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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Battleground Blitz: Trump in Ohio, Obama in Georgia Tonight; "New York Times" Poll Senate Race a Toss-up in Deep-Red South Carolina; NY Times: Dems, including Peltola Campaign Aides, Helped Recruit Second Dan Sullivan for Alaska Senate Race: Trump in Ohio, Obama in Georgia Tonight; Obama Rallies With Ossoff & Bottoms in Georgia; Trump Campaigns in Ohio With Husted, Ramaswamy; El-Sayed, Rogers Urge Voters to Hit the Polls in Michigan Senate Race; NYT Reports Dems Behind Secret Effort to Stack Alaska's Ballot. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with RAND Distinguished Chair for Israel Policy Shira Efron; Interview with Ynet Columnist Nadav Eyal; Interview with University of St. Andrews Professor of Iranian History Ali Ansari; Interview with "Unreliable Boyfriend" Author and Former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Now: Nearly 37 Million Midterm Votes Cast Nationwide; Soon: Obama Rallies With Dems In Georgia; NYT: Dems Aligned With Peltola Helped Recruit Spoiler Candidates. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Rep. Nancy Mace, (R-SC), Is Interviewed About NYT Poll: Senate Race A Toss-up In Deep-Red South Carolina; Control Of House At Stake With Election Less Than One Week Away; Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Is Interviewed About Trump Stumps In Ohio For Third Time This Month; Pentagon: "No Update" On Probe Into U.S. Strike On Iran School. Aired 5-6p ET
• Nearly 37 Million Americans Have Already Voted Early; New York Times Reports, Democratic Operatives Recruited Second Dan Sullivan in Alaska Senate Race to Draw Votes from GOP Incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan; Talarico Embraces Nickname, a Lot of Talafreakos in One Room. L.A. Times Poll: Bass, Raman Tied At 40 Percent Support; Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta Dies At Age 96. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• New York Times Reports, Democrats Linked to Recruiting of Spoiler Candidate; Trump Pours Last-Minute Money into South Carolina, Kansas Races; Obama Says, Trump More Offended by Cheesecake Joke Than Inflation. MAGA Losing the Manosphere Culture; New York Knicks Reportedly Refused their White House Visit Despite Locker Room Tensions. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Less Than a Week Until America Decides Control of Congress; Now, Israel Counting Votes as No Clear Winner Yet in Election; Today, Obama Rallies for Georgia Democrats in Final Push Before Midterms. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• NYT/Siena Poll: Senate Race Now A Tossup In Heavily Republican South Carolina; At Least 30 Dead In High-Speed Train Collision With Hundreds On Board; Rogers, El-Sayed Vie For Support From Michigan's Black Voters. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• El-Sayed Courts Michigan's Black Voters in Razor-Thin Contest; Senate Race Now a Tossup in Heavily Republican South Carolina; Israel Counting Votes as No Clear Winner Yet in Election; Federal Reserve Decision on Interest Rate Hike. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Polls on House Seats; Voter Expert John Opdycke is Interviewed about the Midterms; Florida Congressional candidate Leela Gray is Interviewed about her Race; Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is Interviewed about the Midterms; CNN Heroes Marks 30 Years. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Obama Rallies for Georgia Democrats; Action on Ramaswamy's Attack Ad; Final Sprint to the Midterms; "New York Times" Reporter Rebecca F. Elliott is Interviewed about Data Centers. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) is Interviewed about the Midterms; Polls on Likely Voters; Tony Shalhoub and Josie Adams is Interviewed about their New Book. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Soon: Obama Heads To Georgia To Boost Dems In Tight Races; Early Data Suggest Black Voters In South Strongly Motivated; Fed Expected To Hold Interest Rates Steady As Election Day Nears; Some Democrats Want Focus On Affordability, Not Impeachment; Trump Vows To "Veto Everything" If Dems Win Congress; El-Sayed Courts Michigan's Black Voters In Razor-Thin Contest; NYT: Dems Recruited Candidates To Peel Votes From Alaska's Dan Sullivan; Israel Faces Political Deadlock With No Clear Winner. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Israel Faces Political Deadlock With No Clear Winner; Brazil's Bolsonaro Arrives in Florida After Election Loss; Obama in Georgia to Boost Dems in Tight Races; Spain High-Speed Train Crash Kills at Least 68, Dozens Injured; Dream Owners Say We Warned WNBA About Finals Scheduling Concerns; Study Finds 75 Percent of NFL Players Who Died Between 2008-2023 Had CTE. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Study Finds About 75 Percent of NFL Players Who Died Between 2008-2023 Had CTE; Fed Holds Key Interest Rate Steady Six Days Before Election; Trump in Ohio, Obama in Georgia Today; More Than 1.5 Million People Have Voted Early in Michigan; Cornell University Administration Face Vote of No Confidence Over Handling of Sexual Assault Allegations. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Travels to Ohio for Third Time this Month; Obama Heads to Georgia to Boost Dems in Tight Races; Control of Congress at Stake with 6 Days Before Election; Storms Could Soak Some Voters on Election Day. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Battleground Blitz: Trump in Ohio, Obama in Georgia Today; Soon: Trump Returns to Ohio as Key GOP Races Tighten; Netanyahu Defiant Despite No Clear Winner in Israel Election; 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Returns to Ohio as Key GOP Races Tighten; Pennsylvania College Students Worry about Job Prospects; Trumps Focus on Husted's Anatomy Draws Attention in Campaign; Johnson Shrugs Off Affordability Concerns as Election Day Nears; Spain High-Speed Train Crash Kills at Least 68, Dozens Injured. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Exit Polls Shift To Benjamin Netanyahu, Still Short Of A Majority; Donald Trump Rallies Across Texas In Final Push Before Midterms; Limited Ceasefire In Oleshky Appears To Be Holding; Flavio Bolsonaro in U.S. After Denying Plans to Leave Brazil; U.S. And Cuban Officials Get Into Heated Exchange at U.N.; King Charles Acknowledges Injustices of Slavery; Destructive Tornado Rips Through Area Near Chile's Capital; California Governor Signs Order to Protect the Pacific Coast Highway; Swedish Band, Sabaton to Embark on U.S. Tour Next Month; Drag Performers, Others Run in 39th Annual High Heel Race. Aired 2-3a ET
• Exit Poll Show No Clear Winner Between Netanyahu and Eisenkot in the High-Stakes Israel Election; Defeated Flavio Bolsonaro Flees to the United States. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• CNN International: Exit Polls Shift To Netanyahu, Still Short Of A Majority; How October 7 And Gaza War Shaped The Vote; Flavio Bolsonaro In U.S. After Denying Plans To Leave Brazil; Justice Department To Send Election Monitors To All 50 States; U.S. Midterm Election Day Less Than A Week Away. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Pentagon: The Cost Of Iran War Up To $47 Billion As Of October 16; Russia And Ukraine: Limited Ceasefire In Oleshky Is Holding; King Charles Acknowledges Injustices Of Slavery But Stops Short Of Apology During Caribbean Tour. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Brings Rubio Out to Stump in Texas; No Clear Winner Between Netanyahu Bloc & Opposition; Campaigns Influence Chatbots as Voters Look for Info. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Collins New Ad in Maine; Trump's Caveat on Elections; RFK Jr. Speaks about Arabs. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Future Leadership Remains Unclear as Votes Are Tallied; Judge Vows Ruling on DOJ California Ballots Dispute Today; Justice Department to Send Election Monitors to All 50 States; Lula Da Silva Denounces Flavio Bolsonaro for Leaving Brazil; Fed. Chair Set to Issue Bank Rate Decision as Midterms Loom. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Dozens Killed as Trains Collide in Spain; Israel Faces Political Deadlock with No Clear Election Winner; U.S. Midterms Countdown; Trump Returns to Ohio for Third Campaign Visit This Month; Following "No Tax on Tips" Policy in Nevada; Spanish Prime Minister Speaks Near Scene of Deadly Train Collision. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump And Obama Holding Dueling Rallies; Conspiracy Theories; Sounding Off. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• New NYT Poll: Darline Graham, Annie Andrews Tied At 48 Percent; NYT: Dems Looked For People Named Dan Sullivan To Run In Alaska; Obama Heads To Georgia To Campaign With Bottoms, Ossoff; Acton: Ramaswamy "Exploited" My Estranged Mother In Attack Ad; Johnson: "No Drag At All" From Trump On GOP Candidates. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Mike Johnson Says Polls Are Wrong, Republicans Will Keep the House; GOP Fights to Hold House as Safe Seats Slip Into Play; Texas Democrat Leading in District Targeted by Redistricting. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Officials: Nearly 1.4M Michigan Voters Have Cast Ballots; Pentagon: Iran War Spending Soars Ahead of U.S. Midterms; Train Crash in Spain Kills at Least 68; Flavio Bolsonaro in the U.S. Spain Reeling After Another Deadly Train Crash; Israel Faces Political Deadlock with Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or His Main Rival Within Reach of a Governing Majority in Parliament; U.S. Fed to Soon Make a Decision on Interest Rates. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• NYT: Democrats Secretly Led Effort to Stack Alaska Ballot; Obama Doubles Down on Cheesecake Factory Jab Against Trump; Republicans Eye Upset in Minnesota Senate Race; Haley Stevens to Vote for Abdul El-Sayed. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Train Crash Kills at least 68 on High-Speed Line in Spain; Projections Show Neither Main Bloc with Governing Majority; Political Deadlock Looms with no Clear Winner; Source: Trump Approved Flavio Bolsonaro's Entry into U.S.; Trump was in Texas Tuesday, Campaigns in Ohio Today; King Acknowledges Slavery's Injustices without an Apology. Aired 11a-12p ET
• At Least 68 Dead After Trains Collide In Spain; Political Deadlock Looms With No Clear Winner; Lula Da Silva Denounces Flavio Bolsonaro For Leaving Brazil; CNN's Omar Jimenez Travels Across Battleground States; Impact Sports And CTE; Tapper Breaks Down Three Key Factors Shaping Midterm Races; U.S. Midterm Election Cycle Could Be Most Expensive Ever; Civil Rights Icon, Dolores Huerta, Dead At 96; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Warsh Reveals "Family Fight" at the Fed; At Least 68 Killed After Trains Collide in Spain; Flavio Bolsonario Lands in U.S. After Election Defeat. Political Deadlock Looms with No Clear Winner; U.K. Unveils New Budget Targeting Growth, A.I. Investment; Logistics Company Flexport Launches Fleet of A.I. Agents; Tech Habits Forcing Changes in Human Behavior. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: Candidates Making Final Pitch, Trump To Campaign In Ohio Today; Talarico Slams Paxton Over Elon Musk Funding; Judge Promises Decision In Drawn-Out California Ballot Case; Alex Pretti's Parents Demand Answers From Feds 9 Months After ICE Agents Fatally Shot Their Son. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Alex Pretti's Family Accuses Feds Of Stonewalling, Wants Answers From DOJ; Exit Polls Show Deadlock Between Netanyahu's Bloc And Opposition; Source: Trump Personally Approved Bolsonaro's Entry Into U.S. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• Today, Obama Campaigns in Georgia for Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Bottoms; Trump Campaigns in Texas With Ken Paxton, Slams James Talarico; Fed Rate Decision Looms Six Days Before Midterms. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Will Trump Challenge Republican Election Losses?; Trump Losing Latino Support?; Interview With New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Scott Maltzie. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Securing Elections; Dozens Dead in Spain Train Crash; Interview With North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes; Trump Campaigns in Ohio. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• NYT Poll: No Clear Leader in South Carolina Senate Race; Obama on Campaign Trail in Final Sprint to Election Day; Senate Control Could Hinge on Tight Contest in Texas; Six Days Until Midterm Election Day. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump And Obama Hold Dueling Rallies; Dem Representative's Fiance Backs Republican In Michigan Senate Race; Trump: Peltola Should Drop Out, Be Prosecuted After NYT Story. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Train Collision in Spain; Flavio Bolsonaro in the U.S. After Election Defeat; No Clear Winner in Israel Elections; Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged Ahead of U.S. Elections; Trump and Obama Headline Dueling Rallies in Ohio, Georgia. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• U.S. Midterms Election Day Less Than a Week Away; Exit Polls Shift to Netanyahu but Still Short of 61-Seat Majority; Interview with State Senator Scott Wiener (D-CA); Wiener & Chan Locked in Congressional Race to Succeed Pelosi; Source: Trump Approved Flavio Bolsonaro's Entry into U.S.; Karen Bass Weighs in on Issues Surrounding L.A. Mayoral Race. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Holds Two Rallies In Critical Texas Battleground; Talarico Versus Paxton Texas Showdown In Final Push; Israel Exit Polls Show Split With Neither Bloc Near Majority; Trump Approved Flavio Bolsonaro Entry Into U.S.; U.S. And Cuban Officials Get Into Heated Exchange At UN; Ritter Foundation + Anniversary Raise Funds for Aortic Health; Acton Visits Hometown Amid Rival's Controversial Attack Ad; Protecting the Pacific Coast Highway. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• At Least 68 Killed After Trains Collide In Spain; Political Deadlock Looms In Israel With No Clear Winner; Flavio Bolsonaro & Family Enter U.S. After Presidential Election Loss; Trump, Obama Headline Separate Rallies Six Days Before Vote. Aired 3-4p ET