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CNN Transcripts for September 30, 2026

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Amanpour
• Interview with Former Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence Marc Short; Interview with "The Common Good Economy" Author Mariana Mazzucato; Interview with "Darwin's Lock" Author Joshua Cooper Ramo. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN News Central
• Flight to Tel Aviv Diverts to Saudi Arabia After Violent Incident; New York Attorney General to Review Cornell Response to Gang Rape Allegation; Trump Rejects Regulation of A.I. Despite Industry's Warnings. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Report: Trump Ads Cost Taxpayers At Least $2.5 Million; Polymarket Announces New Safeguards As Calls Grow For Regulation; Sec. RFK Jr.: AI Is "Better Informed" Than Doctors. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Flight to Tel Aviv Diverts to Saudi Arabia After Violent Incident; Interview with Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL): Flydubai Incident Could Be a Terror Attack Attempt; Top Execs Sign Commitment to Self- Police AI Models; Trump Ads Cost Taxpayers at Least $2.5 Million; Polymarket Announces New Safeguards as Calls Grow for Regulation. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Polls on Democratic Lead; Former Governor Chris Sununu is Interviewed about the Midterms; Former Prosecutor Jeremy Saland is interviewed about a Cornell Rape Allegation; Inflation Picked up in August; Effort to Defeat Wealth Tax in California. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Israel-Bound Flight Diverted to Saudi Arabia; Obama Privately Pressing on A.I.; Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) is Interviewed about A.I.; New Report on Cornell Rape Case. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Ken Griffin and Farnam Jahanian Interviewed About Carnegie Mellon; Numbers on GOP Outperforming September Polls; Debate Tonight in California Governor's Race. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• High Inflation Endures; DOJ Targets Minnesota Judges; Chaos on Flydubai Flight. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Vance Campaigns in Texas to Boost Support for GOP; Interview with Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE): American Farmers Feeling the Strain from High Fuel, Fertilizer Costs; Hispanic Voters' Support for Trump Dropping Ahead of Midterms; Hegseth Announcing 20 Percent Cut to Senior Officer Ranks; DA Says Cornell Police Did Not Give Him Jane Doe's 2024 Transcript; New AI Tool Aims to Boost Latino Voter Engagement. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• California Governor Candidates Prepare to Face Off in a Debate; Hegseth Gives State of the Force Address to Service Members; Hegseth Ends Tenure Offers for Military Academy Civilian Professors; First Look as Pandas Settles into New Home at Zoo Atlanta. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Ken Griffin and Farnam Jahanian Interviewed about Carnegie Mellon; Numbers on GOP Outperforming September Polls; Debate Tonight in California Governor's Race. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Growing Calls For Government Oversight Of A.I. Models; More Than 100 Israeli Settlers Attack West Bank Village; Public Sector Workers Strike Over Pay And Budget Cuts In France; WSJ Reporter Pens Memoir After 16 Months in Russian Prison; Trump Deportations to Continue Despite Human Rights Concerns; Remnants of Polo Dissipate Over Northwestern Mexico; Tropical Storm Rachel Threatens Mexico With More Heavy Rain; Morocco's King Appoints First Woman Prime Minister; Sailing Competition Requires at Least One Woman on Each Crew. Aired 2- 3a ET
• A.I. Heads Agree to Self-Police A.I. Development After Meeting with Trump; Protests Continue Over Spain Despite Government's New Measures to Mitigate Housing Crisis. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• CNN International: Sources: "Violent Incident" Between Pilots Prompts Diversion; U.S. Imposes More Sanctions To Isolate Iran Economically; A.I. Execs Agree To "Self-Police" After White House Meeting; Public Sector Workers Strike Over Pay, Budget Cuts; Aired 4- 4:30a ET
