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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• NY Times: Federal Inquiry Traced Payments From Gaetz To Women; Haley Criticizes Trump's Intelligence Chief Pick; Interview With Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Susan Smith, Who Killed Her Two Young Sons 30 Years Ago, Denied Parole; U.S. Embassy In Kyiv Resumes Services After Possible Threat Of A Significant Attack; Biden Administration Approves Sending Anti-personnel Mines To Ukraine. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Los Angeles Times Middle East Bureau Chief Nabih Bulos; Interview with Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt Daniel Kurtzer; Interview with Former U.S. Independent Senate Candidate Working Class Heroes Fund Founder and Steamfitter and Union Leader Dan Osborn; Interview with Homeland Security Department Former Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Rosenzweig. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• House Ethics Chief: No Agreement To Release Report On Gaetz; U.S. Embassy In Kyiv Closed Over "Potential Significant Air Attack"; Laken Riley's Killer Sentenced To Life Without Parole. Aired 4-5p ET
• Vance, Gaetz On Capitol Hill To Shore Up Support; Bulwark: RFK Jr. Implies U.S. Govt. May Had Planned COVID; Sources: Trump Considering Right-Wing Personality Dan Bongino To Serve AS U.S. Secret Service Director; Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) Is Interviewed About Matthew Whitaker As NATO Ambassador, Trump's Cabinet Picks, Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth; Trump Names Matthew Whitaker AS NATO Ambassador; Source: Vance Expected To Conduct Meetings On Capitol Hill Tomorrow With Pete Hegseth; How Trump's Govt. Efficiency Plan May Force Feds To Quit; Diddy Faces Five New Assault Lawsuits Amid Criminal Trial. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Republicans To Block Release Of Gaetz Ethics Report; Senate Democrats Ask FBI To Release File On Gaetz Investigation; Trump Has So Far Picked Zero Black Americans for Cabinet; Last Scene Of Biden Presidency Unfolds; Bill Clinton Says In An Interview That the First Female President Would Be A Republican. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• House Panel to Meet as Calls to Release Gaetz Ethics Report Grow; Soon, Defense to Resume Calling Witnesses in Laken Riley Murder Case; Once-in-a-Decade Bomb Cyclone Slams the West Coast. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Biden Administration Approves Anti-Personnel Mines For Ukraine; Texas Offers 1,400-Acre Ranch For Deportation Facility; Sean "Diddy" Combs Facing Five New Civil Lawsuits. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Testimony Revealed in House Ethics Committee Investigation of Matt Gaetz Includes His Paying $10,000 to Two Women for Sex While Sitting Member of Congress; Vice President Elect J.D. Vance to Bring Attorney General Nominee Matt Gaetz and Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth to Senate Meetings; Texas Officials Back New Curriculum with Bible Lessons for K-5; Sean "Diddy" Combs Facing Five New Civil Lawsuits. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trouble for Gaetz's Nomination; Fate of Gaetz's Ethics Report Looms; FDA Warns Tom's of Maine; Kurt Volker is Interviewed about Ukraine; Prices may Rise from Tariffs. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Key House Meeting on Gaetz; Gaetz on Capitol Hill; Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) is Interviewed about Gaetz; Susan Smith up for Parole; Defense Rests in Riley Murder Case. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Kathleen Sebelius is Interviewed about Dr. Oz Picked for CMS; L.A. City Council Adopts Sanctuary City Ordinance Mark Chancey is Interviewed about Texas Putting the Bible in Curriculum; Thanksgiving Dinner to Cost Less This Year. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Interview With Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA); Matt Gaetz Meets With Lawmakers; Guilty Verdict Delivered in Laken Riley Murder Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-NY) Discusses House Panel Meets As Calls To Release Gaetz Ethics Report Grow; U.S. Closes Kyiv Embassy Amid Threat Of "Significant Air Attack"; Now: Jose Ibarra Being Sentenced For Murder Of Laken Riley; Judge Sentences Laken Riley Killer To Life Without Parole. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Key House Meeting As Fate Of Matt Gaetz Ethics Report Looms; House Panel Meets On Releasing Matt Gaetz Ethics Report; GOP Rep. Mace Introduces Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Speaker Johnson Announces Single-Sex Bathrooms Are "Reserved For Individuals Of That Biological Sex."; U.S. Closes Kyiv Embassy Amid Threat Of "Significant Air Attack"; Race For Democratic Leadership After Sweeping Election Loss; Defamed Election Workers Accuse Giuliani Of Repeating Same Lies. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• House Ethics Chair Says He Has "Reservations" About Releasing Report; Vance Joins Gaetz On Capitol Hill To Shore Up Support; House Panel Concludes Meeting Amid Calls To Release Gaetz Ethics Report; U.S. Closes Kyiv Embassy Amid Threat Of "Significant Air Attack"; U.S. Allowing Ukraine To Use Long-Range Weapons In Russia. