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CNN Transcripts for January 31, 2026

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CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Is The White House Being Forced To Shift Tone On Minneapolis?; Trump Claims He Will "De-Escalate" Amid Backlash Over Pretti Killing; Don Lemon Among Journalists Arrested Over Minnesota Protest; Trump Breaks With NRA, Faults Pretti For Carrying Gun; Reagan Addressed Nation Following Challenger's Disaster; How Important Is A President's Role As Comforter-In-Chief?; New Book Looks At Achieving "Deep Satisfaction" In A Chaotic World; 6-Time Super Bowl Champ Bill Belichick Snubbed By HOF. Aired 12-1p ET


The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With Former Canadian Opposition Leader And Former Rector And President, Central European University Michael Ignatieff; Interview With "Challenger" Author Adam Higginbotham; Palestinian Community Fears Erasure After Settler Attacks; Interview With "A Thousand Miracles" Author And International Criminal Tribunal For The former Yugoslavia Former President Theodor Meron; Remembering The Holocaust. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET
• Federal Judge Rules Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota Can Continue Despite Recent Violent Clashes between Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents and Protestors; Bomb Cyclone Threatens Parts U.S. East Coast; Justice Department Releases Millions of Pages from Epstein Files; U.S. Federal Government Faces Partial Shutdown Until House of Representatives Returns to Vote on Recent Funding Package; Iranian Leaders Say They are Willing to Participate in Nuclear Talks with U.S.; Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Arrested in Connection to Coverage of Anti-ICE Protest in Minnesota Church. Aired 2-3p ET
• Judge Orders 5-Year-Old Liam Ramos And His Father Released From Immigration Detention; Federal Judge Says Operation Metro Surge Can Continue In Minnesota; More Than 27 Million Under Winter Weather Alert As Storm Blasts Southeast; Fulton County Official Speaks Out After FBI Seizes 2020 Ballots; Interview With Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell About Winter Storm; Triplets Making History For Jamaica's Ski Team; Korean- American Singer EJAE On What Shaped Smash Hit "Golden." Aired 3-4p ET
• 29 States With Weather Advisories, Watches And Warnings Across The U.S.; Final Epstein Files Released; Federal Judge Says Operation Metro Surge Can Continue In Minnesota; Russia Says It Agreed Pause Certain Kyiv Strikes at Trump's Request; Trump Picks Wall Street Veteran Kevin Warsh To Succeed Fed Chair; Gold Price Falls After Warsh Announced As Pick To Succeed Powell; Many Americans Trimming Budget For Trips. Aired 4-5p ET
• Judge Orders Release Of 5-Year-Old And Father From Texas Facility; Justice Department Releases 3 Million Jeffrey Epstein- Related Files; Interview With Epstein Survivor Jess Michaels; Gabbard On Scene As FBI Searches Fulton County Election Offices; Bomb Cyclone Slamming Parts Of East Coast, Southeastern U.S.; Trump Assistance Provided If Asked, But Must Use Word "Please"; Jeffries: Democrat Won't Help GOP Pass Funding Bill. Aired 5-6p ET
• Judge Orders Release Of Five-Year-Old And Father From Texas Facility; Jeffries: Democrats Won't Help GOP Pass Funding Bill; Interview With Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA); Bomb Cyclone Slamming Parts Of East Coast, Southeastern U.S.; Justice Department Releases 3 Million Jeffrey Epstein-Related Files; Uncertainty In Cuba As Top Ally, Venezuela, Influenced By U.S.; Cuba's Reliance On Venezuela Oil Dashed Amid Maduro's Ouster. Aired 6-7p ET
• Judge Order Release Of 5-Year-Old And Father From Texas Facility; Bomb Cyclone Slamming Parts Of East Coast, Southeastern U.S.; Carolinas Could See Highest Snowfall In Two Decades; Interview With Nags Head Mayor Ben Cahoon (R); Partial Government Shutdown Begins; Federal Government Partially Shutdown; Jeffries: Democrats Won't Help GOP Pass Funding Bill; Israeli Military Reportedly Acknowledges 70,000 Killed In Gaza. Aired 7-8p ET
• DOJ Releases over 3 Million Files from Epstein Investigation; Massive Crowds Nationwide Turn out for Anti-ICE Protests; Iran without Proxies as It Faces Standoff with U.S.; U.S.-Venezuela Relations; Trump Threatens Tariffs over Supplying Oil to Cuba. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• DOJ Releases over 3 Million Files from Epstein Investigation; U.S. Enters Partial Shutdown as Funding Lapses; Kyiv Gets a Break as Russia Pauses Strikes until Sunday; Iran Ready for "Fair and Just" Nuclear Talks; Don Lemon Vows to Fight Charges Related to Covering Minnesota Church Protest; Kevin Warsh Picked to Chair Federal Reserve; Lindsey Vonn Vows Olympic Dream not over after Crash. Aired 4-5a ET
• DOJ Releases over 3 Million Files from Epstein Investigation; U.S. Enters Partial Shutdown as Funding Lapses; Bomb Cyclone to Bring Snow, Strong Winds to Eastern U.S.; Kyiv Gets a Break as Russia Pauses Strikes until Sunday; Don Lemon Vows to Fight Charges Related to Covering Minnesota Church Protest; Kevin Warsh Picked to Chair Federal Reserve; Iran Ready for "Fair and Just" Nuclear Talks; Lindsey Vonn Vows Olympic Dream not over after Crash. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Major Winter Storm Lashing Southeast With Snow, Life- Threatening Cold; DOJ Releases 3 Million Files In Epstein Case; Massive Crowds Turn Out At Anti-ICE Protests Across The U.S.; Former CNN Host Don Lemon Faces Charges After Anti-ICE Protest At Minnesota Church. Trump-Backed Funding Bill Clears Senate; Bomb Cyclone Set to Hit Parts of the U.S. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic; Russia Says it Agreed to Pause Kyiv Strikes Until Sunday at Trump's Request. Aired 6- 7a ET
• Trump Mentioned Prominently In Epstein Files Release; Massive Crowds Turn Out For Anti-ICE Protests Nationwide; Bomb Cyclone Set To Hit Parts Of The Southeast, Mid-Atlantic; Zelenskyy: Ukraine To Mirror Russia's Pause On Energy Facilities; Trump Publicly Battled, Pressured Fed Chair Powell Over Interest Rates; Sen. Thom Tillis: I Won't Consider Warsh Until Powell Investigation Resolved. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Top DEM On Homeland Security CMTE. Reacts To DHS Funding Fight; Former CHair Of Jan. 6 Committee Reacts To Trump's New "Fraud" Probe; Vulnerable MS Residents Still Facing Power Outages After Storm. Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Trump Administration Sends Border Czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis in Possible Shift on Immigration Enforcement Policy; Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Arrested in Connection to Coverage of Anti-ICE Protest in Minneapolis Church; Amazon Buys Rights to Documentary about First Lady Melania Trump, Sparking Allegations of Corruption in Trump Administration; WNBA Star Breanna Stewart and Singer Bruce Springsteen Speak Out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Aired 10-11a ET


