CNN.com - Transcripts (2024)

•Trump Testifies In E. Jean Carroll Civil Defamation Case; Trump Pressures Republicans To Block Border Deal; Source: Trump Initially Supported RNC Resolution To Declare Him Presumptive Nominee, Until The Backlash; Sources: Trump RNC Supporter Withdraws Resolution To Make Trump Presumptive Nominee After Blowback; Senior Admin Official: Biden To Increase Assistance To Ecuador; Concerns Increase Over Country's Descent Into NAFCO Violence; CNN Goes Inside Ecuador's Hunt For Terror Groups; Trials Of Michigan School Shooter's Parents Set To Test Limits Of Who's Responsible For A Mass Shooting; Mother Of Michigan School Shooter Wants Son To Testify In Her Defense. Aired 8-9p ET

•Interview With Daughter Of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi Kiana Rahmani; Interview With "Origin" Director Ava Duvernay; Interview With The New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist Thomas Friedman. Aired 1-2p ET

•Trump Pressures Republicans To Block Border Deal; Chaos Grips Ecuador As It Tries To "Neutralize" Gang Members; Alleged Leaked Netanyahu Audio Reveals He's Very Angry With U.S.; Gaza Officials Say Crowd Waiting For Aid Attacked In Gaza City; U.S. Economy Grew At Powerful Pace In Fourth Quarter; Three Kansas City Chiefs Found Dead Days After Game. Aired 4-5p ET
•Peter Navarro Sentenced To 4 Months For Defying Subpoena; A.Z. GOP Chairman Resigns After Leaked Kari Lake Audio; RNC Reviewing Draft Resolution To Declare Trump Presumptive Nominee; Trump: Haley Donors "Permanently Barred From The MAGA Camp"; The Race For Sen. Bob Menendez's Seat; ; Rep. Any Kim Is Interviewed About Senate Race In New Jersey; Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ), Is Interviewed About The Race For Sen. Bob Menendez's Seat; 100th Day In Jail For U.S.-Russian Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva; Hunger Strike Over Execution Of Iranian Prisoner. Aired 5-6p ET

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•Trump in Court for Defamation Trial; Trump Fixates on Haley; Economy Grew in Fourth Quarter; Trial Begins For Michigan Shooter's Mother; Misty Marris is Interviewed about the Crumbley Trial. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
•Presidential Candidates Head to South Carolina; Supreme Court Asked to Halt Execution; Boeing Pause in Production. Aired 9:30-10a ET
•Trump Back in New York Court for Civil Defamation Trial; Navarro at D.C. Court to be Sentenced for Defying Jan. 6 Subpoena; Mother of School Shooter Will Testify in Her Own Defense. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
•McConnell Cautions Republicans On Border Strategy In "Quandary", According To Source; Trump Discouraging GOP From Resolving Border Before The Election, According To Romney; Red Cross: "Concrete Actions" Needed To Preserve "Life-Saving Medical Services" In Gaza; 4th Quarter Saw Unexpected Growth In The U.S. Economy; Israel-Hamas War. Aired 10:30-11a ET
•Alabama Death Row Inmate Asks Supreme Court to Halt Execution; Teacher Testifies in Jennifer Crumbley Trial; E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial Resumes. Aired 11-11:30a ET
•Sources: Trump Seething That Haley Hasn't Dropped Out; Philadelphia Police Search For Escaped 17-Year-Old Murder Suspect; "The Many Lives Of Martha Stewart" Premieres Sunday At 9:00 P.M. ET/PT. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
•Alabama Death Row Inmate Asks Supreme Court to Halt Execution; Jennifer Crumbley Trial Continues; Boeing 737 MAX 9 to Resume Flights; E. Jean Carroll Case Resumes. Aired 1-1:30p ET
•Treasury Secretary Speaks On State Of U.S. Economy; U.S. Economy Grew At Shocking Pace In 4th Quarter; Subpoenas Expected For Witnesses In Hearing On Fulton Co. District Attorney Affair Allegations; Rep. Matt Gaetz Faces New Scrutiny Over Alleged Sex Crimes. Aired 1:30-2p ET
•Trump To Testify In His Defamation Trial; Trump Being Sworn In To Testify; Court Adjourns After Trump Briefly Takes Witness Stand. Aired 2-2:30p ET
•Court Adjourns After Trump Briefly Takes Witness Stand; Source: McConnell Warns GOP In "Quandary" Over Immigration Deal; Source: Many Parents Help Support Adult Children As Old As 34; Dr. Sanjay Gupta On Health Benefits oF "Dry January". Aired 2:30-3p ET
•Trump Testifies In Own Defense At Defamation Trial; Court Adjourns After Trump Briefly Takes Witness Stand; Biden Talks Economic Vision After Robust Report; Jennifer Crumbley Charged In Connection With Son's Crimes; Republican National Committee Considering Move That Would Declare Trump The Presumptive Nominee. Aired 3-3:30p ET
•Leaked Audio Allegedly Captures Netanyahu Calling Qatar Problematic In Meeting With Hostage Families; Ring Ending Video- Sharing Program With Police; Scientists: IVF Pregnancy Could Save Northern White Rhino. Aired 3:30-4p ET

