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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Hostages Freed; Trump: This Is The Historic Dawn Of A New Middle East; Shoshany: Today Is A Deeply Emotional Day For Us Here In Israel; Former President Obama Discusses The State Of The Democracy Under Trump In Final "WTF Podcast" Episode; Movie Legend Diane Keaton Dies At 79; Senior Prosecutor Removed As Trump-Appointed Lindsey Halligan Reshapes Key U.S. Attorney's Office. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Mother Of Former Hostage Romi Gonen, Meirav Leshem Gonen; Interview With INARA Program Coordinator In Gaza, Yousra Abu Sharekh; Interview With Georgetown University Center For Contemporary Arab Studies Visiting Scholar Khaled Elgindy; Interview With Former Hostage Negotiator And "The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Schalit from Hamas" Author Gershon Baskin. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump & World Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Obama Rebukes Trump: "We're Being Tested Right Now"; Sources: Senior Prosecutor Removed In Key U.S. Attorney's Office. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• All Hamas Hostages Released; President Trump And World Leaders Sign Ceasefire Deal; Uncertainty Over Hamas Control And Security; Three Dead As Nor'easter Batters East Coast; Devastating Typhoon Hits Alaska; Bipartisan Policy Group: Roughly 1.4M Federal Workers Furloughed Or Working Without Pay; Maya Rudolph And Joel Kim Booster Talk New Season Of Apple T.V. Show "Loot". Aired 5-6p ET
• Emotional Reunions And Ceasefire Deal Signing Mark Historic Day; Trump Admin Reinstates Hundreds Of CDC Staffers Mistakenly Fired; Top Prosecutor Removed As Trump Ally Reshapes Key DOJ Office; Obama Rips Businesses, Law Firms For Conceding To Trump; Annie Lennox Looks Back At Career In Visual Memoir. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Declares End To Gaza War In Historic Ceasefire Deal; Trump Says, This Is The Historic Dawn Of A New Middle East; Wall Street Journal Reports, Trump Privately Shocked At Lack Of Resistance In Term; Mamdani And James Join Forces; Republicans Proud Of Trump's Iron Fist; Several Airports Refuse To Play A Video Of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem At TSA Security Line. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Addresses Israeli Parliament After Hostages Freed; Trump Says, Triumph for Israel and World to Work Together to Free Hostages; Trump to Israeli Parliament, Let Us Remember How This All Began. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump Addresses Israeli Parliament After Hostages Freed. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Addresses Israeli Parliament After Hostages Freed; 250 Palestinian Prisoners, 1,700 Detainees Set for Release. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Heads to Egypt for Summit; Trump Speaks to Israeli Knesset. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Goes to Egypt for Summit on Gaza; Hostages Released from Gaza. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Hostages are Returning Home to Israel; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is Interviewed about the Hostages Release; Trump Heading to Egypt for Summit. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• President Trump Holds News Conference in Egypt. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump, World Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal; All Living Hostages Freed After Two Years of Hamas Captivity; Hamas Hands Over Four Coffins With Remains of Deceased Hostages. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump, World Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal; All Living Hostages Freed After Two Years of Hamas Captivity; Hamas Hands Over Four Coffins With Remains of Deceased Hostages. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump, World Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Emotional Scenes as Families Reunite with Freed Palestinians; Displaced Palestinians Return Home to Destruction and Ruins. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• All Living Hostages Freed After Two Years of Hamas Captivity; Emotional Scenes as Families Reunited with Freed Palestinians; Trump, World Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Hostages & Palestinian Prisoners Freed as Trump Hails Gaza Deal; U.S. Troops Set to Monitor Gaza Ceasefire Deal. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Caskets with Remains of 4 Hostages Arrive at Israeli Forensic Institute; Trump, World Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Rubble Cleared in Gaza as Trump Says Now the Rebuilding Begins; Trump to Meet with Zelenskyy at White House on Friday. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Families Gathering in Anticipation of Hostage Release; Trump, Egypt to Host Summit on Gaza Monday; U.N.: 'Real Progress' in Humanitarian Operations in Gaza. Aired 12-1a ET
