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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• 7 Jurors Seated In Historic Trump NY Hush Money Criminal Trial; Including Two Lawyers, A Nurse, IT Consultant And Teacher; NY Times Poll: 58% Of Registered Voters Call Charges Serious; WH: U.S. To Impose New Sanctions On Iran In Coming Days; Heated Debate Inside Israeli War Cabinet Over When, How To Respond To Iran Attacks Delaying Ground Offensive In Rafah; Defiant Speaker Mike Johnson Says "I Am Not Resigning"; Court Doc: Den. Menendez May Blame Wife In Bribery Trial. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper; Interview With Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani; Interview With Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris; Interview With "Before It's Gone" Author Jonathan Vigliotti. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Judge: "I Will Not Have Any Jurors Intimidated"; Six Jurors Seated In Trump Trial; Speaker Johnson: "I Am Not Resigning"; USC Cancels Muslim Valedictorian Speech Citing Safety Concerns; Middle East On Edge As Israel Weighs Response To Iran Attack. Aired 4-5p ET
• Six Jurors Seated In Trump Trial; Klain: Biden's Focused Too Much On Bridges; House GOP Delivers Articles Of Impeachment To Senate For Trial Of DHS Secy. Mayorkas; Obstruction Charges Against Trump And Hundreds Of Jan. 6 Rioters Are At Stake As Supreme Court Questions Use Of Law; Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Is Interviewed About Seven Jurors Seated In Trump Trial; Bill Weir On His Open Letter To His Kids. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Seven Jurors Seated So Far In Trump Trial, Dozens Others Dismissed; How Fox Pushed Trump's Lie About Son's Graduation; Is Supreme Court On Verge Of Letting 1/6 Rioters Off Hook; USC Valedictory Speech Cancelled; Another Republican House Member Says Johnson Must Go; Bob Graham Passes At 87; CDC Says America Has Birth Crisis. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Soon, Trump Heads Back to Court for Day 2 of Hush Money Trial; Now, Israel's War Cabinet Meets for Fifth Time on Response to Iran; Charges Against Trump, Rioters at Stake as Supreme Court Hearse Case. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Pres. Biden Heads To Scranton, PA To Draw Economic Contrast With Trump; WSJ: DOJ Preparing To File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Live Nation; Paris 2024 Torch Lit In Olympia, Greece, 3,100-Mile Relay Underway. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Israeli War Cabinet Meeting About Iranian Attack; "Rust" Armorer To Be Sentenced In Mexico; Senior Official: US Was Told Israeli Response Will Be Limited In Scope; Book Bans On The Rise In US Public School Libraries. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Seeks Delay in Federal Election Subversion Case; Dems Needed for Johnson's Aid Plan; Backlash Against Johnson; Clark Picked by Indiana Fever; Biden Closing Gap; Mitch Landrieu is Interviewed about the Biden Campaign. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Arrives At Court For Day 2 Of Hush Money Trial; Sr. Official: U.S. Was Told Israeli Response Will Be "Limited In Scope"; Trump Again Slams Judge Ahead Of Hush Money Trial Day 2. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump Arrives In Court For Day Two; Tim Heaphy Is Interviewed About The January 6th Case; Killing Of Two Women In Oklahoma; Trump Bashes Judge Over Gag Order; DOJ To File Suit Against Live Nation. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Day 2 Of Jury Selection In Trump Hush Money Trial; Sources: U.S. Expects Limited Israel Military Response To Iran; Israeli War Cabinet Holds 5th Meeting On Response To Iran Attack; Massie To Co- Sponsor Effort To Oust Speaker Johnson. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Day 2 Of Jury Selection In Trump Hush Money Trial; Supreme Court Hears Pivotal Jan 6 Case On Obstruction Charges; Clarence Thomas Attends Arguments After Absence Monday; USC Bars Valedictorian From Giving Graduation Address, Citing "Safety" Concerns. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump's Historic Trial; Biden Campaigns In Pennsylvania; Israel's Anticipated Response To Iran; Effort To Oust House Speaker Mike Johnson; Secretary Mayorkas' Impeachment Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Sources: U.S. Expects Limited Israeli Military Response To Iran; House Delivers Mayorkas Impeachment Articles To Senate; Trump's Attorneys Seeking To Have First Juror Dismissed For Cause; Judge Says Trump Gesturing At Potential Juror During Questions. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Potential Juror Dismissed Over Post Calling For Trump To Be Locked Up; Biden Hits Trail In Pennsylvania To Pitch Economic Message; Sources: U.S. Expects Limited Israel Military Response To Iran. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Six Jurors Seated In Trump Hush Money Trial; More Investigations Into The Baltimore Bridge Collapse; Mike Johnson Defiant Amid Calls For Him To Resign As Speaker. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Israel's Divided Response to Iranian Attack; Trump's Legal Challenges in New York Trial; Economic Updates: China's First Quarter GDP Exceeds Expectations; Modi Seeking Unprecedented Third Term; Pro- Gaza Protest Ties Up Traffic on Golden Gate Bridge. Aired 12-1a ET
