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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• President Biden's Farewell Address; Biden Warns That Americans Are Being Buried Under An Avalanche Of Misinformation; Israel And Hamas Agree To Gaza Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; L.A. Mayor Warns Dangerous Winds Could Return Next Week. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Interview with U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher; Interview with Palestinian National Initiative President Mustafa Barghouti; Interview with Father Held Hostage in Gaza Sharone Lifschitz. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Hamas And Israel Agree To Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Bondi, Rubio And Other Trump Cabinet Picks Face Senators; TikTok Will Be Banned In U.S. Sunday If No Sale Or Court Ruling. Aired 4-5p ET
• Gaza Ceasefire Deal Agreed By Israel And Hamas; Pam Bondi Faces Tough Questions In Confirmation Hearing; Two American Hostages Are On List To Be Released Under Gaza Deal; Bondi Faces Contentious Confirmation Hearing; Hamas And Israel Agree To Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Biden Closes Out Final Days As President With Farewell Speech. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Biden Touts Accomplishments, Fears In Farewell Address; Biden Fears Rise Of U.S. Oligarchy During His Farewell Address; Biden and Trump Both Claim Credit For Hostage Deal; Democrats Grilled Pam Bondi's Confirmation Hearing; Trump Wants Ramaswamy To Seek Ohio's Vacant Senate Seat. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Race to Contain Deadly Fires as Crews Face New, Dangerous Wind Threat; Hegseth Appears on Glide Path to Confirmation After Fiery Hearing; Report Says, TikTok Preparing to Shut Down in U.S. on Sunday. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Soon: Senate Confirmation Hearings For Six Trump Cabinet Nominees; At Least 25 Dead In L.A. Fires As Crews Face New Wind Threat; South Korean President Arrested For Questioning. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• President-Elect Trump's Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi and Secretary of State Nominee Marco Rubio to Testify at Senate Confirmation Hearings; President-Elect Trump's Nominee for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Facing Possible Headwinds for Her Confirmation among Senate Republicans. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Brett Crawford is Interviewed about Inmate Firefighters; Millions under Red Flag Warnings; Odd for Senate Confirmation Hearings; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is Interviewed about TikTok; Inflation Edged up Again Last Month. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Confirmation Hearings for Cabinet; Boni Confirmation Hearing; Rubio and Ratcliffe Face Confirmation Hearings. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Soon: Confirmation Hearing for Attorney General Pam Bondi; Pam Bondi Faces Questioning as Trump's Pick for Attorney General. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Interview With Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren; Hamas Approves Gaza Cease-Fire and Hostage Agreement. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Hamas And Israel Agree To Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Some American Hostages Expected To Be Released During 1st Phase of Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Qatari PM Speaks As Gaza & Israel Reach Ceasefire-Hostage Deal. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Qatari Prime Minister Confirms Israel-Hamas Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Biden: U.S. Hostages Will Be Part Of Phase 1 Release; Gaza Ceasefire-Hostage Deal to Take Effect Sunday. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Hamas And Israel Agree To Ceasefire-Hostage Deal. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Biden: "This is One of the Toughest" Negotiations of my Career; Hamas and Israel Agree to Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Senate Confirmation Hearings for Trump Cabinet Picks. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Hamas and Israel Agree to Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Extreme Red Flag Warnings Back in Effect for Parts of L.A. Region. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Arrested For Questioning; 25 Killed in Los Angeles County, High Winds Still Expected Overnight; Hostage-Ceasefire Deal Details Still Under Discussion; Trump's Defense Secretary Pick Pete Hegseth Grilled By Democrats At Hearing; Veteran Firefighters Warned About Deadly Blazes Last Month; Gaza's Uncertain Future Amid Ceasefire Hopes. Aired 12-1a ET
• South Korea President Yoon Is Detained For Quetioning Over Martial Law; Hostage Ceasefire Deal Details Still Under Discussion; Democrats Grill Pete Hegseth At His Confirmation Hearing; Right-Wing Protesters Slam Possible Ceasefire Deal; At Least 54 People Killed By Israeli Strikes In Gaza; Critics Question Use Of Private Firefighting Companies; Crews Try To Free Miners Trapped In South Africa Gold Mine; Protecting Norway's Coastal Heathland. Aired 1-2a ET
• Joni Ernst Announces Support for Pete Hegseth, After Initial Skepticism; Trump's Other Controversial Picks Likely to Be Confirmed; Firefly Aerospace Launches Blue Ghost Lunar Probe; SEC Sues Musk Over Disclosure of Ownership Stake in X; Americans Flock to Rednote as U.S. TikTok Ban Looms; South Korean President Arrested For Questioning; Clock Ticks Down On U.S. TikTok Ban; Qatar: "We Are At The Final Stages" Of A Deal; More Than Six Million People Under Critical Fire Threat. Aired 2-3a ET
• Suspended South Korean President Arrested; U.S. Lawmakers Grilled on Incoming Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Confirmation; A 93-Year-Old Resident in Pacific Palisades Evacuated as His Humble Home Burned Down by Wildfires; Princess Catherine Slowly Resumes Public Duties After Her Cancer Remission. Aired 3-4a ET
