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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Heads To Capitol For Address To Congress; Interview With Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ); Interview With Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK); Trump At Capitol Ahead Of State Of The Union Address. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Ukrainian Journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk; Interview with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Senior Fellow Michael Kofman; Interview with Journalist Injured in Ukraine Juan Arredondo; Interview with "Armed Only With a Camera" Director Craig Renaud; Interview with "The Other Side of Change" Author and Cognitive Scientist Maya Shankar. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump To Deliver State Of The Union To Divided & Frustrated Nation. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump To Deliver State Of The Union Address Tonight; DOJ May Have Withheld FBI Interviews With Trump Accusers; Epstein Survivors To Attend Trump's State Of The Union; Guthrie Family Offers $1 million Reward For Info About Mother; Newsom Criticized For Test Score And Reading Remarks In Atlanta. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump To Deliver State Of The Union Address At 9:00 P.M. ET; CNN Poll Shows Most Americans Say Trump Focused On Wrong Priorities; Guthrie Family Offers $1 Million Reward For Mother's Return; GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales To CNN: "I Am Not Going To Resign". Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Did Not Air 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Expected to Talk About Economy in State of the Union Address; Source Says, Suspect Seen at Guthrie's Door Before the Day She Disappeared; Potential for More Snow Across Northeast as Millions Dig Out. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump To Deliver State Of The Union Address Tonight; Ukrainian President Speaks To CNN As War Enters Fifth Year; Rep. Mike Lawler (R- NY) On Trump's State of the Union Address Tonight. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA): New Details on What Trump Will Say in State of Union Speech; New Winter Blast on the Way as Millions Dig Out from Bomb Cyclone; Footage of Suspect at Guthrie's Door From 2 Different Days. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• Interview with Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA): New Details on What Trump Will Say in State of the Union Speech; Interview with Gov. Matt Meyer (D-DE): Delaware Digging Out After Bomb Cyclone; Violence Flares After Mexican Military Kills Cartel Boss El Mencho; Zelenskyy Pleads to Trump: Stay on Our Side. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Guthrie Family Posts New Video in Search for Nancy Guthrie; Family Offers $1 Million for Tip in Nancy Guthrie's Disappearance; Interview with Eric Swalwell (D-CA): Trump Expected to Talk About Economy in State of Union Address. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Family Offers $1 Million Reward In Nancy Guthrie Case; Defense Secretary Hegseth And Anthropic CEO To Meet Over Military A.I. Use; Axios: Pentagon Frustrated With Anthropic Over A.I. Tools Dispute. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Pentagon in Dispute With A.I. Company; Tariff Refunds?; Interview With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA); New Reward Offered in Nancy Guthrie Case. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• New Zealand, Australia Back Removing Andrew From Royal Line of Succession; Mexico Says Situation Returning to Normal; Team USA Men's Hockey Team Arrives Ahead of Trump Speech; Celebrity Doctor Peter Attia Exits CBS News Amid Epstein Backlash; New Rocket Issue Throws NASA's Historic Moon Journey Into Uncertainty; Actor Robert Carradine Dies at 71; Ukraine Marks Four Years of War. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Tourists Remain Stuck in Mexico After Cartel Operation; New Reward From Guthrie Family; Trump Prepares to Deliver State of the Union Address Tonight; Footage of Suspect at Guthrie's Door From Two Different Dates; Mexican Troops Guard Site Where Cartel Boss Was Capture, Wounded. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• GOP Rep. Gonzales Says He Will Not Resign Despite Allegations; AI Giant Anthropic's Advances Put Business World, Military on Edge; Judge Denies Bid to Remove Prosecutors in Charlie Kirk Shooting Case; Trump Speaks to Reporters Ahead of State of Union Address. Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Trump Hours Away from Delivering Primetime Address; Hughes Brothers Of U.S. Men's Hockey Show Support For Women's Team; U.S. Men's Hockey Team Arrives Ahead Of The President's Speech; Family Offers $1 Million For Tip In Nancy Guthrie's Disappearance; Source: Suspect Seen At Guthrie's Door Before The Day She Disappeared; School Gunman's Sister Testifies In Father's Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Weighs Military Plans Against Iran as Talks Continue; Interview with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL): Trump Expected to Defend Economic Agenda, Including Tariffs; New Rocket Issue Throws NASA's Historic Moon Journey into Uncertainty. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Ukraine's Marks Fourth Anniversary Of Invasion; Violence Flares After Mexican Military Kills Cartel Boss; Violence Flares After Mexican Military Kills Cartel Boss; Trump's Tariff Shakeup Prompts Market Uncertainty; Trump Raises Newly Announced Global Tariffs From 10 Percent to 15 Percent; Investors Keeping Close Eye on State of the Union Address; Former U.K. Ambassador to U.S. Arrested on Epstein Ties; DOJ Files Detail Deepak Chopra's Relationship With Epstein; Parts of Peru Grappling With Heavy Rain, Floods, Landslides; Northeastern U.S. Reeling From Historic Bomb Cyclone. Aired 2-3a ET
• Mexico Seeks to Restore Peace and Order Following Clashes and Violence Related to El Mencho's Death; Russia-Ukraine War Marks Four Years. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• Ukraine Marks Fourth Anniversary Of The Invasion; Trump: State Of The Union "Is Going To Be A Long Speech"; Violence Flares After Mexican Military Kills Cartel Boss; Police: Former U.K. Ambassador To U.S. Released After Arrest; How Ukrainians Are Coping After Four Years Of War; Iranian Students Ramp Up Protests On Campus; More Than 6,000 Flights In U.S. Canceled Monday Amid Storm. Aired 4-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump to Give State of the Union Address Tonight; Source: Masked Man Had Been to Guthrie's Front Door Before; Trump's Locker Room Call Draws Criticism. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Twenty-Five Mexican National Guard Members Killed In Cartel Violence; Former ICE Attorney Calls Training "Deficient" And " Broken"; House Speaker Denies Jackson Family Request For U.S. Capitol Honor; Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Ukraine Marks Four Years Since Full-Scale Russian Invasion; Zelenskyy Praises Ukraine's Resistance Four Years into War; Trump Pushes Back on Concerns About Potential Iran Operation; IBM Shares Plunge as Anthropic Unveils New Updates. Aired 9:20-9:45a ET
• Ukraine Marks Four Years since Russia's Full-Scale Invasion; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Admits to Some Regrets; Family Offers up to $1 Million for Info Leading to Nancy Guthrie's Recovery; Zelenskyy Speaks on Russian Invasion; European Leaders Speak on Solidarity with Ukraine; A Third of Ukrainian Children Are Displaced; State of the Union Address Tonight. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• State Of The Union; Savannah Guthrie's Plea; Mexico President Versus Musk. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump's State Of The Union; Wave Of Violence In Mexico; Russia's War On Ukraine, 4 Years On. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Northeastern U.S. Reeling From Historic Bomb Cyclone; Source: Official To Present Iran's Response To Mediators; U.K., EU Urge U.S. To Honor Trade Agreements. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Job Approval Drops To 36 Percent; Just 26 Percent Among Independents; Poll: 65 Percent Of Republicans Want Trump To Talk About Economy; Trump Jokes To Men's Hockey Team About Women's Team; VA Gov. Spanberger To Deliver Dem Response To Trump's Address; Texas GOP Faces Drop In Latino Support As Midterms Near. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Texas GOP Face Drop In Latino Support As Midterms Near; CNN Poll: Trump Approval With Independent Drops To 26 Percent; GOP Rep. Jim Jordan Previews Trump's State Of The Union; One-On-One With GOP Rep. Jim Jordan; Democrats Split On Whether To Boycott Trump's State Of The Union; TSA Agents, DHS Employees To Miss First Paycheck Due To Partial Gov't Shutdown; Poll: Graham Platner Leads Gov. Mills By Nearly 40 Points In Maine Dem Senate Primary. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Ukraine Marks Four Years Of Devastating War Since Russia's Full- Scale Invasion; New Desperate Plea From Savannah Guthrie As Her Family Offers $1 Million To Bring Home Their Missing Mother; President Trump To Deliver State Of The Union Address Today; U.K. Govt. Supports Proposal To Force Release Of Files On Former Prince Andrew's Appointment; Australia And New Zealand Support Removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor From Royal Line Of Succession; Mexican Forces Try To Restore Calm After Wave Of Violence; First Baby Born In U.K. Using Womb Transplant From Dead Donor. Aired 2-3p ET


