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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• IDF: Israeli Airstrikes Hit 200 Gaza Targets; Top UN Relief Official: Situation in Gaza Getting "More Apocalyptic"; Authorities Investigating Accounts of Sexual Violence by Hamas on Oct. 7th; Mother of Daughter Still Held Hostage: "We Were Sure Romi Would Be Released on Friday"; Trump Attempts to Rebut Arguments That He's a Threat to Democracy by Accusing Biden of the Same Thing; Arrest Made After Israeli Soldier Kills Hamas Attack Hero; Former Harvard Disinfo Scholar Says She Was Pushed Out After College Received $500 Million Donation From Facebook Founder, Wife; Oxford's Word Of The Year Is "Rizz"; 4th GOP Debate To Have Just Four Candidates. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Resigned U.S. Department Over Arms Transfers To Israel Josh Paul; Interview With Combatants For Peace Co-Founder Rana Salman; Interview With A Land For All Israeli Executive Director May Pundak; Interview With The Washington Post National Reporter Arelis Hernandez; Interview With "All The Light We Cannot See" Actress Aria Mia Loberti. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Feigns Concern For Democracy Despite Jan. 6 Insurrection; Liz Cheney: Trump Won't Leave Office If Re-Elected; Influential Iowa Evangelical Leader Endorses DeSantis; Parts Of Gaza On Fire As Israel Expands Strikes; White House Condemns "Antisemitic" Rally In Front Of Jewish-Owned Restaurant In Philadelphia; Russian Police Raid Gay Venues After Top Court Labels LGBTQ+ Movement "Extremist". Aired 4-5p ET
• IDF Expands Operation All Over Gaza; U.N. Special Session On Sexual Violence By Hamas On October 7th; "The Atlantic" Staff: Trump's Second Trump Would Be Worse; American WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Held For 250 Days. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• White House Condemns Protest At Israeli Restaurant In Philadelphia; Trump, Indicted For Anti-Democracy Plots, Projects On Biden; Former House Speaker Issues A Warning To Moderate Republicans On The Biden Impeachment Deal; COP28 President Pronouncement On Fossil Fuel Ban Has No Scientific Evidence; Sylvester Stallone Wows A Nine- Year Old Kid Doing Rocky's Monologue. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• New, Grave Warnings of What a 2nd Trump Presidency Would Mean; Biden Campaign Pivots to Focus on Health Care; U.S. Destroyer Shoots Down Drones Over Red Sea; Senate Stalls on Border Funding Threatening Ukraine Aid. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Christopher O'Leary is Interviewed about the Israel-Hamas War; Anna Kaplan is Interviewed about the New York Special Election; Glaring Vulnerabilities on Aviation Safety. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• New Warnings Against Trump Second Term as He Leads GOP Primary Race; Tracking Nikki Haley's Path to the Republican Nomination; IDF Expands Ground Operations to All of Gaza. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Supreme Court Hears Bankruptcy Case of Purdue Pharma; Interview with Former New York Assistant Attorney General, Prosecuted Trump University, "Taking Down Trump" Author Tristan Snell; Trump's Request to Have Election Subversion Lawsuit Dismissed Denied by Federal Court; Trump Not Completely Immune, According to Judge; Unbeaten Florida State Excluded in College Football Playoffs; Former Harvard Disinformation Scholar Pushed Out of Job Over Pressure from Facebook. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• New, Grave Warning Of What A 2nd Trump Presidency Would Mean; IDF Expands Ground Operations To All Of Gaza; U.S. Destroyer Shoots Down Drones Over Red Sea. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• White House Warns U.S. Aid Delay Will "Kneecap Ukraine" On Battlefield; Former Us Ambassador Charged With Being Spy For Cuba; Undefeated Florida State "Infuriated" By Playoff Club. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• DeSantis Campaign in Trouble?; Trump Renews Calls to End Obamacare; Israeli Forces Operating in Southern Gaza; Ex-U.S. Ambassador Accused of Spying For Cuba. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Supreme Court Reviews Multi-Billion Dollar Opioid Deal; WH Warns Aid Delay Will "Kneecap Ukraine" On Battlefield; Senate Expected To Take Up Israel/Ukraine Funding This Week; NYT: Nationwide Shortage Of Air Traffic Controllers Resulting In Exhausted, Demoralized Workforce. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Targets Biden, Claims Threat To Democracy; Trump Vows Obamacare Repeal Despite Popularity; GOP Advances Impeachment Inquiry Into Biden; Israel's Gaza Operation Shifts South; Family Held Hostage, Fate Uncertain In Gaza; UN Warns Of Deepening Humanitarian Crisis; IDF Investigates Hamas Claims On Hostages; Plea For International Support In Hostage Crisis. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Climate Summit Chief: "No Science" In Ending Fossil Fuels; "Urban Surfers" Make A Living Sorting Recyclables; Ex-U.S. Ambassador Charged With Spying For Cuba; NCAA Leaders Urge Congress To Set Student Athlete Profit Standards. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• IDF Expands Ground Operations To All Of Gaza; Sullivan Slams Hamas For Causing "End" Of Hostage Agreement; Israel: Negotiations Over With Hamas, Recalls Team From Qatar; Trump DeSantis Vow To Repeal & Replace Affordable Care Act. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Disinformation Scholar Says She Was Forced Out Due To Zuckerberg; New U.S. Strikes On Iran-Backed Militants Stoking Fears Of A Wider Mideast War; Israel Ramps Up Airstrikes As Ground Assault In Gaza Expands; Florida State Left Out Of College Football Playoff. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Renewed Strikes Hit the Jabalya Refugee Camp Sunday; Hamas- Controlled Health Ministry: 15K+ Killed in Gaza; Iran-Backed Houthis Attack Vessels in Red Sea; Report: Sea Levels Could Rise 30 CM in Next 30 Years; Ukraine: Spy Chief's Wife in Hospital Recovering from Poisoning; Schwarzenegger Hosts Families of Hostages Held by Hamas. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Israel Expands Ground Operation; Gazans Told To Flea South; Red Sea Attacks; South Africa's Urban Surfers Work Tirelessly to Recycle; Palestine Red Crescent: 100 Aid Trucks Received on Sunday; Talks Break Down over Release of Female Hostages; IDF: Several Soldiers Injured in Attack Near Lebanon Border; IDF: Vessels Attacked by Houthis Have no Israel Affiliation; U.S. to Consider Appropriate Responses to Red Sea Attacks; Territorial Dispute in South America; The Pope's Health. Aired 1-2a ET
• Israel Warns More Gazans To Evacuate As The IDF Prepares To Expand Ground Operations To All Of Gaza; U.S. Pursues Every Possible Effort To Get Remaining Hostages Out Of Gaza; World Leaders Discuss Climate Action And Funding At COP28 Climate Summit; Israel Expanding Ground Operations to All of Gaza; Cheney: GOP-Led House Would Pose Threat to Country in 2025; DeSantis: Trump Doesn't Deliver on His Promises. Aired 2-3a ET
• Israel's Military Expands Ground Operations into Gaza; COP28 President Draws Flak from the Scientists and the Delegates for his Controversial Remarks on Fossil Fuels; Trump Attacks His Opponents on His Re-Election Bid; Pope Francis' Health Improves but Unable to Lead the Angelus Message; 11 Climbers Died in Mount Merapi Eruption. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Israel Expanding Ground Operations to All of Gaza; Gaza Residents Mourn the Dead Amid Renewed Airstrikes; Trump: Biden is Destroyer of American Democracy; COP28 Tackles Climate Change. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: U.S. Still Working to Revive Truce Talks; More Civilians Dying as Israel Intensifies Airstrikes in Gaza; One Ukrainian Soldier's Remarkable Story of Survival; Suspect Identified in Fatal Stabbing of 4 Family Members. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Israel Expands Ground Operations To All Of Gaza; IDF Orders People To Evacuate More Areas In Southern Gaza; Hamas-Controlled Health Ministry: 15,000+ Killed In Gaza. Aired 8- 8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Israel Ramps Up Airstrikes as Ground Assault Expands; U.S. Destroyer Shoots Down Drones Over Red Sea; U.S. Trying to Get Negotiations Back on Track; Trump, DeSantis Campaign in Iowa Ahead of Caucuses. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Dan Senor is Interviewed about the Israel-Hamas War; Atmospheric River Slams West Coast; Florida State Excluded from Playoffs; Warning of Second Trump Presidency. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Israel Expands Ground Operations to Whole of Gaza; Trump Says, Biden is Destroyer of Democracy; Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Says, GOP Has Votes for Biden Impeachment Inquiry. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Russian Media: Police Raid Several Gay Bars In Moscow; Report Details New Evidence Of Sexual Violence On October 7; Supreme Court To Review Case Involving Oxycodone. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Israel Announces It's Expanding Ground Assaults to Entire Gaza Strip Including Southern Gaza Where Civilians Fled; Biden Administration Pressures Israel to Allow More Aid Trucks into Gaza; Nikki Haley's Path to the Republican Nomination; Trump Leads in Polls Six Weeks from Iowa Caucuses; Liz Cheney: US Sleepwalking into a Dictatorship. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Anne Applebaum is Interviewed about a Trump Presidency; Border Talks Hit Snag; Disturbing Air Traffic Controller Report; Florida State Left out of Playoffs; Harvard Researcher Pushed Out of Job. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Connect the World
• Data Shows Last Month was Hottest November on Record; Kenyan President: UAE Hosting COP a "Step in the Right Direction"; Hamas- Controlled Health Ministry: 15,000 Plus Killed in Gaza; Gaza Residents Mourn the Death Amid Renewed Airstrikes; Venezuelans Vote to Create New State on Land in Guyana. Aired 9-10a ET
