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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump: Positive Call With Putin After Saying Russia Wants To See Ukraine Succeed; Interview With Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA); China Conducts Military Drills Around Taiwan; Exclusive: CIA Carried Out Drone Strike On Port Facility On Venezuelan Coast; Ukraine Denies Drone Targeted Putin Residence: Russia Says Military Has Selected Targets For "Retaliatory Strikes. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with "The Uninhabitable Earth" Author David Wallace-Wells; Interview with "My Mother's Wedding" Director and Actress Kristin Scott Thomas. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Now: Trump, Netanyahu Speak After Meeting at Mar-a-Lago; Trump Says "Very Good Talk With Putin" Following Meeting With Ukrainian President Zelenskyy At Mar-a-Lago; Pelosi Predicts Democrats Will Retake House In 2026; Trump: U.S. Struck "Big Facility" As Part of Venezuela Campaign. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Wraps Up 2025 Pushing For Peace In Major Global Conflicts; More Questions Remain After DOJ's Epstein Files Release; Dangerous Winds And Plunging Temps Sweep Parts Of U.S.; Shark Tank's Mr. Wonderful Goes Hollywood; 2025's Biggest Political Headlines; Two Pilots Dead After Helicopter Crash In Southern New Jersey. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Hosts World Leaders At Mar-a-Lago In Push For Peace; FBI, DHS Deepen Investigation Into Alleged Fraud In Minnesota; U.S. Launches New Strike On Suspected Drug Boat; Republicans Begin To Consider 2028 And A Post-Trump Era; Dangerous Winds & Plunging Temps Sweep Parts Of U.S. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Exclusive, CIA Drone Strike Targets Port Facility In Venezuela; Trump Hosts Netanyahu, Zelenskyy In Florida, Has Second Putin Call In Two Days; Trump Says Putin Wants Ukraine To Succeed; DOJ Says D.C. Pipe Bomb Suspect Has Confessed; Mamdani To Be Sworn In On New Year's Eve. Aired 10-11p ET
• Viral Video Claims To Uncover Fraud In Minnesota Somali Community; Immigration Crackdown Continues; Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene's Break With Trump; New Year's Eve Concerts At Kennedy Center Canceled. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN News Central
• Whiteout Conditions Shut Down Parts of I-35 in Iowa and Minnesota; Zelenskyy Says, Peace Plan Proposes U.S. Security Guarantees for 15 Years; Midair Helicopter Crash Kills One, Injures Another in New Jersey. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Kremlin: Trump To Call Putin Very Soon To Discuss Latest Peace Talks; DOJ May Need A "Few More Weeks" To Release Rest Of The Epstein Files; Biggest Crime And Justice Stories Of The Year. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump to Call Putin Very Soon to Discuss Latest Peace Talks; Zelenskyy: Peace Plan Proposes U.S. Security Guarantees for 15 Years; Winter Storms Could Snarl Travel Again Today; Americans Question Economy as Confidence Falls Heading into 2026. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• D.C. Pipe Bomb Suspect Confessed; Americans on Trump, Russia and Ukraine; Kira Rudik is Interviewed about Peace Talks; Top 10 Entertainment Stories of 2025. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Blizzards, Storms and Tornadoes Slam Parts of U.S.; Trump Discusses Peace Talks; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is Interviewed about Peace for Ukraine; Javier Salazar is Interviewed about the Missing Texas Teen; Midair Helicopter Crash Kills One. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Gloria Allred is Interviewed about the Epstein Files; Vance and the 2028 GOP Presidential Nomination; Priah Ferguson is Interviewed about "Stranger Things." Aired 9:30-10a ET
• President Trump Meets With Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Trump and Netanyahu Meet. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Netanyahu Arrives for Meeting With Trump in Florida; Trump Says He Expects Gaza Reconstruction to Begin Soon; Trump Says Wouldn't Be Good if Ukraine Attacked Putin Residence; Blizzards, Storms, Tornadoes Slam Parts of the U.S.; Trump Says U.S. Struck a Dock Area in Venezuela. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• More Than 20 Million Are Under Winter Weather Alerts From Midwest to Northeast; Trump, Netanyahu Meet in Florida for Talks on Gaza, Iran; ; Trump Speaks With Putin After Meeting Zelenskyy on Sunday; Russia Says Ukraine Attacked a Home of Putin, Ukraine Calls It a Lie; Second Helicopter Pilot Killed in Collision. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Second Pilot Dies After Midair Helicopter Crash in New Jersey; New Search for Missing MH370 Plane to Resume Tomorrow; Scotland's Hogmanay Kicks off with River of fire Procession; Bank of America CEO Predicts Wealth Growth for Americans in 2026. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump, Netanyahu Meet In Florida For Talks On Gaza, Iran; Blizzard Conditions, Storms, Tornadoes Slam Parts Of The U.S.; Trump Speaks With Putin After Meeting Zelensky On Sunday; Trump Refuses To Say More About Operation He Says Took Out "Big Facility" In Venezuela. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Says U.S. Knocked Out Big Facility in Venezuela; Americans in 1998 Tried to Predict 2025 and Got a Lot Right; Entertainment's Biggest Stories of the Year; Trump, Netanyahu Speak After Meeting at Mar-a-Lago. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump, Zelenskyy Cite Progress on Peace Deal after Mar-a-Lago Meeting; Round One of Voting Ends in First Myanmar Election Since Coup; Bulgaria to Introduce Euro on January 1; More Americans Buying Homes in Idyllic Cotswolds Region; Brigitte Bardot Dies at Age 91; Dubai Tennis Exhibition Pits Sabalenka Against Kyrgios. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Touts Progress On Peace Plan After Zelenskyy Meeting; Trump, Netanyahu To Discuss Next Phase Of Gaza Plan; One Dead After Mid-Air Helicopter Collision In New Jersey; Dangerous Blizzard Conditions Snarl Travel In U.S.; Polls Close In Myanmar As Military Holds First Election Since 2021 Coup; Trump, Zelenskyy Cite Progression Peace Deal after Meeting; Bulgaria to Introduce Euro on January 1; Historic Holiday Spending Tops $1T for First Time Ever; "Avatar: Fire & Ash", "Zootopia 2" Draw in Holiday Crowds; More Americans Buying Homes in Idyllic Cotswolds Region. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump And Zelenskyy Hold Post-Meeting Press Conference; What's Next For Global Economy In 2026?; Migrants With No Criminal Record Detained By ICE; Round One Of Voting Ends In First Myanmar Election Since 2021 Coup; China Launches Major Military Drills Around Taiwan; Biggest Health Stories Of The Year. Aired 2-3a ET
• Peace For Ukraine Still in the Works; President Trump Looking Forward Israel-Hamas Phase Two Peace Deal; China Launch Military Drills Around Taiwan; Brigitte Bardot Dies at 91; Two Helicopters Collides Midair; Cotswolds Residences Are For the Well-Offs. Aired 3- 4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump, Zelenskyy Signal Confidence on Deal to End War; Looking Back at the Top Business Headlines of 2025. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump and Zelenskyy Signal Confidence on Deal to End War; Congress versus the White House on A.I. Rules; William Taylor is Interviewed about the Ukraine War; Trump and Netanyahu to Discuss Gaza Ceasefire. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Zelenskyy: Plan Proposes U.S. to Guarantee Ukrainian Security; Blizzard Conditions, Tornadoes Disrupt Travel as Cold Front Moves into Central and Eastern U.S.; Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis; Accident Occurred 10 Days after Joshua Knocked Out Jake Paul in Bout in Miami; Boxing Star Anthony Joshua Injured in Car Crash in Nigeria; Growth Accelerates, But Many Struggle with High Prices. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Donald Trump And Benjamin Netanyahu To Discuss Phase Two Of Gaza Ceasefire; Volodymyr Zelenskyy Says Peace Plan Proposes That U.S. Guarantees Ukrainian Security For 15 Years; Round One Of Voting Ends In First Election Since 2021 Coup; Bulgaria To Introduce Euro On January 1. Aired 10-10:30a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Hosts Netanyahu, Zelenskyy In Florida, Has Second Putin Call In Two Days; Rep. Greene As Trump Hosts Foreign Leaders: "Can We Just Do America?"; Trump Threatens To Sue Fed Chair For "Gross Incompetence"; Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Trump Was Angry In Call About Epstein Docs; Trump: U.S. Took Out "Big Facility" Where Boats Loaded With Drugs. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• President Trump and Zelenskyy Sound Optimistic on Progress of Peace Talks; Two Helicopters Collide Midair in New Jersey; Kyrgios Defeats Sabalenka in Battle of the Sexes Tennis Match. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Round One Of Voting Ends In First Election Since 2021 Coup; Trump-Zelenskyy Cite Progress On Peace Deal After Meeting; Dubai Tennis Exhibition Pits Sabalenka Against Kyrgios. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• WH: Trump Held Positive Call With Putin This Morning On Ukraine; Trump, Netanyahu Set To Meet Amid Rising Middle East Tensions; Rep: MTG On Trump Foreign Meetings: "Can We Just Do America?" Aired 12-12.30p ET
