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CNN Transcripts for October 04, 2025

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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); Interview with "The Smashing Machine" Director Benny Safdie; FIFA Backs Afghan Women Soccer Team; Interview with Former CNN President Tom Johnson; When Afghanistan Emerged from a Media Blackout. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Soon: Judge Decides If National Guard Can Deploy To Oregon; Witkoff, Kushner Travel To Egypt For Gaza Hostage Talks This Weekend; Israel And Hamas Move Forward On Trump's Gaza Peace Plan; Congress Leaves D.C. With No Funding Deal In Sight; WH Argues Dems To Blame For Potential Federal Layoffs; Treasury Considers Plans To Make $1 Trump Coin; Pro-Palestinian Protests Take Place Across Italy; CNN Joins NATO Surveillance Flight Over Eastern Europe; Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentenced To Four Plus Years In Prison. Aired 12-1p ET
• Israel And Hamas Move Forward On Trump's Gaza Peace Plan; At Least 18 People Arrested Outside Illinois ICE Facility; Illinois Gov. Blasts Trump Admin "Federal Overreach"; Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign; Shutdown Affecting Fed Workers; Military Working Without Pay; Congress Leaves DC With No Funding Deal In Sight; Witkoff And Kushner Travel To Egypt; Rogue Planet Is Caught Behaving Like A Star. Aired 1-2p ET
• Judge to Decide on Whether to Block President Trump from Deploying National Guard Troops to Portland, Oregon; Multiagency Federal Operation in Chicago Using Blackhawk Helicopter, Military Vehicles, and Heavy Weaponry Leads to Arrest of 37 People; Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker Announces Trump Administration Plans to Federalize 300 Illinois National Guard Members; Israel Forms Delegation to Lead Ceasefire Talks Under President Trump's 20-Point Peace Plan in Gaza; Trump Administration Tariffs Adversely Affecting Halloween Oriented Businesses; FEMA Halting Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Emergency Preparedness Grants Until States Recount their Populations and Exclude Migrants Deported by Trump Administration; Two Teenagers Killed in Hit and Run While Riding E-Bikes in Cranford, New Jersey. Aired 2-3p ET
• Former NFL Quarterback Mark Sanchez Hospitalized In Indianapolis; Governor Pritzker Says Trump Wants To Federalize Illinois National Guard; Rise Of ICE Impersonations Causing Fear; Netanyahu Expresses Optimism For Hostage Release; Interview With Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-FL) About Government Shutdown; Veteran Says Government Stalling On Camp Lejeune Payments; Remembering The Life And Legacy Of Jane Goodall. Aired 3-4p ET
• Netanyahu Says He Hopes Hostages Will be Released Within Days; Interview With Former Israeli Ambassador To The United States Michael Oren; Federal Agents And Protesters Clash In Chicago; Interview With Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY); Congress Leaves D.C. With No Funding Deal In Sight; Poll Shows Trump, GOP Taking Heat For Shutdown; Soon: Judge To Decide If National Guard Can Deploy To Portland; European Union Leaders Weigh "Drone Wall" After Alleged Russian Incursions; Four- Legged Friends Help First Responders Cope With Stress. Aired 5-6p ET
• Federal Agents And Protesters Clash Near Illinois ICE Facility; Netanyahu Says He Hopes Hostages Will Be Released Within Days; Interview With Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA); Congress Leaves D.C. With No Funding Deal In Sight; Trump W.H. Threatening Thousands Of Govt. Layoffs, Freezes Billions In Funds For Democratic-Led Cities; Former NFL Q.B. And Current TV Analyst Mark Sanchez Arrested While Hospitalized From Apparent Stabbing In Indianapolis; Who Do Americans Blame For The Government Shutdown? Aired 6-7p ET
