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Cuomo Prime Time
• Chris Cuomo Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Illinois Governor: "Federal Government Really Isn't Helping At All"; Nurse On Being At The Front-Lines Of Coronavirus Battle. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump: It's Going To Be A "Very Painful' Two Weeks As WH Projects More Than 100,000 Coronavirus Deaths; Nearly 80 Percent Of Americans Under Stay-At-Home Orders; Trump: Federal Government Holding Back Almost 10,000 Ventilators Because "The Surge Is Coming;" WH Extends Social Distancing Guidelines Until April 30; At Least Five States Reporting More Than 1,000 New Cases; Top WH Health Experts Project 100,000 To 240,000 U.S. Coronavirus Deaths, Even With Social Distancing. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• United States has Most Confirmed Cases in the World; Coronavirus Pandemic Could Restore Democratic Leadership; William Burns, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, is Interviewed About Pandemic and Politics; The Good and the Bad of Social Distancing and Self-Isolation; Orna Guralnik, Clinical Psychologist, "Couples Therapy," Eric Klinenberg, Author, "Palaces for the People," are Interviewed About the Pros and Cons of Social Distancing and Self-Isolation; Cultural Changes From Pandemic?; Interview With Republican Strategist Stuart Stevens. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Did Not Air 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Should All Americans Wear Masks?; Escalating Crisis; CNN Goes Inside Washington State Hospital Preparing For Surge of Patients; How The Army Corps Of Engineers Is Helping During Coronavirus; First U.S. Service Member Dies From Coronavirus. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Global Pandemic; Economic Fallout; Interview With Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ). Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• More Deaths Expected In The U.S.; Cities And States Compete For Medical Supplies; Coronavirus Pandemic; Pentagon Says It Still Has Not Sent Out Ventilators Because It Has Not Been Told Where To Send Them; Commander Of Aircraft Carrier Hit By Coronavirus Outbreak Warns Navy Decisive Action Is Needed; More Than 185,000 U.S. Coronavirus Cases, Most Reported Deaths In A Single Day, 830; Defense Production Act Has Been Used Routinely, But Not With Coronavirus; Retailers Furloughing Employees. Aired 10-11p ET
• Coronavirus To Take More Lives Worldwide; President Trump Embraces Science; Mayor Jenny Durkan (D), Seattle Is Interviewed About How They Are Holding In Their State Amid The Growing Virus Cases; Americans Worry For Their Bills Piling Up; Resources For Renters And Homeowners As Coronavirus Batters The Economy; There Are Now 185,000- Plus U.S. Coronavirus Cases And 830 Reported Deaths; Dr. Sanjay Gupta Remembers 'Giant' Of Neurosurgery Who Separated Conjoined Twins. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.S. Death Toll Surpasses 3,000 After Deadliest Day; Three Out of Four Americans Under Stay-at-Home Orders; Chicago Turns Convention Center into Field Hospital; Tent Hospital in New York City's Central Park to Begin Accepting Patients; Detroit Emerges as New Hot Spot as Michigan Cases Surge; Coronavirus Cases Soar in New Orleans. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Chicago Turns Convention Center into Hospital; Florida Denies Cruise Ship Docking; Atlanta May Near Hospital Capacity by May 3; Healthcare Workers Voice Fear and Frustration; Hundreds of Medical Workers Sick and Hospitals Fight Shortages; Economy Braces for Devastating Week. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Hundreds Of Medical Workers Sick, Hospitals Fight Supply Shortages; New Orleans Sees Jump In COVID-19 Cases; Renowned Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dies From Coronavirus. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• James Goodrich Dies of Coronavirus; Interview with Nurses on Coronavirus Frontlines; Interview with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Director. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Louisiana Coronavirus Cases Surge Past 4,000; CNN Analysis: NY's Rate of Increase in New Cases Appears to be Slowing; CDC Considers Everyday Americans Wear Masks; Montana Governor Says Needs More Tests as Trump Says Sees No Problem with Tests; Consumer Confidence Plunges as Coronavirus Cases Soar; Chefs' Warehouse CEO, Chris Pappas, Discusses Adapting, Branching Out to Supply Food & to Help Employees. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Seattle Public Schools Superintendent, Denise Juneau, Discusses School Closures & Remote Learning; NY Governor Cuomo Gives Update on Coronavirus Response; CNN's Chris Cuomo Diagnosed with Coronavirus. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• CNN's Chris Cuomo Diagnosed With Coronavirus; Anchor Chris Cuomo Says He Is Feeling Well And Will Continue To Work From Home; New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Gives Updates On Coronavirus Response, Says Forcing The States To Compete For Supplies Doesn't Make Sense; New York Governor Andrew Cuomo: We Have Ordered Thousands Of Ventilators From China. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• NY Gov: Buying Supplies "Like Bidding On eBay" Against Feds, States; Acting Navy Secretary On Military's Battle With Coronavirus; Kentucky Has Nearly 500 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• U.S Death Toll Surpasses 3,000 After Deadliest Day; Trump To Formally Unveil New Distancing Guidelines Based On Models; E.R. Nurse Says, Health Care Workers Are All On Edge. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Update On Coronavirus Hotspots Emerging Around U.S.; Dr. Prateek Harne Discusses Being In A Battle Against Coronavirus And Being Scared; CNN Inside A Field Hospital In Hardest-Hit City Of Madrid; Pittsburgh Food Bank CEO & President, Lisa Scales, Discusses Food Banks Struggling As Demand Explodes Amid Layoffs. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• U.S. Death Toll From Coronavirus Surpasses 3,500 Deadliest Day; Coronavirus Taskforce Debating Whether To Advise Americans To Wear Masks; G.O.P. Governors Rebuke Trump's Claim On Testing Saying They Need More. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Louisiana Governor: New Orleans To Run Out Of Ventilators In Six days; Update On Coronavirus Response From Around The World; Goldman Sachs: U.S. GDP To Fall 34 Percent In Second Quarter; Cruise Ships Heading To Florida Still In Limbo. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• New Orleans Preparing; Coronavirus Cases Growing in United States; Interview With Former Vice President Joe Biden. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Cruise Ship With Dozens of Sick Passengers Begs Florida to Allow It to Dock; Walmart Will Start Taking Worker's Temperatures; Interview with Joe Biden, Democratic Presidential Candidate on Trump's Handling of The Coronavirus Crisis; Biden Says Trump Should Stop Misleading the American People; Biden Says Trump Was Slow to Act; Nurse Starts Program to Spread Positivity Called Hope Huddles; Dr. Fauci Warns Second Virus Wave May Come in the Fall. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Staying Mentally Healthy During Social Distancing; Inside New York Hospital on the Front Lines of Outbreak; Sweden Takes Own Approach to Combat Outbreak; U.S. Trails Other Countries in Per Capita Coronavirus Testing; More States Restrict Travel as Virus Spreads; Union Members Refusing to Work at Makeshift Hospital; White House: Up to 200K Could Die from Virus in U.S.; Movement of Indian Migrant Workers Causes Concern; E.U. Countries Divided over Virus Response. Aired 12-1a ET
• Did Not Air 1-2a ET
• Doctors In U.K. Prepare For Outbreak Peak; Dubai Expo 2020 Likely To Be Postponed; Staying Mentally Healthy During Social Distancing; U.S. Trails Other Countries in Per Capita Coronavirus Testing; Up to 200K Could Die from Virus in U.S.; Louisiana Struggles to Enforce Social Distancing; Doctors Modify Ventilators to Double Patient Coverage. Aired 2-3a ET
