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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• DOJ Filing: Indicted FBI Informant Told FBI He Got Dirt On Hunter Biden From Russian Intel Officials; Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) Discusses About His Take On David Weiss' Revelation On Bidens; Trump Says Navalny Was "Very Brave" But Does Not Condemn Putin; Family Of Alexey Navalny Demand Return Of Body; Mysteries Surrounding Death Of Alexey Navalny; Body Of Missing 11-Year-Old Texas Girl Found In River; SC Republican Women Talk Trump, Haley And The Primary; Two Men Charged With Murder After Kansas City Chiefs Rally Shooting. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba; Interview With "The Zone Of Interest" Director Jonathan Glazer; Interview With Haaretz Editor-In-Chief Aluf Benn. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• White House: U.S. To Impose New Sanctions Against Russia; Ukraine Struggles With Weapons Shortage As Russia Advances; Some U.N. Food Delivery In Gaza Paused After Aid Trucks Looted; Awaiting U.S. Supreme Court Decisions In Two Key Trump Cases; Alabama Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children; NYPD: Suspect In Deadly NY Beating Linked To Stabbing In Arizona. Aired 4-5p ET
• Haley Pledges Not To Drop Out; VP Kamala Harris At Center Of Biden Reelection Campaign; Homeless In America; Missing Texas Girl's Body Found; Justice Department: Indicted Informant Told FBI He Got Hunter Biden Dirt From Russian Intelligence Officials; Some IDF Soldiers Rejoice In Gaza Destruction. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• DOJ Says, FBI Informant Said Russian Intel Involved In Biden Claims; Fact Checking Trump's Town Hall In South Carolina; The Routine Of Mysterious Deaths Involving Putin's Foes; X Briefly Suspends The Account Of Yulia Navalnaya, Widow Of Putin Critic Alexei Navalny; A Veto Keeps U.S. In The Middle Of A Fierce International Debate Over What Is Happening Inside Of Gaza; Nikki Haley Stays In The Presidential Race. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Biden Embarks on Fundraising Blitz; Haley and Trump in South Carolina; Napa Winery Host Confirms Willis' Story; Missile Fired by Russia Had U.S. Components; Police Name a Person of Interest in Missing 11-Year-Old Girl; University of Colorado Shooting Suspect to Appear in Court; Mitch Landrieu is Interviewed about the Biden Campaign. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Navalny's Wife's Twitter Account Briefly Suspended; Barbara Collura is Interviewed about the Alabama Frozen Embryos Ruling; Capital One Buying Discover Financial. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Today, Haley, Trump in South Carolina as Crucial GOP Primary Nears; Biden Campaign Raised More Than $42 Million in January; Supreme Court Could Take Up Trump Immunity Claims Soon. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Spanish Police Looking For Missing American Woman; Assange's Desperate Attempt To Evade U.S. Extradition; Resolution At U.N. For "Immediate Ceasefire" In Gaza Rejected By U.S.; Israel-Hamas War; If Captives Are Not Freed By End Of Ramadan, Israel Threatens To Escalate Ground Attack; Website Of Leading Ransomware Group Taken Over By FBI And Allies; Almost All Of California Under Flood Warning. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Will Supreme Court Rule on Trump Cases Soon?; Search For Missing Texas Girl Continues; New Evidence Corroborates Fani Willis Testimony; President Biden Leaves For California Fund-Raising Trip. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Family Friend Now Person Of Interest In Missing TX Girl Case; U.S. Vetoed Proposed Resolution For "Immediate Ceasefire" In Gaza; NASA Looking For Volunteers To Simulate Living On Mars. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• Russia Using Weapons Containing U.S. Parts?; Interview With Fmr. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI); Nikki Haley Vows to Stay in Presidential Race; Biden Campaign Raising Historic Amounts. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Napa Winery Host Confirms Fani Willis Paid In Cash; Alabama Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are "Children"; FBI, Allies Seize Dark-Web Site Of Top Ransomware Gang. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Alexey Navalny's Mother Pleads For Son's Body Amid Kremlin Tensions; Presidential Campaigns Heat Up Amid Navalny Fallout; Urgent Search For Missing 11-Year-Old Girl In Texas; Republicans Divided Over Holding Putin Accountable; Biden To Unveil Major Russia Sanctions Package; Alec Baldwin Appears In Court Over Rust Shooting; Julian Assange Extradition Hearing Raises Human Rights Concerns. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Sheriff: "Person Of Interest" Helped Search For Missing TX Girl; Capital One Buying Discover In $35 Million Deal; Growing Debris Field In Earth's Orbit Worries Scientists; Police: Search Underway For American Woman Who Disappeared In Spain. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Sources: Biden Told Staff To Dial Up Trump Attacks; U.S. Vetoes Proposed Resolution For "Immediate Ceasefire" In Gaza; Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) Discusses About The Bill He Co-Sponsored To Propose On The House Floor; Alabama Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are "Children"; Two More People Charged In Kansas City Super Bowl Rally Shooting. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Two More People Charged In Kansas City Super Bowl Rally Shooting; American Airlines Raises Checked-Baggage Fee; Houthis Launched Barrage Of Missiles, Drowns On U.S. Ships In Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden; Elon Musk: Subject In Human Trial Moves Mouse Just By Thinking. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Yulia Navalny Continues Husband's Fight; Avdiivka Falls, Ukraine Conflict Intensifies; International Calls for Gaza Ceasefire; ICJ Case on Israel-Palestine Policies; Navalny's Widow Vows to Continue Husband's Cause; Venezuelan Security Forces Detain High- Profile Activist. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Navalny Aide Says His Body Won't Be Released For 14 Days; Israel Vows Rafah Ground Assault By Ramadan If Hostages Are Not Freed; Russia Takes Avdiivka From Ukraine; NATO's Stoltenberg Urges U.S. House To Pass Ukraine Aid; Situation Remains Dire for Children in Gaza; Houthi Rebels Say they Targeted U.S. and British Ships; Venezuelan Security Forces Detain High-Profile Activist; Lionel Messi Again Addresses Missed Hong Kong Match; 100 M Pieces of Debris Circling Globe. Aired 1-2a ET
• Venezuelan Security Forces Detain High-profile Activist; 19 People Arrested for an Alleged Plot to Kill Maduro; U.S. Threatens to Re-impose Sanctions Against Venezuela; Russian Influence Growing in Venezuela Amid Tension With U.s.; American Woman Goes Missing in Madrid; Chilean Activists Demand the Return of a Huge Moai Statue From the British Museum. Aired 2-3a ET
• Alexei Navalny's Wife Speaks Out after the Unexplained Death of Her Husband; Biden Slams Republican Lawmakers on the Stalled Ukrainian Aid Bill; Russian FM to Visit Venezuela as Tensions Mounting Between the U.S. and Venezuela Ahead of the Elections; Scientists Unveil a New Artificial Intelligence Model to Detect if a Patient is a Male or a Female; Russian President Gifts a Car to North Korea Supreme Leader. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Navalny's Widow Vows to Keep Up His Fight; Mourners Lay Flowers in Moscow for Alexey Navalny; Ukraine Withdraws as U.S. Aid Stalls; U.S. Proposes Temporary Ceasefire in U.N. Draft Resolution; Situation Remains Dire for Children in Gaza. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Russia Captures Key Ukrainian Town as U.S. Aid Stalls; Russian Influence Growing in Venezuela Amid Tension with U.S.; Navalny's Widow Vows to Continue Husband's Cause; 100 Million Pieces of Debris Circling Globe. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Ukrainian Military Says It Repelled 11 Russian Attacks In Zaporizhzhia Region Overnight; Dual U.S.-Russian Citizen Arrested In Russia; Navalny's Mother Asks Putin To Hand Over Her Son's Body; U.S. Proposes Temporary Ceasefire In U.N. Draft Resolution; Prince William "Deeply Concerned" About Human Cost Of Conflict; 100 Million Pieces Of Debris Are Circling The Globe. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• NYT: Navalny Called Trump 2nd Term Agenda 'Really Scary'; Biden Campaign Raised More Than $42M in January; Heavy Rain Ahead for California after Widespread Floods; Motive Unknown for Double Murder on Colorado Campus. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Suspect Identified in Colorado Shooting; Manchin Not Running for President; Republicans Head for the Exits; Gaza War's Brutal Impact on Children; Assange's Final Extradition Hearing. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Navalny's Mom to Putin, Hand Over My Son's Body; Russians Advance in Ukraine After Capturing Key Town; Today, Haley in South Carolina to Deliver State of the Race Speech. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Family Friend Named As Person Of Interest In Texas Case; Alarming Number Of Teens Caught Up In D.C. Crime; Axios: Biden Team Eyes State Of The Union For Reset. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Biden Administration Warns Israel against Pending Invasion of Rafah; Kremlin Refusing to Provide Alexei Navalny's Body to His Mother; Alexei Navalny's Wife's X Account Suspended; Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Endorses Donald Trump for U.S. Presidency; Interview with Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY); Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Asa Hutchinson is Interviewed about the Haley Campaign; Taylor Swift Subject of Conspiracies; Ukrainian City Falls as Aid is in Limbo. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Connect the World
