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CNN Transcripts for April 17, 2021

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CNN Newsroom
• U.K. Mourns As Prince Philip Laid To Rest; More Than Three Million People Have Died Of COVID-19 Worldwide; Sixth Night Of Protests Over Killing Of Daunte Wright; Officials Say J&J Pause Proves Safety System Works; Four Members Of Sikh Community Killed In Indianapolis Shooting; National Fight Moves To Texas Over New Legislation. Aired 12-1p ET
• At Least 100 Arrested On Sixth Night Of Protests Near Minneapolis; Indianapolis Mass Shooting Victims Range In Age From 19 To 74; U.K. Mourns As Prince Philip Is Laid To Rest; CDC Vaccine Advisers To Meet Again Next Week To Reevaluate J&J Vaccine Pause; CDC: 200 Million Vaccine Doses Administered In U.S.; Pfizer CEO Says Third Vaccine Dose Likely Needed Within Six To 12 Months. Aired 1-2p ET
• Protesters Take To Streets Across U.S. After Police Killings Of People Of Color In Minnesota And Chicago; Derek Chauvin Will Not Testify In His Murder Trial; Public Funeral Service For Prince Philip; Coronavirus Cases Continue Rising In Michigan; Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Distribution Paused; White House Reverses Course And Announces Planned Increase In Refugee Cap; President Biden Announces Withdrawal of All U.S. Troops From Afghanistan by September 11th, 2021. Aired 2- 3p ET
• Minnesota National Guard On Alert Amid Tensions Over Police Shooting Of Daunte Wright, Looming Chauvin Trial Verdict; Family Attorney Calls Adam Toledo's Death "An Assassination"; Sources: Authorities Were Warned About FedEx Suspect's Potential For Violence In The Past; U.K.'s Prince Phillip Laid To Rest At Windsor Castle; CDC: 200 Million Vaccine Doses Administered In U.S.; Researchers Test Pfizer Vaccine On Kids As Young As 2. Aired 3-4p ET
• U.S. Reels From String Of Deadly Police Encounters, Gun Violence; Interview With Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA); Britain's Prince Philip, The Duke Of Edinburgh Laid To Rest Today; Biden Administration Says Russian Intel Got Trump Campaign Data In 2016; Press Secretary For Alexei Navalny Says He's Close To Death; Nation On Edge: Civil Unrest, Police Violence & Mass Shootings. Aired 4-5p ET
• Nation On Edge: Civil Unrest, Police Violence & Mass Shootings; Interview With Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY); Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Scraps Launch Of Controversial "America First"; COVID-19 Surge Strains Michigan's Health System; Family Of Suspect In Indianapolis Mass Shooting Releases Statement; Cuba's Raul Castro Steps Down As Communist Party Chief; Prince Philip Laid To Rest At Windsor Castle. Aired 5-6p ET
• One Person Killed, Another Wounded In Omaha Mall Shooting; Indianapolis Shooting Victims Range From Age 19 To 74; Interview With Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI); Closing Arguments And Jury Deliberations Start Monday; Queen Elizabeth Says Goodbye To Prince Philip At Intimate Funeral; Princes William And Harry Walk Together After Funeral; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Scraps Launch Of Controversial "America First" Caucus Amid Blowback From GOP. Aired 6-7p ET
• One Person Dead After Mall Shooting In Nebraska; Vigil For Eight Killed In Mass Shooting At Indianapolis FedEx Site; Hospitals Nearing Capacity As Variant Surge Hits Michigan; New Information From Treasury Department Seems To Back Up Russian Interference In 2016 Election; American Cities Reeling From Deadly Gun Violence; Vaccine Resistance Among Evangelicals. Aired 7-8p ET
• American Cities Reeling From Deadly Gun Violence; Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) Is Interviewed About Gun Violence; Teen Survives COVID- 19 After A Blood Cleaning Therapy; Biden Announces Troops Will Leave Afghanistan By September 11; Vaccine Hesitancy Among Evangelicals; How U.S. Gun Control Measures Compare To Other Parts Of The World. Aired 8-9p ET
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• Duke of Edinburgh's Funeral Today; End of the Castro Era; Countries Close Borders with Brazil. Aired 12-12:15a ET
• Duke of Edinburgh's Funeral Today; Russia Sanctions American Officials; Gunman Who Killed Eight at FedEx Site Identified as Former Employee; Biden Holds News Conference with Japanese PM; End of the Castro Era; Ousted Myanmar Civilian Leaders to Form Underground Government; Afghans Who Helped Americans Wait for Visas. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Duke of Edinburgh's Funeral Today; Biden Holds News Conference with Japanese PM; Russia Sanctions American Officials; Protests over Police Shootings; WHO: Situation in Europe "Serious" despite Vaccinations; Matthew McConaughey Talks Politics in Sports. Aired 3- 3:30a ET
• Gunman Who Killed Eight at FedEx Site Identified as Former Employee; Protests over Police Shootings; Duke of Edinburgh's Funeral Today; Biden: Mass Shootings "A National Embarrassment"; Ousted Myanmar Civilian Leaders to Form Underground Government; Biden Holds News Conference with Japanese PM; End of the Castro Era. Aired 4-5a ET
• Biden: Mass Shootings "A National Embarrassment"; Gunman Who Killed Eight at FedEx Site Identified as Former Employee; Protests over Police Shootings; Johns Hopkins University: COVID-19 Deaths Pass 3 Million; Duke of Edinburgh's Funeral Today; WHO: Situation in Europe "Serious" despite Vaccinations; Russia Sanctions American Officials; Biden Holds News Conference with Japanese PM. Aired 5-6a ET


