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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Team Raising Questions About Hegseth's Viability For Defense; Johnson: Will "Strongly Request" Ethics CMTE not Issue Gaetz Report; Trump Picks Criminal Defense Attorneys for Key DOJ Posts; Giuliani Turns Over His 1980 Mercedes-Benz Convertible, Luxury Watches And Diamond Ring To Women He Defamed; What Current Research Says About RFK Jr.'s Fluoride Claims; Mike Tyson Vs. Jake Paul In The Ring. Aired: 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with American Enterprise Institute Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies and Former State, Defense and NSC Official Kori Schake; Interview with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby; Interview with "Democracy's Discontent" Author and Harvard University Professor of Political Philosophy Michael Sandel. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Considering Fierce Loyalist Kash Patel To Lead FBI; Former VP Pence Urges Senate To Reject RFK Jr. Over Abortion Stance; CNN Speaks To U.S. Pilots Who Shot Down Missiles, Drones Aimed At Israel. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Tests GOP Loyalty With Controversial Cabinet Picks; Trump Picks Criminal Defense Attorneys For Key DOJ Posts; Trump Picks Rep. Matt Gaetz As Attorney General; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, (D-MN), Is Interviewed About Trump's Cabinet Picks; Checking In With Michigan Voters Who Went For Trump; TX Supreme Court Says Robert Roberson Can Be Executed. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Two Trump Nominees Facing Viability Concerns Over Revelations; Trump Allies Lobby Him To Fire FBI Chief And Install MAGA Loyalist; "NewsNight" Discusses Voters' Reaction To Election Results; CNN's "Have I Got News For you?" Comedians Share Thoughts on Trump Administration Picks. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Skipping FBI Background Checks for Some Cabinet Picks; Soon, Trial Begins for Undocumented Migrant Accused of Killing Nursing Student Laken Riley on UGA Campus; Biden to Meet With Leaders of Japan, South Korea and Peru at APEC Summit. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Sources: Trump Team Preparing For Mass Detentions, Deportations; Georgia Officials: Jail Conditions "Fixable" After Damning DOJ Report; FBI Arrests Man Who Allegedly Wanted To Commit 9/11-Style Attack. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Former Boxer Mike Tyson to Fight Social Media Influencer Jake Paul; Donald Trump Selects Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as His Nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary; Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) Interviewed on President-Elect Trump's Controversial Picks to Fill Cabinet Roles; Reporting Indicates Trump Administration Will Not Use FBI Background Checks on Some of His Nominees; Rudy Giuliani Faces Deadline in $148M Defamation Judgment; US Air Force Speaks to CNN on Defending Against Iran Drone Attacks. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Kushner Expected in Trump White House; Charlie Dent is Interviewed about Trump's Picks; New Study on Obesity Edgar Barrientos-Quintana is Interviewed about his Conviction being Vacated. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Team Bracing for Confirmation Fights Over Controversial Picks; Trump Taps Vaccine Skeptic RFK Jr. for Health & Human Services Secretary; Trial Begins for Migrant Accused of Killing GA Student Laken Riley. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump Taps Vaccine Skeptic RFK Jr. for Health & Human Services Secretary; Trial Begins for Migrant Accused of Killing GA Student Laken Riley; Police Believe Missing Father Faked His Death, Fled to Europe. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Jared Kushner to Play Role in Second Trump Administration?; Trump Cabinet Picks Under Scrutiny. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Axios: Israeli Strike Hurts Iran's Effort On Nuclear Weapons Research; Trial Begins For Immigrant Accused Of Killing GA Nursing Student; "Is Ozempic Right For You" Airs Sunday At 8PM ET/PT; U.N. Climate Talks Descend Into Chaos In Azerbaijan. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Several Lawmakers Demand Release of House Ethics Report on Gaetz; Trump Taps Vaccine Skeptic RFK Jr. For Health and Human Services Secretary. Aired 2:00-2:30p ET
