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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• DOJ Preparing to seek indictment against Former FBI Director James Comey; Trump Claims "Triple Sabotage" at United Nations Speech; Trump Threatens ABC Over Jimmy Kimmel's Return; ABC Reports Kimmel's Return Watched by 6.3 Million Viewers; Trump Threatens ABC Over Jimmy Kimmel's Return; One Detainee Killed, Two Wounded at Dallas Ice Facility; FBI Director Posted Photo of Bullet Casing From Crime Scene With "Anti-ICE" Written on It; U.S. Officials Say Trump's New Stance Meant to Put Pressure on Putin to End Ukraine War; Ukraine's Zelenskyy Asks U.N. General Assembly for Support Against Russia; White House Hangs Image of Biden Autopen Signature in New Presidential Walk of Fame; Trump and Epstein Status on National Mall Removed. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with European Commissioner President Ursula von der Leyen; Interview with Palestinian Observer to U.N. Riyad Mansour; Interview with U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Sources: DOJ Nearing Decision Whether To Charge Comey; Kimmel Returns To Late Night After ABC Lifts Suspension. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Sources: Trump Admin. Close To Deciding On Charging James Comey; One Detainee Killed, Two Wounded At Dallas ICE Facility; FBI's Patel: "Anti-ICE" Written On Bullet Found At Scene; Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), Is Interviewed About YouTube To Reinstate Accounts Banned For Repeatedly Posting False Claims About COVID-19 And 2020 Election; Trump Hangs Image Of Biden Autopen Signature In New "Presidential Walk Of Fame" At White House; Trump, Breaking With FDA, Says Don't Take Tylenol. Aired 5-6p ET
• Sources Say, Trump Admin Close to Deciding on Charging James Comey; Kimmel's Show Returns, Trump Threatens to Sue ABC; One Detainee Killed, Two Wounded at Dallas ICE Facility. Harris Embarks On Book Tour For Buzzy Campaign Tell-All. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• DOJ Preparing to Seek Indictment Against Trump Foe Comey; Trump, Allies Blame Left for Sniper Attack at ICE Facility. Democrats Blamed For Allegedly Demonizing ICE Agents After Shooting Incident; Jimmy Kimmel Show Is Back On Air. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Kimmel Defends Free Speech in Emotional Return to Late Night; Trump Threatens ABC Over Jimmy Kimmel's Return; Soon, Ukraine's Zelenskyy Addresses U.N. General Assembly. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Jimmy Kimmel Makes Emotional Return To ABC, Defends Free Speech; Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) On Trump's Sudden Shift That Ukraine Can Take Back Land From Russia; Deadly Typhoon Ragasa Batters Hong Kong, Southern China. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Jimmy Kimmel Defends Free Speech in Emotional Return to Late Night; Threat of Government Shutdown Looms with One Week Left; Trump Cancels Meeting with Dems Ahead of Funding Deadline; Powell Pushes Back Against Accusations the Fed Plays Politics. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Questions on Acetaminophen and Autism; Todd Lyons is interviewed about the Shooting at an ICE Facility; Multiple People Inured at ICE Facility; Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) is Interviewed about Ukraine. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Shooting at Dallas Ice Facility; Karen Attiah and Katie Phang are Interviewed about "The Washington Post." Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility; Chuck Nice is Interviewed about Kimmel's Return; Signal from Arizona's Special Election; Trump Signals Support for Ukraine. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy Addresses United Nations; Jimmy Kimmel Returns; Deadly Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• DHS Says Two Detainees Killed, One Wounded in Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility; FBI Says It is Investigating ICE Facility Shooting as Targeted Violence; Camp Mystic Plans for Reopening After Deadly Floods; Secretary of State Rubio Meets With Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov; Trump Now Says Ukraine Can Win Back Its Territory From Russia. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Growing Number of Companies Blaming Price Hikes on Tariffs; FBI Says Anti-ice Written on Bullet Casing at Second of Ice Shooting; Kimmel Defends Free Speech, Offers No Apology in Return to TV; DHS Says Two Detainees Killed, One Wounded in Shooting at Dallas Ice Facility. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL): Trump Now Says Ukraine Can Win Back Its Territory from Russia, Trump Threatens to Sue ABC for Bringing Kimmel Back; Sources Identify Dallas ICE Shooter as Joshua Jahn; Trump Links Tylenol with Autism Despite Evidence It's Safe. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• FBI: Rounds Found Near Shooter's Body had Anti-ICE Writing; Vance: ICE Shooting Suspect was "Politically Motivated"; Zelenskyy: War-Torn Nations Get "Just Statements" from Weak U.N.; Trump Now Says Ukraine Can Win Back its Territory from Russia; Sources: Trump Admin Investigating FEMA Workers Who Warned that Disaster Agency was at Risk. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• U.S.-Born Children Left Behind After Working Mother Deported; Actress Jodie Sweetin Speaks Out on Kimmel Show Suspension; DOJ Nears Decision on Whether to Charge Former FBI Director James Comey. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• CNN International: Did Not Air 12-1a ET
• Jimmy Kimmel Defends Free Speech As He Returns To Late-Night Television From Suspension; Disney Raises Prices For Streaming Packages; Trump Says Kyiv Can Win Back 'All Of Ukraine' After Talks With Zelenskyy; Kimmel Receives Standing Ovation During Return Show; Powerful Storm Slams into Hong Kong and China; Trump Talks about "Global Warming Hoax" in Speech; Fact-Checking Trump's Statements on Climate Change; Colombia Wants Trump to Face "Criminal" Charges for Strikes; YouTube Pulls channel of Venezuela's Maduro Amid U.S. Sanctions; Would-Be Trump Assassin Found Guilty, Tries to Stab Himself; Federal Reserve Chair Pushes Back on Trump Criticism. Aired 1-2a ET
• Jimmy Kimmel Defends Free Speech In Return To T.V.; Poll Numbers On The Jimmy Kimmel Suspension And Comeback; Donald Trump's Post On Ukraine War Signals "Big Shift"; One Family's Devastating Loss In Israel's Gaza City Assault; Jimmy Kimmel Defends Free Speech in Return to T.V.; Powerful Storm Slams Into Hong Kong and Southern China, Storm Surge Affecting Waterfront Areas of Hong Kong; Some Migrants' Children Stranded as Ice Deports Parents; Escalator Malfunctions During the Trumps' Arrival to U.N. General Assembly; French President Macron Gets Caught in New York Traffic Jam; Zayn Malik Announces Limited 2026 Las Vegas Residency; Global Craze Over Labubu Dolls Reaches Iran. Aired 2-3a ET
• Jimmy Kimmel Rants on Free Speech on His Return to Late Night TV, Trump Threatens ABC on Kimmel's Comeback; Trump Makes a Big Move on the War in Ukraine; Ragasa Batters Hong Kong. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Jimmy Kimmel Back on ABC, Trump Threatens to Sue; Trump Now Says Ukraine Can Win. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Pete Dominick is Interviewed about Kimmel's Return; Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) is Interviewed about Trump's U.N. Message. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Zelenskyy to Address World Leaders at UNGA; Massive Waves from Storm Inundate Hong Kong Restaurants; Four-Year-Old Nour Dalloul Killed by Israeli Strike; Volodymyr Zelenskyy Addresses United Nations General Assembly; Zelenskyy: No Security Guarantees Except Friends and Weapons; Trump: Ukraine in Position to "Win all of Ukraine Back". Aired 9-10a ET
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Addresses UNGA; Europe Trying to Get Rid of Russian Oil; Trump Speech at UNGA Full of Holes; Israel Closes Main Crossing between West Bank and Jordan; Assessing U.S. Influence in the Middle East; Dallas Police Say Suspect in ICE Facility Shooting Is Dead; Call to Earth: Photos from Tanzania; Typhoon Ragasa Makes Landfall in Guangdong Province, China. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• DOJ Preparing To Ask Grand Jury To Indict Ex-FBI Chief Comey; Trump Blames ICE Shooting On "Radical Left" For "Demonizing" ICE; Kimmel's Comeback Show Draws 4 Times His Average Nightly Rating. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Jimmy Kimmel Defends Free Speech In Return To TV; Ukraine's Zelenskyy To Address U.N. In The Coming Hours; Zelenskyy on U.S. Support: "Trump Is A Game Changer". Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Jimmy Kimmel Defends Free Speech In Return To TV; Powerful Storm Slams Into Hong Kong And Southern China; Trump Cancels Meeting With Democrats As Government Shutdown Looms. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Jimmy Kimmel Defends Free Speech As He Returns To Late-Night Television From Suspension; Disney Raises Prices For Streaming Packages; Trump Says Kyiv Can Win Back 'All Of Ukraine' After Talks With Zelenskyy; Macron Called Trump Over A Presidential Traffic Jam. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Jimmy Kimmel Defends Free Speech As He Returns To Late-Night Television From Suspension; Powerful Storm Slams Into Hong Kong And Southern China; Trump Cancels Meeting With Democrats Over Shutdown; Federal Reserve Chair Pushes Back On Trump Criticism; Michelob Ultra Becomes Best-Selling Beer In The US. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Inside Politics
