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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Did Not Air 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Brian A. Nichols; Interview with "Hate Radio" Director and Playwright Milo Rau; Interview with 404 Media Reporter and Co-Founder Joseph Cox. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Agents Involved In Alex Pretti Killing On Administrative Leave; Trump Ups Rhetoric On Minneapolis, Despite Calls For De-Escalation; Democrats Lay Out Demands To "Restrain" ICE As Shutdown Looms. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Rep. Thom Tillis, (R-CA), Is Interviewed About Trump Warns Minneapolis Mayor Frey He Is "Playing With Fire", Shutdown Looms As Dems Threaten DHS Funding Over ICE Reform; Meta, YouTube Head To Court In Social Media Addiction Case; TX Lawmaker Visits ICE Facility Where 5-Year-Old Is Being Detained. Aired 5-6p ET
• DHS Says, Agents Involved in Pretti Killing on Administrative Leave; Minneapolis Tension Looms Over National Mayors Meeting in D.C.; Justice Department Leaders Promise More Documents in the Near Term. Trump Fails To Condemn Attack On Rep. Ilhan Omar; Florida State Senator Says Immigration Will Hurt GOP In Midterms; Trump Hangs Picture Of Himself With Putin In White House. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• New Video Shows Pretti Kicking Agent's Car a Week Before His Death; Trump Warns Minneapolis Mayor, You're Playing With Fire; Philly Prosecutor Vows to Hunt Down Wannabe Nazi ICE Agents. Krasner Calls ICE Agents "Wannabe Nazis"; Trump Says Omar Probably Sprayed Herself When A Man Attacked Her; Protesters Met with Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Outside ICE Detention Center in Dilley, Texas. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Man Charged With Assault After Spraying Substance at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN); At Least 300,000 Still Without Power Amid Brutal Cold; Fed Reserve to Make First Rate Decision Since Powell Rebuke of Trump. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump: "We're Going To De-Escalate A Little Bit" In Minnesota; Man Charged With Assault After Spraying Substance At Rep. Omar; Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) On Growing Calls To Fire DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Powell Vows to Stand Firm Amid DOJ Investigation into the Fed; Man Charged with Assault After Spraying Substance at Rep. Omar; White House Damage Control After Fatal Shooting of Alex Pretti; Potential Bomb Cyclone Could Slam East Coast this Weekend. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• DOJ Release of Epstein Files; The Numbers on Trump, Immigration and Latinos; V.A. Secretary Faces Lawmakers; Minnesota Businesses Become Target; Melania Trump's Documentary. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Man Charged with Assault After Spraying Substance to Representative Ilhan Omar; Secretary of State Macro Rubio to Testify Before Senate Panel About Venezuela; Measles Cases Surging in South Carolina; White House Doing Damage Control After Fatal Shooting of Alex Pretti. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• WH Doing Damage Control After Fatal Shooting Of Alex Pretti; DOJ Investigating Jerome Powell And Federal Reserve; Report: Bill Belichick Will Not Be A First-Ballot Hall Of Famer. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• U.S. Plan For Venezuela?; Threats Against Members of Congress Surging; Federal Reserve Expected to Keep Interest Rates Steady; Ilhan Omar Attacked. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Marco Rubio Says Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Sold to Fund Government Services There; Shutdown Looms as Democrats Push for DHS Reform, Threaten Funding; Growing Calls for Kristi Noem to Resign or Be Impeached; Police Believe Substance Sprayed on Ilhan Omar Was Apple Cider Vinegar; FBI Serving Warrant at Fulton County Elections Office as It Investigates Alleged Voter Fraud; V.A. Imposes Near-total Abortion Ban. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Ukraine Says Russia Struck Train in Kharkiv, Killing at Least Five; Anger in Italy Over U.S. Sending ICE Agents to Winter Olympics; Officers in Pretti Shooting Placed on Administrative Leave; FBI Serving Warrant at Fulton County, Georgia Elections Office; Federal Reserve Leaves Key Interest Rate Unchanged. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Capitol Police Weighing Possible Federal Charges in Omar Attack; Couple Says Alex Pretti's Research Saved Veteran's Life; Bill Belichick Snubbed for Hall of Fame; East Coast Braces for Potential Bomb Cyclone. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• AG Bondi: 16 People Arrested in Minneapolis Today for Allegedly Assaulting Federal Law Enforcement; Capitol Police Weighing Possible Federal Charges in Omar Attack; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Discusses About Votes to Fund Department of Homeland Security; Shutdown Looms as Dems Push for DHS Reform, Threaten Funding; Rubio: U.S. Use of Force in Venezuela Unlikely But Not Off Table; Secretary of State Rubio Testifies on U.S. Policy in Venezuela; Texas Lawmaker Visits ICE Facility Where 5-Year-Old Minneapolis Boy and His Father are Being Held 3-3:30p ET
• Protests Outside Texas Family Detention Center Housing 5-Year- Old Minneapolis Boy and His Father; Top White House Aide Says CBP Agents May Have Breached Protocol; Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Threat to Its Independence; Social Media Giants Face Trial Over Youth Addition Claims. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• White House Distances Itself From DHS Claims About Alex Pretti; Donald Trump Suggests U.S. May Enter Talks With Iranian Government; British Prime Minister Makes First Visit To China Since 2018; Eyewitness Describes Scene Prior To Alex Pretti's Shooting; Eyewitness Says Alex Pretti Did Not Brandish a Weapon; Ecuador Says ICE Agent Tried to Enter Consulate in Minneapolis; Jury Selection Underway in Landmark Social Media Trial; TikTok Agreed to Settle Youth Mental Health Lawsuit One Day Before the Trial; Chilean Company Ages Wine Underwater; Landslide Leaves Italian Town on Edge of Cliff; Neil Young Gives Greenland Free Access to Music Catalog; Last Pair of Pandas in Japan Return to China. Aired 2-3a ET
• Iran's Anti-Government Protests Reaches One Month, U.S. and Iran Issues Stark Warnings; Former South Korean First Lady Sentenced to More Than a Year for Bribery. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• Ilhan Omar Attacked at Town Hall with Unknown Liquid; Creators Accuse TikTok's New Owners of Censorship. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• GOP Leaders Call for Pretti Investigation; Noem, Miller Rebuked; Quinton Lucas is Interviewed about ICE in Minnesota. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Zelenskyy Condemns Russian Strike on Passenger Train; Man Charged with Assault After Spraying Substance at Omar; Omar Says She Won't Be Intimated by Town Hall Attack; Noem Facing Growing Calls to Resign After Pretti Shooting; Iran-U.S. Tensions High as Trump Sends Military Assets to Middle East. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Rubio Faces Questions in U.S. Senate; Rubio Scheduled to Meet with Venezuelan Opposition Leader Today. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Judge: ICE Violated 100 Orders; Attack On Rep. Omar; GOP Hypocrisy On Guns. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump To "De-Escalate" Situation In Minnesota; Congresswoman Omar Attacked In Minneapolis; Palestinian Bedouins Leave West Bank. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Palestinian Bedouins Leave West Bank Citing Harassment; NTSB Chair On DC Crash: This Was 100 Percent Preventable; Jury Selection Underway In Landmark Social Media Trial. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Insiders Acknowledge Public Turning On Deportation Tactics; Trump On Defense As Even Allies Criticize Minnesota Operation; Rubio Defends Operation To Seize Maduro To Congress; Hawley: You Can Disagree And Protest, But You Can't Assault Someone. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Democrats Call AG Bondi's Demand of Voter Rolls Amid Minneapolis Tension Ransom and Extortion; Sen. Warnock Travels to Minnesota, Says He'll Block ICE Funding; Man Charged With Assault After Spraying Substance at Rep. Omar; Trump Pushes Affordability by Touting 'trump Accounts'; Trump Backs Primary Challengers in Indiana Legislative Races; First Lady Melania Trump Rings NYSE Opening Bell to Celebrate New Film. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Trump: "Time is Running Out" for Iran to Make a Deal; Death Toll Rises from Iran Protests; Justice Department to Release Full Epstein Files Soon; FBI Serving Search Warrant at Fulton County Elections Office. U.S. Fed to Make Decision on Interest Rate Today; FBI Says it is Executing a Search Warrant at an Elections Office As it Probes Alleged Voter Fraud During 2020 Presidential Election; Ilhan Omar Speaks Out After Town Hall Attack. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• New Video Shows Pretti and Agents Clashing 11 Days Before His Death; Rep. Jasmine Crockett Speaks Out After Seeing Five-Year-Old in ICE Custody; FBI Seizes 2020 Ballots; Bruce Springsteen Releases Protest Song; Brendan Banfield Takes the Stand. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Rubio: The Capture of Maduro was not an act of War; Rubio: U.S. Control of Venezuelan Oil will be Short-Term; Rubio: No Sector of Cuba's Economy Works, Unlike Venezuela; Rubio: The Process is Moving Toward Positive Things; Marco Rubio Testifies at U.S. Senate Hearing on Venezuela. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Marco Rubio Testifies At U.S. Senate Hearing On Venezuela; Palestinian Bedouins Leave West Bank Citing Harassment; How Teachings Of Stoicism Could Help In Turbulent Times; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Threats to its Independence; President Trump Says U.S. Dollar Should Seek its Own Level; Officers Involved in Pretti Shooting Put on Administrative Leave; FBI Searches Elections Office in Fulton County, Georgia; Moderna Chairman Says Trump Policy Undermining U.S. Lead in Biotechnology; Amazon Cuts 16,000 Jobs as It Expands A.I. Infrastructure; Meta, Microsoft Report Earnings; Interview with Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber; South Korea Court Sentences Ex-First Lady to Jail for Bribery. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• State of Emergency: Confronting the Crisis in Minnesota - A CNN Townhall. Aired 8-9:30p


The Situation Room
• Authorities Investigating Town Hall Assault Against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN); Now, Secretary of State Rubio to Testify on U.S. Policy in Venezuela; Rubio Says, Iran and Russia Used Venezuela as Base of Operation in West. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Now: Secretary of State Rubio Testifies on U.S. Policy on Venezuela; Rubio Takes Questions from Lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Marco Rubio Testifies Before Senate. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio Testifies Before Senate. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• CNN Holds Town Hall With Minnesota Leaders; Trump Mocks Omar After Attack: "She Probably Had Herself Sprayed"; Homan To Hold Press Conference In Minneapolis Tomorrow. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: DHS: Officers Involved in Pretti Shooting Placed on Leave; Homan in "Precarious" Negotiations with Minnesota Officials; Trump: "Time is Running Out" For Iran to Make a Deal; Death Toll in Protests Rises in Iran; Ilhan Omar Attacked in Minneapolis; Meta, Microsoft and Tesla All Report Latest Results; FBI Agents Search Election Office in Georgia's Fulton County; Tourism Industry Concerns About Proposed ESTA Changes; UEFA Champion's League. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Representative Ilhan Omar Attacked at Town Hall; Tom Homan Now in Minnesota to Manage ICE Operations; Winter Storm Causes Air Travel Delays and Cancellations; Iran Sends Defiant Message as Tensions with U.S. Simmer; U.S. Consumer Confidence Hits Lowest Level Since 2014; Jury Selection Underway in Landmark Social Media Trial; NTSB: Fatal D.C. Crash Didn't Have to Happen; How a Network of Minnesotans are Observing ICE Operations. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. Army Veteran Searches For Her Deported Husband; Moms Advocate For Mental Health Safeguards On Social Media; Jury Selection Underway in Landmark Social Media Trial; Trump Targets California Fire Rebuilding Efforts; TikTok Pushes Back Amid Accusations of anti-ICE censorship. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• FBI: Serving Warrant At Fulton County Elections Office; Trump Warns Frey He Is "Playing With Fire" Over Immigration Stance; Noem, Miller Criticized For Initial Response To Pretti Shooting; Trump: "Time Is Running Out" For Iran To Make A Deal; Rubio Testifies Before Senate On Venezuela, Iran & NATO. Aired 3-4p ET