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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Government Shutdown Could Begin At 12:01 a.m. Wednesday; Interview With Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY); Interview With Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI); City Of Portland And State Of Oregon File Suit Against Trump Over National Guard Deployment; President Trump Says Gaza Ceasefire Is Closer Than Ever As He Releases 20-Point Peace Plan; Officials Crack Down On Cartel Smuggling Operations In AZ. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. Deputy Special Middle East Coordinator Aaron David Miller; Interview with Washington Institute for Near East Policy Senior Fellow and Former Palestinian Negotiator Ghaith Al-Omari. Aired 1-1:05p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Soon: Trump & Hill Leaders Meet As Shutdown Looms; New: Mamdani Talks To CNN After Adams Exit NYC Race; Now: Lawmakers Speak After Trump Meeting. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• No Deal Between Democrat And GOP Leaders Leaving White House, Government Shutdown Looms; President Trump And Prime Minister Agrees On Peace Plan To End War In Gaza; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi Is Interviewed On The Looming Government Shutdown And Epstein Files; Weather Update On Two Weather Systems On The East Coast; 4 Killed ,8 Injured In Shooting At Michigan Mormon Church; Marine Veteran Charged In Deadly North Carolina Waterfront Shooting; Zohran Mamdani Reacts To Eric Adams Dropping Out Of NYC Mayoral Race; Judge Salas On Toning Down The Inflammatory Rhetoric About Judges. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump And Netanyahu Urge Hamas To Accept Gaza Peace Plan; Democrats Stay Defiant On Health Care Demands As Shutdown Looms; Trump Plans To Attend Gathering Of Top Military Officials Tomorrow; YouTube To Pay $24.5 Million To Settle Trump Lawsuit; Trump Directs Troops To Portland Amid ICE Facility Protests; Team Europe Wins Ryder Cup Amid Hostile Ground. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump And Israel To Hamas, Accept Deal Or Else; Trump Threatens New York City If Democratic Socialist Wins Race; Hegseth Expected To Deliver An Address To Outline New Defense Strategy; Gunman Rams A Truck Into Michigan Church; MAGA In Meltdown As NFL Announces Bad Bunny Will Do Halftime Show. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• At Least Four Dead After Attacker Shot Worshippers, Set Fire to Church; Government Shutdown Looms as Lawmakers Battle Over Funding Deal; Trump to Attend Hegseth's Top Military Meeting at Quantico Tomorrow. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• At Least Four Killed In Michigan Church Shooting And Fire; Eric Adams Drops Out Of Race For New York Mayor; Soon: Trump And Netanyahu Meet At White House To Discuss A Gaza Ceasefire. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• At Least 4 Killed in Michigan Church Shooting and Fire; Interview with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA): Former FBI Chief James Comey Indicted After Pressure from Trump, Trump Accuses Wray of Lying About Agency Actions on January 6; Government Shutdown Looms as Lawmakers Battle Over Funding Deal. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Michigan Church Attack; Trump and Netanyahu Meet; Polls on Troops Going to Cities; Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) is Interviewed about Portland; Man Accused of Bar Shooting Appears in Court; Steve Ubl is Interviewed about the Pharmaceutical Deadline. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• FBI Investigating Michigan Church Attack; Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist (D-MI) is Interviewed about the Michigan Church Attack; Trump and Netanyahu Meet; Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) is Interviewed about a Gaza Ceasefire. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Ed Davis is Interviewed about the Michigan Church Attack; Record Stock Ownership; Eric Adams Leaves Race; Louis Partridge is Interviewed about "House of Guinness." Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Government Shutdown Imminent?; Michigan Church Shooting Investigation; Trump Meets With Netanyahu. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump and Netanyahu to Hold Joint Press Conference; Suspect in Charlie Kirk Appears Virtually for Hearing; Judge Tony Graf Says Trial of Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Will Be Open to Public; Police Say Everyone Now Accounted for After LDS Church Shooting; Man Drives Through Barricade at Church Shooting Scene; Arizona Floods Kill Four, Search for Missing Underway; Trump Vows to Withhold Funds if Mamdani Wins NYC Mayoral Race. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump, Netanyahu Hold a Joint Press Conference After Meeting on Gaza Ceasefire Proposal. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump, Netanyahu Speak After Meeting on Gaza Ceasefire Proposal. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Netanyahu Tells Trump His Plan Is "Consistent" With Israeli Goals; Trump, Netanyahu Speak After Meeting On Gaza Ceasefire Proposal; Trump Says He Will Lead Transitional "Board Of Peace" In Gaza; Police: Everyone Now Accounted For After LDS Church Shooting; Motive Still Unclear After 4 Killed, 8 Wounded In Michigan Church Attack. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Imelda and Humberto's Dual Threat in the Atlantic; Interview with Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA): Trump Meets with Congressional Leaders for Funding Talks; Marine Veteran Charged with Murder After North Carolina Mass Shooting. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• At Least 4 Killed in Michigan Church Shooting & Fire; Trump Sets Expectations High for Netanyahu Meeting. Aired 12-1a ET
• Did Not Air 1-2a ET
• FBI Leading the Investigation on Michigan Church Shooting; Mayor Adams Drops Out of NYC Mayoral Race; President Trump to Meet with Congressional Leaders on Looming Government Shutdown; Hurricane Humberto Pulls Tropical Storm Imelda Away from the U.S.; President Trump Claims Ceasefire is Near, to Meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu; Historic Citadel Reopens In Aleppo After Restoration; Lawmakers In Standoff As Midnight Tuesday Deadline Looms; Trump's Contentious History With Investigative Agency; North Carolina Struggles To Recover From Hurricane Helene. Aired 2-3a ET
• Four Killed, Eight Injured in a LDS Church Attack in Michigan; Lawmakers Scramble Before the Looming Tuesday Shutdown; Incumbent New York City Mayor Drops Re-Election Bid; Trump Meets Netanyahu for Ceasefire Talks; Last Physical Video Store Standing in France Despite the Streaming Boom. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Michigan Church Attack: 4 People Killed, Several Missing; Trump Meets Today with Party Leaders at White House. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump Moves to Federalize Oregon National Guard; Harris Shrugs off Democratic Criticism; Michigan Church Attack; Netanyahu Meets with Trump; Pentagon Reporters Pledge; Bad Bunny to Headline Super Bowl. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Trump & Netanyahu to Discuss Gaza Ceasefire Plan; Democrats Demand Extension of Health Subsidies; Moldova Voters Stay on Pro-European Path; U.S. Government to Shut Down if no Deal by Midnight Tuesday; Europe Hold Off USA Comeback to Win Ryder Cup. Aired 9-10a ET
• Donald Trump And Benjamin Netanyahu To Discuss Gaza Ceasefire Plan; Prominent Gaza Teacher Missing Following IDF Strikes; Donald Trump To Meet With Top Congressional Leaders At White House; Sources: Trump To Attend Meeting Of Senior Military Officials; Adams Says He Doesn't Have Funds To Run "A Serious Campaign". Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• "Real Anger": Gunman Went On Anti-Mormon Tirade, Says Local Candidate; Washington Post: Military Leaders Raising Concerns About Hegseth's Strategy; NYC Mayoral Candidate Mamdani Responds To New Trump Threat; Trump: U.S. "Obliterated" Iran's Nuclear Enrichment Capacity. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• At Least Four Killed In Michigan Church Shooting; Marine Veteran Arrested In North Carolina Bar Attack; Oregon, Portland Sue Trump Administration to Stop Troop Deployments; Netanyahu And Trump Are Set To Meet As Pressure Mounts To End War In Gaza; At Least 41 Dead In Crush At Political Rally In India; Trump, Congressional Leaders To Meet As Shutdown Loom. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Sources: Trump To Meet Top Congressional Leaders Today; Current New York City Mayor Eric Adams Suspends Reelection Bid; Europe Survives Strong USA Fightback To Win Ryder Cup. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Both Sides Dig In Ahead Of Last-Ditch White House Meeting; Soon: Top Congressional Leaders Meet With Trump At White House; V.P. Vance: "There's Certainly Going To Be More Indictments"; Trump Says There's No "List," But Urges DOJ To Look Into Rivals; Oregon Sues Trump Admin. Over National Guard Deployment; Right Now: Trump- Netanyahu Meeting On Peace Deal. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Russia Attacks Ukraine With One Of Largest Aerial Assaults Of The War; GOP Leaders Defend Comey Indictment, Downplay Trump's Role; Officials Give Update On Deadly MI Church Attack; FBI: Investigating MI Church Attack As Act Of "Targeted Violence." Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Trump and Netanyahu Speak Following Gaza Talks; Netanyahu Agrees to Trump's 20-Point Plan to End Israel's War on Gaza. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Shutdown Fight Turns Ugly As Trump Posts Racist A.I. Video; Chilling Conversation With Michigan Church Suspect Revealed; Inside Trump's New Peace Plan For Gaza; Trump Suggests DOJ Should Investigate Christopher Wray. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump Promises "Something Special" Ahead of his Meeting with Netanyahu; Israeli Officials: Netanyahu has Reservations about the Proposed Ceasefire Plan; Trump Meets with Democratic & Republican Leaders; Netanyahu and Trump Meeting to Discuss Gaza Ceasefire; Zelenskyy: Russia "Testing How Far it Can Go"; Paris DVD Stores Looking to Last in Streaming Era. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Netanyahu And Trump In Meeting To Discuss Gaza Ceasefire; Trump "Very Confident" About Gaza Peace Deal As Meeting With Netanyahu Gets Underway; Trump To Address Gathering Of U.S. Generals And Admirals; Hearing Ends For Man Accused OF Shooting Activist; Moldova Voters Stay On Pro- European Path; Historic Citadel Reopens In Aleppo After Restoration; Officials Give Update On Michigan Church Shooting; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Meeting With Congressional Leaders To Try To Reach Deal; Netanyahu Says He Supports Trump Plan To End War In Gaza; Eurovision Members To Vote On Israel's Participation; FBI Investigates Latter-Day Saints Church Attack As "Targeted Violence"; X Is "Go-To Platform" For Anti-Semitic Posters; New U.S. Tariffs Overshadow New York Watch Collector Event. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Crews Search for More Attack Victims in Fire-Ravaged Church; Trump Moves to Federalize Oregon National Guard in Portland; Congressional Leaders Negotiate as Government Shutdown Looms. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Government Shutdown Looms; Trump to Meet with Congressional Leaders; Trump About to Meet Netanyahu at White House; Mayor Eric Adams Drops Out of Race. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Netanyahu Arriving At White House For Gaza Peace Talks; WH: FBI Believes Gunman "Hated People Of The Mormon Faith"; Trump Accuses Former FBI Chief Wray Of Lying About Jan. 6. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Michigan Shooting Investigation; Will Supreme Court Take Up Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal?; Buffalo Bills Undefeated. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Fetterman: Shutdown Risks "Plunging Our Nation Into Chaos"; Trump Says He's "Very Close" To Deal To End War In Gaza; Trump Amplifies Medical Conspiracy Theory That Claims Magical Beds Can Cure Any Disease And Reverse Aging. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Trump Announces Gaza Deal; Netanyahu Supports Trump Peace Plan For Gaza; Looming Government Shutdown; Beijing To Begin News Visa Program For Workers; FBI Investigates Church Attack As "Targeted Violence"; Trump To Attend Gathering Of U.S. Generals; Bad Bunny to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump Urges Hamas To Accept Proposed Gaza Peace Plan; White House Releases Trump's 20-Point Peace Plan; Trump Announces New Tariffs; Study: Musk's X Is The "Go-To Platform" For Antisemitism. Aired 3-4p ET