•U.N.: At Least 9 Killed In Strike On Gaza Shelter; U.N.: 1.3 Million Displaced People Crowded Into Rafah; Israelis Push Creation Of "Buffer Zone" Around Gaza; Man Sentenced To Death For Mass Killing At Animation Studio; France Debates Bill To Enshrine Abortion In Constitution; Drought Forces Panama Canal to Limit Ship Transfers; Jon Stewart Returning to 'The Daily Show' as Part Time Host. Aired 12-1a ET
•U.N. Shelter In Gaza's Khan Younis Is Struck, Killing At Least 9; Russia Accuses Kyiv Of Downing Plane Carrying Ukrainian Prisoners Of War; FAA Approves A Path For Boeing 737 Max 9s To Return To Service; France Debates Plan To Enshrine Abortion As Constitutional Right; 20-Year-Old Palestinian Describes Life Inside Gaza; Erdogan and Raisi Meet in Ankara Amid Middle East Tensions; Man Sentenced to Death for Mass Killing at Animation Studio; An Evening with Hong Kong's Wildlife. Aired 1-2a ET
•U.N. Officer Says Gaza Residents Are Starving, Famine Imminent; IDF Denies Targeting Civilians, Says War is Against Hamas, Not People of Gaza; Erdogan, Raisi Agree to Avoid Steps That Would Further Threaten the Security and Stability of Middle East; Study Shows That Climate Change Made Amazon Drought 30x More Likely; Drought Forces Panama Canal to Limit Ship Transfers; North Korea's Kim Jong Un Orders Demolition of Reunification Arch; FAA Moves to Allow Boeing 737 Max 9 to Return to the Skies; Jon Stewart Returning to "The Daily Show" as Part Time Host. Aired 2-3a ET
•74 People Killed in a Military Plane Crash Near Ukrainian Border; United Auto Workers Endorses Joe Biden for Reelection as President in the 2024 Elections; Man Responsible for the 2019 Kyoto Studio Fire Sentenced to Death Penalty; France Debating Abortion as a Permanent Constitutional Right; Jon Stewart Returns as Host of The Daily Show in Time for the Election Season. Aired 3-4a ET
•CNN International: Haley Vows to Stay in Race, Despite Two Losses to Trump; Haley Taunts Trump; UN: At Least 12 Killed in Strike on Gaza Shelter; International Court of Justice to Deliver Genocide Ruling; Moscow Accuses Kyiv of Downing Aircraft Near Border. Aired 4- 4:30a ET
•CNN International: Texas Officials Install More Razor Wire Along Border Area; FAA Moves to Allow Boeing 737 Max 9 to Return to the Skies; U.S. Supreme Court Won't Halt First-Ever Nitrogen Gas Execution; Jon Stewart Returning to The Daily Show as Part Time Host. Aired 4:30-5a ET
•CNN International: Casualties Reported Among Crowd Waiting For Aid In Gaza City; Israeli Prime Minister Purportedly Calls Qatar "Problematic" In Leaked Audio Recording; Israeli War Cabinet Expected To Discuss Truce, Hostages. Aired 8-8:30a ET

•Haley Fights on in SC as Trump Warns Her Donors; Audio Allegedly Captures Netanyahu Criticizing Qatar; Moms for Liberty Faces Growing Challenges Amid Sex Scandal. Aired 6-6:30a ET
•Moms for Liberty Face Pushback; McConnell Slammed for Border Talks; Yellen to Tout Economy; Stewart Returns to "The Daily Show." Aired 6:30-7a ET
•Trump Goes Scorched Earth on Haley as Biden Eyes Rematch; Biden on Offense, Will Tout Economy in Wisconsin Speech; Arizona GOP Chair Resigns Over Kari Lake Audio Scandal. Aired 7-7:30a ET
•White House Press Secretary Joins CNN This Morning; FAA Approves Path For Boeing 737 MAX 9s To Return To Skies; Audio Allegedly Captures Netanyahu Criticizing Qatar. Aired 7:30-8a ET
•Donald Trump to Testify in Defamation Trial Tied to Sexual Assault Findings from Previous Trial; Texas Governor Vows to Hold the Line on Razor Wire at the Border; Haley to Trump: Show Me What You Got. Aired 8-8:30a ET
•Anthony Scaramucci is Interviewed about the Presidential Race; U.S. GDP Rises in Fourth Quarter; Longest Election in Decades; Ethics Investigation of Gaetz; Alabama to Conduct Execution. Aired 8:30-9a ET

•Qatar Slams Alleged Leaked Remarks By PM Netanyahu; Russia Media: Black Boxes Recovered From Military Plane Crash; Soon: Trump Back In New York Court; Sabalenka Beats Gauff To Reach Australian Open Final. Aired 9- 10a ET
•At Least 12 Killed In Strike On Gaza Shelter; Qatar Slams Alleged Leaked Remarks By Benjamin Netanyahu; Crashed Russian Plane's Black Boxes Found; U.S. Inmate Faces First-Ever Nitrogen Gas Execution; Jon Stewart Returning To "The Daily Show" As Part-Time Host. Aired 10-11a ET

