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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Passes On Georgia RICO Trial: NY Appeals Court Refuses To Delay Fraud Trial; McCarthy Refuses To Say If He Would Cut Deal With Democrats If GOP Stopgap Fails Tomorrow; Senior GOP Aide: Impeachment Inquiry Hearing Unmitigated Disaster, GOP Chairman Hearing Wasn't Supposed To Be About Fireworks; Interview With Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO); Biden Targets Trump In Speech On Threats To Democracy; Up Close Look At The Dangerous Journey For Migrants Hoping To Reach The U.S. "The Land Of Opportunity"; Parents, Sister Of Evan Gershkovich Discuss Journalist's Six Months Of Detention In Russia. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With The Sunday Times Former Editor And The Spectator Chairman Andrew Neil; Interview With "On With Kara Swisher" Podcast Host And "Pivot" Podcast Co-Host Kara Swisher; Interview With "26.2 ToLife" Director Christine Yoo; Interview With "26.2 To Life" Subject Markelle Taylor; Interview With "River Of Fire" Author Sister Helen Prejean. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Delivers Warning On Threats To Democracy; House GOP Holds Impeachment Inquiry As Shutdown Looms; Tensions Erupt Between McCarthy And Gaetz Behind Closed Doors; Senator Menendez Tells Dem Colleagues He Will Not Resign; Mexico To Host Meeting On Migration. Aired 4-5p ET
• GOP Candidates Spar In Second Debate, Call Out Absent Trump; Wash Post: Alarmed Republicans Prepare To Draft V.A. Gov. Youngkin; Trump And His Adult Children Are Listed As Potential Witnesses In N.Y. Fraud Case; GOP-Led House Cmte Hold First Biden Impeachment Inquiry Hearing; Top Health Officials Address Nation's Mental Health Crisis; D.B. Cooper Sleuth Hopes To Solve Decades Old Mystery With DNA. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN News Central
• Candidates Clash at Debate; Trump Skips GOP Debate; Second Presidential Debate; Houst to Begin Impeachment Inquiry Today; Two Days Left for Funding Deal; Biden Speech to Target Trump. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• U.S. Army Private Returns to U.S.; Baltimore Police End Manhunt; Doug Jones is Interviewed about Sen. Bob Menendez; Abbott Defends Busing Migrants. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• GOP-Led House Committee Holds Biden Impeachment Inquiry Hearing; Senate, House at Odds on Funding With Two Days Left to Cut Deal. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Hearing On Biden Impeachment Inquiry Held By Republican-Led House Committee; Candidates Square Off In 2nd Republican Debate Without Trump; Interview With Former Public Policy Director For Mitt Romney Lanhee Chen; 2nd GOP Debate, Nikki Haley Strikes Ramaswamy; Military Families May Suffer Greatly As A Result Of Government Shutdown; Interview With Blue Star Families CEO And President Kathy Roth-Douquet; Federal Judge Overseeing Trump's Election Subversion Case Will Not Be Removing Herself From The Case. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Can Kevin McCarthy Avert Shutdown?; President Biden to Deliver Speech on Defending Democracy; Republican Presidential Debate Fallout; Republicans Hold Impeachment Inquiry. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Possible Shutdown Comes At A Delicate Time For The U.S. Economy; Soldier Who Crossed Into N. Korea Returns To U.S.; Baltimore PD Reveals New Details About Tech CEO Murder. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump on Witness Stand in New York?; Interview With Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA); Senator Robert Menendez Facing Growing Calls to Resign; Can Kevin McCarthy Avoid Shutdown?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• GOP-Led House Committee Holds Biden Impeachment Inquiry Hearing; American Soldier Travis King Back On U.S. Soil; CNN Walks With Migrants Trekking For Days Toward U.S.; Some GOP Members Call Impeachment Inquiry "Unmitigated Disaster"; Baton Rouge Police Accused Of Torturing Detainees. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Biden Warns Of Threats To Democracy, Targets Trump; Government Shutdown Nears, Congress Deadlocked; Menendez Rejects Resignation Calls Amid Democratic Division; Trump Skips Debate, Focuses On Union Workers In Michigan; Governor Hochul Worries About Shutdown's Impact On New York. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview With Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY); American Soldier Travis King Back On U.S. Soil; Soon, Biden Remarks On Trump's Threat To Democracy. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Soon: Biden Remarks On Trump's Threat to Democracy; Cindy McCain Speaks At Event Honoring Late Husband John; Biden Delivers Warning On Threats To Democracy; Biden Defends Milley After Trump Threatened Him. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Biden Delivers Warning On Threats To Democracy; Federal Government Could Shut Down In Less Than Three Days. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Did Not Air 12-1a ET
• Travis King, Soldier Who Crossed Into North Korea, Back In U.S. Custody; Powerful Explosion Erupts At Warehouse In Uzbekistan's Tashkent; Russia Provides Videos To Prove Top Admiral's Survival; Trudeau Apologizes For Recognition Of Nazi Unit War Veteran In Canadian Parliament; Germany Mulls Tightening Border Checks. Aired 1- 2a ET
• American Soldier Who Ran Into North Korea Heading To United States; Growing Humanitarian Crisis Amid Exodus From Region; Russia Shows New Video Of Black Sea Fleet Commander. Aired 2-3a ET
• Republican Presidential Candidates Squared Off for the Second Time, still without Donald Trump; Federal Shutdown May Happen if Congressional Stalemate Continues; Army Private Travis King Returns to the United States after his Expulsion in North Korea; Target to Shut Select Stores Due to Large-Scale Theft Crimes; Wagner Forces Reappeared after Prigozhin's Passing; Private Travis King Successfully Landed in U.S. Aired 3-4a ET
• Republicans, Minus Trump, Face Off in Second Debate; Trump's Civil Trial Set to Begin Monday in New York; White House: Up to Republicans to Prevent Shutdown; American Soldier Held in North Korea Back in the U.S. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Ukraine President Zelenskyy Meets U.K. Defense Minister; Baltimore Police Arrest Suspect in Killing of Pava LaPere; Astronaut Returns to Earth After 371 Days in Space. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Greece Hit by Second Severe Storm in a Month; Israeli Supreme Court Hearing Challenge to New Law; Nagorno- Karabakh will "Cease to Exist" on January 1; Today: House Republicans Hold Biden Impeachment Inquiry Hearing; Mexico to Host Meeting with Regional Governments. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• GOP Candidates Hold Contentious 2nd Debate; American Soldier Who Crossed into North Korea Now Back in U.S.. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump Gives Speech in Michigan; Trump skips GOP Debate; Iowa Voter on Second GOP Debate. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Trump's Rivals Battle for Breakout Moment in Chaotic GOP Debate; American Soldier Who Crossed into North Korea is Now Back in U.S.; House GOP Calls Emergency Meeting to Cut Ukraine Aid from Defense Bill. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) On Republican Candidates Going After Biden In Second Debate; Suspect Arrested In Murder Of Baltimore Tech CEO; American Soldier Expelled From North Korea Arrives In U.S. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Republican Presidential Candidates Debate at Ronald Reagon Library; Republican Presidential Candidate Chris Christie Interviewed on His Criticisms of Former President Trump for Not Attending Republican Presidential Debate. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Mike Pence is Interviewed about the Debate; Biden to Give Speech on Democracy; Aired 8:30-9a ET


CNN Tonight
• House Votes As Shutdown Looms; Trump Won't Try To Push GA Case To Federal Court; House GOP Holds Impeachment Hearing As Shutdown Looms; Biden Warns About MAGA's Threat To Democracy; Senator Menendez Says He Won't Resign. Aired 11p-12a ET


Connect the World
• Candidates Target Ramaswamy Throughout Debate; American Soldier Travis King Returned from North Korea; At least 100 Killed after Fire Rips Through Celebration; U.S. Stocks Open Mostly Lower Thursday; ChatGPT AI Tool Gains Powerful New Upgrades; Nagorno-Karabakh Leader Dissolving Self- Declared Republic. Aired 9-10a ET