Smerconish
• Justice Dept. Conducting Inquiry Into Pretti Killing; Meta, YouTube Head To Court In Social Media Addiction Case; Fed Agents In L.A. Conduct A Big Immigration Raid At Home Depot. Genes Play A Big Part In Driving Lifespan. Aired 9-10a ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Partial Government Shutdown Over I.C.E.; 3M+ Epstein Documents Released; U.S. Government Enters Partial Shutdown As Funding Lapses; Crowds Turn Out For Anti-I.C.E. Protests Nationwide; Trump Mentioned In Epstein Files Released By Justice Dept.; Independent Journalists Arrested After Reporting On Protest; Trump Says He Pressed Iran On Potential Nuclear Deal Deadline; Kyiv Gets a Break After Russia Pauses Strikes Until Sunday; Wuthering Heights Gets A Steamy Remake; Aired 12-1a ET
• Blanche On Epstein Files - We Did Not Protect President Trump; New Epstein Release Has References To Trump, Powerful Figures; Officers Clash With Anti-I.C.E. Protestors In Los Angeles; U.S. Government Partial Shutdown; Trump Ramps Up Pressure On Iran; Iran FM: Tehran Ready For - Fair And Just Nuclear Talks; Sources - Russian Envoy To Meet U.S. Officials In Hours Ahead; Isreal: Gaza's Rafah Border Crossing To Reopen Sunday; Zelenskyy - Sunday's Trilateral Talks In Abu Dhabi May Be Postponed; Alcaraz & Djokovic Reach Australian Open Final; NASA Postpones Crucial Test Mission For Artemis II program; Aired 1-2a ET