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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With Founder Of Earthshot Prize And Britain's Prince William; Interview With Former U.N. Climate Chief Christiana Figueres; Interview With NASA's First Female Shuttle Pilot And Commander Eileen Collins; How Al Gore Urged U.S. Climate Leadership For Decades; How Humanity Makes David Attenborough Hopeful. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Now: Senators In Rare Saturday Session As Shutdown Drags On; U.S. Has Launched 17 Strikes Against Alleged Drug Boats; Actor Robert De Niro Visits Pope Leo At The Vatican. Aired 12-1p ET
• Now: Senators In Rare Saturday Session As Record Shutdown Drags On; Impact Of Record-Long Shutdown Spreads Across The U.S.; Supreme Court Allows Trump To Pause Food Stamp Payments For Now; Judge Blocks Trump Natl. Guard Deployment To Portland; Arctic Blast Brings Record Cold Air To Dozens Of States; Pennsylvania Father Starts Food Bank In His Front Yard; Dad's Front Yard Food Bank Goes Viral; Israel Confirms Identity of Deceased Hostage's Remains; Search for Melodee Buzzard. Aired 1-2p ET
• Private U.S. Citizens Stepping In To Address Food Benefits Shortages As Federal Government Shutdown Continues; Flight Delays And Cancellations Increase Due To Government Shutdown; U.S. Senate To Remain In Session Until Government Opens; President Trump Reportedly Undecided On Policy Towards Possible Regime Change In Venezuela; Families In Maryland Interviewed On Massive Increases TO Health Care Premiums As Affordable Care Act Subsidies End; Russian Government Reportedly Considering Restarting Nuclear Bomb Testing After President Trump's Comments On America Doing Same; Parents Accuse ChatGPT Bot Of Encouraging Their Son To Take His Own Life; Woman Who Lost Her Leg In Shark Attack Runs New York City Marathon. Aired 2-3p ET
• Did Not Air 4-5p ET
• Senate At Work This Weekend, Trying To Break Stalemate; Trump Calls For GOP To "Terminate" Filibuster To End Shutdown; Interview With Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE); Widespread Power Outages Hit Ukraine After Russian Attacks; U.S. Military Massing Naval And Air Assets In The Caribbean; Supreme Court Lets Trump Pause Full Snap Benefits For Now; New York Fed Data Shows Household Debt At Historic High; Helping Prisoners Heal Through Writing And Community. Aired 5-6p ET
• Senators Adjourn On Saturday With No Deal In Sight; Passengers Infuriated By Flight Chaos; New York Governor Hochul Defends Cutting Middle-Class Taxes; Trump Meets With Hungarian PM Viktor Orban At White House; Chicago Mayor Calls On U.N. To Investigate Immigration Actions; Judge Restricts Federal Agents' Use Of Force In Chicago; Pope Leo Holds "Profound & Painful" Meeting With Abuse Victims; Trump Pardons Former MLB Star Darryl Strawberry. Aired 6-7p ET
• Senate Holds Rare Sessions Ending In Stalemate Over Obamacare; Interview With Hawaii Governor Josh Green (D); Cancellations And Flight Delays Growing As Shutdown Drags On; Supreme Court Lets Trump Pause Food Stamps For Now; For Now, Supreme Court, Lets Trump Pause Food Stamps; Lawsuit: Parents Say ChatGPT "100 percent Facilitated" Son's Suicide; Israel Identifies Hostage Whose Remains Were Returned Friday. Aired 7-8p ET
• Judge Blocks Trump National Guard Deployment to Portland; U.S. Senate Holds Rare Saturday Session as Shutdown Drags On; Trump, Vance Continue to Push for Eliminating the Filibuster to End Shutdown; Mother Arrested as Search for 9-Year-Old Continues; Flight Delays, Cancellations Grow as Shutdown Drags On; Trump Makes Deal to Drop Costs of Certain Obesity Drugs; Full SNAP Benefits Put on Hold by Supreme Court. Aired 3-4p ET
