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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Mangione Pleads Guilty In Federal Court, Admits Shooting CEO; Acting Navy Secy Weighs In On Conditions Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln; Interview With Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA); President Sued Over Early Access To Truth Social Posts; Politico: Trump-Appointed Regulator Approves Banking License For Trump-Linked Crypto Firm; Trump Asks Supreme Court To Let Him Build Ballroom; NY Times: DHS Used $464M No- Bid Contract To Buy 10 Planes; Magnitude 7.7. Quake Strikes Off Coast Of Indonesia, Tsunami Warning Issued. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with CJP Founder and National Convener Abhijeet Dipke; Interview with Venezuelan Conductor Gustavo Dudamel; Interview with Climate.us Director and Managing Editor Rebecca Lindsey. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump: USS Lincoln Deployment "Not Nearly Long Enough"; Mangione Pleads Guilty In Fed Court, Admits Shooting CEO; Trump Asks Supreme Court To Approve White House Ballroom. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA), Wife Of U.S. Service Member Aboard USS Lincoln Speaks Out, Trump: USS Lincoln Deployment Was "Not Nearly Long Enough"; Luigi Mangione Admits Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson; Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Is Interviewed About Kenney Center Board Votes To Put Trump's Name On Building; Third Week Of Testimony Ends In Lindsay Clancy Trial; WAPO: CIA Program Behind Mysterious Strikes On Fishing Boats; "Crushable Cement" Preventing Planes From Skidding Off Runways. Aired 5-6p ET
• Court Documents Claim Feds Targeted Progressive Groups, Unions; Hurricane Warning Issued As Tropical Storm Takes Aim At Hawaii; Luigi Mangione Admits Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson; Trump On Higher Gas Prices: "I'll Never Apologize"; U.S. Missionary Abducted In Niger Released After Nine Months. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Shrugs at Sailor Concerns, Deployment Not Long Enough; Trump Says, I'll Never Apologize for High Gas Prices Amid War; Trump Takes Credit For Drops In Crime Rates Across U.S.; Trump to Ask Supreme Court On The Continuity Of The White House Ballroom Construction; Democrats On The Verge Of Changing The Primary Schedule By 2028. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Hegseth Says, reports of Poor Conditions Aboard Carrier Misrepresented; Sources Say, Luigi Mangione Could Plead Guilty in Federal Case; Flash Flooding Underway in Indiana and Illinois as Storms Slam Midwest. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Concerns Over Mental Health, Living Conditions Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln; Kennedy Center Board Votes To Put Trump's Name Back On Building; Murdaugh Due Back In Court As Both Sides Spar Over Retrial Venue. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Concerns Over Mental Health, Living Conditions Aboard USS Lincoln; Flash Flooding Underway in Indiana and Illinois as Storms Slam Midwest; Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Harvard; Alex Murdaugh Back in Court for Murder Retrial Hearing. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• U.S. Lost About 25 Percent of its Reaper Drones; Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) is Interviewed about the Military; Trump's Name to Go Back on Kennedy Center; Trump's Disapproval on Gas Prices; Testimony Resumes Monday in Clancy Murder Trial. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Mangione Could Plead Guilty in Federal Case Today; Concerns over Conditions on USS Lincoln; Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) is Interviewed about the USS Lincoln; Muncie, Indiana, Mayor Dan Ridenour is Interviewed About Flooding; Lake Mead Hits New Record Low. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Concerns over Conditions Aboard USS Lincoln; Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Ballroom Battle; Polls on the Michigan Senate Race; Field of Dreams Game Played. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Concern Grows Over Long Military Deployments; Midwest Floods; Trump Appeals to Supreme Court Over Ballroom Project; Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Poland Says It Thwarted Russian Plot to Kill U.S. Citizen; Scott Bessent Says U.S. To Apply Measures Never Been Seen on Iran; Alex Murdaugh Returns to Court Ahead of Murder Retrial; U.S. Attorney Says No Meth Found in Van of Man Killed by ICE; Selena Gomez and Her Mental Health Startup Sued for Alleged Fraud; France's Top Court Rejects Under-15 Social Media Ban; NTSB Says Engine Fan Blade Hit Plane Window, Causing Passenger to Be Partially Sucked Outside Aircraft. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• NTSB Says Engine Fan Blade Hit Plane Window, Causing Passenger to Be Partially Sucked Outside Aircraft; Mangione Pleads Guilty in Fed Case, Teeing Up Double Jeopardy Fight; Flash Floods Underway in Indian & Illinois as Storms Slam Midwest; Trump Says USS Lincoln Deployment Was Not Nearly Long Enough; Jury Seated in Trial for Man Charged in 2Pac's Killing. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Fight Over White House Ballroom; Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty in Federal Court, Admits Shooting CEO; White House to Let Private Firms Conduct Foreign Cyberattacks; Lake Mead, Nation's Largest Reservoir, Hits New Record Low. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Mangione Pleads Guilty In Federal Court, Admits Shooting CEO; Now: Trump In Nassau County, NY To Talk About Crime; U.S. Official: USS Washington Traveling To Relieve USS Lincoln; Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) Discusses About USS Abraham Lincoln; Flash Flooding Underway In Indiana & Illinois As Storms Slam Midwest. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty in Federal Court, Admits Shooting CEO; Interview with Keith Ellison, (D) Minnesota Attorney General: DHS Secretly Targeted Groups Protesting ICE Crackdown. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Cost of U.S.-Iran Conflict Rising; Taiwan Prepares for Possible War with China; CNN Reports on U.K. Race; Zelenskyy Opens Up About Private Life, Post-War Plans; Settlers Besiege Palestinian Homes In Occupied West Bank; Scrutiny Of ICE Tactics Amid Controversial Incidents. Aired 2-3a ET
• New U.S. Carrier Strike Group Heads to Middle East as USS Abraham Lincoln is in Trouble; Nigel Farage Defeats Satirical Count Binface in a Highly Contested By-Election. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Luigi Mangione Could Plead Guilty To Federal Charges; Trump- Picked Board Puts His Name Back On Kennedy Center; Gen-Z Versus Boomers: Young Voters Oust Older Lawmakers. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Vance Says Republicans Shouldn't Ignore Pro-Socialist Ideas; Concerns for the Crew on the USS Abraham Lincoln; Legal Concerns Over Kids' Solo Outings; University of Michigan Drops First Semester Letter Grades for Freshmen. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• USS George Washington Sent to Replace USS Abraham Lincoln; Palestinian Families Trapped as Settlers Block West Bank Homes; Hegseth Slams Negative Reports About USS Abraham Lincoln; Level 5 Emergency Warning Issued as Japan Faces Further Flooding; Wildfires Rage as Europe Battles Fifth Heat Wave of Year. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Europe Battles Wildfires as Heat Wave Grips Continent; Wildfires Threaten U.K. Wildlife and Habitats; Record Temperatures Add to Existing Economic Woes; Concerns for Crew's Health Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln; Israeli Settlers Besiege West Bank Homes; The Devastating Reversal of Afghan Women's and Girls' Rights; Luigi Mangione May Plead Guilty in CEO Killing; President Zelenskyy Talks About His Plans When the War is Over; Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" Lands in China. Aired 10a-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump On Sailors Enduring Record Deployment: "Not Early Long Enough"; Luigi Mangione Speaks Out; 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Indonesia, Tsunami Warning Issued. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty to Federal Stalking Charges; Prosecutors: "There Can Be No Celebrity in Assassination"; Mangione To Court: "I Knew What I Was Doing Was Illegal"; Mangione Sentencing Scheduled for December 18. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty To Federal Stalking Charges; Data Centers Become Key Issue In Campaigns Nationwide; Iowa Democrats Seek To Flip Seats In Rural Rebound. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Wildfires Rage Across Europe as the Continent Grapples with Record- Breaking Heat; UnitedHealthcare CEO Murderer, Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty to Federal Stalking. Mangione Admits Killing Thompson, Pleads Guilty To Stalking; Afghanistan's Taliban Rulers Mark Five Years Back In Power; Report: Shipping Bottled Up On Both Sides Of Arabian Peninsula; Lawmakers Want Answers About conditions On USS Abraham Lincoln; French Court Blocks Social Media Ban For Those Under 15; Italy Recovers Master Works Stolen From Museum In March. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Case Closed For Mangione?; Trump Dismisses Concerns About The Embattled USS Lincoln And Economic Conditions At Home; Laura Coates Interviews Actor Jeff Daniels. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Lawmakers Want Answers About Conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln; Wildfires Rage as Europe Battles Fifth Heat Wave of Year; Record Rainfall Claims 8 Lives in Japan, Strands Thousands; Taiwan Runs Drills to Prepare for Possible China Attack; I.C.E. Tactics Cause Concern Among Law Enforcement Agencies; I.C.E. Plans to Spend Up to $20 Million on Electric Shock Gloves. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty To Federal Stalking Charges In Killing Of UnitedHealthcare CEO; Hegseth: Concerns Over USS Lincoln "Completely Misrepresented"; Wildfires Rage As Europe Battles Fifth Heat Wave Of Year; Europe's Economy Faces Challenges From Record Heat Waves; The Devastating Reversal Of Afghan Women's And Girl's Rights; Restrictions; Christopher Nolan's Epic Film "The Odyssey" Releases In China; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Report: Extreme Heat Could Wipe Out One Percent of E.U.'s GDP This Year; U.S. Says Dozens Of Countries Helping China Dodge Tariffs; French Court Stops Social Media Ban For Those Under 15; Mangione Admits Killing Thompson, Pleads Guilty To Stalking; Trump: I Will Declare Strait Of Hormuz United States Territory Soon; Coral Gardening In French Polynesia. Aired 4- 5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: Growing Concern For Mental Health Of Crew On USS Abraham Lincoln; Sources: Mangione In Plea Talks Ahead Of Today's Hearing; New Storms Threatens Midwest As Rivers Rise In Indiana's Catastrophic Flood Zone; Federal Judge Demands Answers From DOJ About Epstein Files. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Growing Concern For Mental Of Crews Members USS Abraham Lincoln; Congressional Black Caucus Calls For Federal Investigation Into Death Of Nolan Wells; ICE Arrests 46,000+ In July, New Record For Trump Administration. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• Luigi Mangione Could Plead Guilty in Federal Case as Soon as Today; Catastrophic Floodwater Pours into Indiana Homes and Businesses; Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in White House Ballroom Battle. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Lindsay Clancy Trial Continues; Concerns Grow Over Long Military Deployments; Interview With Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Now: Luigi Mangione Is Prepared To Plead Guilty In Federal Case. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Mangione Confirms He's Prepared to Plead Guilty; Mangione Pleads Guilty on Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump: "I'll Never Apologize" For War Driving Up Gas Prices; Mangione Pleads Guilty In Federal Case, Wants State Charges Dismissed; Trump Asks Supreme Court To Let Him Keep Building Ballroom. Aired 9- 10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Crews Battle Flames from U.K. to Greece Amid Record Heat; Lake Mead, Largest Reservoir in U.S., Hits Record Low Levels; Mangione Pleads Guilty; Trump Declares Strait of Hormuz a U.S. Territory; Democrats Demand Answers About Conditions of USS Lincoln; 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Indonesia; WNBA'S Newfound Success. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Concerns About Ideological Direction Of Democratic Party; Assessing Impact Of War With Iran On Midterm Elections; Trump-Picked Board To Put His Name Back On Kennedy Center; Jury Selected In Tupac Shakur Murder Trial In Las Vegas. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. To Roll Out "Economic Isolation" Plan For Iran Next Week; Concerns Grow Over USS Abraham Lincoln Crew Conditions; World War II Memorial Vandalized With Graffiti, Soap Bubbles; Kennedy Center Board Votes To Put Trump's Name On Building; Nigel Farage Wins Clacton By- Election That Major Parties Boycotted; U.N. Warns West Bank Situation At Critical Juncture; Flock Cameras, Police and Privacy Issues; ICE Arrests 46k in July, New Record for Trump Administration; Federal Judge Demands Answers from Trump's Justice Department; Entries from Clancy's Phone Were Read to the Jury Thursday. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Wildfires Rage As Europe Battles New Heat Wave; Palestinian Families Trapped As Settlers Block West Bank Homes; Trump Dismisses Concerns About Conditions Aboard USS Lincoln; Mangione Admits Killing Thompson, Pleads Guilty To Stalking. Aired 3-4p ET