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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Government Shutdown Set To Begin At Midnight; Trump, Hegseth Gather Troops In Rare Meeting, Announce New Military Standards; Interview With Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO); Trump, Hegseth Gather Troops In Rare Meeting, Announce New Military Standards; Hegseth Says The Military Will Impose The "Highest Male Standard" For All Combat Roles; Financier Accused Of Sex Trafficking And Abuse; Trump Warns Of "Irreversible" Changes To Government Due To Shutdown. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with White House Council of Economic Advisers Former Chair Jared Bernstein; Interview with The Economist Israel Correspondent and "Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu" Author Anshel Pfeffer; Interview with Former U.S. Defense Department Official, Former U.S. State Department Official and American Enterprise Institute Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Director Kori Schake; Interview with Associated Press Investigative Reporter Dake Kang. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Soon: Senate Votes On Funding Bills, Midnight Shutdown Looms; Trump Defends Using U.S. Troops To Police Cities; Hegseth Imposes "Male Standard" On Military Combat Roles. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Warns Of "Irreversible" Cuts To Come With Shutdown; Democrats Push To Extend Obamacare Subsidies To Avert Shutdown; Trump Mocks Biden, Touts Economic Policies And Justifies Using Military Force In U.S. Cities; Hegseth: Combat Troops Must Meet "Highest Male Standard Only"; Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC), Is Interviewed About A Veteran Say Govt. Is "Stalling" On Camp Lejeune Payments; Trump: Military Should Use U.S. Cities As "Training Grounds". Aired 5-6p ET
• Government Barrels Toward Shutdown Amid Partisan Deadlock; Trump Strikes Deal With Pfizer To Lower Prescription Drug Prices; Riyadh Comedy Festival Stirs Up Controversy Among Comedians; Hegseth Defends Firing Military Leaders, Shuns Fat Soldiers, Says Combat Troops Must Sese "Highest Male Standard Only"; At Least 13 Dead After 6.9 Earthquake Strikes Central Philippines. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Government Shutdown Imminent After Votes Fail; Trump And Hegseth Lecture Military Leaders In Rare Meeting; Trump Administration To Send National Guard To Illinois; U.S. Government Shuts Down. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Government to Shut Down at Midnight if No Spending Deal Reached; Next Hour, Hegseth Convenes Top Military Official for Rare Meeting; New York Times Reports, Friends of Michigan Church Gunman Say He Had Grudge Against Mormons. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) On Government Shutdown At Midnight If No Spending Deal Reached; Next Hour: Hegseth Convenes Top Military Officials For Rare Meeting; ChatGPT Introduces New Parental Control For Teens. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Military Leaders Concern About Hegseth's Strategy; Government to Shut Down at Midnight if No Spending Deal Reached; Hegseth Addresses Senior Military Officials at Quantico. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Friends Say Michigan Church Gunman Had Grudge; Pressure on Democratic Leaders; Hegseth Addresses Senior Military. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Pete Hegseth Addresses Military Leaders; Wesley Clark is Interviewed about Hegseth's Address. President To Speak at Quantico; Government Shutdown Looming; Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) is Interviewed about a Shutdown; Trump Addresses Military Leaders. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• President Trump Addresses Military Officials. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Sets Deadline For Gaza Peace Plan; Trump Addresses Military Leaders; Interview With Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE); Will Government Shut Down?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Says Hamas Has Three to Four Days to Respond to Gaza Proposal; Louisiana Governor Asks for National Guard Deployment; Trump Administration to Deploy Troops to Illinois Over Objections From State; Oregon Sues Trump Administration Over National Guard Deployment; Trump Unveils TrumpRx Site for Discounted Drugs. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Suggests That Military Should Use Dangerous Cities as Training Grounds; Trump, Hegseth Address Senior Military Officials at Quantico; Government Barrels Toward Shutdown Amid Partisan Deadlock; Navy Veteran Among Victims in LDS Church Shooting. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Hegseth: Combat Troops Will Have to Meet Highest Male Standards; Hegseth Rips Diversity Efforts in Rare Meeting of Top Military Brass; Inside the Cartel Networks Recruiting Young Americans on Social Media; ChatGPT Introduces New Parental Controls for Teens. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• ChatGPT Introduces New Parental Controls For Teens; Hegseth Defends Firing Of Military Leaders, Rips Diversity Efforts; Government Barrels Toward Shutdown Amid Partisan Deadlock; Consumer Confidence Hits Five-Month Low; Friend: Gunman's Hatred For LDS Church Stemmed From Breakup. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Judge Rips into Trump Over Attempts to Deport Pro-Palestinian Academics; Trump: Government Shutdown Probable Likely at Midnight; Trump Unveils TrumpRx Site for Discounted Drugs. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Netanyahu Accepts Trump's Gaza Plan, Hamas Yet To Respond; Zelenskyy Proposes Joint Defense Shield With European Allies; Cuba Pledges Full Support For Venezuela; Activist On Aid Flotilla Headed To Gaza Speaks Out; Bad Bunny To Headline Super Bowl LX Halftime Show. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Trump Secures Netanyahu's Agreement To Gaza Deal; Prominent Gaza Teacher Missing Following IDF Strikes; Jared Kushner Partners With Saudis To Buy Bay Area-Based Game-Maker Electronic Arts; Study Finds Antisemitism On X Is Rampant, Reaches Millions; Authorities Target Cartel Smuggling Operations In U.S.; Saving The Mediterranean's Marine Life; Bad Bunny To Headline Super Bowl LX Halftime Show. Aired 1-2a ET
• Benjamin Netanyahu Accepts Donald Trump's Gaza Plan As Hamas Yet To Respond; Lawmakers Unwilling To Budge As Shutdown Looms; Volodymyr Zelenskyy Proposes Joint Defense Shield With European Allies; Beijing Begins New Visa Program For Tech Workers This Week; U.S. Has Frozen Research Grants, Pushed For Large Cuts To Federal Research Budgets; Beijing Begins New K Visa Program For Tech Workers This Week; Study Finds Anti-Semitism On X Is Rampant, Reaches Millions; Elon Musk Says Community Notes Adequately Address Concerns; Retrospective Honoring Virgil Abloh Opens In Paris. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Israel Accepts Trump's Ceasefire Plan, Hamas Yet to Confirm; U.S. Government Shutdown Happening at Midnight if No Outcome on the Spending Bill from Both Houses; CNN Investigates the Cartel Networks that Recruited Young Teens on Social Media. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Tonight: U.S. Government Shuts Down if No Deal Reached; More Details Emerging about Killer at LDS Church; Soon: Trump to Attend Gathering of Senior Military Officers. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Ghaith al-Omari is Interviewed about the Gaza Plan; Americans Support for Israel Declines; Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) is Interviewed about a Government Shutdown; New York Mayoral Race. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Hamas Reviewing Trump's Gaza Peace Plan; Police Chief: Church Attack was an "Evil Act"; Trump: Only Way to Settle Global Conflicts is Through Strength; Trump: U.S. Ahead of Russia and China on Submarines; Trump Speaks to Top U.S. Military Brass. Aired 9-10a ET
• Did Not Air 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• U.S. Bracing For Government Shutdown At Midnight, First In 7 Years; Hegseth Lays Out Reforms, Decries "Stupid Rules Of Engagement"; Source: Trump-Picked Comey Prosecutor "Was Set Up To Fail". Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Netanyahu Accepts Trump's Gaza Plan, Hamas Yet To Respond; Lawmakers Unwilling To Budge As Shutdown Looms; Trump To Speak At Defense Secretary's Military Meeting; Russia Signs Draft Order For 135,000 New Conscripts. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Netanyahu Accepts Trump's Gaza Plan, Hamas Yet To Respond; Prosecutors Ask Judge To Sentence Music Mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs To 11+ Years; Investigators Seeking Motive Of Michigan Church Attacker. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• U.S. Peace Plan For Gaza Proposes End To War, Return Of Hostages; Lawmakers Dig In Heels As Shutdown Deadline Looms; Trump And Hegseth To Address Top U.S. Generals In Unusual Military Gathering; Investigators Search For Motive In Deadly Michigan Church Attack; Trump Renews Threat Of 100 Percent Tariff On Non-US-Made Films. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• U.S. Peace Plan For Gaza Proposes End To War, Return Of Hostages; Inside The Cartel Networks Recruiting Young Americans; Prosecutors Want Sean "Diddy" Combs To Get More Than 11 Years In Prison; McDonald's Is Bringing Back Monopoly After A Decade. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Inside Politics
