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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Taps Pam Bondi as AG After Gaetz Withdraws Nomination, Source: Trump Told Gaetz You Don't Have The Votes to be Confirmed; Hegseth Inaccurately Claims He Was Completely Cleared of Sexual Assault Allegation; Hegseth Claims He Was "Completely Cleared" Of Sexual Assault Allegation; Support For Trump's Wall In AZ "Hot Spot" For Migrants, Drugs; Putin Says Russia Hit Ukraine With New Mid-Range Ballistic Missile; Pentagon: Russia Notified US Before Firing Ballistic Missile At Ukraine; Wisconsin Kayaker Accused Of Faking His Own Death Says He's "Safe", Won't Reveal His Location. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Haaretz Diplomatic Correspondent and "The Gates of Gaza" author Amir Tibon; Interview with Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow and Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues David Scheffer; Interview with INARA President and Founder Arwa Damon; Interview with "A Certain Idea of America" Author and The Wall Street Journal Opinion Columnist Peggy Noonan. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Matt Gaetz Withdraws As Trump's Attorney General Pick; Police Report Details Sex Assault Claim Against Pete Hegseth; Linda McMahon Denies Allegations Filed In Recent Lawsuit; Russia Tries To Rattle West By Testing New Weapon On Ukraine; Possible Impact Of Air Traffic Controller Shortage. Aired 4-5p ET
• Matt Gaetz Withdraws As Trump's Attorney General Pick; Police Report Details Sex Assault Claims Against Pete Hegseth; Sen. Rand Paul: Military Shouldn't Be Used For Deportations; Multiple Trump Cabinet Picks Face Legal, Ethical Scrutiny; Jussie Smollett Conviction For Staging Attack On Himself Overturned; International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrant For Netanyahu; NFL Warns Organized Crime Groups Targeting Athletes' Homes. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Names Pam Bondi as New A.G. Pick After Gaetz Withdraws; More Trump Picks Face Concerns Over Past Allegations; New Details in Sex Assault Claim Threaten Trump's Defense Pick. CNN Unearths RFK Jr. Video Comparing Trump To Hitler; Court Tosses Jussie Smollett's Conviction For Falsifying A Hate Crime. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Police Report Details Graphic Sex Assault Allegation Against Hegseth; ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu; Historic Bomb Cyclone Kills Two, Cuts Power to Tens of Thousands. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Haley Slam Gabbard As Trump's Pick For Intelligence Chief; Ukraine Says Russia Launched ICBM Attack On Dnipro; Target Sounds Alarm On Holiday Shopping, Warns Of Weak Sales. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Police Report Released Detailing Sexual Assault Charges against Trump Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth; J.D. Vance Accompanying Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Nominee Matt Gaetz through Senate on Capitol Hill. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Hugo Soto-Martinez is Interviewed about Los Angeles as a Sanctuary City; Trump Fumes over Absent Senators; Assault Allegations Against Hegseth; Bird Flu in Canadian Teen Show Adaptation; Father of Georgia School Shooting Suspect in Court. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Police Report on Allegation Against Hegseth; Hegseth on The Hill with Vance; Missile Used in Ukraine Not ICBM; Trump Facing Criticism over Cabinet Picks. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Lee Merritt is Interviewed about a Father Shot by Las Vegas Police; Hallmark Movie Fans Live Out Dream. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Interview With Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO); Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth Under Fire; Matt Gaetz Withdraws as Attorney General Nominee. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Putin Says Russia Hit Ukraine With New Mid-Range Ballistic Missile; DOJ Seeks To Break Up Google, Force Sale Of Chrome; Comcast To Spin-Off Cable Channels, Including MSNBC & CNBC; Most Adults Say They'll Rely On Social Security In Retirement. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Matt Gaetz Withdraws From Consideration as Attorney General; War-Crimes Court Issues Arrest Warrant For Netanyahu; American Airlines Expands Its Crackdown Online Cutters; Just Aired 2-2:30p ET