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Laken Riley's Killer Sentenced to Life Without Parole; House Ethics Chief: No Agreement to Release Report on Matt Gaetz; Texas Offers 1,400-Acre Ranch to Trump for Mass Deportation Hub; Walmart Warns Trump Tariffs Would Mean Higher Prices. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Ukraine Fires Longer-Range Missiles Into Russia; Trump Joins Musk To Watch Latest SpaceX Test Flight; Hong Kong Activist Jimmy Lai Takes Stand During National Security Trial; Gisele Pelicot Blasts 'Cowardice' Of Accused Abusers; 11,000 North Korea Troops In Russia's Kursk Region; U.S. West Coast Prepares For Impact Of 'Bomb Cyclone'. Aired 12-1a ET
• Ukraine Rejects Annexation As Conflict Surpasses 1,000 Days; Israeli PM Offers $5M To Anyone Returning A Hostage; U.S. Recognizes Opposition Leader As President-Elect. South Korea: 11,000 North Korean Troops in Russia's Kursk Region; President Biden on Climate Change: "History is Watching Us"; Trump's Pick for Treasury Secretary could Come as Soon as Wednesday; Trump Joins Musk to Watch Latest SpaceX Test Flight; Children of Victim Gisele Pelicot Blast Their Father; Prosecution Rests Case in Killing of Nursing Student; African Penguins Have Lost 97 percent of Their Population; Rafael Nadal Retires as Spain Eliminated from Davis Cup. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.S. Makes Another Shift On Weapons For Ukraine; Israel's P.M. Offers $5M To Anyone Returning A Hostage; U.S. Envoy Points To Progress In Achieving Ceasefire; Kyiv Honors Soldiers, Civilians Killed in 1,000 Days of War; Sweden, Finland Distribute Booklets on Surviving War; U.S. Says Undersea Cable Damage Not Believed to Be Sabotage; COP29 Conference in Its Final Day Sin Azerbaijan; Jaguar Reveals New Logo as It Moves Into New Era; Delta Unveils New Food Option for First Class Passengers. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Picks McMahon as Education Secretary, Dr. Oz as Medicare and Medicaid Services Head; Russia-Ukraine War Reached 1,000 Days, Nations Stand for Ukraine. African Penguins Now in the Brink of Extinction. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• Ukraine's Zelenskyy: Putin Wants War; U.S. Embassy in Kyiv Closed Over Potential Attack; South Korea: 11,000 North Korean Troops in Russia's Kursk Region; More Cabinet and Department Nominations Announced; Starship's Dramatic Launch. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Hong Kong Activist Jimmy Lai Takes Stand During National Security Law Trial; Israeli Prime Minister Offers $5 Million to Anyone Returning a Hostage; U.S.: Undersea Cable Damage Not Believed to be Sabotage; Putin Lowers Threshold for Using Nuclear Weapons; Rafael Nadal Retires as Spain Eliminated from Davis Cup. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Embassies in Kyiv Closed Over Potential Attack; U.S. To Send Anti-personnel Mines to Ukraine; Trump Taps Wrestling Executive to Head Education Department; TV Talk Show Doctor to Lead Medicare and Medicaid Services; J.D. Vance and Matt Gaetz to Visit GOP Senators Today; House Ethics Panel Considers Release of Gaetz Report; HK Activist Jimmy Lai Takes Stand During National Security Law Trial; Funeral for Pop Star Liam Payne to Be Held Today; Israeli Pm Offers $5 Million to Anyone Returning a Hostage; Bomb Cyclone Slams Washington State, Parts of Canada; Researchers Discover Exciting Meat Alternative Microbe; Rafael Nadal Ends Iconic Career With Loss at Davis Cup; Cher Reveals Personal and Career Details in New Memoir; Cambridge Dictionary Names "Manifest" as Its Word of 2024. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Vance And Gaetz To Lobby Republican Senators Today; House Committee Meets Today To Discuss Gaetz Report; Biden Approves Anti-Personnel Mines For Ukraine. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Closing Arguments Underway in Laken Riley Murder Trial; Vance Joins Gaetz on Capitol Hill to Shore Up Support; Biden Approves Sending Anti-Personnel Landmines to Ukraine. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump's Popular Vote Lead Shrinks; Trump Not Reconsidering Gaetz for A.G.; Trump Names Whitaker as NATO Ambassador; Funeral for Liam Payne Held in England. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With State Rep. James Talarico (D-TX); Interview With Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA); Guilty Verdict Delivered in Laken Riley Murder Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Rudy Giuliani in Contempt of Court?; Guilty Verdict Delivered in Laken Riley Murder Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• New: Key House Meetings As Fate Of Matt Gaetz Ethics Report Looms; Jose Ibarra Found Guilty Of Killing Georgia Nursing Student; Officials: U.S. To Send Anti-Personnel Mines To Ukraine; Bomb Cyclone Slams Washington State, Parts of Canada. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Names Unconventional Administration Picks; European Leaders "Deeply Concerned" After Two Internet Cables Cut In Baltic Sea; At Least 1 Killed In "Once-In-A-Decade" Northwest Bomb Cyclone. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Fills Top Administration Roles; Mayor: Criminal And Mental Health Systems "Failed New Yorkers"; Putin Lowers Threshold For Using Nuclear Weapons. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• TV Personalities Tapped for Second Trump Term; Vance to Bring Gaetz for Meetings with Senators; Hundreds of Thousands without Power as Bomb Cyclone Slams Coast. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• U.S. Embassy in Kyiv Closed; U.S. Companies Prepare for New Trade Policy; Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) is Interviewed about Gaetz; Trump Picks McMahon for Education. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• CNN International: Netanyahu: If you "Harm our Hostages we will Get You"; House Ethics Panel Considers Release of Gaetz Report; The Perks of Trump & Musk's Unexpected Friendship; "Bomb Cyclone" Slams Washington State, Parts of Canada; Robotic Seafloor Restoration. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S. to Announce New Ukraine Support Package; U.S. Closes Kyiv Embassy; Russia Says Long-Range Missile Launches Will Be Deemed "New Phase of War by the West"; Hong Kong Activist Jimmy Lai Takes the Stand; Trump Names Dr. Oz to Head Medicare/Medicaid; U.S. Envoy Tries to Bring Ceasefire Negotiations to a Close; The Impact of the Trump-Musk Bromance; NATO Members Norway and Denmark Updated Wartime Prep Guides; Greek Pottery Workshop Joins UNESCO List. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• NYT Obtains Investigative Document That Details Gaetz Payments; Bracing For Nuke War?; Susan Smith's Plea. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Ukraine Fires Storm Shadow Missiles Into Russia; U.S. Embassy In Kyiv Resumes Services; Ukrainians Fighting Inside Russia; Adani Indicted In U.S. For Alleged Securities Fraud; House Dem Attempting To Force Vote To Release Gaetz Report; Ibarra Gets Life Without Parole; Jimmy Lai Takes Stand During National Security Law Trial; NVIDIA's Q3 Results; Cruise Company Offers Vacation Lasting Four Years. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
• Today: Vance, Gaetz Meeting With GOP Senators On Capitol Hill; Soon: House Ethics Committee Meets To Discuss Gaetz Report; Source: Trump's Pick To Lead Treasury Could Come Today; Tillis: Lawyer: Client Testified She Saw Gaetz Having Sex With 17-Year-Old; House Ethics Committee To Meet As Calls To Release Gaetz Report Grow; Hegseth Calls Confirmation "A Battle That Is Just Beginning". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Senate Democrats Ask FBI to Release File on Gaetz Investigation; Jose Ibarra Awaiting Sentencing for Murder of Laken Riley in Court. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. Green-Lights New Ukraine Weapons; Trump Announces More Cabinet Picks; A Venezuelan Migrant Found Guilty In The Murder Of Laken Riley. Jose Ibarra Gets Life Without Parole; Ukraine Launch Storm Shadow Missiles Into Russia; Russia's Nordic Neighbors Updates Guidance For Their Citizens; Putin Updates Its Nuclear Policy; P.A. Condemns U.S. Veto; Israeli PM Offers $5 Million To Anyone Returning A Hostage; Bomb Cyclone Slams U.S. West Coast And Canada; New Solar Surface Pictures; Liam Payne Laid to Rest; Cambridge Dictionary Word Of The Year Revealed. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Republicans On Ethics Panel Block Release Of Gaetz Report; Rev. Al Sharpton Blasts Trump For Lack Of Black Cabinet Members; Laura Coates Interviews Former Governor Martin O'Malley; New L.A. D.A. Weighs Fate of Menendez Brothers. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• U.S. Embassy In Kyiv Closed Over Potential Attack; Today: House Ethics Panel Meets To Disclose Gaetz Report; Trump Taps Wrestling Executive To Head Education Department; U.S. Envoy Aims To Secure Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Deal; Biden Approves Anti-Personnel Mines For Ukraine; Man Sentenced In Murder Of A 22-Year-Old Nursing Student; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• US Embassy In Kyiv Due To Reopen After Possible Threat; Venezuelan Migrant Gets Life For Killing US Nursing Student; Target Cuts Profit Outlook Ahead Of The Holidays; Nvidia Beats On Revenue, Earnings Per Share; Comcast To Spin Off Most Of Its Cable Networks; Former One Direction Member Liam Payne Laid To Rest. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Republicans On Ethics Panel Vote To Block Release Of Gaetz Report; U.S. Reopens Kyiv Embassy After Fears Of Air Attack Forced Closure; Made For T.V., How Former Reality Star Trump Is Casting His Cabinet; Laken Riley's Killer Sentenced To Life Without Parole; Former Election Workers Ask Judge To Hold Giuliani In Contempt. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Republicans On Ethics Panel Block Release Of Gaetz Report; GOP Senator: No Way Gaetz Gets Confirmed If New York Times Reporting Is Accurate; Trump Picks Matt Whitaker As U.S. Ambassador To NATO. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• Massive Crowds in New Zealand; Dramatic Developments Brought on by 1,000-day Ukraine War; Sustainable T-Shirt Business; The "Notorious P.I.G." That Led Police on a Wild Chase. Aired 4-4:10a ET