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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• IDF: Military Reached Heart Of Gaza City "Much Earlier Than Hamas Expected"; Hostage Families Confront Israeli Government; Trump Legal Team Fights Gag Order In Election Subversion Case; Biden On Instagram Jokes About Celebrating His "146th Birthday"; Young Voters In Michigan On Biden, Israel-Hamas War; CNN Speaks To 22-Year-Old Suing Elon Musk After The Tech Mogul Amplified A Baseless Conspiracy Theory About Him; Fears Grow In Iceland As Officials Warn Probability Of Volcanic Eruption Is Still High. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Former Prime Minister Of Israel Ehud Barak; Interview With "A Death in Malta" Author And Son Of Murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia Paul Caruana Galizia; Interview With Senior Counsel And Director Of Digital Justice And Civil Rights Free Press Nora Benavidez. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Legal Team Fights Gag Order In Election Subversion Case; Biden Marks 81st Birthday Aid Voters' Concerns About His Age; White House: "Getting Close" To End Of Hostage Negotiations; IDF Claims Video Shows Hostages In Al-Shifa Hospital On October 7; Earth's Temperature Briefly Breaks 2 Degrees Warning Limit; Firing Of OpenAI CEO Changes Industry Landscape. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• New Victory In Global Rise Of Far Right Politics, Populism; A.I. Staff Threatens Exodus After CEO's Firing By Board; Federal Court Guts Voting Rights Act In Dramatic Blow; Donald Trump Releases A Doctor's Note About His Health; Family Of A Palestinian Poet Raising Questions In The Wake Of His Disappearance; New House Speaker Mike Johnson Meets With Trump, Source Tells CNN. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Soon: Appeals Court Hearing On Trump Gag Order In Election Case; 28 Babies Evacuated From Al-Shifa Arrive In Egypt; Sources: Negotiators Nearing Deal For Gaza Hostages. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rosalynn Carter Memorial Plans; Stewart McLaurin is Interviewed about Rosalynn Carter; Rep. Josh Gottheimer is Interviewed about Israel; OpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Appeals Court Hearing on Trump Gag Order in Election Case; 28Babies Evacuated from Al-Shifa Arrive in Egypt; Tributes, Remembrances Pour in for Rosalynn Carter. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Despite Mounting Worries About His Age, Biden Celebrates His 81st Birthday; According to Polls, Biden May Face Difficulties Against Trump; Sam Altman Joins Microsoft days After Being Sacked by OpenAI; 500+ Staff at OpenAI Threaten to Resign, Calling on Board to Step Down; Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Makes Surprise Visit to Kyiv; Russia's War on Ukraine. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• 28 Babies Evacuated From Al-Shifa Arrive In Egypt; IDF Releases Video From Inside Tunnel Shaft On Al-Shifa Hospital Compound; Trump Legal Team Fights Gag Order In Election Subversion Case. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Tributes, Remembrance Pour In For Rosalynn Carter; Biden Turns 81 As Polls Show Age An Issue For Young Voters; Microsoft Stock Hits All-Time High After Ousted OpenAI CEO. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Appeals Court Hears Arguments On Trump Gag Order; Israel Releases Footage From Inside Al Shifa Hospital. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Biden Celebrates 81st Birthday Amid Growing Concerns About His Age; NBC Poll: Voters Give Biden Poor Marks On Israel-Hamas War; Funeral, Memorial Plans Announced For Rosalynn Carter; Defense Secretary Reaffirms U.S. Support For Ukraine, New Security Package Announced; World Briefly Surpasses 2-Degree Warming Limit For First Time. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• OpenAI CEO Fired Amidst Turmoil; Microsoft Hires Altman; Premature Babies Evacuated From Decimated Hospital; Intense Clashes At Gaza Hospitals. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• OpenAI In Turmoil After Mysterious Firing Of CEO Altman; Appeals Court Appears Inclined To Largely Restore Trump Gag Order; Thousands On Alert For Possible Volcanic Eruption In Iceland; TSA Predicts Record Airport Numbers Over Thanksgiving. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Families Of Hostages Meet With Netanyahu, War Cabinet; Sources: Negotiators Nearing Deal For Gaza Hostages; Appeals Court Appears Inclined To Largely Restore Trump Gag Order; NBC Poll: Support For Biden Slipping Among Young Voters. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• NBC Poll: Younger Voters Becoming Less Supportive of Biden; President Biden's Age Criticized By GOP Presidential Contenders; "Father Time Is Undefeated": DeSantis Criticizes Trump For His Age; With Age As A Campaign Issue, Biden Turns 81 Today; 6-Week Abortion Ban Would Be Signed If Haley Is Governor Of South Carolina; Federal Court Rules Against Toll Used To Enforce Voting Rights Act; Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Dies At 96; Interview With President Carter Biographer Kai Bird. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• IDF: Tunnel Shaft Near Hospital was Part of Hamas Infrastructure; Negotiators Nearing Deal for Gaza Hostages; IDF Blames Houthi Rebels for Hijacked Cargo Ship in Red Sea; Former TV Pundit Javier Milei Wins Argentina Presidential Run-Off; U.S. Mourns Rosalynn Carter, Dead at 96; Taylor Swift Reschedules Concert Amid Brazilian Heat Wave. Aired 12-1a ET
