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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Caught On Tape Talking About Classified Documents He Kept After Leaving The White House; House Set To Pass Debt Limit Bill In Bipartisan Vote; Russian Authorities Report Renewed Shelling Of Border Areas By Ukrainians; Pentagon Says U.S. Is Tracking 800-Plus Potential UFO Cases. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Columbia University Environmental Law Expert Michael Gerrard; Interview With Senior Director Of Future Frontlines And Planetary Politics New America And Arizona State University Center On The Future Of War, Professor Candace Rondeaux; Interview With New York Times Correspondent And "The Land Of Hope And Fear" Author Isabel Kershner; Interview With "Polite Society" Writer and Director And "We Are Lady Parts" Creator Nida Manzoor. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Federal Prosecutors Obtain Tape Of Trump Discussing Classified Document He Kept After Leaving White House; Sources: Former VP Mike Pence To Launch Presidential Bid Next Wednesday; Now: House Considering Rules For Debt Limit Vote; Ukraine: Explosion At Belarus- Russia-Ukraine Border Caused By Russia; Sen. Kaine Discusses His Vote On Debt Ceiling As Dems Fracture; GOP Chair Renews Threat To Hold FBI Director In Contempt. Aired 4-5p ET
• Tape Obtained By Federal Prosecutors Undercuts Trump Defense In The Classified Documents Investigation; Tonight: Full House Vote Expected On Debt Ceiling Bill; Rep. Nancy Mace, (R-SC), Is Interviewed About Debt Ceiling Bill, Kevin McCarthy; McCarthy Speakership Faces Key Test Over Debt Limit Deal; DeSantis Kicks Off Campaign With Multi- Day Iowa Tour; Court Rules Purdue Pharma's Billionaire Owners Can Be Shielded From Civil Lawsuits Over Role In Their Company's Opioids Business; "Slow Burn" Podcast Uncovers How Justice Clarence Thomas Became A Conservative Icon. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN News Central
• Debt Ceiling Deal Before Congress; Cross Border Strikes Increasing; Chinese Jet Close to U.S. Plane; Chris Christie Expected to Launch Campaign; DeSantis Slams Trump; Tree of Life Trial Resumes Today. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Iowa Building Collapse; NASA Holds Meeting on UFOs; Rosalynn carter Has Dementia. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) Says She Will Vote No on Debt Ceiling Bill; Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) Slams Trump During Inaugural Campaign Stop; New York Times Reports, Trump Aides Subpoenaed in Firing of Election Security Expert. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Manufacturers Cheer the Debt Limit Agreement and Call for Swift Action from Congress; Owner of Gas Station Accused of Killing a 14- Year-Old South Carolina Boy; In Exchange For $6B, Court Grants Sacklers Immunity; According to CDC, Many Foodborne Illnesses Caused by Sick Restaurant Employees; Norovirus, Salmonella, The Most Prevalent Infections at Restaurants, According to CDC; CDC: Paid Sick Days Can Reduce Illness and Food Contamination; Wildfires Rage in Nova Scotia, Numerous Schools are Closed; Massive Fires Spread Across Nova Scotia, Thousands Forced to Flee; Prior to Boarding, Air New Zealand will Weighs Passengers. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Race to Avert Default Disaster; Chris Christie Expected to Launch Presidential Bid; Belgorod Situation "Alarming"; Images Released of 2018 Synagogue Massacre. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• China Says U.S. Spy Plane "Deliberately Intruded" Into Its Training Area; 54 Percent Of U.S. Teachers Think Being Armed Would Make Schools Less Safe; Now: NASA Holding Meeting On Unidentified Objects. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Court Grants Sackler Family Immunity From Future Lawsuits; Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Trial Continues; DeSantis Slams Trump; China Tensions; House Set to Vote on Debt Ceiling Bill. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• "Massive Strike" In Belgorod Leaves 4 Hurt & Alleged Drone Strike Ignites Fire At Russian Oil Refinery; Study: 54% Of Teachers Think Being Armed Would Make Schools Less Safe; Pentagon: U.S. Tracking 800+ Potential UFO Cases. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Tonight: House Expected To Debate, Vote On Debt Limit Bill; U.S.: Chinese Jet Made "Aggressive Maneuver" In International Space; CNN: Chris Christie To Announce 2024 Bid Tuesday. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• At Least 4 Hurt In "Massive Strike" In Belgorod & Alleged Drone Strike Ignites Fire At Russian Oil Refinery; CA Governor Weighs Options After Manson Murderer Wins Parole; Senate Dems Ask Biden Admin To Look At Airline Seats. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• House Meets Ahead Of Debate On Debt Limit Bill; Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) Talks About The Potential Threat To Speaker McCarthy's Leadership; U.S.: Chinese Jet Made "Aggressive Maneuver" In International Airspace; Loved Ones Of Missing Demand More Searches Of Collapsed Iowa Building. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Day 2 of Testimony I Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting Trial; Court Grants Sackler Family Immunity In Exchange For $6 Billion Payout; NASA Team Hots Public Forum On How To Analyze UFO Sightings. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• North Korea Says Launch Of First Spy Satellite Fails; U.S. Military: Plane Was Conduction "Safe And Routine Operations" In International Airspace At Time Of Chinese Intercept; Russia Blames Ukraine For "Terrorist" Drone Attack; Kosovo Prime Minister Says Country Facing "Mob Of Extremists"; Sudan Warring Factions Agree To Extend Ceasefire By Five Days; Outrage In India After Teen Girl Stabbed To Death In Public; Outrage in India after Teen Girl Stabbed to Death in Public; Attorney: Van Der Sloot Involved in Peru Prison Fight; Dozens of A.I. Leaders Warn of Human Extinction Risk. Aired 12- 12:45a ET
• North Korea Fails On Attempt To Launch Its First Spy Satellite; Putin Blames Kyiv For Moscow Drone Attack; A.I. Poses Human Extinction Risk On Par With Nuclear War; NATO To Deploy More Troops To Kosovo To Curb Violence; Sudanese Warring Factions Agree to Extend Ceasefire by Five Days; Brazil's President Pushes for Greater Regional Cooperation; Outrage in India after Teen Girl Stabbed to Death in Public; Elizabeth Holmes Reports to Federal Prison in Texas; Beluga Thought to Be Russian "Spy" Now in Swedish Waters Aired 1-2a ET
• Launch Of North Korea's First Spy Satellite Fails; DeSantis Kicks Off 2024 Campaign In Iowa; U.S. House To Vote On Debt Ceiling Bill Amid Criticism; Russia Blames Ukraine For "Terrorist" Drone Attack; Thousands Evacuate, Schools Close Due To Nova Scotia Fires; 11-Year-Old Aderrien Murry Speaks About His Ordeal. Aired 2-3a ET
• Debt Ceiling Bill Hurdles Continues; Tensions Between Two Koreas Intensified after North Korea's Failed Launch Attempt and South Korea's False Alerts; Drone Strikes Reported in Russia's Belgorod, Krasnodar Regions; DeSantis Kicks Off Campaign Tour; Indian Teen Girl Stabbed in Public, Sparked Outrage; Wildfire Continues in Canada, Thousands Evacuated. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: U.S. House to Vote on Debt Ceiling Bill Amid Criticism; North Korea Says Launch of First Spy Satellite Fails; U.S. and China at Odds Over Aggressive Intercept of Spy Plane; DeSantis Visits Iowa, Says He'll Meet More Goals Than Trump; Elizabeth Holmes Reports to Federal Prison in Texas. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Smoke From Nova Scotia Fires Impacts Northeast U.S.; Demolition Delayed After 9th Survivor Rescued; 11- Year-Old Aderrien Murry Speaks About His Ordeal; Russia: New Attacks in Belgorod, Krasnodar Regions; Beluga Thought to be Russian Spy Now in Swedish Waters. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Russia: New Attacks In Belgorod, Krasnodar Regions; U.S. Announces Measures Against Kosovo Following Clashes; Launch Of First North Korean Spy Satellite Fails; U.S. & China At Odds Over "Aggressive" Intercept Of Spy Plane; U.S. House To Vote On Debt Ceiling Bill Amid Criticism; Dozens Of A.I. Leaders Warn Of Human Extinction Risk; Beluga Thought To Be Russian "Spy" Now In Swedish Waters. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Debt Limit Deal Heads for House Vote; Ukraine Braces for Russian Revenge after Blame for Moscow Attack; DeSantis Slams Rival Trump on Trail in Iowa; Trial Opens with 911 Calls from Tree of Life Mass Shooting; Sackler Family Granted Immunity Against Lawsuits in Settlement. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Sackler Family to Pay to Fight Opioid Epidemic; Mark Esper is Interviewed about Ukraine; Smoke from Canada Blankets New York City; Shooting Victim in Mississippi Speaks Out. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Kremlin Says, Situation Alarming as Ukraine Ramps Up Attacks on Russian Soil; House Set to Vote on Debt Limit Deal After It Cleared Key Hurdle; Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) Kicks Off Campaign in Iowa, Doesn't Hold Back Against Trump. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Ukraine Braces For Retaliation After Drone Attack On Moscow; Carter Center: Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Has Dementia; Sackler Family Granted Immunity Against Civil Lawsuits In $6 Billion Settlement. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Some House Republicans Criticize Deal Reached with White House to Raise U.S. Debt Ceiling; Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) Interviewed on Republican House Votes for Debt Ceiling Package; Russia Claims Ukraine Launched Drone Attacks inside Moscow. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Christie to Announce 2024 Bid; Margaret Talev is Interviewed about Chris Christie; Neil deGrasse Tyson is Interviewed about the Space Race. Aired 8:30-9a ET


CNN Tonight
• House Passes Debt Limit Deal As Lawmakers Race To Avert Default; Sources Say, Trump Captured On Tape Talking About Classified Document He Kept After Presidency; Tech Experts Warn The Public Of AI's Societal Risks; Defense Department Studies More Than 800 Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena; Bill Requires FAA To Conduct New Evacuation Tests Considering Airline Seat Size. Aired 10-11p ET
• Trump Caught On Tape Talking About Classified Documents He Kept After Presidency; House Passes Debt Limit Deal, Senate Takes Up Bill Next; Two More Republicans About To Enter The Race For GOP Nomination; Would Arming Teachers With Guns Make Students Safer?; CA Court Rules Former Manson Family Member Can Be Paroled. Aired 11p-12a ET


Connect the World
• Belgorod Situation "Alarming"; China Defends U.S. Spy Plane Interception; DeSantis Kicks Off Iowa Tour; Preteen Aderrien Murry Shares Ordeal; Failed North Korean Launch Fuels Tensions; Kosovo Excluded from NATO Exercises; NASA Holding Public Meeting on UFOs. Aired 10-11a ET
• Nvidia Rides AI Boom to $1 Trillion Market Cap; China: U.S. Spy Plane "Deliberately Intruded" Training Area; House to Vote on Bill as Lawmakers Race to Avert Default; IAEA's Grossi: "We need Complete Stabilization" of Zaporizhzhia; Kosovo Excluded from NATO Exercises over "Unnecessary" Crisis; Sailors Compete in 32nd Annual Dhow Race. Aired 11a- 12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Feds Have Trump On Tape Post-White House Talking About Classified Docs; Video: Patriot Missiles Used Against Russia Attacks In Kyiv; Soon: Final Vote On Debt Bill In The House To Avert Default; Trump Tries To One-Up DeSantis As Both Campaign In Iowa. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Today: House Votes on Bill to Suspend Debt Ceiling, Cut Spending; U.S. Condemns Failed North Korean Launch for Using Missile Tech; U.S. Slams Chinese Jet's "Aggressive Maneuver" Against Spy Plane; A.I. Leaders Sign Statement Warning of "Extinction" Risk. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Russia Blames Ukraine For Drone Attacks And Shelling; Beluga Whale Accused Of Spying Is Seen In Swedish Waters; Debt Deal Would Cut Over $20 Billion In IRS Funding. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• U.S. House Set to Vote on Debt Ceiling Bill Today; Purdue Pharma says Court Ruling is a Victory; Tesla CEO in talks with Chinese Foreign Minister; Pathway to Plastic Pollution-Free World; Smith: AI Brings Benefits but we Need Safety; Microsoft President: AI must Remain under Human Control. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• McCarthy's Team Confident Debt Deal Will Clear House; Some House Dems Still Sour On Deal To Avert Default; Tonight: House To Vote On Deal To Advert Crippling Default; Conservatives Frustrated With McCarthy Back Off Threatening His Job; DeSantis Dares Trump To Weigh In On Debt Ceiling Deal; DeSantis Courts Iowa Voters, Takes Swipes At Trump; DeSantis To Supporters: "Time We Impose Our Will" On D.C.; NYT: Special Counsel Subpoenas Trump WH Staff On Firing Of Fmr Top Election Security Official. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Special Counsel Subpoenas Trump White House Staff on Firing of Former Top Election Security Official; Special Counsel Investigators Eye Episode With Surveillance Cams at Mar-a-Lago; Women Who Support Trump Cite Party, Economy Over Sexual Misconduct; GOP Chair Plans to Hold FBI Director in Contempt; Kamala Harris Talks Abortion and Book Bans at Fundraiser Co-hosted by Anna Wintour; Woman Who Accused Biden of Sexual Assault Defects to Russia. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• NATO's Foreign Ministers Discuss The Apparent Escalation Into Russian Territory; NATO And European Leaders Call Out Kosovo For Escalating Tensions In Its Northern Region; Serbia's President Vucic Calls For Calm Amid Unrest In Region; Race To Avert Default Disaster; Indigenous Groups Clash With Riot Police In Sao Paulo; China Defends U.S. Spy Plane Interception; NASA Holds Public Meeting On UFOs; Passengers On Sunken Boat All Tied To Intelligence Work. Aired 2-3p ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Russia's War on Ukraine Spills Over Own Territory; Demonstrators Gather in Northern Kosovo; China Accuses the U.S. of Deliberate Intrusion into its Training Area; North Korea Vows Another Attempt to Launch a Military Satellite into Orbit; Some Technology Experts Say AI Presents Societal Scale Risks; U.S. House Set to Debate and Vote on Debt Ceiling Bill; Moscow Denies Charges, Says ICC Has No Authority. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. Facing Treats From Debt Tussle, China's Slowdown; Congress Races To Pass Bill To Avert Default; More Protests In Kosovo Town Where Clashes Broke Out Monday; Geminus CEO Says AI Can Help Solve Climate Problems; Amazon Corporate Employees Walk Out In Seattle; Sackler Family Wins Immunity In $6 Billion Opioid Settlement. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Trump's Lawyer Responds To New Revelations Of Audiotape; House Passes Debt Deal As Lawmakers Race To Avert Default; WH After Attacks In Moscow: We Don't Support Strikes In Russia. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Sources Say, Trump Captured On Tape Talking About Classified Document He Kept After Presidency; Tonight, House Debates And Votes On Debt Limit Deal; Russia Reeling From Escalating Attacks On Its Territory; DeSantis Kicks Off Campaign With Multi-Day Iowa Tour; Court Rules Purdue Pharma's Billionaire Owners Can Be Shielded From Civil Lawsuits Over Role In Their Company's Opioids Business; "Slow Burn" Podcast Uncovers How Justice Clarence Thomas Became A Conservative Icon. Aired 6-7p ET