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CNN Transcripts for October 18, 2026

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CNN Newsroom
• Backlash Over Russia Sanctions Waiver; Violent Protests in France; Surgeon Says, Pope Leo Should be Safe to Travel. Aired 3-4a ET
• White House Faces Backlash Over Russia Sanctions Waiving; Deadly Fire at Canada Military Base After "Serious Incident"; Israeli Settlers Attack Diplomats in Occupied West Bank; President Trump Rallies in Red State Kentucky; Massive Protests Across France; Police Search for Motive in Oregon School Shooting. Aired 4-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Pope Leo To Recite Angelus Prayer Days After Lung Cancer Surgery; Trump Holds Rally In Deep Red Northern Kentucky; Ocasio- Cortez Campaigns For El-Sayed In Michigan; Ossoff, Bottoms Rally Supporters In Atlanta; Deadly Fire At Canadian Military Base Under Investigation; Florida Man Killed In Alligator Attack While Fishing; Building Torched And Over 1,000 Detained After Half A Million Protesters Sweep France; Tear Gas Deployed At Student Protest In Strasbourg; Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Hub In Massive Drone Attack. Child, Adult Killed After Woman Plows Car Onto Youth Soccer Field; Pope Leads First Sunday Prayers Since Lung Cancer Surgery; Sailor Deployed To USS Lincoln Reunites With Deported Father; Fast-Moving Wildfires Spread Through Southern California; Brewing Coastal Storms Brings Rain And Wind To Carolinas. Aired 6-7a ET
• Trump Holds Rally In Deep Red Northern Kentucky; El-Sayed Campaigns In Conservative Michigan Districts; Deadly Fire At Canadian Military Base Under Investigation; Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Hub In Massive Drone Attack; Hundreds Of Thousands Protest Across France; 1,200 Detained; Pope Leads First Sunday Prayers Since Cancer Surgery; Child, Adult Killed After Woman Plows Car Onto Youth Soccer Field; Dem Senate Candidate Says Party Needs New, Fresh Leadership; Trump Waives More Russia Sanctions As Feud With Zelenskyy Deepens. Trump Waives More Russia Sanctions as Feud with Zelensky Deepens; Katie Zacharia Fired After Five Days as WH Press Secretary; Six Flags Over Georgia Reopens; "Pheromone-Maxxing" Is the Latest Trend on Social Media. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Interview with Former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Interview With Columbia SIPA Center On Global Energy Policy Founding Director Jason Bordoff; Interview With Princeton University Near Eastern Studies Professor Bernard Haykel. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• 16 Days To Go: Are Democrats Sensing Shift In Senate Math?; Can Democrats End 94-Year Streak And Turn Kansas Blue? Closing Time: Which Midterm Messages are Breaking Through; Vance Leans in to Personal Attacks as He Stumps for GOP; Trump Administration and Judge Spar Over Chopping Down Trees. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Michigan Senatorial Candidate Mike Rogers; Interview With Maine Senatorial Candidate Troy Jackson; Interview With U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air 8-9p ET.