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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• SC to Hear Trump Colorado Ballot Ban Appeal; Biden Hits Trump As A Threat To Democracy Three Years After Jan. 6; Biden Comes Out Swinging At Trump In First 2024 Campaign Speech; Trump Responds To Biden's Speech, Says He's "Staging His Pathetic Fear Mongering Campaign"; NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre Announces Resignation Ahead Of Trial; Authorities: Iowa School Principal Placed Himself "In Harm's Way" To Shield Students During Shooting; Biggest Drop Of Epstein Docs Includes More Than 1,600 Pages Of Details. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With "Black Wave" Author And The Atlantic Contributing Writer Kim Ghattas; Interview With The Soufan Group Director Of Research And "After The Caliphate" Author Colin Clarke; Interview With The Bulwark, "The Focus Group" And "Defending Democracy Together" Co-Host Host Sarah Longwell; Interview With Chicago Project On Security And Threats Director And University Of Chicago Professor Of Political Science Robert Pape. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Any Minute: Biden Speech On Threats To Democracy; Biden: Whether Democracy Is Still America's Sacred Cause Is The Most Urgent Question Of Our Time; President Biden Gives His First Campaign Speech Of 2024. Aired 3-4p ET
• Biden: Trump Says Out Loud He Admires Dictators; Attorney General: 1,250+ Charged, 890+ Convictions Since January 6; Trump Heads Back To Iowa With Busy Campaign Schedule; Wayne LaPierre Resigns As Leader Of The NRA; U.S. Supreme Court Meets Amid Ballot Ban Challenges; Airstrikes Hit Camps For Displaced Palestinians; Florida GOP To Vote Monday On Removing Party Chair. Aired 4-5p ET
• U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Trump 14th Amendment Appeal; Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Is Interviewed About U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Trump 14th Amendment Appeal; Biden: Political Violence Is Never Acceptable In The U.S.; Gypsy Rose Blanchard Explains Why She Plotted To Kill Her Mother. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Supreme Court Says It'll Decide If Trump Qualifies For Ballot; Campaign Duels, Biden And Trump Unleash On Each Other; NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre Resigns After Tumultuous Reign; Abby Phillip And Guest Panel Discuss Politics And Unethical Abuse Of Lobbying Power In American History; Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Speaks Out. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• December Jobs Numbers Released; Rana Foroohar is Interviewed about the Economy; Biden and Trump on Campaign Trail; Biden Gives Speech on Democracy; Shooting at Iowa School. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Supreme Court Meets Amid Ballot Challenges; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is Interviewed about Foreign Money Going to Trump Businesses; Gypsy Rose Blanchard Speaks Out; 25 Million Under Winter Storm Warnings. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Today: Trump Rallies In Iowa As Haley, DeSantis Attack; Today: Biden To Speak On Democracy Ahead Of 1/6 Anniversary; Report: 300,000 Lives Could Be Saved Over Next Decade If States Adopt Gun Laws Like CA, NY. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• December Saw a Surprise 216,000 Job Additions in U.S. Economy; Interview with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen; Oscar Pistorius Granted Parole Until 2029 After Being Released From Prison; Study Finds Wegovy, Ozempic Safe for Mental Health; $4,000 Cash Devoured by Dog. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• IL & MA Voters Ask Election Board To Take Trump Off Ballot; Now: Supreme Court Meets Amid Ballot Challenges; Blinken Arrives In Middle East As Fears Rise Of Wider Conflict. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Blinken Arrives In Middle East As Fears Rise Of Wider Conflict; Today: Biden and Trump On The Campaign Trail; IA Shooter Believed To Have Posted TikTok Video From School Bathroom. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Supreme Court Meets Amid Ballot Challenges; Interview With Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su; Antony Blinken in Middle East. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Iowa Shooter Believed To Have Posted TikTok Video From School Bathroom; NY AG Seeks $370M From Trump, Co-Defendants In Civil Fraud Trial; Woman Forced To Fake Illnesses Tells Why She Helped Kill Mother. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Biden links Trump To Capitol Riot In Campaign Speech; Blinken In Middle East Amid Israel-Gaza Conflict; Supreme Court Considers Trump's Ballot Eligibility; NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre Resigns Amid Corruption Allegations; Strong Finish For U.S. Labor Market In December; Florida Abortion Rights On 2024 Ballot; Biden Contrasts Washington With Trump At Valley Forge; Colorado Faces Deadline For Candidate Certification; NY AG Pursues Corruption Charges Against NRA; DeSantis Equivocates On Election Results In 2024 Hint. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre Announces Resignation; Blinken Arrives In Middle East As Fears Rise Of Wider Conflict; Rift In Israeli Cabinet Over Competing Post-War Visions; Abortion Rights Group Says They've Reached Petition Threshold To Put Issue On Florida Ballot in 2024; FDA Approves First State Request To Import Drugs From Canada; Former Olympian Oscar Pistorius Released From Prison; "Miracle On The Hudson" Airs Sunday At 8PM ET/PT. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Did Not Air 3-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• How GOP Primary Has Changed in Iowa, NH; South Korea Orders Evacuation of Yeonpyeong Island; Pro-Iran Commander Killed in Baghdad; Hamas-Run Health Ministry: 22,000 Killed in Gaza since October 7th; Trump Businesses Made Millions from Foreign Governments; Loud Condemnation Over Calls to Resettle Palestinians; Former Olympic Sprinter Oscar Pistorius to be Released. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Evacuation Orders For South Korean Islands As North Korea Fires Over 200 Artillery Shells; Blinken Heads To Middle East As Risk of Broader Conflict Grows; Israeli Defense Minister Outlines New Phase In Gaza War; U.S. Says Russia Used North Korean Missiles In Ukraine; Voters Seek To Take Trump Off 2023 Ballot; French Medical Ship Helping Victims Of War; Freed Israeli Hostage Describes 50 Days of Hamas Captivity; Rescue Workers Race To Find Survivors After Monday's Quake in Japan. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Travels to the Middle East Again; IDF Orders New Evacuation Orders for Gaza Civilians; North Korea Fires Artillery Shells Near South Korea; Russia Fires Cruise Missile, Ukraine Strikes Belgorod; Oscar Pistorius Released; Search and Rescue Efforts Underway After Monday's Massive Earthquake. Aired 2-3a ET
• Blast Killed More Than 80 in Iran; U.S. Wants to Stop War in Middle East; Residents Fear for North Korea's Latest Provocation; Oscar Pistorius Freed From Prison; Shooting Leaves School in Fear; Two GOP Candidates Takes on Trump; Donald Trump Takes Advantage of His Position While in Office; Jeffrey Epstein's Death Did Not Stop Controversy; Europe Braces for More Colder Days. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: DeSantis and Haley Attack Trump in CNN Town Halls; Trump Businesses Made Millions from Foreign Governments; 17- Year-Old Gunman Kills one, Wounds Five at Iowa School; South Korea Military: The North Fired 200+ Artillery Rounds; U.S. Working to Keep Israel-Hamas War from Spreading. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Court Releases More Jeffrey Epstein Documents; Former Olympic Sprinter Oscar Pistorius Released; Rain System Makes Way from Northern Europe to Italy, Greece; Heavy Rains, Flooding Hit France and Germany. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Seoul: North Korea Fires Artillery Rounds Near SK Islands; Heavy Rain Brings Flooding in Western Europe; DeSantis & Haley Take Aim at Trump in CNN Town Hall; Iowa Caucuses are Scheduled for Monday, January 15; Oscar Pistorius Released from South African Prison. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Haley, DeSantis Face Voters Days Before Iowa Caucuses; Shooter Posted TikTok Video from School Bathroom; Epstein Documents Reveal More of How Girls Were Fooled; Winter Storm Targets Northeast. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Biden to Speak on Democracy; Supreme Court to Discuss Trump's Eligibility; Pistorius Released from Prison. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Today, Trump Rallies in Iowa as Haley, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) Attack; Today, Biden to Give Speech on Democracy and Freedom; Maersk to Divert All Vessels from Red Sea. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Second Set Of Epstein Documents Unsealed, More Expected; Hostage Held By Hamas For 50 Days Breaks Silence On CNN; DeSantis Jabs At Trump 10 Days Our From Iowa Caucuses. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• President Biden to Give Campaign Speech on Anniversary of January 6th Capitol Riots; Former President Trump to Attempt Balancing Campaigning with Appearing in Court for Various Trials; Likely Political Effects of Democratic Party's Association of Donald Trump with January 6th Capitol Riots Examined; CNN's Inaugural Road to 270 Shows Trump in a Position to Win; Former Governor Larry Hogan on No Labels Third-Party Bid. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Blinken Arrives in Middle East; New Report on Gun Control and Deaths; Jobs Report for December; Pam Seagle is Interviewed about Flight 1549. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Connect the World
• Reminder of What Gazan Civilians Face Every Day; U.S. Secretary of State to Land in Turkey to Begin Important Middle East Trip; Rift in Israel Cabinet Grown as War Rages; Iran Mourns Blast Victims as ISIS Claims Responsibility; North Korea Fires Roughly 200 Artillery Shells off West Coast; Oscar Pistorius Release from Prison; Republican Presidential Candidates Talk Global Politics; How Investors are Reacting to the Final Jobs Report for 2023; Jobs Day in the United States; McDonald's Impacted by Boycott; 1.6M Tesla Cars Recalled in China; Buzzer Beater Lifts the Defending NBA Champs to Victory. Aired 9-10a ET