• CNN International: Ukraine: Three Killed In Russian Strikes On Kyiv Region; WSJ Reporter Pens Memoir After16 Months In Russian Prison; Israel's Former Security Chief Says He Will Sue Netanyahu For Defamation Over October 7 Blame. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• 'Violent Incident' Between Pilots Sparks Emergency Diversion of Israel-Bound Flight; Trump, Big A.I. Tech CEOs Produce Self-Policing Document; El-Sayed Tries to Attract MAHA Voters with New Health Policy. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Emergency Diversion of Israel-Bound Flight; Trump's Chatbot Contradicts His Claims; Senator Schmitt Mixes up Sports Teams in Smith Hearing. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Flight to Tel Aviv Diverts to Saudi Arabia After "Violent Incident"; Flight Descended 5,300 Meters in Two Minutes; Bloodied Passenger on Flydubai Flight Appealed for Help; Israeli Sources Suspect Co-pilot Was Trying to Hijack Plane; Premier League Finds Man City Guilty of Financial Breaches. Aired 9-10a ET
• Flydubai Incident May Be Attempted Terror Attack, One Pilot Apparently Tried to Crash Israel-Bound Flight after Stabbing the Other; Passenger's Father Describes Chaos Aboard Flight. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Senate Dems To Block Data Center Bill They Say Has No Teeth; Trump: "Data Centers Are Going To Be Very Popular"; Could Democrats Win S.C. Senate Seat For First Time Since 1998?; Passengers Arrive In Israel After Violent Incident & Diversion; Flight Dropped 17,400 Feet In Just Two Minutes. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Passengers Arrive in Israel After Violent Incident & Diversion; Cook Political Report Moves South Carolina Onto Battleground Map; New Pro-Sullivan Ad Attacks Peltola for NYT Story Allegations; Candidates Tout Efforts to End Congressional Stock Trading; North Carolina Toss- Up District Candidates Focus on Personal Stories. Aired 12:30-1p ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israel-bound Flydubai Flight Was Diverted to Saudi Arabia; Aircraft Plunged More Than 17,000 Feet in Two Minutes; Passengers Returning to Israel on Flydubai Plane; New Details Raise Questions About What University Police Knew; Fresh Backlash Erupts Over School's Handling of 2024 Case; Flight Carrying Stranded Passengers is En Route to Tel Aviv. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Flight Carrying Stranded Passengers Has Landed in Tel Aviv; Passengers Arrive In Israel After Violent Incident On Flydubai Plane; Aired 12-1p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: A.I. Execs Agree To "Self-Police" After White House Meeting; Jury Finds Former "American Idol" Contestant Caleb Flynn Guilty Of Murdering His Wife; Defense Attorney Claims It's Not Clear Lindsay Clancy Killed Her Children; NY A.G. Reviews Cornell's Response To Rape Allegations As D.A. Reopens Investigation. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: AI Execs Agree To "Self-Police" After White House Meeting; Jury Finds Former "AMERICAN IDOL" Contestant Guilty Of Murdering His Wife; NY AG Reviews Cornell's Response To Rape Allegations As D.A. Reopens Investigation. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• Reports Say, Jane Doe Discussed Rape With Cornell Police; Netanyahu Says, Pilot May Have Attempted to Hijack and Crash Jet En Route to Tel Aviv. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Affordability Crisis; Chaos on Flydubai Flight; Surviving Postpartum Psychosis; New Lindsay Clancy Defense Strategy?. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Interview With Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY); Transcript Emerges in Cornell University Rape Investigation; Chaos Erupts on Flydubai Flight. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Court Delays Tennessee's First Execution of a Woman in 200 Years; Trump On AI: "I'm Seeing Tremendous Self-Policing"; Passengers Arrive In Israel After Violent Incident and Diversion. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Affordability, Immigration, A.I. Among Top Midterm Issues; Becerra and Hilton to Meet in California Governor Debate; Supreme Court Allows Trump to Resume Controversial Deportations; France's Public Sector Workers Strike Over Pay, Budget Cuts; U.S. Troops Leave Iraq after 23-Year Military Presence; More Than 100 Israeli Settlers Attack West Bank Village; Cornell Students Speak Out as Rape Investigation Unfolds; Manchester City Found Guilty of Financial Rule Breaches. Aired 12-1a ET
• Becerra, Hilton To Face Off In California Governor Debate; Google's Co-Founder Has Spent More Than $100 Million To Oppose A Billionaire Tax; U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Trump Administration In Third-Country Deportations; Russian Attack Kills Two, Wounds Four in Kyiv; A.I. Execs Agree to "Self-Police" after White House Meeting; New York AG to Review Cornell's Response to Rape Allegations; Six Flags to Close Roller Coaster after Years of Injuries; L.A. Restaurant Survives COVID but Not the Rising Costs. Aired 1-2a ET