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Cuomo Prime Time
• McConnell Denies GOP Is Trying To Suppress The Vote Based Upon "Race" With Restrictive Laws; NIH Director Calls For Investigation Into Lab Leak Theory; Bob Costas: Tokyo Olympics Should Be Pushed To 2022. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Interview With Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL); Pennsylvania State Lawmakers Tour Arizona "Fraudit;" Former Trump Advisers: The Former President Is More Obsessed Than Ever With The 2020 Election; Texas GOP State Lawmaker Says Wording In Voting Bill That Would Affect Black Churchgoers Was A Typo; Capitol Insurrection Emboldened QAnon Supporters; QAnon Researcher: We Are At The Beginning Of This, Not the End; Israeli Opposition Parties Strike Coalition Deal, Paving The Way For Netanyahu's Exit. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Replacing Benjamin Netanyahu; Support Grows For Naomi Osaka. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Biden Promises to "Fight Like Heck" Against GOP Voting Laws; White House: Russian Hackers Likely Attacked World's Largest Meat Supplier; Israeli Opposition Parties Face Midnight Deadline to Form Government. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Biden, GOP Senator to Meet Today as Infrastructure Deadline Looms; Restaurants Struggle to Fill Open Jobs as Demand Grows; Body Cam Video Captures Final Moments of San Jose Mass Shooting. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Set To Meet With Putin; Cyberattack Forces Some U.S. Meat Plants To Shut Down; Biden Declares June "Month Of Action" To Meet Vaccine Goal; Interview With U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy; Trump Allies Falsely Claim He Could Be Reinstated As President; Trucking Industry Struggling To Hire Drivers As Demand Increases. Aired 4-5p ET
• Biden Hosts GOP's Lead Negotiator For Infrastructure Talks; Bipartisan Group Urges Biden Administration To Protect Afghan Translators From Taliban During Troop Withdrawal; Interview With Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO); New Police Video Shows Shoot-Out Between 12, 14- Year-Old And Police; Seven E.U. Countries Start Issuing COVID "Certificates" For Travel; Biden Declares June "Month Of Action" To Meet Vaccine Goal; American Imprisoned In Russia Calls On Biden To Take "Decisive Action" On Detained U.S. Citizens. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Biden Says Two Democrats Voted Against Voter Right Bill; Sen. Sinema Says Filibuster Creates Bipartisanship; Donald Trump Believes He Could Be Reinstated; Officer Michael Fanone Gave His Take On Lawmakers' Votes; George P. Bush Welcomes Trump Support; Derek Chauvin To Serve 39 Years In Prison; Graduating Students Received A Surprise Gift. Aired 10-11p ET
• Trump Telling Allies He Expects To Be Reinstated By August; Hero Officer Fanone On GOP Calls To Move Past January 6; Biden And GOP Miles Apart On Infrastructure; Sinema Reiterates Support Of Filibuster; Law Enforcement Concerned Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theories Spread On Telegram App Could Incite More Violence; Twelve-Year-Old Boy And 14-Year-Old Girl Break Into Florida Home And Open Fires On Deputies; President Biden Launches National Month Of Action To Get More Americans Vaccinated By July 4th. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Ransomware Attack Launched Against World's Largest Meat Producer; Biden Taps Harris to Lead Voting Rights Effort; Pelosi Searches for New Ways to Investigate January 6th; Newly Released Body Cam Video of Railyard Shooting; Children Involved in Shootout with Police. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Biden Takes Swipe at Democratic Senators; Testing Mix-And-Match Vaccine Boosters; American Imprisoned in Russia Calls on Biden for Action. Aired 9:30-10a ET.
