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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Special Counsel To Use Trump's Continued Embrace Of January 6 Rioters Against Him At Trial; Speaker Johnson To Blur January 6 Footage To Protect Capitol Rioters From DOJ; One-On-One With Former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney; Cheney: "This Group Of Republicans Can't Be Counter On To Defend The Constitution"; U.S. Officials Think Israel Ground Operation Could End By January; Israel: IDF "Now Encircling" City Of Khan Yunis In Southern Gaza; Biden's Struggles With Latino Voters In Battleground Nevada. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With "The Kingdom, The Power And The Glory" Author Tim Alberta; Interview With The New York Times Magazine Staff Writer And "Rise And Kill First" Author Ronen Bergman; Interview With The New York Times Opinion Columnist Nicholas Kristof. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Speaker Johnson: Blurring January 6 Footage To Protect Rioters; Special Counsel Plans To Use Trump's Continued Embrace Of January 6 Rioters Against Him At Trial; Nevada's Latino Voters Signal 2024 Remains Up For Grabs; IDF Is "Now Encircling" Southern Gaza City Of Khan Younis; House Hearing On Rise Of Antisemitic Incidents At Colleges; Pilot Indicted For Attempting To Stop Engines Midflight; Police Identify Suspect In Virginia House Explosion; Biden Tells Donors: "Not Sure I'd Be Running" If Trump Wasn't In The 2024 Presidential Race. Aired 4-5p ET
• Biden Not Sure He Would Seek Re-Election If Trump Was Not Running; Ukraine's White Angels Are A Lifeline For Those Who Stayed Behind; Former Israel Hostages Describe Torturous Conditions Before Being Released By Hamas; IDF Spokesman: Two Civilians Killed For Every Hamas Terrorist Would Be "Tremendously Positive" Ratio, Given Combat Challenges; Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Is Interviewed About Dems Plan Resolution Condemning Hamas' Use Of Sexual Violence; Fossil Fuel Industry Nearly Quadrupled Climate Summit Registrations In One Year. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Biden Tells Donors, I'm Not Sure I'd Be Running If Trump Wasn't; Liz Cheney Doesn't Rule Out Third Party Run To Stop Trump; Trump Says, I'll Only Be A Dictator On Day One Of Second Term; Ukraine's U.S. Aid Hangs By A Thread; President Biden Slams Hamas' Sexual Violence Against Israeli Women; Sen. Tuberville Drops Blockade On Military Promotions. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• NYT: Donors, GOP Strategists Ask Christie To Drop Out To Help Haley; IDF Says Estimates Of Two Civilians Killed For Each Hamas Terrorist Is "Tremendously Positive" Ratio For Urban Combat; WH: "Running Out Of Money, Nearly Out Of Time" On Ukraine Funding. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Explosion Levels Virginia Home; Trump Loses Bid to Expedite Appeal; FBI Director to Testify on The Hill; Fetterman Trolls Menendez; New Lawsuit in Gabby Petito Case. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• New York Times Reports, Donors, GOP Strategists Ask Christie to Drop Out to Help Haley; Washington Post Reports, Liz Cheney Says She is Considering Third-Party Run; IDF Says, Our Troops are Now in the Heart of Khan Younis in Southern Gaza. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Democrats Alarmed by Jayapal's Handling of Rape Allegations Made by Hamas; Interview with Democratic Women's Caucus Chair Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fl); Newly-Approved RSV Vaccinations are Difficult for Parents to Find; Gabby Petito was "Gone" When Brian Laundrie Notified His Parents, According to Lawsuit. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• FBI Warns of Potential Attacks Inspired By Hamas; Israeli Troops Operating in Southern Gaza; Trump Set For Iowa Town Hall Tonight; Interview With Fmr. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL). Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Former U.S. Ambassador Accused Of Being Secret Agent For Cuba; IDF: Troops Now "In The Heart Of Khan Younis" In Southern Gaza; Explosion Levels VA Home Where Police Tried To Serve Warrant. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Fewest Candidates So Far Will Be On GOP Debate Stage Tomorrow; WAPO: Liz Cheney Weighs 3rd-Party Run For President; Biden In Boston Fundraising For Reelection Campaign; Biden's Reelection Effort Sets Record For Off-Year Ad Spending; Harvard Poll: Biden Leads Trump Among Young Voters; U.N. Chief: Apocalyptic Situation In Gaza, "Nowhere Safe To Go"; IDF: Troops Now "In The Heart Of Khan Yunis" In Southern Gaza; GOP Sen. Tuberville Releasing Hold On Almost All Military Nominees. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper Discusses Tuberville Releasing Almost All Military Nominee Holds; U.S. Pressuring Israel On Civilian Deaths, IDF Encircling Southern Gaza City; Virginia Home Explodes After Suspect Fires Flare Gun; Federal Prosecutors To Use Trump's Continued Embrace Of 1/6 Rioters Against Him At Trial; FAA Announces Special Committee On Pilot Mental Health. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Senators Introduce Gosei Act To Address Gun Violence; Record- Breaking Mass Shootings Prompt New Legislation; Gosei Act Targets Internal Mechanisms Of Firearms; Senators Aim To Reduce Lethality With Magazine Restrictions; Lewiston Tragedy Spurs Action On Gun Control Gosei Act Focuses On Functionality, Not Appearance. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Sen. Angus King (I-ME) & Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) Discuss 2023 U.S. Shootings, Co-Sponsoring Bill To Tackle Gun Violence & Pairing Border Security With Aid For Ukraine; Virginia Officials Give Update On Arlington House Explosion; Eric Trump Will No Longer Testify This Week In Civil Fraud Trial; Lawsuit: Laundrie Told Parents Gabby Was "Gone," He Needed A Lawyer. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• GOP Sen. Tuberville Releases Hold On Almost All Military Nominees; Special Counsel Plans To Use Trump's Continued Embrace Of January 6 Rioters Against Him At Trial; Fewest Candidates So Far Will Be On GOP Debate State Tomorrow; UN Chief: Apocalyptic Situation In Gaza, "Nowhere Safe To Go"; Schumer: Senate Will Take Procedural Vote Tomorrow On Ukraine Aid; Parents Struggle To Find Newly Approved RSV Vaccines. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Parents Struggle to Find Newly Approved RSV Vaccines; Interview with Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), House Passes Resolution Condemning Antisemitism; NCAA President Proposed New Framework to Pay Athletes Directly. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• :Israel Resumes Ground Offensive Against Hamas in Gaza; U.S. Congress Debates $100 Billion Support to Ukraine; Former Republican Liz Cheney Warns of Trump's Threat to Democracy; Cyclone Michaung Hits Central and Eastern India, Killing Six; Global Carbon Emissions Expected to Reach Record High in 2023; COP28 President Defends Commitment to Climate Action; Israel Investigates Intelligence Failure on October 7 Attack; Critics Slam Lack of Response to Hamas Rape Allegations; Hong Kong Journalist Vanishes after Beijing Trip. Aired 12-1a ET
• Israel Objective In Northern Gaza Nearly Completed; Red Cross Chief Arrives In Gaza, Says Suffering Intolerable; Carbon Emissions Expected To Set New Record In 2023; COP28's UAE President Defends Climate Science Comments; More Than 300 Killed As Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc Across East Africa; U.N. Special Sessions Examines Hamas Use of Sexual Violence; White House Warns Funding for Ukraine is Running Out; Civilian Who Tried to Stop Attack Killed by Israeli Reservist; Number of Anti-Semitic Attacks in Italy on the Rise; Ex-U.S. Ambassador Charged with Spying for Cuba. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.N. Chief: "There Is Nowhere Safe To Go In Gaza"; White House Warns Funding For Ukraine Is Running Out; Hong Kong Journalist Vanishes After Beijing Trip; U.N. Chief Says There is Nowhere Safe to Go in Gaza; World's Largest Iceberg is on the Move; The Word of The Year "Rizz" is Added to the Oxford Dictionary; BTS' Jung Kook and Usher Dance to "Yeah" on TikTok. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• U.N. Chief Criticized Israel's order to Gaza Residents on Evacuation; COP28 First Draft on Fossil Fuel Ban Agreement now Underway; 350 People Killed in a Series of Floods Around East Africa. Israeli Civilian Yuval Castleman Killed by a Reservist After Responding to a Shooting against Hamas Perpetrators; Senate Republicans now Deals on the Ukraine-Israel Aid Package; Veteran Hong Kong Journalist Reportedly Missing in Beijing. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Stark Warning About Second Trump Term; U.N.: Civilian Casualties in Gaza Rapidly Increasing; Urban Warfare in Gaza; U.S. Aid to Ukraine Running Out. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: New Accounts of Sexual Violence Committed by Hamas on October 7; First Draft of COP28 Agreement Calls for Fossil Fuel Phase-Out; Scholar Alleges Pressure from Facebook Got Her Fired. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: IDF Renews Airstrikes In Southern Gaza, Expands Ground Operations; U.N.: Only 100 Aid Trucks Went Into Gaza Monday Via Rafah; Zelenskyy To Appear Remotely At A Capitol Hill Briefing; White House: The U.S. Will "Kneecap Ukraine On The Battlefield" Without Additional Funding; First Draft Of COP28 Agreement Calls For Fossil Phase-Out; Gaza Health Ministry: Nearly 16,000 Palestinians Killed Since Oct. 7; Hong Kong Journalist Vanishes After Beijing Trip. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Growing Alarm Over Potential 2nd Trump Presidency; IDF Renews Airstrikes in Southern Gaza; U.N.: Situation in Gaza Getting 'More Apocalyptic'. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Debate Over Border Could Sink Aid; Gershon Baskin is Interviewed about the Hostage Negotiations; Fetterman Trolls Menendez. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• U.N. Chief Says, Apocalyptic Situation in Gaza, Nowhere Safe to Go; Liz Cheney Issues New Warning About Threat of a Second Trump Term; Democrats Express Concern Over Rep. Pramila Jayapal's (D-WA) Response to Hamas Rape Claims. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) On Israel Investigating Accounts Of Sexual Violence By Hamas On October 7; Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY) On Zelenskyy's Address To Senators Over Funding Request; New Study Suggests Traders Knew In Advance About Hamas Attacks. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Israel Defense Forces Begin Military Operations in Southern Gaza; New Polling Shows Former President Trump Leading President Biden; GOP Presidential Candidates to have Another Debate Without Former President Trump; Liz Cheney Says She is Considering 3rd Party Run; Democrats Eye Resolution Condemning Hamas' Use of Sexual Violence; UN Holds Session Examining Hamas' Sexual Attacks. Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• Officials Say Hamas is Keeping women from Talking; Mustafa Barghouti is Interviewed about the Situation in Gaza. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Connect the World
• U.N. Chief: "There is Nowhere Safe to go" in Gaza; W.H.O.: Risk of "Major Outbreaks" of Disease in Gaza; More than 350 People Killed in East Africa Floods; Israeli Military Says Jabalya Refugee Camp Surrounded, Raid on Hamas Command Center; Hamas: Sexual Violence Allegations are "Unfounded Lies"; Daredevil Combines Wakeskating & Base Jumping. Aired 9-10a ET
• Nowhere Safe in Gaza; IDF Say Two Civilians Killed for Each Hamas Militant Killed; South Africa Critical of Israel's Actions in Gaza; World Trade Organization Curious Why Subsidies to Climate-Damaging Entities; Exclusive Access to Israeli Tank Corps; Air Pollution's Impact on Period Poverty; World's Largest Iceberg Near Antarctica. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Now: Israel In House-To-House Battles In Southern Gaza; Sources: U.S. Thinks Israel's Ground Invasion Could End By January; Shouting Match In Senate Amid Fight Over Ukraine Funding; Ukrainian Official: Russia Opened 2 New Fronts In Avdiivka, Site Of Fiercest Battles Right Now; Biden: "If Trump Wasn't Running, I'm Not Sure I'd Be Running"; Senator Cruz: "I Condemn Nothing That The Israeli Government Is Doing"; Kim Jong Un Cries While Pleading With Women To Have Kids. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• IDF Renews Airstrikes in South Gaza, Expands Ground Operations; Fate of American Hostages Unknown After Stalled Negotiations; Dems Plan Resolution Condemning Hamas' Use of Sexual Violence; Heavy Rain, Winds, Snow Blast the Pacific Northwest. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Today: Zelenskyy To Brief Senators Ahead Of Key Vote On Funding; Four Candidates Qualify For Wednesday's GOP Debate; Former U.S. Ambassador Charged With Being Covert Cuba Agent. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Haley, DeSantis, Ramaswamy, Christie Make Cut For Tomorrow's Debate; Four Candidates Qualify For Wednesday's GOP Debate; Trump Will Skip Another GOP Primary Debate Tomorrow; Washington Post: Cheney Weighing 3rd Party Run; Zelenskyy Appeals To U.S. Lawmakers As Ukraine Support Hangs In The Balance; GOP Demand For Tough Border Bill Threatens To Sink Ukraine Aid; White House: Failure To Pass Ukraine Funding Bolsters Putin; Now: House Committee Hearing On Antisemitism On Campus. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Presidents Of Harvard, Penn, MIT Called To Testify About Surge Of Antisemitism On College Campuses; Antisemitism On The Rise Across The U.S.; Liz Cheney, Democrats Warn Of Trump's 2024 Danger; Haley Says She Backs Raising Social Security Retirement Age; Trump, DeSantis Say They Won't Cut Social Security Or Medicare. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• IDF Renews Airstrikes In Southern Gaza As It Expands Ground Operations; Lebanon Says One Of Its Soldiers Was Killed In An Israeli Attack; Zelenskyy Cancels Address To U.S. Senators; IDF Troops Now Encircling Khan Yunis In Southern Gaza. Aired 2-2:45p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Biden To Donors: "If Trump Wasn't Running, I'm Not Sure I'd Be Running"; Rep. Jayapal Now Condemns Sexual Violence By Hamas; Liz Cheney Explores Helping To Begin A New Party; FBI Director Wray: "I See Blinking Lights Everywhere I Turn"; VA Homes Explodes As Police Serve Search Warrant; A Family Seeks Answers; Marvel Actor Jonathan Majors Faces Trial. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Heavy Fighting Continues In Northern Gaza; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Urges Congress To Move Forward With Aid To Ukraine And Israel; Preliminary Financial Trading Activity Research Suggests Some Traders May Have Had Advanced Knowledge Of Hamas Attacks On Israel; University Heads Say They Take Action On Anti-Semitism Problem. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Israel: Heaviest Day Of Fighting Since Ground War Began; IDF Spokesman Clarifies Remarks In Civilian Casualties; Tuberville To Release Holds On Bulk Of Military Nominations; Israeli Regulators: No Suspicious Trading On Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Before October 7 Attacks; Harvard, Penn, MIT Presidents Testify Before Congress About Antisemitism; Antisemitic Attacks On The Rise In Italy; Meta And IBM Team Up On AI Alliance; "Grand Theft Auto VI" Trailer Hits 8 Million Views. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Biden Says, Not Sure I'd Be Running In 2024 If Trump Wasn't In Race; Slew Of Promotions Confirmed After Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) Blanket Hold Ends; IDF Claims New Advances As U.N. Warns Gaza Apocalyptic; Home In Washington, DC Suburbs Explodes As Police Try To Executive Search Warrant. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Cheney: "Wishful Thinking" To Believe Democratic Guardrails Can Keep Trump In Check If He Wins In 2024; Speaker Johnson: House GOP Blurring January 6 Footage So Rioters Won't Be Charged By The DOJ; Biden: "If Trump Wasn't Running, I'm Not Sure I'd Be Running". Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• Combating AI-generated Content Ahead Of The U.S. Election; "Urban Surfers" Rummaging For Recyclable Plastics In South Africa; Baby Giraffe, Kendi, At The Oakland Zoo. Aired 4-4:10a ET


State of the Race with Kasie Hunt
• WAPO: Liz Cheney Weighs Third-Party Presidential Run; Trump To Skip Wednesday's Republican Presidential Debate; DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy And Christie Set To Face Off In Fourth Republican Presidential Debate. Aired 11a-12p ET