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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Stumps In Pennsylvania To Sell Affordability Message; Bipartisan Calls Grow For Pentagon To Release Boat Strike Video; Interview With Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ); Judge Says Maxwell Court Docs Can Be Unsealed, Citing New Epstein Law; Mace Voices Frustration With House GOP Leaders In NY Times Op-Ed; Australia Bans School Media For Kids Under 16; Police Bodycam Video Shows Moment Police Confront Mangione. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Oxford University Professor of Global History Peter Frankopan; Interview with Former U.S. Assistance Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander; Top Diplomats from Europe, Qatar and Turkey on Mediation and the Path to Peace; Interview with The New Yorker Editor David Remnick. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Soon: Trump Speaks On Economy After Calling Affordability A "Hoax"; Hegseth Briefs Gang Of 8 Amid Boat Strikes Controversy; Australia Bans Social Media For Kids Under 16. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Australia Begins Enforcing World-First Teen Social Media Ban; Bipartisan Calls Grow For Release Of Full Boat Strike Video; Day Seven Of Brian Walshe's Trial In Death Of His Wife; Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Is Interviewed About Can She End Dems' 30-Year Losing Streak In Texas?; Honduras Seeks Arrest Of Ex-President Pardoned By Trump; Farming CEO Wants Trump "Double Down" On Rice Tariffs. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump To Focus On Affordability Message After Calling It A Hoax; Democrat Turns Independent, Hoping To Upend Illinois House Race; Study Finds Growing Ambition Gap Between Corporate Men And Women; Trump On Birthright Citizenship: "Devastating" If We Lose That Case; Indianapolis Colts Sign Phillip Rivers To Practice Squad. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Touts Economy In Pennsylvania, Calls Affordability Crisis A Hoax; Trump Says, Rep. Ilhan Omar (R-MN) And Her Little Turban Should Be Deported; Trump Administration Canceling Many Naturalization Ceremonies; Georgia House Republican Slams Trump For His Rhetorics Against Her; Trump Administration Seeks Control Of Foods, Education, And Private Businesses. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Says, I Don't Care If Hegseth Testifies About Second Boat Strike; Trump Heads to Pennsylvania to Tout Affordability After Calling the Issue a Hoax and a Con Job; Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Alter How Campaigns are Financed. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump: Zelenskyy Has To Start "Accepting Things...He's Losing"; Jimmy Kimmel Extends ABC Contract For At Least Another Year; ICEBlock App Hits Trump Administration With New Lawsuit. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Rep. Pat Ryan: Hegseth to Brief Gang of 8 on Boat Strikes Today; Mangione's Defense Says Search was Unlawful, Items Should be Excluded; Powerful Atmospheric River Slams Pacific Northwest. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• Supreme Court Hears Case that Could Alter How Campaigns are Financed; Interview with Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE): Trump: Zelenskyy Has to Start Accepting Things, He's Losing; Trump Signs Off on Exporting Advanced Chips Vital for AI to China; Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Won't Cede Territory to Russia. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Hegseth to Brief Gang of 8 on Boat Strikes today; Interview with Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA): Trump Says Zelenskyy Has to Start Accepting Things, He's Losing; Forensic Scientist to Retake the Stand in Walshe Murder Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump Announces $12 Billion Aid Package for Farmers; Court Document Reveal Life Inside Texas ICE Detention Facility; ICEBlock App Hits Trump Administration with New Lawsuit; Gene Simmons Heads to Capitol Hill to Fight for Fairness in Music. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Expected to Tout Economic Politics in PA; Trump: Zelenskyy Has to Start "Accepting Things... He's Losing"; Trump says European Leaders are Weak; Australia's Social Media Ban. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Expected to Tout His Economic Policies in Pennsylvania; New York Archdiocese Announces $300 Million Fund for Sex Abuse Victims; Honduras Issues Arrest Warrant for Ex-president Pardoned by Trump; Car Driver Injured After Plane Crashes on I-95 in Florida; Top Lawmakers Briefed on U.S. Boat Strike That Killed Survivors; Trump Admin Plans for Possible Maduro Ouster in Venezuela. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Expected to Tout His Economic Policies in Pennsylvania; Top Lawmakers Briefed on U.S. Boat Strike That Killed Survivors; Trump Admin Plans for Possible Maduro Ouster in Venezuela; Federal Judge Grants Release of Ghislaine Maxwell Court Documents; Mangione Defense Team Trying to Get Key Evidence Tossed From Case. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-HI): Army: Fort Hood OB-GYN Accused of Sexual Misconduct is in Jail; Trump Says Costs are Dropping, Americans Report Increases. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Soon: Hegseth And Rubio To Brief Top Lawmakers; Soon: Top Lawmakers Briefed On U.S. Boat Strike That Killed Survivors; Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) Discusses About The Economy; Soon: Trump Heads To PA To Push WH Affordability Efforts; Trump Announces $12 Billion Bailout Package For Farmers; Court Docs Reveal Life Inside Texas ICE Detention Facility; New Australian Law Bans Social Media For Kids Ages 16 And Under; World's First Social Media Ban for Kids Takes Effect In Australia 3-3:30p ET
• Top Lawmakers Briefed on U.S. Boat Strike that Killed Survivors; Trump Expected to Tout His Economic Policies in Pennsylvania; KISS Frontman Testifies on Capitol Hill to Fight for Fairness in Music. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Ukraine Leans On Europe After U.S. Military Aid Cuts; U.S. Coast Guard Marks Record Year For Drug Seizures; Unclear If Maria Machado Will Attend Nobel Award Ceremony; At Least 340 Injured In 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake In Japan; ICE Agents Arrest About 50 in New Orleans, Fewer Than Expected; China's Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion for First Time; Trump Announces $12 Billion U.S. Farmer Aid Package; Trump to Give Speech on Economy Amid Affordability Crisis; Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Days After WBD Accepts Netflix Offer; Israeli Authorities Raid UNRWA Compound in East Jerusalem; Celebrations Mark One Year Since Fall of Assad Regime in Syria; NASA Astronaut and Russian Cosmonauts Return to Earth; Interstellar Comet Makes Its Way Through Our Solar System; World Cup and Winter Olympics Fueling Sports Tourism. Aired 2-3a ET
• Zelenskyy Shares Revised Peace Plan with the United States; Venezuelan Opposition Leader Uncertain to Attend Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• Today: Hegseth to Brief 'Gang of Eight' on Boat Strike Operations; Football, Greek Life, Warm Weather: SEC Attracts Northerners. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Supreme Court Holds Hearing On Trump FTC Commissioners Firings; Paramount Launches Hostile Bid For warner Brothers Discovery; Indiana Moves Closer To Redrawing Congressional Maps; Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Hegseth to Brief "Gang of 8" on Boat Strike Operations; Trump Blasts European Nations as "Decaying" and "Weak"; Ukrainian President in Italy as He Gathers European Support; European Leaders Rally Around Zelenskyy Amid Peace Talks; Israeli Authorities Raid UNRWA Compound in East Jerusalem. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Meeting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome; Syria Appealing for Permanent Sanctions Relief from U.S.; Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa Will Remain as Transitional President for Four More Years; Bill Gates Calls Massive USAID Cuts "Tragic"; Trump Lifts Export Ban on Some Nvidia Chips to China. Aired 10- 10:45a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Says Economy "A+", Consumer Sentiment Near Record Low; Schumer: Hegseth Dodging On Releasing Full Boat Strike Footage; Trump Unloads On Europe: It's "Decaying" And Leaders Are "Weak". Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Report: More Americans Worse Off Financially Since Last Year; Trump Announces $12 Billion U.S. Farmer Aid Package; Ukrainian President In Italy As He Gathers European Support; Data: Nearly 75,000 With No Criminal Records Detained By ICE. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Unclear If Maria Machado Will Attend Nobel Award Ceremony; Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery; Prosecution Presents Witness Testimony As Part Of Its Case. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump To Focus On Affordability Message After Calling It A "Hoax"; Trump: "I Don't Know" If I'll Ask Congress To Extend ACA Subsides; Can Crockett End Dem's 30-Year Losing Streak In Texas?; Talarico Welcomes Crockett To TX Senate Race, Digs In On Campaign; Miami Mayoral Runoff Between Eileen Higgins And Emilio Gonzalez Draws National Attention. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• President Trump To Tout Economy In Crucial PA Swing District; Australia Enacts First Law Banning Social Media For Kids Today; Inside Barbie's Billion-Dollar Business Empire. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy Continues Diplomatic Tour As Kyiv Prepares To Present A New Peace Plan; U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Gets Ready To Meet Lawmakers Over Controversial Boat Strikes; Australia Bans Social Media Apps For Under 16s; Lawmakers Threaten Hegseth; Trump Backtracks On Releasing Video Of "Double-Tap" Strike; Unclear If Machado Will Attend Nobel Ceremony; Honduras Issues Arrest Warrant For Ex-President Hernandez; Australia's Social Media Ban; Zelenskyy Says His Country Will Hold Elections In The Next 60 To 90 Days. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Touts Economy on the Road, Calls Affordability a "Hoax"; Trump Sells A.I. Chips to China; Bipartisan Calls Grow for Release of Full Boat Strike Video; Brian Walshe Murder Trial Resumes for Second Week. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Bipartisan Lawmakers Back Release of "Double-Tap" Boat Strike Video; Trump: Zelenskyy has to Start "Accepting Things. He's Losing"; Trump to Focus on Affordability Message after Calling it a Hoax; Government Deploys Police and Army to Head off Protests; Exclusive: Grim Conditions in I.C.E. Detention; Interstellar Comet Makes its way Through our Solar System. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Ukrainian President In Italy As He Gathers European Support; Trump Blasts European Nations As "Decaying" And "Weak"; Sources: Trump Administration Making Plans For Venezuela Post-Maduro; Australia's New Age- Restricted Social Media Ban Now In Effect; Unclear If Maria Machado Will Attend Nobel Award Ceremony; Israeli Authorities Raid UNRWA Compound In East Jerusalem; Trump Greenlights NVIDIA H200 Chip Exports To China; New AI-Powered Glasses Due Out Next Year; U.S. Coast Guard Marks Record Year For Drug Seizures; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Delta CEO: We've Formed Strong Relationships With Our Flyers; Delta Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary; Australia's Age-Restricted Social Media Ban Takes Effect; Trump Heads To Pennsylvania To Sell His Economic Agenda; Running the World's Busiest Airport; How To Manage The Boarding Process At The Airport. Aired 4-4:45p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Prepares to Tout Economic Wins in Pennsylvania Visit; Sources Say, Hegseth to Brief Key Lawmakers Today on Boat Strikes; Federal Judge Allows Release of Ghislaine Maxwell Court Documents. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• WH Prepares for Trump's Pennsylvania Trip; Trump Defends Foreign Policy Focus; Trump Attacks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as a "Traitor"; Rep. Greene Reflects on Political Future Ahead of Resignation. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Pressures Ukraine to Make Peace Deal; CDC Delays Abortion Report; Will Republicans Extend ACA Subsidies?; Ghislaine Maxwell Evidence Unsealed?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War; Marjorie Taylor Greene Speaks Out; Interview With Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA). Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Touts Economy After Calling Affordability A "Hoax"; CNN Projects Democrat Eileen Higgins Will Win Miami Mayor's Race; Five U.S. Citizens Testify They Were Assaulted, Detained By DHS. Aired 9- 10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Australian Teens Challenge Social Media Ban; Zelenskyy: Ukraine Lacks Strength To Retake Crimea; U.S. Set To Receive New Peace Plan Wednesday; Delta Air Lines Celebrates 100 Anniversary; Trump To Speak In Pennsylvania On Affordability; "Gang Of Eight" Briefing On Boat Strikes; U.S. Coast Guard Marks Record Year For Drug Seizures. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• NASA Astronaut and Russian Cosmonauts Return to Earth; Zelenskyy Shots Down Surrendering Land to Russia; Calls Grow to Release Video of Double-Tap Strike on Boat; Viewers Drawn to Steamy Sports Series "Heated Rivalry;" Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett Launches Senate Bid; Newsom Again Urges Federal Funding for Fire Survivors; 'The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur' Revealed in New Biography. Aired 12- 1a ET
• Spacecraft Brings Russians, American Back To Earth; Paramount Launches Hostile Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery; Former Trump Attorney Alina Habba Resigns; Dozens Injured After Magnitude 7.5 Quake Strikes Northern Japan; Joe Walsh On Giving Away His "Stuff" For Upcoming Julien's Auction; Breaking Down this Year's Golden Globe Nominees; Manhunt for Olympic Snowboarder on FBI's Most Wanted List; CNN Tries Out Prototype of New A.I.-Powered Glasses. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Zelenskyy To Send His Own Peace Plan To Trump On Wednesday; Trump: Zelenskyy Must Start "Accepting Things. He's Losing"; Trump Blasts European Nations As "Decaying" And "Weak"; Senate Republicans Back Release Of "Double-Tap" Strike Video; Israeli Authorities Raid UNRWA Compound In Jerusalem; 400,000 People Evacuated Along Thai-Cambodia Border; Australia's New Age-Restricted Social Media Ban Now In Effect. Aired 3-4p ET