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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Convicted January 6 Rioters Being Released From Prison; Interview With Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY); Trump Defends Pardoning Individuals Who Assaulted Police Officers On January 6; Trump Pardons Man Accused Of Founding Silk Road Criminal Marketplace; Trump DOJ Shake-up Sidelines Prosecutors In National Security, Criminal Division; Trump Admin: ICE Can Raid Churches, Schools To Arrest Immigrants; TX Panhandle City, One Of Many Across Nation, Fearing Trump's Threat Of Mass Deportations; L.A. Area Wildfires Lead To Spike In Rental Prices; Trump: "We're Talking To Zelenskyy" And We'll Talk To Putin "Very Soon". Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Immigrant Rights advocate and Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights Erika Andiola; Interview with Immigration Attorney Andrea Martinez; Interview with Palestinian English Language Teacher Asma Mustafa; Interview with Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR). Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• January 6 Rioters Released From Jail After Sweeping Trump Pardons; Democratic States And Cities Sue Over Trump's Order To End Birthright Citizenship; Trump's Order Threatens Fate Of Afghan Refugees Who Aided U.S. Aired 4-5p ET
• Jan. 6 Rioters Released From Jail After Sweeping Trump Pardons; Denver Braces For Possible Trump Immigration Crackdown; Trump Announces $500B A.I. Infrastructure Investment In U.S. Aired 5-6:00p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Defends Pardoning Rioters Who Assaulted Officers; Ex- Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Leaders Free Tonight After Pardons; Trump Says ICE Can Now Arrest People At Churches, Schools; "NewsNight" Discusses The Issue On Immigration On Trump's Day One Of Presidency; A Bishop's Message To Trump Sparks Right-Wing Fury; Trump Gets A Payback Against Perceived Enemies. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Jump Starts Second Term With Stunning Slew of Executive Orders; Southern States Brace for Another Major Winter Storms; Trump Threatens 25 Percent Tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Feb. 1. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Cities Across U.S. Prepare For Possible Mass Deportations; Rubio: Ukraine And Russia Will Have To Give Up Something To End War; Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N) Discusses Executive Orders Signed By Trump Yesterday. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) Interviewed on President Trump Delaying Ban on TikTok; President Trump Signs Numerous Executive Orders Upon Taking Office; President Trump Issues Pardons to All January 6th Rioters Including Those Who Committed Violent Acts against Law Enforcement. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Attends National Prayer Service; Cecillia Wang is Interviewed about Immigration; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is Interviewed about TikTok; U.S.-Taliban Prisoner Exchange. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Jump Starts Second Term; Trump Signs Executive Actions on Immigration; Winter Storm Sweeping the South. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) Is Interviewed About Trump Administration Policies; Edward Beck Is Interviewed About The National Prayer Service; Lawmakers Question Tech Influence. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio Speaks to Staffers; Immigration Crackdown; President Trump Pardons January 6 Rioters Who Assaulted Police Officers. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• South Hit With "Once-In-A-Generation" Winter Storm; Southern California Winds Return Amid Ongoing Fire Threatn; Trump Withdraws U.S. From World Health Organization. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Meets with GOP Congressional Leadership; Trump Disparages Church Service After Bishop Pleads For Mercy on Immigrants, LGBTQ Community; Oath Keepers Leader And Violent Jan. 6 Rioters Freed From Prison After Trump's Clemency. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Biggest Tech Executives Take Center Stage at Trump's Inauguration; Rep. Pete Sessions, Co-Chair Of DOGE Caucus, Discusses New Department; Trump Targets Security Clearances, Energy Resources, Landmarks. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Jan. 6 Rioters being Released from Jail After Sweeping Trump Pardons; Trump Meets with GOP Congressional Leadership; Asylum Seekers React to Trump's Immigration Orders. