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CNN Transcripts for February 16, 2025

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CNN Newsroom
• At Least Nine Killed As Powerful Overnight Storm Races East; U.S.-Russian Officials To Begin Ukraine Peace Talks; European Leaders To Hold Emergency Summit On Ukraine; Rubio: Iran Threatens Peace And Security In The Middle East; Israeli Negotiators Heading To Cairo For Talks on Gaza; Trump Faces Mounting Legal Challenges In His Efforts To Purge Federal Agencies; Measles Outbreak In West Texas Doubles To 48 Cases; President Trump Arrives At The Daytona 500; USA And Canada Face Off In Fierce Four Nations Battle. Aired 2-3p ET
• Trump Sends Top Officials Around Globe To End Wars In Ukraine, Gaza; Israeli Negotiators Heading To Cairo For Talks In Gaza; At Least Nine Killed As Powerful Overnight Storm Races East. Aired 3-4p ET
• Trump Dispatches Top Aides To Saudi Arabia For Russia-Ukraine Talks; Marco Rubio Travels To Israel; Trump Makes First Supreme Court Appeal To Fire Government Ethics Watchdog; Powerful Southeast Storm; SNL Celebrates 50 Years; NBA All-Star Weekend. Aired 4-5p ET
• Ukraine Not Included In Russia-U.S. Talks; European Leaders To Hold Emergency Summit On Ukraine; Netanyahu Promises To Finish The Job In Iran; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) Is Interviewed On The U.S.-Russia Talks, European Leaders Emergency Summit, DOGE, And Government Funding Deadline; U.S. Winter Storm Leaves Nine Dead; Trump Administration Seek Supreme Court Help; Trump's Push To Tighten Federal Government Happening At Breakneck Speed; Tensions Boil Over As Canada Hosts U.S. In Hockey. Aired 5-6p ET
• Top Trump Officials Meet With Russians In Saudi Arabia; Department Of Education Letter Threatens Federal Funding; At Least 9 Dead As Storms Slam Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee And Virginia; Experts Worry Russian Aggression Could Go Beyond Ukraine; Measles Outbreak In West Texas Doubles To 48 Cases; Trump Disputes Rift With Elon Musk; New Mini-Tournament Format For All-Star Game. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S.-Russia Talks To Take Place In Saudi Arabia Tuesday; Netanyahu Vows To "Finish the Job Against Iran" With U.S. Support; Storm Causes Flooding Across Parts Of West Virginia; UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Suspect Thanks People For Fan Mail; White House Bans AP Indefinitely Over The Use Of Gulf Of Mexico; Kentucky Refugees, Support Agencies Reeling Impacts Of Trump Crackdown; New Mini Tournament For All-Star Game. Aired 7-8p ET
• U.S.-Russia Talks to Take Place in Saudi Arabia Tuesday; Ukrainians Skeptical of Future Peace with Russia; Interview with Representative Eugene Vindman (D-VA); Trump Education Department Threatens Federal Funding for Considering Race; Measles Outbreak in West Texas Doubles to 48 Cases; Pope Francis Being Treated for Bronchitis in Rome Hospital; Archeologists Discover Lavish Roman Baths at Pompeii; "Lockerbie: The Bombing of Pan Am 103" Airs Next. Aired 8- 9p ET
• Europe Left Out of Peace Talks With Russia; Pope Francis Cancels Appearance; Panda Twins to Make Their Debut. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Peace Plans for Ukraine; U.S., Russia to Start Ukraine Peace Talks Soon; Rubio Discussing Middle East Tensions; Protests in Tel Aviv to Release All Hostages; Israel Receives U.S. Heavy Bombs; U.S. Severe Weather; Sweeping Federal Layoffs; Hampton Dellinger Allowed to Temporarily Keep Job; Pope Francis Fights Respiratory Infection; Israel Likely To Strike Iranian Nuclear Targets This Year; "Jane Doe" Drops Rape Case Against Diddy, Jay-Z. Aired 4-5a ET
• Sources: U.S., Russia to Start Ukraine Peace Talks Soon; European Leaders to Hold Emergency Summit on Ukraine; U.S. Secretary of State Rubio Meeting Netanyahu In Jerusalem; DOJ Formally Seeks to Dismiss NY Mayor's Case, Ends Standoff; Cleanup Underway After Mud, Floodwaters Sweep Through L.A. Aired 5-6 am ET


CNN This Morning
• Severe Storm Sweeps Across Eastern U.S.; Hundreds of Thousands From Louisiana To Virginia Without Power; Secretary Of State Rubio In Israel To Meet With Officials; Israel Receives U.S. Heavy Bombs As Trump Ends Biden Policy; President Trump Calling For Quick End To Russia's War In Ukraine; European Leaders To Hold Emergency Summit On Ukraine; President Trump To Attend Daytona 500, Race Starts At 1:30 P.M. EST; Trump Administration Cuts Now Focusing On The CDC; Attorneys Struggle To Defend Trump Agenda In Court; A.P.: Twenty Immigration Judges Fired By Trump Administration; GOP Centrists Struggling With Massive Spending Cuts. KY Agencies Helping Refugees Feeling Impacts Of Trump Crackdown; Severe Weather Slams The South; At Least One Dead As A Powerful Storm Sweeps Across The Eastern U.S.; Secy. Of State Rubio Delivers Remarks With Israeli PM Netanyahu. Aired 6-7a ET
• Secretary Of State Rubio In Israel To Meet With Officials; Netanyahu: Trump And I Are Working In Full Cooperation And Coordination On Gaza; Israel Receives U.S. Heavy Bombs As Trump Ends Biden Policy; Severe Storm Sweeps Across Eastern U.S.; Source: CDC Cuts Include Unit Investigating Public Health Threats; Sources: Trump Dispatches 3 Aides To Saudi Arabia For Russia-Ukraine Talks; U.K. PM Starmer To Join Emergency Summit On Ukraine In Paris. Pope Francis Hospitalized; Battle Over Ban on Nonstock Cookware; Canadian Fans Boos U.S. National Anthem in Hockey Game; U.S. Severe Weather. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Prospects for Peace Talks Over Ukraine; The Kremlin's View on Russia-Ukraine Developments; Will the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Reach Phase 2? Interview With Former Palestinian Authority Official Ghaith al-Omari; Interview With Brookings Institution Fellow Quinta Jurecic; Interview With The CEO Of The Atlantic Nicholas Thompson. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Firings Sweep Through Government Amid Legal Challenges; Trump Administration Sending Mixed Messages On Ukraine. Trump Proves Strong Grip on Party, How Long Will It Last?; Tough Midterm Senate Map Grows Tricker for Democrats; Conspiracies Swirl as Trump Moves to Declassify JFK Docs. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY); Interview With Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV); Interview With Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Interview With White House Border Czar Tom Homan. Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air 8-9p ET