3 Million Americans Rationed Insulin In The Past Year. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Russia Targets Ukraine's Power Sites As Winter Nears; EU Energy Crisis; Lafarge Terrorism Fine. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Ukraine Intel Chief Predicts Russian Defeat By Next Summer; Biden Vows Abortion Rights Law As Dems Try To Rally Voters; Jury Acquits Igor Danchenko On All Counts; New Details On Behind-The-Scenes Video As Lawmakers Worked To Protect Capitol On Jan. 6; Study: Some Hair Straightening Products Linked To Higher Cancer Risk. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Did Not Air 10-11p ET
• Did Not Air 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Candidates In High Profile Races Debate Ahead Of Crucial Elections; Dems Fighting To Keep Control Of Congress As Election Day Looms; New Russian Strikes Target Energy Facilities Critical Infrastructure. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Dismembered Bodies Of Four Men Found In Oklahoma River; Radiation Levels 22X Expected Amount Found At Elementary School; Alaska Fisherman Fear For The Future As Snow Crabs Disappear. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Candidates In Ohio, Georgia, Iowa And Utah Go Toe-To-Toe In Heated Rounds Of Debate Ahead Of Crucial Elections; Today, Biden Delivers Speech On Abortion Rights At DNC Event; Zelenskyy Says 30 Percent Of Ukraine's Power Stations Destroyed In Last Week. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Kevin Spacey Under Cross-Examination in Civil Lawsuit; Kurdish Women Flee Iran's Crackdown to Take Up Arms Across Border; Scientists Witness One of the Brightest Explosions Ever Seen in Space. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Fears Grow For Iranian Athlete; Russia Targets Ukraine's Power Grid; President Biden Touts Proposed Abortion Rights Law. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Radioactive Waste At Missouri School More Than 22X Normal Amount; Study: 1.3M Diabetic Americans Rationed Insulin In Past Year; Hair-Straightening Products Tied Of High Uterine Cancer Risk; Person Of Interest In Quadruple Murder Arrested On Unrelated Charge; Judge Rules Spacey Cannot Be Asked About Brother's Book; James Corden Briefly Banned From Popular NYC Restaurant. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Biden Promises Abortion Rights Law As Democrats To Rally Voters; Zelenskyy: 30 Percent Of Ukraine's Power Stations Destroyed After Russia Intensified Assault; Ukraine Intel Agency, Russian Missile Supply Critical Low. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Woodward Releasing Audiobook With More Than 8 Hrs Of Trump Tapes; Many Candidates Pivot To More Moderate Messaging As Elections Near; Study: Some Chemical Hair Relaxers Linked To Uterine Cancer Risk; Special Master Seeks More Info From DOJ & Trump On Mar-A-Lago Docs. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Biden Makes Abortion Rights Amid Looming Recession Fears; Biden Promises Abortion Law As Democrats Try To Rally Voters; Treasury To Assess How Extreme Weather Hikes Insurance Rates. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Top U.S. Diplomat: China On A Faster Timeline To Take Taiwan; Gallup: 70 Percent Of Ukrainians Say To Keep Fighting Until War Is Won; Person Of Interest In Oklahoma Killings Arrested In Florida; Youngest Witness To George Floyd's Murder Writes Book To Help Children Cope With Trauma. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Four Killed In Russia's "Kamikaze" Drone Attack On Kyiv; Russia Increases Use Of Drones To Attack Ukrainian Cities; Kurdish Women Flee Crackdown In Iran, Take Up Weapons; Prime Minister Liz Truss Apologizes For Mistakes, Vows To Carry On; New U.K. Finance Minister Reverses Controversial Fiscal Plan; China Delays Release Of Economic Data As Party Elite Meet. Aired 12-1a ET
• Four Killed in Russia's "Kamikaze" Drone Attack on Kyiv; House of Commons Leader Speaks for PM in Parliament; Kurdish Women Flee Crackdown in Iran, Take Up Weapons. Aired 1-2a ET
• Kharkiv Mayor Reports Explosions, Says City "Under Fire"; Train Hits Empty Bus At Railway Crossing; Kurdish Women Flee Crackdowns In Iran, Take Up Weapons; Aired 2-3a ET