• Biden Taps Vice President Harris to Lead Effort on Voting Rights; Meat Producer JBS Says Vast Majority of Plants will be Operational Today after Ransomware Attack; Today, Biden Gives Update on COVID-19 Vaccinations, Meets with Top GOP Senator on Infrastructure Deal. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Today: Biden Meets With Top GOP Senator on Infrastructure Deal; Biden: GOP's Voting Laws "Unprecedented Assault on Democracy". Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Biden to Speak as Key Agenda Items Stall in Senate; String of Shootings Leaves Long List of Casualties; Biden to Issue Rallying Cry Ahead of July 4th Vaccine Deadline. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Soon, Biden to Issue Rallying Cry Ahead of July 4th Vaccine Deadline; Anti-Asian Attacks on Rise in the Age of Covid; "National Enquirer" Fined over Hush Money Payment; Biden Talks COVID Response as Cases Decline, Restrictions Ease. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY); American Democracy in Danger?; Cyberattack Forces U.S. Meat Plants to Shut Down; Trump Telling People He Will Be Reinstated as President?; President Biden Declares June Month of Action For COVID Shots. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) Discusses 17 House Democrats Urging Schumer To Hold "For The People Act" Vote & Pelosi Offering Options To Investigate January 6 Insurrection; Mayor Kathy Sheehan (D) Of Albany, NY Discusses Asking Federal Government For Help On Gun Violence; American Imprisoned In Russia Talks To CNN From Labor Camp; Results In From Kentucky Derby Winner's Second Drug Test. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Florida Governor Bans Transgender Females From Sports; President Biden Declares June Month of Action For COVID Shots; Trump Telling People He Will Be Reinstated as President?; Infrastructure Negotiations. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Florida Becomes 8th State to Enact Anti-Trans Sports Ban This Year; Still No Motive in Deadly Shooting at CA Fire Station; Kids 12- and 14-Years-Old Fire on Deputies; Clock Ticks for Israeli Opposition to Form a Government and Oust Prime Minister. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Politicians Face Midnight Deadlint To Forn New Govt; Peru More Than Double Its COVID-19 Death Toll; Growing Calls To Free U.S. Journalist Danny Fenster; U.S. Journalist Danny Fenster Detained Last Week; Belarusian Activist Stabs Own Throat During Court Hearing in Minsk; Hundreds of Thousands Leaving Hong Kong. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Midnight Deadline to Form New Israeli Government; Peru More Than Doubles COVID-19 Death Toll; Mental Health Expert Weighs in on Naomi Osaka's Plea; China Fighting Latest Outbreak in Country's South; Moderna Seeks Full FDA Approval for its COVID Vaccine; U.S. Air Travel Skyrockets over Memorial Day Weekend; U.S. and Allies Fly Over All NATO Nations in Show of Unity; Niger Seeks Weapons and Funding to Fight Militants; Brazil is New Host of COPA America 2021 Tournament. Aired 1-2a ET
• Looming Deadline To Form New Israel Government; Peru More Than Doubles Its COVID-19 Death Toll; Belarusian Opposition Activist Stabs Own Throat In Court; Politicians Face Midnight Deadline to Form New Government; Sri Lanka Warns Sinking Cargo Ship Could Spill Oil; Hong Kong Museum Commemorating Tiananmen Square Massacre Closed amid Licensing Probe. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Israel's Opposition Party Double Their Time to Form Coalition Government; Opposition is United to Bring Netanyahu Down; Asia Struggle to Contain Coronavirus; WHO Approves Sinovac Vaccine; Peru Breaks the Highest COVID Death Toll Per Capita; Journalists Targeted by Military in Myanmar; Belarusian Activist Stabbed Himself While on Trial; Show of Unity Seen in NATO Territories; Operation Allied Sky Over All NATO Nations; Variant Fears Jeopardize U.K. Reopening; Strain Suspected To Be Hybrid Of Variants Detected In U.K. And India; Tiananmen Square Museum Closed; Sri Lanka Warns Sinking Cargo Ship Could Spill Oil; Uproar Over Naomi Osaka's Withdrawal. Aired 3-4a ET
• Biden Memorializes Victims on 100th Anniversary; Biden: Efforts to Restricting Voting "Simply Un-American"; U.S.: Attack on Global Meat Producer Likely from Russia; Politicians in Israel Face Midnight Deadline to Form New Government; Experts Advise Against U.K. Reopening; The Possibilities of mRNA Vaccines Beyond Covid. Aired 4- 4:30a ET
• Growing Calls to Free U.S. Journalist Danny Fenster; Belarusian Opposition Activist Stabs Own Throat in Court; Sri Lanka Warns Sinking Cargo Ship Could Spill Oil; Las Vegas Reopens at 100 Percent Capacity; Sponsors, Tennis Stars Offer Support to Naomi Osaka. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Seven Countries Kick Off E.U. COVID-19 Travel Certificate Scheme; CNN Talks with American Imprisoned in Russia; U.S. Blames Russian Group for Cyberattack on Global Meat Producer; Deadline Approaches for Proposed New Israeli Government Coalition; Parents of Journalist Danny Fenster Plead for His Release; Burning Cargo Ship Hits Bottom of Sea off Sri Lanka; Interview with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod on Coronavirus Pandemic and Travel Certificate Scheme; Fallout from Naomi Osaka's French Open Decision. Aired 10-11a ET
• Biden and Putin Set to Talk in Geneva Amid New Tensions Over Belarus, Human Rights, Hackings; CNN Talks with American Imprisoned in Russia; U.S. Blames Russian Group for Cyberattack on Global Meat Producer; Report: Russia to Create 20 New Military Units; NATO Allies Hold Largest Exercise of the Year; NATO Chief Slams Russia & Belarus "Working Closely Together;" Russia Court Jails Another Kremlin Critic, Pending Trial; Human Rights, Belarus Expected to be High on Agenda When Biden and Putin Hold Summit this Month in Geneva; Belarusian Man Who Stabbed Himself in Court Back in Detention; Deadline Approaches for Proposed New Coalition; Incoming Mossad Chief: Iran Working Towards Nuclear Weapon; U.S. Senator Doubles Down on Support for Israel. Aired 11a-12p ET.