• First House Hearing for Republicans' Impeachment Attempt; Chris Christie Slams Donald Trump for Skipping Debates; Israel's Political Turmoil; Nagorno-Karabakh Leader Dissolving Self-Declared Republic; Russia Launches Massive Strikes Overnight; "Call to Earth: Sea of Hope"; Return of U.S. Astronaut After Record Year; Dubai to Debut Self-Driving Taxis; CNN Wins Big at the Emmys. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• In Surprise Move, Trump Won't Try To Push Georgia Case To Federal Court; Trump Trials Set For Monday, New York Heightens Courthouse Security; Republicans Melt Down As Government Is About To Shut Down; Russia Releases Video Of Putin With Warlord, Ally In Moscow Amid Claims Ally is Ill; Biden: "You Can't Love Your Country Only When You Win". Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Candidates Square Off in Second Republican Presidential Debate; Today: House Republicans to Hold Biden Impeachment Hearings; Record Heat Possible Across Central, Eastern U.S. This Week. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Candidates Square Off In Second Republican Presidential Debate; Manchin Undecided On Voting For Biden If Election Was Now; Senate Unanimously Passes Formal Dress Code. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Cash In California: GOP Rivals Trade Insults On Debate Stage; South Carolina Shutdown: Haley, Scott Spar For Attention; Trump Brushes Aside GOP Debate He Skipped; Trump On Witness List In N.Y. Fraud Trial Set To Start Next Week; House GOP Tensions Boiling Over With 3 Days Until Shutdown; Congress Barreling Toward Shutdown With 3 Days To Reach Deal. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Biden Speech To Target Trump's Threats To Democracy; GOP-Led House Cmte Holds First Biden Impeachment Hearing; Pence: "I've Been Sleeping With A Teacher For 38 Years". Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Nagorno-Karabakh Leader Dissolving Self-Declared Republic; Israel's Political Turmoil; U.S. Migrant Crisis; Beloved Actor Sir Michael Gambon Dies At 82; GOP-led House Hold First Impeachment Hearing of President Biden; Two Shooting Incidents in Rotterdam Leave At Least Two People Dead; Nagorno-Karabakh Leader Dissolve Self-Declared Republic. Aired 2-3p ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Asa Hutchinson Weighs In On Points Raised In The Republican Presidential Debate; Russia Released A Series Of Videos Showing Sokolov; Senator Bob Menendez Expected to Address His Democratic Colleagues Behind Closed Doors; U.S. Soldier Travis King Back On U.S. Soil. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Biden Delivers Speech On Threats To US Democracy; NATO Chief Says Ukrainian Counteroffensive Is "Gaining Ground"; Dash To The Bell. Aired 3- 4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Trump, Biden Both Visit Detroit To Win Over Auto Workers; Myth Busted, Trump's Persona Takes Hit After Fraud Ruling; U.S. Dangerously Close To Government Shutdown; Sen. Tuberville Under Fire After Shameful Comments On The Military's Equal Opportunity Employment; Philadelphia On Alert After A Series Of Looting Incidents Happened; RFK Jr. Questions Another Conspiracy Theory On The 9/11 Attack. Aired 10-11p ET
• House Votes Underway as Government Shutdown Imminent; Potential Biden-Trump Rematch Hits Inflection Point; Hours Away, Auto Worker Strike to Expand if Talks Stall; Green Party Candidate Speaks on the Trump-Biden 2024 Matchup; CNN Fact-Checks Impeachment Inquiry over President Joe Biden and His Family; Republican Lawmakers Considering Virginia Governor to be Drafted in the Party. Aired 10-11p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Won't Try To Move Georgia Election Case To Federal Court; Biden Targets Trump In Speech On Threats To Democracy; Two Days To Shutdown, GOP Tensions Boil, No Solution In Sight; American Soldier Travis King Back On U.S. Soil. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• GOP's Own Witnesses Testify That No Evidence Has Yet Emerged To Warrant Biden's Impeachment; Sen. Menendez Planning Puerto Rico Fundraising Trip; In Surprising Move, Trump Drops Bid To Move Georgia Election Case To Federal Court. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• A Landmark Lawsuit and a Looming Government Shutdown; Series of Inspiring Stories About Women. Aired 4-4:10a ET


State of the Race with Kasie Hunt
• Candidates Clash at Republican Debate without Trump; U.S. House Committee Holds its First Hearing on Biden; Trump & Biden Visit Michigan Amid Autoworkers Strike; Senate, House at odds on Funding as Government Shutdown Looms; One More Thing. Aired 11a-12p ET