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Cuomo Prime Time
• McCarthy Falsely Claims No One Is Questioning Legitimacy Of Election After Ousting Cheney; CDC Recommends Use Of Pfizer Vaccine In 12 To 15-Year-Olds; Biden Signs Executive Order To Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity Defenses Amid Colonial Pipeline Gas Shortages. Aired 9- 10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Republican Party Sides With Big Lie, Ousts Rep. Cheney From Leadership; Congressional Republicans Continue To Embrace Trump And Downplay Insurrection; Panic Buying Causes Gasoline Shortages In Southeast Following Pipeline Cyberattack; Colonial Pipeline Begins Restart After Cyberattack; CDC Recommends Pfizer Vaccine For Children 12 To 15 Years Old. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With With Author Hilary Mantel; Interview With Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom Tzipi Hotovely; Interview With Colombian President Ivan Duque. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• House Oversight Hearing on Response to January 6 Insurrection; Biden, Harris Meet with Congressional Leadership. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• House Oversight Hearing on Response to January 6 Insurrection; Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Ousted from GOP Leadership Post over Trump Criticism. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Hosts GOP, Dem Leaders for Negotiations; Cheney Loses Leadership Job, Pledges to Fiercely Fight Trump; Biden Gives Update on Pandemic Response; Reign of Terror in Africa; Middle East Crisis; CDC Approves Pfizer Vaccine For Children Ages 12 to 15. Aired 4-5p ET
• Biden: "Encouraged" After Bipartisan Meeting On Infrastructure; Republicans Vote To Remove Rep. Cheney From GOP Leadership; Colonial Pipeline Restarting Operations, Says It Will Take "Several Days" For Supply Chain To Return To Normal; Black Drivers Say They're Targeted Because Of Air Fresheners; Biden Speaks To Netanyahu, Says Israel Has A Right To Defend Itself; Dozens Killed In Worst Israel-Palestinian Violence Since 2014. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Stunning Video Of January 6 Attack Now Been Released; GOP Members Defended Rioters; Liz Cheney Ousted From Her Post; Four People Charged For Attacking Officer Fanone; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) Is Interviewed About What He Felt Upon Seeing The Horrific Video Of The Attack To Officer Fanone; GOP's Actions Have Consequences. Aired 10-11p ET
• President Biden Holds Bipartisan Meeting At White House With House And Senate Leaders; CNN Obtained Video Of The Attack On Officer Michael Fanone At The Capitol On January 6; Will The Big Lie Destroy The GOP?; Colonial Pipeline Restarts Operations, Warns It Will Take Several Days For Service To Return To Normal; Bengal Tiger Spotted Sunday In Houston Still Missing. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• GOP Vote on Cheney; Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is Interviewed about the Cheney Vote; Cheney Speaks to Party before Vote; Cheney Removed from Leadership Role. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• House Holds Hearing on Insurrection; Gas Demand Spikes; Worst Fighting in Seven Years. Aired 9:30-10a ET.
• Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Ousted from GOP Leadership Post over Trump Criticism; House Oversight Committee Hearing on Questions Surrounding Capitol Attack; Former Acting Defense Secretary Testifies on Pentagon's Response to January 6 Capitol Riot. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• House Oversight Hearing on Response to January 6 Insurrection; Former Acting Attorney General Testifies on Insurrection Response; D.C. Police Chief Testifies on January 6 Insurrection Response. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• GOP Leaders Speak after Meeting with Biden; GOP Ousts Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from Leadership for Refusing to Spread Election Lie; Former Trump Officials Testify on Response to January 6 Insurrection. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Gas Price Surge, Pumps Run Dry Amid Panic Buying; Consumer Price Show Biggest 12-Month Increase Since 2008; Critical CDC Meeting On Vaccine For Kids; Dozens Dead In Worst Israel-Palestinian Violence In Seven Years. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Panic Buying Drains Gas Pumps; President Biden Meets With Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers; Republicans Oust Liz Cheney From Leadership. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Panic Buying Drains Gas Pumps Across The Southeast; 100-Plus Republicans Slam GOP, Threaten To Form Third Party; Secretary Of State Blinken Sends Top Official To Meet With Israeli And Palestinian Leaders. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The White Supremacist Threat; Panic Buying Drains Gas Pumps; Republicans Oust Liz Cheney From Leadership. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• CDC Advisers Recommend Pfizer Vaccine for Kids 12 to 15; Education Secretary Says No Reason to Wait Until Fall to Send Students Back to School; Pressure Mounts for CDC to Change Guidelines for Vaccinated People; Grocer Says Prices Are Even Higher Now Than Before the Pandemic; Dow Falls More Than 600 Points on Inflation Fear; Houston Police Capture Murder Suspect and Pet Tiger Is Missing. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Worst Fighting in Years Edges Toward All-Out War between Israel and Palestinians; 71 Bodies Pulled from Ganges River; Nepal Faces Oxygen Crisis and Government Collapse; Confusing Claims on Transmission of Virus Outdoors; Israel Ramps Up Airstrikes Amid Rocket Fire from Gaza; CNN Goes Inside Sacred City Besieged in Ethiopia's Tigray; Chinese Zoo Criticized for Concealing Big Cats' Escape. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Escalating Violence in the Middle East; Growing Concern About COVID Variant in India; Refugees Devastated by Kenya's Decision to Close Camps; Biden Receiving Updates on Israel-Gaza Tensions; U.S. European Allies Stage War Games Amid Russia Tensions; Hollywood A- Listers Call for More Diversity in HFPA; South Sudanese Athletes in Japan Keep Olympic Dreams Alive. Aired 1-2a ET
• Airstrike Collapses 13-Story Building in Gaza; 71 Bodies Pulled from Ganges River; Nepal Faces Oxygen Crisis and Government Collapse; U.S., European Allies Stage War Games amid Russia Tensions; Israel Declares State of Emergency in City of Lod; HFPA Controversy. Aired 2- 2:45a ET
• Tensions Between Israel and Palestinian Cause More Lives; Israel Retaliates with Rocket Air Strikes; Lod Declares State of Emergency; White House Ask for De-escalation; Nepal's COVID Cases Skyrocketed; Worst Fighting In Years Edges Toward All-Out War; Israel Ramps Up Airstrike Amid Rocket Fire From Gaza; Inside U.S.-European War Games; Colonial Pipeline Hack Causing Panic Buying Of Oil; Keeping Olympic Dreams Alive. Aired 3-4a ET
• Liz Cheney Strikes Defiant Tone Ahead of Expected Ousting; Israel Ramps Up Airstrikes After Rocket Fire from Gaza; White House Facing Calls to Lift More Restrictions for Fully Vaccinated Americans; Panic Buying Drives Fuel Shortages in Parts of U.S. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Family of Andrew Brown Jr. Views More Body Cam Footage; Liz Cheney Strikes Defiant Tone Ahead of Expected Ousting; Elise Stefanik's Support of Trump Divides Constituents; Pfizer: Vaccine Shown 100 Percent Effective in Kids 12-15; Supreme Court: Every Nepali Deserves Medical Treatment. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Worst Fighting in Years Edges Toward All-Out War between Israel and Palestinians; U.S., European Allies Stage War Games amid Russia Tensions; Trump Critic Liz Cheney Loses Republican Party Position. Aired 10-11a ET
