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Cuomo Prime Time
• Did Not Air 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Manhunt Underway For At Least Three Suspects In Florida Club Shooting, Two Killed And 21 Shot; Texas Democrats Stage Walkout To Block Voting Restriction Bill; Interview With Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava; Michael Flynn Appears To Suggest A Myanmar-Style Coup Should Happen In U.S.; How The Fight Against COVID Has Changed Since Last Memorial Day. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Dr. Becky Kennedy; Race and Guns; Democracy Under Attack in Belarus; Interview with Author Steven Johnson. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Biden Honors Fallen Heroes at Arlington National Cemetery; Texas Democrats Stage Walkout, Blocking Restrictive Voting Bill; Israel PM Netanyahu May Be Ousted As Rivals Try to Unseat Him; Manhunt Underway After Mass Shooting Outside Florida Club. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• First Mask-Less Holiday for Many Americans since Pandemic Began; White Mob Destroyed Black Wall Street 100 Years Ago Today; China to Allow Couples to Have Three Children. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• U.S. Sets Record For Air Travel During Pandemic; Texas Dems Stage Walkout, Block Restrictive Voting Bill; Biden's Week Shifts From Reflection To Negotiation; Reentry Anxiety; New York Mayoral Race Heating Up; Asian-Americans Patrolling Streets To Keep Their Elders Safe; "The Honor Project" Remembers Fallen Veterans, Volunteers Visit Arlington Grave Sites For Family, Friends That Can't Travel. Aired 4- 5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Did Not Air 10-11p ET
• Did Not Air 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Texas Democrats Block Voting Bill; Mass Shooting at Florida Club. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) is Interviewed about Investigating January 6th; Defense Chief Lloyd Austin on Overseeing End of War; China Allows Three Children. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Texas Democrats Stage Walkout, Blocking Restrictive Voting Bill; Biden Lays Wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; Florida Officials Give Update on Shooting that Killed Two, Injured 20-Plus. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Defense Secretary Speaks at Arlington National Cemetery; Biden Speaks at Arlington National Cemetery. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Naomi Osaka Fined $15,000 For Avoiding Media at French Open; Texas Democrats Stage Walkout, Blocking Restrictive Voting Bill For Now; Texas State Democrat Senator Rips GOP Bill 2020 Had "Next to no Fraud"; Police: Some in Crowd Fired Back at Shooters Outside Miami- Dade Club; Former FDA Chief: Lab Leaks Happen All the Time, Even in the U.S. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Biden Honors Fallen Heroes At Arlington National Cemetery; Defense Chief Lloyd Austin Overseeing End Of War He Fought; Companies Cut Ties With TN Hat Store Over Star Of David Badges. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Texas Democrats Stage Walkout, Blocking Restrictive Voting Bill for Now; Florida Police Searching for Three Who Opened Fire on Concert Crowd; White House Gives GOP One Week to Make Progress on Infrastructure. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Buttigieg: "Close to a Fish-Or-Cut-Bait Moment on Infrastructure; Record Travel as U.S. Celebrates 1st Maskless Holiday; CDC Eases Restrictions for Summer Camps; More Than Half of U.S. Has at Least One Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine; U.S. Surgeon General: We Must Address the Loneliness Epidemic; Israel P.M. Netanyahu Faces Ouster as Rivals Try Forming Unity Government. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Florida Mass Shooting; President Biden Honors Veterans on Memorial Day; Democrats Try to Block Texas Voting Restrictions; Unmasked Holiday. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Experts Warn Of Future Outbreaks If Virus Origins Remain Unknown; WHO: A Monumental Error To Think Danger Of COVID Has Passed; Israel P.M. Netanyahu Faces Ouster As Rivals Try Forming Unity Government; China Announces Three-Child Policy To Boost Population Growth; Vernon AME Church Memorial Remembers Black Wall Street Race Massacre; Naomi Osaka Withdraws From French Open. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Nashville Hat Store Facing Backlash For Anti-Vaccine Patch; President Biden Honors Veterans on Memorial Day; Unmasked Holiday; Naomi Osaka Withdraws From French Open. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Teacher Sues After Being Reassigned Over Black Lives Matter Support; Study Says 3 in 4 Americans Overestimates Ability to Spot Fake News; Biden Releases Proclamation to Mark Tulsa Race Massacred Centennial; Wilberforce University Wipes Out All Student Debt. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Afghanistan After America's Exit; North Korea Orphan Labor; Netanyahu's Rivals Working To Form Coalition To Oust Him As PM. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Israeli Opposition Moves to Sideline Netanyahu; Australian Athletes Headed to Tokyo; "Unthinkable" Tragedy as Remains of 215 Children Uncovered; North Korea: Orphans "Volunteer" to Work at Mines & Farms; Brazilian Demonstrators Demand President's Impeachment; U.S. Marks Memorial Day Weekend as COVID Numbers Drop; U.S. Pushes Forward with Withdrawal from Afghanistan; Boxing Helps Women in Gaza. Aired 1- 2a ET
• Texas Democrats Blocks Passage of Voting Bill; Netanyahu Could Lose as Rival Join Forces; U.S. Celebrates Memorial Day Weekend with Normalcy; WHO Investigates New Variant in Vietnam; Demonstrators in Brazil Wants Bolsonaro Impeached; Volcano Still Active in Democratic Republic of Congo a Week After Erupting; Australian Softballers Head To Japan For Olympics Games; North Korea: Orphans "Volunteer" to Work At Mines & Farms; Al-Qaeda Thrives In Afghanistan ahead of U.S. Pullout; President Biden Honors Fallen Service Members. Aired 2-3a ET
• Democrats Walked Out from House Floor; Sense of Normalcy Now Felt by Americans; U.S. Warship Failed Its Missile Test; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Fighting for His Leadership; Australian Softball Players Head to Japan for Olympic Games; Some EU Countries are Restricting U.K. Travel as Coronavirus Cases Rise; Demonstrators in Brazil Demand for President's Impeachment; Florida Police Hunt for Shooters After Banquet Hall Attack; An Unthinkable Discovery in a Former Residential School in Canada; Mount Nyiragongo Threat. Aired 3- 4a ET
• Restrictive Measure Fails to Pass After Democrats Walk Out; President Biden Honors Fallen Service Members; U.S. Marks Memorial Day Weekend as Covid Numbers Drop; Florida Police Hund for Shooters After Banquet Hall Attack; Netanyahu's Rivals Working to Form Coalition to Oust Him as Prime Minister; Australian Softballers Heat to Japan for Olympic Games; Some EU Countries Restricting U.K. Travel as Cases Rise; Brazilian Demonstrations Demand President's Impeachment. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• U.S. Ship Fails to Intercept Ballistic Missile in Test; North Korea: Orphans "Volunteer" to Work at Mines and Farms; Remains of 215 Children Found Near Former Indigenous School in Canada; New Aerial Images Show Volcano Spewing Gray Ash; Parts of U.S. Could See Winds, Hail and Tornadoes Today; Tennis Start Fined for Not Talking to Media at French Open; Helio Castroneves Wins Record-Tying Fourth Career Indy 500; Bikers Honor Veterans and Those Missing in Action. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• China Announces Three-Child Policy; D.R. Congo On Alert; Proposed Unity Government Seeks Oust Netanyahu. Aired 10-11a ET