•Trump Testifies For 3 Minutes And Is Rebuked By Judge; CNN Gains Rare Access To Ukraine Frontline Command Center; Trump Threatens To Bar Haley Donors, Haley Digs In; China's Usually Strict Censors Ignoring Rising Antisemitism Online. Aired 7-8p ET

•Trump Furious That Nikki Haley Has Not Dropped Out After New Hampshire; Biden Tunes Up Economic Pitch Against Trump; Officials: U.S., Iraq To Discuss Future American Military Presence; Jon Stewart To Return To "The Daily Show". Aired 5-5:30a ET
•Haley Holds South Carolina Rally, Refuses To Quit GOP Race; Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Shooting Down Military Plane; Source: McConnell Warns GOP Is In "Quandary" Over Border Deal. Aired 5:30-6a ET

•Trump, Haley Donors Will Be "Barred" From "MAGA Camp"; Haley Challenges Trump To Debate, Take Mental Competency Test; Source: Trump Saw Haley As "A Gnat, Now She Is An Enemy"; Subpoenas Expected For Hearing Affair Allegations Against Georgia Prosecutors Leading Trump Election Subversion Case; New Reality On Capitol Hill: Trump Is Calling The Shots. Aired 12-12:30p ET
•Trump Pressures Republicans To Block Border Deal; Peter Navarro Sentenced To 4 Months For Defying Jan. 6 Subpoena; Why The "Blue Wall" States Are Key To Biden Reelection; Biden Hoping Economy Can Boost Reelection Hopes. Aired 12:30-1p ET

•Aid-Seekers Hit By Shelling in Gaza; Russia And Ukraine Trade Accusations Over A Fatal Military Plane Crash; Chaos In Ecuador As Gunmen And Drug Cartels Take Over The Streets; Russian Media: Black Boxes Recovered From Plane Crash; Trump Delivers Brief Testimony In Defamation Trial; CNN Goes Inside Ecuador's Hunt For Gangs. Aired 2-3p ET

•Trump Testifies In E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial; Trump Joines Effort To Get Fulton County D.A. Dismissed From Georgia Election Subversion Case Over Affair Allegations; Trump Pressures Republicans To Block Border Deal; Alabama Death Row Inmate Kenneth Smith Executed Using Nitrogen Gas; American Citizen Savoi Wright Shares His Story Of Wrongful Detention In A Venezuelan Prison Cell. Aired 10-11p ET
•RNC Pulls Resolution Declaring Trump As The "Presumptive 2024 Nominee"; Trial Begins For Mother Of Michigan School Shooter; Grandmother Exonerated For A Crime She Did Not Commit; Three Kansas City Chiefs Fans Found Dead Days After Game. Aired 11p-12a ET

•Qatar Slams Israel Prime Minister, Accuses Him Of Undermining The Country's Mediation Efforts; FAA Announces Boeing 737 MAX-9 Jets Could Be Back In Operation As Long As They Pass A Set Of Inspections; Jury For E. Jean Carroll Case To Decide How Much Former President Trump Will Have To Pay For Defamatory Statements; Parents Of A Convicted High School Shooter In Michigan Face Criminal Charges; Ozzy Osbourne Plans To End His Touring Days With Two Final Concerts. Aired 12-1p ET

•Trump Testifies In His Own Defense At New York Defamation Trial; US Economy Grows At Robust 3.3 Percent Annualized Rate In Q4; Musk: Chinese Automakers Could Dominate Global Market; Qatar Slams Alleged Netanyahu Criticism Of Hostage Talks; An Evening With Hong Kong's Wildlife; Percival Menswear Leans Into Collaborations, Exclusivity. Aired 3-4p ET

•Trump Testifies In His Own Defense At Civil Defamation Trial; RNC Weighing Move To Declare Trump The Presumptive Nominee; U.S. Stocks Set Records After Economic Growth Beats Expectations; Netanyahu Under Fire For Alleged Leaked Remarks Criticizing Qatar; Michigan High School Shooter's Mother Will Testify In Own Defense. Aired 6-7p ET

•Trump Testifies For Three Minutes In Civil Defamation Trial; Trump Ally Withdraws Resolution That Would Have Made Trump Presumptive Republican Nominee; Frenzy Over Stanley Tumblers Leads To Chaos At Stores, Job Firings, Arrests And Criminal Charges. Aired 9-10p ET

•U.S. and U.K. Carry Out Strikes Against Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen; The Doomsday Clock Reveals How Close We Are to Total Annihilation; See The Colors of the World Through an Animals Eyes. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Trump Ramps Up Attacks On Haley, Her Donors; Haley: Trump "Should Feel Threatened"; Haley Fires Back At Trump, Vows To Stay In Race. Aired 11a-12p ET