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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Israel Ramps up Strikes on Southern Lebanon; Iran Boosting Kharg Island Defenses to Protect Against Potential U.S. Ground Attack; Interview with Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA); Iranian Foreign Minister Says Exchange of Messages With U.S. But Denies Negotiations; CENTCOM Says U.S. Forces Have Struck More Than 10,000 Military Targets Inside Iran; House Armed Services Members, Including Republicans, Slam Briefing on Iran; About 1,000 U.S. Soldiers to Deploy to Mideast in the Coming Days; Meta, YouTube Found Liable in Social Media Addiction Trial; Cheap Drones Reshape the Battlefield in Iran. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide; Interview with Palestinian Ambassador to the U.K. Husam Zomlot; Interview with "The Escalation Trap" Substack Author and University of Chicago Professor of Political Science Robert Pape. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Sources: White House Working To Arrange Iran War Talks For This Weekend As Tehran Counters Initial U.S. Offer; House Armed Services Members, Including GOP, Slam Briefing; TSA Wait Times Fuel More Misery At Airports Amid DHS Shutdown; Jury: Meta & YouTube Negligent In Social Media Addiction Trial. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• U.S. Set To Deploy More Troops As W.H. Says Iran Talks Continue; Sen. Chris Murphy, (D-CT), Is Interviewed About TSA, 3,160 Plus TSA Workers Did Not Show Up For Work Tuesday, White House Reiterates Iran War Timeline About "Four to Six Weeks," Chuck Schumer; Savannah Guthrie Tapes First Interview Since Her Mother Disappeared Nearly Two Months Ago; NTSB Looking Into Multiple Technology Failures As Potential Cause For Collision; FL Dems Flips Seat In District That Includes Trump's Mar-A-Lago. Aired 5-6p ET
• Meta and YouTube Found Liable in Social Media Addiction Trial; U.S. Set to Deploy More Troops as White House Says Iran Talks Continue; New Jersey, Maryland Sue Trump Admin to Halt Planned ICE Facilities. Melania Trump Introduces Humanoid Bot At The White House; MLB's "Robot Umpires" Official Arrive. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Polls Show Broad Opposition to Trump's Iran War Among Americans; Trump Says, I'm Trying Not to Say War to Avoid Congressional Approval; Trump Faces Backlash Over Easing Iran Oil Sanctions Amid War. Airport Chaos Continues; Trump's Housing Chief Issues New Criminal Referrals Targeting New York Attorney General Letitia James. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Claims Iran Sent U.S. a Present Related to Oil and Gas; Intensifying Pressure to Strike Deal to Fund DHS Before Recess; National Average Gas Prices Nearly $4 a Gallon. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Hundreds Of Flights Canceled At LaGuardia As Collision Probe Continues; Strikes Make Data Centers New Front Line In Iran War; New Mexico Jury Finds Meta Liable In Child Sexual Exploitation Case. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA): Intensifying Pressure to Strike Senate Deal to Fund DHS Before Recess; Trump Declares War has been Won Despite Sending More Troops; Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport Warns of 4-Hour Wait; Oil Prices Down, But Gas Prices Still Rising in U.S.; American Held by Taliban in Afghanistan Arrives Back in U.S. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Paratroopers Expected to Deploy to Middle East; U.S. Negotiations with Iran; Special Elections in Florida; First Responder Saves Woman; Sara Nelson is Interviewed about Airport Lines; Kennedy's Grandson on White House Renovation. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Intensifying Pressure for DHS Deal; Hours-Long Wait at Airports; Flights Canceled at LaGuardia; Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) is Interviewed about Aviation; Updates in the War in Iran. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Tatiana Finlay is Interviewed about the TSA; Trump's Approval Numbers; New CNN Series on the FBI. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Shutdown Negotiations Continue; Trump Looking For Off-Ramp in Iran War?; Social Media Addiction Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Jury Finds Meta and Google Liable in Social Media Addiction Trial; White House Holds Briefing Amid War With Iran. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview with Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA): House Armed Services Committee Receives Briefing on Iran Operations; Lawmakers Racing to Strike DHS Funding Deal, but Hurdles Remain; TSA Deploys Extra Officers to Help at Houston's Bush Airport; Savannah Guthrie Gives First Interview Since Mom's Disappearance. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• White House Holds Briefing Amid War With Iran; White House Won't Commit to Seeking Congress' Permission to Deploy Troops; White House Reiterates Timeline for Iran War is Still Four to Six Weeks; Jury Orders Meta, Google to Pay $3 Million in Social Media Addiction Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• WH Issues New Iran Threat, Says Regime "Looking for an Exit Ramp"; Sources: Iran Building Up Defenses of Kharg Island to Protect Against Potential U.S. Ground Attack; Netanyahu: War with Iran "Still Ongoing" Amid U.S. Diplomacy; Sources: Israel Fears U.S. May Declare Truce for Iran Talks; Jury Finds Meta and YouTube Liable in Social Media Addiction Trial; More than 11 Percent of TSA Workers Did Not Come to Work Tuesday 3-3:30p ET