• Israeli Military Releases Video Footage Of Tunnel Shaft Under Al-Shifa Hospital; Sources Say Negotiators Nearing A Deal For Gaza Hostages; Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter Dies At 96; Argentina's Presidential Runoff; Volcano Threat Forces Town's Residents to Flee; IDF Blames Houthi Rebels for Hijacked Cargo Ship in Red Sea. Aired 1-2a ET
• IDF Shows Video of Hamas Tunnel in Al-Shifa Hospital; Thirty- one Neonatal Babies Awaiting Transfer to Egypt Hospital; Deal for Gaza Hostages Closing In; President Biden Pushing for Two-State Solution in the Israel-Hamas War; U.S. Defense Secretary Visits Ukraine. Aired 2- 3a ET
• Evacuated Neonatal babies from Al Shifa Hospital Make Their Way to Egypt; Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter Dies; U.S. Defense Secretary Return to Ukraine; Right-Wing TV Pundit Wins Argentine Presidential Run-Off. Aired 3-4a ET
• Israeli Military Video Shows Tunnel Near Al-Shifa Hospital; 31 Neonatal Babies Evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital; U.S. Defense Secretary Austin Visiting Ukrainian Capital; Trump Picks Up Abbott Endorsement During Border Visit; Sources: Negotiators Nearing Deal for Gaza Hostages. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• I-10 Freeway in Los Angeles Reopens; Shakira on Trial in Spain; Public Memorial Services for Former First Lady Rosalind Carter; Heavy Storms Could Impact Millions of People Traveling; Joe Biden Turning 81 Today; Scientists Turning to Plants to Combat Water Scarcity; Heat Wave in Brazil Forced Taylor Swift to Postpone One Night of Era's Tour; Record-Breaking Temperatures in Some Parts of Brazil; Actress Suzanne Shepherd Dies at 98. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Babies Evacuated From Gaza Hospital Arrive In Egypt; PRCS: 28 Neonatal Babies Arrived In Egypt From Gaza; PRCS: 31 Babies Were Transferred Sunday From Al-Shifa Hospital To Emirate Hospital. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• IDF Takes CNN to See Alleged Tunnel Shaft Near Hospital; Deal 'Closer' to Free Hostages Held by Hamas; Defense Secretary, Ukrainian Leaders Meet in Kyiv; Tributes Pour in for Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Dead at 96. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Campaign Issues for Biden; Milei Wins Argentinean Presidency; Weather Could Impact Holiday Travel; Flu on the Rise; News Surrounding Donald Trump. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• IDF Claims Video Shows Hostages in Al-Shifa Hospital; Today, Trump Legal Team Fights Gag Order in 2020 Case; Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Dies at 96. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• White House: Hostage Negotiations "Closer Than We Have Been Perhaps At Any Point; Officials: High Probability Volcano Erupts In Iceland; IDF Video Shows Tunnel At Al-Shifa Hospital. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY); Babies Evacuated from Gaza Hospital Arrive in Egypt; WaPo: Elon Musk's X Supercharged Antisemitism Online; Former President Trump Continues Using Provocative Language to Describe Illegal Immigrants in U.S. Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• Rob Reiner is Interviewed about the JFK Assassination; Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) is Interviewed about Gun Violence; OpenAI Employees Pen Letter to Board. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Connect the World
• Israeli Military Video Shows Tunnel near Al-Shifa Hospital; China Steps Up Mediator Efforts in Gaza Conflict; U.S. Defense Secretary Makes Unannounced Visit to Kyiv; Microsoft says Altman will Head up its AI Research Team; Legal Team Reached Deal to Avoid Tax Evasion Trial. Aired 9- 10a ET
