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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• NYC Grand Jury Hearing Evidence in CEO Killing Case; Weeks of Unexplained Drone Sightings in New Jersey Prompt Security Concerns; Syrians Search Morgue For Missing Loved Ones; AI-Powered Tutor, Teaching Assistant Tested As A Way To Help Educators And Students; Amazon Plans To Donate $1M To Trump Inauguration, Matching Meta. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini; Interview with "All We Imagine as Light" Director Payal Kapadia; Interview with Syrian-American Artist and Architect Mohamad Hafez. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Drone Mystery In New Jersey Prompts Security Concerns; ABC Report: NY Grand Jury To Hear Evidence In CEO Killer Case; Trump Named Time "Person Of The Year" For Second Time; Syrians Search Morgue For Missing Loved Ones; 3 More Men Accuse Sean "Diddy" Combs Of Rape, Sexual Assault. Aired 4-5p ET
• Sources: Authorities Execute As Many As Three Search Warrants In NY As Part Of CEO Murder Investigation; ABC Report: N.Y. Grand Jury Hearing Evidence In CEO Killer Case; Report: Suspect's Mother Believed He Was Working In San Fran; N.J. Officials & Residents Demand Answers On Drone Sightings; Rep. Josh Gottheimer, (D-NJ), Is Interviewed About Drone Sightings, Bipartisan Drone Act; DOJ Watchdog: No Undercover FBI Agents At Jan 6 Riot; Trump: I'll Pardon Some Jan. 6 Rioters Maybe In "First 9 Minutes"; Trump: Reducing Grocery Prices Will Be "Very Hard". Trump Invites China's Xi Jinping To Attend His Inauguration; Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Is Interviewed About 32 House Members Who Are Military Veterans Endorse Hegseth; Biden Faces Pressure To Grant More Pardons, Clemency. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Changes Tune on Promise to Lower Grocery Prices; U.S. Northeast on Edge Over Mysterious Drone Sightings; Politicians Frustrated by Inaction from Feds on Drones. Drones Seen But Their Origin Remains Unknown; Fetterman Meets Hegseth; WNBA Player Caitlin Clark Says Upsets Conservatives With A Statement On Having White Privilege. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Biden Commutes Sentences for 1,500 People in Largest Single-Day Act of Clemency in Modern History; Police Link Suspect's Gun, Fingerprints to Crime Scene; Mounting Fear, Frustration Over Unexplained Drones Flying Over New Jersey. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Missing U.S. Citizen Located In Syria As Austin Tice Search Continues; Corporations Scramble To Protect Execs After CEO Killed In New York City; FBI Director To Resign Before Trump Takes Office. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• New York Police Department Says It Can Connect Gun that Killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson to Suspect Luigi Mangione; State Lawmakers Demand Answers from Federal Government regarding Numerous Drones Sighted over New Jersey; Mounting Fear, Missing American Travis Timmerman Found in Syria; FBI Director Wray to Resign at End of Biden's Term. Aired 8-8:30ET
• New Interview from Trump; CEO Murder Suspect's Health Issues; Alexander Brothers Arrested for Sex Trafficking Scheme; Key Inflation Data Released; Duke Han is Interviewed about a New Study on Alzheimer's. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Police Link Suspect's Gun, Fingerprints to Crime Scene; Missing U.S. Citizen Located in Syria; Austin Tice Search Continues. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Trump Rings Opening Bell at NYSE, Named TIME "Person of the Year"; Firefighters Work to Contain Malibu Fire as Weather Improves; Mounting Fear, Frustration Over Unexplained Drones Flying Over NJ. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• DOJ Watchdog Report Finds No Undercover FBI Agents at January 6 Riot; Evidence Mounts Against CEO Murder Suspect. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Rings Opening Bell, Celebrating "Time" Cover; Trump Previews His Presidency In "Time" Magazine Interview; Unexplained Drone Sightings Raise Fears, Frustrations In NJ; Bill Belichick Named Head Football Coach At North Carolina; Trash Talk Underway Between Army & Navy Ahead Of Saturday's Game; Missing American Found Alive In Syria; Efforts Ongoing To Locate American Austin Tice In Syria. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• FBI Investigating Car-Sized Drones Flying Over New Jersey; CNN Cameras Record Moment Syrian Prisoner Freed; Manhattan DA Calls Celebration of CEO Killing "Abhorrent"; Just Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Walks Back Promises To Bring Down Prices: "It's Hard"; Trump Previews His Presidency In "Time" Magazine Interview; CNN Captures The Moment A Syrian Prisoner Is Freed; Trump Names Kari Lake To Lead Voice Of America. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Defense Atty Questions NYPD's Forensic Evidence of Mangione; NYPD: CEO Murder Suspect May have been Inspired by Unabomber; Trump Previews Presidency in Interview with Time Magazine; Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) Discusses About President-elect Trump's Plan on Deportation. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• FBI Investigates Unexplained Drone Sightings in New Jersey; DOJ, Louisville Reach Deal to Reform City's Police Force; U.K. Bans Puberty Blockers for People Under 18 Indefinitely. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Inside Secret Prison in Syria; More Evidence Linked to CEO Shooting Suspect; Firefighters Get a Break on Wildfire as Gusty Winds Ease; FBI Director Announces Resignation; Tech Company Builds AI- Driven Robot Companion. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Luigi Mangione Fingerprints Match Crime-Scene Prints; New Reality Taking Shape In Syria After Assad Regime Fall; Russian Army Inches Closer To Ukrainian City Pokrovsk; Ruling Party Changes Course, Backs Presidential Impeachment; FBI Director Chris Wray Announces Plans To Resign; Support for Suspect Luigi Mangione Exploding Online; New Reality Taking Shape in Syria after Assad Regime's Fall; 2034 FIFA World Cup Awarded to Saudi Arabia Amid Human Rights Concerns; Forests of the Deep; Anonymous "Diddy" Accuser Speaks Out for First Time. Aired 1-2a ET
• FBI Chief To Step Down; U.N. General Assembly Votes To Demand Gaza Ceasefire; Luigi Mangione Traveled To Japan, Thailand This Year; Rebel Leader Says Syrian Rebels Working to Secure Potential Chemical Weapon Sites and Shut Down Regime-era Prisons; Turkish Drone Destroys Military Equipment in North Syria Seized by Kurdish Group; Military Confiscated Syrian Tanks Along Buffer Zone Says IDF; New Reality Taking Shape in Syria After Assad Regime Fall; Mapping Service Shows Russian Troops Close to Pokrovsk; Moscow Vows to Respond to Ukraine's Attack on Port City; Fighting Between Pro-Turkish and Kurdish Factions in North Syria; Video Points to Assad Regime's Involvement in Illicit Drugs; Strong Winds Ease, Help Firefighters Battling Huge Blaze in Malibu; FIFA Has Officially Announced the Host for the Next Two Men's Soccer World Cups. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• South Korean President Yoon's Party Backs Support for his Impeachment; FBI Director Christopher Wray Resigns, Trump to Install Successor Kash Patel; Winds Eased the Malibu Franklin Fire as Weather Conditions Improved; Human Rights Groups Slam Saudi Arabia's Hosting of the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Aired 3-4a ET
• NYPD Say They Can Tie Suspect Luigi Mangione to CEO Killing; FBI Director Wray Announces Resignation at End of Biden Term; Ontario Premier Warns Trump of Blowback from His Tariffs; Congress, Foreign Leaders Brace for Trump Term. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN Goes Inside Secret Prison in Syria; Support for Suspect Luigi Mangione Exploding Online; Anonymous Sean Diddy Combs Accuser Speaks Out for First Time; Saudi Arabia Awarded Tournament Amid Himan Rights Concerns. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Missing American Citizen Located in Syria; FBI Director Stepping Down; Officials Investigating Drones Over New Jersey; CNN on Scene the Moment a Syrian Prisoner if Freed; Russia Faces New Reality in Syria after Assad's Fall; Tech Company Builds AI- Driven Robot Companion. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Man Believed To Be Missing U.S. Citizen Found In Syria; U.S. National Security Advisor In Israel; Time Names Donald Trump "Person Of The Year". Aired 11a-12p ET
• Man Believed to be Missing American Found in Syria; NYPD Says, Fingerprints, Shell Casings Tie Suspect to Shooting; Trump Says " Will Pardon Most Jan. 6 Rioters Within First Hour" Aired 10-10:30a ET
• FBI Director to Resign at End of Biden's Term; Drone Sightings Spark Fear and Frustration in NJ; John Fetterman to Meet with Pete Hegseth. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Missing American Found Alive in Syria; Interview With Rep. James Comer (R-KY); Some Republicans Fear DOGE Plan Unrealistic. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• New Felony Charges in Fake Electors Case; Interview With State Rep. Brian Bergen (R-NJ); New Evidence Ties CEO Murder Suspect to Crime; Mystery Drones. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Blinken Presses For Unified Approach In Syria; DOJ Watchdog Report: No Undercover FBI Agents Were At The Jan. 6 Capitol Riot; Biden Commutes Nearly 1,500 Sentences, Pardons 39 People; FTC Wins Case Blocking Kroger-Albertsons Supermarket Merger; CNN Goes Inside Secret Prison In Syria; CEO Killing Sparks Online Rage At Healthcare, Insurance Industries. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• FBI Director Wray To Resign At End Of Biden's Term; CNN Goes Inside Secret Prison In Syria; Hannah Kobayashi "Found Safe" According To Family; NYPD: Fingerprints, Shell Casings Tie Suspect To Shooting. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• NYPD: Fingerprints, Shell Casings Tie Suspect To Shooting; Mysterious Drones Over New Jersey Raise Concerns; Bill Belichick Named North Carolina Head Coach. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• FBI Director Wray to Resign at End of Biden's Term; Mysterious Drones over New Jersey Raise Concerns; Upcoming California Rain Could Help Firefighting Efforts. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Former Top Biden Aide Slams Hunter Biden Pardon Rollout; Fingerprints and Casings Tie Suspect to Shooting; Long-Simmering Anger Directed at Insurance Industry; Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) is Interviewed about Mysterious Drones; Time Magazine Names Trump Person of the Year. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• CNN International: Time Names Donald Trump ""Person of the Year""; Man Believed to be Missing U.S. Citizen Found in Syria; New Jersey Lawmakers Demand more Answers after Drone Briefing; Donald Trump Rings Opening Bell on Wall Street; Warner Brothers Discovery Announces Business Restructure. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S. Secy. Of State In Jordan For Urgent Talks On Syria; Relief International Calls For Increased Funding For Syria; Syrian Economy And Infrastructure Decimated By Years Of War; Trump Named Time "Person Of The Year"; U.S. National Security Adviser Speaking In Israel; Elon Musk's Fortune Soars to $400 Billion; King Charles To Meet Apple CEO And Local Traders. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Police: No Sign CEO Murder Suspect Was A United Healthcare Client; KFILE: Hegseth On Don't Ask, Don't Tell; New Drone Sightings. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Trump on the Cover of Time Magazine; Trump Rings Opening Bell at NYSE; Syria's Interim Govt. to Dissolve Assad's Security Forces; Syrian Desperately Search for Loved Ones; U.S. Optimistic on Gaza Ceasefire- Hostage Deal; Worries Over Unexplained Drones Over Eastern U.S.; Trump Opposing in Using U.S.-Made Weapons to Strike Inside Russia; ECB Cuts Rates Again; India's Smug Puts Children at Risk; Oldest Known Ten Commandments Tablet on Auction; Amazon to Donate $1M to Trump's Inaugural Fund. Aired 6- 7p ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Named Time's "Person Of The Year" For Second Time; Trump Previews His Presidency In Time Magazine Interview; Trump: "We're Going To Have A Big Discussion" About Vaccines; Trump Attacks Project 2025 Authors For Their Tactics; Soon: Hegseth To Meet With Democratic Sen. John Fetterman; Trump Defends Gabbard: She's "A Great American". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Biden Announces Clemency For Nearly 1,500 People; Longtime Biden Adviser Slams President For Pardoning Son; FBI Director Wray To Resign, Clearing Way For Trump Replacement; Connolly Calls Himself "Committee Workhorse" In Pitch To Colleagues For Top Committee Post; North Carolina's GOP-Dominated Legislature Strips Power From Incoming Dem Governor. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Top Biden Officials Hold Crisis Talks in the Middle East As the U.S. Defends Israel's Actions in Syria And Raises Hopes of Nearing a Gaza Ceasefire and Hostage Deal; Families in Syria Desperately Search for Loved Ones Imprisoned By the Assad Regime; Time Magazine Names Trump Person of the Year. Fall of Assad Regime, a Major Blow to Russia; Trump Opposing in Using U.S.-Made Weapons to Strike Inside Russia; Mysterious Drone Sightings Across New Jersey. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Northeast on Edge Amid Mysterious Drone Sightings; Search Warrants Executed in CEO's Killing; Trump is Time's Person of the Year; New January 6 Report Answers FBI Conspiracy Theory; NFL Legend Bill Belichick Stuns with Move to UNC. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN Goes Inside Secret Prison In Syria; Man Believed To Be Missing U.S. Citizen Found In Syria; Trump Wins Time Person Of The Year, Rings NYSE Opening Bell; NYPD: Suspect's Fingerprints Match Ones Near Crime Scene; Sullivan: Looking To Close Gaza Hostage And Ceasefire Deal; Officials Investigating Drones Over New Jersey. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Named Person of the Year, Rings NYSE Opening Bell; Canadian Premiers Urge Tough Stance on Trump Tariff Threat; Unexplained Drone Sightings Raise Alarm in New Jersey; Syrians Hunting for Lost Family Members at Morgues; Man Believed to be Missing U.S. Citizen Found in Syria; Support for Suspect Luigi Mangione Exploding Online; European Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates; North Carolina Christmas Tree Farms Suffer Post Hurricane Helene. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Sources Say, As Many As Three Search Warrants in CEO Killing Probe; Wavering Senators Face Major Pressure Campaign from Trump Allies; Lawmakers Briefed on Unsettling New Jersey Drone Sightings. Missing U.S. Citizen Apparently Found In Syria; Biden Grants Clemency For Nearly 1,500 People In Biggest Single-Day Act In Modern U.S. History. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Watchdog Report Debunks GOP Theory FBI Agents Provoked J6 Attack; Trump: "I Want To Get Ideas From" Musk, Bezos & Zuckerberg; Lawmakers Briefed On Mysterious NJ Drone Sightings. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• Saudi Arabia Officially Announced as The 2034 World Cup Host, Human Rights Groups Warn of "Unimaginable Human Cost"; Big Grocery Store Deal Goes Bust; Fast Moving Wildfires Affecting Thousands of People in Southern California. Aired 4-4:10a ET