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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• James Biden, Brother Of President, Leaves Closed-Door Testimony After 8 Plus Hours Of Questioning On Capitol Hill; Sources: Pres. Biden Considering New Executive Action To Restrict Asylum At The Border; Russian-American Arrested In Russia For Allegedly Donating To Ukraine Aid; Navalny's Mother Files Lawsuit Over Inaction To Release Navalny's Body; Russian Pilot Who Defected To Ukraine Shot Dead In Spain; RFK Jr. PAC Launches Billboards In Michigan Responding To DNC Linking RFK Jr. To Republicans; Parents Of Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Reach Settlement After Mediation In Emotional Distress Lawsuit; Suspect In Audrii Cunningham Death Charged With Capital Murder. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Mother of James W. Foley, "American Mother" Author and James W. Foley Legacy Foundation President and Founder Diane Foley; Interview with "American Mother" Author Colum McCann; Interview with The New Times Editor-in-Chief and CEO and Friend of Alexei Navalny Yevgenia Albats; Interview with New York City Ballet Artist in Residence, Russian- American Choreographer and Ballet Dancer and Former Director of Moscow Bolshoi Ballet Alexei Ratmansky. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Republicans Blame FBI After Informant Central To Their Biden Impeachment Inquiry Is Indicted; White House Memo Slams Republicans For Failing To Pass Ukraine Aid; Ukraine Outmanned, Outgunned Amid Shortage Of Western Aid; Russia-American Arrested In Russia For Donating To Ukraine; Israel Struck Aid Truck In Gaza Despite Taking IDF-Cleared Route; Trial For Murder Of Run DMC's Jam Master Jay Reveals Double Life. Aired 4-5p ET
• Executive Action To Restrict Asylum At Border; Nuke In Space; Drastic Action In Alabama; Compromised Source; Trump Draws Comparisons Between Himself And Alexei Navalny; CNN Speaks With Father Of American-Israeli Hostage Held In Gaza; Records: Biden's Dog, Commander, Bit Secret Service Personnel In At Least 24 Incidents. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN News Central
• Informant Got Information from Russia; House Grills President Biden's Brother; Additional Sanctions on Russia; Ian Bremmer is Interviewed about the Sanctions on Russia; Jury Selection Beings in "Rust" Trial; Biden and DNC Have Cash Edge over Trump and RNC. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Pro-Haley PAC Drained of Cash Reserves; Haley Vows to Stay in Race; Trump Lawyers Preparing Challenges in Classified Docs Case; Man Tries to Open Exit Door on Plane. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Soon: House GOP Grills President Biden's Behind Closed Doors; House GOP Tries to Flip Script On FBI Informant Charged With Lying; Trump Calls Navalny "A Very Brave Guy," Doesn't Condemn Putin; Haley Vows To Stay In Race, Continues Attacks On Trump. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trial of "Rust" Armorer Commences with Jury Selection; Trump's Lawyers Preparing to Get Classified Documents Case Thrown Out; Trump Continues to Maintain Deceptive Claim That He Was Not Obliged to Turn Over Documents; Governor of Georgia Disclosed He Was Questioned in Federal Case Involving Election Subversion; 2015 Decision That Allowed Same-Sex Marriage has Drawn Criticism from Justice Alito Once More; Search Revealed 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham Found Dead in a Texas River; Arrest Warrants Being Prepared by Police for the Suspect in the Disappearance of Audrii Cunningham. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Jury Selection Begins in 'Rust' Trial; Trump Allies Plotting Mass Deportations and Detention Camps?; Were Republicans Relying on Russian Informant in Hunter Biden Probe?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Putin Rewards Soldiers After Avdiivka Takeover; Hundreds Walk Out Of Coors Brewery Amid Strike; New Starbucks Latte In China Blends Braised Pork With Coffee. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Man Tries to Open Plane's Emergency Exit Door; Republicans' Collapsing Case Against Joe Biden. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Compares His Legal Troubles To Navalny's Persecution; No Decision Yet As Assange Appeals, Fights Extradition To U.S.; Suspect In Death Of 11-Year-Old Girl Charged With Capital Murder; Biden Administration Cancels Another $1.2B In Student Loan Debt. Aired 1:30- 2p ET