• South Korean President Arrested; Hostage-Ceasefire Deal Details Still Under Discussion; Strong, Gusty Winds Prompt New Red Flag Warnings in Southern California. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• South Korean President Arrested, Questioned by Investigators; Defense Secretary Pick Hegseth Grilled by Democrats at Hearing; Critics Question Use of Private Firefight Company in Southern California Fires. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Hearings for Several of Trump's Top Cabinet Picks Today; Defense Secretary Pick Hegseth Grilled by Democrats at Hearing; Wildfires Raging in California as High Winds Hinder Progress; South Korea's President Yoon Detained for Questioning; U.S. President Biden to Give Farewell Address on Wednesday; Hostage-ceasefire Deal Details Still Under Discussion; Crews Try to Free Miners Trapped in South Africa Gold Mine; TikTok Preparing for U.S. Shutdown on Sunday; Two Lunar Landers Begin Journey to the Moon. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Trump's Cabinet Picks Face Senate Confirmation Hearings; Trump's Pick For Attorney General Faces Senate Questioning; Confirmation Hearing For Marco Rubio As Secretary Of State. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Pam Bondi Questioning as Trump's Pick for Attorney General. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Pam Bondi Faces Questioning as Trump's Pick for Attorney General; Bondi: DOJ "Must Act Independently" of the White House. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi Faces Confirmation Hearings. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi Faces Confirmation Hearings; Hamas Approves Gaza Cease-Fire and Hostage Agreement. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Hamas And Israel Agree To Ceasefire-Hostage Deal. Aired 3-4p ET
• Hamas And Israel Agree To Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; First Phase Of Ceasefire-Hostage Deal To Last 42 Days; Blinken: Pathway To Permanent Ceasefire Not Yet Sorted. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN This Morning
• Hegseth Faces Off With Democratic Senators In Confirmation Hearing; 6 Million People Under Critical Fire Threat In California; Hostage Deal: The Final Stages; Tonight: Biden Delivers His Farewell Address. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Today: Six More Trump Cabinet Picks Face Senate Hearings; Hegseth Faces Grilling By Democrats At Confirmation Hearing; Israel- Hamas Ceasefire And Hostage Talks In "Final Stages." Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Hegseth Endures Contentious Confirmation Hearing; House Passes Bill to Ban Trans Athletes from Women's Sports. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Red Flag Warnings in California; Ashely Scott is Interviewed about California Fires; Newsom Faces Criticism; Mark Esper is Interviewed about Hegseth. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Israel Expects Gaza Deal Within a Day; Red Flag Warnings Issued again for L.A. and Ventura County; Marco Rubio Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of State; Qatari Officials: Announcement on Hostage-Ceasefire Deal is Imminent; Grassley: Change Needed at Justice Department, Bondi Highly Qualified; Confirmation Hearing for Pam Bondi, Trump's Pick for Attorney General. Aired 9-9:37a ET
• Confirmation Hearings for Pam Bondi, Trump Pick for Attorney General; Marco Rubio, Trump Pick for U.S. Secretary of State; New Developments in Gaza. Aired 10:15-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Now: Dangerous Winds Could Still Reignite Deadly Fires; Israel And Hamas Agree To Gaza Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Soon: President Biden's Farewell Address To The Nation. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Source: Hamas And Israel Agree To Ceasefire-Hostage Deal. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Hamas and Israel Agree to Ceasefire-Hostage Deal. Aired 12:30- 1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Qatari Prime Minister Confirms Ceasefire-Hostage Deal Between Israel And Hamas; Biden Speaks After Israel And Hamas Agree To A Ceasefire; Hamas And Israel Agree To Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Biden "Confident" Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal Will Hold; Miller Leads U.S. State Department News Conference. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Biden Says Goodbye And Warns America; Pam Bondi Grilled At Confirmation Hearing; Hostage Families Cling To Hope After Ceasefire Deal; The Clock Ticks For TikTok; Laura Coates Interviews Homeless Altadena Couple. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Source: Hamas And Israel Agree To Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; The Israeli Government Expects An Agreement Will Be Announced Today Or Tomorrow; Intensive Pressure Campaign That Trump Has Basically Used As An Intervention In This Negotiation; Source Said That The Israeli Government Expects An Agreement Will Be Announced Today Or Tomorrow; Three American Hostages Are Presumed To Be Alive And Held Hostage By Hamas. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Did Not Air


The Situation Room
• New Gaza Ceasefire And Hostage Deal To Take Effect On Sunday; A.G. Pick Pam Bondi Grilled About Loyalty To Trump, DOJ Independence; Crucial Hours For L.A. Fire Crews Amid New High Wind Alert; Soon: Biden Delivers Farewell Address To The Nation; TikTok Ban Looms As Users Anxiously Await Supreme Court Ruling. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Biden Warns An "Oligarchy Is Taking Shape In America"; Israel & Hamas Agree To Gaza Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Sen. Rubio Defends NATO. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• World`s Largest Religious Gathering; Jamie Oliver`s 4 Tips For Getting the Most From The Grocery Store; "Uber Dog" Going Viral on Social Media. Aired 4-4:10a ET