• American Airlines Expands Its Crackdown On Line Cutters; Ground Beef Recalled Nationwide Due To E. Coli Fears; U.S. Officials: Giraffes Are The Next Endangered Species. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Matt Gaetz Withdraws His Bid for Attorney General; Exclusive: Sources Say Woman Told Ethics CMTE that She had Two Sexual Encounters with Then-Rep Gaetz at Party When She was 17; Sources: Trump Orbit Doubted Gaetz Could be Confirmed as AG: GOP Relieved as Gaetz Withdrawal Sinks in on the Hill; Defense Secy Pick Meets with Key GOP Senators as New Details of 2017 Sex Assault Allegation Are Revealed; Trump Demands Republicans "Kill" Bill that would Give Journalists Greater Federal Protections; Pentagon: Russia Notified U.S. Before Firing Ballistic Missile at Ukraine. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• NFL Warns Players Organized Crime is Targeting Them; Second Wind Storm to Pummel Pacific Northwest; Jussie Smollett's Conviction Over Hate-Crime Hoax Overturned; MLB to Test Robot Umpires at Spring Training Next Year. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.S. Vetoes U.N. Resolution on Gaza Ceasefire; Ukraine Fires U.S. and U.K. Missiles Deeper into Russia; Matt Gaetz Meets with Senators as Ethics Report Looms; How Trump Has Politicized Laken Riley's Murder; Trump Tariffs Could Impact Elon Musk's Businesses in China; Australia Moving to Ban Kids Under 16 from Social Media. Aired 12-1a ET
• Ukraine Fires UK-Made Missiles Into Russia For First Time; U.S. Embassy In Kyiv To Reopen After Threat of Attack; U.S. Vetoes U.N. Security Council Resolution On Gaza Ceasefire; Gaetz Meets With Senators As House Ethics Decision Looms; Jose Ibarra Gets Life without Parole for Killing Laken Riley; How Trump Has Politicized Laken Riley's Murder; Trump Tariffs Could Impact Elon Musk's Businesses in China; Australia Moving to Ban Kids Under 16 from Social Media; Liam Payne Laid to Rest in Private Funeral; Former "Tonight Show" Host Jay Leno Injured in a Fall; Bomb Cyclone Plus Atmospheric River Threaten Pacific Northwest; Sea of Uncollected Garbage Leads to Power Outages; Annual Mass Red Crab Migration Begins in Australia. Aired 1-2a ET
• Ukraine Fires Longer-Range Western Missile At Russia; U.S. Envoy Reports Progress On Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire; Trump Has Promised To End The War In One Day; Matthew Whitaker Picked to Be U.S. Ambassador to NATO; Linda McMahon Selected to Become Secretary of Education; Trump Readies His 'Made For TV' Cabinet Selection; Family, Friends, One Direction Bandmates Gather for Liam Payne's Funeral; Iceland Volcano Erupts for Sixth Time This Year; Australia Moving to Bank Kids Under 16 From Social Media; 2024 Coachella Lineup Announced. Aired 2-3a ET
• Russia Launches ICBM targeting Dnipro in Ukraine; House Republicans Blocked Ethics Committee Report on Former Rep. Gaetz; Australia Moves to Ban Kids Under 16 from Social Media Use; Sean Diddy Combs Faces Five New Lawsuits. Aired 3-4a ET
• Ukraine: Russia Launched ICBM on Dnipro in Morning Attack; Medical Official: Deadly Strikes Hit Northern Gaza; Ethics Committee Republicans Block Gaetz Report Release; Trump Tariffs Could Impact Elon Musk's Businesses in China; Protesters Threatening to Occupy Parliament in Kenya. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Kremlin Refuses to Comment on Report of ICBM Strike on Ukraine; Trump Cabinet Picks Coming Straight from TV; Australia Moving to Ban Kids Under 16 from Social Media. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu; Report Details Graphic Sex Assault Allegation Against Hegseth; Trump Tariffs Could Impact Elon Musk's Businesses in China; Halley Calls Tulsi Gabbard a "Sympathizer" to Russia & China; Israeli PM's Office Responds to ICC Arrest Warrant; American Airlines Aims to Crack Down on "Gate Lice". Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Ukraine: Assessing Whether Russia Launched ICBM On Dnipro; Intl. Court Issues Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu & Gallant; Police Report Reveals New Details From Sexual Assault Allegation Against Trump's Defense Secy. Pick Pete Hegseth. Aired 11a- 12p ET
• Police Report Reveals New Details About Sex Assault Claim Against Trump Defense Secretary Pick Hegseth; Linda McMahon, Trump's Pick for Education Secretary, Sued for Allegedly Enabling Sexual Abuse of Children; Ukraine Says, Russia Launched Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in Attack, Western Official Disputes the Claim. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• New Trump Administration Takes Shape with Loyalists; Hegseth to Lobby for Defense Secretary; DOJ Wants Google to Sell Chrome; Trump Urges Republicans to Reject the PRESS Act Bill; Haley Slams Trump's Pick of Gabbard. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH); Trump Cabinet Picks Under Fire. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Will Trump Tariffs Raise Inflation?; Texas Death Row Inmate 'Actually Innocent'; Jussie Smollett Conviction Overturned. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
