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Cuomo Prime Time
• Lawyer for Indicted Gaetz Associate: "I'm Sure Matt Gaetz Is Not Feeling Very Comfortable Today"; Pulmonology Expert: Floyd Died "From A Low Level Of Oxygen"; Biden Takes Executive Action, Urges Congress To Act On Gun Control. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• At Least One Killed, Several Wounded in Texas Shooting; Doctor Says Lack of Oxygen Killed George Floyd, Not Drugs; Interview with Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA); President Biden Takes Executive Actions on Guns but Says "We've Got A Long Way To Go"; Sen. Joe Manchin Discusses His Role As Power Broker; Attorneys: Associate Of GOP Congressman Likely To Strike Plea Deal; "The People V. The Klan" Debuts Sunday at 9:00 p.m. ET. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• The Trial Of Derek Chauvin For The Murder Of George Floyd; Director And Playwright Talks About The "One Night in Miami" Film. Aired 6-7p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Pulmonology Expert: Floyd Died "From A Low Level of Oxygen"; Biden Takes "Initial" Steps on Guns, Calls on Congress for More; Brutal Military Crackdown in Myanmar Continues, At Least 570 People Killed. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Brutal Military Crackdown in Myanmar Continues, At Least 570 People Killed; CDC: Children's Sports Likely Spreading COVID-19; Aide Tells Times Union New York Governor Cuomo Groped Her at Governor's Mansion. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Matt Gaetz Under Federal Investigation; Some GOP Calling for Matt Gaetz's Resignation; Sen. Joe Manchin Wants to End Division in Both Parties; Floyd Family Satisfied with Experts' Testimonies; Experts Say Drugs Has Nothing to do With George Floyd's Death; Daily Beast Found Gaetz's Pandora's Box; John Boehner Slams His Own Party. Aired 10-11p ET
• Medical Expert Testifies George Floyd Died from Lack Of Oxygen, Not Health Condition or Drug Use; Charges Dropped Against Georgia Lawmaker; Don Lemon Interviewed Rep. Park Cannon (D-GA); Associate of GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz May Strike a Plea Deal in Federal Sex Trafficking Investigation; President Biden Unveils Executive Actions to Address Epidemic and Embarrassment of Gun Violence; Derek Chauvin Trial for the Death of George Floyd; Don Lemon Interviewed CNN's Brooke Baldwin About Her New Book. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Prosecution to Call More Witnesses in Chauvin's Trial; Lawyers Argue Over George Floyd's Words on Drug Use; Kentucky Governor Signs New Bipartisan Law Expanding Voting Access; Biden to Announce Initial Set of Executive Actions on Gun Control; At Least 5 People Dead in Mass Shooting in South Carolina; Senator Joe Manchin Says He'd Never Vote to End Filibuster; Dr. Fauci Concerned Over Lack of Continued Significant Decrease in Coronavirus Cases. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Biden to Announce Gun Control; Kentucky Expands Voting Access; Debate over Vaccine Passports; Biden Pushes Infrastructure. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Soon, Trial Resumes for Ex-Cop Charged in George Floyd's Death; Biden to Announce Initial Set of Executive Actions on Gun Control; CDC Warns U.K. Variant Now Dominant Strain in U.S. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Live Coverage of Derek Chauvin Trial; Pulmonologist Martin Tobin is Questioned by the Prosecution; Composite Animation And Video Stills Presented in Trial. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Prosecution Questions Pulmonology Expert in Chauvin Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Biden Unveils Executive Actions on Guns Control; Ninth Day of Testimony in Derek Chauvin Murder Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Pulmonology Expert Says, Floyd Died from a Low Level of Oxygen; Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) Associate Likely to Strike Cooperation Deal with Government. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Fauci: Daily COVID Cases Have Plateaued at "Disturbingly High Level"; Some "Long-Hauler" COVID Patients See Symptoms Improve after Vaccination; AstraZeneca Vaccines Faces Further Setbacks in U.K. & E.U.; Gaetz Associate Likely to Strike Plea Deal with Government; Biden Signs Executive Orders on Gun Control; Manchin's Growing Power in Senate Could Impact Biden Agenda. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Biden Announces Gun Reform Executive Actions; Matt Gaetz Associate Likely to Strike Plea Deal; Pulmonologist Testifies in Chauvin Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Doctor: "Highly Misleading" to Think Someone Can Breathe if They're Talking; Defense Cross-Examines Pulmonologist in Chauvin Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Matt Gaetz Associate Likely to Strike Plea Deal; Pulmonologist Testifies in Chauvin Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Prosecution Questions Forensic Toxicologist in Chauvin Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• COVID-19 Most Worrisome in South America; Regulators Say AstraZeneca Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Risks; White House "Disturbed" by Reports of Navalny's Worsening Health; Taiwan: Would Fight to End Against China; First-Hand Look of Restoration at Notre Dame Cathedral; Former Florida Tax Collector at Center of GOP Congressman's Legal Troubles; Florida Governor Bans Businesses from Requiring 'Vaccine Passports'; Biden to Announce New Executive Actions on Guns. Aired 12- 12:45a ET
• Regulators: AstraZeneca Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Risks; Asia- Pacific Region Hurt By Slow Vaccine Rollout; COVID-19 Makes Iraq's Drug Epidemic Worse; Use of Force Expert: Chauvin Used "Deadly Force" on Floyd; Jordan's King Breaks Silence after Royal Family Fallout; U.A.E.'s Nuclear Power Plant Begins Commercial Operations; First-Hand Look at Cathedral Restoration. Aired 1-2a ET
• Regulators Say AstraZeneca Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Risks; COVID-19 Fatigue, Variants Challenge Asia Pacific; U.K. Variant Now Dominant in the U.S.; Myanmar Crisis; Tension between Iran and Israel after Ships Attacked; White House "Disturbed" by Reports of Navalny's Worsening Health; Video Sparks Debate about George Floyd's Drug Use, IMF Suggests Some Nations Consider "Solidarity" Taxes. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Link to AstraZeneca Blood Clots Now Confirmed; Health Experts Wants to Erase Doubts on AstraZeneca; Brazil's Healthcare System on the Brink of Collapse; Foreign Aid to Palestinian Group Reinstated; Chauvin's Defense Blame's George Floyd's Death to Drugs; WHO Calls For Action To Address Global Vaccine Inequity; Pandemic Appears To Be Widening Global Health Care Gap; Jordan's King Breaks Silence About Royal Family Fallout; Iraq's War On Crystal Meth; Israel Remembering Six Million Lost; UAE's Nuclear Power Plant Begins Commercial Operations; Meeting Mishap In Turkey. Aired 3-4a ET
• Chauvin Investigator Changes Mind on Witness Stand; U.K. Regulator: AstraZeneca Stumble Could Cause More Vaccine Hesitancy; Biden to Announce Executive Actions on Gun Control; Boehner Says Trump Incited "Bloody Insurrection"; Sources: Rep. Matt Gaetz Sought Preemptive Pardon. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• U.S. Restores Support to U.N. Palestinian Agency; Jordan's King Breaks Silence About Royal Family Fallout; Florida Governor Signs Executive Order Banning Vaccine Passports; Asia-Pacific Region Hurt by Slow Vaccine Rollout; IMF Suggests Some Nations Consider "Solidarity Taxes". Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Myanmar's Military Junta Locks Ambassador out of London Embassy; Germany to Contact Russia about Buying Sputnik Vaccine; Biden Reverses Trump, Resumes Aid to Palestinians; Regulators Say AstraZeneca Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Risks; Jordan's King Says Sedition "Nipped in the Bud". Aired 8-9a ET
• Steven Riley: With Reopenings, We Would Expect Infections To Rise; Study Shows UK's Vaccination Program Is Working; Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil Won't Cry Over Spilled Milk; Rising Cases Fuel Pandemic Fatigue Across Parts Of Asia; IMF Suggests "Solidarity Tax" To Help Recovery. Aired 10a- 10:20a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• At Least 1 Person Killed in Texas Workplace Shooting; Several in Critical Condition; Trooper Also Shot; At Least 1 Person Killed, Several Injured in Texas Shooting; TX Gov: "Biden is Threatening our Second Amendment Right"; Pulmonologist: Floyd Died from "Low Level of Oxygen"; Rejects Defense Theories Death Due to Drugs, Pre-Existing Condition; Attorney: Gaetz Associate Likely to Strike Plea Deal; CNN in Myanmar as Military Wages War On Its People. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Biden to Announce Executive Actions Against Gun Violence; U.K. Variant Now the Dominant Strain in U.S.; Leader Investigator's About- Face on What George Floyd Said; New Warnings Raise Concern About AstraZeneca Vaccine; CNN Goes Inside Restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Biden To Announce Executive Actions Against Gun Violence; Lead Investigators About-Face On What George Floyd Said; Biden Administration Reviewing Files For More Child Separation Cases. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The U.K. Tries to Boost Confidence in AstraZeneca Vaccine after Clot Concerns; Brazil's President Defies Calls for a Lockdown Despite the Rising Death Toll; Plans for a Global Minimum Tax Rate Gathering Pace. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Joe Biden: Nothing I'm Proposing Violates Second Amendment; Joe Biden: Gun Violence "Is an Epidemic for God's Sake, It Has to Stop"; Joe Biden: Gun Manufacturers Should Lose Their Immunity from Lawsuits; Biden Announces Executive Actions on Gun Control. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Biden Announces Executive Actions on Guns, ATF Nominee; Biden: Modifications to Make Guns More Lethal Should be More Regulated. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Sen. Manchin Says He Opposes Reconciliation, Backs Filibuster; CDC Director: U.K. Variant Now Dominant Strain in U.S.; Prosecution to Call More Witnesses in Chauvin Trial. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Events in the Chauvin Trial; Biden Pushes Infrastructure; Relief for COVID-19 Long Haulers; Masters Tees off in Augusta. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) Delivers Major Blow to Biden Agenda, Says He Opposes Reconciliation, Backs Filibuster; CDC Warns U.K. Variant Now Dominant Strain in the U.S.; Soon, Prosecution to Call more Witnesses in Chauvin Trial. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Lawyers Argue Over George Floyd's Words On Drug Use; CNN: Taliban Twice Targeted One Of The Most Heavily Guarded Bases In Afghanistan, U.S. Military Personnel Came Under Fire; Vaccine Passports Become Politically Complicated. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Democratic Senator Joe Manchin Writes Op-Ed Indicating He Wants Republican Senators Involved in Negotiating Bipartisan Infrastructure Spending Bill; Coronavirus Cases and Hospital Rising Recently in States Across U.S.; Sen. Joe Manchin Delivers Major Blow to Biden Agenda, Says He Opposes Reconciliation, Backs Filibuster. Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• Chauvin Murder Trial Testimony; Professionals Dread Returning to Office; Tishaura Jones is Interviewed about Becoming St. Louis' Mayor. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Did Not Air.


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN International: Notre Dame Restoration; President Biden Announces Gun Reform Executive Actions; Interview With World Bank President David Malpass; COVID Crisis in Brazil. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Global Response After E.U. Agency Finds AstraZeneca Vaccine Can Cause Rare Blood Clots; Myanmar's U.S. Ambassador Locked Out Of Embassy; Biden Targets Gun Violence "Epidemic" With Exec. Orders. Aired 1:30-2p ET.


The Situation Room
• Expert: Lack of Oxygen Killed Floyd, not Drugs or Bad Health, Says Chauvin Kept Knee on 3 Plus Minutes After Last Breath; Multiple Victims Found after Shooting in Texas; Suspect at Large; Dem. Senator Joe Manchin talks to CNN about Role as Power Broker During Biden Presidency; Gaetz Associate to Strike Plea Deal; Dr. Gupta on the Vaccines and Coronavirus Variants. Aired 5-6p ET
• Mass Shooting in Texas; Trouble for Congressman Matt Gaetz; Testimony Continues in Derek Chauvin Trial; Biden Defends Definition on Infrastructure in $2 Trillion Plan against GOP Attacks; Former GOP House Speaker Boehner Blasts Trump, Political Rivals in Bombshell New Book. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Personal Info From Facebook Accounts Appear On Hacker Web site; Non- Fungible Tokens Change Digital Art World; Bees Swarm Shoppers Car. Aired 4- 4:10a ET