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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Interview With Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD); Interview With Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA); Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentenced To Four Plus Years In Prison; Cassie Ventura's Attorney Says "Nothing Can Undo The Trauma Caused By Combs"; Hamas Agrees To Enter Negotiations To Release Hostages; Sec. Def. Says U.S. Strike On Boat Off Venezuela Kills Four; Taylor Swift's "The Life Of A Showgirl"; Trump-Epstein Statue Returns. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns; Interview with "The Smashing Machine" Director Benny Safdie; Interview with "A Thousand Ways to Die" Author Trymaine Lee. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Shutdown Extends As Senate Fails Again To Pass Funding Bills; Hamas Responds To President Trump's Peace Plan For Gaza; Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentenced To 50 Months In Prison. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentenced Four-Plus Years In Prison; Hamas Agrees To Enter Negotiations To Release All Hostages; Trump: I Believe Hamas Is "Ready For A Lasting Peace"; Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Is Interviewed About Gov't Shutdown Likely To Go Into Next Week With No Deal In Sight; WH Freezes Funding For Blue Cities & States Amid Shutdown; Trump Posts A.I. Song Parody Of Russ Vought As The Grim Reaper. Aired 5-6p ET
• Fired Federal Prosecutor Tapes Note To Door On His Way Out, Accuses DOJ Leadership Of Making Americans Less Safe; Hamas Agrees To Enter Negotiations to Release All Hostages; Sean Diddy Combs Sentenced To Four-Plus Years In Prison; Bad Bunny To Headline The 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• ICE's Chicago Raid, Black Hawks, Flash Bangs, Kids In Zip Ties; Arrest Of MAGA Influencer Prompts Feds To Threaten Portland; Hamas Accepts Trump's Peace Plan But With Conditions; Mass Firings Feared After Government Shutdown. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Sources Say, White House Has List of Agencies It's Targeting With Mass Firings; Soon, Judge Sentences Sean Diddy Combs; Labor Department Not Releasing September Jobs Report. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Senate Expected To Vote Again Today On Bill To End Shutdown; Today: Judge Sentences Sean "Diddy" Combs; Taylor Swift Releases 12th Studio Album "The Life of a Showgirl." Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Dozens of Cases of Victims Being Terrorized by ICE Impersonators; Sean Diddy Combs Expected to Address Court Before Sentencing; White House has List of Agencies It's Targeting with Mass Firings; Taylor Swift Release 12th Studio Album The Life of a Showgirl. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Polls on the Shutdown; Trump's Post Ahead of Layoffs; Emily Thoompson is Interviewed about the National Parks; Allison Foerster is Interviewed about Chicago Students' Trip to Rome. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Sentencing for Sean "Diddy" Combs; Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) is Interviewed about the Shutdown; Lori Chavez-DeRemer is Interviewed about the Jobs Report Delay. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• FEMA Halts Preparedness Grants; Rob Sheffield is Interviewed about the Swift Album. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Taylor Swift Releases New Album; Interview With Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS); Government Shutdown Continues; Sean 'Diddy' Combs Faces Sentencing. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Taylor Swift's "The Life Of A Showgirl" Goes On Sale With Much Fanfare; Sean Combs Expected To Address Judge At Sentencing Hearing Soon; Prosecution Witness Mia Decides Not To Speak at Combs' Sentencing; Obamacare Subsidies At Center Of Government Funding Impasse; FDA Approves Second Generic Abortion Pill. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentencing Hearing is Underway; Prosecutors Are Seeking A Sentence Of More Than 11 Years; Sean Combs Expected To Address Judge At Sentencing Hearing; Senate Voting Again On Bill To Reopen Government. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Senate Voting Again on Bill to Reopen Government; Sean Combs Expected to Address Judge at Sentencing Hearing; Hamas Says Response to Trump's Peace Plan Coming Soon. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Soon: Sean Combs Expected To Address Judge In Court; Soon: Sean Combs Expected To Address Judge At Sentencing Hearing; Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) Discusses Government Shutdown; Senate Fails To Pass Bills To Reopen Government; Hegseth: U.S. Struck "Narco-Trafficking Vessel" Off Venezuela. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Sean Diddy Combs Expected to Address Judge at Sentencing Hearing; Hamas Responds to Trump's Gaza Ceasefire Deal. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Two People Killed in Attack on British Synagogue; Trump to Lay Off Thousands of Federal Employees During Government Shutdown; NATO Surveillance Flights Keep Watch Over Eastern Europe; Israel Intercepts Gaza Aid Flotilla, Detains Hundreds; Chef's Recipes Help People in Gaza Cook with Few Ingredients; Taylor Swift Drops New, Eagerly Anticipated Studio Album. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Putin Praises Trump But Warns Supplies Of Tomahawk Missiles To Kyiv Could Hurt Ties; 2 Killed In Terror Attack On British Synagogue; Trump Will Determine How Long To Give Hamas To Accept Gaza Plan; White House Mass Layoffs Could Start In Coming Day; Trump Determined The U.S. Is Now In A War With Drug Cartels; Journalist Will Be Deported to El Salvador on Friday; Rise of ICE Impersonations Raising Fear Across U.S.; Migrant Caravan Seeks to Settle in Mexico; Sean Combs Asks for Mercy in Letter Ahead of Sentencing; Rare Glimpse into Britain's Prince William's Private Thoughts. Aired 1-2a ET
• Synagogue in Manchester Attacked, Two Jewish Men Killed During Yom Kippur; U.S. Government Shutdown on Third Day; Flotilla Intercepted Carrying Aid to Gaza; Done Sightings in Munich Airport Pauses Flights, Putin Ridicules Incident; Taylor Swift Drops New Album; Taylor Swift Drops New, Eagerly Anticipated Studio Album; Astronomers Watching Rogue Planet That Behaves Like A Star. Aired 2- 2:45a ET
• Two People Killed at an Attack During a Yom Kippur Observance at a Synagogue in Northern England; Deadlock Remains Stalled as Shutdown Might Extend by Next Week but Firings May Happen; Taylor Swift's "Life of a Showgirl" Album is Officially Launched. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• White House to Have List of Agencies, Firings as Soon as Today; U.K. Police: 1 Victim in Synagogue Attack Killed by Officers. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Emily M. Dickens is Interviewed about Jobs Data; Trump Administration Conflict with Drug Cartels; Alyse Adamson is Interviewed about Combs Sentencing; FEMA Halts Grant Money. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Police: Officers Likely Shot a Manchester Attack Victim who Died; White House Waiting on Hamas' Response to Gaza Proposal; Seab Diddy Combs to be Sentenced; Shutdown Delays Collection and Release of Key Economic Data; Nvidia Shares Hit Record High Thursday. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Sentencing Hearing Today for Sean "Diddy" Combs; NATO Beefs Up Military Operations in Eastern Europe; Munich Airport Reopens After Drone Sightings Forced Shutdown; Trump Upgrades U.S. Security Commitment to Qatar; Trump Tells Hamas Accept Peace Deal by Sunday or Face "All Hell"; Taylor Swift's New Album Hits Stores, Streaming and Theaters; Survivor of Synagogue Attacks Speaks Out; Journalist Set to be Deported to El Salvador. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Coin Revealed Amid A Shutdown With No End In Sight; Apple Removes ICE Tracking Apps; "Diddy" Sentenced To 4+ Years. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• White House: Mass Layoffs Could Start In Coming Day; Two People Killed In Attack On British Synagogue; Taylor Swift Drops New, Eagerly Anticipated Studio Album. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Taylor Swift Drops New, Eagerly Anticipated Studio Album; First Female Archbishop of Canterbury Is Appointed; Israel Intercepts Gaza Aid Flotilla, Detains Hundreds. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sentencing Hearing Underway; Prosecutor Accuses Combs And Defense Of "Victim-Blaming"; Shutdown Likely To Last Into Next Week As Lawmakers Remain Deadlocked; Democrats Say Threat Of Mass Firings Won't Force Them To Accept GOP Plan; Trump Sets Sunday Deadline For Hamas To Agree To Gaza Peace Deal. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Gives Hamas Sunday Evening Deadline Or Face "All Hell"; Now: Sean ""Diddy"" Combs Sentencing Hearing Underway; Conservative Warns Trump Not To Replace DEI With Incompetence; French: GOP Is No Longer Conservative, It is "Anti-Left". Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Four Killed In Latest U.S. Strike On Alleged Drug Vessel Near Venezuela; Judge To Decide the Fate Of Disgraced Music Mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs Today; Trump Sets Sunday Deadline For Hamas; Sr. Hamas Official: Response To Trump Peace Plan Coming Soon; U.K. Stunned After Deadly Terrorist Attack Outside Synagogue; U.S. Lawmakers Remain At Impasse On Day Three Of Shutdown; Sarah Mullally Appointed First Female Archbishop Of Canterbury; Huge Protest In Barcelona And Across Italy In Support Of Gaza, Global Aid Flotilla. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Diddy Sentenced To Over Four Years In Prison; Laura Coates Interviews Suge Knight and Sharay Hayes; ICE Agents Raid Chicago's South Shore; Prosecutor Fired By Trump DOJ Leaves Note. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Sean Diddy Combs Sentencing Hearing Underway; Israel's Seizure of Aid Flotilla Sparks Global Protests; Munich Airport Reopens after Drone Sightings Forced Shutdown; Trump Administration: "Thousands" of Federal Workers to be Fired; Two Dozen Cases of People Posing as ICE Officers in 2025; Album "The Life of a Showgirl" Dropped at Midnight. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Attack Survivor Describes Experience Inside The Synagogue; Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentencing Hearing Underway; Trump Administration: Thousands Of Federal Workers To Be Fired; Venezuela Says It Detected Five U.S. Planes Near Coast; October 1 Expiration Of AGOA Puts U.S.-Africa Trade In Peril; Aired 12-12:45p ET


Quest Means Business
• Hamas Responds To Trump's Gaza Ceasefire; Sean "Diddy" Combs Addressing Judge In Sentencing Hearing; Asset Prices Soar Despite Increasing Uncertainty; Investors Flying Blind As U.S. Economic Data Gets Delayed; Richard Quest Assembles An IKEA Chair With CEO Of Ingka Group; Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentenced To Four Years And Two Months In Prison. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Any Moment, Sentencing Hearing Begins for Sean Diddy Combs; Prosecutors are Seeking a Sentence of More Than 11 Years; Prosecution Witness Mia Decides Not to Speak at Combs' Sentencing. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Witness "Mia" Decides Not to Speak at Combs' Sentencing; Sean Combs Sentencing Underway. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now: Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentencing Hearing Underway. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Sean 'Diddy' Combs Faces Sentencing; Health Care Debate Fact- Check. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentenced To Four-Plus Years In Prison; Trump: "Very Close To Achieving" Peace In The Middle East; House Will Not Return As Shutdown Enters Second Week. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Hamas Agrees To Immediately Negotiate Hostage Releases; Hamas Responds Positively To Trump's Gaza Peace Plan; Sean Combs Sentenced To 50 Months In Prison; U.S. Government Shutdown Deadlock; Two Victims In Synagogue Attack Hit by Police Gunfire; U.S. Strikes Another Boat Off Venezuela Coast; Taylor Swift's New Album. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Senior Hamas Official: Response To Trump Peace Plan Coming Soon; Israel: Four Flotilla Participants Deported, Others To Follow; UK Police: Two Victims In Synagogue Attack Hit By Police Gunfire; U.S. Carries Out New Strike Against Vessel Near Venezuela; Journalist Deported After Months In ICE Custody; Sean "Diddy" Combs' Sentencing Hearing Underway; Taylor Swift Releases "Life Of A Showgirl" Album; U.S. Government Shutdown Likely To Last Into Next Week. Aired 3-4p ET