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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Prosecutors Formally Ask To Dismiss Case Against NYC Mayor Adams, Ending Internal DOJ Standoff; Federal Judge Still Must Approve Decision To Drop Adams Case; Ending Internal DOJ Standoff; Trump: "A Lot Of People To Blame" For Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine; Vance Attacks European Leaders About Free Speech At Munich Security Conference; Sources: Trump Officials Fired Nuclear Stockpile Employees Not Realizing What Their Mission Was; Why Some Want To Hold Local Electric Co. Accountable For Wildfire. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Former U.S. Special Representative For Iran Elliott Abrams; Interview With Former U.S. State Department Adviser And Johns Hopkins University Professor Of International Affairs Vali Nasr; Interview With "I'm Still Here" Actress Fernanda Torres; Interview With "I'm Still Here" Director Walter Salles; Interview With Weill Cornell Medicine Physician And The New Yorker Contributing Writer Dr. Dhruv Khullar. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Vance Scolds Europe; E.U. Leaders Concerned Over Trump's Putin- Friendly Comments; Seventh Prosecutor Quits Over DOJ Order To Drop Mayor Adams Case; WSJ: Trumps Rake In Millions After Presidential Win; NTSB: "Bad Data" About Altitude, Night Goggles, And Missed Calls May Have Contributed To Crash; American-Israeli Among Three Hostages To Be Released Tomorrow. Aired 4-5p ET
• Seventh Prosecutor Quits Over DOJ Order To Drop Mayor Adams Case; Vans Slams European Leaders, Says Biggest Threat Is "From Within"; Mayor Adams Denies Quid Pro Quo As DOJ Seeks To Drop His Case; Police: Teen Planned Shooting Inspired By Parkland Massacre; Former Kennedy Center President Speaks Out About Changes Under Trump's Leadership; Philadelphia Eagles Celebrate Super Bowl Victory. Aired 5- 6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• DOJ Moves To Dismiss Mayor Eric Adams (D-New York City, NY) Case Amid Protest Resignations; Trump White House Didn't Realize Firings Included Nuke Stockpile Staff; Vice President Vance Railed On European Leaders In Munich; J.D. Vance Meets With Far-Right Party Leader Of Germany; Associated Press Barred From Oval Office And Travelling With President Trump. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Soon, Vance Speaks After Meeting With Zelenskyy; Trump Administration Fires Thousands of Fed Workers in Push to Shrink Government; Acting U.S. Attorney in New York and Five Others in D.C. Quit After Being Told to Drop Mayor Eric Adams (D-New York, NY) Case. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Pope Francis Hospitalized For Bronchitis Treatment, Tests; Zelenskyy: I Don't See That U.S. Has "Ready-Made Plan" To End War; Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) On HHS Sec. RFK Jr.'s Confirmation As HHS Secretary. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Republican Chair of Senate Armed Service Committee Criticizes Trump Administration for Comments about Ukraine's Eligibility for NATO Membership; Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Interviewed on Trump Administration Approach to Ending War between Russia and Ukraine; Democrat-led States Sue Musk and DOGE Over Wielding "Unchecked Power"; Interview with Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL). Aired 8-8:30a ET
• TikTok back in Apple Store and Google Play; Associated Press Barred from Trump Events; Vance Speaks at Munich Security Conference; American Finding it Harder to Pay Off Their Debt. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Administration Fires Thousands of Fed Workers in Push to Shrink Government; U.S. Atty: Mayor's Lawyers "Urged What Amounted to a Quid Pro Quo"; Indiana Teen Accused of Shooting Plot Inspired by Parkland Massacre. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• L.A. Flower Vendors Fear ICE Raids on Valentine's Day; Southern California Storm Leaves Behind Flooding, Mudslides; Asteroid's Odds of Hitting Earth in 2032 Just Almost Doubled. Aired 9:30-10 am ET
• J.D. Vance Meets With Ukrainian President; Federal Prosecutors Resign in Protest Over Eric Adams Case; Trump Administration Fires Thousands of Federal Workers. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Soon: NTSB Gives Update On Midair Disaster That Killed 67; Pope Francis Hospitalized For Bronchitis; Kennedy Center For The Arts Cancels Tour Of Acclaimed Children's Musical "Finn". Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Court Fight Over DOGE; NTSB Gives Update on Deadly Midair Collision; Court Weighs Whether Musk's DOGE Team Can Access Treasury System. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• "Transgender" And "Queer Erased From Stonewall Uprising National Monument Web Site; Teen Accused Of School Shooting Plot Inspired By Parkland Massacre; Parent Stars In Play About Losing His Son In School Massacre; White House Bans A.P. From Oval Office, Air Force One Indefinitely. