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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Texas Gov. Orders Arrest Of Democrats Who Fled State Over Redistricting; Interview With Texas State Representative Rafael Anchia (D); Trump DOJ Launching Grand Jury Probe Into 2016 Russia Investigation; Epstein Victims Rips DOJ, FBI On Handling The Case; Massive Manhunt For Montana Bar Shooting Suspect Intensifies; Netanyahu To Urge "Full Conquest" Of Gaza As Ceasefire Talks Reach An Impasse; Trump Envoy To Visit Moscow This Week Before Deadline For Ending Ukraine War. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with White House Council of Economic Advisers Former Chair and Harvard University Professor of Economics Greg Mankiw; Interview with Nobel Laureate and City University of New York Economics Distinguished Professor Paul Krugman; Interview with Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center Director Alexander Gabuev; Interview with Axios Global Affairs Correspondent Barak Ravid; Interview with "Boustany" Author Sami Tamimi. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Now: Texas House Comes Into Session With Dems Absent; Trump Econ Adviser: Jobs Report Could Be "Politically Manipulated"; Just In: Two Epstein Victims File Letters To The Court Condemning DOJ Effort To Unseal Grand Jury Testimony. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Arrest Warrants, Threats Of Expulsion From Office Await Texas Democrats; Netanyahu Wants To Fully Occupy The Gaza Strip; Video Released By Hamas Of The Remaining Hostages; Epstein Victims Decry Politicization Around Release Of Files; Source: Attorney General Bondi Orders Grand Jury Probe Into Obama Officials Over Russia Investigation; Search For Army Vet Suspected Of Killing Four People At A Bar. Aired 5-6p ET
• White House Defends Firing Of Senior Labor Official After Jobs Report; Texas Governor Orders Arrest Of Absent Democratic Lawmakers; U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff To Visit Russia on Wednesday; Trump Tariffs Disrupt Mother-Daughter Hair Business; George Takei's Fight For Equality In New Graphic Memoir. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Texas Orders Arrests of Democrats Who Fled Over Gerrymandering; Netanyahu to Urge Full Conquest of Gaza in Perilous Moment; "NewsNight" Panelists Discuss Starvation Caused By Israel-Hamas War; Trump Fires Labor Statistics Chief. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Texas Democratic Caucus Chair Says, This is a Racist Gerrymandered Map; Search Intensifies for Man Accused of Killing Four in Bar Shooting; Official Says, Red Cross Would Need Ceasefire to Deliver Aid to Hostages. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump To Name New BLS Chief After Firing Previous One Over Jobs Report; Texas Dems Leave State To Fight Trump-Backed Redistricting Plan; Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) On Dems Threatened Probe If Harvard Settles With Trump. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Witkoff Expected in Russia this Week; Trump's New Global Tariffs to Take Effect Thursday; Interview with Rep. Mike Quigley (D- IL): Texas Dems Leave State to Block Vote on GOP-Drawn Congressional Map and Trump Firing Labor Statistics Chief; Harrowing Moments Inside NYC Building as Mass Shooting Unfolded. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump to Name New BLS Chief; Thomas Kennedy is Interviewed about a Hunger Strike at the Detention Facility in Florida; Watchdog Investigating Jack Smith. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Texas Democrats Leave State; Search Intensifies in Montana; Gene Wu is Interviewed about Texas Democrats Leaving the State; Trump's New Global Tariffs; Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is Interviewed about New BLS Chief. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Sean Combs Ex Pushes for his Release; Victor Owen Schwartz and Jeffrey Schwab are Interviewed about Lawsuit over Tariffs; Fires in Canada Trigger Low Air Quality in U.S. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Interview With State Rep. John Bucy (D-TX); New Audio Released From United Mayday Call; Trump Defends Firing of BLS Commissioner; Democratic Lawmakers Flee Texas. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Manhunt Intensifies for Suspect in Deadly Montana Bar Shooting; Speaker Johnson Meets With Israeli Cabinet Members, Visits West Bank; Officials Say Red Cross Would Need Ceasefire to Deliver Aid to Hostages; Gen Z Flocks to Rome for Pope and Youth Jubilee; Elon Musk Awarded $29 Billion Pay Package From Tesla. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Texas Dem Lawmakers Flee State to Fight Trump-backed Redistricting Plan; Texas GOP Pushes Ahead With Redistricting After Dem Lawmakers Flee State; Trump Fires Statistician, Says Without Evidence Jobs Data Rigged; The Rudin Building Reopened After Being Closed for Nearly a Week for Repairs Following the NYC Mass Shooting. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Special Counsel's Office Investigating Former Trump Prosecutor Jack Smith; Texas Man Indicted in Murder of Afghan Refugee Who Helped U.S. Troops; Far-Right Influencer Loomer Hunting for Disloyalty in Trump Administration. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• One Hour Until Texas Governor's Deadline For Dem Lawmakers To Return For Vote; White House Defends Trump's Firing Of Labor Stats Chief; More Than Half Of U.S. Adults Stressed Over Grocery Prices; United Airlines Flight Declares Mayday, Makes Emergency Landing. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Texas Governor's Deadline for Democratic Lawmakers to Return for Vote; Search Intensifies for Tennessee Suspect, 3 Associated Charged; U.S. Envoy Witkoff Travels to Russia This Week for Ceasefire Talks. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Hamas Maintains Demands Despite Organization's Devastation; U.S. Says Deadline for Deal with China Could be Delayed; Texas Dems Flee State to Prevent GOP Redistricting Plan. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Netanyahu Asks Red Cross For Help After Gaza Hostage Videos; U.S. Trade Chief Says Trump's Tariff Rates "Pretty Much Set"; At Least 68 African Migrants Killed After Boat Capsizes Off Yemen Coast; World Athletics Introduces Gene Test For Female Category; Pope greeted by vast crowd at Catholic youth event; Australia's Victoria State Proposes Work from Home Law; Intruders Demand Cryptocurrency in Home Invasion Attack; DHS: "There is No Hunger Strike at Alligator Alcatraz"; Spain Braces for Heat Wave as Rare Snow Covers Australian Towns. Aired 1-2a ET
• New U.S. Tariffs to Take Effect Next Week, U.S.-China Deal Ongoing; President Trump Fires Commissioner of Labor Statistics; Texas House Democratic Flee State on to Block GOP Plan; Worsening Hunger Crisis in Gaza, Netanyahu Seeks Red Cross Help on Hostages; Trump: Special Envoy May Visit Russia Wednesday Or Thursday; Malibu Residents Seek Safer Option Than Pacific Coast Highway; Texas Dems Flee State To Prevent GOP Redistricting Plan; Small Businesses Claim They're Owed Millions By Tesla. Aired 2-3a ET
• House Democrats Left Texas for a Possible Redistrict Plan; Death toll in Chilean Mining Collapse Now at Six; A Volcano in Russia's Kamchatka Erupts for the First Time in Many Years. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Gov. Abbott Threatens Democratic Lawmakers with 'Removal' After They Flee Vote; A.I. Complicates Job Market for Recent College Grads. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump Fires Statistician; Avi Mayer is Interviewed about Freeing the Israeli Hostages; Trump Calls Sweeney Ad Fantastic; Kendall Scudder is Interviewed about Texas Democrats Fleeing the State; Trump Lashes out at Charlamagne Tha God. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• IDF: Six Countries Airdrop 136 Aid Packages into Gaza Sunday; Texas Dems Flee State to try to Prevent Republican Redistricting Plan; TikTok Pulls Israel Conspiracy Video by Huda Kattan; Trump's New Tariffs go into Effect this Week; India Beats England in Thrilling Fifth Test to Draw Series. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Outrage Grows After Hamas Releases Hostage Videos; Benjamin Netanyahu Asks Red Cross To Help Hostages In Gaza; Influencer Laura Loomer Takes Credit For High-Profile Firings; Donald Trump Promises New Labor Statistician After Bleak Jobs Report; American Woman Follows Deported Husband To Mexico; Desperate Effort To Save Ukrainian Soldier From Russian Attack; Spain Sweltering As Temperatures Soar Above 40 Degree Celsius. Small Business Claim They Are Owed Millions By Tesla Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Texas Governor Orders Arrest Of Dems Who Fled State Over Redistricting; Epstein Victims Speak Out; ICE Detains Korean Student. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Texas Democrats Leave State; Canadian Officials Confident U.S. Trade Deal will Be Reached; Montana Manhunt Quadruple-Murder Suspect Enters Day Three. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Dubai Chocolate Has Exploded In Popularity; U.S. Trade Official: "Tariff Rates Are Pretty Much Set In Stone"; Back To School With The "Parody Principal." Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Gen Z Flocks To Rome For Pope & Youth Jubilee; Texas Democrats Flee State To Block GOP Redistricting Plan; Gov. Abbott Threatens To Expel Absent Democratics From Office; Blue States Pressured To Redo Their Maps If Texas Plan Passes; Trump Fires A Senior Official Over Jobs Numbers. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Far-Right Trump Ally Laura Loomer Hunts For Disloyalty To Trump; Texas Democrats Flee State To Block GOP Redistricting Plan; Gov. Abbott Threatens To Expel Absent Democrats From Office; Former Football Coach Derek Dooley Enters Georgia Senate Race. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Israel Considers Further Expansion Of Gaza War; A Special Trump Envoy Prepares To Head To Russia As Deadline For Ceasefire Looms; Huge Blazes Across Canada Sends Air Quality Plummeting In Northeastern U.S. Steve Witkoff Traveling To Moscow On Wednesday; Trump Announcing He's Repositioning Nuclear Subs; Russian Fighter Jets And Weapons Depot In Crimea Hit; Wildfire Smoke Drifting Across The U.S. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Gov. Abbott Orders Arrest Of State Democrats Who Fled State Over Redistricting; Two Epstein Victims Condemn DOJ's Request To Unseal Testimony; Trump DOJ Launching Grand Jury Probe Into 2016 Russia Investigation; Active Manhunts for Alleged Killers in Tennessee and Montana; Diddy's Ex Advocates for His Release After Dropping Out of Trial. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump Sets Friday Deadline for Putin to Make Peace in Ukraine; Israel Considers Expanding Gaza War as Ceasefire Talks Falter; Uncertain Deal; Trump: Will Hire New BLS Commissioner in Next "3 to 4 Days"; Spain Braces for a New Heat Wave; "Parody Principal" Keeps Classes Fun with Pop Tunes. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Outrage Grows After Hamas Releases Hostage Videos; Desperate Effort To save Ukrainian Soldier From Russian Attack; Trump Fires Labor Statistician Over Weak Jobs Report; Diddy Ex-Girlfriend Asks Judge For His Release; Gates Foundation Makes $2.5B Investment In Women`s Health; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Claims Without Evidence That Jobs Numbers Were Rigged; Israel Considers Expanding Gaza War As Ceasefire Talks Stall; White House Official: Witkoff To Visit Russia Wednesday; Swiss Government Blindsided By Donald Trump's 39 Percent Tariff; Discounted French Homes For Sale Via "Viager" System. Aired 4-4:45p ET


The Situation Room
• Texas Democrats Rally With New York Governor Against GOP Redistricting Effort; White House Defends Trump's Firing of Labor Stats Chief; Wall Street Rebounding from Friday's Steep Losses. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Laura Loomer Ousts Trump Staff; Netanyahu Considers Expanding Military Ops in Gaza; Need Ceasefire to Delivery Aid to Hostages Says Red Cross. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Is Interviewed About Democratic Efforts To Block Texas Redistricting; Montana Manhunt For Accused Killer Enters Fourth Day; Special Counsel's Office Investigates Former Trump Prosecutor Jack Smith. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Rome Hosts Youth Jubilee; Ex-Girlfriend Supporting Sean 'Diddy' Combs; Fighting Colon Cancer; Interview With Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• TX GOP Follows Trump Demand To Redraw Maps, Gain More Seats; Epstein Victims Speak Out Amid Outrage Over Trump & DOJ Actions; GOP Rep. Faces Voters At Explosive Town Hall: "Vote Him Out." Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Gov. Abbott Orders Arrest Of Absent Democratic Lawmakers; Israel Considers Expanding War In Gaza; Outrage Grows After Hamas Release Videos Showing Emaciated Hostages; Witkoff Expected To Visit Russia Wednesday; Trump Announcing He's Repositioning Nuclear Subs; Netherlands Buys U.S. Arms For Kyiv; The Race To Save a Wounded Ukrainian Soldier; White House Defends Trump Decision To Fire BLS Chief. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Official: Netanyahu "Leaning Toward" Escalating War; U.S. Envoy Witkoff Expected To Visit Russia Wednesday; Trump: New Labor Statistics Chief To Be Named Within Days; Texas Governor Threatens To Remove State House Democrats; Tesla's Board Giving Elon Musk $29 Billion Stock Package. Aired 3-4p ET