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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Growing Calls For DHS Secretary Noem To Go; Walz Speaks Out After Meeting With White House Border Czar; Woman Who Took Video Of Fatal Encounter Between Alex Pretti And Federal Officers Breaks Her Silence; Man Rushes Rep. Ilhan Omar, Sprays Unknown Substance Toward Her; GOP Sen. Thune Calls Latest ICE Shooting An "Inflection Point"; Stephen Miller: Agents May Have Breached Protocol Before Pretti Shooting; Minneapolis Mourns Alex Pretti After He Was Killed By Federal Agents; Son Of Veteran Honored By Alex Pretti Joins 360. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former Canadian Opposition Leader and Former Rector and President, Central European University Michael Ignatieff; Interview with "The tale of Silyan" Director Tamara Kotevska; Interview with The New York Times Opinion Columnist Thomas Friedman. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Minneapolis On Edge As Homan Arrives & Meets Walz, Frey; Trump: "Going To Be Watching Over" Probe Of Alex Pretti Shooting; New Video Show Chaotic Moments Before & After Alex Pretti Shooting. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Tries To Salvage M.N. Immigration Operation Amid Backlash; How Minnesotans Coordinated A Network To Observe ICE Operations; Mayor Kaohly Her (D), Is Interviewed About Trump Going To "De-Escalate A Little Bit" In Minneapolis; Sen. Fetterman Urges Trump To Fire DHS Secretary Noem. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Says, Killing Of Alex Pretti A Very Unfortunate Incident; Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) Says, Harris Team Asked If I Had Been An Israeli Agent; NTSB Reveals Findings On D.C. In-Flight Collision That Killed 67; Dems Fighting For Texas Senate Seat Square Off In First Debate; Minneapolis Businesses Struggle Amid ICE Raids. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump And Officials Begin To Point Fingers After ICE Shooting; Miller, Who Called Pretti "Assassin", Admits Possible Agent Wrongdoing; Trump's Hardline Adviser Admits "Possible Breach Of Protocol"; Man Sprays Unknown Liquid on Rep. Omar; Melania Trump Speaks on Fox News; ICE Agents Omit Details on Pretti Shooting. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• New York Times Reports, Trump Meets With Noem Amid Backlash Over Pretti Shooting; Video Contradicts DHS Account of Fatal Minneapolis Shooting; 200 Million-Plus People Remain Under Cold Alerts in Wake of Historic Ice Storm. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• NYT: Trump Meets With Noem Amid Backlash Over Pretti Shooting; CIA Moves To Establish Venezuela Foothold Following Maduro Capture; TikTok Users Claim Censorship Over ICE Videos, App Blames Outage. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• NYT: Trump Meets with Noem Amid Backlash Over Pretti Shooting; Patel: FBI Looking at Signal Chats Used by Minnesota Protesters; Minnesota Officials Push for Access to Shooting Investigation; At Least 500,000 Still Without Power Amid Brutal Cold; NTSB Meets to Discuss Deadly DC Plane Collision. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Border Czar Arrives in Minneapolis Today; Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) is Interviewed about Minnesota and the Government Shutdown; Trump Heads to Iowa; A Look at Who Alex Pretti Was; Derrick Johnson is Interviewed about ICE and DHS Funding. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Border Czar Arrives in Minneapolis Today; Trump Meets with Noem; Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is Interviewed about Minnesota and DHS Funding; NTSB to Detail Failures in DC Midair Collision; Meta, TikTok and YouTube Head to Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Meta, TikTok and YouTube Head to Trial; Numbers on Trump, the Economy and Iowa; U.S. Planning CIA Foothold in Venezuela; Anthony Anderson is Interviewed about "Star Search." Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Crippling Winter Storm; NTSB Announces Findings on DCA Crash; Administration Sidelines Gregory Bovino. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Nashville Utility Says No Power for Some Residents for a Week, Ice & Bitter Cold Prolong Dangerous Conditions; Walz Meets With White House Border Czar as Two Agree to Ongoing Dialogue; CIA Quietly Working to Gain a Permanent Foothold in Venezuela; Ukraine Officials Say at Least Three Killed in Overnight Attack on Odesa Region; Meta, YouTube Defend Platforms Over Youth Harm Claims. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Senate Democrats Threaten Partial Shutdown Over DHS Funding; Walz Meets With Border Czar as Two Agree to Ongoing Dialog; Democrats Demand Sen. Thune Strip DHS Funding From Spending Package; Winter Storm Death Toll Rises; TikTok Accused of Censoring Users; Trump Says He Does Not Think Pretti Was an Assassin, Contradicting Top Aide. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• 500,000+ Customers Still Without Power Amid Brutal Cold; Trump Says He'll Be Watching Over Pretti Shooting Investigation; Natural Gas Prices Skyrocket in Wake of Massive Winter Storm; TikTok Users Accuse App of Censoring Anti-ICE Videos. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Soon: Trump Delivers Economic Speech in Iowa; New Video of Moments After Alex Pretti was Fatally Shot; Trump Backs DHS Secretary Noem, Says She's Not Stepping Down; NTSB: Not Focusing Blame But Ensuring System Does Not Fail Again. 3-3:30p ET
• NTSB Chair: DC Midair Crash 100 Percent Preventable; Family, Friends, Coworkers Honor ICU Nurse Alex Pretti; Interview with Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO): House Democrats Ramp Up Effort to Impeach Kristi Noem; Senate Democrats Threaten Partial Shutdown Over DHS Funding; Iran's Leadership Sends Defiant Warning to U.S. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Videos Contradict DHS Account Of Fatal Minneapolis Shooting; Tensions High Amid Kurdish Forces And Syrian Government Ceasefire; NATO Chief Says U.S., Greenland, Denmark Will Settle Greenland Issue; Rutte Says It is Essential for NATO to Show Unity With the U.S.; Top General in China Under Investigation Amid Anti-corruption Drive; Mayor in the Philippines Survives Assassination Attempt; France Advances Bill to Ban Social Media for Kids Under 15; Four-year-old Pandas Repatriated From Japan to China; Cyclist Wins Race After Crashing Into a Kangaroo; Bitter Cold in Wake of Winter Storm in the United States. Aired 2-3a ET
• Last Deceased Israeli Hostage has Recovered, Phase Two of the Peace Plan in Trouble; White House Border Czar to Take Over Minneapolis Immigration Operations; Plush Horse Toy with Sad Face Now Viral in China Ahead of Next Month's Lunar New Year; Last of Chinese Pandas in Japan Sent Home to China. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Today: CBP Commander Leaves Minneapolis, Border Czar Arrives; Viral Arrests, Surveilling Protestors: ICE's Social Media Arsenal. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Israel Recovers Last Hostage; Trump and Gov. Walz Hold Call; Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) is Interviewed about a Government Shutdown. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• WH Border Czar Arriving in Minneapolis, CBP Chief Sidelined; Hearing Held in Lawsuit Over Evidence in Alex Pretti Shooting; U.S. Border Patrol Chief Bovino Filmed Countering Protesters Last Week; Iran-U.S. Tensions High as Trump Sends Military Assets to Middle East; Russia Lauches Massive Attack on Ukraine's Odesa Region; French Assembly Votes in Favor of Underage Social Media Ban. Aired 9-10a ET
• MN Governor Detects "Change in Tone" during Talk with Trump; Republican Senators Call for Investigation into ICE Shooting of Alex Pretti; White House Border Czar Arriving in Minneapolis, CBP Chief Sidelined; Interview with House Democrat Eric Swalwell, Calling for "Complete Overhaul" of ICE Tactics; India and E.U. Finalize Landmark Trade Pact; UAE and India Form Strategic Partnership; Ceremony in Tel Aviv Marks Return of Last Hostage in Gaza; Japan's Military Readiness; Rutte Paints Bleak Picture of NATO without U.S.; Skydivers Fly through World's Tallest Hotel. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• DHS Report: Two Agents Opened Fire; Driver Takes On Bovino; "Melania" Ticket Sales. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Top Border Official Leaving Minneapolis; Minneapolis Community Bonds Through Song; U.S. Lashed By Brutal Winter Cold; Ukraine: Latest Russian Attacks Hit Kharkiv, Odesa. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Israeli Military: Remains Of Last Hostage Ran Gvili Recovered; Winter Storm Snarls Air Travel With Delays And Cancellations; Former Olympian Ryan Wedding Pleads Not Guilty In Drug Case. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Walz Met With Border Czar Tom Homan This Morning; Vance Attacks Protesters And Dem Politicians After Pretti Shooting; NTSB Issues Findings In Last Year's Deadly D.C. Air Crash. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• NTSB Details Failures In Deadly DC Air Crash; Trump Talks To Reporters As He Heads To Iowa; Trump: "I Have To See" The Investigation In Minnesota Shooting; Trump Gives Lengthy Interview On His Health As Questions Swirl About Bruises, Closing Eyes In Meetings; International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• President Trump's Border Czar Arrives In Minnesota To Take Over ICE Operations; Russia Brutally Strikes Ukraine's Port City Odesa; U.S., Ukrainian And Russian Negotiators To Meet Again This Weekend; Shooting Involving Border Patrol Under Investigation In Arizona; Social Media's Role In Minnesota; Italy Objects To ICE; Starmer To Meet With Xi In China This Week. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Calls For "Honorable" Investigation Into Pretti Shooting; Man Attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar During Town Hall; Anthropic CEO Warns Of The Risks That Come With A.I. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Growing GOP Criticism Amid Anger Over Alex Pretti Killing; AXIOS: Trump says Iran Wants a Deal with U.S.; Ukraine: Massive Russian Attacks Hit Kharkiv, Odesa; Top General Under Investigation Amid Anti-Corruption Drive; Tech Giant Sued Over Social Media's Mental Health Impacts; Mexico's President Requests More BTS Concerts. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump Meets With Noem Amid Backlash Over Pretti Shooting; Growing Questions Over When Rafah Crossing Will Reopen; Kurds In Northeast Syria Fear Advance Of Government Forces; Meta And YouTube head To Trial Over Youth Harm Claims; Minnesotans Draw On Music And Faith As They Protest ICE; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• White House Border Czar Takes Over In Minnesota As Bovino Removed; More Republicans Call For Investigation Into Pretti's Death; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer To Visit China On Wednesday; Social Media Firms Head To Trial To Fight Addiction Claims; Experts Draw Similarities Between Social Media Lawsuit And Big Tobacco Trials. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• New Video of Alex Pretti Minutes Before Fatal Shooting; Trump Administration Sidelines Bovino, Sends Homan to Minnesota; Senate Democrats Threaten Partial Shutdown Over ICE Funding. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Senate Democrats Threaten Partial Shutdown Over ICE Funding; NTSB Meeting to Determine D.C. Midair Collision; International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• NTSB Announces Findings on DCA Crash; Trump Administration Sidelines Greg Bovino. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• International Holocaust Remembrance Day; Landmark Social Media Trial; Covert U.S. Operations Inside Venezuela?; Trump Administration Sidelines Bovino. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Man Attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar During Town Hall; Trump Says Pretti Shouldn't Have Been Carrying A Gun; Thune Joins GOP Calls For "Full And Impartial Investigation" Into Alex Pretti Shooting. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Two Officers Fired Their Guns in Fatal Encounter with Pretti; Border Czar Homan Arrives in Minneapolis; Takaichi: Alliance Would Collapse if Tokyo Ignored Taiwan; Japanese PM Lays Out New Defense Spending Goals; India and E.U. Announces Historical Trade Deal; Trump Backs DHS Secy. Noem. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Trump Met with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for Two Hours; Widespread U.S. Flight Disruptions from Winter Storm; Top General Under Investigation Amid Anti-Corruption Drive; Remembering Kobe Bryant Six Years after His Death; Friends, Colleagues Remember Alex Pretti; Threading the Needle of World's Tallest Hotel. Aired 12-1a ET
• Videos Contradicting DHS Account Of Fatal Minneapolis Shooting; Interview with Author Don Winslow; Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Addedas Pro Bowl Sub; Eva Longoria's "The Fifth Wheel" Begins Production. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Border Czar Arrives In Minneapolis As Trump Sidelines Bovino; Trump Says He'll be Watching Over Pretti Shooting Probe; Next Hour: Trump In Iowa For Speech About Economy; Sources: CIA Leading Plan To Secure U.S. Foothold In Venezuela; Iran Sends Defiant Message As Tensions With U.S. Soar. Aired 3-4p ET