• Russia Targets Ukraine's Capital City; Russian Fighter Jet Crashed in Yeysk; Russia and Ukraine Agrees to a Prisoner Swap; E.U. Slapped Tougher Sanctions on Iranian Officials and Entities; All-Women PAK Group Trains in Iraq. Aired 3-4a ET
• Fiery Debates Held in States with Critical Senate Races; Ukraine Rocked by Russian Drone Strikes; Prosecutors Want Bannon Jailed for Contempt of Congress; New Strikes Target Kyiv, Other Cities Across Ukraine; EU Sanctions Iran's Morality Police, Information Minister. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Prime Minister Liz Truss Apologizes for Mistakes, Vows to Carry On; China Delays Release of Economic Data as Party Elite Meet; Ordinary Workers in China Express Frustration as Economy Falters; Stockton Police: Suspect's Arrest Stopped Another Killing. Aired 4:30- 5a ET


CNN Tonight
• Rep. Peter Meijer On Rise Of Extreme Candidates In 2022; Manning: "Cognitive Dissonance" Between What Public Knew Of War Versus The Reality On The Ground Drove Me To Leak Classified Docs; Lin-Manuel Miranda's Father: If Democrats Stay True To Working For Working-Class Latinos, We'll Regain Voters. Aired 9-10p ET
• Debates Heats Up Prior To Midterm Elections; Former President Sounds Braggadocios; Beauty From Formula Comes With A Price; Meghan Markle Claims To Be Objectified; James Corden Can Now Go Back To Balthazar. Aired 10-11p ET
• Polls: Gen X Leaning Towards GOP Heading Into Midterms; Radio Hosts Talk About What Voters Are Telling Them; Lawyers For George Floyd's Daughter Draft Cease-And-Desist Letter To Kanye West; Trump Scheduled To Sit For A Deposition In E, Jean Carroll's Defamation Lawsuit; Study Shows Why A Good Night's Sleep Can Lead To Better Health. Aired 11p-12a ET


Connect the World
• Russian Strikes Plunge Ukrainian Cities into Darkness; Iranian Women Take Up Arms in Iraqi Kurdistan; Strikes across France over Inflation and Pay; U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss under Pressure; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Says "No Space Left for Negotiations"; U.S. Tells Venezuelan Migrants They Will Be Sent to Mexico; Iraq has New President and Prime Minister, Ending Deadlock. Aired 10-11a ET
• Kyiv Death Toll Climbs to 5 after "Kamikaze" Drone Attack; U.S. Envoy: Sanctions are Amid at Protesting Iranians; Kurdish Rights Group: Scarce Information about Crackdown; French Company to Pay $770M Plus in Terrorism Financing Case; Exiled Iranian Actress says new Generation will not Accept Current Regime Any Longer; Ordinary Workers Express Frustration as Economy Falters. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Ukraine: Russia Has Carried Out 190+ Strikes In 12 Days, Killing 70; New Yorkers Increasingly Frustrated Migrants Are Straining Services; Special Master In Mar-A-Lago Case Frustrated: "Where's The Beef?"; U.S.: Saudis Sentence American To 16 Years In Prison Over Tweets; Iran Intensifies Protester Crackdown By Hunting Down The Wounded. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Today: Biden to Speak About Abortion Rights With 3 Weeks to Go; U.S. Trying to Speed Up Delivery of Air Defense System to Ukraine; Chinese Workers Express Frustration Over Faltering Economy. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• China Indefinitely Delays Release Of Key Economic Data; U.K. Prime Minister "Sorry" For Economic Mistakes, Vows To Stay On; K-pop BTS Members To Begin Mandatory Military Service In South Korea. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Four Killed in Russia's "Kamikaze" Drone Attack on Kyiv; Some Workers Express Frustration over Faltering Economy; Khara Expects more FDI as Imports Soften; PM Truss Apologizes for going "Too far and too fast"; Smith: We've Called for a Digital Geneva Convention; French Transit Workers Stage Walkout to Protest Rising Prices. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Republicans' Closing Midterm Message: Inflation & Economy; Biden, Dems Try To Refocus Midterms On Abortion; Kemp, Abrams Spar Over Abortion And Crime In GA Debate; GA Voters Stand In Long Lines For Early Voting; Woodward Audiobook Has 8+ Hrs Of Trump Tapes; Trump On Speech Ideas: "Everything Is Mine"; Sen Lee Confronted Over 1/6 Scheme In Senate Debate; Ut Debate: McMullin Slams Lee For "Betrayal" Of Republic. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• UT Debate: McMullin Slams Lee For "Betrayal" Of Republic; Ukraine: Outages In At Least Three Cities After Attacks On Energy Facilities; Biden Speaks On Abortion Rights Ahead Of Midterm Elections. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Ukrainian Cities Suffer Blackouts; French Protesters Take To Streets Over Pay; Underground Hospitals Spring Up In Iran As Protests Still Continue; Iranian Women Take Up Arms In Iraqi Kurdistan; U.S. Tells Venezuelan Migrants They Will Be Sent To Mexico; Road To COP27. Aired 2-3p ET