• White House Reiterates Iran War Timeline is Approximately 4 to 6 Weeks; Business is Up for Private Jet Companies Amid TSA Turmoil; Corpus Christi, Texas Running Out of Water. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Iran Prefers To Engage With Vice President J.D. Vance Over Steve Witkoff And Jared Kushner; Conflicting Reports On U.S.-Iran Talks Upend Oil Prices; Russia-Ukraine War Drags On As World Focus Shifts To Iran; Russia Ramping Up Attacks More Than Four Years Into the War; Kim Jong-un Says Iran War Justifies Decision to Keep Nukes; Russia Issues Message of Support for Ally North Korea; Pope Leo Urges Diplomacy to Resolve Iran Conflict; Rare Storm Threatens Middle East With Flooding, Wind Gusts; Aid Trickles Into Cuba Amid Energy Crisis, U.S. Oil Blockade; Meta Told to Pay $375 Million in Child Sexual Exploitation Trial; New Details Emerge as NTSB Probes Deadly Runway Collision; DHS Says More Than 450 TSA Officers Have Quit Amid Partial Shutdown; Second Set of Extremely Rare Gorilla Twins Born in DRC; Superstar Mo Salah Announces He's Leaving Liverpool FC. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.S.-Israeli War with Iran Nears One Month, Disruptions in Oil Supply Now Experienced Across Asia; Hannah Montana Celebrates 20 Years with an Anniversary Special. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• 1,000 Arm Paratroopers to Deploy to Middle East in Days; Trump: Iran Gave Us 'A Present'; Lawmakers Try to Cut Funding Deal as Airport Wait Times Grow. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• More Troops Deploy to Middle East; Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) is Interviewed about DHS Funding. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Hours-long Waits for Passengers at Many U.S. Airports; Meta Liable in Case Over Child Exploitation on Its Platforms; Trump Touts Optimism That a Deal May End War Soon; Nine People Injured After Iranian Missiles Fired Toward Israel; Lebanon Faces Its Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Two Decades. Aired 9-10a ET
• U.S.-Israel War with Iran; Qatar "Working Closely" with U.S. to Try to End War; U.S. MEUs Deploy to Middle East; Passengers at Many Airports Wait in Line for Hours; Iran Insists on Fees for Safe Passage through Strait of Hormuz; Nancy Guthrie Case; North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Wins Reelection; Saudi Wants Iran Missile Capabilities Degraded; Mixed Signals from Washington and Tehran over Negotiations. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Iran Preparing For Invasion; Democrats Fired Up; Jury Finds Meta And YouTube Negligent, Designed To Be Addictive. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Sources: Iran Prefers To Engage With Vance Over Witkoff, Kushner; Gulf Nations Concerned About Regional Impact Of Conflict; Ghalibaf: No Negotiations Between Tehran And Washington. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• 1st Aid Flotilla Reaches Cuba Amid Energy Crisis, U.S. Oil Blockade; U.S. Prepares To Deploy 1,000 Airborne Troops To Middle East; WTO Ministerial Conference Set To Begin Thursday; Democrat Projected To Flip Deep-Red Florida House District; Two Men Arrested Over Jewish Charity Ambulance Arson Attacks. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Missiles Seen Overnight Above Israel & West Bank; Trump: Vance & Rubio Leading U.S. Negotiations With Iran; Iran Promises Safe Hormuz Passage For "Non-Hostile Vessels"; Markwayne Mullin Takes Over U.S. Homeland Security Department. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Sources: Around 1,000 U.S. Soldiers To Be Deployed To Middle East; Energy Market Volatility Felt Around The Globe; New Details Emerge As NTSB Probes Deadly Runway Collision. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• New Snags In Effort To End DHS Shutdown, Pay TSA Workers; Trump Lashes Out At Democrats In Series Of Social Posts; Dems Flip Florida State House District That Includes Mar-a-Lago; New Poll: Trump Gets Lower Marks On Economy Than Biden; Will Trump Deploy ICE Agents To Polling Stations? Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Says War is Won as U.S. Readies to Deploy More Troops; Sources Say White House Working to Arrange Weekend Negotiations With Iran in Pakistan, With VP Vance Leading U.S. Delegation; Cory Booker's New Memoir, "Stand" is on the Stands Now Where He Details 10 Civic Virtues to Embrace. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.N. Warns Lebanon Risks Same Fate as Gaza; Israel Expanding Mobilization of Reserve Soldiers; Growing Concerns of Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon; Two Men Arrested Over Suspected Antisemitic Attack; Passengers Face Long Security Lines at Many U.S. Airports. Verdict Reached in Landmark Social Media Trial; U.S. and Iran Offer Competing Narratives on War; U.N.: Lebanon Must Not Become the Next Gaza. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• South Carolina Republican Speaks Out after a Misled and Frustrating Briefing on Iran; DHS Shutdown Reaches Day 40; Meta, YouTube Liable for Addiction Among Youths; U.S. Demands 15-Point Plan to end Iran War but Iran Rejected it. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump Touts Optimism that a Deal May End War Soon; Surging Fertilizer Costs Affect Farmers; Lawmakers Have Less Than 48 Hours to Reach DHS Funding Deal; TSA Unsure of Full Staff Return When Shutdown Ends; Asia Urges Reduced Energy Use Amid Fuel Shortages; Social Media Platforms also on Trial in California. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump Touts Optimism That A Deal May End War Soon; More Attacks In Iran, Israel And Region Amid Talk Of Negotiating; Reuters-Ipsos Poll: Trump's Approval Rating Drops To 36 Percent; Kim Jong Un Calls Nuclear Weapons Possession "Irreversible"; Online Trolling Between Iran And U.S. Escalates; U.S. Citizen Imprisoned In Afghanistan Returns Home; Kennedy Grandson: Trump Has "Obsession" With My Family; Officials: U.S. Marine Expeditionary Units Deploy To Mideast; New Mexico Jury: Meta Liable In Child Sexual Exploitation Case; ; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Asian Countries Face Energy Crisis as War Continues; Auto Tech Firm Valeo Breaks Ground on New Plant in Texas; United Airlines to Offer "Relax Row" Economy Seats for Long-Haul Flights. Meta, YouTube Liable in Social Media Addiction Case; Markets Rise, Oil Falls After U.S. Sends Peace Plan; Data Shows Several Ships Pass Through Strait of Hormuz. Aired 4:00p-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Sources Say, 1,000 Army Paratroopers About to Deploy to Middle East; Iran State Media Reports, No Ceasefire, Not Logical to Talk With U.S.; DHS Says, 450-Plus TSA Agents Have Quit as DHS Shutdown Nears 40 Days. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• National Average Gas Price Nearly $4 Per Gallon; Iranian State Media: Tehran Won't Accept Ceasefire; NASA Announces New Mars Mission. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Shutdown Negotiations; Iran Says No Cease-Fire. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Shutdown Negotiations Continue; Interview With Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA); Interview With Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA). Aired 11:30a- 12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• WH Warns Trump Will "Unleash Hell" If Iran Doesn't Make Deal; Senate Once Again Fails To Advance DHS Funding Amid TSA Crisis; Air Canada Plane Moved Off Runway As Investigation Continues. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Iranian FM Acknowledges "Exchange of Messages" with U.S.; Israel Continues Strikes on Iran and Lebanon; U.S. Lawmakers Criticize Pentagon After Iran Briefing; About 1,000 U.S. Soldiers Expected to Deploy to Middle East; Meta, YouTube Found Liable in Social Media Addiction Case; Israel's Next Move in the Middle East; Jordan's Role in the Middle East Conflict; Jordan and Gulf Neighbors Condemn Iranian Attacks. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Trump Claims War in Iran Has Been "Won"; Israel Ramps Up Strikes on Beirut, Southern Lebanon; Aid Trickles into Cuba Amid Energy Crisis, U.S. Oil Blockade; Lengthy Security Lines Wind Through Houston Airport; Obstacles Threaten Republican Plan to End DHS Shutdown; Interviewing Gavin Newsom; Conflict Affecting Markets, Fuel Prices Across Asia; Kim Jong-un Issues Bold Message to Donald Trump; Jurors Find Meta Liable in Child Sexual Exploitation Case; Debate Canceled Amid Uproar Over Excluded Candidates of Color. Aired 12-1a ET
• Source: Iran Open To "Sustainable" Proposals To End War; Maui Residents Assess Damage After Sever Flooding; Israel Launches New Aerial Barrage on Beirut Overnight; Anxious Days for Members of Iranian Diaspora in the U.K.; NASA Announces New Mars Mission, Reshapes Moon Goals; Markwayne Mullin Sworn In as Head of Homeland Security Department. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Meta And YouTube Found Liable In Social Media Addiction Trial; U.S. And Iran Offer Competing Narratives On War; OpenAI Shutting Down Video Generation App Sora; White House: "Unnecessary" Now To Seek Troop Approval; HBO Releases First Trailer Of New "Harry Potter" Series. Aired 3-4p ET