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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Sheriff: Savannah Guthrie's Mother Abducted, Home Crime Scene; Trump Calls For GOP To "Nationalize" Elections In At Least "15 Places"; Trump Slams Grammys And Threatens To Sue Host Trevor Noah After Epstein Joke; Former Prince Andrew, "Melania" Director Brett Ratner & British Lord Appear In Epstein Files; Epstein Victim's Lawyers Ask Judges To Force Takedown Of Released Files, Citing "Thousands Of Redaction Failures"; Trump: Kennedy Center Renovations Will Cost Around $200 Million; 5-Year-Old Boy, Father Back In MN After Release From ICE Detention. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with "The Shah" Author and Stanford University Director of Iranian Studies Abbas Milani; Interview with University of Miami Cuban Studies Chair Michael J. Bustamante; Interview with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and The New Yorker Writer Charles Duhigg. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Calls On Republicans To "Nationalize" Future Elections; Police: Nancy Guthrie's Home A "Crime Scene" After Disappearance; Just In: Noem Says Every Officer In Minneapolis Getting Body Cams; Trump To Close Kennedy Center For Two Years For Renovations. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Source: Trump's Pardon Attorney To Leave DOJ In Coming Weeks; TX GOP Loses State Senate Seat Despite Last-Minute Push By Trump; Trump: Congress Nearing A "Resolution" To End Partial Shutdown. Aired 5:00-6p ET
• "New York Times" Reports, Trump Ordered Gabbard To Attend FBI Search In Georgia; Five-Year-Old Liam And Father Back In Minneapolis After Being Released From Federal Custody; Deputy A.G. Signals No New Charges In Epstein Investigation; Activists Turn To Corporate Boycotts To Push Back On ICE Tactics; NASA Runs Into Issues With Hydrogen Leaks Ahead Of Launch. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Gabbard Put Trump On Phone With FBI During Elections Office Raid; Celebrities Protest ICE At Grammy Awards Amid Crackdown; Democrat Flips Texas Senate Seat In District Trump Won By 17 Points; "NewsNight" Tackles ICE Conduct In Minneapolis; Another Deal Involves Crypto Stable Coin. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos, His Dad Back in Minneapolis After ICE Detention; Deputy A.G. Signals No New Charges Related to Epstein; Trump Closing Kennedy Center for Two Years Amid Backlash, Cancelations. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) On Two Big Democratic Wins In Texas Special Elections; Trump Says Iran Negotiating "Seriously" On Nuclear Weapons; Grammy Winners Express Their Support For Immigration. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Deputy Attorney General Signals No New Charges Related to Epstein; House to Vote on Whether to Hold Clintons in Contempt; Disagreements Over DHS Funding Threaten Spending Package; Bomb Cyclone Buries North Carolina in Biggest Snowfall in Decades; MAGA Loyalists View AI Industry with Suspicion Amid Trump's Push. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Special Election Blues for the GOP; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is Interviewed about Democrats Win in Elections; Affidavit in Tepe Murder Reveals Stalking; Luke Thompson is Interviewed about "Bridgerton" Season Four. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Nothing in Epstein Files for Prosecution; No Charges Relate to Epstein; Judge Orders Release of Boy and Father; Partial Government Shutdown Expected; Trump Closing Kennedy Center. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Alicia Arden and Gloria Allred are Interviewed about the Epstein Files; A Look at Groundhog Day; Taryn Smith is Interviewed about Rowing Across the Atlantic. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Mother of Savannah Guthrie Missing; Liam Ramos Freed From Detention; Partial Government Shutdown; House to Hold Clintons in Contempt?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Justice Department Expected to Ramp Up Efforts to Deliver on Trump's Weaponization Priorities; Epstein Victims' Lawyers Ask Judges to Force Takedown of Released Files, Citing "Thousands of Redaction Failures"; Democrat Wins Texas District That Trump Won by 17 Points; NASA Begins Loading Rocket With Propellant in Crucial Test. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump to Close Kennedy Center for Two-year Renovation; Todd Blanche Says DOJ May Appeal Release of Five-year-old Boy and Father; Deputy AG Signals No New Charges Related to Epstein Files; House to Vote on Whether to Hold Clintons in Contempt; Trump Slashes Tariffs After India Agrees to Stop Buying Russian Oil; Frigid Temperatures Grip Southeast United States After Record Snowfall; Jury Deliberates in Banfield Double-Murder Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• White House Faces Question Over Trump Family Crypto Company's Links to UAE Firm; Top U.S. and Iranian Officials Plan to Meet in Turkey Friday; Epstein Survivors Slam Redaction Failures, Demand DOJ Take Files Down. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Partial Govt. Shutdown Expected to Last Until at Least Tomorrow; Trump's One-Time Weaponization Chief Expected to Depart Justice Department in the Coming Weeks; Trump Urges GOP to "Take Over" Voting Process, Nationalize Elections; "Today" Anchor Savannah Guthrie's Mom Missing; Crime Scene Found. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Columbia Heights Officials: ICE Agents Have Taken Several Children; GOP's House Majority Tighter After Democrat Wins Vacant Seat in Texas; Bad Bunny Make History with Album of the Year Win. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Iran's Foreign Minister Concerned about 'Miscalculations' with U.S.; Rafah Crossing to Partially Reopen After Nearly 2 Years; Britain's Fallen Prince Appears in Newly Revealed Photos; Xi: China Should Have 'Global Reserve Currency' Status; Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar Earn Top Honors at Music Awards; Winter Olympics Set to Begin in Milan on Friday. Aired 12-1a ET
• Shutdown Likely To Continue At Least Into Tuesday; Five-Year- Old Boy And Father Detained By ICE Return Home To Minnesota; Lord Mandelson Resigns From Labour Party Over Epstein Links; Trump Shuts Kennedy Center For Two Years Amid Uproar; Iran Hopeful About Nuclear Talks Amid U.S. Military Buildup; Israel Partially Reopens Rafah Border Crossing; Rafah Crossing to Partially Reopen after Nearly Two Years; Xi: China Should Have "Global Reserve Currency" Status; Jury Deliberating in Alleged Double-Murder Plot; Bomb Cyclone Drops Historic Amounts of Snow on Southeast; Biggest Moments of the Grammy Awards. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.S. Government Under Pressure to End Partial Shutdown; Ben Hunte Interviews St. Paul City Council's Vice President; CNN's Fred Pleitgen Interviews Iran's Foreign Minister; Bomb Cyclone Drops Historic Amounts Of Snow On Southeast; 300+ Dead As Floods Sweep Across Southern Africa; Kendrick Lamar, Sza Win Record Of The Year For "Luther"; A Season Of Tradition & Celebration Kicks Off In Italy. Aired 2-3a ET
• Government is in Partial Shutdown, U.S. House to Vote on Federal Funding Bill; Rafah Crossing Reopens After Almost Two Years; Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny Went Home Big at the Grammys. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump to Close Kennedy Center for Two Years for Renovations; DOJ Releases Final Major Set of Files Related to Jeffrey Epstein; Stars Speak Out Against Immigration Policies at Grammys as Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny Gets Key Wins. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Bad Bunny's Big Night at Grammy's; Five-Year-Old Home after ICE Detention; Ru Landau is Interviewed about Philadelphia's Warning About ICE; Democrats Score Surprise Wins in Texas. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Khanna, Massie Want More Answers from Justice Department; Trump Claims Release of New Epstein Files Absolves Him; Rafah Crossing Partially Reopening After Nearly Two Years; Next Round of Peace Talks Set for This Week in Abu Dhabi; Iran's FM Warns U.S. Attack Could Spark a Regional War. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Deputy A.G. Todd Blanche Says Photos Released From Jeffrey Epstein Files "Horrible," But Not Enough Evidence To Prosecute; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Wants Former Prince To Testify To U.S. Congress; U.S. House Speaker Under Pressure To Pass Spending Bill To Avoid Lengthy Government Shutdown; Rafah Crossing Partially Reopens After Nearly Two Years; Iran's Foreign Minister: "We Fully Agree" On No Nuclear Weapons Deal; United States Allies Working To Arrange Iran Talks In A Bid To Stave Off Military Strikes; Trump's A.I. Push Exposes A Divide In The MAGA Movement; Cancellations Mount At Kennedy Center In Wake Of Trump Rebrand. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Sherriff: Savannah Guthrie's Mom "Abducted" From Home; Dem Flips Texas State Senate Seat In District Trump Won By 17 Points; Five-Year-Old Back Home In Minnesota After Judge Rips Government, Orders Release. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• U.S. Justice Department Says that There will Be No Epstein- Related Charges As More Files are Released; Partial U.S. Government Shutdown Enters Third Day As Funding Standoff Continues; Artists Call Out ICE at the Grammy Awards. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Two Deadly Russian Strikes On Civilians In Ukraine; Bomb Cyclone Drops Historic Amounts Of Snow On Southeast; Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar Earn Top Honors At Grammys. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Texas GOP Lawmaker On Dem Upset: "100 Percent Concerned"; GOP Loses Texas Special Election Despite Last-Minute Trump Push; Poll: Majority Say Country Worse Off Now Than One Year Ago; Partial Govt. Shutdown Expected To Last Until At Least Tomorrow; Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Released From ICE Detention; Trump To Close Kennedy Center For Two Years For Renovations. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump To Close Kennedy Center For Two Years For Renovations; Deputy AG Downplays Chances Of More Epstein Prosecutions; Trump Claims Latest Epstein Release "Absolves" Him; Generational Divide Splits Maine Democrats In Senate Race; Bad Bunny Protests ICE At Grammy's Ahead Of Super Bowl Performance; "Melania" Beats Expectations, Makes $7M On Opening Weekend. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Fallout From The Latest Drop Of Epstein Files Continues As Former U.K. Lord Quits Labor Party; Diplomatic Efforts To Prevent A U.S. Attack On Iran Ramps Up Amid Simmering Tensions Between The U.S. And Iran; Dozens Of Gazans Allowed To Seek Medical Help In Egypt After Rafah Border Crossing Opens; Ukrainian Energy CEO Urges Extension Of Energy Ceasefire; DRC Mine Collapse Kills 200 People; DOJ Says No New Charges Coming; Final Preparations Underway Ahead of Winter Olympics. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Cranks Up Election Fraud Claims And Tells Republicans They Should Take Over Voting; Search For Nancy Guthrie Continues; Clintons Agree To Testify In House Epstein Inquiry; Trump To Close Kennedy Center For Two Years To Renovate; Jury Finds Brendan Banfield Guilty Of Double Murder. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Khanna, Massie Want More Answers from Justice Department; British PM Wants Former Prince to Testify to U.S. Congress; British Lord Resigns from Labor Party Amid Epstein Files Release; Father & Child Detained by I.C.E. Return Home to Minneapolis; Rafah Crossing Partially Reopens After Nearly Two Years; Stars Speak Out in Support of Immigrants & Against I.C.E. Tactics. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Battle Over DHS Funding Threatens Spending Package; House To Vote On Whether To Hold Clintons In Contempt; Democrat Taylor Rehmet Flips Texas State Senate Seat; Rafah Crossing Partially Reopens After Nearly Two Years; 300 Plus Reported Dead As Floods Sweep Across Southern Africa; Freezing Temperatures Settle In Across Southern U.S.; Trump: Renovations Start July 4th, Will Take Two Years; First Black Woman To Play For U.S. Olympic Hockey Team; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Slashes Tariffs On India After Modi Agrees To Stop Buying Russian Oil; Georgieva: Risk Of Trade Collapsing Did Not Materialize; Former U.K. Ambassador Quits Labour Party Over Epstein Files; Iran's Foreign Minister: We Are Open To "Fair And Equitable" Talks With United States; Canada's Prime Minister Warned Of Rupture In The Global Order; Pagliuca: We Will See New Breakthroughs In Technology. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Says, I Have Never Been to Jeffrey Epstein's Island; House Returns as Partial Government Shutdown Enters Third Day; Trump Administration Considers Appealing Order That Freed Five-Year-Old and Dad. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Don Lemon Looking Forward to Trial on Federal Charges; Mother of Savannah Guthrie Missing; Trump Threatens to Sue Trevor Noah; Deep Freeze Grips East Coast; DOJ Releases Million of Documents in Epstein Investigation. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), Is Interviewed About Dems Call On Noem To Resign As DHS Secy Or Be Fired; Update On Search For Savannah Guthrie's Mother. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Grammy Award Winners; Iran Open to Nuclear Talks With U.S.?; Mother of Savannah Guthrie Missing. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Savannah Guthrie's Mother Missing; Trump Says Republicans Should "Nationalize" Elections; Noem: DHS Officers In Minneapolis Will Be Issued Body Cameras. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Trump Calls to "Normalize the Voting"; Blanche: Photos in Epstein files "Horrible," But Not Enough Evidence to Prosecute; U.S. Justice Department Signals No New Charges from Epstein Releases; Partial Government Shutdown to Last Until Tuesday; UAE-Linked Firm Bought a 49 Percent Stake in the Trump Family's Cryptocurrency Firm; Rafah Crossing Partially Reopens; Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Set in Abu Dhabi; Trump Announces U.S.-India Trade Deal. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• U.S. Justice Department Says No Charges Coming After Friday Release; British PM Wants Former Prince To Testify To U.S. Congress; Sources: U.S. & Iranian Officials Set To Meet In Turkey Friday; Rafah Crossing Partially Reopens After Nearly Two Years; Kennedy Family Slams Trump's Plan To Close The Kennedy Center For Two Years For Renovations; Father And Child Detained By ICE Return To Minnesota; Emails Show Musk Tried Coordinating Visits To Epstein's Island. Aired 3-4p ET