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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• DOJ, Suspends Two Prosecutors Who Described Jan.6 Attack as "Riot": Court Doc With Wording Now Replaced; Tale of The Tapes; Widespread Hurricane Damage Across Jamaica; Hurricane Melissa Slams Caribbean, Leaving Historic Impact in Jamaica; Rescuers Struggling to Reach Parts of Hard-hit Jamaica; "Almost Famous" Director, Cameron Crowe's New Book "The Uncool" is on the Stands; Voting for CNN's "Hero of the Year" is Now Open. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former Israeli Consul General in New York and Former Adviser to Israeli Prime Ministers Barak and Peres Alon Pinkas; Interview with Palestinian National Initiative President Mustafa Barghouti; Interview with Journalist and Historian and "Watergate: A New History" Author Garrett M. Graff; Interview with "Autocrats vs. Democrats" Author and former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• DOJ Suspends Prosecutors Who Described January 6 Attack As "Riot"; Just In: Thune Erupts At Dems On Senate Floor Over Shutdown; Just In: Supreme Court Asks For More Info In Emergency Case Over Trump's Deployment Of National Guard In Chicago; Cuomo: "There's a Quiet Civil War" In Democratic Party Right Now. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Hurricane Melissa Kills At Least 30 In The Caribbean As It Crosses The Bahamas; Trump Admin Actions Reject Accountability And Guardrails; Federal Appeals Court Blocks Order Requiring Border Patrol Chief To Report To Court Daily; Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), Is Interviewed About CIA Cyberattacks On Maduro Regime Didn't Satisfy Trump During His First Term; Soon: Trump To Meet With Xi For High-Stakes Trade Talks; 2 Russians Sentenced To 25 Years For Plot To Kill Iranian Journalist. Aired 5-6p ET
• Millions At Risk of Losing Federal Food Aid Due to Shutdown; Ceasefire Back in Effect After Israel Conducts Strikes in Gaza; Louvre Robbery Suspects Admit Involvement in Theft. Poll: 55 Percent Of Americans Disapprove Of How Trump Is Handling Construction Of White House Ballroom; Yosemite & Other U.S. Parks Left To The Wild With Lack Of Staff. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump and Xi Face-to-Face for the First Time in Six Years; Trump and Xi Meet Face-to-Face in Middle of Tense Tariff War; Trump Offers Warm Greeting to Tough Negotiator Xi. DOJ Suspends Two Prosecutors for describing the January 6 Insurrection as a Mob of Rioters; Vice President Vance Mocks His Predecessor for Drinking Problems. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba After Devastating Jamaica; Trump and China's Xi Set for High-Stakes Summit; . Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Melissa Hits Cuba After Causing Widespread Destruction In Jamaica; Man Arrested, Accused Of Threatening Attacks On Multiple Synagogues; Israeli To Resume Ceasefire After Deadliest Day In Gaza In Weeks. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Melissa Hits Cuba After Causing Widespread Destruction in Jamaica; Trump and China's Xi Set for High-Stakes Summit; Top 2025 CNN Heroes Revealed, Voting Begins at 12 p.m. Eastern. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Thousands in Jamaica Without Power After Hurricane Melissa Hits; Trump Wants "Real" Military Option on Venezuela; Obamacare Premiums Could Soar as Much as 26 Percent in 2026; SNAP Benefits Run Out on Saturday. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba; Jamaica Devastated by Strongest-Ever Hurricane to Hit the Island; DHS Orders New FEMA Probe; Dem-Led States Sue Trump Admin to Keep SNAP Benefits Flowing. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Trump and China's Xi Set for High-Stakes Meeting; Hurricane Melissa Now a Strong Category 2 Storm, Still Slamming Cuba; Video Captures Texas Police Saving Baby Trapped in SUV Rollover Crash. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• New Details Emerge in Louvre Heist; Federal Reserve Set to Make Decision on Interest Rates; Hurricane Melissa Slams Caribbean. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• U.S. Deploying Disaster Response Teams to Caribbean; Sources Say Trump's Homeland Security Department Ordered New Probe Into FEMA That Fit His Narrative; Cruise Ship Passenger Left Behind on Lizard Island; Trump Says U.S. Trade Deal With South Korea Pretty Much Finalized; Trump & Xi Set to Meet Amid Bitter U.S.-China Trade War. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Alabama Man Accused of Planning to Attack Synagogues Arrested; Federal Reserve Cut Interest Rates by 0.25 Percent; Hurricane Melissa Targeting Bahamas as Category 2 Storm; Millions of Americans May Lose Food Assistance Saturday; Trump Fires Board That Oversees White House Design. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Sen. Abka Fitz-Henley, State Minister, Office of the Jamaican Prime Minister: Hurricane Melissa Leaves 77 Percent of Jamaica Without Power; Global Leaders Turn to Flattery Diplomacy with Trump; Trump and Xi Set to Meet Amid Bitter U.S.