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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• NY Times: On Eve Of Dominion Trial, Discovery Of Tucker Carlson Texts Set Off Crisis Atop Fox; Interview With Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC); E. Jean Carroll Testifies In Battery And Defamation Case Against Trump; Disney Sues DeSantis, Accuses Him Of Targeted Campaign Of Government Retaliation; Hinds County Sheriff: Mississippi Jail Escapee Spotted In Texas; MTA Employees Honored For Saving Toddler In Train Tracks. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH); Interview With Singer, Activist And Actor Harry Belafonte; Interview With "Black Ball" Author Theresa Runstedtler. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Soon: House Expected To Vote On Debt Limit Bill; Montana GOP House Votes To Censure Transgender Lawmaker; Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip Denied Clemency; Disney Sues Florida Governor Ron DeSantis For Violating "Constitutional Rights"; Trans Missourians Brace For Gender-Affirming Care Ban; Hunter Biden's Lawyers Meet With Justice Department Officials; Xi And Zelenskyy Speak For The First Time Since Russia's Invasion. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


CNN News Central
• McCarthy Changes Debt Limit Plan; E. Jean Carroll Expected to Testify; Navalny's Solitary Confinement Extended; Biden Meets with South Korean President; Thousands Evacuated from Sudan; Taliban Kills Mastermind Behind Kabul Attack. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Manhunt for Escaped Detainees; Fears over First Republic; Flooding Concerns in the Midwest; Limiting Gender-Affirming Care in Missouri; Food Delivery Driver Killed. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• South Korean President's State Visit Welcomed by President Biden; House GOP Leaders Anticipate Today's Vote on Debt Limit Bill; Washington Banned Sale of Most Assault-Style Weapons; Nebraska Legislators Pass Permit-Free Concealed Carry Weapons Bill. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Acting FAA Chief Testifies Amid Concerns Over Runway Close Calls; Second American Citizen Dies in Sudan; President Biden Welcomes South Korean President to the White House. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• House GOP Expect to Pass Debt Limit Bill while Biden Vows a Veto; E. Jean Carroll Rape Trial Testimony Begins; Taliban Kills Mastermind behind Kabul Airport Attack; Race to Free Sudan amid Fragile Cease-Fire. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Manhunt In Mississippi For Four Escaped Detainees; Navalny's Time In Solitary Confinement Extended Again; Soon: Asa Hutchinson Kicks Off Presidential Campaign. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Alexey Navalny Facing More Legal Jeopardy; Sudan Evacuations; Republican Debt Ceiling Fight; Trump Accuser Testifies; Biden Meets With South Korean President. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Biden Hosts South Korean Pres. Yoon For State Visit; Soon: Biden, South Korea Pres. Yoon Take Questions From Reporters. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Biden, South Korean Pres. Yoon Take Questions From Reporters; McCarthy Changes Debt Bill Amid Struggle For GOP Votes. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• McCarthy Changes Debt Bill Amid Struggle For GOP Votes; Testimony Begins In Battery, Defamation Case Against Trump; Hunter Biden's Lawyers Meet With Justice Department; Leaked Documents Raise Questions About Pentagon's Internal Security; Leaked Pentagon Documents Reveal Concerns On China's Weaponization Of Space, Using Our Space Assets Against Us; Soon, MT House To Vote On "Discipline" Of Transgender Rep. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• McCarthy Changes Debt Bill Amid Struggle For GOP Votes; Trump Lawyers: Foreign Leader Briefings May Be In Docs Taken From WH; Testimony Underway In Battery, Defamation Case Against Trump; Sheriff: One Escaped MS Inmate Believed Dead After Police Shootout. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Humanitarian Conditions Worsen In Sudan; Vote On GOP's Debt Limit Plan Scheduled For 4:45 P.M.; GOP Senators Block Quick Passage Of Top Military Nominees; Montana House Debates Discipline Of Transgender Representative. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Foreign Governments Scramble To Help Citizens Escape Sudan; ISIS-K Leader Behind Attack Of Afghanistan Airport Bombing Killed By Taliban; Russia Sending Southern Ukrainian Children To Belarus; President Joe Biden Announces Reelection Bid To "Finish The Job"; Republicans Release A.I-Generated Anti-Biden Ad; Police Recover 89 Bodies in Starvation Cult Case. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• U.S.: Conditions Too Dangerous For Full Evacuation; Speculation Grows Over Possible Ukrainian Counteroffensive; U.S.: ISIS-K Leader Behind Attack Killed By Taliban. Aired 1-2a ET