• Impeachment Inquiry Amid Russian Disinformation; Dual U.S.- Russia Citizen Detained In Russia; Ecuador's Notorious Gang Leader Escapes; Republican Probe Continues Despite Charges; Trial Begins For Armorer In Rust Movie Shooting; Biden Campaign Fundraising In California. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Soon, Biden Speaks From California Amid Fundraising Tour, Cancels Another $1.2B In Student Loan Debt; Interview With Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA); Ecuador's Armed Forces Attempt To Restore Order To Lawless Prisons; Report: Switching To Electric Vehicles Could Help Improve Health Of Millions Of Children In U.S. By 2050. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• DOJ Filing: Indicted FBI Informant Told FBI He Got Dirt On Hunter Biden From Russian Intel Officials; Alabama Fertility Clinic Halts IVF Treatments After State Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children; Haley Sides With AL Supreme Court: "Embryos To Me Are Babies"; Being Replaces Head Of 737 Max Unit After Door Plug Incident. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Russia Make Gains in Eastern Ukraine After Avdiivka Falls; Laundrie, Petito Parents Meet in Emotional Distress Lawsuit. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Kremlin Outraged Over Accusations in Navalny Case; US Veto on Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Draws Criticism; World Food Programme Suspends Aid in Gaza Amid Risks; US to Impose Further Sanctions on Russia Over Navalny's Death; Navalny's Mother Appeals to Putin for Son's Release; Russian Helicopter Pilot Defects to Ukraine Found Dead; Ukrainian Troops Withdraw Amid Chaos in Avdiivka; Ukraine Marks Two Years of War with Russia; U.K. High Court to Decide if Assange Has Right to Appeal Extradition; North Korean Borders Reopen for First Time Since Pandemic; Starbucks Unveils Pork Flavored Latte to Mark Lunar New Year. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• U.S. Vetoes U.N. Security Council Resolution Calling For An Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza; Moscow Court Upholds Detention Of U.S. Journalist; Russian Pilot Who Defected To Ukraine Is Believed Dead In Spain; Gang Leader Escape Shines Light On Nation's Prison System; U.N. Food Agency Pauses Deliveries To The North Of Gaza; IDF Troops Post Videos from Gaza on Social Media; Ukraine's War Effort Hampered by Low Ammo, Slow Recruitment; DOJ Filing Indicted FBI Informant; U.K. High Court to Decide if Assange Has Right to Appeal; Japanese Government to Limit Truck Driver Overtime Hours; Films of the Fab Four in the Works. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.K. High Court to Decide if Julian Assange Has the Right to Appeal Against His Extradition; Widow of Assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise Among Dozens of People Accused in His 2021 Killing; Japanese Government to Limit Truck Driver Overtime Hours; Starbucks Unveils Pork Flavored Latte to Mark Chinese Lunar New Year. Aired 2-3a ET
• Mother of the Late Russian Opposition Leader Appeals to their President; U.S. Vetoes United Nations Security Council Resolution on Gaza Ceasefire; North Korea Reopens Borders to Tourists; WikiLeaks Founder to Make Final Appeal in Court; Beyonce's New Country Single Tops the Charts. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• CNN International: U.S. Vetoes Resolution for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza; Gaza Residents Desperate Amid Hunger, Rising Malnutrition; Navalny's Mother: Let Me Finally See My Son; Putin Calls Ukraine's Withdrawal from Avdiivka Unconditional Success; Ecuador's Chaotic Prison System. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Ukraine's Defense Intel: Russian Pilot Who Defected is Dead; IDF Troops Post Videos from Gaza on Social Media; Former Haitian First Lady Among 51 Indicted in Husband's Killing; Christie's Auctioning Off Items from Elton John's Atlanta Home. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Russia Set To Advance In Eastern Ukraine After Avdiivka Falls; Navalny's Mother Files Lawsuit Over "Inaction" To Release Body, Files Complaint About "Illegal Actions"; Biden Blasts Trump For Not Blaming Putin; Indicted Biden Accuser Says He Was Fed Info By Russians; U.S. Vetoes U.N. Resolution For Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza; U.N.: Gaza Residents Desperate Amid Hunger, Rising Malnutrition; U.K. High Court To Decide If Assange Has Right To Appeal; Jury Selection To Begin For Armorer In Deadly "Rust" Shooting; Navalnaya Vowed To Keep Up Her Husband's Political Activism; North Korea Reopens Borders To Tourists; Video Shows Gang Leader Lived "Like A King" In Prison. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Putin Hails Troops After Capture Of Avdiivka In Ukraine; Ukraine Urges More Intl. Support After Loss Of Avdiivka; Russians Look To Advance After Fall of Avdiivka. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN This Morning
• Indicted Informant Told FBI He Got Hunter Biden Lies from Russians; Trump: Navalny 'Very Brave' But Doesn't Condemn Putin; Haley Vows to Stay in Race 'Until the Last Person Votes'. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Putin Calls Fall of Avdiivka an Unconditional Success; Bill Browder is Interviewed about Russia and Navalny; Guttierez-Reed Begins Trial in "Rust" Shooting; Assange in Court to Avoid Extradition. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• DOJ Filing Shows Indicted Informant Told FBI He Got Hunter Biden Dirt from Russian Intel Officials; Russia Set to Advance in Ukraine After Key City Falls; Police Identify Suspect in Texas Girl's Death. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Alabama Supreme Court: IVF Embryos Are Children; Savannah Guthrie On Faith, Family, Finding God's Love; 400 Beer Workers Strike, Thousands More May Follow. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• U.S. Justice Department Says Ex-FBI Informant Provided False Information about President Biden and Hunter Biden; Former President Trump Compares Himself in Fighting His Legal Battles to Recently Deceased Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny; Biden Almost Doubles Trump in January Financial Filings; Now: US Attorney Makes Case for Assange Extradition. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Violence Surges in Ecuador; Body of Missing 11-Year-Old Found in Texas; L.A.'s Plan for the Homeless. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Connect the World
• Biden Admin to Roll Out New Sanctions Against Russia; Gaza Residents Desperate Amid Hunger, Rising Malnutrition; Sheriff: 11-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in River after Search; UAW and Ford Reach a Deal that Ends Potential Strike at Automaker's Largest Plant; Thomas Tuchel to leave Bayern Munich at end of Season. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Three Killed in Russian Shelling, 18 Wounded; U.S. to Unveil New Sanctions against Russia; Ukrainians Wrestle with Sadness and Loss; Indicted FBI Informant Got Info from Russian Intel Officials; WFP Pauses Deliveries to Northern Gaza; U.K. High Court Deciding Assange's Right to Appeal; Jury Selection Begins in "Rust" Armorer Trial; Gaza's Nasser Hospital "Completely out of Service"; Israeli Forces Fire on Food Convoy in Gaza; Trump Equates His Troubles with Navalny's Death; Trump-Controlled Republicans Won't Pass Ukraine Aid; Japanese Government to Limit Truck Driver Overtime. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Russia Arrests American For Alleged Donation To Ukraine Charity; House GOP Scrambles As Biden Inquiry Source Is Indicted For Lying; Israel Fired On Gaza And Convoy Despite Taking Approved Route. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Trump Compares His Legal Woes To Navalny's Death In Prison; U.S. Unveiling "Major Sanctions Package" Against Russia Friday; Soon: UK Court Rule If Julian Assange Has Right To Appeal; California Flood Threats Diminish As Storm Moves East. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Indicted FBI Informant Told FBI He Got Dirt On Hunter Biden From Russian Intel Officials; Haley Pledges Not To Drop Out: "I'm Not Going Anywhere"; "Messi Mania" Returns Tonight With MLS Season Opener. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• DOJ Filing: Indicted FBI Informant Told FBI He Got Dirt On Hunter Biden From Russian Intelligence; House GOP Blames FBI After Trying Impeachment To Informant's Lies; House GOP Struggles To Find Evidence In Biden Impeachment Inquiry; Today: House Investigators Interviewing Biden's Brother James; Trump Says Navalny Death "Sad" But Won't Condemn Putin; Trump On His Civil Fraud Verdict: "It's A Form Of Navalny"; Biden Criticizes Trump, GOP For Not Condemning Putin. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Pitches Massive Deportation Operation in Second Term; Biden Cancels Student Loan Debt for 153,000 More Borrowers; Expensive Primary Pits Top Democrats Against Each Other; Adam Schiff Looks to Boost Republican Steve Garvey; U.S. Spacecraft Odie to Land on the Moon Tomorrow for a Historic Touchdown Near Lunar South Pole. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Moscow Looks To Extend On Ukraine Gains; Israel Accused Of Firing On Gaza-Aid Convoy As Military Pushes South; Indicted Biden Accuser Says He Was Given Info By Russians; Trump Compares Legal Woes To Navalny; Navalny's Widow Vows To Continue Leading Russian Opposition; Mother Of Navalny Initiates Lawsuit To Get Her Son's Remains; Blinken Meets Brazil's President; Russia Detains Dual U.S.-Russian National; Ruby Franke, Blogger, Now Facing Possibility Of Decades Behind Bars After Being Found Guilty Of Child Abuse; 737 MAX Airplane Program Head Fired By Boeing; Beyonce's Latest Single Debuts At #1 Country Slot On Billboard. Aired 2-3p ET


King Charles
• Nikki Haley Talks With Gayle And Charles; "King Charles" Tackles 2024 Presidential Race Candidates; Professor Roxane Gay Discusses Basic Etiquette And Workplace Issues. Aired 10-11p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Russian-American Arrested In Russia For Allegedly Donating $51.80 To Ukraine Aid; House GOP Scrambles As Biden Inquiry Source Is Indicted For Lying; Biden Considers Executive Action At Border; University Of Alabama At Birmingham Pauses IVF Treatments After Embryo Ruling; Jury Seated In Trial Of "Rust" Armorer; New Docs Reveal At Least 12 Biting Incidents By Biden's Dog; AIDS Activist Hydeia Broadbent Dies At Age 39. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• President Biden Takes Aim At Trump For His Comments On Countries Not Meeting NATO Obligations; Texas Law Enforcement Prepare Appropriate Arrest Warrants For Don Steven McDougal For The Disappearance And Death Of Audrii Cunningham; FBI Revelation Raising New Questions About Russian Interference; Passengers Aboard An American Airlines Flight Rush To Stop A Man Trying To Open The Plane's Emergency Exit Door; United Airlines Flight Diverts Due To Damage To One Of Its Wings. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• NVIDIA Earnings Set To Test AI Rally On Wall Street; US Tallies Most Major Work Stoppages; Fubo Sues Legacy Media Companies Over Streaming Plans; Alabama Fertility Clinic Halts IVF Treatment Over Frozen Embryos Case; Elton John Auctions Hundreds Of Items At Christie's. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Sources Say, Biden Weighing Asylum Crackdown At Southern Border; Haley Sides With Alabama Supreme Court, Embryos To Me Are Babies; GOP Defiant Despite Indictment Damning To Their Impeachment Probe; Trump Asks New York Judge To Delay Enforcing $355 Million Civil Fraud Decision For One Month; Boeing Shakeup After Door Plug Blowout. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• DOJ Filing: Indicted FBI Informant Told FBI He Got Dirt On Hunter Biden From Russian Intel Officials; Major Alabama Health System Pauses IVF Treatment After Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children; Documents Reveal 24 Biting Incidents By Biden's Dog. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• U.S. Proposes a "Temporary Ceasefire" in Gaza in Draft U.N. Resolution; A 5,000-Pound Satellite Expected to Fall to Earth This Week; Pregnant Stingray With No Mate Draws Attention, Crowds from Near and Far. Aired 4-4:10a ET