• 56 Palestinians, Six Israelis Killed in Violence; Hundreds Reported Wounded on Both Sides; Violence Forces U.S. to Shift Focus Back to the Middle East; CNN Speaks to Palestinian National Initiative President; Multi-Story Building in Gaza Collapses After Airstrike; Trevor Noah Asks "Hones Question" About Israeli`s Responsibility. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• McCarthy: I Don't Think Anybody Is Questioning The Legitimacy Of The Presidential Election; Cheney Speaks Out After Leadership Ouster; Trump's Defense Secretary Backtracks On Blaming Trump For Capitol Riot; Interview With Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY); Colonial Pipeline Begins To Restart Operations As Panic Buying Fuels Shortages; Interview With New York Attorney General Letitia James About NRA Bankruptcy Case; Biden: Israel Has "Right To Defend Itself. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• House GOP Expected to Oust Rep. Liz Cheney from Leadership; Violence Between Israelis, Hamas Escalates Toward All-Out War; Colonial Hack & Panic Buying Empty Gas Pumps Across Southeast; Elite U.S. Forces Join NATO Exercises Amid Russian Escalation. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• House GOP Expected To Oust Rep. Liz Cheney From Leadership; Colonial Hack And Panic Buying Empty Gas Pumps Across Southeast; Brown Family Says Bodycam Differs From D.A.'s Account Of Shooting. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Airstrikes and Rocket Launches and Ongoing Violence between Israel and Gaza; Fears over Rising Prices Weigh on Investors; Panic Buying Causes Fuel Shortages Following the U.S. Pipeline Cyber Hack. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• GOP Ousts Cheney From Leadership in Fight Over the Truth And Trump; Former Trump Admin Officials Testify About Response to Capitol Insurrection; Former Acting DOJ Chief: No Evidence to Overturn the Election; Cheney Booed For Trump Comments After Removal From Leadership; McCarthy Condemned Trump For Jan 6th, Then Changed His Story. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Biden: Looking For Room For Compromise On Infrastructure; Colonial Pipeline Making "Progress" In Bringing System Back Online; Israel Sending Reinforcements To Tense Mixed Cities. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• House GOP to Hold Secret Ballot to Oust Cheney; Kinzinger: 'History Won't Be Kind' to GOP if It Ousts Liz Cheney; Violence Between Israelis, Palestinians Escalates Toward War. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• CDC Green Light's Vaccine for Youth; Stefanik Replacement for Cheney; Russel Honore is Interviewed about the Capitol Attack; New Book Reveals Trump Family Revelation; U.S. Holds War Games to Deter Russia. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• House Republicans Set To Vote Out And Strip Liz Cheney Of Her Leadership Position; The Family Of Andrew Brown Jr. Is Calling For Justice After New Body Cam Footage Surfaced; The Biden Administration Is Pushing Schools To Fully Reopen This Spring. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Education Secretary: Waiting To Reopen Schools In Fall Is "Too Late"; Tiger Linked To Murder Suspect Still On Lam In Houston; Cruz Lashes Out At Democrats Over Guns, Immigration, And Voting Bill. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• House Republicans to Vote on Removing Representative Liz Cheney from Leadership Position; CNN Anchor and Correspondent Jake Tapper Discusses His Newly Published Fictional Book; Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) is Interviewed About GOP Ousting Liz Cheney. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Instagram Still Promoting Misinformation; Gas Demand Spikes in Several States; Consumer Inflation Rising; Ransomware Threats Growing; GOP Infrastructure Hypocrisy; Rachel Vindman is Interviewed about Cheney Vote. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Death Toll Climbs As Middle East Violence Continues; Inflation Fears Send U.S. Stocks Sharply Lower; Gas Station Outages Worsen Across Southeast U.S.; Republicans Remove Trump Critic Liz Cheney From Top Post; IOC Says It's Moving Full Ahead With Tokyo Games; Anti-Government Protests In Colombia Enter Third Week. Aired 3-4p ET
• Multi-Story Building In Gaza Collapses After An Israeli Airstrike; Inflation Concerns Rattle U.S. Markets; U.S. House Republicans Oust Liz Cheney from Leadership; Israel-Gaza Tensions Escalate With More Rockets, Airstrikes; Ethiopian And Eritrean Troops Expand Siege Of Central Tigray. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Republicans Oust Liz Cheney From Leadership; Pipeline Operation Restored; Biden: Encouraged By Prospect Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal; House Hearing On January 6 Insurrection Devolves Into Partisan Finger-Pointing; CDC Now Recommending Use Of Pfizer COVID Vaccine In 12 To 15-Year-Olds; Authorities Hunt For Missing Tiger In Houston. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Vaccine Eligibility Expands in the U.S and Reaction is Mixed; Populous Nation`s Birth Rate Decline; New Discovery in Italy; Electric Cars