• FBI Investigating Shooting As "Act Of Targeted Violence"; Police: Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Hospitalized; Cruz: "Your Political Opponents Are Not Nazis"; Kimmel Defends Free Speech In Emotional Return To Late Night; Trump Threatens To Sue ABC After Kimmel Returns To Late Night; Kimmel Returns But Not On Sinclair Or Nexstar Stations; No Progress On Shutdown Talks With A Week To Go. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Cancels Meeting With Top Democrats on Spending Bill; Democrats Demand Extension of Obamacare Subsidies as Condition of Voting for Spending Bill to Keep Government Open; Shooting at ICE Facility in Dallas, Two Detainees Killed, One in Serious Condition as Per the DHS. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Ukraine's President Zelenskyy Takes To The Stage At The U.N. With Both A Warning And A Plea To Stop Russia's War; Dallas ICE Facility Shooting Leaves One Detainee Dead, Two Injured; Israel Shuts Only West Bank Gateway To Outside World; Israel Closes Allenby Crossing; Irish PM Calls For Urgent Action On Two-State Solution; Storm Ragasa Batters Hong Kong; Kimmel's Return To Television; Trump Threatens To Sue ABC Over Kimmel's Return. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Kimmel: Illegal, Un-American To Force Shoes Off Air By Coercion; Emotional Jimmy Kimmel Praises Kirk's Widow In TV Return; Jimmy Kimmel's Return, By the Numbers; Trump Now Says Ukraine Can Win; Harris: 'Didn't Fully Appreciate' Need to Offer Contrast from Biden. Aired 12-1a ET
• DOJ Nears James Comey Charging Decision; Political Blame Game Over ICE Facility Sniper Attack; Jimmy Kimmel Brings in Huge Ratings in T.V. Return; Laura Coates Interviews Arizona Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Zelenskyy: World Must Band Together to Stop Russian Aggression; Trump Signals Abrupt Shift on Russia-Ukraine War; "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Back on ABC, Trump Threatens to Sue; Gaza Officials: 20 Plus Killed in Israeli "Massacre" on Gaza City Market; Typhoon Ragasa Slams into Costal China; Bianna Runs the Berlin Marathon. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Zelenskyy: World Must Band Together To Stop Russian Aggression; ICE: One Dead, Two Injured In ICE Facility Shooting; Viewers Flock To Watch Jimmy Kimmel's Return To T.V.; Trump Administration Investigates FEMA Employees; Some Children Stay In U.S. As ICE Deports Their Parents; Rubio Meets With Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov; "Mootilda" Escapes From The Slaughterhouse; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Leaders Weigh Trade War Impact on Global Economy; Geopolitical Disruption and Tariffs Shift Trade Patterns; Zelenskyy Warns of A.I.-Fueled Global Arms Race. One-On-One With Botswana's President Duma Boko; 1 Detainee Killed, 2 Wounded In Shooting At Dallas Ice Office; Kimmel Makes Emotional Return After Suspension. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Police Say, One Person Killed, Two Wounded in Shooting at ICE Facility; Soon, Texas Officials to Give Update on Dallas ICE Facility Shooting; Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Addresses U.N. General Assembly. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• ICE Facility Shooting in Dallas; At Least One Person Killed in ICE Facility Shooting; Global Health Agencies Criticize Trump's Tylenol Claims. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Deadly Shooting at Texas ICE Facility. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Links Tylenol With Autism Despite Evidence Drug Is Safe; Volodymyr Zelenskyy Addresses U.N.; Deadly Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• One Detainee Killed, Two Wounded At Dallas ICE Facility; Trump DOJ Retracts Letter That Implied Sandy Hook FBI Agent Was Under Investigation; Vance Downplays Trump's 180 On Ukraine: "It's Not A Shift." Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Zelenskyy Warns Russia Could Expand War; Trump Says Ukraine in Position to "Win All of Ukraine Back"; ICE Facility Attack in Dallas; Western Europe "Hypocritical" on Oil Says Hungarian FM; Zelenskyy Makes Plea at UNGA; Estonian President Denounces Russian Incursions into NATO Airspace; Estonian President Addresses Russia's War on Ukraine; Jimmy Kimmel Returns to TV. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Zelenskyy Appeals For Help In Stopping Russia's War; U.S. Secretary Of State Rubio Meets With Russian Counterpart; Two Detainees Killed In Shooting At Dallas ICE Office; President Trump Threatens To Sue ABC Over Kimmel's Return; WHO: No Proven Link Between Autism & Acetaminophen; Powerful Storm Slams Into Hong Kong And Southern China; European Commission Chief Warns Russia About Aerial Incursions. Aired 3-4p ET