• War Zone Scene in New York Hospitals; President Trump Extends the Stay-at-Home Order; Indian Migrant Workers Sprayed with Disinfectant; Britain to Brace for the Next Wave; Coronavirus Pandemic; India's Government Pledges $23 Billion In Stimulus Package; Coronavirus Kills Entire Family; European Union Bands Together To Help Hardest-Hit Countries; Sweden Takes Own Approach To Combat Outbreak; Dubai Expo 2020 Likely To Be Postponed; President Trump And President Putin Discuss Oil Amid Price Crunch; Macy's, Kohl's, And Gap Furlough Thousands Of Employees; U.S. Stocks Tracking Worst Quarter Since 1987; Horse Racing Continues In Hong Kong Despite Coronavirus; The Heroes Next Door. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Records Deadliest Day; Top U.S. Doctor: Staying in Place Can Save Millions; 1 Ventilator, Multiple Patients. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Small Business Owners Worry Stimulus Funds Not Enough; Czech Republic Makes Masks Mandatory n Public Spaces. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Inside New York Hospital on the Front Line of Outbreak; Louisiana Struggles to Enforce Social Distancing; Coronavirus Pandemic Taking a Toll on People's Financial Lives. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• States Racing To Build Field Hospitals For Patient Surge; Spain Now Has More Cases Of Coronavirus Than China; U.K. Bracing For Peak Of Coronavirus Outbreak. Aired 5:30-6a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Italy Honors Victims of the Pandemic; Detroit Emerges as an American Hot Spot; Italian Government Will Likely Extend Nationwide Lockdown; U.K. Doctors Prepare for Peak of Outbreak; Movement of Indian Migrant Workers Causes Concern; Zimbabwe under Three-Week Lockdown; CDC Considering Face Masks for Public Use; China to Start Reporting Asymptomatic Cases; Amazon Workers Stage Walkout; Italian Author Pens Stark Letter to the U.K. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• U.S. Hits Single-Day Record for Reported Deaths: 785+; Nearly 80% of Americans Under Stay-at-Home Orders; Top Health Official: Americans Should be Prepared for 100,000 Deaths; Trump: "Very Painful Two Weeks" Ahead. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Did Not Air 5-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Cash Crunch Payments Come Due As Moody Says Millions More In The U.S. Out Of Work; A Glimmer Of Hope In Coronavirus Growth Rates From Italy And Spain; Zoom, The Video Conferencing App Under The Pressure Over Privacy. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• U.S. Death Toll Surpasses 3,000 on Deadliest Day; WSJ: New York Hospital Asks Doctors to Think Critically About Who to Intubate. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Coronavirus Pandemic Update around the U.S.; Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) is Interviewed on Fighting the Coronavirus in Ohio; Doctors Coping with Coronavirus Crisis; Unemployment Claims Could Hit Record. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• U.S Death Toll Surpasses 3,000 On Deadliest Day; New York Neurosurgeon Who Separated Conjoined Twins Dies; Maryland Issues Stay- At-Home Order With Jail Time, Fines. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Maryland Issues Stay-at-Home Order with Jail Time and Fines; New Jersey Governor Blasts House Parties Violating Distancing Order; Coronavirus Cases Flood New Jersey Hospitals. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• South Florida Under Stay-At-Home Order As Cases Grow; Coronavirus Deaths in U.S. Surpasses 3,000; CDC May Recommend Wearing Masks for U.S. Resident Outside of Home; Detroit's Convention Center to Become Makeshift Hospital. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Health Care Worker Shares Sister's Fight for Life; Economy Braces for Another Devastating Week; Answers to your Coronavirus Questions. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. Markets Set To End Worst Quarter Since 2008; U.S. Health Expert Predicts Second Wave Of Infections; Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing; Makeshift Tent Hospital Opening In NYC's Central Park; U.S. Reports 770-Plus New Deaths Today, Total Deaths Top 3,700; Field Hospitals Preparing For Expected Surge Of Patients; Dr. Fauci To CNN: Would "Lean Towards" Recommending Public Wear Masks If It Doesn't Affect Supply For Medical Workers. Aired 5-6p ET
• White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing; U.S. Reports 780+ New Deaths Today, The Most In One Day. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines; The Challenges Of 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Postponement; The Appeal Of Lisbon