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CNN Transcripts for January 18, 2026

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CNN Newsroom
• 1,500 Troops Put on Standby For Possible Deployment To Minnesota; Trump Threatens Allies With New Tariffs Over Greenland; Iranian Authorities Suggest Som Protesters Could Still Face Execution; Arctic Blast; Deeply Motivated Voters Favor Dems by 16 Points; Trump's Overall Job Approval Rating At 39 Percent; Georgia Town Rallies Together Over Rumored ICE Facility; DOJ Launches Criminal Probes Into Gov. Walz, Minneapolis Mayor; Indiana, Miami Ready To Clash For CFP Title Monday. Aired 2-3p ET
• Pence Calls Out Reign Of Terror In Iran; 1,500 Troops Put On Standby For Possible Deployment To Minnesota; Today: E.U. Holding Emergency Meeting Over New Trump Tariffs. Aired 3-4p ET
• E.U. Holding Emergency Meeting Over New Trump Tariffs; 1,500 Troops Put On Standby For Possible Deployment To Minnesota; Governor Walz Mobilizes Minnesota National Guard Amid Heated Protests; Georgia Town Unites Against Rumored ICE Facility; Russian Strikes Leave Ukrainians Battling Cold Without Electricity; Eighty Plus Lawsuits Against Roblox Centralized In California Court; Buddhist Monks On 2,300 Plus Mile Walk For Peace; MAHA Movement Fueling Debate Over Hormonal Contraception. Aired 4-5p ET
• Minnesota Protests Continue; VA Father Accused Of Killing Wife, Another Man In Plot With Au Pair; Trump Threatens Allies with New Tariffs Over Greenland; CNN Reports On College Football Championship And NFL Playoffs; CNN's Fredricka Whitfield Interviews Bernice King. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Threatens New Tariffs On European Allies Over Greenland Purchase; Minnesota National Guard Mobilized Amid Heated Protests; DOJ Launches Criminal Probes Into Governor Walz And Minneapolis Mayor; Ukrainians Freezing Amid Widespread Power Outages; Small Town In Georgia Worries They're Next In Immigration Battle; Roblox Faces Dozens Of Lawsuits Over Child Safety Issues. Aired 6-7p ET
• 1500 Troops On Standby For Possible Deployment To Minnesota; E.U. Ambassadors Hold Emergency Meeting On Trump Tariff Threat; Latest Poll On First Year Of Trump's Second Term; Trump Net Approval Dips Amid Immigration Protests; Polls show Trump's Immigration Agenda Increasingly Unpopular; Iranian President: Any Aggression Toward the Supreme Leader Would Be Seen As "All-Out War"; Indiana Hoosiers And Miami Hurricanes To Play For It All. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Threatens New Tariffs; Minnesota's Governor Calls Out National Guard; Blaming Trump. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump's Greenland Threats; European Nations Push Back Against Trump's New Tariffs; Deadly Protests in Iran; Khamenei Admits "Thousands" Killed in Demonstrations; Syrian Forces Take Control of Dam and Northern City; Tensions in Minneapolis; Minnesota National Guard Mobilized; Two Killed in "Mass" Overnight Drone Attack; NYC Nurses Strike Enters Seventh Day. Aired 4-5a ET
• Source: E.U. Calls Emergency Meeting On Trump Tariff Threats; Thousands In Greenland Rally Against Trump's Threats; Trump Calls For New Leadership In Iran; Minnesota National Guard Mobilized To Support State Officers; U.S. Presses Ahead With Phase 2 Despite Murky Road Ahead; Nearly 15,000 Nurses Across New York City Are On Strike; Testing ChatGPT As Therapist. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• E.U. Holding Emergency Meeting Over New Trump Tariffs; Trump's New Tariffs Trigger Protests In Denmark, Greenland; Spanberger Makes History As Virginia's First Female Governor; Feds Pause Collections As Major Student Loan Reforms Roll Out; Mount Sinai At Center As New York City Nurses Strike Enters Seventh Day; Minnesota National Guard Mobilized To Support State Officers; Federal Officers Confront, Detain Anti-ICE Protesters; Judge Limits Federal Agents' Use Of Tear Gas, Pepper Spray; Pennsylvania Sheriff Terminates ICE Partnership. Today: EU Holding Emergency Meeting Over New Trump Tariffs; Tracking Freezing Temperatures Across The U.S.; CNN Poll: 58% Call Trump's First Year Of Second Term A Failure; ChatGPT Will Soon Include Ads Based On User Conversations. Aired 6-7a ET
• Trump's New Tariffs Trigger Protests In Demark, Greenland; Bitter Cold Temperatures Sweeping Nearly Half Of The U.S.; NY Nurses Demanding Improved Staffing, Higher Pay And Security; Hospitals Call Union Demands "Unreasonable"; Trial Set To Resume Tuesday For Virginia Man Accused Of Killing Wife And Another Man; Au Pair Testifies Producers Have Reached Out To Buy Her Story; Today: E.U. Holding Emergency Meeting Over New Trump Tariffs. E.U. Holding Emergency Meeting Over New Trump Tariffs; Americans Face Record Debt; Immigrant Advocacy Group on Patrol in Minneapolis; Celebrating Dr. King's Legacy. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Trump Vows Tariffs on Eight Allies If No Greenland Deal Reached; Trump's Plan for Venezuela. Interview With Johns Hopkins SAIS Professor Narges Bajoghli; Interview With Former CEO And Chairman Of Goldman Sachs Lloyd Blankfein. Aired 10-11a ET
• Iran And The United States Shared Deep Psychic And Emotional Scars, Going Back Years, But None Is Remembered More By Americans Than The Hostage Crisis Of 1979; In November 1979, Iranian Students Stormed The U.S. Embassy In Tehran, Turning It Into A Prison For American Embassy Staff; The Young Revolutionary Spent Months In The Embassy's Basement Trying To Piece Together Evidence Of Past American Misdeeds. Aired 10-11p ET
• Fareed Zakaria Special Show: America First. Aired 11p-12a ET


Inside Politics
• New CNN Poll: Democrats Have Upper Hand Heading Into Midterms; Allies & Some In GOP Condemn Trump's Greenland Tariffs; Minneapolis Tensions High As Trump Admin Investigates Democrats. CNN Poll: Majority Say Use of Force in MN Shooting Inappropriate; Interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY); Trump Pardons Woman Twice. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ); Interview With Former Vice President Mike Pence; Interview With Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mayor Jacob Frey. Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air. 8-9p ET