Return to Transcripts main page

CNN Transcripts for October 16, 2023

Note: This page is continually updated as new transcripts become available. If you cannot find a specific segment, check back later.

Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• IDF: Israel Striking Hezbollah Terrorist Targets In Lebanon; Hamas Releases Video Of Woman Held Hostage In Gaza; Blinken: Biden To Visit Israel On Wednesday; U.S. Rapid Response Force With 2,000 Marines, Sailors Headed To Waters Near Israel; Will Join U.S. Warships Converging On Area; Muslim Boy Killed, Mother Wounded In Possible Chicago-Area Hate Crime. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator For The Occupied Palestinian Territory Process And Middle East Peace Process U.N. Deputy Director Lynn Hastings; Interview With Israel Opposition Leader And Former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid; Interview With Palestinian National Initiative General Secretary Mustafa Barghouti; Interview With The New Yorker Staff Writer Susan Glasser. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Grows As Half-Million People Flee; Israel Prepares For Next Stage Of War Against Hamas In Gaza; Police: 6-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy Killed And His Mother Wounded In Alleged Anti-Muslim Attack; Palestinian Health Ministry: 2,800 Killed In Gaza & 9,700 Injured; Jordan Wins Over Some Skeptics Ahead Of Speaker Vote. Aired 4-5p ET
• Rockets Seen In Gaza's Sky; Fingerprint Of Hamas Brutality Engraved In Kibbutz; U.S. Prepares For A War; Israelis Angered Over Potential Intelligence Failures; Hamas Claims It Holds At Least 200- 250 Hostages; Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Is Interviewed About House Speaker Vote Set For Tomorrow At Noon. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Biden To Visit Israel On Wednesday In High-Stakes Trip; Fears Of Wider Israel War As Hezbollah, Iran Threaten; CNN Reports, Pentagon Gets 2,000 Troops Ready For Israel Deployment; Mother Of Soldier Killed In Hamas Attack Speaks Out; Republican Presidential Candidate Chris Christie Weighs In On The Unfolding Crisis In The Middle East; Donald Trump Forbidden To Continue His Attacks Against Special Counsel Jack Smith Or Risk Facing Jail. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Blinken In Israel For Meetins With Israeli Leaders, Defense Minister; Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Grows As Half Million Flee South; Chaos Confusion at Closed Gaza-Egypt Border Crossing; Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Lt. Col. Peter Lerner is Interviewed about Gaza-Egypt Border; Israel Orders Evacuation near Lebanon Border; Jordan Faces Uphill Battle for Speaker; Landlord Charged in Stabbing Death near Chicago. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Israel Gears Up for Next Stage of War Against Hamas in Gaza; CNN Sees Six U.N. Fuel Trucks Cross from Egypt into Gaza at Rafah; Blinken in Israel for Meetings With Israeli Leaders, Defense Minister. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Israel at War; 28 Villages Near Lebanon Border Ordered to be Evacuated by Israel; Devastation in Gaza City Seen in Recent Video; Interview with Hostage Working Group at U.S. Embassy in Iraq Former Coordinator Daniel O'Shea; 199 Hostages Being Held by Hamas in Gaza, According to Israel; Rep. Jim Jordan Faces Uphill Battle for House speaker; Jerusalem's Sirens Cause Israeli Knesset to Evacuate; Six U.N. Fuel Trucks Enter Gaza through Rafah Border from Egypt; Some Members of House GOP Reportedly Prepared to Block Jordan; Interview with Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR); Prior to Tomorrow's Election, GOP's Jordan Attempting to Convert Holdouts; Israel Gears Up for Next Stage of War Against Hamas in Gaza. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Grows As Half-Million People Flee South; Gaza In Total Darkness As 5 U.N. Fuel Trucks Roll In From Egypt; Israel Gears Up For Next Stage Of War Against Hamas In Gaza. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Palestinian-American Trying To Get Family Out Of Gaza; How Complex System Of Hamas Tunnels Complicates War In Gaza; Rep. Jim Jordan Picks Up Key Holdouts In Bid For Speakership. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• 6-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy Killed in Chicago; Israeli- American Reservists Returning to Israel; U.S. Secretary of State in Israel. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Israel Preps Next Stage Of War Against Hamas In Gaza; Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Grows As 500K Flee South; Rep. Jordan Faces Uphill Battle In Fight For Speakership; Interview with Rep. Russ Fulcher (R- ID); Inside Site Of Music Festival Attack Where 250 People Were Killed. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Israeli Ground Operation In Gaza Imminent; U.S., U.N., And Others Scramble To Evacuate Palestinians; Violence Erupts In Israel's Northern Border With Lebanon And West Bank; Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza As Residents Urged To Move South, Facing Challenges In Accessing Supplies. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Israel Orders Evacuation Of 28 Villages Near Lebanon Border; Rocket Warning Sirens Sound In Tel Aviv; Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) Discusses Jordan Speaker Bid; Hate Crime Charges In Stabbing Death Of Muslim Boy. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Blinken, Netanyahu, War Cabinet Sheltered In Bunker; Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Grows As 500,000 People Flee South; Federal Judge Issues Limited Gag Order Against Trump; U.S. Mounts Effort To Head Off Wider Middle East War. Aired 3-3:30 ET
• Israel Preps Next Stage Of War Against Hamas In Gaza; Interview With Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN): Jim Jordan's Bid For Speaker Of The House; IDF Fighter Jets Strike Hezbollah Targets In Lebanon. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Water Should Be Returning to Gaza; Concerns Over Increase in Clashes with Hezbollah; Israel Preparing for Combined, Coordinated Strikes; Republicans Reportedly Ready to Block Jim Jordan Vote; Protestors Rally over Israel-Hamas Conflict. Aired 12-1a ET
• Israel Prepares For Offensive As Gaza Residents Flee; President Abbas Says Hamas' Actions Do Not Represent Palestinians; Landlord Charged With Hate Crimes After Fatally Stabbing A 6-Year-Old; IDF Says Hamas Holding 155 Hostages Seized From Israel; Israel at War; China's Top Diplomat: Israel Has Gone Beyond "Self-Defense"; Interview with IDF Spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner; Republicans Reportedly Ready to Block Jim Jordan Vote; Afghanistan Struck by 6.3 Magnitude Quake. Aired 1-2a ET
• Big Mistake If Israel Occupy Gaza Strip Says President Biden; Rafah Border Will Be Open, Blinken Promises; Iran President Says Escalation Of War Inevitable; U.S. Will Not Send Troops To Fight; Israel Preparing To Attack Gaza; Israel: Preparing For Combined, Coordinated Attack; China's Top Diplomat: Israel Has Gone Beyond "Self-Defense"; Rallies Supporting Palestinians Held Around The World. Aired 2-3a ET
• CNN's Continuing Coverage on the War in Israel; Israeli PM Invited U.S. President Biden to Visit Israel soon; House Republicans Resumes Work to Vote for a New Speaker of the House; Polish Opposition Bloc Takes Control of the Parliament After it Won in the Polls. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Blinken: U.S. Working to Get Assistance into Gaza; Hezbollah, Irael Exchanges Raise Fears of Second Front; Israel: Preparing for Combined, Coordinated Strikes; U.S. Showing Israel Support with Military Presence. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Netanyahu Invited Biden to Visit Israel Soon; Gaza Residents Flee as IDF Readies for Next Stage of War; Water, Fuel Shortages Plague Gaza Amid Destruction; China's Top Diplomat: Israel Has Gone Beyond Self-Defense; Republicans Reportedly Ready to Block Jim Jordan Vote; Rallies Held Globally for Both Palestinians and Israelis. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Did Not Air 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• IDF: 199 People Held Hostage in Gaza; Ship Carrying American Evacuees Set to Depart from Israel; Chaos and Confusion at Key Border Crossing; Israel to Evacuate Residents Near Border with Lebanon. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Lt. Col. Peter Lerner is Interviewed about the Situation in Israel; Daniel Preston is Interviewed about His Mother Who's Trapped in Gaza; Jordan Trying to Win over Holdouts; Chicago-Area Landlord Charged in Stabbing; Increase in Threats Ater Israel Attacks. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Blinken Says, U.S. Working to Get Assistance into Gaza; IDF Says, 199 People Held Hostage in Gaza; Happening Now, U.S. Evacuating Americans from Israel by Sea. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Hamas Attack Survivor Urges Officials To Focus On Saving Hostages; GOP's Jordan Trying To Win Over Holdouts Ahead Of Vote Tomorrow; Chicago-Area Landlord Charged In Stabbing Death Of Muslim Boy. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Palestinian Officials: 2,750 Killed as Gaza on Brink of Real Famine; Israeli Ground Offensive into Gaza Appears Imminent; Hamas Continues Firing Rockets into Israel; Rafah Border Crossing between Gaza and Egypt Still Closed Despite Negotiations Including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Hamas Hiding in Gaza City; Look at Hamas Leadership; American- Israeli Reservists Rushing to Help in War; Jordan Trying to Win Holdouts. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Connect the World
• Did Not Air 9-10a ET
• Did Not Air 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• U.S. Orders 2,000 More Troops To Prep For Possible Deployment; Hamas Release Video Of Woman It Claims Is Being Held Hostage; OutFront Speaks To Father Whose Wife & Kids Are Hostages. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Grows As Half a Million Flee South; John Kirby Says the U.S. Won't Rule Out U.S. Boots on the Ground in Gaza; Gazan Citizens Fleeing Gaza Say the Rafah Border Crossing is Still Closed. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Concern War In Israel Could Spread Into Regional Conflict; House Republicans Say GOP Members Ready To Block Jordan; Biden Administration Seeks Aid Package For Both Israel and Ukraine. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Israel Gears Up For Next Stage Of War Against Hamas In Gaza; Blinken In Israel For Meetings With Israeli Leaders, Defense Minister; A Battle In Gaza, Fueled By A Millennia Of Mideast Tension; Jordan: GOP Needs To Come Together Ahead Of Speaker Vote; Rep. Jordan Flips At Least Three Holdouts; Federal Judge Issues Limited Gag Order Against Donald Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Federal Judge Issues Limited Gag Order Against Donald Trump; Israel: 199 People Being Held Hostage In Gaza By Hamas; CNN Speaks To Woman With 10 Family Members Kidnapped By Hamas; Palestinian-American Child Laid To Rest After Horrific Attack. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Did Not Air 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Biden Will Visit Israel In High-Stakes Trip; Hamas Releases Video Of Woman It Claims Is A Hostage; What Will It Take To Take Hostages Out Safely?; Jim Jordan Fights To Win Support Of GOP Skeptics In Bid To Become House Speaker; Six-Year-Old Boy Fatally Stabbed In Alleged Anti-Muslim Attack; Matthew Chances Reports From Israel's Northern Frontier. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN's Breaking News Coverage Of Israel At War Continues; U.S. Helps Americans Evacuate By Sea As The War Rages On Israel; Israel's Head of Domestic Security Agency Takes Responsibility For Intelligence Failures. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Palestinian Officials: Nearly 3K Killed In Gaza; Israel: Preparing For Combined, Coordinated Strikes; UNRWA: One Million People Displaced Within Gaza; E.U. Says It's Opening Air Corridor To Get Aid Into Gaza; White House Wants Rafah Crossing Open For Aid; Gaza's Hospitals To Run Out Of Fuel In 24 Hours. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Warnings Of Complete Catastrophe In Gaza as Civilians Trapped; Israeli Forces Ready For Next Phase As U.S. Races To Avert Wider War; Biden Says, Prioritizing Threats Against Jewish, Muslim, Arab Communities; Hamas Releases Video Of Woman It Claims Is Being Held Hostage; Tonight: Republicans Huddle Over Jordan's Speaker Bid; Federal Judge Issues Limited Gag Order Against Trump. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• President Biden To Visit Israel Wednesday; EMS Leader Describes Responding To Hamas Attack: "We Felt Like We Just Came Out Of The Holocaust"; Federal Judge Issues Limited Gag Order Against Trump Ahead Of Election Subversion Trial. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• Conditions In Gaza Have Deteriorated; The Shipping Industry`s Carbon Neutral Pledge; NASA`s Falcon Heavy Rocket Lifted Off Friday. Aired 4-4:10a ET


State of the Race with Kasie Hunt
• Urgent Push for Humanitarian Aid into Gaza as War Escalates; Israel Preparing for Next Stage of War against Hamas; Gaza Residents Flee as IDF Readies for Next Stage of War; Rep. Jim Jordan Trying to Win Over Holdouts in House; CNN sees Five U.N. Fuel Trucks Cross from Egypt into Gaza at Rafah; Tensions on Northern Border Spark Fears of Second Front. Aired 11a- 12p ET