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Cuomo Prime Time
• Trump "Waiting To Hear" From Saudis Before His Decision; Gabbard Rips Trump For Saudi Deference After Oil Attack; Warren Wins Working Families Party Endorsement. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• President Trump: Looks Like Iran Was Behind Saudi Oil Attack; NY Prosecutors Subpoena Eight Years of President Trump's Tax Returns; New Allegations Against Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh Set Off President Trump, His Rivals. Aired on 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Oil Prices Soaring High After Attack On Saudi's Oil Fields; Houthi Claims Attack On Oil Fields; Evidence Shows Iranian Weapons Used On Attack; Retired Rear Admiral John Kirby, U.S. Navy, And Vali Nasr, Former State Department Official, Are Interviewed About The Attack On Saudi Oil Fields; Anxiety And Depression Skyrocketing Among Young Adults; Laurie Santos, Host, "The Happiness Lab," Is Interviewed About Mental Health Crisis; A Class On How To Be Happy; "Country Music". Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Trump: U.S. "Locked and Loaded" After Saudi Oil Field Attack; Trump Contradicts Himself, Mnuchin, Pompeo on Willingness to Meet Iran Without Preconditions; Oil Prices Spike After Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities; Nearly 50,000 UAW Auto Workers Strike against General Motors; Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) Discusses UAW Union Workers Striking against G.M., Trump's Trade War, Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities, Trump Possibly Meeting Iranian President. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• 2020 Democrats Call for Justice Brett Kavanaugh Impeachment; Trump Says Justice Department Should "Rescue" Brett Kavanaugh; Oxycontin Make Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; Source: Antonio Brown's Accuser Sitting Down with NFL Today. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Saudi Oil Attacks. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump Calls On Justice Department To Protect Kavanaugh From News Media; CNN Poll: Biden Leads Dem Rivals By 30 Points Among Black Voters; Nearly 50,000 G.M. Workers Strike Over Pay And Idle Plants. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Trump And His Signature 180; President Trump Says It Looks Like Iran Was Behind Attack On Saudi Oil Facilities, But Too Early To Tell; President Trump Attacks Obama Book And Netflix Deals; SNL Fires New Cast Member, Shane Gillis, Over Racial And Homophobic Slurs In His Comedy. Aired 10-11p ET
• U.S. Now Seeing Consequences Of Leaving The Iran Nuclear Agreement; Manhattan D.A. Wants To See Trump's Tax Returns; Man Trump Called 'My African-American' Left GOP; President Trump Claims He's Done More For Inner Cities Than Any President; Elizabeth Warren Draws Thousands To New York City Rally. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• White House Cites President Trump's "Locked and Loaded" Comment Doesn't Necessarily Mean Military Action; New York Times Details New Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Kavanaugh; Trump Pleads with Justice Department to Rescue Brett Kavanaugh. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Trump Comments on Kavanaugh Controversy; Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) Speaks About Saudi Oil Attack; Biden Gives Speech on Race. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Nearly 50,000 General Motors Workers Go On Strike; Trump Implies Iran May Be Responsible For Saudi Oil Attack; Oil Prices Spike After Saudi Attack, U.S. Blames Iran; Multiple People Hurt In Explosion In Farmington, Maine; Purdue Pharma Files For Bankruptcy As Part Of Settlement; 2020 Democrats Call For Kavanaugh Impeachment Amid New Allegations. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• No New Statements on Gun Bans; U.S. Weighing Military Response After Attacks Reported in Saudi Arabia; Interview With Jeffrey Wigand. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Iran's Revolutionary Guard Says That This Nation Is Ready For A Full-Fledged War; Trump Contradicts Himself And Advisers On Meeting With Iran; New Details Today On The Investigation Into Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Alleged Misconduct Before His Confirmation. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Challengers Mad As GOP Cancels Primaries In Three States; Op-Ed: Belichick's Prominent Use Of Antonio Brown On Sunday Left No Doubt Where His Moral Compass Points; Report: Vapes May Be Spiked With Illegal Synthetic Pot; WNBA & Ladies Of Hope Ministries Work To Improve The Lives Of Women Who Were Incarcerated. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• United Auto Workers Strike; Saudi Oil Attacks; Prosecutors Reportedly Subpoena Trump Tax Returns. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Again Invokes Obama as House Democrats Investigate Trump; O'Rourke And Buttigieg Clash Over Fate of Action on Guns; Prosecutors Subpoena 8 Years of Trump Tax Returns; Call for More Cops In Minneapolis After Rise of Robberies; Trump Speaks on Attacks on Saudi Oil Facilities; Trump Doesn't Want War with Iran But More Prepared Than Ever; Trump Says Looks Like Iran Behind Strikes on Saudi Oil Fields. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• 15th Straight Week of Protests in Hong Kong; U.K. Prime Minister to Meet with European Commission President; Hurricane Victims Face More Tension Weeks After Storm; Trump Says U.S. Locked And Loaded After Oil Attacks; Rouhani Slams U.S. And Saudis For Involvement In Yemen; Crude Oil Prices Soar After Strikes On Saudi Oil Sites; U.S. Lawmakers Weigh In On Saudi Oil Strikes; Netanyahu Fights To Survive Another Election; Netanyahu To Annex Parts Of West Bank If Re-Elected. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. Official Shares Satellite Images Says Strikes On Saudi Oil Sites Would Be Difficult From Yemen; Crude Oil Prices Soar After Strikes On Saudi Oil Sites; Netanyahu To Annex Parts Of West Bank If Re-Elected; Tensions In West Bank Continue To Be High; Boris Johnson Vows to Get Out of E.U.; Is Brexit Driving Scotland and England Apart; Hurricane Victims Face More Tension Weeks after Storm; Humberto Becomes a Hurricane, Moves Away from Bahamas; Police Arrest Demonstrators in 15th Weekend of Unrest; Fishing Lines, Ships, Climate Change Threaten Right Whale; Rugby Legend Reveals Diagnosis. Aired 1- 2a ET
• Purdue Pharma has files for bankruptcy protection in New York; Oil Prices Soar After Saudi Attacks; U.S. Blames Iran on Saudi Drone Attacks; General Motors Workers Go on Strike; New Allegations on Justice Kavanaugh; Netanyahu Fights to Survive Leadership; The Cars Lead Singer, Ric Ocasek Dead at 75. Aired 2-3a ET
• Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy; Oil Supply Could be Crippled in Weeks; G.M. Union Workers Had Their Biggest Strike; Benjamin Netanyahu Facing a Tight Race; More Pressure for Boris Johnson as Brexit Deadline Gets Closer; Saudi Faces Challenge on Fixing Oil Plants; Oil Prices Going Up; NYT Digs Allegations Against Brett Kavanaugh; Iowa Voters Bet for their Candidates; Twenty-two People Hurt at a Condo Accident. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• U.S. Assesses Saudi Oil Attack Originated Inside Iran; Oil Prices Soar After Attacks On Saudi Arabia Facilities; Source Says Talks Between Striking Works And G.M. Very Tense; Some 2020 Democrats Call For Kavanaugh Impeachment Amid Claims. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• O'Rourke & Buttigieg Clash Over Fate Of Action On Guns; Why Has O'Rourke Been Cursing So Much On Trail?; Emotional Vet Tells Sanders He's Crippled By Medical Debt; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Bernie Sanders Campaign Co-Chair, Is Interviewed About Vet's Medical Debt, Medicare for All, UAW Strike In Detroit; Drone Attack On Saudi Oil Facilities; OxyContin Maker Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Aired 1:30-2p ET


Connect the World
• Saudi Colonel Implies Iran Responsible for Oil Attack; Trump Says U.S. Locked and Loaded After Saudi Oil Attack; Oil Prices Soar After Saudi Oil Facilities are Hit; Rouhani Will Appear with Russian and Turkish Leaders Today; Netanyahu, Gantz in Tight Race on Eve of General Election; Yair Lapid on Prospect of Peace with Palestinians; Boris Johnson Booed by Protesters in Luxembourg; Interview with Yoav Kisch, Likud Member, Israeli Knesset, Likud Voter Turnout. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Iran Dismisses Trump's Threat Of "Locked And Loaded"; Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) Is Interviewed About What The President Of Locked And Loaded; Trump: 'We'd Certainly Like To Avoid' War With Iran; Six 2020 Dems Calls For Justice Kavanaugh's Impeachment; CNN: Letter To FBI Flagged Info On Kavanaugh Alleged Misconduct Before Confirmation;. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• United Auto Workers Strike; Purdue Pharma Files For Bankruptcy; President Trump's Locked And Loaded; Relitigating Brett Kavanaugh; President Trump Authorizes Use Of Emergency Oil Reserves; Boeing Committee To Make Safety Recommendations; Israeli Elections Tomorrow; Crisis In Venezuela; Vaping Epidemic; Ric Ocasek Died At Age 75. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• United Auto Workers Strike; Purdue Pharma Files For Bankruptcy; President Trump's Locked And Loaded; Relitigating Brett Kavanaugh; President Trump Authorizes Use Of Emergency Oil Reserves; Ric Ocasek Died At Age 75; America's Choice 2020; Concert Planned In Spirit Of Live Aid; Hustlers Marks One Of JLo's Best Box Office Openings; Arrest In Minnesota Synagogue Fire; Yang Responds To SNL Cast Member's Racial Slurs; Wall Street Close To New All-Time Highs. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• United Auto Workers Go on Strike Against General Motors; Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy; U.S. Suspects Iran for Drone Strikes on Saudi Energy Facility. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• United Auto Workers Go On Strike Against General Motors; Purdue Pharma Files For Bankruptcy; Trump: U.S. "Locked And Loaded" To Respond To Oil Attack. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Oil Prices Spike After Weekend Attacks On Saudi Aramco; Tens Of Thousands Of General Motors Workers Go On Strike After Union Talks Breakdown; Purdue Pharma Files For Bankruptcy. Aired 9-10:00a ET


Inside Politics
• Oil Prices Spike After Saudi Attack, U.S. Blames Iran; Donald Trump: U.S. "Locked and Loaded" After Saudi Oil Attack; Workers Strike Against General Motors In Biggest Walkout Since 2007. Aired 12-12.30p ET
• Workers Strike Against GM in Biggest Walkout Since 2007; Warren Unveils Proposal for Cleaning Up Politics; 2020 Democrats, Trump Outrages After NYT Report on Kavanaugh; Sources: U.S. Assesses Saudi Oil Attack Originated Inside Iran; O'Rourke, Buttigieg Split Over Strategy on Gun Control. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Nearly 50,000 General Motors Workers Go on Strike; Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy as Part of Settlement; U.S.: Satellite Images Show Targets Hit in Saudi Oil Attack; Oil Prices Spike after Saudi Attack; Schumer & Pelosi Talk to Trump about Universal Background Checks. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• O'Rourke and Buttigieg Clash over Confiscation of Guns; Netanyahu Faces Toughest Election Yet; SNL Cast Member Uses Anti-Asian Slurs; Brown Makes Patriots Debut. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Autoworkers' Union Goes on Strike Against General Motors; Trump: U.S. 'Locked and Loaded' After Saudi Oil Field Attack; Trump Contradicts Mnuchin Over Meeting Iran Without Pre-conditions; NYT Details New Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Kavanaugh. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• New York Gov. Cuomo Bans Flavored E-Cigarettes Amid Vape Crackdown; Felicity Huffman Sentenced To 14 Days In Jail In College Admissions Scandal; Is This The End Of The Republican Party As We Know It? Aired 7:30-8a ET
• United Auto Workers Union Goes on Strike During Negotiations with General Motors; Some Members of Trump Administration Blame Iran for Attacks on Saudi Oil Fields. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• College Athletes Paid; Trump's Uphill Fight for Re-Election; Biden Delivers Speech on Race; Gay Couple Sues State Department Over Citizenship. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Oil Prices Spike After Attack in Saudi Arabia; Boris Johnson Booed By Protesters in Luxembourg; Democrats Call for Impeachment of U.S. Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Assessing The Attack On Saudi Oil Refineries; President Trump's Tax Records Subpoenaed; Impeachment Calls On A Growing Number Of Democratic White House Against Brett Kavanaugh; Sen. Mazie Hirono (D- HI) Is Interviewed About The Attack On Saudi Arabia's Oil, The New Subpoena For President Trump's Tax Returns, And Impeachment Calls On Brett Kavanaugh; Trump: Certainly Looking Like Iran Is Behind Saudi Drone Attack; Union Workers On Strike Against General Motors; Trump: I Don't Think We're Ready For North Korea Visit. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); Warren Unveils Proposal For Cleaning Up Politics; Trump Says, Certainly Looking Like Iran Behind Saudi Oil Attack; Letter To FBI Flagged Information On Kavanaugh Alleged Misconduct Before Confirmation; Trump Suddenly Praises Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) After Attacking Him And His District Of Baltimore; Biden And Other Democrats On The Stump In South Carolina; Hours Before Vote, Trump Predicts "Close" Israeli Election Despite Repeated Efforts To Help Prime Minister Netanyahu; "SNL" Fires New Cast Member Shane Gillis After Videos Of Bigoted Remarks Surface. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Oil Facilities Attacked In Saudi Arabia; Complex Relationship Between U.S. and Saudi Arabia; More Protests in Hong Kong


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Trump Blames Iran For Saudi Attack; Oil Futures Soar; Boris Johnson Leaves Prime Minister Of Luxembourg Alone At Press Conference; Iran Denies Responsibility For Attack On Saudi Oil Fields; Netanyahu, Gantz In Tight Race On Eve Of Election Re-do; U.S. Autoworkers Begin Strike Against General Motors; Former U.K. P.M. Cameron Apologizes For Brexit Uncertainty; Police Looking For Stole $6 Million Golden Toilet. Aired 2-3p ET