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Amanpour
• Interview with Religion News Service Senior Analyst Rev. Thomas Reese; Interview with Fordham University Center on Religion and Culture Director David Gibson; Interview with "Redwood" Author Ben Macintyre; Interview with Austin American-Statesman Investigative Reporter Tony Plohetski. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Ad Warns of Final Battle Ahead of Midterms; One Killed, Four Injured in Powerful Nor'easter That Lashed East Coast; Economists See Inflation Staying Hot Through Mid-2027. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Soon: SpaceX Attempts To Launch Most Powerful Rocket Ever Into Orbit; Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) On Five Arrested On Suspicion Of Terrorism Near Military Base In U.K.; D.A. Reopens Investigation Into Alleged Gang Rape At Cornell University. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Ad Warns of Final Battle Ahead of Midterms; SpaceX Attempts to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Ever into Orbit; Trump Says More U.S.-Iran Talks Expected this Week; Week 3 of Testimony in Caleb Flynn Murder Trial. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• How the President is Doing in House Battleground Districts; Interview with Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA): White House Defends New Ads as Public Service Announcements; SpaceX Attempts to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Ever Into Orbit. Aired 8:30-9:00a ET
• Trump Team's Strategy for Congress; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is Interviewed about the Midterms; Five Arrested Near Military Base in U.K.; SpaceX Starship Reaches Orbit; Powerful Nor'easter Lashed East Coast. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Gates Warning about A.I.; Trump's Polls with Youth Voters; 2026 VMA's Performances and Tributes. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• British Terror Plot Investigation; Cornell University Alleged Gang Rape Investigation Reopened; U.S. and China Agree to Slash Some Tariffs; Trump to Hit Campaign Trail. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• NVIDIA Launches New Tool to Keep A.I. Agents From Going Rogue; Livestock Industry Groups Say Disruptions Brought by Recent ICE Operations Will Lead to Higher Beef Prices; Nepal Reports 14 Deaths After Heavy Rain, Storms Trigger Floods; 12 Teens Shot During Party at Georgia Skate Park; SpaceX Launches Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built Into Orbit. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• SpaceX Launches Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built Into Orbit; U.K. Investigating Suspected Terror Plot at Base Used by U.S.; Busy October Campaign Push on Deck for Trump, Vance; Trump Announces Plans for a New Iowa Steel Plant; Trump Open to Iran Sanctions Relief for Concrete Progress on Nuclear Issues. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump: More U.S.-Iran Talks Expected this Week; Overseas Travel to U.S. Down This Year Despite World Cup; Trump Takes Questions During Oval Office Event. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Anthropic CEO Amodei to Attend White House AI Meeting Tomorrow; Trump to Host Top AI Leaders at White House Tomorrow; Trump to Make Campaign Stops Nearly Every Day in October; SpaceX Launches Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built into Orbit. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump: More Talks with Iran Expected This Week; 5 Men Held on Suspicion of Terror, Explosives Offenses; Two of China's Giant Pandas Arrive at Zoo Atlanta; Protestors in Madrid Demand Relief from High Housing Costs; Investigation into F-35 Parts Mistakenly Sent to Hong Kong; 10 Months of Drought is Devastating Honduras. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump: More Talks With Iran Expected This Week; Pezeshkian: Iran Had Agreed Not To Develop Nuclear Weapons; 5 Men Held On Suspicion of Terror; Explosives Offenses; China's Xi Describes Giant Pandas as "Envoys of Friendship"; Pope Leo Leaves Lourdes on Last Leg of France Trip; Germany Marks Fall with Legendary Oktoberfest. Aired 1-1:45a ET
• Trump Rejects Plan to Open Strait of Hormuz But Expects More Talks; Five Men Arrested on Suspicion of Terror, Explosives Offenses; CNN Provides Midterm Updates; CNN Provides Weather Updates; Two Of China's Giant Pandas Arrive At Zoo Atlanta; Trump Announces Plan To Host Anthropic CEO For Private Meeting; Pope Leo XIV Receives Warm Welcome On First Trip To France. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Calls Latest Hormuz Strait Proposal Unacceptable, Expects More Talks with Iran; Bangkok's Disaster Zone Declared in 50 Districts Following Massive Floods; New Batch of Pandas Arrived in the U.S. as Panda Diplomacy Continues. Aired 3-4a ET
