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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• WaPo: Trump Employees Moved Boxes of Papers a Day Before FBI Retrieved Documents at Mar-a-Lago; DeSantis Vows to Review Cases of January 6 Defendants if Elected; Russia Rattled by Attacks That Cross Into Its Borders; Wagner Chief Warns Russians Could Revolt If Ukraine Invasion Continues To Be A Struggle. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with WH Office of Science and Technology Policy Former Acting Director and Architect of the "Blueprint for an A.I. Bill of Rights" Alondra Nelson; Interview with "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" Actor Oscar Isaac; Interview with "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" Producer Jeremy O. Harris; Interview with UCSF Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Director Dr. Daniel Grossman. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• WaPo: Trump Workers Moved Boxes of Papers the Day Before DOJ Went to Mar-a-Lago to Collect Documents; CNN Poll: Biden has Wide Advantage Over Democratic Opponents; Oath Keeper Kelly Meggs Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison; Parents of Idaho Student Murder Suspect Testify Before Pennsylvania Grand Jury. Aired 4-5p ET
• Oath Keepers Leader Sentenced To 18 Years, 2nd Member Given 12 Years For Actions Around Jan, 6; Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) is Interviewed about Debt Limit Deal; Target Removes Pride Month Products After Right-Wing Backlash; New Drugs Aim To Surpass Weight-Loss Stars Like Ozempic and Wegovy. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN News Central
• DeSantis Campaign Kickoff Marred by Twitter Glitches; Fitch Warns It Could Downgrade Perfect U.S. Credit Rating; Officer Shoots 11-Year-Old Mississippi Boy Who Called 911 For Help. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Ukrainians May Have Launched Kremlin Attack; Bannon Appears in Court; Asa Hutchinson is Interviewed about his Run for President; Remembering Tina Turner. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Says, Every Hour Matters on Debt Negotiations; Soon, Oath Keepers Founder to be Sentenced for Seditious Conspiracy; Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) Campaign Kickoff Marred by Twitter Glitches. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Copy of "Burn After Reading" Letter Written by Brian Laundrie's Mother Obtained by CNN; Whistleblower in Hunter Biden Investigation is an IRS Employee; U.S. Remains in Heightened Threat Environment for Domestic Extremist Terrorism; Dutch Man Helped by Implants to Regain Ability to Walk After Paralysis; Google Questioned by Senate Democrats About How It Removes User Location Data. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Ron DeSantis Announces White House Bid; Fitch Puts U.S. on Rating Watch Negative; South Carolina Governor Signs Abortion Bill into Law; Officer Shoots 11-Year Old Mississippi Boy Who Called 9-1-1 for Help; Interview with Republican Representative Nancy Mace on Debt Ceiling Debate. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• House Will Recess Today With No Debt Limit Deal; Wagner Chief Says He Handed Over Body Of American Killed In Bakhmut; Tina Turner, The "Queen Of Rock And Roll," Dies At 83. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Oath Keepers Leader Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Attorneys For Oath Keepers Leader Speak After 18-Year Sentence; Hardline Republicans Lay Out New Demands & Strategy on Debt Ceiling; DeSantis Attacks Trump For Covid Response, National Debt; Biden Nominates Gen. Charles Q. Brown As Joint Chiefs Chairman, Speaks on Debt Talks. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Biden Nominates Gen. Charles Brown As Joint Chiefs Chairman; Oath Keepers Leader Sentenced To 18 Years, Longest Yet For January Six Riot; House To Recess Today With No Debt Limit Deal. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Hardline Republicans Lay Out New Demands & Strategy On Debt; U.S. Intel: Ukrainian Group May Have Launched Kremlin Drone Attack; Surge In Air, Car Travel As Holiday Rush Begins; Outrage In New Zealand Prompts Miami Zoo To Cancel Kiwi Petting. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Oath Keepers Leader Sentenced to 18 Years, Longest Yet for January 6 Riot; Russian Warship Apparently Hit by Unmanned Surface Vessel; House to Recess Today With No Debt Limit Deal; Deputy Treasury Secretary: Everyone "Should Be Worried" About Default; Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY) Discusses About Debt Limit Deal Between Republicans and Democrats. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• DeSantis Attacks Trump for COVID Response, National Debt; Uvalde Families Sue Manufacturer of Gun Used in Massacre; WAPO: Trump Workers Moved Boxes Day Before Mar-a-Lago Search. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.S. Intel: Ukrainians May Have Launched Kremlin Drone Attack; Mawar Regains Super Typhoon Stratus, Now Category 4 Storm; Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Announces White House Bid; Legendary Tina Turner Dies At Age 83; Anti-Putin Russian Groups: Operation Still Ongoing; Inflation Falling in U.K., But Food Prices Still Rising. Aired 12- 12:45a ET