New Day Saturday
• U.S. Reels From String of Mass Shootings, Deadly Police Encounters; Protests in Chicago Over Fatal Police Shooting of 13-Year- Old; Police Across the U.S. Prepare for Potential Unrest Anticipating Jury Verdict in Chauvin's Murder Trial; White House Backtracks on Refugees Decision After Criticism; Prince Philip's Funeral to Take Place Today. Aired 6-7a ET
• U.S. Reels From String Of Mass Shootings, Deadly Police Encounters; Indianapolis Mass Shooting Victim's Range In Age From 19 To 74; Michigan Battles COVID Surge, Hospitals Near Capacity; U.S. Plans To Withdraw From Afghanistan By September 11th; Interview With Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA); Sixty Years Later, Remembering The Failed Bay Of Pigs Invasion; Duke Of Edinburgh's Funeral To Take Place In Coming Hours. Aired 7-8a ET
• Did Not Air 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• The Royal Funeral of Prince Philip; Soon: The Funeral of Prince Philip; Funeral Service to Open with National Moment of Silence; Soon: The Queen Appears for Funeral of Husband Prince Philip; Royal Family Arriving for Funeral of Prince Philip. Aired 9-10a ET
• Public Funeral Service is Held for Prince Philip of United Kingdom; Number at Gathering for Funeral Service for Prince Philip Limited by COVID-19 Restrictions; Queen Elizabeth II Captured on Camera Mourning Alone for Late Husband Prince Philip. Aired 10-11a ET
• Prince Philip Laid To Rest After Decades Of Service To The Crown. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Prince Philip Laid to Rest at St. George's Chapel; Prince William and Prince Harry Walk Together After Ceremony; Prince Philip, Queen's Husband of 73 Years, is Laid to Rest; Royal Family Gathers to Say Goodbye to Prince Philip; United Kingdom Honors the Life of Prince Philip; Scotland Remembers Prince Philip. Aired 12-1p ET


Smerconish
• Read Before Signing; Will 2nd Amendment Culture Ever Change; J&J Vaccine Risk Prompts Change, Deadly FedEx Shooting Won't; How Prince's Passing Could Impact the Monarchy's Future; Ret. U.S. Navy Four-Star Admiral On "The Hero Code"; Results of Smerconish.com Survey. Aired 8-9a ET