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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Maxwell Granted Limited Immunity To Talk To DOJ; Trump Says "Never Briefed" On his Name Being In Files Aired; Victims' Families, Friends Address Killer Directly In Court; U.N. Worker: People In Gaza Resemble "Walking Corpses"; Demonstrators In Israel Protest Against Starvation In Gaza; Gaza Death Toll Rising Due To Starvation; Ireland Is Opening Mass Grave Of Almost 800 Babies & Children. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with National Institutes of Health Former Director Francis Collins; Interview with "2000 Meters to Andriivka" Director Mstyslav Chernov; Interview with "The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog" Author Carly Ann York. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Just In: New Trump Comments On Ghislaine Maxwell; New: Trump Again Shrugs Off "South Park" For Skewering Him; Red Cross: Gazans Struggling To Find Food & Clean Water. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump: "Never Briefed" On Names Being In Epstein Files; Maxwell Attorney: Filing Appeal TO Supreme Court Next Week; DOJ Interviews Ghislaine Maxwell For Second Day; Sources: Fed Chair Jerome Powell Told Associates He Would Not Bow To Trump's Resignation Calls; Trump: Haven't Had A Lot Of Luck On Canada Deal; Trump Floats Tariff "Rebate" For Americans; Prosecutor Who Negotiated Kohberger Plea Deal On The Lead; Victim's Brother: Idaho Prosecutor Has History Of Making Plea Deals Without Consulting Families; NFL Finning More Than 100 Players And Employees For Selling Super Bowl Tickets Above Face Value. Aired 5-6p ET
• DOJ Interviews Ghislaine Maxwell For Second Day; Protesters In Israel Call For End Of War As Starvation Crisis Grows; Doctor Says, Direct Link To Alcohol Use In 44,000 Breast Cancer Diagnoses Each Year; Source: Maxwell Was Granted Limited Immunity To Talk To DOJ; Tariffs Disrupt Growth Of Ohio Sneaker Accessory Brand. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Epstein Accomplice Granted Limited Immunity To Talk To DOJ; Maxwell's Lawyer Appears To Suggest She Wants A Pardon; Trump Denies Epstein Briefing Despite Being Told In May; "NewsNight" Discusses Zohran Mamdani's Popularity; Hulk Hogan Dies At 71; Chef Liza Zeneski Of Food Network Shares Today's Special Dish with "NewsNight". Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Soon, DOJ to Interview Ghislaine Maxwell for Second Day; New York Times Reports, Trump's Name on Contributor List for Epstein Birthday Book; Pressure Builds on U.S. as Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Worsens. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Soon: DOJ Interviews Ghislaine Maxwell For Second Day; Trump's FCC Approves $8 Billion Paramount-Skydance Deal; Israel, U.S. Withdraw Teams From Ceasefire Talks In Doha. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Deputy AG Meets Again with Epstein Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell; Trump, Powell Spar Over Cost of Fed Renovations on Tense Tour; Powell: The Fed Would Have Cut Rates if it Weren't for Tariffs; Israel, U.S. Withdraw Teams from Gaza Ceasefire Talks in Doha. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Hani Almadhoun is Interviewed about Starvation in Gaza; FEMA Cutting Programs; Trump's Problem with Independents; Rain and Flood Threat for Midwest and Northeast; Brands from China Court U.S. Customers. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• DOJ Interviews Maxwell for Second Day; Rep. Pete Sessions (R- TX) is Interviewed about the Maxwell Interview; Tammy Bruce is Interviewed about the Gaza Humanitarian Situation. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• "South Park" Skewers Trump; President Trump Answers Questions Before Leaving for Scotland. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta; Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza; George Santos Headed to Prison; Will Trump Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Israel To Allow Airdrops Into Gaza In The Coming Days; GOP Pursues Redrawing Congressional Districts To Keep House Control; Chip And Joanna Gaines Face Backlash For Featuring Same-Sex Couple On Reality TV Show; Trump's Mass Deportation Could Backfire On U.S. Economy, Penn Wharton Analysis Finds; Americans Face Loss Of Vaccine Programs After Federal Funding Cuts. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• DOJ Interviews Convicted Epstein Co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell For Second Day In A Row; Trump Says He Hasn't Thought About Pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell; George Santos Remorseful As He Begins Seven-Year Prison Sentence; Deportation Flights From Everglades Detention Center Have Begun; FEMA Memos Warn Of Risks From $1 Billion Cuts To Disaster & Security Grants. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Makes Case that a Weak Dollar is Actually a Good Thing; Meta Shelling Out Big Bucks to Get Ahead in AI; Extreme Heat Can Accelerate Aging Process. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Soon: Trump Arrives In Scotland As Furor Grows Over Epstein Files; Maxwell's Lawyer Says She Answered Questions About Roughly 100 People During Meeting With Deputy AG; FCC Greenlights $8B Paramount- Skydance Deal. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Lead Investigator Reveals What was Found on Kohberger's Phone; Gaza Doctors Faint from Hunger, then Keep Treating Starving Patients; UNICEF: Malnutrition Deaths Among Gaza Children up 54 Percent Since April; Trump Speaks After Arriving in Scotland. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Palestinian Prime Minister: Our People Deserve Dignity, Food, Water; Aid Piling Up at Gaza Border, Held Up by Bureaucracy; Second Day of Fighting Along Border Between Thailand and Cambodia; Judge Finds 5 Canadian Hockey Players Not Guilty of Sexual Assault; Deputy A.G. to Continue Maxwell Interview for Second Day; Taiwanese Show Explores Possibility of Conflict with China. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• France To Recognize Palestenian State; Thailand-Cambodia Clashes; Remember Hulk Hogan; Deported Venezuelan Shares Experience in Salvadoran Prison; Sources: U.S. Moves to Rapidly Deport Migrant Children; Remembering Hulk Hogan; "Superhero" Uses Powers to Help Those Struggling. Aired 1-2a ET
• French President Makes Historic Decision Amid Gaza War; Border Battle Escalates Between Thailand and Cambodia; Family Speaks About Son Held by Russia; Epstein Accomplice Meets with Trump's DOJ; Judge Finds Five Canadian Hockey Players Not Guilty; Heavy Rain Causes Flash Flooding In New Mexico; Pro Wrestling's Hulk Hogan Dead At Age 71. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• More than 104,000 People Displaced in the Thailand-Cambodia Border Tensions; Five Canadian Hockey Players Not Guilty in Sexual Assault Case; Wrestling Legend Hulk Hogan Dies. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Assistant D.A. to Continue Interviewing Maxwell about Epstein; Wrestling Superstar Hulk Hogan Dies at 71. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump and Powell Spar over Renovation Costs; Starvation Hitting Gaza; Deputy AG Interviewed Maxwell for Second Day. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Israel Accuses Hamas of "Engineering" Food Shortages; Thailand- Cambodia Border Clashes Rage for Second Day; Deported Venezuelan Shares Experience in Salvadorian Prison; Trump Backs Off Threat to Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell; Trump: Hamas didn't want to Make a Deal; Trump Leaving for Five-Day Visit to Scotland. Aired 9-10a ET
• International Pressure on Israel to End War Mounts; Trump Leaves for Five-Day Visit to Scotland; U.S. Deputy Attorney General to Meet with Epstein Associate for Second Day; Kremlin Says Putin-Zelenskyy Meeting in August Unlikely; Mass Starvation, Illness and Suffering Spread Across Gaza. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Epstein Accomplice Granted Limited Immunity To Talk To Trump's DOJ; Inside Alligator Alcatraz; Trump Tells Israel To "Finish The Job" As Starvation Grips Gaza; Taiwan Troops Take To Streets And Subways In Amped Up War Games. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• France To Recognize Palestine Amid Hunger Crisis; Trump Team Questions Epstein's Accomplice; Political Standoff At The Federal Reserve; Russia Pummels Ukraine After Faltering Peace Talks; Thailand: Second Day Of Fighting Along Border With Cambodia. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Thailand: Second Day Of Fighting Along Border With Cambodia; Report: Trump Likely To Be Greeted By Protests In Scotland; Trump And Powell Clash Over Cost Of Fed Renovations. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Top Trump DOJ Official Meeting With Maxwell For Second Day; Trump Heads To Scotland As Furor Grows Over Epstein Files; Dems Go On Offense, Accuse GOP Of Covering Up Epstein Files. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• FCC Approves Paramount-Skydance Deal Weeks After Paramount Paid $16M To Settle Lawsuit With Trump; Torres: Democrats Have To Adjust To New Media Or Become "Extinct"; GOP Launches New January 6 Committee To Investigate The Last One; George Santos Faces Deadline To Report To Federal Prison. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza Deepens; Justice Department Officials Meet With Epstein Aide Ghislaine Maxwell; Martial Law Declared In Parts Of Thailand As Tensions With Cambodia Remain On A Knife Edge; President Trump En Route To Scotland For Five-Day Visit; Desperate Gaza Fishermen Risk Their Lives To Get Food; Thailand Activates Martial Law Along Border With Cambodia. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Todd Blanche Completed Interview With Ghislaine Maxwell; "Laura Coates Live" Presents "America Asks"; Community Outraged After ICE Arrests Maryland Pastor; Democrats Plot Redistricting Blitz; Investigators Speak Out As Killer Begins Life Sentence. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Hamas Criticizes Witkoff's Response to Gaza Ceasefire Talks, Say Breakthrough was Close; Elon Musk's Starlink Experienced Network Outrage; Deputy Attorney General to Meet Ghislaine Maxwell for 2nd Day; Delegates Meet to Discuss Extension of 2015 Deal; Fed Approve Merger of Paramount and Skydance Media; Woman in Viral Jumbotron Video Resigns from Job. Aired 11a- 12p ET
• Mass Starvation, Illness And Suffering Spread Across Gaza; Trump Heads To Scotland As Epstein Case Swirls In U.S.; Soon: Deputy Attorney General Meets Ghislaine Maxwell For Second Day; Stories Emerge From Detainees Inside "Alligator Alcatraz"; Thailand-Cambodia Border Clashes Rage For Second Day; Family Breaks Silence About Soldier In Russian Captivity; Chinese Coffee Brand Sees U.S. Market Boom; First Responders Risk Their Lives After Fertility Clinic Bombing; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Arrives In Scotland Ahead Of Sunday Talks With E.U. Chief; Palestinians In Israel Hold Anti-War Protest; New Research Suggests Extreme Heat Accelerates Aging; Israel Says It Will Allow Foreign Aid Airdrops Into Gaza; France Will Recognize Palestinian State In September; Deported Venezuelan Shares Experience In Salvador Prison; Meta Shelling Out Big Bucks To Ahead In A.I.; China's Beverage And Retail Brands See U.S. Market Boom. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• President Trump Speaks Ahead of Trip to Scotland; Soon, DOJ to Interview Ghislaine Maxwell for Second Day; Trump Says, Had a Very Good Meeting With Fed Chair Powell. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• U.S. and Israel Withdraw Teams from Ceasefire Talks in Doha; NASA SpaceX Crew-10 Gives Live Updates from ISS; Flash Floods Hits Several States. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Deputy Atty. General To Meet Ghislaine Maxwell For 2nd Day; Stocks' Record Run Defies Global Volatility, Trade Tensions; Zuckerberg Embarks On High-Dollar Recruiting Spree For Meta's A.I. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Administration Cuts Vaccination Programs; Crisis in Gaza. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Source: Maxwell Granted Limited Immunity To Talk With DOJ; Trump Shrugs Off "South Park" Skewering After WH Slams Show; Former CIA Official Denies 2016 Russia Probe Intel Manufactured. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Anti-Gaza War Protests; Trump Arrives In Scotland; Thailand-Cambodia Border Tension; Europe's Largest Automaker Reveals The Price Of U.S. Tariffs; Iran Nuclear Talks With Britain, France, And Germany; Iran's Position On Uranium Enrichment Unchanged; Homeland Security: 150,000 Deported In Last Six Months. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump: Time To "Finish The Job," "Get Rid Of" Hamas; Deputy Attorney General Meets Ghislaine Maxwell For Second Day; Federal Reserve "Honored" By Trump Visit, Despite Powell Spat; France Expects Other Nations To Recognize Palestinian State; President Trump Arrives In Glasgow. Aired 3-4p ET