• Hegseth: "No More Identity Months, DEI Offices, Dudes In Dresses"; Trump: Military Should Use American Cities As "Training Grounds"; Hegseth: Combat Troops Will Have To Meet "Highest Male Standard Only"; Trump On Shutdown Layoffs: "We May Do A Lot"; Shutdown Now Hours Away As Hopes For Last-Minute Deal Fade. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Announces Deal With Pfizer To Lower Drug Prices; NYT Poll: Trump Deeply Unpopular With Hispanics And Young Voters; Hegseth: Combat Troops Will Have To Meet "Highest Male Standard Only"; Romney Reveals He Personally Urged Biden Admin. To Pardon Trump; Romney Predicts JD Vance Will Be 2028 GOP Nominee. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. Government On Brink Of First Shutdown In Almost 7 Years; Trump Addresses Military Leaders And Advocates For U.S. Cities To Be Used As Training Grounds; Trump Unveils Gaza Peace Plan With A 3-Day Ultimatum For Hamas To Respond; Trump's Roadmap For Peace In Gaza; Netanyahu Accepts Trump's Gaza Plan; One Killed After 6.9 Earthquake Hits Philippines; Extreme Rains In Spain; Drug Cartels Using Young Americans. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Shutdown Imminent After Votes Fail; Trump Threatens To Fire Federal Workers Amid Shutdown; Trump And Hegseth Rail Against Democrats And "Woke" Standards. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump Met with Democratic Leaders on Monday, But No Deal was Struck; Netanyahu Accepts Trump's Gaza Plan, Hamas yet to Respond; Report: Russia's Warning if U.S. Sends Tomahawk Missiles to Ukraine; Less Than 13 Hours Until U.S. Government Shutdown; Authorities Target Cartel Smuggling Operations in U.S.; CHATGPT Says it will Alert Parents to Signs of Self- Harm. Aired 11a-12p ET
• With Hours Left, No Sign Of A Deal To Keep Government Open; Netanyahu Accepts Trump's Gaza Plan, Hamas Yet To Respond; American Views Shifting On Palestinians And Israelis; Cleanup Underway In Spain After Torrential Rain; 12 Teams Vying To Win The 2025 World Series Title; Trump Attends Meeting Of Top Military Brass; No Deal On Funding Bill After Trump Meets Congress Leaders; Voting Ends Today In Viral Contest To Find Fattest Bear. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Threatens Mass Firings If No Agreement Is Reached; Hegseth Decries "Woke Garbage" In Speech To Top Officers; Interview With Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA); Denmark Bans Civil Drone Flights Ahead Of E.U. Meeting; Wealth Tax Proposal Causing A Stir In France; Pfizer Agrees To Lower Drug Prices Amid Trump Pressure. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Addresses Senior Military Officials at Quantico. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Addresses Senior Military Officials at Quantico; Hegseth Addresses Senior Military Leaders. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With Chicago, Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson; President Trump to Announce New Deal on Prescription Drugs; Interview With Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI); Government Shutdown Imminent?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview With Former President of CNN Tom Johnson; Michigan Shooting Investigation; Interview With Chicago, Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump On Govt Shutdowns: "You Have To Do Layoffs"; Trump: Military Should Use U.S. Cities As "Training Grounds"; Government About To Shut Down As Votes Fail. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Looming U.S. Shutdown; Trump Suggests Troops Use Cities as "Training Grounds"; Trump Attends Meeting of Top Military Brass; Oregon and Portland Sue White House; Drug Cartels Recruiting Young Americans. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Nine Hours To Go Until U.S. Government Shuts Down; Trump Giving Hamas "3-4 Days" To Respond To Gaza Plan; Hegseth: U.S. Military Must Fix "Decades Of Decay"; FBI Supporting Immigration Enforcement In Chicago; At Least One Killed After 6.9 Earthquake Hits Philippines; Taliban Cut Internet Services Across Afghanistan; ChatGPT Introduces New Parental Controls For Teens. Aired 3-4p ET