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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Alleged CEO Killer Indicted On Murder, Terrorism Charges, Motive Of Wisconsin School Shooter a "Combination of Factors;" House Intel Committee Members Receive Classified Briefing On Drones; Rep. Himes After Drone Briefing: No Indication Of "Any Illegal Activity Or Any Particular Danger"; CNN Investigates Mystery Drones Over NJ; Russian General Killed In Moscow Explosion; Source Says Ukraine Responsible; 25 Films Named To National Film Registry For Preservation. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator and U.N. Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher; Interview with The Washington Post Former Executive Director Martin Baron; Interview with Brady United Against Gun Violence President Kris Brown. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Luigi Mangione Indicted In Murder Of UnitedHealthcare CEO; Police Still Don't Know Motive In Wisconsin School Shooting; Lawmakers Receive Classified Briefing On Suspicious Drones; Source: Ukraine Behind Bomb That Killed Top Russian General; Trump Sues Pollster & Des Moines Register Newspaper. Aired 4-5p ET
• Luigi Mangione Indicted In Murder Of UnitedHealthcare CEO; NYPD Commissioner: Praise Of Mangione Is "Shocking And Appalling"; Police Still Don't Know Motive In Wisconsin School Shooting; Rep. Tony Gonzales, (R-TX), Is Interviewed About School Shooting; CNN Follows Up On Prisoner Released; Judge: Trump Does Not Have Immunity In Hush Money Conviction; How French Man Allegedly Organized Mass Rape Of His Wife. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Harris Breaks Silence, Urges Democrats To Stay In The Fight; Former Obama Chief Of Staff Says, Democrats Need To Tap Into Americans' Anger; Trump Sues Top Iowa Pollster, Des Moines Register; "NewsNight" Discusses Violent Shootings Killing Innocent People; Companies Publicly End Their DEI Programs; NASA Delays Launch Of SpaceX Crew 10. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• 15-Year-Old Female Shooter Kills Teacher, Student at Wisconsin School; House Intel Committee to Receive Classified Briefing on Drone Activity; Paris Flight Stowaway Caught Trying to Sneak into Canada. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Judge: No Presidential Immunity For Trump In New York Hush Money Case; Bomb Kills Top Russian General In Moscow; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) On Trump's Meeting With TikTok CEO As Ban Looms. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• School Shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, Kills Two and Injures Six; Police Investigating How 15-Year-Old Female School Shooter in Wisconsin Obtained Gun She Used in Shooting. White House: No Signs Drone Activity is a Threat to Public Safety; Fifteen-Year-Old Female Shooter Kills Teacher, Student at Wisconsin School, Interview with Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI). Aired 8-8:30a ET.
• Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) is Interviewed about the Wisconsin Shooting; Polls on the Views on Vaccines; Senators Raise Questions about RFK Jr.; Bomb Kills Russian General; Science Behind Brain Rot. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Fifteen-year-old Shooter Kills Teacher and Student; Trish Kilpin is Interviewed about the Wisconsin Shooting; Paul Kanitra is Interviewed about Drone Sightings; Trump Sues "Des Moines Register"; Paris Flight Stowaway Caught Again. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Electors Meet In State Capitals Today; Michael Osterholm Is interviewed About RFK Jr.; Trump Meets With TikTok CEO. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Presidential Electors Meet; Wisconsin School Shooting Investigation; Interview With Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ). Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• RFK's Lawyer Asks FDA To Revoke Approval Of Polio Vaccine; Son of Polio Vaccine Creator Speaks On Vaccine Debate; Ukraine Takes Credit For Scooter Bomb That Killed Top Russian General; Jury Finds Tech Consultant Guilty In Killing Of Cash App Founder. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Police Seek Motive In Madison, Wisconsin School Shooting; Police Working With ATF To Trace Gun In WI School Shooting; Cannot Verify Authenticity Of Document Claimed To Be Manifesto. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Officials Give Update On Deadly Wisconsin School Shooting; Police: Police: School Shooting Motive Appears To Be "Combination of Factors"; Soon: Manhattan DA Gives Update On Luigi Mangione Case; Scrutiny Over Insurance Claim Denials Rises After Executive Killed; Suspected Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Charged In Death Of Seventh Woman. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Sources: Luigi Mangione Charged With Murder Of United Health CEO; Police: Cannot Verify Authenticity Of Document Claimed To Be "Manifesto"; Police Working With ATF To Trace Gun In WI School Shooting; RFK Says He's "All For" Polio Vaccine As Senators Question His Views. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT): Vaccine Skeptic RFK Jr. on Capitol Hill in HHS Secretary Bid; New York Authorities Give Update on CEO Murder Case; Luigi Mangione Indicted in Murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Shooter Kills Teacher and Student at Christian School in Wisconsin; Catastrophic Cyclone Hit French Island Mayotte; Assad Appears to Issue First Statement Since Regime's Fall; Scholz Loses Confidence Vote; Political Chaos in Canada. Trudeau Names Dominic LeBlanc as New Finance Minister; Trump: 'You're Not Going to Lose the Polio Vaccine'; Conspiracy Theories Abound Over U.S. Drone Sightings. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Wisconsin School Shooting; Cyclone Chido's Aftermath; Transitioning To Trump; Shooter Kills Teacher and Student at Christian School; Scholz Loses Confidence Vote, Germany Headed to Elections; Finance Minister Quits after Clashes with Trudeau over Trump Tariffs; Drone Sightings Over U.S. Stir Up Conspiracy Theories; Dominique Pelicot Apologizes to Family in Final Testimony; Attorney: Rape Claim Against Jay-Z is False; Stowaway Arrested Again Trying to Leave U.S.A. Aired 1-2a ET
• Shooter Kills Teacher And Student At Christian School; Bashar al-Assad Appears To Issue First Statement Since Regime's Fall; Syria's New Government Pushing For International Legitimacy; French Officials Send Aid To Mayotte On Cyclone Chido's Aftermath; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Disparaged Donald Trump's Handling Of COVID Pandemic. Scholz Loses Confidence Vote, Germany Headed to Elections; Canadian Finance Minister Quits After Clashes With Trudeau Over Trump Tariffs; North Korean Forces Suffering Casualties in Kursk Region Says Ukraine; Russia and Ukraine Need to Make a Deal Says Trump; Igor Kirillov, Chief of Russia's Nuclear Protection Forces, Killed by Bomb in Moscow; World's Largest Iceberg Adrift After Months Stuck at Sea. Aired 2- 2:45a ET
• Senior Russian General Wanted by Ukraine Killed in an Explosion; Mayotte Deals with Cyclone Chido as Hundreds or Thousands Feared Dead; Two Killed, Six Injured in a Wisconsin Private School Mass Shooting. German Chancellor Loses Confidence Vote; Czech Billionaire Acquires Royal Mail. Aired 3-4a ET
• Bomb Kills Chief of Russian Nuclear Protection Forces; Deadly School Shooting in Madison, Wisconsin; Conspiracy Theories Abound Over U.S. Drone Sightings; French Officials Send Aid to Mayotte, Macron Plans Visit; Assad Appears to issue First Statement Since Regime's Fall. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Shooter Kills Teacher and Student at Christian School in Wisconsin; Britain's Royal Mail to be Sold to Czech Billionaire; Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence vote; Germany Headed to Elections; Attorney: Rape Claim Against Jay-Z is False. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: TikTok Ban Could Take Effect One Day Before Trump Takes Office; Ukraine Behind Killing of Russian General in Moscow; Two Killed, Six Injured in Latest U.S. School Shooting; Trump Hosts Procession of Top Executives at Mar-a-Lago; RFK Jr. On Capitol Hill in Bid to Become HHS Secretary; U.S. House Intelligence Committee to Receive Classified Briefing on Drone Activity; Attorney Alex Spiro Says Rape Claims Against Jay-z is False; Top Canadian Minister Resigns in Stinging Rebuke to Trudeau; Mayotte Reeling From Catastrophic Damage From Cyclone Chido; Stowaway Apprehended Again, Tried to Leave U.S. on a Bus to Canada. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Russia: Killing Of Kirillov In Moscow A "Terrorist Act"; Hamas: Ceasefire Deal In Gaza Is "Possible" Following "Positive" Discussions In Qatar; Advocacy Group: Hundreds Of Thousands Of Bodies Could Be Buried In Syrian Mass Graves. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Police Seek Motive in Madison, Wisconsin School Shooting; Today, House Intel Committee to be Briefed on Drone Activity; . Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Hegseth Spreads Baseless Conspiracy Theory About the Jan. 6 Attack; Ossoff "Open-Minded" About Supporting Gabbard; Trump Threatens More Lawsuits Against New Media; Netflix CEO to Meet Trump at Mar-a- Lago; PA Court to Decide Mangione Extradition. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Capitol Hill; Wisconsin School Shooting Investigation. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• TSA Explosive Detection Dogs; Science Behind Mindless Scrolling; Interview With Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Russian General Killed In Moscow Blast; Hamas: Ceasefire Deal For Gaza Is Possible Following "Positive" Discussions In Qatar; Police Seek Motive In Deadly Madison, Wisconsin School Shooting; Electors Meet To Confirm 2024 Presidential Election Results; Luigi Mangione Indicted In Murder Of UnitedHealthcare CEO. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Two Killed, Six Injured In Wisconsin School Shooting; Russian Nuclear Protection Chief Killed By Bomb In Moscow; Atmospheric River Fuels New Storm In Northwest; RFK Jr. Meets With Senators Ahead Of Confirmation Battle. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• RFK Jr. Meets With Senators Ahead Of Confirmation Battle; Trump Looks To Keep Coalition Impact As Inauguration Day Nears; Luigi Mangione Hires High-Profile NY Defense Attorney. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump: You're Not Going to Lose the Polio Vaccine; Two Dead, Six Injured in Madison, Wisconsin, School Shooting; Authorities Fight Conspiracy Theories Amid Drone Sightings. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump's Bid to Throw out Hush Money Conviction Denied; Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) is Interviewed about School Shootings; Trump Hosts Executives at Mar-a-Lago. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• CNN International: Russia: Killing of Kirillov in Moscow a "Terrorist Act"; Western Officials: Russia has Begun Large-Scale Military Withdrawal from Syria; Conspiracy Theories Abound Over Drone Sightings in U.S.; Trump Hosts Procession to Top Executives at Mar-a-Lago; Stowaway Gets Caught Again Trying to Leave U.S. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Killing of Kirillov In Moscow A "Terrorist Act"; Hamas Says Ceasefire-Hostage Deal "Possible" After Doha Talks; Two Dead, Six Injured In Wisconsin School Shooting; U.S. Agencies Take New Measures To Counter Drone Activity; Hope For An End To Sanctions On Syria; CNN Academy Explores AI; Stowaway Gets Caught Again Trying To Leave U.S. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• New Details About Russian General Killed In Moscow Blast; CEO Murder Suspect Indicted On First-Degree Murder Charge; Canadian Official Threatens To Cut Off Energy To U.S. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Russian General Killed in Explosion in Moscow; Mangione Indicted in Murder of Health Care CEO; Tech CEOs Line Up for Audience with Trump; Asia's 2025 Economic Outlook; Police Looks for Motive in Wisconsin School Shooting; NASA's Mission to the Sun; Svetlana Dali Caught Again Trying to Get to Canada. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
• Today: RFK Jr. On Capitol Hill To Meet With GOP Senators; GOP Senator: RFK Told Me He Wants To "Question" Science Of Vaccines; GOP Senators Question RFK Jr. On His Pro-Abortion Rights Stance; Big Tech CEO's Travel To Mar-A-Lago To Meet With Trump; Trump: "Everybody Wants To Be My Friend"; Trump Sues Des Moines Register, Pollster Over Final Iowa Survey; Presidential Electors Meet Across U.S. To Officially Cast Votes; Biden-Trump Voters Say Border, Economy Made Them Switch. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• 15-Year-Old Female Shooter Kills 2, Injures 6 At Wisconsin School; Parkland Survivor David Hogg On His Run For DNC Vice Chair; Connolly Beats AOC In Race For Top Oversight Dem; Rep. Jennifer Wexton Uses AI To Say Farewell To Congress. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Top Russian General Killed In Moscow; Hamas: Ceasefire-Hostage Deal Possible After Doha Talks; More Than 50 Men Accused Of Raping Gisele Pelicot After Her Husband Allegedly Drugged Her Repeatedly And Left Her Unconscious; Wisconsin Shooter's Motive A Combination Of Factors; Foreign Dignitaries Line Up To Meet Syria's New Rulers; Syrian Uncovers More Horrors from Assad Regime. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Mangione Charged With Murder As Crime Of Terrorism; President Biden Weighs In On Drone Reports; Police Focus On Motive In WI School Shooting; Democrats Wonder If Biden Is Quiet Quitting; Top Putin General Blown Off Outside Moscow Home. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Russia: Killing Of Kirillov In Moscow A "Terrorist Act"; Hamas Ceasefire-Hostage Deal Possible After Doha Talks; Two Dead, Six Inured In Wisconsin School Shooting; SETF: Hundreds Of Thousands Could Be Buried In Mass Graves; Trump Hosts Procession Of Business Leaders At Mar-a-Lago; RFK Jr. Meets With Senators Ahead Of Confirmation Battle; Sources: Stowaway Apprehended Again, Tried To Leave U.S.; Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• Luigi Mangione Indicted In Murder Of UnitedHealthcare CEO; CEOs Flock To Mar-A-Lago Ahead Of Trump's Inauguration; TikTok Faces US Ban On Day Before Inauguration; Russia Calls Killing Of Kirillov In Moscow A Terrorist Act; New Syrian Leader Meets British Officials In Damascus. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Grand Jury Indicts Luigi Mangione On Multiple Murder Charges; Police Say, Identifying Motive Of School Shooting Top Priority; Key Russian General Killed in Moscow Blast; Experts Try To Make Sense of "Extremely Rare" Female Mass Shooter At Wisconsin School; NASA: Astronauts Stuck On Space Station For Several Months Will Have To Wait Even Longer To Come Home. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Luigi Mangione Indicted For Murder As An Act Of Terrorism; Biden On Drones: "Nothing Nefarious" But "Checking It All Out"; Trump Threatens To "Straighten Out The Press" With More Lawsuits. Aired 9- 10p ET