• Netanyahu Hopes Hostages To Be Released Within Days; Trump Team Heads To Cairo For Gaza Peace Negotiations; Shutdown Affecting Federal Workers, Military Working Without Pay; Protesters Face Off With Federal Agents In Chicago; Judge To Decide If National Guard Can Deploy To Portland; Chicago Alderperson Says ICE Agents Handcuffed Her At Hospital, Sean "Diddy" Combs Begins His Four Plus Years Sentence; Big Week For Bad Bunny. Aired 7-8p ET
• Israel And Hamas Appear To Move Forward On Trump's Peace Plan; Japan's Ruling LDP Elecs Sanae Takaichi New Party Leader; Combs Sentenced To 4-Plus Years, Defense Vows To Appeal; First Woman Becomes Archbishop Of Canterbury; Pope Leo Weighs In On Controversial Issues. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• Israel And Hamas Signals They Are Open To Trump's Peace Plan; No Plans For Lawmakers To Meet This Weekend Amid Closure; White House Freezes Funding For Democratic Cities, States Amid Shutdown; Sanae Takaichi Set To Be Japan's First Female PM; Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentenced To Over 4 Years In Prison; 4th U.S. Strike On Suspected Drug Boats In Caribbean. Aired 4-5a ET
• Israel And Hamas Appear To Move Forward On Trump's Peace Plan; Israel Intercepts Last Boat From Gaza-Bound Aid Flotilla; Closure Poised To Enter Second Week Amid Stalemate; Japan Could Soon Have Its First Female Prime Minister; Judge Sentences Combs To 4 Plus Years & $500,000 Fine; Judge To Decide If National Guard Can Deploy To Oregon; Illinois Governor Warns Of Constitutional Crisis; Fired U.S. Prosecutor Warns DOJ More Focused On Trump's Enemies Than On National Security; Vladimir Putin Jokes About Drone Sightings Over Europe; WNBA Stars Criticize Leadership Ahead Of Finals; Taylor Swift Releases 12th Studio Album. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Illinois Governor Targets ICE In Fiery Speech; Judge Weighs Halting Trump's National Guard Deployment In Oregon; Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentenced To Over 4 Years In Prison; Israel Freezes Gaza City Operation, Prepares Talks Following Hamas Response On Ceasefire Plan. U.S. Government Shutdown Enters Day 4 As Republicans and Democrats Trade Barbs at Each Other; Fired National Security Prosecutor Ben'Ary Leaves Letter Behind; Chevron Refinery in El Segundo California Catches Fire. Aired 6-7a ET
• Judge Sentences Combs To Four Plus Years In Prison And $500,000 Fine; Government Shutdown Will Last At Least Until Monday; Israel And Hamas Appear To Move Forward On Trump's Peace Plan; White House Concerned About Political Fallout From Shutdown; Trump Posts "Grim Reaper" A.I. Video About Potential Mass Firings; Combs' Lawyers Argue Sentence Was "Un-American" And Plan To Appeal; Tariffs Push Up Halloween Prices, Limit Choices. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• ICE Cracker Hits Up; Videos Capture Fed Ramp-Up Of Immigration Crackdown; Noem: Asked Military To Head To Chicago After New ICE Protest. Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump Posts Controversial Meme about Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies Comments on Current Government Shutdown; Federal Agents Raid Chicago Apartment Building to Arrest Illegal Immigrants, and They Also Detain American Citizens, Including Zip-Tying Children; War Secretary Pete Hegseth Calls U.S. Military Leaders to Meeting to Hear New Trump Administration Policies on Armed Forces Standards and Training Practices; Trump Administration Tariffs Hurting Business of American Soybean Farmers and May Lead to Government Bailout. Aired 10-11a ET


Smerconish
• Shutdown Expected To Extend Until Next Week; Sen. Chris Coons, (D-DE), Is Interviewed About Government Shutdown; Polarization Has Erased Moderates From Congress; When Blue-Collar Democrats Began Drifting Right. Is Gen Z Unemployable? Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• The Whole Story: The Case Against Diddy. Aired 10-11p ET