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Amanpour
• Interview with Former Head of Israeli Defense Intelligence and ELNET Forum of Strategic Dialogue Chair Amos Yadlin; Interview with Former White House Antitrust Adviser and Columbia University Law Professor Tim Wu; Interview with The Atlantic Staff Writer Derek Thompson; Interview with Folk Singer Joan Baez. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN News Central
• Biden Commutes Nearly 2,500 Drug Sentences in Final Days of Presidency; Netanyahu's Office Says, First Hostages Could Be Released as Early as Sunday; Trump Tees Up Aggressive Immigration Push for Day One of New Term. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• L.A. Residents Face Long Recovery As Firefighters Make Gains; Trump To Kick Off Aggressive Immigration Push Soon After Swearing-In; SpaceX Starship Explodes, Showering Debris Over Atlantic. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Israeli Cabinet Voting to Approve Hostage Exchange and Ceasefire Deal with Hamas; Reporting Indicates President-Elect Trump Plans Numerous Measures to Crack Down on Illegal Immigration in U.S. Immediately Upon Taking Office; Trump Pivots on TikTok as Ban Looms Sunday; Weight Loss Drugs in Next Round of Medicare Price Negotiations. Aired 8-8:30a ET.
• Arwa Damon is Interviewed about Charity in Gaza; Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA) is Interviewed about California Fires; January 6th Rioters to Return for Inauguration; Federal Workers Changing Job Descriptions; Noem Confirmation Hearing; trump to Move on Immigration. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Noem Confirmation Hearing; Live Coverage of Noem Hearing. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Live Coverage of Kristi Noem's Senate Confirmation Hearing; Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Inauguration Moved Indoors; Immigration Crackdown; Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban; Interview With Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA). Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Discusses Supreme Court Allowing TikTok Ban; Israeli Cabinet Meeting To Vote On Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Firefighters Make Gains As Winds Die Down; 10 Capitol Riot Defendants Face Sentencing Today. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Supreme Court Says Tiktok Can be Banned in U.S.; Confirmation Hearing For Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary; Starship Spacecraft Disintegrates Minutes After Launch. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Israeli Cabinet Meeting To Vote On Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; FireAid Benefit Concert Announced To Help SoCal Fire Victims; CNN Investigates Trump's Focus On Panama Canal; SpaceX Starship Spacecraft Disintegrates Minutes After Launch. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Israeli Cabinet Reportedly Meeting on Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Biden Races to Push Through Executive Actions; Firefighters Make Gains as Winds Die Down; Changing Plans for Trump's Inauguration. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Cabinet Vote for Ceasefire Deal Scheduled; Evacuees Return to Communities to Find Devastation; Trump Critics Sound Alarm on Future of American Democracy; Russia, Iran Set to Sign New Partnership Agreement; 'Zone of Interest' House to Be Open to the Public. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Israeli Cabinet To Vote On Ceasefire With Hamas After Delay; L.A. Wildfire Evacuees Scramble To Find Sleep In Shelters, Hotels And Even Cars; Over Half A Million "TikTok Refugees" Flock To China's RedNote; Majority Of Americans expect Trump To Do A "Good Job" As President; Most Of Trump's Cabinet Picks Expect To Be Confirmed. U.N. 600 Aid Trucks Per Day into Gaza is Only a Start; Starmer Pledges to Work on Security Guarantees for Ukraine; Russia, Iran Set to Sign New Partnership Agreement; Trump's Threat to Return Panama Canal to U.S. Control; Starship Spacecraft Disintegrates Minutes after Launch; U.S. TikTok Users Flock to RedNote App as Ban Nears. Aired 1-2a ET
• Israel's Security Cabinet to Vote on Gaza Truce; Israeli Strikes Kill 86 in Gaza After Ceasefire Announced; Surfers Battling Wildfires; Rep. Mike Turner Removed as Intelligence Chairman; Trump's Cabinet Picks Expects Confirmation; Giuliani Settles with Election Workers. Bodies Retrieved As S. Africa Cracks Down On Illegal Mining; Starship Spacecraft Disintegrates Minutes After Launch. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Israeli Security Cabinet to Vote on the Ceasefire Deal; Trump Picks Loyalist in the House Intelligence Committee Ahead of His Second Inauguration. TikTok Ban Takes Effect on Sunday, Unless the Supreme Court or the President Reprieves the Ban; South Africa Faces Criticism on the Crackdown of Illegal Mining Operations. Aired 3-4a ET