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• How U.S. Economy Could Fare During Trump's Second Term; Trump Threatens 25 Percent Tariffs On Mexico And Canada On February 1; South Hit With Once-In-A-Generation Winter Storm; Ukraine's Zelenskyy Asks if Trump Will Even Notice Europe. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Promises Start of Golden Age of America; Trump Pledges at Inauguration to Take Back Panama Canal; Trump Grants Mass Pardon to January 6th Defendants. World Leaders Congratulate Trump; Palestinians in Gaza Look to Rebuild from the Rubble. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Pardons Nearly All Charged With January 6 U.S. Capitol Riot; Trump Begins Slew Of Executive Actions On Immigration, Economy, Other Programs; Taliban Announce Release Of Two Americans Held In Afghanistan In A Prisoner Exchange; Trump Speaks Out On U.S.-China Ties, Potential Tariffs. Trump Speaks Out on U.S.-China Ties, Potential Tariffs; Trump Hails "Golden Age"; Trump Plans to Meet Putin, End Ukraine War Quickly; Trump Vows to Take Back Panama Canal; Prince Harry Suing Rupert Murdoch's Tabloids. Aired 1-2a ET
• United States, Taliban Complete Long-Awaited Prisoner Exchange; Fragile Truce Holds On Day Three Of Ceasefire; 630 Plus Humanitarian Aid Trucks Have Entered Gaza; Trump Begins Harsh Crackdown on Immigration; Trump Ends All Jan. 6 Cases With Pardons, Commutations; Trump Launches Effort to End Birthright Citizenship; Biden Issues Pre- emptive Pardons for Possible Trump Targets; Trump Plans to Meet Putin, End Ukraine War Quickly; South Korean President Yoon Attends Impeachment Hearing; Fire in Ski Resort Kills at Least 10, Injures 32. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Begins Work as 47th U.S. President by signing Executive Orders and Declaring Emergency in the Southern Border; U.S. Senate Unanimously Confirms Marco Rubio's Appointment. Trump Withdraws U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement for the Second Time; New Oxfam Report Warns of Growing Wealth Inequality. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump on America's Golden Age; Trump Ends all January 6 Cases with Pardons, Commutations; Trump Begins Harsh Crackdown on Immigration; Fragile Truce Holds on Day Three of Israel-Hamas Ceasefire. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Signs Sweeping Executive Actions After Inauguration; Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization; Fragile Truce Holds on Day Three of Israel-Hamas Ceasefire; British Royal Prince Harry Takes Murdoch's Newspaper Group to Court; Ohio State Defeats Notre Dame for National Title. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Trump Kickstarts New Term With a Slew of Executive Orders; Trump Pulls U.S. From Paris Climate Accords, W.H.O.; Trump Ends All Jan. 6 Cases With Pardons, Commutations; Trump Signs Executive Action to Delay TikTok Ban for 75 Days; Fire at Ski Resort in Turkey Kills at Least 66, Injures 51; Zelenskyy Address World Economic Forum in Davos. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Trump Begins First Full Day Of Second Term As President; Trump Pardons Nearly All January 6 Defendants; Today: Trump To Meet With Congressional Leaders. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump Signs Executive Actions Cracking Down on Immigration; Trump Pardons Virtually All 1,250-Plus January 6 Convicts; Trump Plans to Rename Gulf of Mexico Gulf of America. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Virtually Pardons 1,250 Plus Jan. 6 Convicts; DOGE to be Park of Federal Government; Soon: Trump and Vance Attend Prayer Service. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Set to Begin Immigration Crackdown; Trump Pardons January 6 Rioters Who Assaulted Police Officers; Trump Attends Church Service. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview With Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Trump Removes Commandant of Coast Guard; Trump Set to Begin Immigration Crackdown. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• CNN International: Today: Trump Meeting With GOP Congressional Leadership; Trump Pardons Nearly All January 6 Rioters Charged Or Convicted In Attack; Trump Signs Executive Actions Cracking Down On Immigration; Marco Rubio Sworn In As Secretary Of State; Trump To Implement Tariffs On Canada And Mexico February 1; Police: Several Injured In Suspected Stabbing Attack In Tel Aviv. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Kickstarts New Term With Wide-Ranging Executive Orders; Trump Pardons 1,000+ January 6th Convicts & Defendants; Senator Marco Rubio Confirmed As Secretary Of State. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Terminates CBP One App, Migrant Caravans Stranded; Trump Orders Release Of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers In Prison; Ohio State Holds Off Notre Dame To Win CFP Title. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump Pardons January 6th Insurrectionists; Trump Kickstarts New Term with Wide-Ranging Executive Orders. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Americans Bracing for Freezing Temperatures; John Sandweg is Interviewed about Immigration Executive Actions; Trump Leans on Culture War Issues; DOGE to Operate Withing Government. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Zelenskyy Addresses World Economic Forum; Trump Shuts Down Immigration App Allowing Migrants to Enter U.S. Legally as Asylum-Seekers; Zelenskyy Urges "United" Self-Sufficient Europe at Davos; Late Night Hosts React to Trump's Second Inauguration; Trial Against Murdoch's Tabloids Begins. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Cities Across U.S. Prepare For Possible Mass Deportations; Trump Pardons Nearly All Charged With January 6 U.S. Capitol Riot; Trump Threatens 25 Percent Tariffs on Mexico and Canada; Israel's Top General Quits Over Hamas Security Breach; South Korean President Yoon Attends Impeachment Hearing; Trump Vows to Take Back Panama Canal; Trump Launches Effort to End Birthright Citizenship; Trump Begins Harsh Crackdown on Immigration; Americans Brace for Freezing Temperatures. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Defends Pardon As Rioters, Militia Leaders Are Free Tonight; Bishop Calls Out Trump During Prayer Service: "Have Mercy"; Pence Group: RFK's "Dangerous" Views Should Be "Disqualifying". Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Trump Announces $500B A.I. Infrastructure Deal; U.S. States Sue to Stop Birthright Citizenship Order; Jan. 6th Rioters Being Released from Prison; Tensions Rise Over Panama Canal; Real Ice Start-Up Restoring Arctic Sea Ice. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Jump-Starts 2nd Term With Stunning Slew Of Executive Orders; Trump Pardons Nearly All Jan. 6 Rioters, Including Defendants Convicted Of Attacking Police Officers; Tillis: Trump's Pardons And Commutations Make Capitol Hill Less Safe; Trump Signs Executive Orders Cracking Down On Immigration; Homan: "Targeted Enforcement Operations" Being Today; Trump's Border Czar Details Deportation Enforcement. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Executive Order Suspending Refugee Program Could Leave Afghans Who Helped U.S. In Limbo; Trump Signs Executive Orders Cracking Down On Immigration; Trump Begins Second Term With Deluge Of Executive Actions; Tech Leaders, Billionaires Flock To Donald Trump's Inauguration. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Trump Facing Pushback on Some Sweeping Immigration Policy Changes; Trump Pardons January 6 Rioters; Snow in Southeastern U.S.; Trump Reverses Climate Policies. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump DOJ Shake-Up Sidelines Top Prosecutors; Trump Signs Executive Order To End Birthright Citizenship; Trump Revokes Protection For Bolton; Bishop Faces Blowback Over Sermon Directed At Trump; DHS Puts Churches, Schools On Notice For ICE Arrests; Trump Executive Order Threatens Fate Of Afghan Wartime Allies. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump Kickstarts New Term With A Slew Of Executive Orders; Trump Begins Harsh Crackdown On Immigration; Netanyahu: "Significant Operation" Launched In West Bank; Palestinians In Gaza Look To Rebuild From The Rubble; Trump Ends All Jan. 6 Cases With Pardons, Commutations; Putin, Russian T.V. Largely Praise Trump's Inauguration; Trial Against Murdoch's Tabloids Begins. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump's Executive Orders Loom Large Over Davos; Trump Presidency Brings New Challenges For Global Leaders; Trump To Announce AI Infrastructure Investment; Zelenskyy Urges European Unity As Trump Returns To Office; Interview With Nicolai Tangen Of Norges Bank IM; Interview With Klaus Schwab Of The World Economic Forum. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Defends Pardons For January 6th Rioters; Top Prosecutors Sidelined As Trump DOJ Shakeup Intensifies; Trump Okays Migrant Arrests At Churches And Schools As Crackdown Begins; Trump Says Feds Can Arrest Migrants At Churches And Schools As U.S. Cities Brace For Mass Deportation Raids And Arrests; Trump: "Not Confident" Gaza Ceasefire Will Hold. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Sen. Bernie Sanders: U.S. Moving Toward Oligarchy; Officer Hodges: Rioters Attacked Me, They Don't Deserve A Pardon; Denver Mayor Says City Will Work With ICE On Deporting Criminals, But Won't Allow Arrests At Schools & Churches. Aired 9-10p ET