• Proposed Unity Government Still Faces Many Hurdles; Irish Parliament Condemns Israeli's "De Facto Annexation"; CNN Aboard "Startotanker" as it Takes Part in NATO Flyover; Congolese Leaders on Alert for more Volcanic Eruptions; Democratic Republic of Congo on Alert for Another Volcanic Eruption; Proposed Unity Government Seeks to Oust Netanyahu. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Texas Democrats Block Passage Of Restrictive Voting Bill By Walking Out Of House Floor; Interview With Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA); Dems Plot Next Steps After Senate GOP Blocks Jan. 6 Commission; DOJ Indicts Four More People In Oath Keepers Conspiracy Case For Allegedly Taking Part In Jan 6 Insurrection; Former Trump Adviser Michael Flynn Appears To Suggest Myanmar-Style Coup "Should Happen" In U.S.; U.S. Sets Air Travel Record During Pandemic. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Texas Democrats Walk Out to Halt New Voting Restrictions; Americans Hit Airports And Beaches in Return to Pre-Pandemic Life; Hat Store Faces Backlash for Selling Nazi Jewish Stars. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Netanyahu Fighting To Stay In Power; House Democrats Plot Next Move After GOP Derails January 6 Probe; China Raising Limit On Families From Two Children To Three. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The O.E.C.D. Lifting its Forecast and Warning of Uneven Growth; Population Push in China as the Country Announces a Three-Child Policy to Boost the Birthrate; The First Team of Athletes are Heading to Tokyo for the Games. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• TX Democrats Stage Walkout, Blocking Restrictive Voting Bill; The First Vaccinated Holiday: 37M Americans Set To Travel; Manhunt For Gunmen At FL Concert, In Another Mass Shooting. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Viruses Escape From Labs; Florida Governor Won't Require Vaccines; Iconic Music Hall Reopens; Protests over Hat Store; Honoring Fallen Heroes; Fan Arrested at NBA Game. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Texas Democrats Stage Walkout, Blocking Restrictive Voting Bill; Manhunt for Gunmen at Florida Concert, in Another Mass Shooting; The First Vaccinated Holiday, 37 Million Americans Set to Travel. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• For Biden, White House Is A Monday Through Friday Kind of Place; Survivors Brace For Another Eruption In Apocalyptic Scenes; Defense Chief Lloyd Austin Overseeing End Of War He Fought. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Democrats in Texas State Legislature Walk Out to End Quorum and Stop Voting on Voting Reform Bill; Interview with Texas Democratic Caucus Chairman Chris Turner on Measures Taken to Stop Voting Reform Bill; Manhunt for Gunmen at Florida Concert in Another Mass Shooting; Texas Democrats Walkout, Blocking Restrictive Voting Bill; Putin and Belarus Leader Mingle on Yacht after Plane "Hijacking." Aired 8-8:30a ET
• China Allows 3 Children; Mystery Illness Strikes U.S. Personnel; Florida Bans Cruise Lines Requiring Vaccines; 100 Years Since Tulsa Race Massacre. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• E.U. Commission Calls For Lifting Of Travel Restrictions; China Eases Restrictions On Number Of Children; Bitcoin Bounces Back; Osaka Withdraws From French Open After Boycotting Press; Brazilian Demonstrators Demand President's Impeachment; Bitcoin Bounces Back After Sunday's Sharp Fall. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Restrictive Voting Bill In Texas Blocked; Air Travel Hits A Record In The U.S. During Pandemic; Cruise Lines Approved To Travel But Governor DeSantis Stands In The Way; New COVID Variant Detected In Vietnam; Interview With Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ); Former FDA Commissioner On COVID Origins: Lab Leaks Happen All The Time; Biden's Memorial Day Warning: Democracy Is In Peril. Aired 5-6p ET
• Biden Warns Democracy Itself Is In Peril While Honoring Fallen Service Members On Memorial Day; Democrats Try To Block Texas Voting Restrictions; Interview With Miami-Dade County, Florida, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava; Millions Of Americans Celebrate First Mask-Less Holiday In More Than A Year; Former National Security Adviser Flynn Tells QAnon Followers A Coup Like The One In Myanmar "Should Happen Here"; Israeli Opposition On The Verge Of Ousting PM Netanyahu After 12 Years In Power. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• End of a Political Era in Israel?; U.S.-Denmark Spying Allegations; Allied Aircraft Fly Over All 30 NATO Nations; Flags Fly At Half-Staff To Honor Children Found Buried Near Former Residential School In Canada; Report: China To Allow Couples To Have Three Children; Osaka Fines $15,000 For Avoiding Media At French Open. Aired 2-3p ET