• Mississippi Expanding State Control Over Policing In Jackson; Transgender Lawmaker Silenced; Ed Sheeran Testifies In Copyright Infringement Case; Trial Begins In E. Jean Carroll's Lawsuit Against Trump; U.S.: ISIS-K Leader Behind Attack Killed By Taliban; Sudanese- American Physician Killed At Home In Khartoum. Aired 2-3a ET
• Taliban kills 2021 Suicide Bombing Mastermind; Evacuations in Sudan Reaches Critical Point as 72-hour Truce Expires Soon; Joe Biden to Welcome South Korea's Yoon at the White House; Jailed Opposition Figure to Appear in Court for Another Criminal Case; Investors Attempt to Regain losses in today's trading; First Republic Stock Experiences Record Low As Deposits Plunge; Biden Officially Announced Bid to Run for Re- Election in 2024 Via Campaign Video; Mississippi authorities search for escaped inmates; Ed Sheeran Faces a Copyright Infringement Case; Port Authority Upgrades Once Reviled Airports; Mattel Release New Barbie with Down Syndrome. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Republicans Struggling for Votes on Debt Limit Bill; Trial Begins in E. Jean Carroll's Lawsuit Against Trump; Mastermind of Kabul Airport Attack Killed; Reports of Violence in Sudan Mar Fragile U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire; Navalny Back in Court for Hearing on Extremism; Southern Ukraine Tense Waiting for Counteroffensive. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Republican Lawmakers Embrace Anti-Abortion Policies; Montana Legislature Weighs Discipline for Transgender Lawmaker; Biden Hosts South Korean President in State Visit; Ed Sheeran Testifies in Copyright Infringement Case. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Zelenskyy Speaks To Chinese President Xi Jinping; Violence Mars Fragile U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire; Navalny Says He Faces New Terrorism Case; Paul Whelan's Sister: Paul Must Not Be Left Behind Again; Man Hanged For Trafficking Cannabis Despite Appeals; White House: Taliban Kills Mastermind Of 2021 Kabul Airport Attack; Former President Jair Bolsonaro Testifying About January 8; Biden To Meet With South Korean President At White House; Cult Leader Arrested As Police Recover 89 Bodies. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Biden Vows to Veto GOP Debt Bill If It Passes ; 4 Inmates on the Run, 1 Accused of Killing Man During Escape; Jailed Kremlin Critic Navalny Faces New Terrorism Charges; ISIS-K Leader Behind Kabul Airport Bombing Killed by Taliban. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Abby Grossberg Suing Fox News; Harmful Doses of Melatonin in Gummies; Elizabeth Whelan is Interviewed about Her Brother's Detainment in Russia; California Faces Flood Risk. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• E. Jean Carroll Expected to Testify Against Trump in Defamation Trial; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Makes Changes to Debt Bill as Urgency Grows More Dire; New Scathing Report Details Shortcomings in U.S. COVID Response. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Dr. Anthony Fauci Reflects On Missteps And Successes Of U.S. Covid Response; Kim Kardashian On Five Years Since Helping To Free Alice Johnson; U.S. Soccer's New Sporting Director Joins CNN This Morning. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Makes Last Minute Changes for Debt Ceiling Bill in Attempt to Garner Enough House Republican Votes; Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) Interviewed on Provisions in House Republican Debt Ceiling Bill and His Endorsement of Former President Trump as 2024 Republican Presidential Nominee; Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Kim Kardashian at the Time 100 Summit; Rep. James Clyburn (D- SC) is Interviewed about Biden. Aired 8:30-9a ET


CNN Tonight
• Two Big Issues Facing Joe Biden; Sales Of Bud Light Fall After Campaign Featuring Transgender Influencer Dylan Mulvaney; Clemency Denied For Death Row Inmate After Unprecedented Move By Oklahoma A.G. Attending Hearing On Inmate's Behalf; Oklahoma Parole Board Denies Clemency Request Of Richard Glossip; Dress Code Political Drama; Tucker Carlson Breaks Silence After Being Fired From Fox. Aired 10-11p ET
• Disney Sues Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Over "Targeted Campaign"; Manhunt Underway After Inmates Escape From Mississippi Jail; E. Jean Carroll Will Be Back On The Stand After An Emotional Testimony; President Biden Addresses Big Voter Concern: His Age; "CNN Tonight" Presents "On The Lookout." Aired 11p-12a ET