• Fears Of Regional Escalation After Violent Attacks; Concerns Of Wider Conflict As War Rages In Gaza; CNN Hosts Republican Town Halls With Ron DeSantis And Nikki Haley; Ex-Olympian Free 11 Years After Shooting Girlfriend; North Korea Fires Artillery Rounds Off West Coast; Freed Israeli Hostage Describes 50 Days Of Hamas Captivity; Interview With Tetris' Henk Rogers. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Supreme Court To Decide If Trump Can Be Barred From Office; Biden Blasts Trump In First Campaign Speech Of Election Year; Docs Reveal New Details About Epstein's Ties To Clinton, Trump; China Using Doctored Video, Audio As Weapons In Elections. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• DeSantis, Haley Hit Trump Harder in CNN Town Halls; Trump Phones Into Iowa Rally to Urge Supporters to Caucus; Congressional Leader Near Deal on Overall Funding. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• DeSantis, Haley Hit Trump Harder In CNN Town Halls; New Middle East Violence Sparks Fears Of Wider Conflict; Former Olympian Oscar Pistorius Released From Prison. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• President Biden's Says Trump Poses an Existential Threat to U.S. Democracy; Biden in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Interview with Associated Press White House Reporter Seung Min Kim; Interview with Axios Senior Contributor Margaret Talev; Interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Washington Correspondent Tia Mitchell; Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley Escalating Their Attacks on Trump; Trump Needs Supporters to Show Up on Caucus Night; Trump Heads Back to Iowa. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Campaign, Super PAC Spending $4.5M On New Anti-Haley Ads; Haley Ad Shows Support From MAGA Wing Of GOP; Trump Attorney: Trump Supreme Court Nominees Will Come Through In Ballot Access Question; Soon: Biden To Deliver Major Speech On "Democracy & Freedom"; Biden Puts Defense Of Democracy At Center Of Reelection Bid; Wash Post Poll: 34 Percent Of Republicans Falsely Believe FBI Organized And Encouraged Jan. 6 Insurrection; Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn Running For Congress. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Blinken Arrives In Turkey For A Start Of His Multi-Nation Visit; Joe Biden Set To Kick Off His Campaign At Valley Forge; Former Olympic Sprinter And Convicted Murderer Oscar Pistorius Released From Prison; French Foreign Minister Speaks With CNN; UNICEF Warns Of Triple Threat To Children In Gaza; Oscar Pistorius Released From Prison In South Africa. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Supreme Court Will Decide If Donald Trump Can Be Kept Off 2024 Presidential Ballots; Biden Accuses Trump Of Sacrificing U.S. Democracy For Power; Alaska Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Window Appears To Have Blown Out After Takeoff; Laura Coates Interviews Heidi Fleiss; CNN Interviews Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• President Biden Off To Valley Forge, Pennsylvania To Kick Start Campaign For Re-Election; Israel Unveils Its Plans For The Next Phases Of The War In Gaza; Former Olympian And Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Released From A South African Prison; Hamas Survivor Speaks Out; Europe Gets Heavy Rain; Dog Eats Cash. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• US Added 216,000 New Jobs In December; Biden White House Hails Job Report, Labor Market; US Pres Biden Speaking In Pennsylvania; Biden: Our Campaign Is About Strengthening Democracy; Biden: Nation Saw "A Lot Of Hate" On January 6; Biden: Trump's Campaign Is About Trump, Not America; Biden: Trump Glorifies A Failed Violent Insurrection. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Haley, DeSantis Face Voters 10 Days Before Iowa Caucuses. Aired 12-1a ET


The Situation Room
• Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Trump Colorado Ballot Ban Appeal; Biden Comes Out Swinging At Trump In First Campaign Speech Of 2024; Trump Stumping In Iowa Tonight Shortly After Biden's Rebuke; Supreme Court To Hear Trump Colorado Ballot Ban Appeal. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Supreme Court To Decide On Trump Ballot Ban; Biden Frames Election As Battle For Democracy; Longtime NRA Chief Resigns Ahead Of Corruption Trial. Aired 9-10p ET


State of the Race with Kasie Hunt
• 2024 U.S. Election; Biden And Trump On The Campaign Trail Today; Before January 6th, Biden Will Deliver Speech On Democracy; 10 Days Prior To Caucuses, Trump Will Conduct Rallies In Iowa Today; Interview With Axios Senior Contributor Margaret Talev; As Attacks From Haley And DeSantis Intensify, Trump Holds Rallies In Iowa; Days Prior To Caucuses, Haley And DeSantis Will Confront Iowa Voters; In Key Campaign Address, Biden Will Alert Voters To Threats To Democracy; Army Commander Alleges Retribution For The Reaction From January 6; Interview With DC National Guard Former Staff Judge Advocate And U.S. Army Reserve Col. Earl G. Matthews; Interview With Whistleblower Aid Chief Legal Counsel Andrew Bakaj. Aired 11-12p ET