• FAA: American Airlines Jet Narrowly Missed Mountain In Hawaii; CNN Goes Inside El Salvador Prison Where 80 Inmates Share A Cage & One Toilet; Today, Giuliani Must Turn Over Luxury Watches, Classic Car & More; Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Trump's Controversial Cabinet Picks. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Team Braces For Confirmation Fights Over Controversial Picks; Trump Weighs Nominating Fierce Loyalist Kash Patel To Lead FBI; Several Lawmakers Demand Release Of House Ethics Report On Gaetz; Biden To Highlight U.S. Economic Leadership At APEC Summit; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) Discusses About His Take On Tulsi Gabbard's Pick For National Intelligence. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL): Trump Intel Chief Pick Gabbard Under Scrutiny for Russia, Syria Ties; Trial Underway for Migrant Accused of Killing Georgia Student; Texas Supreme Court Clears Way for Robert Roberson's Execution. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Lauds RFK Jr., Predicts He'll Do 'Unbelievable Thing'; Trump Taps Loyalists with Dubious Credentials for Key Jobs; Biden Arrives in Peru with Specter of Trump Looming Large; Report: Israel's Mass Displacement in Gaza Amounts to War Crime; Gaetz Praises One of the World's Most Brutal Prisons. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Trump Taps Loyalists With Few Qualifications For Top Jobs; Trump Taps RFK Jr. For Health And Human Services Secretary; Biden Heads To Peru for APEC Summit; At Least 43 Palestinians Killed In Israeli Strikes; Israel's Forced Displacement In Gaza Amounts To War Crime; Russian TV Praising Some Trump Picks; South Africa Refusing to Help Hundreds of Illegal Miners; Authorities Say Worst is Over after More Torrential Rain; Measles Cases Rise as Vaccination Rates Drop; Combatting the Side Effects of Weight-Loss Drugs; Scientists Discover World's Largest Coral. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Selects RFK Jr. as Incoming Health Secretary; Human Rights Watch Report Claims Israel Overseeing Mass and Forced Displacement of Palestinians; CNN Goes Inside Prison, 90 Inmates Share Cage & One Toilet; South Africa Refusing To Help Hundreds of Illegal Miners. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Trump Chose RFK Jr. as Health Secretary, Critics Worried on His Incoming Appointment; Security Ramped Up in France Following a Skirmish During the France-Israel Football Game; Biden Attends APEC Summit in Peru; The Onion Wins Bid for Infowars Bankruptcy, Sandy Hook Mass Shooting Victims Backed Sale. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Picks RFK Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary; Leaders Ask to See House Report on Matt Gaetz; Russians React to Trump's Vow to End Ukraine Conflict; HRW: Israel's Mass Displacement in Gaza Amounts to War Crime; An Exclusive Look Inside El Salvador's Fortress Prison. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Picks RFK Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary; Biden Arrives in Peru with Specter of Trump Looming Large; Authorities in Spain Say Worst is Over After More Torrential Rain; South Africa Refusing to Help Hundreds of Illegal Miners; Satirical News Site The Onion Wins InfoWars' Assets. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Kennedy Believes Vaccines Cause Autism; Biden at APEC Summit with Shadow of Trump Tariffs Looming; South Africa Refusing to Help Illegal Miners Underground; Trump Picks RFK Jr,., as Health & Human Services Secretary; "Worst of the Worst": CNN Goes Inside El Salvador Prison; Mike Tyson Slaps Jake Paul During Stare Down at Weigh-In. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Trump Picks RFK Jr. As Health & Human Services Secretary; Trump Praises Musk While Taking Victory Lap; Critics: Choice Of RFK Jr. As Health Secretary "Dangerous". Aired 11a- 12p ET
• Trump Team Skips FBI Background Checks for Some Cabinet Picks; Anti-Vaccine Activist RFK Jr. Picked to Lead HHS; Now, Trial for Migrant Accused of Killing Laken Riley. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Bluesky User Base Double in Past 90 Days; Laken Riley's Roommate Testifies in Court; Mike Tyson Slaps Jake Paul in Weight In. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• RFK Jr. Pushes False Claim That Vaccines Cause Autism; Trump Defense Secretary Pick Pete Hegseth Involved In 2017 Police Investigation Of Alleged Sexual Assault; Now: Police Sgt. Who Found Laken Riley's Body Testifies. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Do New Weight Loss Drugs Work?; Texas Supreme Court Clears Path For Execution; Interview With Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA). Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• Several Lawmakers Demand Release Of House Ethics Report On Gaetz; Public Health Experts Sound Alarm Over RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Views; Biden's APEC Trip Overshadowed By Trump's Re-Election; Experts Call For "Overhaul" Of U.N. Climate Process. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Picks RFK Jr. As Health & Human Services Secretary; NYT: Musk Held Secret Meeting With Iran's U.N. Ambassador; Pentagon Receives Hundreds Of Reports Of UFO Sightings; Jennings Creek Fire 75 Percent Contained In NJ, 69 Percent Contained In NY. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Republicans Sweep White House And Both Chambers Of Congress; Trump Picks RFK Jr. As Health And Human Services Secretary; Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) On Democrats' Reckoning With GOP Retaking The House. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump Picks Vaccine Skeptic RFK Jr. for Top Health Post; Growing Calls for House Ethics Committee to Release Gaetz Report; Elevated Fire Danger in Northeast Today. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump Picks RFK Jr. As HHS Secretary; Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) is Interviewed about Trump's Picks; Democrats Reckon with GOP Control. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• CNN International: Trump's Contentious Cabinet Picks Could Test GOP Senators' Loyalty; Jared Kushner Expected to be Pivotal to Trump Administration's Middle East Efforts, but no Formal Role; Sources: Hezbollah Considering U.S.-Israeli Ceasefire Proposal; South African Officials Refuse to Help Hundreds of Illegal Migrants; Mike Tyson Returns to Boxing to Fight Jake Paul. Aired 9-10a ET