• CNN Goes Inside Gaza, Al-Shifa Hospital With Israeli Military; UNICEF: More Than 700,000 Children In Gaza Displaced; World Health Organization: 11 Infants Evacuated From Gaza In Critical Condition; United States, Qatar Optimistic On Hostage Negotiations; United States Defense Secretary makes Unannounced Visit To Kyiv; 500+ OpenAI Staffers Threaten To Quit After Altman Firing. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Families Of Hostages Meet With Netanyahu To "Get Answers"; Israel Releases Video Inside Tunnel Shaft On Shifa Hospital Complex'; Rare Audio Reveals Tense Hearing Over Trump Gag Order; Voters About To File Appeal To Bar Trump From Colorado Ballot; Maria Shriver Speaks To OutFront About Rosalynn Carter's Legacy; Majority Of OpenAI's Workers Threaten To Quit After CEO's Ouster. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Negotiators Nearing a Deal for the Release of Dozens of Hostages Held By Hamas; Microsoft Hires OpenAI Co-founder Sam Altman; Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Dies At Age 96. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Sources: Deal For Release Of Dozens Of Hostages May Be Close; Trump Visits Southern Border, Ramps Up Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric; Democratic Voters: Age Is Main Concern With Biden. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• 28 Babies Evacuated From Al-Shifa Arrive In Egypt; Sources: Negotiators Nearing Deal For Gaza Hostages; Biden Calls For Support For Ukraine, Israel In Op-Ed; Biden's Approach To Israel Alienates Young Voters; NBC Poll: 62 Percent Disapprove Of Biden's Handling Of Israel-Hamas War; Biden Marks 81st Birthday As Aides Downplay Age Concerns; Trump Legal Team Fights Gag Order In 2020 Case; DeSantis On Trump's Age "Father Time Is Undefeated"; Elon Musk Elevates Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory . Aired 12-12:30p ET
• TSA Predicts Record Number Of Travelers Over Thanksgiving; FAA Announces New Air Traffic Control Hiring Pipeline; Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Dies At 96; Biden Pardons Turkeys Liberty And Bell. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. President Joe Biden Says A Hostage Deal Is Nearing As Desperate Families Demand Answers From Israeli Leadership About Their Relatives Being Held By Hamas; Neonatal Babies Arrive In Egypt From Gaza; Far-Right Javier Milei Wins Argentina's Presidency; Sources: Negotiators Nearing Deal For Gaza Hostages; Biden: "I Believe" Deal To Release Hostages Is Close; Far- Right Outsider Milei Wins Argentine Presidency. 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Artificial Intelligence Industry Was Shaken By Tectonic Shifts Over The Weekend; Rise Of AI In Music: Threat To Creativity Or New Tool?; Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Key Tool For Voting Rights Act; Biden's Birthday Prompts Debate About Age; Funeral Held For Dexter Wade As Family Alleges 'Cover Up'; Israel-Hamas War: Push To Free Hostages. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Al-Shifa Hospital Continues To Be The Subject Of Claim And Counterclaim; Major Drama Unfolds In OpenAI; Tributes Paid To The Former First Lady Of The United States, Rosalynn Carter. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Employees Call For Board To Resign After Altman Fired; Microsoft Stock Hits All-Time High; Hostage Families Meet With Israeli PM, War Cabinet; Premature Babies Evacuated To Egypt From Al-Shifa; Far-Right Outsider Milei Wins Argentina's Presidency; Far-Right Outsider Milei Wins Argentine Presidency; The Challenges Of Transforming Argentina's Economy; U.S. Markets Rally To Start Thanksgiving Week. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Premature Babies From Gaza Moved To Egypt; Prime Minister Netanyahu Meets With Families Of The Hostages; IDF Release Video Of Tunnel Found At Al-Shifa Hospital; Trump Fighting To Stop Gag Order; Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), Is Interviewed About Ukraine's Funding; Biden Marks 81st Birthday Amid Voter Concerns Over Age; ChatGPT Parent Company OpenAI Fires CEO. Aired 5-6p ET
• Judges Seem Skeptical About Trump's Bid To Throw Out Gag Order; Hostage Families Appeal To Israel, We Must Get Answers; Biden Marks 81st Birthday Amid Voters' Concerns About His Age; Remembering Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter; Homeland Security Department Concerned Over Potential Threats Posed by Civilian Drones. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Appears Three Judge Panel Inclined To Restore Gag Order; Relative Of 3-Year-Old Kidnapped By Hamas Speaks Out; WH Rejects "Genocide Joe" Nickname From Pro-Palestine Supporters. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• SpaceX Launches a Second Test Flight of the Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built; New Delhi, Top of the List of the Most Polluted Cities in the World Last Week; Why You`re Seeing More $50 Bills. Aired 4-4:10a ET


State of the Race with Kasie Hunt
• Babies Evacuated From Gaza Hospital Arrive In Egypt; PRCS: 28 Neonatal Babies Arrived In Egypt From Gaza; PRCS: 31 Babies Were Transferred Sunday From Al-Shifa Hospital To Emirate Hospital. Aired 11a- 12p ET