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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview with Director James Cameron; Interview with Former Energy Secretary and Nuclear Physicist Ernest Moniz; Interview with "Kyoto" Actor Stephen Kunken; Interview with "Kyoto" Writer Joe Murphy; Interview with Artist Linder; Interview with "The Room Next Door" Director Pedro Almodovar; "Nixon in China": The Opera that Captured U.S. Politics. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Russia Launches Assault On Kyiv Ahead Of Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting; U.S. Says "Multiple ISIS Terrorists" Killed In Nigeria Strikes; Investigators Search For Motive After Sheriff Office Shooting; Major Storms Could Cause Chaos For Post-Christmas Travelers; Ashlee Buzzard Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Of 9-Year-Old Daughter. Mother Pleads Not Guilty In Death Of Daughter Melodee Buzzard; Trump To DOJ: Focus On Election Fraud, Not Epstein Files; Flu Surge Threatens Holiday Traditions As Cases Rise; Ukrainian Teen Who Fled War Thrives In Philadelphia. Aired 12-1p ET
• Russia Launches Assault On Kyiv Ahead Of Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting; U.S. Says "Multiple ISIS Terrorists" Killed In Nigeria Strikes; Investigators Search For Motive After Sheriff Office Shooting; Major Storms Could Cause Chaos For Post-Christmas Travelers; Ashlee Buzzard Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Of 9-Year-Old Daughter. Discovery in Utah Leads Investigators to Melodee Buzzard; Ashlee Buzzard Pleads Not Guilty to Daughter's Murder; 1M Plus More Epstein Pages; Flu Cases Surging During Holiday Season. Aired 1-2p ET
• Russia Launches Large-Scale Attack across Kyiv, Ukraine; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Ahead of Scheduled Meeting with President Trump; Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) Interviewed on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's Peace Proposal to End War with Russia; Poor Weather May Cause Flight Delays and Cancellations Across U.S.; Investigators in California Charge Mother of Nine-Year-Old Melodee Buzzard in Her Murder; Justice Department Announces Finding of Approximately One Million New Documents in Jeffrey Epstein Case; CDC Recommends Four Different Antiviral Flu Medications for This Flu Season; Teenager Who Fled Ukraine at Start of Russian Invasion Excelling in Philadelphia High School. Aired 2-3p ET.
• Trump And Zelenskyy Set To Meet Tomorrow Over Peace Plan; Canada Pledges Additional $2.5B In Financial Aid To Ukraine; California Storms Leave Homes Buried In Mud And Debris; Major Storms Could Cause Chaos For Post-Christmas Travelers; Ashlee Buzzard Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Of 9-Year-Old Daughter; DOJ Sorts Through 1m Plus Newly Discovered Potential Epstein Docs. Aired 3-4p ET
• Russia's War On Ukraine; Trump-Netanyahu Meeting; 2026 And The Future Of AI; Ashlee Buzzard Pleads Not Guilty To Daughter's Murder; AAA: Year-End Travel Setting New Record. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump, Zelenskyy Are Set To Meet In Florida; Zelenskyy Meets With Canadian PM Ahead of Trump Meeting; Trump and Netanyahu to Discuss Next Phase of Gaza Ceasefire; Will The A.I. Hype Of 2025 Burst In 2026?; Political Battle Brewing Over A.I. Ahead Of 2026 Midterms; Ashlee Buzzard Pleads Not Guilty To Daughter's Murder; AAA: Year-End Travel Setting New Record. Aired 5-6p ET
• Russia Launches Massive Drone, Missile Attack On Kyiv; Trump- Netanyahu Meeting Pivotal To Next Steps Of Gaza Ceasefire; Poll: Economic Concerns Highlighted As A Key Issue Among GOP; 2026 And The Future Of AI; U.S. In A High-Stakes Race To Dominate A.I. Tech Before China; At Least 15 Killed, 19 Injured In Guatemala Bus Crash; Ashlee Buzzard Pleads Not Guilty To Daughter's Murder; AAA: Year-End Travel Setting New Record. Aired 6-7p ET
