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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Russian Strikes Focusing On Four Areas, Including Kyiv; Russian Military To Reopen Humanitarian Corridor From Mariupol To Zaporizhzhia; Zelenskyy Says Two Generals Removed From Ukraine's Security Service; British Intel Chief: Russian Troops Refusing Battlefield Commands; Der Spiegel Reporter Describes Fallout In One Ukrainian Town After The Russians Withdrew; Jared Kushner Voluntarily Meets With Jan. 6 Committee; Florida Man Opens Home To Ukrainian Refugees And Inspires Others To Help Those In Need. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili; Interview With Jose Andres; Interview With Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Ukraine Says It Has Retaken Chernihiv Despite Shelling; Biden Orders Massive Oil Release; Ukraine-Russia Foreign Ministers Could Meet Next Week; Jared Kushner to Meet before House January 6 Committee Today; Chris Rock Breaks Silence on Slap. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• U.K. Intel: Russian Soldiers Low Morale, Refusing To Obey Orders; New Audio: Trooper Admits To Beating Greene With Flashlight; Family Of Ronald Greene Reacts To New Audio In Deadly Beating. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• NATO Chief: Russia Not Withdrawing, But Repositioning; Zelenskyy's Global Message; What Is Neutrality? Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Battlefield Momentum Shifting As Putin's Invasion Enters Week 6; British Intel Chief: Russian Troops Refusing Battlefield Commands; Biden Announces Plan To Release Record 1 Million Barrels Of Oil Per Day From U.S. Reserves For 6 Months; Jared Kushner Voluntarily Meets With January 6 Committee; Biden Announces Historic Oil Release Plan To Help Ease Gas Prices; Shanghai Issues New Lockdown After Spike In COVID Cases; U.S. Officials: North Korea Resumes Activity At Nuclear Testing Site. Aired 4-5p ET
• Ukraine Deputy PM: Putin "Does Not Care About People" In Mariupol; Rep. Gregory Meeks, (D-NY), Is Interviewed About Ukraine War; House Introduces New Bill To Hold Putin Accountable For War Crimes; New House Bill Curbs Russia's Use Of Crypto To Skirt Sanctions; GOP Lawmakers Urge W.H. To Speed Up Weapons Transfers To Ukraine; Florida Governor Signs Controversial LGBTQ Bill Into Law; GOP Led States Pass Flurry Of Bills Prohibiting Transgender Participation In Girl's Sports; Chris Rock Says He's Still "Processing" Will Smith's Slap; Academy Announces Disciplinary Proceedings Against Will Smith; "Pink Floyd" Flamingo Spotted In Texas After Kansas Escape In 2005. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Traitors Don't Deserve President Zelenskyy's Time; Vladimir Putin Is Now Isolated; Russian Troops Repositioning Themselves; Kherson Region Bombed 47 Times; Ukrainians Will Fight For Their Land And Democracy; Family Finally Reunited. Aired 10-11p ET
• CNN Interviews Ukrainian Refugees; Russia Continues To Attack Ukraine Despite Claims; Kharkiv Resident Documenting Her Life In A War Zone; Misinformation Impacting Russia From The Kremlin To The Battlefield; Pushing Back Against Putin's Revisionist History; Ukrainian Refugees Having Their Babies Far From Home. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Russian Troop Morale Problems; Russian Shelling remains Relentless; Putin Authorizes Draft; Biden to Announce Oil Release; Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) is Interviewed about Ukraine. Aired 9:00- 9:30a ET
• Blue Origin's Space Tourism Flight on Hold; Woman Finally Escapes Kharkiv; McCain Visits Food Distribution Center in Poland; Chris Rock Speaks Out. Aired 9:30-10a
• Ukraine Says, Mariupol Evacuation Buses Being Held at Russian Checkpoint; Russian Shelling Relentless Despite Promise to Reduce Attacks; Putin Authorizes Draft of Nearly 135,000 Into Russian Military. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Congress Getting Closer to Vote on Revoking Russia's Trade Status; U.S Officials Bracing for Record-Breaking Surge of Migrants; Biden Weighs Releasing 1 Million Barrels of Oil a Day to Lower Gas Prices. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Chaos of War; President Biden Set to Announce Plan to Lower Gas Prices. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Discusses Senators Frustrated by Delay of Bill to Punish Russia, Ruble Recovering Despite Sanctions; Ukraine Sends Bus Convoys to Mariupol for Rescue Effort; Biden Announces New Effort to Cut Gas Prices. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Biden Announces New Effort To Cut Gas Prices; Biden Says Putin Seems To Be Self-Isolating; Heavy Shelling In Eastern Ukraine As Russia Shifts Focus; Jared Kushner Voluntarily Meets With January 6th Committee. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Biden: Putin "Seems To Be Self-Isolated," May Not Be Getting Real Info; Russian Troops Near Kyiv Have Repositioned, Headed Toward Belarus Amid New Focus On Donbass Region; Ukraine: Mariupol Is Gone," Thousands Forced To Move To Russia; Ukraine Seeks Drones, Ground Attack Aircraft And Equipment Repairs In Latest Request To U.S.; Pentagon Gives Update On War In Ukraine. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• UK Intel Chief: Low Morale Among Russian Soldiers, Refusing Orders; Biden: Putin "Seems to be Self-Isolated," May Not Be Getting Real Info; Pentagon: 1/5 Russian Forces Near Kyiv Have Moved, Some in Belarus. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Today, Jared Kushner Voluntarily Met With 1/6 Committee; DOJ Widens 1/6 Probe To Examine Rally Prep, Financing; Romney: There's A Deal "In Principle" On $10 Billion COVID Package; Chris Rock Speaks Out After Will Smith Slap At Oscars; Academy Asked Will Smith To Leave But He Refused; Biden Announces Record Oil Release To Reduce Gas Prices. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• CNN Team Reports Heavy Fighting In Outskirts Of Kyiv; Russia Keeps Up Attacks Despite Pledge To Scale Back; At Least 15 Killed In Russian Strike In Mykolaiv; Ukrainians Reluctant To Leave Home Arriving In Hungary; Ukrainian Family Reunites At New Home In U.S.; Weaning Off Russian Oil May Help Renewable Energy; Israel on High Alert after Deadly Attacks; Disciplinary Proceedings Underway Against Will Smith. Aired 12-1a ET
• Mayor: 50 Percent Of Irpin Destroyed, Shelling "Constant"; Ukrainian Forces Claim To Retake Sloboda From Russians; Russia Keeps Up Attacks Despite Pledge To Scale Back; Zelenskyy: Ready For Russian Attacks In Donbas Region; U.N.: More Than Four Million Refugees Flee Fighting; Ukrainian Shares Harrowing Story Of Escape From Mariupol; Zelenskyy to Deliver Video Address to Australian Lawmakers; Shanghai Effectively Imposes City-Wide Lockdown. Aired 1-2a ET
• Ukraine's Zelenskyy To Address Australian Lawmakers; Ukrainian Forces Claim To Retake Sloboda From Russians; Ukraine: Chernihiv Under Fire From Russian Attacks; Pentagon: Russian Attacks On Mariupol "Devastating"; CNN Gets Close-Up Look At Destruction In Kyiv Suburbs; Mayor: City Of Irpin Stood Up To The Russian Military; Russia Keeps Up Attacks Despite Pledge To Scale Back; At Least Five Killed In Russian Strike On Mykolaiv; U.S.: Some Russian Forces Have Withdrawn From Chernobyl; Russia Announces Evacuation Corridor From Mariupol; U.N.: More Than 4 Million Refugees Flee Fighting; Ukrainians Reluctant To Leave Home Arriving In Hungary. Aired 2-3a ET
• Russians Claim to Leave Chernihiv and Kyiv; Ukrainians to Fight Every Inch of Their Land; Vladimir Putin Not Informed by His Men; Red Cross Targeted by Russian Forces. Aired 3-4a ET
• Zelenskyy: Ready for Russian Attacks in Donbas Region; Russia Keeps Up Attacks Despite Pledge to Scale Back; Interview with Vadym Prystaiko, Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.K., Peace Talks with Russians Resume and Ukraine Expects ; Zelenskyy Delivers Video Address to Australian Lawmakers. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Russia Keeps Up Attacks Despite Pledge to Scale Back; Kyiv Suburbs Ravaged by Russian Attacks; Photojournalist Captures Horrors of Conflict; South Korea Says North Korea Not Telling Truth About Latest ICBM Launch; Shanghai Effectively Imposed City-Wide Lockdowns. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Heavy Shelling of Cities in Northern and Northeastern Ukraine; Russia Reinforcing Offensive in Donbas Region; U.S. Intel Says Putin's Advisers Afraid to Tell Him the Truth; Putin Threatens Countries Who Don't Pay for Gas in Rubles; Western Sanctions Try to Squeeze Russian Oligarchs; Inside Kyiv's Ravaged Suburbs; Oil Tumbles as Biden Weighs Massive Oil Release; China Struggles to Contain Shanghai COVID-19 Surge. Aired 10- 10:40a ET
• Putin to Suspend Gas Contracts if they aren't paid in Rubles; Putin to Halt Gas Contracts if they aren't paid in Rubles; The Struggle to get People Out of Mariupol; Europe Walks Tightrope with Russia Sanctions; World Fair Legacy Lives on in Startups; Putin's Long History of Brutal Military Aggression. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• U.S. Official: Russian Forces Zero In On Four Areas With Airstrikes; 300 Plus Aircraft Sorties In The Last 24 Hours; CNN Goes Into Heavily-Damaged Irpin' Amid Constant Russian Threat; Killer "Kamikaze" Drones New Battlefield Threat In Ukraine; "Terror Aspect Is A Significiant Psychological Factor;" Putin As U.K. Sanctions 12 More Russians: "These Are Sanctions To Punish Us For Our Right To Be Free"; January 6 Panel Member: Kushner "Volunteered" Info Today: Federal Investigators Widening Criminal Probe Into January 6; Producer: LAPD Officers Were Ready To Arrest Smith During Oscars. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Russian Bombs Still Falling After Promise to Reduce Attacks; U.S. Officials: Putin Being "Misinformed" About Status of War; Biden Mulls Releasing 1M Barrels Per Day From U.S. Oil Reserve; Chris Rock Publicly Addresses Oscars Incident For First Time. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Ukraine; Negotiations With Russia Set To Resume April 1; Ukraine Submits Latest Weapons Wish List To Congress; Bruce Willis Stepping Away From Acting Due To Health Condition. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• CNN Tours Aftermath of City Hall Bombing in Mykolaiv; Amazon's Humanitarian Response; Adecco Launches Site to Help Ukrainians Find Work; Amazon Opens Humanitarian Aid Hub in Slovakia; Amazon: We have a Long- Standing Policy of not doing Business with Russian Government; Putin Threatens Consequences if Countries do not Pay for Gas in Rubles. Aired 9- 10a ET


Inside Politics
• Ukraine & Russia: Major Evacuation Today Out Of Mariupol; Heavy Shelling In Donbas Region As Russia Redirects Military Efforts; Ukraine: At Least 20 Dead In Russian Strike On Mykolaiv Govt Building; Zelenskyy: If Ukraine Loses, Putin's Tyranny Will Come For The West; Ukraine Asks U.S. For Drones, Aircraft & Medical Supplies; GOP Lawmakers Urge WH To Speed Up Weapons Transfers To Ukraine; Pentagon: Putin "Not Fully Informed" At "Every Turn" Of Invasion; U.S., NATO Leaders Call Out Russia's Empty Pledge. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• UK Intel Chief: Putin Using Mercenaries As "Cannon Fodder"; Biden Announcing Historic Release Of Oil From Stockpile; Today: Jared Kushner Voluntarily Meets With 1/6 Cmte. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Heavy Shelling in Northeastern Ukraine by Russians; Chernihiv Mayor is Interviewed about Recent Developments; Chris Rock at Comedy Show: 'Still Processing' Slap; Deputy Mayor of Mariupol is Interviewed about Humanitarian Corridor. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• George Conway is Interviewed about the DOJ Investigation; McCain Visits Polish Border; Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) is Interviewed about Russia; Damaging Storms Across the South; DHS Warns of Migrant Influx. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• U.K. Says, Russian Troops Refusing to Obey Orders Amid Low Morale; Chris Rock at First Show Since Oscars Says, Still Processing Slap. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Kharkiv, Ukraine Under Heavy Shell Fire. Interview With John Bolton, Former Trump National Security Adviser. Bruce Willis Is Stepping Away From Acting. Digging Deeper: Biden's Proposed $6 Trillion Budget. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• UK: Russian Troops Refusing to Obey Orders Amid Low Morale; Putin Authorizes Drafting 134,000+ Into Russian Military Amid Losses; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is Interviewed on Ukraine, Trump and Supreme Court Pick; Chris Rock at First Show Since Oscars: "Still Processing" Slap. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Chris Wallace is Interviewed about his New Show; North Korea May Have Underground Nuke Test; Parents of Trevor Reed Speak with Biden. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Biden Approves Record Release From U.S. Oil Reserve; Putin Wants Payment From Unfriendly Countries In Rubles; Conflict Causing Huge Challenges Says Lufthansa CEO; U.S. Says Russian Troops "Drawing Down" From Chernobyl; Zelenskyy Slams Belgian Imports Of Russian Diamonds; Russia Bars Top E.U. Officials In Response To Sanctions; E.U. Says Hundreds Of Planes Stuck In Russia; Ryanair CEO Says Historic Disruption In Europe. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN TONIGHT: Zelenskyy: Already Day 36 And Ukraine Is "Standing"; Jared Kushner Appears Before January 6 Committee; Oscars Producer: LAPD Was Ready To Arrest Will Smith For Slap. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Intense Strikes, Shifting Focus As Putin's War Enters Week Six; Biden Says, Putin May Have Put Some Advisers Under House Arrest; Ukraine-Russia Negotiations To Resume Tomorrow; 1/6 Committee Member: Kushner "Volunteered Information" In Interview; Oscars Exec Producer Speaks Out About Will Smith Slap. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Russia-Ukraine Battles Shifting East As Russian Troops Reposition; Russian Forces Block Bus Convoy Heading To Mariupol; Biden Spurs Record Emergency Oil Release In Moment Of Peril For World; At Least 20 Killed In Russian Strike On Mykolaiv; Russian Wreckage Illustrates Ukraine's Resistance Around Kyiv; Tens Of Thousands Depend On ICRC Mission; North Korea's Recent ICBM Launch Likely Faked; Putin's Long History Of Brutal Military Aggression. Aired 2-3p ET