• Israel Official: War Cabinet Determined To Respond To Iran; Jury Selection In Hush Money Trial Resumes In Coming Hours; Police: Attack On Bishop During Sermon A "Terrorist" Act. Aired 1-2a ET
• United States Urges Caution As Israel Weighs Response To Iran; Israeli Official: War Cabinet Determined To Respond To Iran; Hunt On For Jurors: 50+ Prospects Dismissed On Day One; Republican Hardliners Warn Johnson Against Ukraine Aid; India Heads to Polls This Week; France Preps for the Olympic Torch Lighting Ceremony in Greece. Aired 2-3a ET
• Israel Vows to Retaliate Against Iran; Potential Jurors in Trump's Hush Money Trial Did Not Show Up in Court; Second Sydney Stabbing Attack Caught on Live Stream of a Church Service; Elections in India a Test for Narendra Modi's Term Extension; German and Chinese Leaders Met in Beijing for the Former's Official Visit; Caitlin Clark Drafted First Overall Pick for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA. Aired 3- 4a ET
• CNN International: Israel Vows to Respond to Iran Assault; World Leaders Urge Restraint After Iran's Attack; Pro-Palestinian Protests in Multiple U.S. Cities; Jury Selection in Trump's Hush Money Trial; Republican Hardliners Warn Johnson Against Ukraine Aid. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Sydney Church Stabbing; India, World's Largest Democracy Heads to Polls this Week; Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange Building Goes Up in Flames; Olympic Torch Lighting Ceremony Underway in Greece; Caitlin Clark Selected as Number One Draft Pick by Indiana Fever. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Israel Vows Response to Iran's Attack; Trump in Court for Day Two of Jury Selection; Olympic Flame Begins Its Journey to Paris; Process of Finding 12 Jurors and 6 Alternates in Trump's Hush Money Case Expected to Take Up to Two Weeks; Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments Next Week Over Presidential Immunity; Sydney Police Say Knife Attack in a Church Was a Terrorist Act; China's GDP Growth Quickens to 5.3 percent in Q1 2024; Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange Building Goes Up in Flames. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Israeli War Cabinet Meets Again, Govt. Vows Response To Iran; EU Foreign Ministers Discuss Rising Tension In Middle East; Trump Slams Judge Ahead Of Hush Money Case. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Now, Jury Selection Underway on Day 2 of Trump Hush Money Trial; Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Whether Federal Government Improperly Used Obstruction Law Against Jan. 6 Rioters; Justice Clarence Thomas Back in Court After Unexplained Absence. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Day 2 of Trump Hush Money Trial Now Underway with Jury Selection; Increasing Effort to Remove House Speaker Mike Johnson; "Not Resigning", Absurd Notion to Bring a Vacate Motion, Says Speaker Johnson; Arguments on Federal Government's Alleged Inappropriate Use of Obstruction Statute Against January 6 Rioters Heard by the Supreme Court. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Supreme Court Hears January 6 Case; House Speaker Under Threat?; Jury Selection Continues in Trump Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• CNN Talks To Potential Juror Dismissed From Trump's Hush Money Trial; Israeli War Cabinet Met For Fifth Time On Iran Response; Israel Weighing Response To Iran Attack. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• CNN International: Now: Prosecutors, Defense Have Chance To Strike Potential Jurors; Biden Hits Trail In Pennsylvania To Pitch Economic Message; Israeli War Cabinet Meets Again, Government Vows Response To Iran; Six Jurors Have Been Selected In Trump Hush Money Trial; Speaker Johnson: Foreign Aid Will Be Considered In Four Separate Bills; WSJ: DOJ Preparing To File Antitrust Suit Against Live Nation. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Israel's War Cabinet Planning Response to Iran Attack; Now: Olympic Flame-Lighting Ceremony in Greece; Soon: Day 2 of Jury Selection In Trump's Hush Money Trial. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Today: Day Two Of Jury Selection In Trump's Hush Money Trial; Johnson: House To Vote On Separate Aid Bills For Ukraine And Israel; Today: Israel's War Cabinet To Meet To Discuss Iran Response. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Day 2 of Jury Selection Begins Today in Trump Hush-Money Trial; SCOTUS Considers if 1/6 Rioters Can Be Charged with Obstruction; Israel's War Cabinet Vows Response to Iran's Attack. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Fifty Jurors Excused Monday; Biden to Campaign in Pennsylvania; Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) is Interviewed about Israel and Ukraine Aid; DOJ Preparing Anti-trust Lawsuit Against Live Nation. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• U.S. Urges Restraint as Israel Weighs Response to Iran; Day 2 of Jury Selection in Historic "Hush Money" Case; Prime Minister Narendra Modi Seeking a Third Term; Trump Continues Bashing Judge over Gag Order; Olympic Torch Lit in Ancient Ceremony. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Egypt Urged Restraint in Calls with Israel and Iran; Egypt Says Talks Are Ongoing; Egyptian Foreign Minister Says Israeli Military Action in Rafah Should Be Avoided; Jury Selection Resumes in Trump Hush Money Trial; Interview with Rafael Grossi, IAEA Chief, on Iran's Nuclear Facilities, Zaporizhzhya in Ukraine; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Seeking Third Term. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Trial Suddenly Accelerates, 7 Jurors Now Seated; Biden Tries To Capitalize On Stark Split Screen, Pushes His Wins, Mocks Trump In Pennsylvania As Trump Is Stuck In Criminal Court; U.S. Plans New Iran Sanctions, Israel Weighs Strike Inside Iran. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Trump's Hush Money Trial; First Seven Jurors In Trump's Hush Money Trial; Israel Debates For A Response To Iran's Attack; Israel's Response "Limited In Scope"; China's GDP Jump; Beijing's Encouraging Q1 GDP Data; Dubai Downpour; A Years' Worth Of Rain In Dubai; U.S. House Speaker Will Not Resign; India's Historic Election; U.K. Takes Aim On Sexually Explicit Deepfakes; New Era Begins For Caitlin Clark; Caitlin Clark Number One Draft Pick; Spanish Soccer Shocker; Barcelona And Atletico Madrid Both Of The UEFA; Leveling The Playing Field. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
• Now: Prosecutors, Trump Lawyers Questioning 18 Potential Jurors; Jury Selection Underway On Day 2 Of Trump Hush Money Trial; Trump Attacks Judge, Complains About Not Being On Campaign Trail; Biden Hits The Trail While Trump Sits In Court. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Day 2 Of Jury Selection In Trump Hush Money Trial; Rep. Massie Joins Effort To Oust Speaker Johnson; Defiant Speaker Johnson: "I Am Not Resigning"; Supreme Court Hears Pivotal Jan. 6 Case On Obstruction Charges; Supreme Court Could Upend Jan. 6 Obstruction Charges, Sentences. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Trump Returns To Court For Hush Money Trial; Israel Weighs Response On Iran Attack; U.S. House To Send Mayorkas Impeachment Articles To Senate; Trump Criticizes Hush Money Case Judge; 2nd Day Of Historic Hush Money Case Selection Of Jurors; Mayorkas' Impeachment Articles Sent To Senate By U.S. House; Schumer Anticipated Acting Swiftly To Drop Mayorkas Impeachment; Russia's War On Ukraine; Johnson Anticipates A Vote On Relief Packages On Friday; Israel-Hamas War; "Limited", How Israel Will Respond To Iran; Since The Start Of Conflict, About 10,000 Women Died In Gaza, According To Gaza; Gazans Who Are Displaced Yearn To Go Home. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• First Seven Jurors Seated In Trump's Historic Criminal Trial; Laura Answers Calls And Questions; An 81-Year-Old Kills Uber Driver After Both Caught Up In Scam; SCOTUS Questions Obstruction Charges Facing Trump And Rioters; Laura Coates Interviews Actor Cary Elwes. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israel Caught Between Restraint And Revenge; U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson Allows House To Take Up Aid To Ukraine And Israel; Parts Of Dubai Underwater Right Now; Top College Player Makes Her Move To The Pros. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Six Jurors Have Been Seated In Trump Hush Money Trial; IMF: US Strength Will Power Global Growth; Sources: US Expects Israeli Response Will Be Limited In Scope; 6 Jurors Have Been Seated In Trump Hush Money Trial; Fire Engulfs Copenhagen's Historic Stock Exchange; U.K. Cracks Down On Explicit Deepfakes; Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg In The Spotlight. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Seven Jurors Seated In Trump's First Criminal Trial; Supreme Court Hears Arguments That Could Impact Trump Case; Defiant Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Dismisses Absurd Push To Oust Him; Source: U.S. Expects Israel To Conduct Limited Strike Inside Iran; ADL: Antisemitic Incidents Reached New High In 2023. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• How Trump Feels About Seven Jurors Seated: "I'll Let You Know In About Two Months"; Trump Promises To Continue Fight Against The Judge; Biden Mocks Trump Over "Truth Social" Stock Collapse. Aired 9- 10p ET


CNN 10
• Why the Four-Day Workweek Could Be Here to Stay; How Astronauts Today Benefitting from the 2003 Columbia Shuttle Disaster. Aired 4-4:10a ET