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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Donald Trump Changing Position on Guns; Your Brain On Politics: What Shapes Your Vote?; Search For Drowned Plane Intensifies; Trump: I Still Believe EgyptAir Plane Was Blown Out Of The Sky; Submarines Deployed To Search For Black Boxes; How Plane Wreckage Is Salvaged From Deep Below. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Obama Visits Vietnam, Lifts Arms Embargo; Tunisia's Ennahda to Separate Politics from Religion; Imagine a World. Aired 2-2:30p ET


At This Hour
• Trump/Clinton Tied in National Polls; Police Officer Acquitted in Freddie Gray Death; Gray Family Attorney Reacts to Verdict. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Police Officer Acquitted in Freddie Gray Death; Trump/Clinton Tied in National Polls; U.S. Forces In Iraq's Effort to Retake Fallujah; White House Confirms U.S. Kills Taliban Leader; GOP Donors Staying on Sidelines. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Democratic Party Unity?; V.P. Buzz; Sanders Goes to War with Democratic Establishment. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump and Clinton Rank High in Unpopularity; Operation To Free Falluja Begins, Thousands Trapped; White House: Drone Strike Kills Top Taliban Leader; Four People Die In Four Days On Mount Everest; Submarine Deployed To Search For Black Boxes. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• America's Two Most Disliked Candidates; Trump and Clinton in Dead Heat in Latest Polls; California in Midst of Democratic Civil War; Donald Trump on Global Warming; Candidates' Celebrity Supporters. Aired 10-11p ET
• Donald Trump Campaign Reaching Out to Muslim Voters; Search Intensifies for Black Boxes from EgyptAir Flight 804; Trump Claims He's Worth More than $10 Billion; California's Big Democratic Primary; Will Sanders Supporters Back Clinton? Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• New Polls Show Clinton and Trump in Dead Heat; Sanders Ramp Up Feud with New Establishment; ISIS Claims Syria Bombings, Dozens Killed; Iraq Launches Assault To Retake Falluja; Taliban Splinter Group Meets To Pick New Leader. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Search for Black Boxes; Clinton and Trump Spar; Interview with Rep. Brad Sherman; Baltimore Officer Trial; Padres Apologize for Glitch. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• New Polls Show Clinton and Trump in Dead Heat; Sanders Ramp Up Feud with New Establishment; Submarine Joins Search for EgyptAir Flight's Black Boxes; Supreme Court Rules in Jury Selection Bias Case. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Panelists, Supporters Discuss State of Presidential Campaigns; Death of Terrorist Leader Prompts Search for Successor; ISIS Takes Credit for Syrian Bombings; General Joseph Votel Takes CNN On Secret Journey into Syria. Aired 10:30-11:00a
• New Clinton-Trump Polls; Sanders Criticizes Party; Baltimore Officer Acquitted; Assault on ISIS Underway. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• U.S. Begins Assault on ISIS in Fallujah; White House Confirms U.S. Kills Taliban Leader; Speaker Ryan: Vote for Party, Not Candidate; Trump, Clinton in Statistical Dead Heat; Search for EgyptAir Black Boxes Continues; What's Behind Tragedies at Mt. Everest. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Inside Syria; Officer Cleared in Freddie Gray Death; Trump's V.P. Search. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Coordinated bombings tearing through two Syrian government strong holding killing at least 78 people; Senator Lindsey Graham, made the announcement out of a private fundraiser in Florida over the weekend; Veterans have been protesting today outside of Trump Tower. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Fire Sweeps Through Boarding School in Northern Thailand; Submarine Searching for EgyptAir Debris; Iraqi Forces Fighting to Retake Fallujah; Taliban Leader Mullah Mansour Killed by Airstrike; New Poll Has Trump and Clinton Neck and Neck; Mexico Cracking Down on Poaching; Prince Tribute at Billboard Music Awards. Aired 12-1a ET
• Thai School Dorm Fire Kills 18 Girls; Iraqi Forces Launch Operation To Retake Falluja; Doomed Flight's Fuselage And Black Boxes Still Missing; Egypt: May Take Weeks To Find Identify Crash Victims; Austrian Presidential Runoff Too Close To Call; Obama Working to Strengthen Ties in Vietnam; Fishing, Friction in South China Sea; French Community Remembers Victim of Downed Jet; Viral Chewbacca Video Helps Kohl's. Aired 1-2a ET
• Obama News Conference with Vietnam President; Sanders Criticizes Democratic Party Leaders. Aired 2-3a ET
• EgyptAir Search Continues; President Obama Announces Lifting Military Equipment Ban on Vietnam; Prince Tribute at Billboard Music Awards; New Polls in US Election; Iraqi New Operation to Recapture Fallujah; South China Sea Island Dispute. Aired 3-4a ET


