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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• US Deploys Carrier, Adding To Massive Buildup In The Caribbean; White House To Deny Report That President Trump Will Name New 90,000 Square Foot Ballroom After Himself; White House Posts Derogatory Comments, Photos About Clinton, Obama, Biden On Official Website; Reagan's Daughter Patti Davis On East Wing Demolition; Trump's $300M Ballroom Just The Latest WH Construction Project; Pres. Trump Embraces AI To Post Mocking Videos; Atlantic Writer Worries AI Tools Cheapen Creative Process; Johnny's Silva's Incredible CNN Career. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Icelandic President Halla Tomasdottir; Interview with "The Day Iceland Stood Still" Director Pamela Hogan; Interview with "Update: Reporting from an Ancient Land" Author Gayle Young; Interview with "Enshit-tification" Author Cory Doctorow. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• New York A.G. Pleads Not Guilty in Case Pushed By Trump DOJ; Mamdani Defends Islamic Faith In Tearful Speech; Bannon Defiant In New Interview About A Trump Third Term. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Putin Envoy Visits U.S. For Talks After New Sanctions; U.S. Deploys Aircraft Carrier To Latin America As Drug Operation Expands; VA Secretary Urges Congress To Resolve Shutdown; Mafia Families At Center Of NBA Cheating Schemes; Letitia James After Arraignment: "I Will Not Be Deterred"; Game One Of World Series To Kick Off Tonight In Toronto. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Ends Canada Trade Talks Over Ontario Anti-Tariff Ad; Federal Workers Miss First Full Paycheck Amid Shutdown; A.I. Video App Blurs Line Between Reality And Fiction; Cuomo Fails To Directly Apologize To His Accusers; Tropical Storm Melissa Expected To Intensify To Cat 4 Hurricane. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• New Evidence Undercuts Candidate's Claims About Nazi-Linked Tattoo; Trump Blows Up Canada Talks Over Reagan Anti-Tariff Ad; Plan For Trump In 2028 Says Steve Bannon; Mamdani Defends Muslim Faith Against Negative Remarks From Cuomo; New Episode Of "Have I Got News For You" Airs Saturday At 9:00 p.m. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Says, Trade Talks With Canada Terminated; Soon, New York Attorney General Letitia James in Court for Mortgage Fraud Case; Melissa Expected to Become a Major Category 4 Hurricane This Weekend. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Soon: NY AG Letitia James In Court For Mortgage Fraud Case; Trump: War Declaration Not Needed For Strikes On Alleged Drug Boats; DHS: ACLU Claims On Pregnant Immigrants "Unsubstantiated." Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Trump: Trade Talks with Canada "Terminated"; Trump to Talk Trade with China; Government Shutdown Enters Day 24; Navy Tapped to Help with Migrant Detention Center Construction; Cuomo Stokes Fears of Mamdani's Faith. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• James to Ask Judge for Dismissal; Nick Brown is Interviewed about the Letitia James Case; U.S. Inflation Back at Three Percent; Polls on Americans and the Economy; Trump Heads to Asia; Microsoft Draws Clear Line on A.I. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• NY AG Letitia James In Court For Mortgage Fraud Case; Tropical Storm Melissa. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Mark Pocan (D-W) is Interviewed about Canada Trade; Airports Hit by Staffing Shortages. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• NBA Gambling Bust; Trump Ends Trade Negotiations With Canada; Inflation Rising; Letitia James Arraigned. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• NBA Teams Affected By Gambling Bust Back In Action Tonight; Hundreds Of Thousands Of Government Workers Miss First Full Paycheck; Mike Johnson Says Republican Proposals Ready On Healthcare Subsidies; Ranchers Against Trump Allowing More Argentina Beef Imports; U.S. Conducts 10th Strike On Alleged Drug Boat, Killing Six; Social Security Benefits Will Inch Up 2.8 Percent In 2026; Trump Finalizes Plan To Open Alaska Refuge To Oil & Gas Drilling; Man Accused Of Setting Palisades Fire Pleads Not Guilty; Kim Kardashian Reveals Aneurysm Diagnosis. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• House Minority Leader Jeffries Endorses Mamdani In NYC Race; Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty To Charges Urged By Trump; Many Federal Workers Miss First Full Paychecks Today; Sean Duffy Warns Of Delays Due To Air Traffic Controller Frustration; DHS Funneling $10 Billion Through Navy For Migrant Detention Centers; NBA Teams Affected By Gambling Bust Back In Action Tonight. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• U.S. Inflation Rises To Three Percent, Karine Jean-Pierre Talks About Time In White House; Tropical Storm Melissa To Rapidly Grow Into A Major Hurricane. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• U.S. Inflation Rises To Three Percent, Highest Since January; Trump Set To Hold High-Stakes Meeting With Chinese President Xi; Trump Ends Trade Negotiations With Canada Over Tariff Ad; NY AG James Pleads Not Guilty To Charges Urged By Trump; Cuomo Invokes Fears Of Mamdani's Muslim Faith In Final Days Of NYC Mayoral Race; Eric Adams Endorses Cuomo In NYC Mayoral Race. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• AZ's Grijalva Still Not Sworn In A Month After Election Win; Gambling Probe; CNN Heroes. Aired 3:30:4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump: All Trade Negotiations with Canada Terminated; Trump Vows to Keep Striking Alleged Drug Traffickers; NBA Star, Coach Arrested in Mafia-Linked Gambling Schemes. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• All Trade Negotiations With Canada Terminated; Rubio: Next Steps in Gaza Remain Top Priority for Trump; Rohingya Refugees Feel Harsh Impact of U.S. Aid Cuts; Tropical Storm Melissa Crawls Through Caribbean; King and Pope Share Worship for the First Time Since 1534; Video Appears to Show Suspects Making Getaway from the Louvre. Aired 1-2a ET
• President Putin Dismisses U.S. Sanctions on Russian Oil; Trade Negotiations with Canada Cancelled; President Trump Set to Meet with President Xi and New Japan Prime Minister; No Declaration of War Needed to Pursue Drug Cartels; Secretary Rubio in Israel to Ensure Ceasefire Agreement; Tropical Storm Melissa Threatens the Caribbean; Trump's Ballroom Project Has Raised $350M, East Wing Destroyed; NBA Star, Coach Arrested In Mafia-Linked Gambling Schemes; King Charles and Pope Leo Worship Together. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Ukrainian, Russian Leaders React to Trump's Sanctions on two Russian Oil Companies; NBA Players and Coaches Involved in Gambling and Match-Rigging Were Slapped for Charges; New Video in the Louvre Heist on Sunday Released to the Public; Pope Leo and King Charles Met for the First Time in Many Centuries. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• NBA Star, Coach Arrested in Mafia-Linked Gambling Schemes; Trump Plans Land Attacks after Drug Boat Strikes; Digital AI Doppelgangers: Illegal or Just Creepy? Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump Calls off Troops to San Francisco; Scott Thomsen is Interviewed about U.S. Ranchers; Mafia-Linked Poker Games Used Tech to Cheat. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• "Coalition of the Willing" Meets in London; NY Attorney General to ask for Indictment to be Dismissed; San Francisco Mayor: Sending Military in would "Hinder" Recovery; Trump, China's Xi to Meet in South Korea Next Thursday; NBA Star, Coach Arrested in Mafia-Linked Gambling Schemes; Canadian PM Carney Speaks after Trump Halts Trade Talks. Aired 9-10a ET
• Coalition Of The Willing Meets In London; U.S. Warns Israel Against West Bank Annexation; Trump Ends Trade Talks With Canada Over Anti-Tariff Ad; Venezuela Holds Military Exercises Amid Tensions With The U.S.; Tom Aspinall To Defend Heavyweight Title In Abu Dhabi Saturday. Aired 10-10:45a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• U.S. Carrier Deployed, Deadly Vessel Strike, Trump Weighs Land Ops; Donors Funding Trump's Ballroom May Get Their Names Displayed; Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty, Files To Dismiss Case: "No Fear"; Buttigieg Talks Mamdani, Newsom's Trump Attacks, White House East Wing Demo. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump: All Trade Negotiations With Canada Terminated; Trump Vows To Keep Striking Alleged Drug Traffickers; NBA Star, Coach Arrested In Mafia-Linked Gambling Schemes; Putin Brushes Off U.S. Sanctions On Top Russian Oil Companies; Rubio: Next Steps In Gaza Remain Top Priority For Trump. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• East Wing Demolished, Trump Raised $350 Million For Ballroom Project; NBA Star, Coach Arrested In Mafia-Linked Gambling Schemes; King And Pope Leo XIV Share Worship For The First Time Since 1534. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty; Trial Set For Jan. 26, 2026; James: "The Justice System" Has Been Used As Tool Of Revenge"; Poll: Majority See DOJ Prosecutions As Illegitimate, Political; Inflation Edges Up To 3 Percent, Highest Since January; Admin. Official On ICE Recruitment: "It's A Shit Show". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Fears That Election Deniers Could Interfere With Votes In 2026, 2028; Architects Of 2020 Election Fraud Claims Gain Influential Roles In Trump Administration; DOJ Continues Demand For State Voter Registration Rolls; Cuomo Invokes Fears Of Mamdani's Muslim Faith; Bradley Whitford On New Role In "The Diplomat"; "West Wing" Star Weighs In On East Wing Demolition. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• British Prime Minister Starmer Says Putin Is Not Serious About Peace; U.S. Announces Another Deadly Strike In The Caribbean And Deploys An Aircraft Carrier; Booker Prize Launches A New Children's Award; U.S. Sending Aircraft Carrier Towards Caribbean; Venezuela's Maduro Urges Peace Forever, No Crazy War; U.S. Spending $10 Billion On Detention Center Construction; Rohingya Refugees Feel Harsh Impact Of U.S. Aid Cuts; Booker Prize Launches 50,000 Children's Award. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Sends Aircraft Carrier To Caribbean In Major Escalation; Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty In Mortgage Case; The Tip Of The Gambling Iceberg? Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• NY Attorney General to Appear in Federal Court; "Coalition of Willing" Meets in London on Ukraine; Trump Ends Talks with Canada Over Anti-Tariff Ad; Sources: Navy Tapped to Help Build Migrant Detention Center; James: This is about a Justice System that's been Used as a Tool of Revenge; New York Attorney General Speaks after Pleading Not Guilty. Aired 11a-12p ET
• "Coalition Of The Willing" Meets In London On Ukraine; New York Attorney General Pleads Not Guilty In Mortgage Fraud Case; Kremlin Envoy Krill Dmitriev Visits U.S. For Talks; Chocolate Lovers Might Have Fewer Options This Halloween; Later Today: Trump Leaves On High-Stakes Three- Country Tour Of Asia; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Ontario's Premier To Withdraw Ad That Infuriated Trump; Year-Over- Year Inflation Rises To Three Percent In September; Reagan Library: Ontario Ad Misrepresented Speech; U.S. Hits Colombian President With Sanctions; WestJet To Offer "Fixed Recline" Only For Standard Seats; Viking Offers Identical Configuration Across All Ships. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Says He's Ending All Trade Negotiations With Canada; Soon, New York Attorney General Letitia James' First Court Appearance; States Warn of SNAP Benefit Delays Amid Shutdown. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• The Extent of Mafia-Linked Gambling Scandal; FBI Links Chauncey Billups to Gambling Scheme Involving Mafia; Father Detained by ICE as Daughter Fights Cancer; WH East Wing Completely Demolished; NY Attorney General Letitia James' First Court Appearance. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Sources: Prosecutors Hesitant To Charge Trump Foe Adam Schiff; Trump Says He's Ending All Trade Talks With Canada; Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty In Mortgage Fraud Case. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Consumer Sentiment Declines; Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty; Americans' Opinions of Trump Administration?; Volodymyr Zelenskyy Meets With European Allies. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• U.S. Sending Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier To Caribbean; NY A.G. James Pleads Not Guilty In Mortgage Fraud Case; Jeffries Gives Mamdani Last-Minute Endorsement For NYC Mayor. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• U.S. Forces Ramp Up In The Caribbean; U.S. Sanctions Colombian President And His Family; Zelenskyy Meets With World Leaders Of "Coalition Of The Willing"; Canadian Premier Pulls Ronald Reagan Tariff Ad; U.S. Secretary Of State Marco Rubio In Israel; Trump Repeatedly Claims Inflation Is Not A Problem; ICE Treatment Of Pregnant Detainees. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• "Coalition Of The Willing" Meets In London On Ukraine; Sources: Kremlin Envoy Dmitriev Visits U.S. For Talks; U.S. Sending Aircraft Carrier Towards Caribbean; Prominent Trump Critic Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty; Ontario To Pull Reagan Tariff Ad After Trump Halts Trade Talks; Analysts Expect Gas Price Rise After New Russia Sanctions. Aired 3-4p ET