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Law Enforcement Concerned Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theories Spread On Telegram App Could Incite More Violence; NYT: Trump Telling Allies He Expects He Will Be Reinstated By August; Private Investigator Hired To Find, Serve Rep. Mo Brooks With Lawsuit Claiming He Incited Jan. 6 Insurrection; George P. Bush Announcing He Is Running For Texas Attorney General; Israel's Opposition Parties Strike Deal, Netanyahu Set To Exit; Top WHO Scientist Says Lab Leak Theory Is "On The Table". Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Biden Vows to "Fight Like Heck" Against GOP Voting Restrictions; Major Meat Supplier Recovering from Cyberattack; U.S. Making Progress in Battle Against Coronavirus; Tennis' Grand Slams Promise to Address Osaka's Concerns. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Abbott Vows To Defund Texas Legislature After Democrats Blocked Voting Bill; American Detained In Russia Speaks To CNN From Labor Camp; Deadline Day For Opposition To Form Unity Government And Oust Benjamin Netanyahu. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The White House Talks to Russia after the JBS Hack Attack; Amazon, the Tech Giant Ends Cannabis Testing after Revising Workplace Policy; Equinox's CEO Discusses the Future of Fitness. Aired 9-9:45a ET


Inside Politics
• 17-Year-Old Girl Fights Off Bear to Protect Her Dog; Soon: Biden Meets One-on-One with Top GOP Senator on Infrastructure; 100 Plus Scholars: "Our Entire Democracy is Now at Work"; McConnell on Dispelling Election Lies: "I Covered That" Already; CNN Projects Democrat Melanie Stansbury Wins New Mexico Special Election. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• CDC: Nearly 41 Percent Of U.S. Is Now Fully Vaccinated; Gloves Come Off In Dem Primary For NYC Mayor. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• NYT: Trump Telling People He'll Be Reinstated by August; Biden Taps VP Harris to Lead Effort on Voting Rights. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Chilling Video of Gunman Encounter Released; Socialite Charged in Officer's Death; Detained American Calls on Biden to Take Action; Intense Heat in West Expanding East; Man Who Shot Reagan Now Posting Love Songs Online. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Democracy at Risk, Voting, Insurrection Denial, Lies, Gridlock; Journalist Recounts What He Witnessed at QAnon Conference. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Journalist Recounts What He Witnessed at QAnon Conference; President Biden Meets Today With Top GOP Senator On Infrastructure Bill; Hacked Meat Producer JBS Expects To Be Back Online Today. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Reporting Indicates President Trump Saying He Expects to be Reinstated as President by August, 2021; Republican Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes Interviewed on Controversial Texas Voting Bill; Ex-Defense Chief Responds to Flynn's Apparent Coup Suggestion. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Products Flying off Shelves in Reopening; Long-distance Driving Jobs in Short Supply; Teen Pushes Bear off Wall; Seattle Man Arrested on Terrorism Charges. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Europe's Vaccine Passport Program Gets Started; Carnival Gets CDC Approval To Restart Cruises; Robbery To Ransomware; Deadline Approaches For Proposed New Israeli Government Coalition; Fallout From Naomi Osaka's French Open Decision. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); Trump Telling People He Will Be Reinstated As President?; Benjamin Netanyahu On The Verge Of Being Ousted?; U.S. Grapples With Surging Gun Violence As Experts Warn Of Bloody Summer; Cyber Attack Devastates Major U.S. Meat Company; Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Biden Announces "Month Of Action" In June To Reach Goal Of 70 Percent Of U.S. Adults Vaccinated By July 4. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• World Health Organization: Global COVID Cases Decline for Fifth Straight Week; EU Rolls Out Digital COVID Certificates for Travel; Massive Fire Engulfs a Refinery South of Tehran; Deadline Approaches for Proposed New Israeli Government Coalition; Parents of Journalist Danny Fenster Plead for His Release; Twelve New Cases Reported in Guangzhou COVID-19 Cluster; Canadian Socialite Charged in Belize Officer's Death; Burning Cargo Ship Hits Bottom of Sea off Sri Lanka. Aired 2-3p ET