-China Trade War. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Now: Hurricane Melissa Targeting Bahamas as Cat 2 Storm; Hurricane Melissa Leaves 140K People Cut Off in Cuba; Powell: Rate Cut in December is Far from Foregone Conclusion; Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates by 0.25 Percent; Deadliest Day in Gaza Since Oct. 8th Ceasefire Agreement. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump and Xi Set to Meet Amid Bitter U.S.-China Trade War; Interview with Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA): Millions of Americans May Lose Food Assistance Saturday; Former Illinois Deputy Found Guilty of Murder in Shooting of Sonya Massey; Paris Prosecutors Give Update on Louvre Heist. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Hurricane Melissa Headed For Cuba After Devastating Jamaica; Donald Trump Meets With South Korean President Lee Jae Myung On Asia Tour; Israel Strikes Gaza, Accuses Hamas Of Violating Ceasefire; 14 Killed As Four Alleged Drug Boats Bombed In Pacific Ocean; GOP Leader Defends White House Refusal to Tap Emergency Fund for Food Aid; GOP Senator Raises Alarm Over Federal Food Aid Running Out; Air Traffic Controllers Miss First Paycheck During Shutdown; Trump Fires Members of Federal Agency Which Advises on Design; Hurricane Melissa to Make Landfall in Eastern Cuba Soon; Jamaica Devastated by Its Strongest- ever Hurricane; High Tides Push Homes in North Carolina Into the Ocean; Bill Gates Says Refocus Resources Away From Climate Change; In MLB World Series, Blue Jays Claim Game 4 Against Dodgers, Tying Series 2-2; Countdown Continues to Next Year's Winter Olympics, 100-day Milestone is on Wednesday as Italy Enters Final Stretch of Preparations. Aired 2-3a ET
• Melissa Lashes Jamaica, Targets Cuba Next; Trump Arrives in South Korea Ahead of APEC 2025; CNN Investigates the Controversial Disappearance of Journalist Austin Tice More Than a Decade Later. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Jamaica Hit by Widespread Flooding, Wind Damage from Monster Storm; SNAP Benefits Expire Saturday, Millions Face Hunger Risk; Turning Clicks into Votes: Mamdani's Social Media Strategy. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Soon: Trump And Xi Meet Face-To-Face In South Korea; Trump On Third Term: "I'm Not Allowed To Run, It's Too Bad"; Jamaican PM Declares Entire Island As A Disaster Zone After Storm; States Clash Over Voting Maps, Power And Representation. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Hurricane Melissa Hits Cuba, Weakens to Category 2 Strength; Trump on Xi Meeting: I think We're Going to have a Deal; Fed Making Interest Rate Decision Amid U.S. Government Shutdown; At Least 64 Killed in Massive Police Operation in Rio Favela; 100 Days to go Until 2026 Winter Olympics. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Hurricane Melissa Rakes over Cuba after Devastating Jamaica; Trump Says Trade Deal with South Korea "Pretty Much Finalized"; Four Alleged Drug Boats Bombed in Pacific Ocean by U.S., Killing 14; Search for Austin Tice Ends with His Captor; Rebuilding Syria after Fall of Assad Regime; Humain CEO Says Hunger for Computing Power is Accelerating; Real-World Impacts of AI. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Presented With Gold Crown, Fed Gold Brownies On Asia Tour; At Least 30 Killed As Hurricane Rips Through Caribbean; Who's Trying To Pose As Bill De Blasio To Hurt Mamdani's Chances? Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Extremely Dangerous" Hurricane Melissa Lashing Cuba After Pounding Jamaica; Trump Meets South Korean President On Final Leg Of Asian Tour; Federal Workers Brace For Missed Paycheck As Shutdown Enters 5th Week; Air Traffic Controllers Miss First Paycheck During Shutdown. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Extremely Dangerous Hurricane Melissa Lashing Cuba After Pounding Jamaica; Israel Strikes Gaza After Accusing Hamas Of Violating U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire; U.S. Kills 14 In Strikes On Four Alleged Drug Boats; Milan Marks 100 Days To The 2026 Winter Olympics. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Hurricane Melissa Slams Cuba; Trump Receives Royal Treatment In South Korea; U.S. Government Shutdown Nightmare. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Air Traffic Controllers Miss First Paycheck During Shutdown; "Extremely Dangerous" Melissa Makes Landfall On Eastern Cuba After Devastating Jamaica; 14 Killed As Four Alleged Drug Boats Bombed In Pacific Ocean. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trade Truce? Trump, Xi Aim To Ratchet Down Tensions; High- Stakes Summit: Trump Seeks Trade Breakthrough With Xi; South Korea Appeals To Trump's Love To Gold During His Visit; Million Set To Lose Critical Food Aid Starting Saturday; Obamacare Premiums Spike For 2025 Amid Stalemate On Subsides; CNN Treks To Areas Of Jamaica Hardest Hit By Hurricane Melissa. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Hurricane Melissa Barreling Toward Bahamas After Slamming Cuba, Jamaica; Surge in Early In-Person Voting in the New York City Mayoral Race; V.P. Vance Calls Rubio His Best Friend in the Administration; Andrew Ross Sorkin's New Book Warns of Similarities Between Current U.S. Economy and the Economy Right Before 1929 Crash. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Israel Conducts "Targeted" Strike in Northern Gaza; U.S. Military Withdraws Some Troops from Eastern Europe; Rio de Janeiro Police Conduct Deadly Raid on Organized Crime. Hurricane Melissa Batters Jamaica As Storm Moves Through the Caribbean; Deadly Strikes in Gaza Leaves More Than a 100 Dead; Two Louvre Suspects Admit Their Involvement in the Brazen Heist, But Jewels Still Remain Missing. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump and Xi Hold High-Stakes Meeting Amid Trade War; Senate Votes to Block Trump's Tariffs; DOJ Punishes Prosecutors, Scrubs January 6 Reference from Filing; Suozzi Endorses Cuomo; Laura Coates Interviews Terry Rozier's Lawyer. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Jamaican Official: No One Should be Turned Back from Shelters; Hurricane Melissa Moves Off Cuba, Now Headed for the Bahamas; Health Authorities: Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill at least 104; Fed Expected to Cut Rates by a Quarter Point Today; Officials: Man Arrested after Threats Made Against Synagogues; Blessed are the Cheesemakers. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Assessing The Damage From Hurricane Melissa; Jamaica Devastated By Its Strongest-Ever Hurricane; Paris Prosecutor Holds News Conference On Louvre Heist; Israelis Call For Release OF Remaining Deceased Hostages In Gaza; U.S. Government Shutdown Enters Day 29 As GOP, Dems Remain Deadlocked; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Fed Cuts Rates Amid Differing Views About Next Move; Wood: Innovation and Interest Rates Not Inversely Correlated; Jamaicans Assess Damage After Direct Hit by Hurricane; Fed Cuts Rates Amid "Differing Views" About Next Move; Alphabet, Meta. Microsoft Announce Latest Earnings; Accor CEO on French Politics and A.I.; Top CEOs Speak in Riyadh. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Hurricane Melissa Slams Caribbean; Trump Set to Meet South Korean President Lee on Asia Tour; Interview with Representative Kevin Kiley (R-CA) about Government Shutdown; California Voters to Decide on Redistricting Ballot Measure; Trump Meeting South Korean President on Asia Tour; Buttigieg and Newsom on the Democratic Party's Future. Aired 12-1a ET
• Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall In Jamaica As Strongest Storm To Hit The Country; Trump Set To Meet South Korean President Lee On Asia Tour; California Prop 50 Campaigns Making Final Pitches To Voters; At Least 64 Killed In Rio's Largest Police Raid On Gangs; South Korea to Gift Trump Replica of Ancient Golden Crown; CNN Confronts the Man Who Held Journalist Austin Tice Captive; Blue Jays Claim Game 4 Against Dodgers, Tying Series 2-2. Aired 1-2a ET


The Situation Room
• Hurricane Melissa Lashes Cuba With Damaging Winds, Heavy Rain; Trump Says, U.S Trade Deal With South Korea Pretty Much Finalized; Federal Reserve Expected to Cut Rates Today. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Hurricane Melissa Hammering Cuba; Hurricane Melissa's Trail of Destruction in Jamaica; Roblox Responds to Safety Concerns; Air Traffic Controller's Message to D.C. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Synagogue Attacks Prevented?; Air Traffic Controllers Under Pressure; Hurricane Melissa Lashes Cuba. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Jesse Jackson's Legacy; Obamacare Premiums Rising; Texas Flood Investigation. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Johnson Calls Schumer & Jeffries "Irredeemable"; Two DOJ Prosecutors Placed On Leave After Describing Jan. 6 Attack As "A Mob Of Rioters" In Court Document; Trump Says U.S. Will "Immediately" Begin Testing Nuclear Weapons. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica Pummeled by Hurricane Melissa; 20 Plus People have Died from Melissa in Haiti; Israel Conducts "Targeted Strikes" in Gaza; Powell: December Rate Cut Far from Foregone Conclusion; Appeals Court Blocks Order Mandating Updates from ICE Official; Trump set to Meet with Xi in South Korea; Trump gives S. Korea Approval to Build Nuclear-Powered Submarine. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Jamaica Devastated By Its Strongest-Ever Hurricane; U.S. And South Korea Agree To $350 Billion Trade Deal; Israel Conducts "Targeted" Strike In Northern Gaza; 130-Plus Killed In Largest Ever Police Operation In Rio De Janeiro; Trump: "I'm Not Allowed To Run" For Third Term; Fed Lowers Interest Rate By Quarter-Point Amid Government Shutdown. Aired 3-4p ET