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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• McCarthy Meets With Divided House Republicans After Last Ditch Bill To Avert Shutdown Fails; Interview With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D- IL); First Trump Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty In Fulton County, Georgia Election Case; Suspect Arrested In 1996 Murder Of Tupac Shakur; State Of Emergency In NYC After Heavy Rains Bring Flash Floods; Longest- Serving Female U.S. Senator Dies At The Age Of 90; Milley Says Military Doesn't Swear Oath To "Wannabe Dictator" In Apparent Swipe At Trump; Milley: Trump Disrespected Military With Execution Comment; Former Pres. Jimmy Carter Turns 99 Sunday. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Former Representative And Wilson Center President Emirate Jane Harman (D-CA); Interview With Senator Patty Murray (D-WA); Interview With Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Of State For Europe And Eurasia, Former U.S. Ambassador To Azerbaijan And Former U.S. Mediator In The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Matthew Bryza; Interview With The Wall Street Journal World Coverage Chief Gordon Fairclough; Interview With White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• U.S. Braces For Government Shutdown As Deadline Looms; First Guilty Plea In Major Trump Legal Case; NYC & NJ Under State Of Emergency Due To Flooding; Arrest Made In Connection With Tupac Shakur's 1996 Murder; Dianne Feinstein, Longest-Serving Femal Senator, Dies At 90. Aired 4-5p ET
• House Fails To Advance Last-Ditch Stopgap Bill As Government Barrels Toward Shutdown; Rep. James Clyburn, (D-SC), Is Interviewed About Government Shutdown; First Guilty Plea In Major Trump Legal Case; Fulton County Prosecutors Signal They May Soon Offer Plea Deals To Sidney Powell & Kenneth Chesebro; Judge Denies Jeffrey Clark's Request To Move Georgia Election Subversion Case To Federal Court; Trump Courts GOP Voters In C.A., Seeks Sweep Of Delegates; Trump Courts GOP Voters In CA, Seeks Sweep Of Delegates; Arrest Made In Connection With Tupac Shakur's 1996 Murder; Four Baton Rouge Police Officers Face Misconduct Charges Amid Investigations Into Street Crimes Unit. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN News Central
• Sen. Dianne Feinstein Passes Away At Age 90. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Is Interviewed About Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Death; No Clear Path To Avert Shutdown With Deadlines Fast Approaching. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Dies at Age 90; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Holds News Conference as Shutdown Looms; Biden Threatens to Veto House GOP Stopgap Funding Bill. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dies at Age 90; Tributes Pouring for Late Sen. Dianne Feinstein from Biden and Lawmakers; Farewell Ceremony Recognition in Honor of Gen. Mark Milley; Interview with U.S. Army (Ret.) Maj. Mike Lyons; With Deadline Quickly Approaching, There is No Clear Path to Avoid Shutdown; Stopgap Bill Proposed by House Republicans Would Be Vetoed by President Biden. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Dianne Feinstein Remembered As A Trailblazer, Iconic Senator; Biden Speaker At Farewell Tribute To Gen. Mark Milley. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Ceremony For Outgoing Joint Chiefs Chairman. Mark Milley; Rep. Pelosi Pays Tribute To Senator Dianne Feinstein. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• General Mark Milley Retires; Interview With Sen. Ben Cardin (D- MD); Senator Dianne Feinstein Dies; Government Shutdown Grows Closer. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Arrest Made In Connection With 1996 Murder Of Tupac Shakur; Heavy Rains Flood NYC's Roads And Subways; 4 Baton Rouge Officers Arrested On Felony Charges; House Voting On Final Passage Of GOP's Short-Term Funding Bill; Key Vote Fails, House Heading For Shutdown. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Government Shutdown Looms As House Fails To Pass Short-Term Funding Bill; California Democrat Dianne Feinstein Has Died At Age 90; Possible Plea Deal In Rico Case; UAW Strike Expands. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA) Discusses Congress Barreling Toward Government Shutdown & Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dead At 90; Heavy Rains Flood NYC's Roads And Subways; State Dept: China Expanding Efforts To Control Information; AI Implants Help Paralyzed Patient Move Arms, Hands. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Government Nears Shutdown After McCarthy Dealt Another Defeat; Tuberville: "Our Military is Not An Equal Opportunity Employer"; Trailblazing Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dies at Age 90; Trump Courts GOP Voters in CA, Seeks Sweep of Delegates. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Arrest Made In Connection With 1996 Murder Of Tupac Shakur. Police Give Update After Arrest In '96 Murder Of Tupac Shakur. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• NATO Promises More Ammunition to Ukraine; More Than 76,000 People Have Fled to Armenia from Nearby Territory; U.S. Report: China Spreading Propaganda Online; Evergrande Says Chairman Suspected of 'Crimes'; Migrants Describe Journey from Guatemala to Mexico; Cuban Scientists Work to Preserve Coral Reefs and Economy. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• NATO Secretary General Makes Unannounced Visit To Kyiv; Moscow Tries To Dispel Rumors About Chechen Leader's Health; Nearly Half Of Ethnic Armenians Flee; Student Gunman Kills Three In Rotterdam University Shooting; Government Shutdown Looming As Congress Seems Unlikely To Pass Spending Bill; U.S. Issues Stark Warning About China's Information Efforts; U.S.: China Manipulating Global Information Environment; Israel Supreme Court Concludes Hearing on Judicial Law; Swiss Glaciers Shrinking Rapidly; Cuban Scientists Work to Preserve Coral Reefs and Economy; Evergrande Says Chairman Suspected of "Crimes"; 200-Year-Old Tree Chopped Down, 16-year-old Arrested; Chat GPT Unveils New Voice and Chat Features. Aired 1-2a ET
• NATO Secretary General Announce More Military Aid for Ukraine; 70,000 Ethnic Armenians in Mass Exodus, Fears Ethnic Cleansing; President Biden Warns About MAGA Extremists; China's Digital Authoritarianism; Philippines Accusing China of Bullying. Iraq: 14 People Arrested After Fire Kills At Least 100; Three Dead After Targeted Attack In Dutch City; Swiss Glaciers Shrink At Alarming Rate; Largest Climate Change Lawsuit Underway In European Court; Two Eagles Soar As Adults For First Time In Bolivia. Aired 2-3a ET
• NATO Chief Makes an Unannounced Visit to Kyiv; More than 84,000 have left the Nagorno-Karabakh region as residents have no more chance to get back home; Philippine Defense Chief Speaks to CNN on the ongoing territorial issue between their country and China; Migrants Describing Their Long and Harsh Journey from Guatemala to Mexico; Cuban Scientists Now Working to Preserve Coral Reefs; ChatGPT Introduces New Updates and Features. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: House Voted Planned As U.S. Barrels Toward Shutdown; Trump Won't Seek to Move Case to Federal Court; Biden: MAGA Extremists Want to "Burn the Place Down"; Stoltenberg Makes Unannounced Visit to Kyiv. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: U.S. House vote on stopgap spending planned for Friday; GOP support is not guaranteed; UAW threatens to expand strikes if no progress made in talks; U.S. Pending home sales down 7.1% last month; California raises minimum wage for fast food workers; Biden impeachment inquiry hearing; Have a conversation with ChatGPT; Landmark tree chopped down; Evergrande says Chairman suspected of crimes; ChatGPT unveils new voice and chat features; Ryder Cup tees off in Italy; Netflix ending DVD rentals by mail service; Shrek's Swamp now available to rent on Airbnb; Remembering Harry Potter Star Michael Gambon. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: 52 Dead in Suspected Suicide Attack in Southwest Pakistan; Ukraine Confirms Strike on Russian Electrical Substation; China & Philippines at Odds over Rights to South China Sea; Migrants Describe Journey from Guatemala to Mexico. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Government Shutdown Looming: How We Got Here; White House Making Plans for a Government Shutdown; House Holds Biden Impeachment Inquiry Hearing as Shutdown Nears. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Phoebe Wall Howard is Interviewed about the UAW Strike; Mark Zandi is Interviewed about a Government Shutdown; AI Implants Help Paralyzed Patients. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Government Set to Shut Down at 12:01 A.M. Sunday; Court Clears Way for Trump's New York Fraud Trial to Start Monday; Border Patrol Agents Must Continue to Work if Government Shuts Down. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• CNN Follows Migrants Trying To Make Their Way To U.S. Through Mexico; Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY) On House Impeachment Inquiry Hearing As Shutdown Nears; Former President Jimmy Carter To Celebrate 99th Birthday Sunday. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Government Shutdown Looms at House Republicans Unable to Pass Continuing Resolution to Fund Federal Government; Rep. Mike Lawler (R- NY) Interviewed on His Efforts to Avoid Government Shutdown; New York Government: Shutdown would Delay Migrant Work Permits, NYT: Anti-Trump GOP Group says Attack Ads aren't Working. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Paul Beckett is Interviewed about Evan Gershkovich; Blame for Government Shutdown; Swift Expected to Attend Jets-Chiefs Game; Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dies at Age 90. Aired 8:30-9a ET