• Navalny's Widow: Authorities Hiding Cause of Death; Al-Maliki: PA is the Legitimate Authority to Govern Gaza; Soldiers Posting Videos to Document War with Gaza; Venezuela's Opposition Accuses Maduro Government of "Repressive Escalation"; Capital One Agrees to Buy Discover in $35B Deal. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Israel Rejects Claims IDF Troops Committed Rape, Atrocities; U.S. Proposes Temporary Cease-Fire in U.N. Draft Resolution; Russia Holding Navalny's Body for Two Weeks; Ukraine Repels Russian Attacks in Zaporizhzhya Overnight; U.K. Hearing on WikiLeaks Founder's Request to Appeal; Dorm Shooting Suspect to Appear in Court Soon; Spanish Police Searching for Missing American Woman; U.S. Vetoes Arab-Sponsored Resolution on Humanitarian Cease-Fire in Gaza; Space Junk Circling the Globe. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• DOJ: Informant Says He Got Hunter Biden Info From Russians; Kremlin Reject Calls For International Probe Into Navalny's Death; Trump Attacks Nikki Haley After She Vows To Stay In GOP Race. Aired 7- 8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Navalny's Widow Accuses Putin Of Killing Him With Poison; U.S. Proposes "Temporary Ceasefire" In U.N. Draft Resolution; Countdown To South Carolina; More Heavy Rain For California After Widespread Flooding. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Early Voting Underway Ahead Of South Carolina GOP Primary; Global Pressure Mounts On Rookie House Speaker; Accused Fraudster George Santos Sues Jimmy Kimmel For Fraud. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Haley Expected To Say She Will Not Drop Out Of Race; Haley Delivers "State Of The Race" Speech In SC. Haley: Trump Has Been A "Disaster"; Haley: "I Have No Fear Of Trump's Retribution"; Haley: I'll Campaign Until The Last Person Votes; Biden Directs Campaign Aides To Get More Aggressive On Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Biden Directs Campaign Aides To Get More Aggressive On Trump; Michigan Focus Group Shows Concerns About Biden's Mental Fitness; Alabama Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children; One-On-On With Former U.S. Senator, NBA Champion Bill Bradley. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Emboldened Putin Looks To Build On Gains In Ukraine; Ukraine Reports It Shot Down Several Russian Warplanes; U.S. Vetoes An Arab-Backed U.N. Resolution Demanding An Immediate Humanitarian Ceasefire In The Israel- Hamas War; Russia Will Face More Sanctions From U.S.; Russia's War On Ukraine; Following Avdiivka's Fall, Russia Continues To Invade Ukraine; After Retreating From Strategic Town Of Avdiivka, Ukrainian Military Strengthening Its Fortifications; Commander Of Ukraine Anticipates More Advancements From Russian Soldiers; Prison Order Attempted To Be Restored By Ecuadorian Military And Police; Inside The Prison Cell Of Escaped Ecuadorian NARCO "Fito"; Following The Drug Kingpin's Escape, "Fito", Violence Erupts Throughout Ecuador; 100 Million Fragments Of Garbage Orbiting The Earth; Pork Garnish Added To Lattes At Starbucks In China. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Alabama Supreme Court Rules IVF Embryos Are Children; Ex-FBI Informant Told FBI He Got Dirt On Hunter Biden From Russian Intel Officials; Trump Likens Court Ordering Him To Pay Millions In Civil Fraud Case To Navalny's Death; The Body Of Missing 11-Year-Old Texas Girl Was Found In River; Winery Host Backs Up Key Piece Of Fani Willis's Testimony. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Alexei Navalny's Mother Demands The Release Of Her Son's Body; Speaker Johnson Privately Tells Republicans That There Is No Rush To Address Issue On Ukraine Aid Issue; U.S. Vetoes U.N. Resolution Calling For Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza; Washington Signals Intention To Block Algerian Resolution; Nikki Haley Stays In The Presidential Race; Presidential Election Looms In Venezuela; Yulia Navalnaya Vows To Continue Her Late Husband's Legacy; Speaker Johnson Meet's With Donald Trump In Mar-a-Lago On President's Day; Jailed WikiLeaks Founder Makes A Last-Ditch Attempt To Avoid Extradition From Britain To The United States; CNN's Bill Weir Discusses The Growing Field Of Orbital Debris Removal. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• White House To Reveal New Russia Sanctions Package Friday; Navalny's Mother Pleads To Putin: Let Me See My Son; North Korea Reopens To Russian Tourists; Political Leaders Face Uphill Battle On Public Opinion; Two More People Charged In Super Bowl Rally Shooting In Kansas City. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Indicted Informant Told FBI He Got Biden Dirt From Russian Intel; Biden Says, Major Russia Sanctions Coming After Navalny's Death; Haley Pledges To Keep Campaigning Against Disaster Trump; Two Men Charged With Murder In KC Super Bowl Rally Shooting; U.S. "Deeply Concerned" About Growing Russia And North Korea Ties. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Gov. Kemp: Judge Deciding Whether To Disqualify Fani Willis Is "A Good Man" And Will Follow The Law; Prosecutors: Indicted Ex-FBI Informant Who Lied About The Bidens Is "Peddling New Lies That Could Impact U.S. Elections"; Trump: $355 Million Civil Fraud Ruling A "Form Of Navalny". Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• New AI Tool Can Create Videos From Text; The Death of Alexey Navalny, a Well-Known Critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Aired 4- 4:10a ET


State of the Race with Kasie Hunt
• Biden Campaign Draws In $130 Million, Outpaces Trump; U.S. Divisions Over Putin's Russia Could Have Grave Implications; Biden Calls Lack Of GOP Support For Ukraine "Shocking". Aired 11a-12p ET