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Cuomo Prime Time
• New York Sees Coronavirus Curve "Bending," But Deaths Soaring; Sanders Drops Out Of 2020 Race, Clearing Path For Biden; NY Doctor Who Recovered From Coronavirus Returns To Hard-Hit Hospital To Treat More Patients. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 14,000; Report: U.S. Intel Warned Of Coronavirus Spread In November; White House Model Revises U.S. Deaths By August From 80,000 Down To 60,000; China Lifts 76-Day Lockdown On Wuhan; Fauci: Planning For "Re-Entry Into Normality" Not Like "Turning A Light Switch On And Off;" New CDC Guidelines For Essential Workers Exposed To Virus: Wear Face Masks And Take Temperature. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Dr. Sheri Fink; Interview With Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg; Boris Johnson Remains in Intensive Care; Bernie Sanders Drops Out of 2020 Presidential Race; David Axelrod, Former Senior Adviser to President Obama, is Interviewed About 2020 President Race; Wuhan, China Ending Lockdown After 76 Days; Norway Says It Has Coronavirus Under Control; Fox News Spreading False Information; Kara Swisher, Editor- at-Large, Recode, and Carl Cameron , Former Chief White House Correspondent, Fox News, Are Interviewed About Fox News. 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
• U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 14,000. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump Administration Developing Coronavirus Surveillance System?; Global Outbreak; Bernie Sanders Drops Out. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Trump Wants To Re-open U.S. Economy By May; Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly Resigned; All Health Care Workers Must Be Tested; Hot Weather Doesn't Make Virus Disappear; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 14,700 But New Cases Are Trending Down; President Trump Claims Voting By Mail Ripe For Fraud, Which Is False And He Voted By Mail Himself. Aired 10-11p ET
• President Trump Eager To Re-open Country's Economy; Majority Of Americans Expect Worse To Come; White House Wants More COVID Funding From Congress; California's Aggressive Action Pays Off; What California Is Doing Right In Responding To The Coronavirus Pandemic; NYT: Studies Show Most Of New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe; New Zealand Shuts Its Borders And Declares A Nationwide Shutdown To Battle Coronavirus; Passover Seders Go Virtual During Coronavirus Crisis. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Report: U.S. Intelligence Warned of Outbreak of COVID-19 in November; Early Data Shows Coronavirus Hits Black Americans Disproportionately; Small Business Loan Program for U.S. Businesses Marred By Glitches and Breakdowns. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Loan Program Marred by Glitches; Boris Johnson Remains in ICU; More Sailors Positive for COVID-19. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Key Coronavirus Model Lowers Death Projections; Frontline Doctors Share COVID-19 Experience With CNN; Early Data Shows Black Americans At Higher Risk For Coronavirus. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Interview with Newspaper Photographers on Documenting Coronavirus; Wuhan Lifts Lockdown Today; American Automakers Turn to Personal Protective Equipment. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Upbeat But White House Response Team Cautious as Death Projections Lowered; Obama Roasts Administration on System of Testing & Monitoring Needed Nationwide; ABC News: Intel Officials Warned in Late November about "Cataclysmic" Outbreak; Trump Attempts to Shift Crisis Blame to WHO; Cotton Sounded Early Alarms about Coronavirus; Bernie Sanders Suspends White House Run. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential Campaign; Sanders Speaks after Suspending Run for White House. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Senator Bernie Sanders Drops Out Of The Presidential Race; New Model Predicts Fewer Deaths Earlier Peak In U.S.; New Model Projects 60,000 Deaths In The U.S. By August; New Model Projects Peak In The U.S. Deaths On April 12; CNN Poll: 57 Percent Of The Americans Say Federal Government Has Done A Poor Job Of Handling Coronavirus Outbreak. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Poll: 54 Percent Of Voters Disapproved Of Trump's Handling Of Coronavirus; N.Y. Governor Gives Update On Coronavirus Response. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• New Model Now Projects 60,000 Deaths In U.S By August; Report Shows, Intel Officials Warned About Outbreak In Late November; White House Coordinator Says, Testing Kits Are Out There Idle. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• White House Coordinator Urges Lab Directors To Help Find Testing Kits; Dr. Rob Davidson Discusses No Tests Available For Suspected COVID-19 Patients; Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential Campaign; Dr. Michael Wasserman Discusses Taking Elderly Family Members Out Of Nursing Homes; Early Data Shows Black Americans At Higher Risk For Coronavirus. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• U.S. Projected Deaths Revised Down; Interview with Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser; Confusion Over PPE Distribution Continues. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Outbreak Response Sparks Confusion About Who's In Charge; Bernie Sanders Drops Out Of 2020 Race; Update On Impact Of Pandemic Across The Globe; China Lifts Lockdown Restrictions In Wuhan; Mnuchin Asks Congress For $250 Billion To Boost Small Business Loan Program. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Louisiana in Crisis; Did Trump Administration Ignore Outbreak Warnings?; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 14,000. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Doctor Goes Back to Work After 10 Days in IU; New Zealand Has Only One Confirmed Case of Coronavirus Death After Lockdown; Domestic Violence Websites and Call Centers See Surge. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 13,000; China Has Lifted Lockdown Restrictions in Wuhan; Trump Threatens the World Health Organization; Anesthesiologist Describes His Coronavirus Work; Japanese P.M. Declares State of Emergency in 7 Areas; One of Asia's Biggest Slums Races to Stop Virus; More Than 17,000 Arrested in South Africa for Defying Lockdown; Coronavirus Survivors Share Experiences; Asia Markets Mixed after Wall Street Losses; Global Food Supply Chain Under Strain; Accuser Accepts Decision that Freed Cardinal Pell. Aired 12-1a ET
