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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Sheriff: Guthrie Family, Siblings And Spouses, Cleared As Suspects; FBI: Glove Appears To Visually Match Suspect's In Doorbell Video; Obama Slams Political "Clown Show"; Trump Won't Apologize For Racist Post: "I Didn't Make A Mistake"; Princesses Beatrice & Eugenie Swept Up In Parent's Epstein Scandals; Remembering The Life & Career Of Robert Duvall. Aired 8-9p ET
• Sheriff: Guthrie Family, Siblings & Spouses, Cleared As Suspects; DOJ Letter To Congress Lists Hundreds Of Prominent People Named In Epstein Files; Axios: Hegseth Close To Cutting Business Ties With Anthropic. Aired 9-10p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Freed Venezuela Opposition Activist and Venezuelan Opposition's 2024 Campaign Organizer Jesus Armas; Interview with Columbia University Medical Center Professor of Neurobiology and Columbia University Cannabis Research Laboratory Director Margaret Haney. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• DOJ: No More Epstein Files Will Be Released; One Dead, Multiple Injured In Shooting At Rhode Island Ice Rink; Sheriff: Guthrie Family Has Been Cleared As Possible Suspects; "Clown Show": Obama On Trump's Racist Post Of Him & Wife. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Search for Nancy Guthrie Continues; DOJ Lists Prominent People Named in Epstein Files; Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie Grapple with Fallout from Parents' Epstein Scandals. Aired 5-6p ET
• FBI Tests DNA From Glove As Nancy Guthrie Search Hits Week Three; Authorities Say Social Media Rumors Could Harm Guthrie Case; Tech Startup Pays Experts To Train Their A.I. Replacements; Obama Clarifies Alien Comments After Saying "They're Real"; Oscar-Winning Actor Robert Duvall Dies At 95. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Noem On Elections: We Need Right People To Elect Right Leaders; More GOP Officials Balking At Trump's DOJ's Voter Roll Crusade; Obama Responds To Trump's Racist Ape Video, Clown Show; More Red States Reject ICE Detention Centers; Slavery Exhibit Ordered To Be Restored. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Savannah Guthrie Says, We Still Have Hope and We Still Believe; Partial Government Shutdown as DHS Funding Talks At an Impasse; Opening Statement in Trial of Accused Georgia School Shooter's Father. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Savannah Guthrie: "It's Never Too Late To Do The Right Thing"; Hundreds Of Prominent People Named In Epstein Files; Rubio: Entering "Golden" Era Of Relations Between U.S. And Hungary. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Savannah Guthrie Makes New Plea for Mother's Safe Return; New Round of U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Set for Tomorrow; Flash Flooding and Debrie Flow Risks as Storms Hit California. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Search for Nancy Guthrie; Derek Gaunt is Interviewed about the Guthrie Case; Trump's Numbers in February; Rubio's Speech at Munich Security Council; New Vaccine Science Review. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Guthrie Makes New Plea; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is Interviewed about Rubio and DHS Funding; Opening Statements in Trial of Georgia School Shooter's Father. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Guthrie's Plea to Kidnappers; John Pistole is Interviewed about the Guthrie Case; USA Women Face Sweden in Hockey; Numbers on Trump and Bad Bunny. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Actor Robert Duvall Dies; Father of Alleged School Shooter on Trial; Partial Government Shutdown; FBI Analyzes DNA Evidence in Nancy Guthrie Case. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• TMZ Receives Fourth Email Demanding Money in Guthrie Search; FBI Analyzes DNA From Globe That Appears to Match Suspect's Glove; DHS in Partial Government Shutdown After Funding Talks Stall; DOJ Suing More Than 20 States to Access Sensitive Voter Info; NATO Allies Signal Sustained Support for Ukraine After Munich Conference; Obama Clarifies His Comments on Aliens After Saying They Are Real. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Princess Beatrice and Eugenie Grapple With Epstein Scandal; Government to Take Second Look at Ultraprocessed Foods; Search for Nancy Guthrie Stretches Into Third Week; Still No Leading Theory of Motive in Guthrie's Disappearance; True Crime Streamers, Podcasters Covering Nancy Guthrie Disappearance Alongside Traditional Media Outlets. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO): DHS in Partial Government Shutdown after Funding Talks Stall; DHS: 2 ICE Agents Made Untruthful Statements Under Oath; Petition Calls for New Look at Ultra-Processed Foods. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Search For Nancy Guthrie Stretches Into Third Week; Sheriff Recounts Helping Shooting Victim; Prosecutor: Father Was Told To Restrict Son's Access To Guns; FBI Won't Share Information In Pretti Shooting With MN Investigators; Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) Discusses About Counteroffer From Democrats; Dems Have Not Countered Latest WH Offer In Shutdown Talks. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• ATF Responding to Reports of Shooting in Rhode Island; FBI Analyzes DNA From Glove that Appears to Match Suspect's Glove; U.S. and Iran Prepare for Nuclear Negotiations in Geneva; 1 Dead, Multiple Injured in Shooting at Rhode Island Ice Rink. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• FBI Analyzes DNA from Glove Found 2 Miles from Guthrie's Home; Rubio: Trump Seeks Diplomatic Solution in Iran; Rubio at Munich Security Forum: U.S., Europe 'Belong Together'; Partial U.S. Government Shutdown Over Failure to Fund DHS; Nancy Guthrie's Neighbor on Investigation; CNN Speaks to Team USA Hype Man Flavor Flav; China's Marriage Rates Rise after Law. Aired 12-1a ET
• FBI Analyzes DNA From Glove Found 2 Miles From Guthrie's Home; Iran's FM Heads To Geneva For 2nd Round Of U.S. Nuclear Talks; Parties Search For Way To End Partial Us Government Shutdown; No Medal For Mikaela Shiffrin In Women's Giant Slalom; Trial Begins Today for Father of Accused School Shooter; Canada's Gun Buyback Program Faces Major Delays, Pushback; How Video and Photos Aid Investigators in High-Profile Cases; Jeffries: Dems Going to "Finish" the Redistricting War; DOJ Letter Lists Reasons Why Epstein Files Have Been Heavily Redacted; Back-to-Back Pacific Storms Set to Hit Western States. Aired 1-2a ET
• Search for Nancy Guthrie Stretches into a Third Week; U.S. and Iran Prepare for More Talks; Back-to-Back Pacific Storms Set to Hit Western States; Rubio to Meet Hungarian PM Orban; Navalny Killed by Toxin; Partial U.S. Government Shutdown After Failure To Fund DHS; Jeffres Vows To "Strike Back" Against Redistricting Push; Kilauea Sends Lava And Ash Spewing Into The Sky; No Medal For Mikaela Shiffrin In Women's Giant Slalom. Aired 2-3a ET
• New Developments on the Search for Nancy Guthrie; Host Italy Trails Behind Norway in the Medal Tally as the Winter Olympics Enters Final Week; U.S.A Stars Wins this year's NBA All-Star Game. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• FBI Analyzes DNA from Glove Found Near Guthrie's Home; Congress Remains Deadlocked Over DHS Funding Compromise; Big Week on Tap After Dramatic Weekend on the Ice. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• FBI Analyzes DNA in Guthrie Case; Chip Brownlee is Interviewed about the Colin Gray Trial; ICE Agents on Leave; Homan Vows More Oversight; Democrats Call Voting Bill Jim Crow 2.0; Iran Nuclear Talks. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Rubio Ends European Trip in Hungary, Praises Orban; Latest DOJ DOC Release Intensifies Pressure on UK Royals; Israel Moves to Designate Parts of West Bank as State Land; FBI Analyzes DNA from Glove Found 3 km from Guthrie's Home; Trump Hosting Inaugural Board of Peace Meeting in DC Thursday. Aired 9-10a ET
• Marco Rubio Offers Europe Message Of Unity While Criticizing Continent On Values And Policies; U.S. Energy Secretary Visits Oil Facility With Acting President; Video Shows Israeli Police Entering Ultra-Orthodox Area With Batons And Stun Grenades. Resolving Differences Between Israel And Hamas On Demilitarization; Mladenov Previews "Significant Commitments" At Thursday's Inaugural Meeting Of Board Of Peace; Savannah Guthrie Pleads For Missing Mother's Safe Return. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• FBI Awaiting DNA Results From Glove Found Near Guthrie Home; TMZ: Person In New Message Writes "That Was Definitely Nancy With Them"; Bush Celebrates Washington's "Humility," But Is It A Dig At Trump? Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• FBI Says a Glove Found Near Nancy Guthrie's Property Matches that of a Man Who Approached Nancy Guthrie's Front Door on that Fateful Day of Her Abduction; Democrats and Republican Lawmakers Yearn to See the End of the Partial Government Shutdown; China Sees a Spike in Marriages After Law Change. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Marco Rubio Meeting With Hungarian PM Orban Today; Arizona Lawmaker Blasts Nancy Guthrie Podcasters "Go Home"; Six Gold Medals Will Be Decided On Day Ten Of Winter Games. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Noem Digs In On "Right People" Electing "Right Leaders" Remark; Axios: Pentagon In Dispute With Anthropic Over AI Guardrails; Viral Essay By AI CEO Warns We're Not Ready For AI's Impact; AI CEOs Warn Technology Could Cause Mass Job Losses; Scott Galloway On His Push To "Resist And Unsubscribe". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Scott Galloway Calls For Big Tech Boycott To Protest Against ICE; NY Post: Trump Threatens Guthrie Kidnappers With Death Penalty; Could A Republican Become Governor In Deep-Blue California? Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Rubio Ends His Trip To Europe By Strengthening Ties With Right-Wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban; Savannah Guthrie Makes An Emotional Appeal To Her Mother's Kidnappers; Actor Robert Duvall Dies At Age 95; DOJ Lists Hundreds Of Prominent People In Epstein Files; Latest DOJ Release Intensifies Pressure On U.K. Royals; Obama Appears To Confirm Existence Of Aliens In Podcast; U.S: Venezuela-Linked Tanker Apprehended In Indian Ocean; "Wuthering Heights" Earns $38M Worldwide In Opening Weekend. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Guthrie Family Cleared As Suspects; Investigators Use High-Tech Tool To Detect Guthrie's Pacemaker; Influencers And Streamers Descend In Tucson. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• FBI Analyzes DNA from Glove Found Near Nancy Guthrie's Home; Iranian FM in Geneva Ahead of U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks; Trump Dispatched Second Aircraft Carrier to Middle East; Second Round of U.S.-Iran Indirect Talks Set for Tuesday; Congress Deadlocked Over Department of Homeland Security Funding; DOJ Lists Hundreds of Prominent People Named in Epstein Files. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Second Round Of U.S.-Iran Indirect Talks Set For Tuesday; FBI Analyzes DNA From Glove Found Three Kilometers From Guthrie's Home; Seven Schools In London Report Cases Of Measles; "Smart Glasses" Spark Debate Over Privacy Rights; Rubio At Munich Security Forum: U.S., Europe "Belong Together"; U.S. Apprehends Venezuela-Linked Oil Tanker In Indian Ocean; Cuba Turns To Electric Vehicles As U.S. Squeezes Oil Supply; Clothes That Grow As Fast AS Kids Do; CNN Speaks To First Ever Female IOC Chair; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• ByteDance Faces Hollywood Backlash Over A.I. Tool; U.K. Government Plans To Crack Down On A.I. Chatbots; FBI Analyzing DNA On Glove Found Near Guthrie's Home; Oscar-Winning Actor Robert Duvall Dead At 95; Princesses Beatrice And Eugenie Grapple With Fallout From Parents' Epstein Scandals; Sports Betting Increasingly Popular On Prediction Markets. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• FBI Analyzes DNA from Glove Found Two Miles from Guthrie Home; New Bipartisan Frustration Over DOJ Letter to Congress Listing Hundreds of High-Profile Names in Epstein Files; Murder Trial Begins for Father of Alleged School Shooter in Georgia. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Race to Replace Ex-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Begins; Two ICE Agents on Leave Over "False Statements"; DHS Criticized for Blasting Out Misinformation on Shootings. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• FBI Analyzes DNA From Glove Found 2 Miles From Guthrie Home; European Probe: Russian Govt Killed Alexei Navalny With Frog Toxin. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Flavor Flav at the Olympics; Iran Nuclear Talks; Interview With Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL). Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Savannah Guthrie Appeals for Return of Missing Mother; Rubio Supports Hungary's Orban; British and German Defense Officials Warn of Russian Threat; ByteDance Faces Hollywood Backlash; Oscar-Winning Actor Robert Duvall Dead at 95; British Princesses Grapple with Epstein Fallout. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Savannah Guthrie Pleads For Return Of Her Missing Mother; U.S. Justice Department Accused Of Trying To "Muddy The Waters"; Rubio Ends European Trip In Hungary, Praises Orban; Obama Appears To Confirm Existence Of Aliens In Podcast; Five European Countries: Navalny Killed With Frog Poison; British Government Plans Tougher Rules On Chatbots; U.S. Women Beat Sweden 5-0 To Reach 7th Olympic Final. Aired 3-4p ET