• Israel Agrees to Ceasefire Deal; Trump's Cabinet Nominees Expected to be Confirmed; Giuliani Reached Seal with Georgia Election Workers He Defamed; Southern California Evacuees Return to Communities to Find Devastation. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Palestinians Hope Announced Ceasefire Ends War in Gaza; Hostage Families Keep Hopes High for Ceasefire Deal; TikTok Users Face Uncertainty as U.S. Ban Approaches. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Wider Cabinet Expected to Convene Soon to Vote on Deal; Both Biden and Trump Claim Credit for Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Trump Plans Aggressive Immigration Action on Day One in Office; Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Auschwitz Commander's Home Opens to Visitors; Starship Explodes During Test, but Super Heavy Booster Successfully Lands Back at Launch Site. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Gaza Civil Defense: At Least 111 Killed Since Deal Was Announced; Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Ceasefire- Hostage Deal; Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning TikTok In The U.S. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Confirmation Hearing for Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) as Homeland Security Secretary; Supreme Court Issues Opinion on TikTok; Supreme Court Says TikTok Can Be Banned in U.S. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Supreme Court Says TikTok Can Be Banned on Sunday. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Supreme Court Says TikTok Can Be Banned In U.S.; Confirmation Hearing For Kristi Noem As Homeland Security Secretary. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Biden Affirms Equal Rights Amendment; Supreme Court Upholds Ban on TikTok; Trump Inauguration Moved Indoors; Interview With Former Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


CNN This Morning
• Today: Israeli Security Cabinet To Vote On Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Today: Kristi Noem Testifies At DHS Secretary Confirmation Hearing; SpaceX Fail: Starship Disintegrates, Delays Flights. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• 170 Million TikTok Users Face Uncertainty As Ban Looms; House Speaker Removes Rep. Turner As Chair Of Intel Committee; Hostage Families Wait Anxiously For Release Of Their Loved Ones. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Soon: Supreme Court Could Announce TikTok Decision; Johnson: Intel Chairman Change Was Not Trump's Decision; Extreme Cold, Gusty Winds Predicted for Trump's Inauguration. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Israeli Security Cabinet Votes on Deal; Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) is Interviewed about President Biden and His New Book; Washington Readies for Trump Inauguration; Michael Smerconish Talks about Biden and Trump; Trump Names Hollywood Ambassadors. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Gaza's Civil Defense: 100 Plus People Killed Since Deal Announced; Three Navalny Lawyers Sentenced for "Extremist" Activity; Confirmation Hearing for Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Pick; Trump Holds Phone Calls with Chinese President; Big Oil Welcomes Incoming Trump Administration. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Full Israeli Cabinet Set to Vote on Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way for TikTok Ban to Take Effect; President-elect Trump and China's Xi Jinping Spoke and Discussed TikTok; More than 100 People Killed Since Hamas-Israel Deal was Announced; U.S. TikTok Users Flock to RedNote App; Biden Ratifies Equal Rights Amendment. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Inauguration Will Be Inside Due To Freezing Temperatures; Supreme Court Clears Way For TikTok Ban In U.S.; Trump Promised During The Campaign To "Save" TikTok. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Noem Describes Southern Border Is A "War Zone"; Trump Finalizing Immigration Executive Orders For Day One; Trump's Panama Canal Threats Leave Officials Scrambling; Biden Declares Equal Rights Amendment "The Law Of The Land". Aired 12:30-1p ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israel Security Cabinet Approves Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Palestinian Girl Seeks Evacuation For Medical Treatment; U.S. Supreme Court Clears way For TikTok Ban To Take effect; Dodger Stadium Hosts Donation Event For Wildfire Victims; Trump's Threat To Return Panama Canal To U.S. Control; Aired 12-1p ET


CNN 10
• An Agreement To Pause The War?; FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 From Food, Drinks and Ingested Drugs in the U.S.; Mouse Use VR Headset to Help Alzheimer`s Research. Aired 4-4:10a ET