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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• House Passes Bill To Avert Government Shutdown; Interview With Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD); At Least Two Killed 68 Injured In German Christmas Market Attack; At Least 2 Killed, 68 Injured In German Christmas Market Attack; Senate Set To Vote After House Passes Bill To Avert Shutdown; Inside Dairy Farm On Front Line Of CA's Bird Flu Outbreak; "Luther: Never Too Much" Premieres Jan. 1 At 8PM ET/PT On CNN. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Emeritus Norm Ornstein; Interview with Syrian Emergency Task Force Executive Director Mouaz Moustafa; Interview with The Atlantic Staff Writer Charlie Warzel; Interview with "Conclave" Director Edward Berger. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• At Least Two Dead, 68 Injured After Driver Plows Into Crowd At Christmas Market In Germany; House Vote To Prevent U.S. Government Shutdown Expected Next Hour. Aired 4-5p ET
• House Expected To Vote This Hour To Prevent U.S. Government Shutdown; At Least Two Dead, 68 Injured After Driver Plows Into Crowd At Christmas Market In Germany; German Official: Suspect Is 50 Years Old, Has Permanent Residency; Now: House Voting To Avoid A Government Shutdown. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Congress To Barely Avert Shutdown After Trump And Musk Chaos; Soon, Senate Votes To Avert Government Shutdown; Bannon Says, Kash Patel Will Investigate Enemies List In Book; "NewsNight" Discusses Sightings Of Objects Thought To Be Drones; Kylie Kelce Jockeys With Joe Rogan On The Ratings Charts; Paul McCartney And Ringo Starr Surprise A London Audience. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Government Shutdown Looms as Bipartisan Revolt Sinks Trump- Backed Bill; Mangione Makes First Federal Court appearance in New York; Some Amazon Contractors, Starbucks Baristas Walking Off the Job. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• New Report: Biden Administration Carried Out Most Deportations Since 2014; Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Government Shutdown Looms As Bipartisan Revolt Sinks Trump-Backed Bill; Suspect Luigi Mangione Now In A Federal Prison In New York. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• House of Representative Fails to Pass Government Spending Bill to Prevent Shutdown; Vice President Elect J.D. Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson Attempt to Work with House Republicans to Pass Spending Bill to Avert Pending Government Shutdown. Aired 8-8:30a ET.
• Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) is Interviewed about a Shutdown; Apple Urged to Drop AI Feature; Arctic Chill Heads to East Coast; Boston School Helps Homeless Children. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Government Shutdown Looms; Johnson Expects Vote; Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SC) is Interviewed about a Government Shutdown; Mangione Now in New York Prison. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Strikes at Amazon and Starbucks; GOP Considers Dropping Debt Ceiling Demand; Notre Dame and Indiana Kick Off Playoffs Tonight. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Amazon Drivers on Strike; House Republicans Attempt to Avert Government Shutdown; Interview With Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA). Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• House GOP Leaders Eye Separate Vote Strategy to Avert Shutdown; Emerging GOP Plan Would Split Spending Bill Into Multiple Parts; Indiana Man Sentenced to 130 Years For Killing Teen Girls; Just Aired 2-2:30p ET
• At Least One Dead, Several Hurt After Car Plows Into Crowd At Christmas Market In Germany; Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) Discusses About His Take On Magdeburg, Germany Incident; At Least One Dead, Up To 80 Hurt After Car Plows Into Crowd At Christmas Market In Germany; Driver Arrested; Emerging GOP Plan would Split Spending Bill Into Multiple Parts. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Government Shutdown Looms; Johnson Expects Vote; Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SC) is Interviewed about a Government Shutdown; Mangione Now in New York Prison. Aired 9-9:30a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump-Backed Spending Bill Fails in House; Putin Holds Ritualistic Annual Press Conference; Emotional Reunions as Syrian Refugees Return Home; Luigi Mangione Makes First Appearance in Federal Court; 51 Guilty Verdicts, a New Hero, and Fears Justice Not Served; CNN Speaks to IDF Official at Kerem Shalom Crossing. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Government Shutdown Hours Away As Congress Scrambles For Spending Deal; Luigi Mangione Makes First Federal Court Appearance In New York City; Crowd Crush Kills 35 Children At Funfair In Nigeria; Pelicot Mass Rape Trial Ends With 51 Guilty Verdicts. Putin Holds Ritualistic Annual Press Conference; U.S. Envoy In Damascus to Meet with Interim Government; With Assad Gone, Syrian Refugees Consider Returning Home; CNN Speaks to IDF Official at Kerem Shalom Crossing; Court: California Man Admits Plotting Mass Shooting with Teen; Fulton County D.A. Disqualified from Prosecuting Trump. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.S. Government Shutdown is Brewing After House Rejects Trump's Plan; U.S. Envoy Meet with New Syrian Leaders; Syrian Refugees Return Home, Some Fear; Israel Accused of Ethnic Cleansing by MSF; Amazon Drivers on Strike Days Before Christmas; Luigi Mangione Face Charges in Two States; 51 Men Convicted in the Drugging and Rape Trial of Gisele Pelicot; Putin Holds Ritualistic Annual Press Conference; Fertility Treatment Used To Save Northern White Rhinos. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Government Shutdown Looms as House Junks Spending Bill; Suspect who Killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Now in New York Prison. Thousands Experienced Side Effects on taking Ozempic; Lindsey Vonn Prepares for Her FIS World Cup Return. Aired 3-4a ET
• Shutdown Looms After Dozens of Republicans Defy Trump; Emotional Reunions as Syrian Refugees Return Home; Luigi Mangione Makes First Appearance in Federal Court; Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Worsening Amid Ceasefire Talks; Putin Coy About Meeting Trump in Annual Press Conference. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Fulton County DA Disqualified from Prosecuting Trump; FAA Restricts Drone use Across New Jersey; California Man Admits Plotting Mass Shooting with Madison, Wisconsin Teen; Pelicot Case: 51 Men Convicted of Rape or Sexual Assault; Thousands Report Unexpected Ozempic Side Effects. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Funding Bill Fails as Trump, Musk Divide Republicans; Mangione Faces Four Federal Charges; Capitol Hill Chaos as Lawmakers Race to Avoid a Government Shutdown; Police Investigating How Natalie Rupnow Got Guns; U.S. Envoy in Damascus to Meet with Interim Government; James Sets New Record for Time Played in Regular Season. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: U.S. Federal Government Shutdown Looms Before Holidays; Trump, Musk Divide Republicans Over Funding Bills; Ukraine: One Killed, 12 Injured In Missile Strikes On Kyiv. Aired 11a- 12p ET
• Chaos on Capitol Hill With No Clear Plan to Fund Government; Mangione Could Face Death Penalty With New Federal Charges; Trump Says Any Shutdown is a Biden Problem to Solve After Upending Spending Deal to Fund Government. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Dems Blame Musk for Looming Government Shutdown; Worker Strikes Hit Major Companies Days Before Christmas; U.S. Diplomats Visit Syria; "Approximately 2,000" U.S. Troops in Syria. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) And Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Is Interviewed About Trump To Congress: Let There Be A Shutdown Now Under Biden; Mangione Could Face Death Penalty With New Federal Charges. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Apple A.I. Under Fire Over False News Headlines; Amazon Drivers on Strike; Chaos on Capitol Hill. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• At Least One Dead, Up To 80 Hurt After Car Plows Into Crowd At Christmas Market In Germany. Aired 3:45-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Anger Boils Over In Congress As Funding Bill Fails; Putin: I'm "Ready" For Potential Talks With Trump; Winter Storm Kicks Off Busy Holiday Travel Weekend. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Mangione Facing Federal Charges In CEO Murder Case; Sen. Mike Lee: Musk Or Ramaswamy Should Be Next House Speaker; Trump Cheers Disqualification of "Corrupt" Fani Willis. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump-Backed Government Funding Bill Fails in House; Trump Claims GA Election Interference Case 'Entirely Dead'. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) is Interviewed about a Government Shutdown; Michael Smerconish is Interviewed about Biden and a Possible Shutdown; Biden's Last Push for EV Agenda. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• CNN International: Johnson, Vance Meeting Republicans to Push for Spending Vote; First U.S. Delegation in Damascus Since Fall of Assad Regime; Court: California Man Admits Plotting Mass Shooting with Teen; Pelicot Case: 51 Men Convicted of Rape or Sexual Assault; Thousands Report Unexpected Ozempic Side Effects. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S. Federal Government Shutdown Looms Before Holidays; Looking at the Impact of Government Shutdown; Emotional Reunions as Syrian Refugees Return Homel; Zelenskyy Slams Putin as "Dumbass" Over Missile Duel Idea; Police Gather Evidence in the Wake of Madison School Shooting; New Details on UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Suspect's Notebook; Fani Willis to Fight to Stay on Case Against Trump; Boston School Helps Homeless Children Thrive. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• House Dodges Shutdown After GOP Chaos That Began With Musk; Deadly Christmas Attack; Musk Supports Far-Right Group. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Car Plows into Crowd at Christmas Market in Germany; 50-year-old Saudi Plows Car Through a Crowded Christmas Market; U.S. House Passes Funding Plan. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
• Soon: House GOP Meets To Discuss Latest Plan To Avert Shutdown; Johnson Will Need Democratic Votes To Pass Funding Bill; New GOP Plan Drops Trump's Demand To Raise Debt Ceiling; Bannon: Speaker Johnson "Not Up To The Task"; Emerging GOP Plan Would Split Spending Bill Into Multiple Parts. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• New GOP Plan Drops Trump's Demand To Raise Debt Ceiling; Musk Endorses Far-Right Party In Germany; Biden Forfeits Bully Pulpit To Trump One Month Before Inauguration; Elon Musk Social Media Posts Throw U.S. Govt. Into Chaos. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. Government Shutdown is Hours Away Unless Congress Agrees on Spending Bill; Democrats Blame Trump and Musk For Looking Shutdown; U.S. Delegation Meets With Syria's New Leader in Damascus; Speaker Johnson: There Will Not Be A Government Shutdown; At Least One Person Killed At German Christmas Market; U.S. Government Shutdown Is Hours Away Unless Congress Agrees On Spending Bill. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Senate To Vote On Bill To Avert Government Shutdown; Speaker Johnson's Future In Question Amid GOP Turmoil; Democrats Claim Victory Over Trump With Funding Bill; Democrats Slam Musk. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Republicans Divided Over Trump's Demand To Suspend Debt Ceiling; Capitol Hill Chaos As Lawmakers race To Keep Government Open; Trump Demands "Ridiculous" Debt Ceiling Be Extended To 2029; Biden Stays Out Of Spotlight With Hours Until Shutdown; Ukraine; One Killed, 12 Injured In Missile Strikes On Kyiv; U.S. Twice As Many Troops In Syria As Previously Disclosed; U.N.: 100,000 Syrians Have Returned Home In Last Two Weeks; Police Investigating Crowd Rush That Killed 35 Children; Amazon Workers, Starbucks Baristas Walk Off The Job; Thousands Report Unexpected Ozempic Side Effects; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• At Least Two Dead, 68 Hurt After Car Plows Into Crowd At Christmas Market In Germany; Authorities: Driver Was Saudi Doctor Who Had Been In Germany Since 2006; Official: "Individual Perpetrator" Carried Out Germany Attack. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• House Bill To Avert Shutdown Appears Headed Toward Passage; Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Speaks After House Passes Bill To Avert Shutdown; Officials Say, Two Dead, Dozens Hurt In Car Attack On German Market; Luigi Mangione At Federal Facility With Long History Of Holding High-Profile Detainees; U.S. Removing $10 Million Bounty On New De-Facto Syrian Leader. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• House Passes Spending Bill Without Trump's 11th Hour Demand; Suspect In Attack On German Christmas Market In Custody; Senate Passes Childhood Cancer Research Bill After It Was Removed From Funding Deal. Aired 9-10p ET