• Gaetz Withdraws His Attorney General Consideration; Putin: New Non-Nuclear Ballistic Missile Used Against Ukraine; ICC Issues Arrest Warrant For Israeli PM Netanyahu; Trump Tariffs Could Impact Elon Musk's Businesses In China. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• New Details From Sexual Assault Allegation Against Hegseth; Ukraine: Russia Launched ICBM During Morning Attack; Excessive Rainfall Risk In Place For Northern California. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Nikki Haley: DNI "Is Not The Place" For Gabbard; Bloomberg: Trump Team Considers White House Crypto Role; Source: Trump Considering Radio Host To Head Secret Service. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Police Report Shows New Details in Hegseth Assault Allegations; Vance Leads Gaetz through Capitol Hill to Meet Senators; Ukraine: Russia Launched ICBM During Morning Attack; Rainfall Ramping Up on West Coast. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) is Interviewed about Democratic Leadership; Charlie Dent is Interviewed about Gaetz; Shifting Standards for Nominees. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• CNN International: International Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, Deif; Trump's Pick for Education Secretary Subject of Lawsuit; Protesters Threaten to Occupy Kenya's Parliament; Ukraine Shares Pictures of Missile Debris after Russian Strike; Pamela Hayden Leaves the Simpsons after 35 Years. Aired 9-10a ET
• ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu and Gallant; Ukraine Says, Assessing Exact Type of Missile Launched on Dnipro; Republicans on House Ethics Committee Block Gaetz Report. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Names Pam Bondi As New AG Pick After Gaetz Withdraws; KFILE: New Audio Of RFK Jr.; Bitcoin Soaring Since Trump's Win, Nears Historic $100,000. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Gaetz Withdraws Attorney General Bid; Trump No Backup Attorney General; Hegseth's 2017 Sexual Allegations Revealed; Israel Rejects Netanyahu Arrest Warrant; Putin Says Russia is "Entitled" to Strike Nations Supplying Weapons to Ukraine; Australia Proposes Social Media Ban; China's Exporters Tackle Tariffs; DOJ Asks Judge to Force Sale of Google Chrome; Suspected Poising in Laos; Trump Picks Pam Bondi as Attorney General; Duct- Taped Banana Sells $6.2M; Ohtani wins 2024 National League MVP. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
• Today: Vance, Hegseth Holding Meetings With GOP Senators; Distributing New Details Of Sex Assault Allegation Against Hegseth; GOP Senator Defends Hegseth: Trying To "Smear & Discredit"; Hegseth On Sexual Assault Claim: "I Was Completely Cleared"; Trump's Intel Chief Pick Has Deep Distrust Of Intel Agencies; NY Post, Wall Street Journal Editorial Boards Oppose Gabbard; Matt Gaetz Says He Is Withdrawing Attorney General Nomination. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Matt Gaetz Says He Is Withdrawing Attorney General Nomination. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant; Hochstein Pushes for Israel and Hezbollah Ceasefire; U.S. Asks Court to Force Good to Spin Off Chrome; Bolsonaro Indicted on 2022 Coup Attempt; Machine Learning Model Finds Lost Meadows; "The Simpsons" Star Retires. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Taps MAGA Loyalist Pam Bondi for AG After Matt Gaetz Withdraws; Jussie Smollett's Hate Crime Hoax Conviction Overturned; Major New Twist in Kayaker's Fake Death Mystery; Did Jaguar "Bud Light" Itself?; Lebron James Hits Pause on Social Media. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• International Court Issues Arrest warrants For Netanyahu And Gallant; Ukraine: Assessing Exact Type Of Missile Launched On Dnipro; Republicans On Ethics Committee Vote To Block Gaetz Report; Report Details Graphic Sex Assault Allegation Against Hegseth; Matt Gaetz Says He's Withdrawing Attorney General Nomination; Putin Comments On Ballistic Missile Attack; Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• Gaetz Withdraws as Trump's Attorney General Pick; ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu, Gallant; UNICEF: Whole Generation of Children Lost Amid Ongoing War; Vladimir Putin Claims New Non-Nuclear Ballistic Missile Used on Ukraine; Australia Proposes Social Media Ban for Children Under 16; Protecting Mexico's Mountains; Bitcoin Surges Since U.S. Election. Aired 4- 5p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Renews Attorney General Search After Matt Gaetz Withdraws; Hegseth on Hill as Graphic Details Emerge of Sexual Assault Claim; Exclusive Interview With Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Trump Taps Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi For U.S. Attorney General; International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrant For Netanyahu. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Taps Pam Bondi For Attorney General After Gaetz Withdraws; Sen. Rounds Introduces Bill To Help Trump End Education Dept; GOP Sen. Defends Hegseth From Assault Allegation: "It's A Disgrace." Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• Joshua Wong Shouts "I love Hong Kong" as More Than 40 Leading Democracy Leaders Handed Lengthy Prison Terms in Mass Trial; Hundreds of Thousands Without Power as Bomb Cyclone Slams Washington State, British Columbia; Plastic Waste Chokes Off Power in Eastern DR Congo; Rocket Record: USC Students Set Amateur Mark For Highest Altitude Above Earth. Aired 4-4:10a ET