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Admin Fires Thousands Of Probationary Federal Workers; 7th Prosecutor Resigns Over DOJ Order To Drop Mayor Adams Case; Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) Discusses About His Take On Cutting Staff At SBA; NTSB On Midair Crash: Chopper Crew Likely Wore Night Vision Goggles; NTSB: Chopper Crew May Not Have Heard Some Calls From Control Tower. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Vance Slams European Allies, Likens Some to Cold War Tyrants; Louisiana Health Department says It Will No Longer Promote Mass Vaccination; Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Ditch Paper Straws. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Blames Biden, NATO Ambitions for Ukraine Conflict; Trump Grouses about India's Tariffs While Hosting Joint Press Conference with Modi; Displays of Force Show Hamas Unbowed in Gaza; Ukrainians See Bleak Outcomes from Trump-Putin Phone Call; Macron Offers CNN a Tour of the Elysee Palace. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Trump Blames Biden For Provoking Russia's War By Supporting Ukraine's NATO Aspirations; Trump Threatens Reciprocal Tariffs Against Other Countries; TikTok Returns On Apple, Google U.S. App Stores As Trump Delays Ban; Hamas Says It Will Continue Releasing Hostages Under Gaza Deal; Trump Hosts Indian Prime Minister Modi at White House; RFK Jr. Sworn In as Health & Human Services Secretary; DOJ Officials Resign, Refuse to Drop NYC Mayor Case; Heavy Rain Threatens Areas Ravaged by Wildfires; Archeologists Make New Discoveries at Pompeii. Aired 1-2a ET
• Mixed Messages Come Out of the White House Over Ukraine; Trump Announces Plan for New Tariffs; More Hostages are Expected to be Freed; U.S. Justice Department Faces Crisis Over Mass U.S. Federal Layoffs and Resignations; DOJ Officials Resign, Refuge To Drop NYC Mayor Case; White House Blocks AP From Trump News Conference Thursday. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Trump to Implement Reciprocal Tariffs in April; Hamas to Resume Releasing Hostages; Mothers of Ex-Israeli Hostages Detail Their Daughters' Ordeal; Archaeologists Discovered an Ancient Mar-a-Lago in Pompeii. Aired 3-4a ET
• Zelenskyy Rejects Any Peace Deal Without Kyiv's Involvement; Trump Announces Reciprocal Tariffs as Modi Visits U.S.; Thousands of U.S. Probationary Employees Fired; Hamas Says Release of Hostages to Proceed as Planned. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• RFK Jr. Sworn in as Health and Human Services Secretary; New York Governor Won't Sign Extradition Request; DOJ Officials Resign, Refuse to Drop NYC Mayor Case; Solar Thermal Plant on California- Nevada Border Set to Close. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Ukraine Tops the Agenda at Munich Security Conference; Vatican: Pope Francis Hospitalized for Bronchitis; Prosecutors Resign Rather Than Drop Case Against NY Mayor; Mothers of Freed Hostages Discuss Their Daughter's Ordeal; U.S. VP Speaks on Censorship in Europe; U.S. VP: Nothing More Urgent than Mass Migration. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Vance Accuses European Leaders Of Attacking Free Speech; Trump Blames Biden & Ukraine's NATO Ambitions For Russian Invasion; Russian Foreign Ministry Praises Trump's "Realism" On Ukraine. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Vance Criticizes European Allies at Munich Security Conference; Sources Say, Top DOGE Aide Visits IRS; Purge Widens, Thousands of Federal Probationary Employees Terminated. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Wants to Eliminate Department of Education; Mayor Adams Addresses Dropped Corruption Case; Prosecutors Resign Over Order to Adams' Case; NBA All-Star Weekend Tips Off Today. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Is Interviewed About Vance Slamming European Allies At Munich Security Conference; Russia Says It Has Detained Another U.S. Citizen; Little Transparency In Trump & Musk Plans To Upend Govt. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• What Do Americans Think of Elon Musk?; Philadelphia Celebrates Super Bowl Win; Was Indiana Teenager Planning School Shooting?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Vance And Zelenskyy Meet In Push For Peace In Ukraine; NTSB Unveils Preliminary Findings On Deadly Midair Collision; 7th Prosecutor Quits Over DOJ Order To Drop Mayor Adams Case; Israel Names Three Hostages Set For Release Saturday. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Vance Delivers Unexpected Message To European Leaders; Vance Meets With Zelenskyy; Ukraine Blames Russia For Strike On Chernobyl Nuclear Plant; Seventh Prosecutor Resigns Over Adams Probe; Adams Rejects Claims He Is Doing The Trump Administration Favors; Refugees Fear Future In U.S.; Rutte On Potential Ukraine Peace Talks; Israel Identifies Three Hostages For Release; Prosecutors Dismiss Adams' Corruption Case; Finding Love on Valentine's Day. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• Top Prosecutor Resigns Over Order To Drop Case Against Adams; Ukraine: Russia Drone Hits Chernobyl Nuclear Plant; Trump Blames War On Biden, Ukraine's NATO Ambitions. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Administration Tells Agencies To Carry Out Widespread Layoffs; Vance To WSJ: Sending U.S. Troops To Ukraine Is "On The Table"; Jets Moving On From Rodgers. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Quid Pro Quo Suspected in Dropping of Eric Adams Case; Conflicting Messages at Munich Security Conference from U.S. on Ukraine; Trump Admin Tells Agencies to carry Out Widespread Firings. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• WH Sends Mixed Messages on How to End Russia-Ukraine War; Justice Department Drops Eric Adams' Case; Mitch McConnell Votes Against Trump Cabinet Picks. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• J.D. Vance: Each of our Citizens has a Voice; Vance Remarks Reflect Trump Administration's Shifting Priorities; Caretaker Leader Muhammad Yunus Lays Out Vision for Reform; Trump Threatens New Tariffs on U.S. Trading Partners; Archaeologists Discover Lavish Roman Baths at Pompeii. Aired 9- 9:45a ET
• Ukraine Front and Center as Global Powers Meet in Germany; Hamas' Release of Hostages to Proceed as Planned; U.S. Intelligence Believes Israel Will Try to Strike Iran Nuclear Facilities This Year; Prosecutors Resign Over Order to Drop Case Against NYC Mayor; Pope Francis Hospitalized for Bronchitis: U.S. VP Vance Compares Today's European Leaders to Cold War Tyrants; Philadelphia Eagles Fans Flock to Super Bowl Victory Parade; UNESCO's Global Cooperation Restored Spirit of Mosul. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Vance's One-On-One With Far-Right Leader Raises Alarms; DOJ Asks Judge To Dismiss Case Against NYC Mayor, Ending Standoff; Sources: Trump Admin Fires Nuclear Stockpile Employees, Unaware Of Their Roles. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Vance Scolds European Allies Over Immigration, Free Speech; Vance: "Threat From Within" More Dangerous To Europe Than Russia; Now: Vance & Zelenskyy Meet At Munich Security Conference; Mixed Message On Ukraine Coming From Trump, Vance, Hegseth; Seventh Prosecutor Resigns Over Order To Drop Eric Adams Case. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Thousands Fired As Trump Administration Orders Widespread Cuts; 3 Percent Inflation Challenges Trump's Promise To Lower Prices; Actor Josh Gad On New Book "In Gad We Trust". Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• World Leaders Gather In Munich As Security Challenges Mount; U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance Slams Europe On Free Speech, Migration In First International Speech; American Detained In Russia For Carrying Cannabis- laced Marmalade; Ukrainian President Meets With Vance, Rubio In Munich; Trump's Strategy To End Ukraine War Gets European Pushback; Hegseth: Poland Is The Model Ally For U.S. In Europe; Russia State Media: U.S. Citizen Detained For Drug Possession; Archeologists Discover Lavish Romanian Baths At Pompeii; Humpback Whale Swallows Kayaker In Chile Before Releasing Him. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• DOJ Moves to Dismiss Adams Case Amid Protest Resignations; Trump White House Fires Nuke Stockpile Staff; New Legal Salvo In The War To Stop Elon Musk's DOGE; Jamie Dimon Goes Scorched Earth On WFH Culture; New Details Emerge From Deadly D.C. Midair Crash Investigation. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Vance Meeting With Zelenskyy At Munich Security Conference; Ukraine Front And Center As Global Powers Meet In Germany; Many Flower Vendors Fear ICE Raids; Prosecutors Resign Rather Than Drop Case Against NY Mayor; NIH Funding Cut Prompts fears Of A Mass Exodus; Mud, Floodwater Cover Roads As L.A. Dodges Another Disaster; CNN Follows Older Singles Looking To Date; Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• US VP Vance Speaks In Munich, Scolds European Allies; NATO's Rutte: A Final Deal For Ukraine Must Be A Strong One; Israel Identifies Three Hostages Set For Release Saturday; 7th Prosecutor Quits After DOJ Order To Drop Adams Case; European Winemakers Ship Extra Stock Ahead Of U.S. Tariffs; OpenTable Sees Uptick In Valentine's Day Reservations. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Top DOJ Official Tells Prosecutors To File Dismissal Of Mayor Eric Adams (D-New York City, NY) Case; Vance Meets With Zelenskyy After Berating European Leaders; Mass Layoffs Under Way As Trump & Musk Slash Federal Workforce; Eagles Fans On Parade: Huge Super Bowl Victory Party In Philly. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump's DOJ Finally Finds Prosecutor Willing To Drop Adams Case; Vance Slams European Allies In Blistering Speech; White House Indefinitely Bans AP From Oval Office, Air Force One. Aired 9-10p ET