• Tomorrow: Trump, Zelenskyy Hold High-Stakes Meeting In Florida; Trump And Netanyahu To Discuss Next Phase Of Gaza Ceasefire; 2026 And The Future Of A.I.; Ashlee Buzzard Pleads Not Guilty To Daughter's Murder; AAA: Year-End Travel Setting New Record. Aired 7-8p ET
• Russia Pounds Kyiv ahead of Sunday's Peace Talks; No Civilian Casualties in Trump's Strike on Nigeria; Israel Orders West Bank Raid; Top 10 International Stories of 2025; New Law in Mexico to Resolve Pet Custody Battles. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Russia Pounds Kyiv ahead of Sunday's Peace Talks; Severe Weather Threatens California; Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Murder of 9- Year-Old Daughter; Venezuela "Blockade"; Ukraine's "Dancing with the Stars" to Help the Wounded; Israeli Minister Calls for "Death Penalty for Terrorists" Law; Michigan Names Kyle. Aired 4-5a ET
• Russia Pounds Kyiv ahead of Sunday's Peace Talks; Severe Weather Threatens California; Fourteen Countries Condemn Israel's Settlements in West Bank; No Civilian Casualties in Trump's Strike on Nigeria; The Epstein Files; New Flu Variant Spreading across the U.S.; Top 10 Viral Moments of 2025. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Winter Storm Slows Post-Christmas Travel In The Northeast; Intense California Storm Brings Flash Floods and Mudslides; Russian Drones, Missiles Pound Ukraine Ahead Of Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting; U.S. Launches Christmas Day Strikes On ISIS Targets In Nigeria; Trump Urges DOJ To Release Epstein Files Naming Democrats; Ashlee Buzzard Pleads Not Guilty, Sheriffs Issued Gag Order. Idaho Investigators Search for Motive After Sheriff Office Shooting; Perry Bamonte, Guitarist and Keyboardist for the Cure, Dies at 65; Michigan Hires Kyle Whittingham As New Head Football Coach. Aired 6-7a ET
• Did Not Air 7-8a ET
• Storm Could Bring New York More Snow Than It's Seen Since 2022; States Of Emergency In New York, New Jersey; Mudslides, Debris Flows Triggered By Relentless Rain In CA. Aired 8-9a ET
• Russia Pounds Kyiv Ahead Of Sunday's Peace Talks In U.S.; Nigeria: No Civilian Casualties In Christmas Day U.S. Strikes. Perry Bamonte Of The Cure Dies At 65; Michigan Hires Kyle Whittingham As New Head Football Coach; Flu Cases Surging During Holiday Travel; New York Law Mandates Mental Health Warnings For Social Media; Trials, Acquittals And Convictions: The Year In Crime And Court Cases; Poll: Most U.S. Adults Not Making Year-End Charitable Donations; "I'm Chevy Chase And You're Not" Airs New Year's Day At 8:00 P.M. ET. Aired 9-10a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Did Not Air 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five; The Most Impactful Moments Of Trump's First Year Back In Power; Impactful Moment: Trump's First Day, From Orders To Oligarchs; Impactful Moment: Political Rhetoric Following Charlie Kirk's Death; Fascinating Trend: The North Korea- Style Cabinet Meetings. Aired 7-8a ET


Smerconish
• Did Not Air 9-10a ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Russia Launches Another Attack On Ukraine Ahead Of Peace Talks Between Donald Trump And Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Nigeria's Foreign Ministry: No Civilians Were Killed In U.S. Airstrikes On Christmas Day; President Trump Continues To Vent His Frustration Over The Release Of The Jeffrey Epstein Documents; Trump Continues To Put Pressure On President Nicolas Maduro To Step Down; More Than 23 Million People Under Winter Storm Warnings In The Northeastern U.S. Aired 12-1a ET
• Russia Pounds Kyiv Ahead Of Sunday's Peace Talks In U.S. Aired 1-1:30a ET