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CNN Transcripts for February 01, 2026

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CNN Newsroom
• Five-Year-Old Liam and His Father Released from Texas Detention Center; Winter Storm Drops Historic Amounts of Snow on Southeast; DOJ Pushes Back on Calls for More Charges after Epstein File Dump; Jeffries to GOP: Dems Won't Vote for Spending Bill; Concerns Among Dems Grow After FBI Raid On Georgia Election Office. Aired 2-3p ET
• 140K Without Power in Southeast Amid Brutally Cold Temperatures; DOJ Pushes Back on Calls for More Charges After Epstein File Dump; British Prime Minister Calls on Former Prince Andrew to Testify Before Congress. Aired 3-4p ET
• Trump Claims No Wrongdoing Over Latest Release of Epstein Documents; Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos and Father Back in Minneapolis; Partial Government Shutdown Expected to Last Until Tuesday; Storm Snow Totals Climb Over 20 Inches in Parts of North Carolina; Deliberations Expected to Resume Monday in Banfield Murder Trial. Aired 4-5p ET
• Partial Government Shutdown Continues; Iran's Foreign Minister Speaks Out; Boy and Father Return Home from Federal Custody; Ukraine, Russia, and U.S. Held Trilateral Meeting; Amazon Touts "Melania" Box Office Success; Derek Van Dam Reports on Bomb Cyclone Aftermath. Aired 5-6p ET
• DOJ Says It May Appeal Order to Release Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos and His Father; Iran Ready to Meet with U.S. and Negotiate a Deal; Funding Fight Could Extend Partial Government Shutdown; Rafah Crossing Partially Reopens After Nearly Two Years; Kennedy Center to Close for Two Years for Renovations. Aired 6-7p ET
• Kennedy Center Will Close For Two Years For Renovations; Liam Ramos And Father Back In Minneapolis Following Release From Texas Detention Facility; Democrat Flips Texas State Senate Seat In District Trump Won In 2024; Projections: Democrats Face Tough Electoral College After 2031; The 68th Grammy Awards Tonight In Los Angeles; Parts Of NC, SC, TN, VA Saw More Than Foot Of Snow From Storm. Aired 7-8p ET
• Kennedy Center To Close For Renovations Starting July 4th; Some House Dems Support Government Funding Deal; Interview With Representative Seth Magaziner (D-RI); Minnesota Schools Grapple With Immigration Surge; Iran's Foreign Minister Hopeful About Negotiations Despite Tensions With U.S.; Trump Pick Kevin Warsh As Next Fed Chair; Massive Winter Storm Drops Historic Amounts of Snow On The Southeast. Aired 8-9p ET
• Did Not Air 3-4a ET
• Dems Won't Help House Speaker End Shutdown; Outrage Over ICE Activity Fuels Nationwide Protests; Judge Orders Release of Five-Year- Old and Father; Winter Weather Nightmare; Rafah Crossing Partially Reopening; Over 30 People Killed in Israeli Strikes; Trump: Iran "Seriously Talking" to U.S. After Strike Threats; Mine Collapses in DR Congo. Aired 4-5a ET
• Bomb Cyclone Brings Biggest Snow in Years to Southeast U.S.; Judge Orders Release of 5-Year-Old & Father from Texas Facility; Gaza Officials: Over 30 People Killed in Israel Strikes; At Least 200 Dead After Mine Collapse in Eastern Congo. Aired 5-6 am ET


CNN This Morning
• Federal Judge Orders Release Of Five-Year-Old Boy, Father; Judge Allows Operation Metro Surge To Continue In Minnesota; Crowds Gather Nationwide To Protest Trump's Immigration Crackdown; Trump Promises Aggressive Federal Response To Protect Government Property; Bomb-Cyclone Brings Most Snow In Decades To The Southeast; Snow Triggers Pile-Up On North Carolina Interstate; Ukraine's Energy Infrastructure Battered By Russian Strikes; Iran: U.S. Strike Would Result In A Regional War; Trump Weighing Major Military Strike Against Iran; USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group Arrives In Arabian Sea. Trump Says He Had No Advance Knowledge Of Journalist's Arrest; "Melania" Documentary Opened This Weekend At Movie Theaters Across U.S.; Snow Triggers Pile-Up On North Carolina Interstate; Bomb Cyclone Brings Most Snowfall In Decades To Parts Of Southeast; 68th Grammy Awards Takes Place Tonight In Los Angeles. Aired 6-7a ET
• Trump: Feds Won't Step Into Protests In Democratic-Led Cities Until They "Ask For Help"; Federal Judge Orders Release Of 5-Year-Old Liam Ramos; Jeffries To GOP: Dems Won't Vote For Spending Bill; Bomb- Cyclone Brings Most Snow In Decades To The Southeast; Massive Epstein File Dump Reveals New Details On Key Figures; Over 200 Dead After Landslide Collapses Mines In Eastern DRC; Gaza's Health Ministry: Israel Strikes This Weekend Killed 30 Plus; House Homeland Security Committee Dems Says Noem Will Be Impeached If She Doesn't Step Down Or Get Fired. Noem Impeached if She Doesn't Step Down or Get Fired; DOJ Opens Civil Rights Investigation into Death of Alex Pretti; Journalist Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Arrested; Political Division Over Response to "Melania" Documentary. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• A Rupture Between Trump and European Populists?; Choppy Waters in the Transatlantic Relationship. Interview With China Strategies Group President And CEO Christopher K. Johnson; Interview With Signal Foundation President Meredith Whittaker; Interview With Eli Lilly Chief Scientific And Product Officer Daniel Skovronsky. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Partial Shutdown Likely To Extend On Tuesday Amid House Opposition; Maine Voters Divided On Who Should Take On Susan Collins. Messy Democratic Senate Primary Brewing in Must-Win Maine; Dem Flips Texas Senate Seat Trump Won by 17 Points; "Melania" Pulls in $2.9M on Its Opening Night; Home Away from Home? Senator's Beach House Mixes Up Race. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI); Interview With U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche; Interview With Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD); Interview With Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI). Aired 9-10a ET


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