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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Asks Supreme Court To Go Slow On Immunity Claim; Trump Barred From 2024 Primary Ballot In Colorado; Judge: Former Georgia Election Workers Can Go After Giuliuani's Assets Immediately; U.N. Vote On Gaza Resolution Delayed For Third Time, President Biden Says U.S. Support Still Unresolved; Israel Offering Hamas Pause In Fighting As Part OF A New Potential Hostage Deal; Volcano Continues Violent Eruption In Iceland; Ohio Woman Criminally Charged After Miscarriage. 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg; Interview with International Committee of the Red Cross President Mirjana Spoljaric; Interview with "Ferrari" Actor Adam Driver; Interview with "How to Know a Person" Author and The New York Times Opinion Columnist David Brooks. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Disqualified From 2024 Ballot In Colorado; Trump's GOP Rivals Face Balancing Act Over Colorado Ruling; Fate Of 2024 Election Could Fall To The U.S. Supreme Court; Israel Returns To The Table For Hostage Negotiations; U.N. Agency: Half Of Gaza's Population Is Starving; Iceland Volcano Lava Flow Slows But Pollutes Air With Smoke & Toxic Gases. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Disqualified From 2024 Ballot In Colorado; Poll: 42 Percent Of Likely Iowa GOP Voters More Likely To Support Trump Because He Said Illegal Immigrants "Poisoning The Blood" Of U.S.; Barr: C.O. Supreme Court Case Disqualifying Trump From 2024 Ballot Is "Legally Wrong And Untenable"; Israel Returns To The Table For Hostage Negotiations; U.S. And Venezuela Agree To Prisoner Swap; CNN Analysis: Harvard Pres. Claudine Gay's Corrections Do Not Address Clear Instances Of Plagiarism. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Did Not Air 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Barred From 2024 Primary Ballot In Colorado; Trump To Appeal To Supreme Court After Ban From CO Primary Ballot; DeSantis Responds To Colorado Ruling Keeping Trump Off Ballot; Toxic Gas Prompt Pollution Concerns In Reykjavik. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Toxic Gas Prompt Pollution Concerns In Reykjavik; Trump Repeats Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric, Denies Reading Hitler; Israel Back At Table For Hostage Negotiations; More Than 280k Customers Without Power In Maine. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Barred From 2024 Primary Ballot In Colorado; Today: GOP's Chip Roy Campaigns With DeSantis In Iowa; Rep. Chip Roy, (R-TX), Is Interviewed About Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Confidence of US Consumers Reached Its Highest Point Since July; Inside the Hamas Tunnels; Since October 7, Israeli Military Discovered 1,500 Tunnels Gaza; Interview with New York Times Magazine Staff Writer and "Rise and Kill First, The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations" Author Ronen Bergman; Judge Orders Release of Docs Naming Epstein Associates; 2024 U.S. Presidential Election; Republican Presidential Contenders Host Town Halls in Iowa Before Caucuses; Interview with The Gazette Des Moines Bureau Chief Aaron Murphy; DeSantis Addresses Colorado Decision that Excludes Trump Off Ballot; Colorado 2024 Primary Ballot: Trump Excluded; At an Iowa Event, Trump Justifies Remarks About "Poisoning the Blood". Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Barred From Colorado Ballot; Iceland Volcano; Israel Resumes Hostage Negotiations With Hamas; Interview With Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA). Aired 11-11:30a ET
• CO Supreme Court Disqualifies Trump From State's 2024 Ballot; Secretary Of State Blinken Gives End-Of-Year Media Briefing. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Barred From Colorado Ballot; Trump Raising Money Off Colorado Court Decision. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Israel Back At The Table For Hostage Negotiations; Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) Discusses Immigration; Mother Of Boy Arrested For Urinating In Public Refuses To Sign Probation Agreement, Wants Charges Dismissed. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Immigration Reform Takes Center Stage In Congress As Border Crossings Reach Record Numbers; Texas Governor Signs Controversial SB4 Into Law, Sparking Legal Showdown; Lawmakers Express Concerns Over Israel's Military Strategy And Humanitarian Crisis. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Allies, Supporters Blast Colorado Ballot Ruling; Trump Asks Supreme Court To stay Out Of Immunity Dispute For Now; Source: Biden Frustrated With Slow Rollout Of Major Projects Funded By His Legislative Wins In Congress; Older Weight Loss Drugs Making A Comeback Amid Medication Shortages. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Barred From 2024 Primary Ballot In Colorado; Trump Asks Supreme Court To Stay Out Of Immunity Dispute For Now; Several Palestinians Reported Killed In Series Of Major Explosions Near Hospital In Southern Gaza; Israel Back At The Table for Hostage Negotiations. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Toxic Gas Threat from Erupting Volcano in Iceland; Several Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Texas Immigration Law; Rite Aid Banned from Use of Facial Recognition for Five Years. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Israel Proposes Ceasefire to Hamas for Hostage Release; Colorado Supreme Court Disqualifies Trump for 2024 Ballot; Houthi Rebels Launch Over 100 Attacks in Red Sea; Deadly Earthquake Strikes Northwest China, 131 Dead; Ukraine Seeks U.S. Wartime Support Amid Draft Proposal; Trump's Campaign Appeals Disqualification in Colorado; France Takes Action Against Extremist Settlers in West Bank; West Bank Sees Escalating Settler Violence; Lava Flow Eases, Gas Pollution Could Reach Capital. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Israel Offers Hamas One-Week Pause In Fighting As Part Of New Hostage Deal; Houthi Attacks On Commercial Ships Have Upended Global Trade In Vital Red Sea Corridor; Colorado Supreme Court Disqualifies Trump From 2024 Ballot; China Quake Death Toll Climbs To 131 As Rescue Efforts Continue; U.N. Security Council Vote on Gaza Resolution Delayed; Settler Confrontations in the West Bank; League Play Resumes with More Dissent Against Referees. Aired 1-2a ET
• Israel, Proposes New Hostage Deal, Pause In Fighting; World Food Programme: Half Of Gaza's Population Is Starving; Trump "Disqualified" From 2024 Ballot In Colorado; Rescuers Search For Survivors As Death Toll Climbs To 131; Lava Flow Eases, Gas Pollution Could Reach Capital; League Play Resumes With More Dissent Against Referees; Former Club President Faruk Koca Could Face Prison Time for Punching Referee. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Israel Drafts New Deal for a week-long Truce in Exchange of the Release of Hostages; Trump Out of the 2024 Colorado Ballot; Rescuers Struggle Cold Temperatures to Find Survivors of the Gansu Quake. CNN visits West Bank amid the Escalating Settler Violence; New COVID Variant Detected by WHO in the United States as Authorities Advised to Get Protected. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from 2024 Ballot; Migrant Surge Along U.S.-Mexico Border; Israeli Official: Israel and Hamas Not Near Hostage Deal at the Moment; Attacks on Ships in Red Sea at Worst Level in Decades; Civil Rights Groups Sue Texas Over New Border Law. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Trump Campaign Pushing for Big Win in Iowa Caucuses; Judge Rules Names of Alleged Associates, Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Be Made Public; Rescuers Search for Survivors as Death Toll Climbs to 131; Lava Flow Eases, Gas Pollution Could Reach Capital; Health Experts Warn of Fastest-Growing Subvariant; Turkish Football Turmoil. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Source: Israel Is Back At Table For Hostage Negotiations; Death Toll Climbs To 131 As Crews Wrap Up Search For Survivors; Trump Disqualified From 2024 Ballot In Colorado; Lava Flow Eases, Gas Pollution Could Reach Capital; India Suspends Record 141 Opposition Parliamentarians; Texas Governor Abbott Signs Border Bill That Makes Entering Texas Illegally A State Crime; Health Experts Warn Of Fastest-Growing Subvariant. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Disqualified from Ballot in Colorado; Trump Surrogates, Allies Rail Against Colorado Ruling; Israeli Official: No Hostage Deal Yet with Hamas; Lava Flow Eases, Gas Pollution Could Reach Capital of Iceland. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Concern About Gas Pollution as Iceland Volcano Erupts; Trump Already Fundraising Off Colorado Ballot Decision; Trump Disqualified Form 2024 Ballot in Colorado. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Colorado Supreme Court Says, Trump Ineligible for Office, 2024 Ballot; Civil Rights Groups Sue Texas Over New Border Law. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Civil Rights Groups Sue Texas over New Border Law; Colorado Supreme Court Rules Trump Ineligible for Office; DeSantis' Record on Smokable Medical Marijuana in Florida Raises Questions About His Promise to "Drain the Swamp" in the State; Dozens of Epstein's Victims, Associates to be Named. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Colorado State Supreme Court Disqualifies Former President Trump from Being on State Primary Ballot Due to His Actions During January 6th Capitol Riot; U.S. Supreme Court Likely to Rule on Colorado State Supreme Court's Decision Disqualifying Former President Trump from State Primary Ballot; Today: Biden Visits Milwaukee to Tout Economic Policies; White House Sees Greater Chances for Economic Soft Landing. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Israel Resumes Hostage Negotiations with Hamas; CO Supreme Court: Trump Ineligible for Office, 2024 Ballot; Heavy Rain, Flooding Leaves Damage, Power Outages in Maine. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Connect the World
• Israel Back at Table for Hostage Negotiations; U.S.: Attacks on Ships in Red Sea at Worst Level in Decades; Rescuers Search for Survivors as Death Toll Climbs; Southern Border Epicenter of Immigration Crisis in U.S.; ICRC Closes Office in Nicaragua at Government's "Request". Aired 9- 10a ET