• Mawar Regains Super Typhoon Status, Now Category 4 Storm; State Media Says, Russia Denies Fire at Defense Ministry Building; Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) Announces White House Bid; Wagner Chief Fired New Political Salvo at Russian Leaders; U.K. Inflation Falls to 8.7 percent but Food Prices Still Rising; Negotiations Ongoing But No Tangible Progress in Showdown; Refugee4s in Chad Say They Left Behind Families to Escape War; Restoring a Tropical Paradise. Aired 1-2a ET
• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Announces White House Bid; Community Gathers To Remember 21 Shooting Victims; Legendary Singer Tina Turner Dies At Age 83; Mawar Regains Super Typhoon Status, Now Category 4 Storm; Wagner Chief Wants New Nickname; Prosecutors Argue To Keep Man In Custody Who Crashed Into Barriers Near White House. Aired 2-3a ET
• Ron DeSantis' Presidential Bid Announcement on Twitter Experienced Delays; Negotiators Scrambling for the Debt Ceiling Deal; Singer Tina Turner Dies at 83; Chinese Hackers Target Crisis Communications; Uvalde Commemorates One Year after the Mass Shooting; Typhoon Mawar Leaves Guam with Minor Injuries, Major Damages. Aired 3- 4a ET
• CNN International: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Announces White House Bid; Microsoft: Chines Hackers Air to Disrupt Crisis Communications; Negotiations Ongoing, But no Tangible Progress in Debt Ceiling Agreement; Russia Launches Wave of Air Attacks Using Drones; Remembering the Great Tina Turner. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Legendary Singer Tina Turner Dies at Age 83; Mawar Regains Super Typhoon Status, Now Category 5 Storm; Twitter Owner Opines on Divisive Social Issues. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Police: Three Dead in Shooting & Stabbing Attack in Japan; Twitter Glitches Overshadow DeSantis Campaign Launch; Rwandan Genocide Suspect Captured after Decades on the Run; Why Tina Turner's Legacy Goes Beyond Music; U.N. Moves Refugees Further into Chad after Rockets hit Border. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Twitter Glitches Overshadow DeSantis Campaign Launch; McCarthy: Negotiators Made Progress at White House Meeting; U.S. Intel Indicates Ukrainians May Have Launched Kremlin Drone Attack; Remembering Tina Turner, Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Eleven-year-old Shot by Officer; Lawyers want AG to Drop Trump Investigation; Target Pulls Pride Merchandise; David Pepper is Interviewed about Democracy. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• House Leaving on Recess with Time Running Out for Debt Ceiling Deal; Twitter Glitches Overshadow Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) Campaign Launch; Russia's Wagner Chief Says Fighters Beginning to Leave Bakhmut. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) Debt Ceiling Negotiations; IRS Veteran Goes Public As Whistleblower In Hunter Biden Probe; Music Legend Tina Turner Dies At 83. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Florida Government Ron DeSantis's Presidential Campaign Launch on Twitter Experiences Glitches; Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes to Face Sentencing for Seditious Conspiracy Due to His Actions during January 6th Insurrection; Texas A.G. Accuses House Speaker Of Being Drunk In Capitol; Texas House Investigating Ken Paxton Over Whistleblower Settlement; Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Hand-Wash Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) is Interviewed about the Debt Limit; Trophies Tour Ahead of 2023 Finals. Aired 8:30-9a ET


CNN Tonight
• Washington Post Reports, Trump Employees Moved Boxes the Day Before FBI Agents Came to Mar-a-Lago for Documents; 11-Year-Old Mississippi Boy Who was Shot by Responding Police Officer After Calling 911 is Released from the Hospital; College Enrollment This Year has Dropped 1 Million Students since 2019; New Drugs Could Boost Weight Loss and Additional Benefits. Aired 10-11p ET
• White House and GOP negotiators Inching Closer to Deal in Debt Ceiling Crisis; CNN Obtains Copy of "Burn After Reading" Note Brian Laundrie's Mother Wrote; PA State Legislature Takes Up Gun Reform; Census Bureau: U.S. Population is Growing Older; "CNN Tonight" Presents "On the Lookout." Aired 11p-12a ET