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


One World with Zain Asher
• Zelenskyy: Security Guarantees Must Come Before Peace Deal; Police: Former UK Ambassador to U.S. Released after Arrest; Many Tourists Anxious to Leave Mexico Amid Unrest; CNN Poll: Trump Faces Low Approval Ratings Ahead of Speech; Northeastern U.S. Reeling from Historic Bomb Cyclone; U.S. Women's Olympic Hockey Team Unable to Attend. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Ukraine Marks Four Years Since Russia's Full-Scale Invasion; Mexican President: Peace, Security, Normalcy Being Maintained; Savannah Guthrie Acknowledges Her Mother May Not Be Alive; New Protests Rock Iran Amid Tensions With U.S. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Stocks Rebound As Anthropic Announces New Partnerships; Pentagon Threatens Anthropic Over A.I. Restrictions; Tariffs Loom Large As Trump Prepares To Address Nation; Many Tourists Anxious To Leave Mexico Amid Unrest; Warner Brothers Discovery Considers Latest Paramount Bid. Aired 4- 5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Now: Members Of Trump Cabinet Arrive; Trump Enters House Chamber For Address To Congress; Trump Delivers State Of The Union Address. Aired 9-10p ET
• President Donald Trump Delivers State Of The Union Address. Aired 10-11p ET
• Trump Delivered 2026 State of the Union Address; Governor Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) Delivers Democratic Response. Aired 11p-12a ET


The Situation Room
• Savannah Guthrie Releases Emotional New Plea for Her Mother's Return; Trump Prepares to Deliver State of the Union Address Tonight; U.N. Security Council Meets on Ukraine Four Years After Invasion. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• American Tourists Shelter in Place After Cartel Leader's Death; White House Prepares for Trump's State of the Union Address; Epstein Survivors Demand U.S. Accountability After U.K. Arrests. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• New Camp Mystic Lawsuit; Interview With Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-MD); New Reward in Nancy Guthrie Case. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Menopause Treatment Shortage; Chaos in Mexico; Trump Set to Deliver State of the Union Address. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Did Not Air 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Trump Set to Discuss Affordability and the U.S. Economy; Trump Approval Rating Falls to 36 Percent; Some Democrats Plan to Boycott Trump's Speech; Four Years of War in Ukraine; Iran May Offer Limit on Uranium Enrichment; CNN International: Guthrie Family Offers $1M for Tip Leading to Mother's Return; Hegseth Threatens to Cancel Anthropic's Pentagon Contract; Four Years of War in Ukraine; Mexican Forces Try to Restore Calm After Wave of Violence. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Violence Flares After Mexican Military Kills Cartel Boss El Mencho; Many Tourists Anxious to Escape Mexico Amid Unrest; Trump to Deliver State of the Union Address on Tuesday; Northeastern U.S. Reeling from Historic Bomb Cyclone; More Than 6,000 Flights in U.S. Cancelled Monday Amid Storm; Historic Nor'easter Winter Storm Begins to Wind Down; Ukrainian President Speaks to CNN as War Enters 5th Year. Aired 12-1a ET
• Violence Flares After Security Forces Kills Mexican Drug Lord; Trump's Job Performance Disapproval Remains High At 63 Percent; Suspect Approached Nancy Guthrie's Door Before The Night Of Her Disappearance; Bomb Cyclone Hits The Northeast U.S.; Ukraine Marks Four Years Since Russian Invasion; Ukraine Marks Fourth Anniversary of the Invasion; Former U.K. Ambassador to U.S. Arrested; Nick Reinter Pleads Not Guilty in Parents' Stabbing Death; Parents are Buying Kids Landlines Instead of Cell Phones. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Guthrie Family Offers $1M For Tip Leading To Mother's Return; This Hour: Rubio Holds Briefing On Iran With Top Lawmakers; Trump To Deliver State Of The Union Address In Hours; Zelenskyy Pushes For "Clear Date" For Ukraine To Join E.U.; Sheinbaum: "No Risk" For World Cup In Mexico; France Bans U.S. Ambassador From Meeting Ministers. Aired 3-4p ET