New Day
• Independent Spars With GOP's Lee At Debate In Key Senate Race; Debates Get Personal As Midterm Elections Near; Abrams, Kemp Face Off In Georgia Gubernatorial Debate; Two Workers Killed At Zaporizhzhia Power Plant; Infrastructure Targeted By Russians In Ukraine; Fitch Predicts Recession In The Spring; Sarah Palin A Preview Of Today's GOP. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Headlines from Around the World; Kurdish Women Flee Iran; Mississippi River at Historic Lows; Study on Rationing Insulin; Chargers Ern Ugly Overtime Win. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Bad Blood, Debates Get Personal as Midterm Elections Near; Kharkiv Mayor Says, City is Under Fire as Explosions Reported; DOJ Says, Oath Keepers Bought Arsenal of Weapons Before Attack. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) Discusses New Polling Showing Economy And Inflation Top Concerns Of Voters; Study Finds Hair Straightening Products Linked To Higher Cancer Risk; Kevin Spacey Testifies In Own Defense, Says His Dad Was Neo-Nazi. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Ohio Senate Candidates Democrat Tim Ryan and Republican J.D. Vance have Second Debate; Utah Incumbent Republican Senator Mike Lee Running for Reelection against Former Republican Turned Independent Evan McMullin; Georgia Incumbent Republican Governor Brian Kemp Running against Democratic Challenger Stacey Abrams; Some See Enthusiasm Gap in Favor of Republican Candidate for Arizona Governor Kari Lake over Democratic Candidate Katie Hobbs; Russia Continues Attacks on Ukrainian Civilian Infrastructure; Radioactive Waste Found at School More than 22X Normal Amount; Taylor Greene Says She's Spoken with McCarthy About Probing Dems. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• New Details On Tense January 6th Call Between Trump, McCarthy; A Third Of U.S. Families Still Struggling To Find Infant Formula; Ralphie Returns: "A Christmas Story" Gets Sequel On HBO Max; Independent Spars With GOP's Lee At Debate In Key State Race; Declarations Of Independents As The Midterms Near; Concerns Mount Over Iranian Athlete Who Competed Without Hijab; New NBA Season Kicks Off Tonight With Doubleheader. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• US Stocks Rise On Strong Earnings Report; Corporate America Prepares For Upcoming Recession; Europe's Energy Crisis; Bank Earnings Boost Wall Street On Tuesday; Pandemic Pressures Easing, Labor Market Tight; Putin Yet To Confirm G20 Attendance; Dash To The Bell. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Ukraine: 30 Percent Of Energy Infrastructure Already Destroyed By Russia; New Russian War Commander Says Goal Is To "Methodically Grind" The Ukrainian "Enemy"; Zelenskyy: Russia "Crawling" To Iran A Sign Of Weakness; New Woodward Audiobook Has 8 Plus Hours Of Trump Tapes; Rep. Jason Crow, (D-CO), Is Interviewed About Donald Trump's Interview With Bob Woodward; CNN: Woodward Calls Trump "Unparalleled Danger" Because Of Efforts To Overturn The 2020 Election; GOP Trying To Unify In New Hampshire And Elsewhere; Biden & Dems Turn Focus To Abortion With Polls Showing Economy Is The Top Issue For Voters; New Sub Variants Spark Concern Over Potential COVID Surge. Aired 5-6p ET
• Crucial Midterm Elections Now Just Three Weeks Away; Biden Vows Abortion Rights Law As Democrats Try To Rally Voters; CNN Gets First- Hand Look At Massive Attack Drone Used By Russia; Jury Acquits Primary Source In Trump-Russia Dossier. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• China Communist Party Holds Congress; CNN Heroes: DeAnna Pursai; California Uses Goats To Fight Wildfires. Aired 4-4:10a ET