• Hamas Hands Over Hostages to Red Cross; Israeli Sources: First Living Hostages Released to Red Cross. Aired 1-2a ET
• Seven Hostages Released By Hamas; President Trump To Meet With Prime Minister Netanyahu; First Seven Hostages Cross Into Israel As Trump Arrives. Aired 2-3a ET
• CNN's Breaking News Coverage Of The Israel-Hamas Ceasefire And The Release Of The Remaining Hostages Held By Hamas. Aired 3-4a ET
• Israel Source: Remaining Living Hostages Are With Red Cross; Trump To Address Knesset Shortly; First Seven Hostages Are At Re'im Military Base For Medical Checks; Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Hamas Holds No Living Hostages For First Time In Two Years; Final 13 Living Hostages In Custody Of Israeli Military. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• All Living Hostages Freed After Two Years of Hamas Captivity; President Trump Set to Address the Knesset; Sources Tell CNN Netanyahu is Considering Attending Egypt Summit. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• All Living Hostages Freed After Two Years Of Hamas Captivity; World Leaders To Gather In Egypt For Summit On Gaza's Future; Some Palestinian Prisoners Now In West Bank, Gaza After Release. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• All Living Israeli Hostages Now Released by Hamas; Netanyahu Addresses Knesset, Thanks Trump. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Benjamin Netanyahu's Speech; Benjamin Netanyahu Speaks After Hostage Release; Dan Senor is Interviewed about Israel. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Did Not Air 9-10a ET
• Did Not Air 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Soon: Letitia James' First Public Speech Since Trump DOJ Indictment; Trump: Gaza Ceasefire "Could Be The Greatest Deal" I've Ever Done; "Take A Stand": Obama Blasts Groups Caving To Trump's Demands; Trump Says He Could Give Ukraine Missiles Capable Of Hitting Moscow. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Did Not Air 5-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Families Celebrate Return Of Hostages After 2 Years In Captivity; World Leaders Gather In Egypt For Peace Deal Signing; Hamas Frees Final 20 Living Hostages After Two Years; Trump Calls Middle East "A Region Transformed"; Trump Celebrates Ceasefire, Hails "Dawn Of A New Middle East". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump, World Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Hamas Frees Final 20 Living Hostages After Two Years; Trump Celebrates Ceasefire, Hails "Dawn Of A New Middle East". Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• President Trump And World Leaders Sign Gaza Peace Deal In Sharm El- Sheikh Egypt; Emotional Reunions After Hamas Releases All Living Hostages; Israel Frees Nearly 2k Palestinian Detainees; France's Macron Participates in Gaza Summit; All 20 Living Hostages Return To Israel; Trump Joins Other World Leaders In Egypt For Gaza Summit. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Emotional Reunions As Hostages Return To Israel; Is John Bolton Next To Face Trump's Retribution?; Obama Knocks Trump, Gives Message To Democrats. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump, World Leaders Sign Gaza Peace Deal; Trump: Phase Two Of Gaza Ceasefire Deal Has Started; Trump On Gaza: Let Us Continue In Spirit Of Cooperation; Emotional Reunions As All 20 Remaining Living Hostages Freed; Three Researchers Receive Nobel Prize For Economics. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• All Living Hostages Freed After Two Years of Hamas Captivity; Soon, Trump Arrives in Egypt for Gaza Summit; Trump Calls on Israel's President to Pardon Netanyahu. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Arrives in Egypt for Summit on Gaza's Future. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Speaks After Arriving In Egypt For Gaza Summit; Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN), Is Interviewed About President Trump, World Leaders In Egypt For Gaza Summit. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Israeli Hostages Released; Interview With Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Declares "The War In Gaza Is Over"; Obama To Dems: "You Can't Just Be A Scold All The Time"; Sources: Prosecutors Met To Finalize Potential Bolton Indictment. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Trump and World Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Israel Releases About 2,000 Palestinian Prisoners; All Living Hostages Returned to Israel; Palestinian Prisoners Released in Gaza; Trump to Host Zelenskyy at WH on Friday; Trump Softens Tone After Latest China Tariff Flare-Up; WH Releases Signed "Trump Peace Agreement"; Aid Groups Look to Boost Deliveries to Gaza. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Emotional Reunions After Hamas Releases All Living Hostages; Israel Frees Nearly 2,000 Palestinian Detainees; Trump & Other Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal In Egypt. Aired 3-4p ET