• Israel Expands Ground Operations To Whole Of Gaza; Dead And Wounded Overwhelm Hospital In Gaza; Europe Leading Effort To Effort To Triple Renewable Energy Capacity; World Bank: Funding Remains Inadequate To Fight Climate Change; New Exchanging Of Fire Across Israel-Lebanon Border; CNN Gaza Reporter's Home Destroyed, Relatives Killed In Strikes; Yousaf: Scotland Committed To Being "Good Global Citizen. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Israel Invades Southern Gaza In Hunt For Hamas; CNN Gaza Journalist's Relatives Killed, Childhood Home Destroyed; Police: 16- Year-Old's ISIS-Inspired Terror Plot Foiled; Trump Attacks Justice System, Says Black Voters Agree With Him; Veteran Reporter Vanishes After Assignment In Beijing. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• IDF Expands Ground Combat to Entire Gaza Strip; Head of Israeli Intelligence Agency Shin Bet Says They'll Eliminate Hamas Worldwide; U.S. Military: Iran-Backed Houthis Attacked Vessels in the Red Sea. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• U.S. To Consider "Appropriate Responses" To Red Sea Attacks; Liz Cheney: Today's GOP Has Not Chosen The Constitution; Undefeated Florida State "Infuriated" By Playoff Snub. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Six Weeks Until GOP Iowa Caucuses; Ron DeSantis: I'm "Going To Win Iowa"; Trump Remains Frontrunner Six Weeks Out From Iowa Caucuses; CNN Confirms Israeli Forces Are Operating In Southern Gaza; Israeli Military Says Objective In Northern Gaza "Nearly Completed"; WH Warns U.S. Aid Delay Will "Kneecap Ukraine" On Battlefield; Trump Says Biden Is The True Threat To Democracy; Biden Campaign: Trump Would Use Government As "Personal Weapon". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Cheney: Trump Support Risks "Sleepwalking Into Dictatorship"; Rep. Jayapal: We Cannot Say That One War Crime Deserves Another; Israel Investigating Sexual Violence By Hamas On Oct. 7; Biden To Focus On Health Care Ahead Of 2024; DeSantis: We Will "Replace And Supersede" Obamacare. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Israel Expands Ground War Into Southern Gaza; COP28 Summit Host Defends His Commitment To Science; Russian Police Raid Gay Venues In Moscow; Israel Expands War Into Southern Gaza; Yemen's Houthi Forces Attack Multiple Ships In Red Sea. Aired 2-2:45p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Sixteen-Year-Old Arrested In Las Vegas For Alleged Terror Threat; Court Rules Trump Not Immune From January 6 Lawsuits; Father And Son Duo Helped Solve Decades-Old Bank Heist; SCOTUS Scrutinizes Opioid Settlement That Gives Family Behind OxyContin Maker, Purdue, Legal Immunity; Beyonce's 'Renaissance' Wears The Crown At The Box Office. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israel Expands Its Ground Operation In Southern Gaza; More Than 80 Percent Of Gaza Population Displaced; Maritime Security Company Warns Ships Sailing The Red Sea To Use Extreme Caution After A Series Of Attacks; White House Says Funding For Ukraine Is Running Out; Man Confesses To His Family He Robbed A Bank In The '60s. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Israel Expands Ground Operations To All Of Gaza; IDF Orders People To Evacuate More Areas In Southern Gaza; Israel: Military Objectives In Northern Gaza "Nearly Completed"; COP28 Head Defends Controversial Fossil Fuels Comments; Lufthansa Group Expands "Green Fare" Initiative; Alaska Air Agrees To Buy Hawaiian Airlines For $1.9B; CNN Gaza Reporter's Home Destroyed, Relatives Killed In Strikes; U.S. Republican Primary Voting To Begin In Six Weeks; SCOTUS Grapples With Oxycontin-Maker's Bankruptcy Deal. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• New Warnings Of Trump's Threat To Democracy With 2024 Weeks Away; White House Warns U.S. Aid Delay Will Kneecap Ukraine On Battlefield; Israeli Military Says, Objective In Northern Gaza Nearly Completed; Ex-U.S. Ambassador Charged With Spying For Cuba; White House Condemns "Antisemitic" Rally Outside Israeli-Style Restaurant. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Tries To Defend Against Warnings He's A Threat To Democracy By Accusing Biden Of The Same Thing; NYT: Donors & GOP Strategists Ask Christie To Drop Out Of The Race To Make Room For Haley; IDF: Two Civilians Killed For Each Hamas Terrorist Is "Tremendously Positive" Ratio For Urban Combat. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• A Tribute to Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O`Connor; Historic Climate Pledge from World Leaders Out of COP28; Scientists See Planet Forming Outside Our Galaxy. Aired 4-4:10a ET


State of the Race with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Remains Republican Frontrunner With Six Weeks To Go Until Iowa Caucuses; Liz Cheney On Trump: U.S. Sleepwalking Into Dictatorship; Trump Calls Biden "Destroyer" Of U.S. Democracy. Aired 11a-12p ET