• Major Airlines Cut Hundreds of Flights This Weekend; Trump Exempts Hungary from Russian Energy Sanctions; Island Nations Urge Stronger Global Action on Climate Change; Havana Keeps Dancing. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Congress Remains At Impasse As Shutdown Reaches Day 39; Frustration, Uncertainty Rising Over Air Travel Disruption; Israel Receives Remains Of Deceased Hostage; Lula's Forest Fund Aims To Raise $10 Billion In First Year; Cornell University Reaches Deal With Trump Administration; Musk to Become World's First Trillionaire; Major Auction Houses Preview Fall Collections. Aired 4-5a ET
• SCOTUS Lets Trump Temporarily Pause SNAP Payments; Frustration, Uncertainty Rising Over Air Travel Disruption; Americans Concerned About Economy; Israel Receives Remains Of Deceased Hostage; Trump Exempts Hungary From Russian Energy Sanctions; Sudan's RSF Agree To "Humanitarian Truce"; Bad Bunny Makes History With Six Grammy Noms. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Supreme Court Ruling Halts SNAP Benefits Rollout Across The U.S.; Flight Outs, Cancellations Grow As Government Shutdown Drags On; Arctic Blast To Bring Frigid Temperatures To Over 100 Million Americans; Trump Administration Tells Congress It Lacks Legal Justification To Strike Venezuela; IDF Announces Return Of Hostage Lior Rudaeff's Returns; Full SNAP Benefits Put On Hold By Supreme Court; Furloughed Workers Struggling To Feed As U.S. Government Shutdown Continues; Grammy Nominations Released With New Categories. Aired 6-7a ET
• Senate Democrats Block GOP-Led Bill To Pay Federal Workers; Flight Cuts, Cancellations Grow As Government Shutdown Drags On; United States Airstrike On Suspected Drug Boat Kills Three In Caribbean; Americans Feeling Worse About Economy As Shutdown Drags On; Russian Double-Amputee Veteran Pulls 58-Ton Yacht; Victor Wembanyama Dunks On Kevin Durant In Texas Showdown. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Flight Delays, Cancellations Spread Amid Shutdown; Native Tribes Struggle With Access To Food After SNAP Cuts; Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, (D-NY), Is Interviewed About State Of Shutdown Talks; Shaggy Speaks Out On Jamaica Hurricane Relief Effort; Norman Rockwell Family Slams DHS Over Art Use On Social Media. Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five: Ongoing Federal Government Shutdown Negatively Affecting Food Assistance Benefits And Air Travel For Americans; Some Republicans Say Party Needs To Focus On Affordability After Losses In Recent Off-Year Elections; Federal Judge In Chicago Says A Border Patrol Agent Lied About Being Hit In Head With Rock before Deploying Teargas On Protesters; Border Patrol Agent Contradicts Video Evidence Of Him Using Force On Suspect; New Study Finds Average American's Technology Use Is Equivalent to 32-Hour Day Due To Multitasking; Musical Artist Uses Artificial Intelligence To Top Charts. Aired 10-11a ET


Smerconish
• Embracing Democratic Socialism; Tackling the Male Loneliness. Aired 9-10a ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Ruling On National Guard In Portland; The Future Of Aviation; U.S. Govt Shutdown Hits Air Travel With Delays, Cancelations. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. Government Shutdown Hits Air Travel With Delays, Cancellations; Supreme Court Lets Trump Temporarily Pause SNAP Payments; Transportation Secretary Warns Flight Cuts Could Jump To 20%; Thune Rejects Democrats Unto Reopen Government; Thune Calls Dems' Plan To Reopen Government "Nonstarter"; Congress At Impasse With No Deal In Sight To Reopen Govt.; U.S. Judge Trump Illegally Ordered Troops To Portland; Probe Blames Missed "Hot Spots" For Ventura Fire; Trump Gives Hungary Exemption From Russian Energy Sanctions; Uma Duwaji: Wife Of Mamdani Sparks Intrigue; NCAA Six Basketball Players Accused Of Game Fixing; Lakers See Early Season Success Without Lebron James; Mace Pushes Back After Airport Incident; Cornell Reaches Deal With Trump Administration. Aired 1-2a ET