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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• New York Times: Trump Wants DOJ To Pay Him $230M For Past Cases; Trump Nominee Ingrassia Withdraws From Confirmation Hearing; Jewels Stolen In Louvre Heist Estimated To Be Worth $102 Million; Pres. Trump Embraces AI To Post Mocking Videos; Epstein Survivor Virginia Giuffre's Posthumous Memoir Published; HBO Documentary "Armed Only With A Camera" Shows The Dangers Journalists Face While Reporting In Conflict Zones; Documentary Highlights Impact OF Brent Renaud's Work. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former NATO Secretary General and "On My Watch" Author Jens Stoltenberg; Interview with "No Other Land" Co-Director Basel Adra; Interview with "No Other Land" Co-Director Yuval Abraham; Interview with Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice and "Life, Law & Liberty" Author Anthony Kennedy. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• NYT: Trump Wants DOJ To Pay Him $230 Million For Past Cases; GOP Senators Urge Trump To Pull Controversial Nominee; Crews Demolish Part Of East Wing To Build Trump's Ballroom. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Takes Questions From Reporters; Trump Wants $230 Million From DOJ For Investigating Him; Virginia Giuffre's Posthumous Memoir Details Alleged Abuse By Epstein And Others; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Is Interviewed About Government Shutdown Now 21 Days, Tying Record For 2nd-Longest; VP Downplays Ceasefire Concerns, Admin Officials Privately Worry; GOP Curtis Sliwa Defies Pressure Campaign To Exit Mayor's Race. Aired 5-6p ET
• New York Times Reports, Trump Demands $230 Million Settlement From DOJ For Past Cases; Racist Text Message Report Threatens To Derail Trump Nominee; Weather Balloon May Have Cracked United Plane's Windshield; Indiana University Clashes With Student Paper Over Press Freedom. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• New York Times Reports, Trump Demands DOJ Pay Him $230 Million For Past Cases; Pardoned Capitol Rioter Accused Of Threatening To Kill Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY); Nearly A Third Of The Recruits Fail ICE's Personal Fitness Test; Shutdown Becomes The Longest In History. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• V.P. Vance Arrives in Israel to Bolster Fragile Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Politico Report on Racist Texts Appear to Derail Trump Nominee; V.A. Therapists and Patients Say Treatment Sessions are Being Limited. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• VP Vance Visits Israel Amid Negotiations For Phase Two Of Ceasefire; Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) On NC GOP Push For New Map To Gain House Seat; Appeals Court Rules Trump Can Send Troops To Portland. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Giuffre's Posthumous Memoir Heaps Fresh Scrutiny on Prince Andrew; Politico Report on Racist Texts Appears to Derail Trump Nominee; Demo Begins at White House to Replace East Wing with Trump's Ballroom; Man Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Shoot Up Atlanta Airport. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Kenvue Challenges proposed Label Change; Polls on Politics; Mitch Green is Interviewed about Troops in Portland; Vance Visits Israel Amid Phase Two of Ceasefire; Gina Plata-Nino is Interviewed about SNAP; Bear Attacks in Japan. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• White House Demolishes East Wing; Government Shutdown Enters Day 21; Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) is Interviewed about the Shutdown; Man Arrested in Atlanta Airport; Scott Selby is Interviewed about the Louvre Heist. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Reporter Shares Texts from Halligan; Home Buyers Face High Demand; Roblox Subpoenaed over Child Safety. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Nominee Under Fire; Interview With Portland, Oregon, City Councilmember Eric Zimmerman; White House Backtracks on Trump-Putin Meeting; Government Shutdown Continues. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• White House Officials Say No Plans for Trump-Putin Summit in Near Future; Florida Ag Issues Criminal Subpoenas to Roblox Over Child Safety; Chess Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky Dead at 29; Sanae Takaichi Elected as Japan's First Female Prime Minister; George Springer's Heroics Catapult Blue Jays Into World Series; Plane With Cracked Windscreen May Have Hit Weather Balloon. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Bitter Divide on Capitol Hill as Government Shutdown Enters Week Four; White House Begins Demolition of East Wing for Trump Ballroom; Pardoned Capitol Rioter Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Democratic House Minority Leader, Jeffries; Trump Threatens Hamas With Heavy Force if Ceasefire Falters; V.P. Vance in Israel to Bolster Fragile Gaza Ceasefire Deal. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Recent Audit Warned About Issues with Louvre's Security Systems; V.A. Therapists and Patients Say Treatment Sessions are Being Limited; Memoir: Virginia Giuffre Raped by Well-Known Prime Minister; Trump Blames Homebuilders for U.S. Housing Shortage; Biden Rings Bell After He Completes Course of Radiation Therapy. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Biden Rings Bell After He Completes Course Of Radiation Therapy; Trump Urges Dems To Reopen Govt, Calls Them "Obstructionists"; Bitter Divide On Capitol Hill As Government Shutdown Enters Week 4; Court Allows Trump To Send Oregon National Guard Into Portland; Fate Of Trump's Pick To Lead Office Of Special Counsel In Question; White House's Karoline Leavitt Posts Her Insults To Reporter Online. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• HuffPost: Leavitt Posting Heated Exchange with Reporter Backfires; Trump's Hope for Quick Second Summit with Putin Have Stalled Out; Interview with Sen. Jackie Rosen (D-NV); Schumer Says He and Jeffries Reached Out to Trump Today to Urge Him to Sit Down and Negotiate; Pardoned Capitol Rioter Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Democratic House Minority Leader Jeffries. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Japan Votes for a New Prime Minister; U.S. Envoys Witkoff, Kushner Meet Israel Prime Minister and Officials; Zelenskyy to Meet with Main Allies in London Friday; Thieves Steal "Priceless" Jewels from Louvre in Paris; Colombia Recalls Ambassador to U.S. Amid Diplomatic Feud; Amazon: Systems Back Online after Global Outage. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Sanae Takaichi Elected To Be First Female Prime Minister; Zelenskyy To Meet Allies In London On Friday; Budapest Trump-Putin Summit Delayed As Rubio-Lavrov Talks Put On Hold; U.S., Australia Sign Rare Earth, Mineral Agreement As China Tightens Supply; Colombia Recalls Ambassador From U.S. Amid Rising Tensions In Bilateral Ties; Thieves Steal "Priceless" Jewels from Louvre in Paris; Virginia Giuffre's Posthumous Memoir Releases Tuesday; Former French President Sarkozy to Begin Prison Term; Amazon Systems Back Online after Global Outage; Inside Spain's Lavish El Transcantabrico Train. Aired 1-2a ET
• Sanae Takaichi Becomes Japan's First Female Prime Minister; Donald Trump Pressured Volodymyr Zelenskyy To Give Up Land To Vladimir Putin; Gaza Is In The Range Of 84 Percent Destroyed; Manhunt for Thieves Who Stole Louvre's Crown Jewels; Former French President Sarkozy to Begin Prison Term; Appeals Court Allows Trump to Send National Guard to Portland; Giant Panda Twins Make Their Debut in Chinese Zoo; Millions Celebrating Diwali Around the World. Aired 2- 2:45a ET
• Japan Elects Historic-First Female Prime Minister; Former French President Begins His Sentencing in Jail; Amazon Web Services Fully Restored After An Outage that Lasted for Almost a Day. Aired 3- 4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Appeals Court: Trump Can Deploy National Guard to Portland; Brazen Thieves on the Run after Broad Daylight Jewel Heist at Louvre. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-OR) is Interviewed about Troops in Portland; Seven Universities Reject the White House Funding Deal; sultan Meghji is Interviewed about the Web Outage; White House Demolishes East Wing. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Sanae Takaichi Becomes Japan's First Female Prime Minister; Sarkozy Denies Any Wrongdoing and Intends to Appeal; Demolition Begins for new $200M White House Ballroom; Strong Corporate Earnings Push Major Indices Higher; Springer's Late HR Launches Blue Jays into World Series. Aired 9- 9:45a ET
• Qatar's Ruler Accuses Israel of Ceasefire Violations; VP Vance Expected to Speak in Israel; The Cases of Gaza Medics Detained by Israel; Trump's Hopes for Quick Second Putin Summit May Be Stalled; Interview with Former Colombian President Ivan Duque on Petro-Maduro Feud; Fresh Claims about Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew in New Giuffre Book; Real Estate Firm Based in Germany Obtains First Sharia Licenses; Mahmoud Khalil Fights Ongoing U.S. Deportation Case. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Speaker Johnson Sued Over Failure To Seat Dem Needed For Epstein Vote; NYT: Trump Demands DOJ Pay Him $230 Million For Cases Against Him; New Image Reveals Shocking Scale Of Demolition At White House; Trump Pick Drops Out After KFILE Report, More Vile Statements Surface. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Appeals Court Allows Trump To Send National Guard To Portland; Vance Heads To Israel, As Witkoff & Kushner Meet Israeli PM; Officials: Trump Pressured Zelenskyty To Give Up Land To Putin; Lawmaker Standoff Continues As Shutdown Enters Day 21; Sanae Takaichi Becomes Japan's First Female Prime Minister. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• U.S.-Colombia Tensions Rise Over Alleged Drug Boat Strikes; Amazon: Systems Back Online After Global Outage; Manhunt On For Louvre Thieves Who Stole Crown Jewels. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• North Carolina GOP Set To Approve New Congressional Map Today; Re-Drawn Maps, Not Issues, Cold Decide Who Wins House In 2026; No End In Sight As Government Shutdown Enters Day 21; Trump Hosts GOP Senators At Rose Garden Club As Shutdown Drags On. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Dems Worry About Narrowing NJ Gov. Race As Election Day Nears; Trump Reups Ciattarelli Endorsement In NJ, Calls Him A "Winner"; Trump Nominee's Confirmation In Doubt After Politico Report On Alleged History Of Racist, Antisemitic Texts; Part Of White House Demolished To Make Room For Trump's Ballroom. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Trump Administration Says There Are No Plans For A Trump-Putin Summit In The Immediate Future; Colombia's President Petro Tries To Ease Tensions With The U.S. After Washington Threatens New Tariffs; U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance Says The Gaza Ceasefire Is In A Good Place Despite Recent Violence. U.S. Marshal Injured In L.A. Incident; Vance In Israel For Fragile Ceasefire; Hamas Hands Over Two More Deceased Hostages; Israel Under Pressure To Free Prominent Palestinian Doctor; Sanae Takaichi Becomes Japan's First Female Prime Minister; Former French President Sarkozy Begins Prison Sentence. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Demands $230 Million Settlement From DOJ For Past Cases; Shutdown Ties Records For Second-Longest As Workers Feel The Pain; Virginia Giuffre Shares New Details About Epstein's Inner Circle; GOP About To Pick Up Another Win In Redistricting Battle. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump on Social Media: Middle East Allies would Welcome the Opportunity to Enter Gaza, "Straighten Out Hamas"; Witkoff: It was an "Emotional Moment" Meeting with Released Hostages; U.S. Delegation in Israel Amid Fragile Gaza Ceasefire; Vance, Witkoff & Kushner in Israel to Bolster Ceasefire Deal; Colombia's President Tries to Ease Tensions with U.S.; Springer "Dinger" Launches Blue Jays into World Series. Aired 11a-12p ET
• WFP: Not Really Enough Aid Is Coming Into Gaza; Russia: Conditions For Peace Have Not Changed Since August Summit; James Comey Files Motion To Dismiss Federal Charges; New Details On Alleged Abuse By Epstein, Prince Andrew; Florida A.G. Subpoenas Roblox Over Child Safety Concerns; Manhunt Underway For Thieves In Brazen Robbery. Aired 12-12:45p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump's Hopes For Quick Meeting With Putin Stalls Out; Hungary Pulling Out Of International Court; Shutdown Ties For Second Longest In U.S. History; A.I. Fuels Market Rally Despite Concerns Over Returns; Warner Bros. Discovery Shares Spike As Company Weighs Buyout Offers; Netflix Shares Fall After Hours On Q3 Earning Miss. Aired 4-4:45p ET


The Situation Room
• Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Fights Trump Deportation; Trump Administration Given Green Light to Send Oregon National Guard into Portland; V.P. Vance Arrives in Israel as Ceasefire Faced Its First Major Test. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Bipartisan Backlash Against Trump's Nominee to Lead Office of Special Counsel; U.S. Government Shutdown Enters Day 21; VP Vance Arrives in Israel. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• J.D. Vance in Israel; Palestinian Activist Fights Deportation; Gaza Cease-Fire Deal in Danger?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview With Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM); J.D. Vance in Israel. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• NYT: Trump Wants DOJ To Pay Him $230 Million For Past Investigations; Trump: I'd "Love To Meet" Dems, But Want "Country Open" First; NC Senate Passes New Map To Help GOP Gain House Seat. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Trump-Putin Summit Plans Stall; Two Coffins Said To Contain Hostages' Bodies Cross Into Israel; Vance Visits Israel; Sanae Takaichi Is Japan's First Female Prime Minister; Supreme Court Rulings Confuse Lower Courts; WBD Shares Rally As Company Weighs Buyout Offers; H-1B Visa Fallout. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Vance Visits Israel, Tries To Ease Concerns About Gaza Truce; Source: No Plans For Immediate Trump-Putin Meeting; No Budget Deal In Sight, Shutdown Enters Day 21; Sanae Takaichi Becomes Japan's First Female Prime Minister; Book Fuels New Scrutiny Of Prince Andrew, Epstein Associates; Trump's H-1B Visa Crackdown Upends Dreams Of Many Indians. Aired 3-4p ET