CNN Tonight
• Trump Says He "May" Attend Trial; First Trump Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty In GA Election Case; Subways, Roads And Homes Flooded After Historic New York City Rains; U.S. Is On The Brink Of Government Shutdown; Trump Attacks Milley Again. Aired 11p-12a ET


Connect the World
• U.S. Government Shutdown would have Far-Reaching Impact; Ukraine Aid Looms Over Slovakia Election; Pakistan: More Than 50 Killed in Two Separate Attacks. Aired 9:40-10a ET
• Hopes Fade That U.S. Congress Can Avert Shutdown; Americans Prepare For Looming Government Shutdown; U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Holds News Conference; Battling Back From Injury For Ukraine; U.S. Senate Mourns Passing Of Dianne Feinstein; More Than 50 Killed In Two Separate Attacks; The Seaweed Revolution; Cuban Scientists Work To Preserve Coral Reefs And Economy. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Government Barrels Toward Shutdown After McCarthy Bill Fails; First Trump Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty In Georgia Election Case; "Life-Threatening Rainfall" Flooding NYC Roads & Subways; Ukrainian Soldier Return To Battlefield After Losing Limb; Suspect Arrested For 1996 Murder Of Rapper Tupac Shakur; Senator Dianne Feinstein Dies At 90. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• House GOP Bets On Border Strategy As Shutdown Looms; Biden Impeachment Hearing Leaves Some In GOP Frustrated; NATO Nation Could Elect Pro-Kremlin Leader; Storms, Heavy Rain Threaten Flash Flooding In NYC. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• McCarthy, Gaetz Butt Heads In Closed-Door Meeting; Defiant Menendez Says He's Being Unfairly Targeted; Report: China Manipulates Online Info, Spreads Propaganda. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Did Not Air 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Giant Of The Senate, Dianne Feinstein, Passes Away At 90; Govt. Shutdown Set To Start Tomorrow Night At Midnight ET; Sen. Feinstein Remembered As Trailblazer, Political Icon; Congress Barrels Toward Shutdown At Midnight Tomorrow; McCarthy Gets Unexpected Win In Bid To Avoid Govt Shutdown; House GOP Has No Plan To Avert Shutdown As Deadline Approaches. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Giant Of The Senate, Dianne Feinstein, Passes Away At 90. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. Federal Government Has A Day Left To Avoid Shutdown; Putin Meets Top Wagner Commander; Slovakia Heads To The Polls; U.S. Gov't Shutdown Moves Closer After Stopgap Measure Fails; Government Shutdown Could Affect Migrant Crisis; Arrest Made In Tupac Shakur's 1996 Murder Case. Aired 2-3p ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Senator Dianne Feinstein Passes At 90; New Hampshire Governor Sununu Talks Politics; Goodwill Ambassador For The UNHCR Kristin Davis Talks About Her Mission; Celebrations Marking The Birth Of The Prophet Muhammad Marred By Violence In Two Parts Of Pakistan; Migrants Continue To Attempt Crossing Borders In Search For Better Life. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Tributes Pour In For US Senator Dianne Feinstein; GOP Plan To Avert Shutdown Fails, Heading For Shutdown; Interview With Rep. Sara Jacobs (D- CA); United Auto Workers Expand Strike At Ford And G.M.; Heavy Rain Causes Flash Floods In New York City Area; Hardline Republicans Hold Out For Budget Cuts. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• U.S. Government Shutdown Imminent With No Deal In Sight; DOJ Pushes For Gag Order After Trump's Attack On Milley; Historic Rains, Flooding Put Parts Of New York Underwater; San Francisco Mayor London Breed Talks About The Contributions Of The Late Senator Dianne Feinstein; Suspect Arrested In The Tupac Shakur Murder Case; Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett Puts Republican Colleagues On Blast During An Impeachment Hearing Against President Biden. Aired 10-11p ET


The Situation Room
• Rescues Under Way Amid Flood Emergencies In New York And New Jersey; Divided House GOP Meets As U.S. On Brink Of Government Shutdown; First Trump Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty In Georgia Election Case; Suspect Arrested For 1996 Murder Of Rapper Tupac Shakur; McCarthy Wants Senate Not To Include Ukraine Aid In Shutdown Talks; Trailblazing Senator Dianne Feinstein Dies At Age 90. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Pence: If Putin Overruns Ukraine, NATO's Next; Jack Smith References Trump's Attacks On Milley In New Filing About Urgency Of Trump Partial Gag Order Request; McCarthy Outlines New Demand For Senate Ahead Of Shutdown. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• Ending A Record-Breaking Mission; Electric-Blue Spiders; Long-Lived "Blue Zones." Aired 4-4:10a ET


State of the Race with Kasie Hunt
• Tributes Pour in for Senate Icon Feinstein; House to Hold Key Procedural Vote as Funding set to Expire; Biden Issues Warnings about Trump & "Maga Republicans"; Speculation Grows Around Glenn Youngkin Entering Race; House to Take Key Vote on Spending Bill. Aired 11a-12p ET


Who's Talking to Chris Wallace
• Did Not Air 10-11p ET