• Did Not Air 1-2a ET
• taly And Spain See Signs Of Hope In COVID-19 Outbreak; COVID-19 Taking Toll On African-Americans; Wuhan Lifts Lockdown And Outbound Travel Ban; Death Toll in France Continues to Rise Despite Month-Long Lockdown; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 13,000; Trump Threatens the World Health Organization; New Zealand Is Squashing the Curve; U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Still in ICU. Aired 2-3a ET
• Coronavirus Pandemic; Johns Hopkins, 1,900 Deaths In United States On Tuesday; Virus Hitting African Americans Especially Hard; Second Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Begins In United States; First Phase Of Trial Expected To End In Summer; Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Resigns After Speech Leaked; Race To Stop Virus In One Of Asia's Largest Slums; Lockdown Puts pressure On India's Poor; Middle East, Africa Working To Combat Virus; 17,000 Plus Arrested In South Africa For Defying Lockdown; WHO Reports New Cases In Iran Decreasing; Turkey's ICU At Over 60 Percent Capacity; Self-Grooming In Quarantine. Aired 3- 4a ET
• U.S. Suffers Most Deaths in One Day; New York City Reports 800+ Deaths Tuesday; U.S. Surgeon General Says Black Population at Higher Risk; Trump Slams W.H.O. and Threatens to Cut Off Funding; France COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 10,000; Wuhan Lifts Lockdown and Outbound Travel Ban; U.K. Prime Minister is Stable, Not on Ventilation. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Virus Hitting African Americans Especially Hard; Wisconsin Hold Election Despite Health Precautions; Millions Filing for Unemployment Claims in U.S.; Trump: Initial Issues with Small Business Loan Programs; Travel Restrictions Imposed Across Africa; W.H.O. Says Cases in Iran are Flattening Off; Turkey's ICU at Over 60 Percent Capacity; New Zealand has Third Straight Day of Decline in New Cases; John Prine, Legendary Singer-Songwriter Dies at 73 of Coronavirus. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• John Hopkins: 1,900+ Deaths in U.S. On Tuesday; Trump Deflects, Dismisses & Misleads; Wisconsin Holds Election Despite Health Precautions; U.K. Prime Minister is Stable, Not on Ventilation; Virus Hitting African-Americans Especially Hard. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• France COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 10,000; Millions Of Americans Filing For Unemployment Claims; Study Shows Pregnant Women Do Not Get More Severe Illness With Coronavirus. Aired 5:30-6a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Still in ICU; Austria's Small Shops to Reopen Mid-April; China Has Lifted Lockdown Restrictions in Wuhan; Spain's Death Toll Up, New Cases Down; Trump Threatens the World Health Organization; New York City Reports 800+ Deaths Tuesday; Virus Hitting African Americans Especially Hard; Middle East, Africa Working To Combat Virus; John Prine Succumbs to Coronavirus. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• U.S. Cases Top 424,000; Death Toll Surpasses 14,500; WH Task Force: Philadelphia, DC Expected to be New Hot Spots; WH Coronavirus Task Force Says Social Distancing is Working. 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
• President Trump Talks Withholding Funding From The U.N.'s Health Body; Tens Of Thousands Leave Wuhan City After Two Months Of Lockdown; The Latest On U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• U.S. Suffers Deadliest Day of Coronavirus Pandemic; Alarming Rate of African-Americans Killed & Infected by COVID-19. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Acting Navy Secretary Resigns; Poll Numbers on Virus Response; Loans Rollout Marred by Glitches; Aired 6:30-7a ET
• U.S Suffers Deadliest Day Of Coronavirus Pandemic; New Model Now Estimates 60,000 Deaths In U.S By August; Poll Shows 55 Percent Say Federal Government Doing Poor Job On Virus Response. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Study Suggests Coronavirus Outbreaks In All U.S. Counties; China Lifts 76-Day Lockdown On Wuhan Where Pandemic Began; Mother Remembers 27-Year-Old Daughter Who Died From Coronavirus. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Interview with Woman Who Lost Daughter to Coronavirus; New Lower Estimates of Deaths Due to Coronavirus Spread Released; Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) is Interviewed About the Coronavirus Pandemic. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Florida Residents Line up for Unemployment; Masks for the People Charity; Answers to Your Coronavirus Questions; MLB Arizona Plan. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Euro Group Talks Fail, France And Germany Hurtle Into Recession; U.S. Stocks Climb After Sanders Drops Of Presidential Race; W.H.O. On Trump Threat, "Don't Politicize This Virus." Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Awaiting Experts At Coronavirus Briefing; Fauci: 100,000 Deaths Not Inevitable; Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 14,000 In U.S.; Gov. Cuomo: Curve Flattening In New York Despite Highest Daily Death Toll; Birx: D.C., Baltimore & Philly Could Be New Hot Spots; CNN Poll: 55 Percent Say Government Has Done Poor Job Stopping Virus; African-Americans At Higher Risk For Coronavirus; New Preparations In Chicago As Deaths Surge; White House Model Revises U.S. Deaths By August From 80,000 Down To 60,000; More Than 400,000 Coronavirus Cases In U.S.; Navy Hospital Ship In N.Y. Now Taking Coronavirus Patients. Aired 5-6pET
• U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 14,000; White House Holds Coronavirus Task Force Briefing. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Scientists Around The World Work To Track Down The Origin Of COVID- 19; Field Trip To A Historic American Landmark; A Siphonophore Makes Waves