Connect the World
• Former Green Party Leader Alexander Van der Bellen Narrowly Defeats Far-Right Opponent Norbert Hofer in Austrian Presidential Election; Baltimore Police Officer Acquitted in Freddie Gray Death; Poaching Endangers Two Sea Animals in Bay of California; U.S. Lifts Arms Embargo on Vietnam; Search for EgyptAir's Black Boxes Continues; Attacks Near Russian Installations in Syria; U.S. Confirms Afghan Taliban Leader's Death. Aired 11a-12p ET


Dr. Drew
• Madonna Trashed Her Tribute To Prince At The Billboard Music Awards On ABC; Critical New Information About The Hours Before Prince Died And His Trip To The Minneapolis Hospital For IV Fluids; Two Virginia Tech Engineering Students Under Arrest, Charged In Connection With The Death Of 13-Year-Old Nicole Lovell; Nicole`s Father Had To Leave The Courtroom When He Heard About His Daughter And What Had Happened To Her; A Child Comes Home From Sleepaway Camp With Rope Burns On Her Neck


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump, Clinton, Neck-and-Neck in New National Polls; Clinton Tries To Get Under Trump's Skin, Questions His Worth; Officials At Odds Over Plane's Final Moments; CNN Follows Secret U.S. Mission Inside Syria. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Robot Submarine Searching for Plane; U.S. Lifts Arms Embargo Against Vietnam; Sanders Escalates Battle Against DNC; Operation to Retake Falluja Begins in Iraq; Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Robot Submarine Searching for Plane; U.S. Lifts Arms Embargo Against Vietnam; Sanders Escalates Battle Against DNC; Operation to Retake Falluja Begins in Iraq; Aired 4:30-5a ET
• AUTOMATIC Messages Signaled Smoke Near Cockpit; EgyptAir Pilot Remembered At Wake; Clinton, Sanders Battle For California; Clinton: Trump Is "Hollow"; U.S. Lifts Arms Embargo Against Vietnam; Warriors On The Ropes. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Robot Sub Searching For EgyptAir Flight 804 For Black Boxes; Polls: Clinton & Trump Neck-And-Neck; Sanders: Clinton 'The Lesser Of Two Evils'; U.S. Lifts Arms Embargo Against Vietnam; Powerful Performances At Billboard Awards; Operation To Retake Fallujah Begins. Aired 5:30-6a ET


iDesk
• ISIS Claims Series of Bombings in Syria; Operation Underway to Retake Fallujah from ISIS; U.S. General Visits Special Ops Forces in Syria; Flight 804 Data and Cockpit Recorders Still Missing; Mt. Everest Climbing Deaths; Austria Announces Results of Presidential Election; Sanders Feuds with Democratic Establishment. Aired 10-11a ET


Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield
• Baltimore Officer Acquitted in Freddie Gray Case; New Presidential Polls. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Looking at Latest Election Polls; Supreme Court Rules Improper Prosecution Conduct in Georgia Case; Latest on EgyptAir Crash Investigation. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Sanders Escalates Feud with Democratic Establishment; Submarine Searching for EgyptAir Black Boxes; U.S. Lifting Embargo on Lethal Arms to Vietnam. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Obama Pushing For Improved Human Rights; U.S. Commander's Secret Visit To Syria; Trump VP Vetting Process Picks Up Steam; Trump Struggling To Gain Support Of Top GOP Donors. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Sanders Escalates Feud with Democratic Establishment; Submarine Searching for EgyptAir Black Boxes. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Sanders Escalates Feud With Democratic Establishment; New Polls: Clinton & Trump Locked In Dead Heat; Can Libertarians Tap Into Voter Dissatisfaction?; Iraq Launches Operation To Retake Falluja; President Obama Confirms Death Of Taliban Leader; CNN Documentary "Why They Hate Us" Airs Tonight; EgyptAir Crash Raises Airport Security Questions. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Bernie Sanders Continues Democratic Presidential Bid; Donald Trump to Meet with Senator Bob Corker; Submarine Searching For EgyptAir Black Boxes; Flight Data Indicates Smoke Alerts Minutes Before Crash. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Commander's Secret Visit to Syria; Clinton and Trump Locked in Dead Heat; Political Satire. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Nancy Grace
• Mystery Car Sought in Bevers Murder; Low Bond For Veronica Erin Staley Clears Jail Release. Superstar Professional Wrestler Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka`s Girlfriend Found Dead Of Horrific And Multiple Blows To Her Head. Let`s Remember American Hero Arizona Police Officer David Glasser, Killed In The Line Of Duty At 35. Aired 8-9p ET


NEWS STREAM
• Sanders Feuds with DNC Chairwoman; Poaching Endangers Two Sea Animals in Bay of California; U.S. Lifts Arms Embargo on Vietnam; Search for EgyptAir's Black Boxes Continues; Attacks Near Russian Installations in Syria; U.S. Confirms Afghan Taliban Leader's Death. Aired 8:00a-9:00a ET


Quest Means Business
• UK Treasury: Brexit Could Cost 820,00 Jobs; Far-Right Candidate Narrowly Defeated in Austria; Manchester United Sacked Louis van Gaal; FIFA Fires Deputy Secretary General; Bayer Offers to Buy Monsanto for $62 Billion; U.S. Markets Finish Flat; Stocks in Europe Close Mostly Lower; Battle For Control of Viacom; Obama Lifts Vietnam Weapons Embargo; San Francisco Fed: 50 percent Chance of Rate Hike;Seidman: CEOs Cannot Avoid Controversy; AXA to Quit Tobacco Investments. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Why They Hate Us. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Police Officer Acquitted in Freddie Gray Case; Search Stepped Up for Airliner's 'Black Boxes'; Polls: Trump & Clinton in Dead Heat; Sanders Keeps Fighting as Hillary Calls for Unity; Sources: Taliban Leader Was Planning Strikes on U.S. Targets; Inside Syria and U.S. Troops Training Rebels. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With California Congressman Adam Schiff; Trump Surge; Democratic Unity?; Submarines Searching for EgyptAir Black Boxes; Smoke Alerts on Plane Moments Before Crash; Taliban Leader Was Planning Strikes on U.S. Targets. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• President Obama Arrives in Vietnam; Egypt Struggles in the Wake of Recent Events; U.S. Federal Judge Orders Cleveland, Mississippi Schools to Desegregate


Wolf
• At Least 78 People Killed In ISIS attacks In Syria; U.S. Airstrikes Hit 21 Targets In Fallujah In Last Six Days; U.S. Advisers Train Fighters At Secret Location; U.S. Secret Mission In Syria Reviews ISIS Fight; White House Confirms Taliban Leader Killed In Airstrike; Why They Hate Us Airs Tonight; Officer Edward Nero Acquitted In Freddie Gray Case; Trump Rallies Republicans; Sanders Wages War; Trump Meets With Sen. Bob Corker; Interview with RNC's Sean Spicer. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump/Clinton Tied in National Polls; Police Officer Acquitted in Freddie Gray Death; EgyptAir Crash Impacts Airline Security; Answers to EgyptAir Crash Underwater. Aired 1:30-2p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Far-Right Candidate Loses Close Race In Austria; ISIS Claims Deadly Bombings In Syria; Iraq Launches Effort To Retake Falluja From ISIS; U.S. Lifts Weapons Embargo On Vietnam; EgyptAir Pilot Remembered; U.K. Treasury Predicts Recession If Britain Leaves E.U.; Van der Bellen Wins Austrian Presidential Election; U.S. General Visits Special Ops Forces in Syria; Louis van Gaal Leaves Manchester United; Climbers Die on Mt. Everest; Saving Mexico's Sea Life from Poachers. Aired 3-4p ET