Connect the World
• Wagner Withdrawing from around Bakhmut; Ukrainians May Have Launched Kremlin Drone Attack; Ron DeSantis Announces White House Bid; Rwandan Genocide Suspect Arrested in South Africa; Fitch Puts U.S. on Rating Watch Negative; Legendary Singer Tina Turner Dies at 83; Super Typhoon Mawar Gaining Strength as It Moves from Guam. Aired 10-11a ET
• U.S. Intel: Ukrainians may have Launched Kremlin Drone Attack; Police: Three Dead in Rare Mass Attack in Japan; Most Wanted Rwandan Genocide Suspect Arrested in South Africa; CNN Speaks with President of Seychelles about COP28; Voters Head to the Polls Sunday for Runoff Election; Erdogan Rival Kilicdaroglu Shifts Stance ahead of Runoff. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Washington Post: Trump Workers Moved Mar-a-Lago Boxes Day Before DOJ Visit; Russian Video: Ukrainian Forces Launch "Massive" Strike in Occupied City; Anti-Vaccine Activist RFK Jr. Hits 20 Percent in New CNN Poll Among Dems; DeSantis Holds Donor Retreat a Day After Rough Twitter Launch. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• DeSantis Announces Presidential Bid in Glitchy Twitter Interview; GOP Sources: Prospects for Deal Grim, As Speaker Offers Optimism; Super-Typhoon Mawar Slams U.S. Island of Guam with Heavy Rain; "Queen of Rock and Roll" Tina Turner Dies at 83. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• 80,000 Sudan Refugees Flee To Chad As Fighting Enters Sixth Week; Target Pulls Some Pride Merchandise Citing Threats Against Staff; Panthers Sweep Hurricanes To Reach Stanley Cup Final. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Spending Cuts Remain a Sticking Point in Talks; IEA: Investment in Solar Power to Outpace Oil for First Time; IEA Releases World Energy Report; China Hits Back Over Microsoft Hacking Claims; Malpass: I Don't Expect a U.S. Default; Tina Turner, Queen of Rock 'N' Roll, Dies at 83. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• DeSantis Plots Campaign Kickoff Tour After Glitchy Launch; DeSantis 2024 Debut Plagued By Twitter Technical Difficulties; DeSantis: I Would Fire FBI Director Chris Wray "On Day One"; DeSantis Previews Plans To Test Guardrails In Oval Office; Now: Oath Keepers Founder Speaks At Sentencing Hearing; House Leaving For Weekend With Time Running Out For Debt Deal; 7 Days Left To Reach Debt Deal Before Possible Default; Dem Rep: GOP "Very Disciplined" In Debt Messaging; Trump, DeSantis Spar Over Policy. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump, DeSantis Friction Points Include Abortion & Spending; DeSantis: Do Not Want U.S. Troops "Enmeshed" In Ukraine War; Biden Calls On Congress To Pass Police Reform Three Years After George Floyd Killed By Police; Poll: 49 Percent Of Black Americans Don't Feel Biden Has Helped Improve Their Lives; Now: Sentencing Hearing For Oath Keepers Founder. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• A Car Hits Downing Street Gates; Wagner Chief Says His Mercenaries are Withdrawing from Bakhmut; Offensive Game Sparks Outrage in Brazil; Officer Shoots 11-Year-Old Mississippi Boy Who Called 911 for Help; Ron DeSantis' Glitchy White House Bid; Rwandan Genocide Suspect Arrested in South Africa; Google Removes Slavery Game after Wave of Anger in Brazil; Elon Musk Weighs in on Divisive Social Issues. Aired 2-3p ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Car Collides at Front Gates of Downing Street; Rwandan Genocide Suspect Captured; Wagner Leader Says His Forces Are Pulling Out from Bakhmut; DeSantis Announces White House Bid; More Than 300,000 Flee Sudan Due to Conflict; Hospital Discharges Boy Shot by Police in Mississippi. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• NVIDIA Shares Soar on Expected Revenue Boom; Fitch Places US Credit on Rating Watch Negative; DeSantis Presidential Bid Launch Hit by Twitter Glitch; Germany in Recession; Schneider Electric CEO Stepping Down; Call to Earth: Mauritius. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN: WH, GOP Closer On Deal To Raise Debt Ceiling & Cut Spending; Ex-Wife Of Oath Keepers Chief Reacts To 18-Year Sedition Sentence; DeSantis: "I Don't Know What Happened To Donald Trump." Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Washington Post Reports, Trump Employees Moved Boxes of Papers a Day Before FBI Retrieved Documents at Mar-a-Lago; Oath Keepers Leader Sentenced to 18 Years for Actions Around Jan. 6; Anti-Putin Russian Fighters Boast About Cross-Border Raids; DeSantis Brushes Off Glitchy Campaign Launch, Takes Aim at Trump; Biden Lays Out First Ever National Strategy to Fight Antisemitism. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Typhoon Mawar Slamming the U.S. Territory; How Technology Behind ChatGPT Could Make Mind-Reading a Reality; Ed Sheeran Surpirse Visit. Aired 4-4:10a ET