• Trump Picks Vaccine Skeptic RFK Jr. For Top Health Post; Kennedy Has Advocated To "Get The Chemicals" Out Of Food And Called For Removing Fluoride From Water; "New York Times": Musk Meets With Iran's Ambassador To U.N. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Team Raising Questions About Hegseth's Viability For Defense; Is Speaker Johnson Protecting Gaetz?; The Power Of Ozempic. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Trump Picks Doug Burgum for Interior Secretary; Trump Picks Todd Blanche to be Deputy Attorney General; U.S. House Speaker: Gaetz Report Should Not Be Released; FBI Skips Background Checks on Cabinet Picks; Biden Attends His Last APEC Summit; Biden to Meet with President Xi; Hezbollah Considers U.S.-Israeli Ceasefire Proposal; U.S. Pilots Defends Against Iranian Drone Attacks; New Delhi's New Measures on Air Pollution; Trump Admin to Scrap EV Tax Credit; Inside El Salvador's Massive Gang Prison; Trump Picks Karoline Leavitt for WH Press Secretary; Mike Tyson Fights Jake Paul; Some Americans Seek to Leave U.S. After Trump Win. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Weighs Nominating Fierce Loyalist Kash Patel To Lead FBI; Kash Patel To Trump Foes: "We're Going To Come After You"; Trump Testing Senate GOP's Loyalty With Picks For Top Jobs; Trump Taps Anti- Vaccine Activist RFK Jr. For Top Health Post; Public Health Experts Sound Alarm Over RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Views. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Taps Anti-Vaccine Activist RFK Jr. For Top Health Post; Trump Weighs Nominating Fierce Loyalist Kash Patel To Lead FBI; Tulsi Gabbard Has Said Assad Is "Not An Enemy" Of The U.S. And Parroted Putin Rhetoric About The Russia-Ukraine War; Today: Trial Begins For Migrant Accused Of Killing Laken Riley; Inside Donald Trump's Hardline Immigration Plans. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• President-Elect Trump's Rollout Of Contentious Cabinet Picks Continues With Allies Pushing For Controversial Republican Kash Patel To Head The FBI; Trump Picks RFK Jr. To Head Health And Human Services; Heavy Strikes Continue In Lebanon As Diplomatic Efforts To End The Israel- Hezbollah War Intensify; New Controversy Over Trump's Health And Human Services Pick; Day Five Of Climate Summit Wraps In Azerbaijan's Capital; New Delhi Rolls Out New Measures To Battle Air Pollution; U.S. And Russia Disagree On Cause, Severity Of ISS Leak; Severe Turbulence On Scandinavian Airlines Flight; Conan O'Brien Set To Host 97th Academy Awards; Rare Gladiator-Shaped Knife Handle Discovered In England. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Top Aide Questions Sexual Assault Allegations Vs. Incoming Defense Secretary; Allies Push For Patel To Be FBI Director; Trump Threatens To Shut Down Department Of Education; Malcolm X Daughters Sue CIA, FBI, NYPD On The Assassination Of Their Father. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump Picks Vaccine Skeptic RFK, Jr. For Top Health Post; Gaetz Faces A Rocky Road To The Attorney General Post; Trump's Team Skipping FBI Background Checks For Some Picks; Russian State T.V. Praises Trump's Gaetz, Gabbard Picks; South Africa Refusing To Help Illegal Miners Underground; Gaetz Praises One Of The World's Toughest Prisons; Mike Tyson Returns To Boxing To Fight Jake Paul; Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• US Congress Spars Over Unreleased Gaetz Ethics Report; How Trump's Team Break From Current U.S. Policy; CNN Speaks To US Fighter Pilots Who Shot Down Iran's Drones; India Implements New Measures To Combat Toxic Smog; Reuters: Trump Plans To End $7,500 E.V. Tax Credit; Exploring The Hotel Behind "White Lotus" Season Two. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Weighs Tapping Fierce Loyalist Kash Patel For FBI Chief; Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Says, House Ethics Committee Shouldn't Release Gaetz Report; Trump And Allies Approaching Transition With An Eye On Revenge; Elon Musk Embracing New Role As Trump's "First Buddy"; Rudy Giuliani Hands Over Mercedes-Benz, Luxury Watches And Diamond Ring To Georgia Election Workers He Defamed. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Thousands Evacuated as Parts of Spain Hit with Nearly a Month`s Rainfall in One Hour; "Common Understanding" Between China and Russia; From Pumpkins to Trees, How One Templeton Farm Quickly Transitions to Christmas Season; Stunning New Images of Jupiter Revealed. Aired 4-4:10a ET