• Iran Awaiting "Definitive" U.S. Response To Hormuz Proposal; Five Men Held On Suspicion Of Terror, Explosives Offenses; Nor'easter Weakening But Still Threatens Parts Of U.S.; Protesters In Madrid Demand Relief From High Housing Costs; Pope Leo XIV Begins Final Day Of France Trip. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Iran: Awaiting Definitive U.S. Response To Hormuz Proposal; Floods And Landslides Kill At Least 14 In Nepal; 10 Months Of Drought Is Devastating Honduras. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ad Warns of America's 'Final Battle'; Trump Dines with Anthropic CEO Amid Growing AI Debate; Fetterman Corrects after 'I'm a Lifelong Republican' Gaffe. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) is Interviewed about Farmers; Pollster Frank Luntz is Interviewed about the Midterms; Democrats Responding to Anti-Trans Attack Ads. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• SpaceX Launches Most Powerful Rocket Ever, Aiming for Orbit; Pope Leo to Hold Mass at Cathedral in Metz, France; Investigation Reopens on Alleged Gang Rape at Cornell University; Trump Rejects Iran's Proposal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz; Messi Nets Incredible Goal ahead of Argentina Farewell. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Grassley: Elect A GOP Governor In Iowa In Case I Die; Two MAGA Rally Devotees Tell Playbook They've Turned On Trump; Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ad Warns Of America's "Final Battle"; AOC's 2028 Road Map: Re- Election Or Higher Officer? Aired 12-12:30p ET
• AOC Takes Progressive Campaign To Rural New York; Anthropic's CEO Dines With Trump At White House; Bill Gates: AI Could "Cause A Billion Deaths"; White House To Host AI Leaders Amid Warnings Of Doom; American And Canadian Voters Discuss Visiting Other Country Amid Trade War; New Era Of Panda-Diplomacy Between Beijing & Washington. Aired 12:30-1p ET


One World with Zain Asher
• UK Investigating Suspected Terror Plot at Base Used by U.S.; Trump Expects More Talks After Rejecting Iran's Latest Proposal; Pope Leo Leads Mass in Metz, France Before Returning to Rome; Two Giant Pandas Ping Ping, Fu Shuang Arrive at Atlanta's Zoo; Over 30 People Killed in Mass Shootings Across South Africa. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Inside Trump's Campaign Strategy To Win Midterms; Nepal Hit By Fresh Disaster Weeks After Deadly Floods; Pope Leo XIV Heading Back To Rome After France Visit; Investigation Reopens On Alleged Gang Rape At Cornell University; A.I. Growing Threat Has Parents Worried For Kids' Future; Big Tech's Massive A.I. Spending Raises Inflation Fears; Inside A Women's Book Club On Rikers Island; Aired 12-1p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: President Trump Now Expecting Talks with Iran to Resume This Week After Rejecting Their Proposal to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz; Former American Idol Caleb Flynn Pushes Back on Allegations that He Killed His Wife; Brutal Nor'easter that Hammered Parts of the U.S. East Coast is Slowly Starting to Ease Up. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Iran: Awaiting "Definitive" U.S. Response To Hormuz Proposal; Testimony Resumes In Murder Trial Of One-Time "American Idol" Contestant; Five Men Held On Suspicion Of Terror, Explosives Offenses. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• OpenAI Pauses Training of Latest A.I. Models; Five Arrested on Suspicion of Terrorism Near U.K. Air Base Used by U.S.; Concern Growing Over A.I. Spending and Inflation. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• SpaceX Starship Launches; Dangers of AI?; Police Label Canadian Synagogue Shooting Hate Crime. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• 5 Terror Suspects Arrested Near British Air Base U.S. Uses; Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ad Warns Of America's "Final Battle"; D.A. Reopens Investigation Of Alleged Gang Rape At Cornell. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Woman Wrongly Jailed After Flock Camera Mix-Up Speaks Out; Trump Admin Wants Schools to Prepare Lunch from Scratch; Chinese Giant Pandas Arrive at Zoo Atlanta. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Arrests in Alleged U.K. Terrorist Plot; Trump Open to Iran Sanctions Relief; Kyiv Academy Attacked; NVIDIA Vows to Help Prevent Rogue A.I.; Nepal Hit by Fresh Disaster Weeks After Deadly Floods; Growing Challenges for Palestinians; SpaceX Launches Most Powerful Rocket Ever into Orbit. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Five Men Arrested On Suspicion Of Terrorist Plot Against British Air Base Released On Bail; Trump Speaking At The White House; Trump Announces New Steel Plant, Biggest In U.S. History; SpaceX Launches Most Powerful Rocket Ever Into Orbit; UAE Confirms Netanyahu Visited, Met President. Aired 3-4p ET