Connect the World
• U.S. and South Korean Presidents to Meet at White House; Race to Free Sudan amid Fragile Cease-Fire; Alexei Navalny Facing "Two Big Trials" in Russia. Aired 10-11a ET
• WHO Chief: 61 Percent of Health Facilities in Sudanese Capital Closed; CNN Talks to Navalny's Daughter about his Condition; Zelenskyy has "Meaningful" Phone Call with Xi; Republicans Unveil AI-Generated Ad Criticizing Biden; Biden Meets with South Korean President at White House; Private Spaceship Presumed Lost after Moon Landing Attempt. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Video: Russian Fighter Jet Bursts Into Flames Midair; Navalny Now Faces Terrorism Charges; Disney Sues DeSantis Over "Targeted Campaign Of Government Retaliation"; WSJ: Tucker Carlson's Vulgar Messages Helped Seal His Fate; Montana Republicans Ban Transgender Lawmaker From House Floor; Giant Panda's Return To China Symbolizes Rising Tensions With U.S. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Today: Accuser in Trump Battery, Defamation Trail to Testify; McCarthy Scrambles for Debt Bill Votes Amid GOP Concerns; W.H.O. Warns Battle Near Biolab Could Set Off "Germ Bomb"; ISIS-K Leader Behind Kabul Airport Bombing Killed by Taliban; Today: Biden Campaign Begins TV Ad Buy in Key Battleground States. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Alexey Navalny Appears In Russian Court For New Criminal Case; White House To Host South Korean President Later Today; McCarthy Scrambles For GOP Votes On Debt Ceiling Plan. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Ukraine's Zelenskyy Speaks to China's Xi Jinping; Former President Jair Bolsonaro Testifying about January 8; U.S. Restaurant Giant Chipotle Beats Expectations; IEA: A Record 10 Million Electric Cars were Sold in 2022; Newark Terminal A Reopens after $2.7B Renovation; U.S. Zoo says Farewell to China's Giant Panda Ya-Ya. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Fmr AR Gov Asa Hutchinson Announcing Presidential Run; Poll: Hutchinson Starts 2024 Campaign With Virtually No Support; Trump May Ditch GOP Debates Because "Nobody Got My Approval"; Disney Sues DeSantis, Accuses FL Gov Of "Retaliation"; House To Vote On Debt Limit Bill "As Early As Today"; McCarthy Downplays Bill Changes After Saying There Would Be None; House GOP Leaders Expect Debt Limit Bill To Pass Today; Biden: I'll Veto "Reckless" GOP Debt Limit Bill. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Police: E. Jean Carroll Testifies in Trial Against Trump; Biden; South Korean President Speak at the White House; U.S.-South Korea Announce Steps to Deter North Korea's Nuclear Threat; Mitch McConnell Defends Embattled Justices Gorsuch and Thomas; Bipartisan Senators Target Supreme Court Ethics in New Bill. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Sporadic Fighting Undermines Temporary Ceasefire In Sudan; Doctors Struggle To Treat The Wounded In Sudan As Supplies Run Out; Sudanese Hospitals Overwhelmed By Casualties, Many Closed; Alexei Navalny Facing "Two Big Trials" In Russia; Former Brazilian President Testifies About January 8 Riots; Portugal's President Calls For Apology Over Slavery. Aired 2-3p ET


Quest Means Business
• Disney Sues Florida Governor DeSantis And Oversight Board; UK Blocks $69 Billion Microsoft-Activision Merger; New Book Examines Missteps By US Authorities; First Republic Stock Drops Again; Europe Leads On Crypto Regulation; Xi And Zelenskyy Speak; Kim Kardashian On Her Mom. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• New Bill Would Ban Social Media For Kids Under 13 Without Consent; Schwarzenegger Says Father Was "Sucked Into A Hate System" By Lies; Biden: I've Taken "Hard Look" At Age & Number Doesn't Register. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Awaiting House Votes On GOP Debt Limit Bill After Last-Minute Rewrite; Awaiting Key House Vote In High-Stakes Debt Limit Showdown; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, (D-IL) Is Interviewed About Debt Limit Bill, U.S.& South Korea, Ukraine, China; U.S. & South Korea Unveil New Steps To Deter North Korean Threat; Zelenskyy: "Long And Meaningful" Call With Chinese Pres. Xi; E. Jean Carroll Testifies: "Donald Trump Raped Me". Aired 5-6p ET
• House Passes Republican Bill To Raise Debt Limit; Fox To Give More Murdoch Documents To Smartmatic In Defamation Case; Zelenskyy Says, Long And Meaningful Call With Chinese President Xi; Trump Civil Trial Wraps For Day After Accuser Takes The Stand; Montana House Votes To Ban Transgender Representative From Floor. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Biden Announces Bid For 2024 Run; Archangel Clones The World`s Most Iconic Trees. Aired 4-4:10a ET