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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• D.C. Mayor: Two National Guardsmen in Critical Condition After "Targeted Shooting"; FBI Believes They Know Identity of Suspect in D.C. Guardsmen Shooting; Trump Requests 500 more Troops to D.C. After Shooting; Two National Guardsmen in Critical Condition After Targeted Shooting; Suspect in Custody, Not Cooperating With Investigations' Bloomberg Reports Witkoff Advised Russia on How Putin Should Pitch Trump on Peace Plan; ICE Arrests Woman With Family Ties to White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt; Death Toll Rises to 44 in Hong Kong Fire, Hundreds Missing. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba; Interview with "Oedipus" Actor Mark Strong; Interview with "Oedipus" Actor Lesley Manville; Interview with "Heart Life Music" Author and Singer/Songwriter Kenny Chesney. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Officials: Two National Guardsmen In Critical Condition After Shooting; Sources: National Guardsmen Shot In D.C. Appeared To Be Targeted, Suspect Is In Custody, Is Not Cooperating. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Two National Guardsmen In Critical Condition After D.C. Shooting; Hegseth: Trump Requests 500 More Troops To D.C. After Shooting; Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), Is Interviewed About D.C. Shooter's Motive; Trump Admin Files Emergency Motion To Keep Natl Guard In D.C. Aired 5-6p ET
• Two National Guardsmen in Critical Condition After D.C. Shooting; Source Says, D.C. Suspect Not Cooperating With Authorities; Police Say, Suspect Apparently Targeted National Guard Troops. Two National Guardsmen In Critical Condition After D.C. Shooting. Aired 6- 7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Two National Guardsmen Shot in D.C., Both in Critical Condition; Officials Say Guardsmen were Targeted in D.C. Shooting; Sources Say, Suspect in Shooting Identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal. Georgia Prosecutor Drops Final Pending Criminal Case Against Trump; Trump Lashes Out at "The New York Times Report". Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Hegseth Weighing Punishments for Kelly Over Illegal Orders Video; Wintry Weather and Rain Could Snarl Thanksgiving Travel; Russia Launches New Drone Attack on Ukraine Amid Peace Talks. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) On Ukraine Talks, Witkoff To Visit Moscow; Trump Says Extending Obamacare Subsidies May Be "Necessary"; 13 Dead As Fire Rips Through Hong Kong High-Rise Apartment Complex. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• TSA Expects 15-Year High for Thanksgiving Travel; Millions Packing Roads, Airports to Get to Thanksgiving Destinations; ByHeart Recalls Formula After Infant Botulism Cases; Data: Young College Grads Losing Their Find-Jobs-Fast Advantage. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Fire Rips Through Hong Kong High-Rise; FBI Wants to Interview Lawmakers; Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) is Interviewed about Witkoff Transcripts; Nicole Lapin is Interviewed about a Holiday Budget. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Hegseth Weighing Punishment for Kelly; Witkoff Advised Russia on Pitch to Trump; Wesley Clark is Interviewed about a Peace Plan; TSA Expects 15-Year- High for Thanksgiving Travel; Wintery Weather for Thanksgiving Travel; Fire Rips Through Hong Kong Apartments. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Tariff Relief for Consumers; New Bodycam Video of Slender Man Attacker; Swalwell Enters California Race; Elaine Swann is Interviewed about Holiday Etiquette. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Rising Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner?; Transcript Reveals Conversation Between Trump Envoy and Russia; Winter Storm Threatens Holiday Travel; Pete Hegseth Targets Mark Kelly. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Backtracks on Deadline for Ukraine to Accept Peace Deal; At Least 36 Dead, 279 Uncontactable in Apartment Inferno in Hong Kong; Hong Kong Apartment High-rises Still Burning After 12 Hours; Price Increase for Entry to National Parks in the U.S.; HP to Cut Up to 6,000 Jobs in Shift to A.I.; Docs Recommend Walk After Thanksgiving Feast. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Docs Recommend Walk After Thanksgiving Feast; Winter Storm Threatens Holiday Travelers; Hegseth Weighs Options to Punish Sen. Kelly Over Illegal Orders Video; FBI Wants to Interview Dem Lawmakers in Illegal Orders Video; America's Biggest Retailers Prep for Unpredictable Holiday Season, Work to Draw in Buyers With Tighter Budgets. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Winter Storm to Snarl Thanksgiving Travel Across the Midwest, Great Lakes; Gearing Up For Iconic Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; TikTok Influencer Sued For Breaking Up Friend's Marriage; Several Shot Near WH, Including At Least One National Guardsman. Aired 2:30-3 pm ET
• Source: Several Shot Near WH, Including at Least One National Guardsman; DHS: Two National Guardsmen Shot Near WH; Police Say Suspect in Custody. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• DHS: Two National Guardsmen Shot Near White House; Police Say Suspect in Custody. Aired 3:30-4 pm ET


CNN Newsroom
• Donald Trump: "Making Progress" In Talks, Steve Witkoff To Visit Moscow; Brazil Supreme Court: Jair Bolsonaro To Begin 27-Year Sentence; Gustavo Petro: Donald Trump Motivated By Oil In Venezuela, Not Drug Cartels; Mexico Marks International Day To End Violence Against Women; E.U. Court Rules E.U. Countries Should Respect Same-sex Marriages; French Police Have Detained Four More Suspects in the Louvre Robbery; FBI Wants to Interview Six Democratic Lawmakers; Trump Signs Executive Order to Boost A.I. Research; Jakarta Overtakes Tokyo as World's Largest City; Rome's Oldest Coffee House Shuts Its Doors for Now; Backlash After Bezos' Named as Lead Sponsors of Met Gala Event; Macy's Aims to Attract in-person Shoppers This Christmas Season; Pope Urges Gratitude Ahead of Thanksgiving Holiday; Gobble & Waddle Get Thanksgiving Presidential Pardon; Annual Christmas Tree Arrives in Prague's Old Town Square. Aired 2-3a ET
• Negotiations to End the War in Ukraine Now Progressing; More Suspects in the Louvre Heist Now Detained. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• FBI Seeks Interviews with Six Lawmakers Trump Called 'Seditious'; New Thanksgiving Tradition of the Cousin Walk. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Progress on Talks to End War in Ukraine; Edwin Peacock is Interviewed about ICE in North Carolina; Julie Rovner is Interviewed about Insurance Companies; America's Poverty Line. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• At Least 13 Dead in Hong Kong High-Rise Apartment Fire; Trump Walks Back Deadline for a Ukraine Peace Deal; FBI Seeks Interviews with Six Lawmakers Trump Called "Seditious"; Pentagon Opens Review into Kelly's Role in "Illegal Orders" Video; Israel Identifies Hostage Body Returned from Gaza. Aired 9-10a ET
• Inferno Rages through Hong Kong Residential High-Rises; Trump on Bloomberg Leak; Trump Claims Progress on Ukraine Peace Deal, Witkoff to Visit Moscow; Hegseth Weighing Potential Punishment for Kelly; People Booking Air Tickets Again after Government Shutdown Ended. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Police: 2 National Guardsmen Shot, Appeared To Be "Ambushed" Near White House; Trump Pushes To Keep Troops In D.C. And Deploy 500 More After Shooting; White House Facing Backlash Over Witkoff Coaching Russians In Leaked Call. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Optimism Over Ukraine Peace Talks; FBI Seeking Interviews With Democrats In Viral Video; Thanksgiving Travel Rush. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Consumer Confidence Falls Amid Labor Market Concerns; French Police: Four More Suspects Detained In Louvre Robbery; Viral VW Bus Gets Makeover After Surviving Palisades Fire. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• FBI, Pentagon Investigating Dem "Illegal Orders" Video; Hegseth Weighing Punishments For Kelly Over "Illegal Orders" Video; Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Case Against Trump; Final Trump Criminal Case Is Officially Dead; GOP Rep. On Witkoff: "Would A Russian Paid Agent Do Less Than He?"; Trump Backtracks On Deadline For Ukraine To Accept Peace Deal. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Backtracks on Deadline for Ukraine to Accept Peace Deal; Trump Lashes Out at NYT Over Article About His Shorter Days; Indiana Republicans Reverse Course, Will Consider Redistricting; Thanksgiving Dinner Tab Scrutinized Amid Affordability Debate. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Fire Rips Through Hong Kong High-Rise Apartment Complex; Lawmakers Say They Won't be Intimidated by FBI Investigations; Prosecutor Dismisses Election Interference Case Against Trump; Thanksgiving's Winter Storms. Dozens Dead, Hundreds Unaccounted for After a Devastating Fire Rips Through Tower Blocks in Hong Kong; Leaked Phone Call Reveals Details of Talks Between Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and a Top Russian Foreign Policy Adviser; Colombia's President Says Oil is at the Heart of U.S. Pressure Campaign on Venezuela. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Two Guardsmen Shot in D.C.; GA Prosecutor Drops Criminal 2020 Election Case Against Trump; New Documentary Explores What Government Knows About UAPs. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Wednesday's Fire is the Deadliest in Hong Kong in Nearly Three Decades; Prosecutor Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case; Bloomberg: Witkoff Advised Russia how to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump; Fire Rips Through Hong Kong High-Rise Apartment Complex; Trump Strips More Groups of Temporary Protected Status; Trump Moves to End Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Fire Rips Through Hong Kong High-Rise Apartment Complex; Prosecutor Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case; U.K.'s Reeves Unveils Fiscal Plan For Year Ahead; How Walmart Is Speeding Up Its Delivery Services; Twenty-Four Girls Abducted From Boarding School In Kebbi Freed; How The Teens Stole Christmas From A Family's Yard; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Blaze Erupts in Hong Kong's Tai Po District; Two National Guardsmen Shot in Washington, D.C. Near White House. Aired 4:20-4:52p ET


The Situation Room
• Winter Storm Poses Threat to Holiday Travel; Flurry of Diplomatic Activity as White House Works to Reach Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal; Inferno Rages Through Hong Kong Residential High-Rises. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Inferno Rages Through Hong Kong Residential High-Rises; FBI Seeks Interviews with Dems About Illegal Orders; Social Media and Teen Mental Health; GA Prosecutor Kills Election Interference Case Against Trump and Allies. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Administration Targets Democratic Lawmakers; Winter Storm Threatens Holiday Travel; Deadly Inferno in Hong Kong; Prosecutor Ends Georgia Election Interference Case. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Price Tag of Thanksgiving Dinner?; Stores Prepare For Black Friday; Did Kristi Noem Defy Judge's Order?; Trump Administration Targets Democratic Lawmakers. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Two National Guardsmen Shot In D.C.; Sources: FBI Believes They've Identified D.C. Shooting Suspect; Trump Orders 500 More National Guard Troops Sent To D.C. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: High-Rise Blaze in Hong Kong; At Least 44 Dead in Hong Kong Housing Complex Fire; Guardsmen Shot in Washington, D.C.; U.S. Special Envoy Under Fire Over Leaked Call; D.C. Suspect Apparently Targeted National Guard Troops; Hong Kong Apartment Complex Still Ablaze 16 Hours Later. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Sticking Points Remain In Ukraine Peace Plan; Interview With Representative Kevin Kiley (R-CA); French Police Arrest Four More Suspects In Louvre Robbery; FBI Wants To Interview Six Democratic Lawmakers; Inaugural Ceremony Will Honor Dance Artists & Innovators. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump: "Making Progress" In Talks, Witkoff To Visit Moscow; Erika Kirk: Support For Vance In 2028 Is "In The Works"; Viral VW Bus Gets Makeover After Surviving Palisades Fire; Netflix: "Teen Wolf" Will Return To Streaming Monday; "Dancing With The Stars" Crowns New Champion; Thousands To Gather In L.A. for "Festival Of Gratitude"; Pope Urges Gratitude Ahead Of Thanksgiving Holiday. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Two U.S. National Guardsmen Shot Near White House; At Least 36 Dead In Hong Kong High-Rise Apartment Fire; U.K. Government Hands Down Tax- Raising Budget; West Virginia Governor: Two National Guardsmen Shot & Killed In D.C. Aired 3-4p ET