• IDF Says It Does Not Target Hospitals, Only "Hamas Strongholds"; Israel Proposing New Pause in Fighting in Exchange for Hostage Release; Escalation in Israel's Occupation Tactics in West Bank; Colorado State Supreme Court Deems Trump Ineligible for 2024 Ballot; "Record Number" of Indian MPs Suspended from Parliament; Volcano Erupts in Southwest Iceland; UNSC to Vote on Gaza; Judge Rules Epstein Associates' and Victims' Names Made Public; Trump Team in Iowa Working Overtime. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Team Could Appeal Colorado Ballot Ruling As Soon As Today; Israel: GoPro Footage Captured Voices Of Hostages Killed By IDF; Haley, DeSantis Hold Dueling Events, Trade Barbs; 10 Americans Freed In Venezuela Prisoner Swap On Way To U.S.; RFK Jr. Campaigns In Arizona As Poll Numbers Stay Strong. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Colorado Supreme Court: Trump Ineligible for 2024 Ballot; Israel Proposes New Hostage Deal, Pause in Fighting; Heavy Rain, Wind, Snow Expected Across the West Coast. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Colorado Supreme Court Rules Trump Ineligible for 2024 Ballot; Trump Says His Anti-Immigrant Comments Haven't Echoed Hitler; Ja Morant Magnificent for Memphis in Return. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Disqualified From 2024 Ballot In Colorado; Trump To Appeal Colorado Decision To U.S. Supreme Court; Trump's GOP Rivals Denounce Colorado Ballot Ruling; Ramaswamy: "I Pledge To Withdraw" From Colorado Primary; Biden: Trump "Certainly Supported An Insurrection"; Trump Repeats Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric, Denies Reading Hitler; Trump: I've Never Read Hitler's "Mein Kampf"; Haley Says New Trump Ad Proves Her Campaign Is "Surging". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• U.S. Supreme Court Likely to Have Final Say on Whether Insurrectionist Ban Applies to Trump; Biden Says That U.S. is Pushing Israel and Hamas to Reach a Deal on Hostages; Border Towns Face Record Rise in Migrants; Texas Makes Entering Illegally a State Crime Amid Surge. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Talks On New Pause In Gaza War Gain Urgency As Hamas Chief Visits Cairo; Aid Groups Say Children In Gaza Are Getting Less Than 10 Percent Of What They Need; Colorado Supreme Court Rules To Strike Trump From The Ballot; White House "Very Serious" Hostage Discussions Underway; Lava From Iceland Volcano Eases But Could Reach Capital; U.S. And Venezuela Agree To Prisoner Swap. Aired 2-3p ET


King Charles
• Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump From State Ballot; Trump Echoes Hitler, Says Immigrants Destroying Blood Of U.S.; Nikki Haley Gains Ground In New Hampshire; Hosts Discuss UFOs With Guest Neil deGrasse Tyson; Emmy Award-Winning Writer Cord Jefferson Promotes "American Fiction" Movie; Comedian Ziwe Interviews Former House Representative George Santos. Aired 10-11p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Supreme Court Saddled With Cases That May Tilt 2024 Election; Biden: Trump "Certainly Supported An Insurrection"; Laura Coates Discusses With Guests All Of Trump's Grievances; Laura Coates Interviews El Paso Mayor. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Colorado State Supreme Court Bars Donald Trump From Appearing On That State's Ballot; Israel Proposes A Week-Long Truce In Exchange For The Release Of Hostages And Palestinian Prisoners; Volcano In Southwest Iceland Erupts; Patients Now Turning To Older Weight Loss Pills. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Asks Supreme Court To Stay Out Of Immunity Dispute For Now; Colorado Supreme Court: Trump's Involvement In Attack On US Capitol Disqualifies Him From Holding Presidency; WH: "Serious Discussions" Underway On Gaza Hostage Deal; Spain Among EU Countries Calling For Gaza Ceasefire; Iceland PM: 70 Apartments Bought For Evacuated Residents; US Lawmakers Look To Block Japanese Purchase Of US Steel; The Rise Of Artificial Christmas Trees; South Africa Moving Past Spate Of Power Cuts; Dash To The Bell. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Asks Supreme Court To Stay Out Of Immunity Dispute For Now; Trump To Appeal Colorado Ban To U.S. Supreme Court; Biden Says, U.S. Pushing Israel And Hamas To Reach Deal On Hostages; U.S. And Venezuela Agree To Release Of 10 Americans In Prisoner Swap; Judge Says Former Georgia Election Workers Can Go After Rudy Giuliani's Assets Immediately. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• California Lieutenant Governor: "Explore Every Legal Option" To Remove Trump From Ballot; Former A.G. Barr: Colorado Ruling "A Grievance That Will Help" Trump; Boston Mayor Apologizes To Black Men Falsely Suspected In 1989 Murder. Aired 9-10p ET


State of the Race with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Disqualified From 2024 Primary Ballot In Colorado; Violent Crime Is Down, But Fear Of Crime Rising In U.S.; Trump Vows To Fight Crime, Falsely Claims That Violent Crime On The Rise In Major Cities. Aired 11a- 12p ET