• Americans In 1998 Tried To Predict 2025 And Got A Lot Right; Republicans Begin To Consider 2028 And A Post-Trump Era; DOJ: Pipe Bomb Suspect Told FBI He Wanted To "Speak Up" For People Who Believe 2020 Election Was Stolen; Biggest Entertainment Stories Of The Year. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• President Trump Welcomes Netanyahu To Palm Beach Florida For Phase 2 Of Gaza Peace Talks; Trump Optimistic Of End Of Russia-Ukraine War; Boxer Anthony Joshua Involved In A Car Crash In Nigeria; Ukraine Peace Plan Effort; Zelenskyy Rejects Russian Claim Of Ukrainian Drone Attack; Bulgaria Set To Adopt Euro On January 1; Millions Across U.S. Impact By Winter Weather Alerts. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Did Not Air 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Russia: Ukraine Drone Attack Targeted one of Putin's Residences; Helicopters Collide, Leaving One Person Dead & Another Injured; Zelenskyy Rejects Russian Claim that Ukrainian Drone Attack Targeted One of Putin's Residences, calls it a Lie; Trump & Netanyahu to Discuss Phase 2 Gaza Ceasefire; British Boxer Anthony Joshua Injured in Deadly Crash; New Yorkers Prepare for 2026 with "Good Riddance Day". Aired 11a-12p ET
• Russia: Ukraine Drone Attack Targeted One Of Putin's Residences; Soon: Trump And Netanyahu To Discuss Phase Two Of Gaza Ceasefire; U.S. Pledges $2B For U.N. Humanitarian Aid; British Boxer Anthony Joshua Injured In Deadly Crash; How Recalled Products Can Linger On Store Shelves; Bulgaria To Introduce Euro On January 1; Dubai Tennis Exhibition Pits Sabalenka Against Kyrgios; 11-Year-Old Donates His Hair After Growing It For Two Years; U.S. Lawmakers Sound The Alarm On A.I. Development; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Hopes To Reach Phase 2 Of Gaza Deal Very Quickly; Trump: Putin Phone Call was Positive But Issues Remain; Global Stocks On Track To Outperform S&P 500 This Year; Global Stocks Climb In 2025 Amid Trade War, A.I. Bubble Fears; Artificial Intelligence Optimism Boosts United States Markets In 2025 Amid Bubble Fears; Mindstone CEO: Europe Will Find Competitive A.I. Advantage. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump, Netanyahu Set to Meet Amid Rising Middle East Tensions; Blizzard Conditions, Storms, Tornadoes Slam Parts of the U.S.; New DOJ Memo Details Pipe Bomb Suspect's Talks With FBI. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Search for Missing MH370 Plane to Resume Tomorrow; Netanyahu set to meet with Trump; Hurdles to Ukraine Peace Deal Remain; Epstein Survivors Await Release of More Files. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Russia: Ukraine Drone Attack Targeted One Of Putin's Residences, Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy Call Allegation "Another Lie"; Trump Pushes For Phase 2 Of Gaza Peace Deal; Rep. Debbie Dingell (D- MI), Is Interviewed About DOJ Memo: DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Told FBI That Someone Needed To "Speak Up" For People Who Believe 2020 Election Was Stolen. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Brigitte Bardot Dies; Trump and Putin Speak; Dangerous Products on Shelves Following Recall?; Trump Set to Meet With Netanyahu. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Exclusive: CIA Drone Strike Targets Port Facility In Venezuela; GOP Rep. Greene Details Furious Trump Call Amid Epstein Files Push; Pelosi Predicts Dems Will Retake U.S. House In 2026 Midterms. Aired 9- 10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Trump Meets Netanyahu In Florida; Ukraine Denies Targeting Putin Residence; Beijing Conducts Major Military Drills Around Taiwan; 2026 Global Economic Outlook; CNN Finds Evidence Sudan's Army Carried Out Ethnic Killings; Round One Of Voting Ends In Myanmar; Interest Rates And Affordability Loom As Key Issues For 2026. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump "Very Angry" About Alleged Attack On Putin Residence; Israeli PM Netanyahu Meeting With Trump At Mar-a-Lago; Trump Says U.S. Struck "Big Facility" In Venezuela; British Boxer Anthony Joshua Injured In Deadly Car Crash; Trump And Netanyahu Take Questions After Florida Meeting. Aired 3-4p ET