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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Russia Warns U.S. of Unpredictable Consequences if it Continues to Ship Weapons to Ukraine; Russia Strikes Kyiv Region with Cruise Missiles after Sinking of its Black Sea Flagship; One-on-one with Ukraine's President Zelenskyy; Exclusive, Zelenskyy Says World Should Be Prepared For Possibility Putin Could Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons; Ukrainian Armed Forces Say, Russia Taking Revenge For Sinking of Moskva. Aired 8-9p ET
• War Crimes Prosecutor: If Putin Stays In Office, No Guarantee He Will Be Tried For War Crimes; Russia Formally Protests Against U.S. Sending Weapons To Ukraine; Chief Rabbi Of Poland: The Jewish People Have Tremendous Empathy & Sympathy For Ukrainians. Aired 9-10p ET


Amanpour
• Putin's 'Denazification'; Interview With Nuremberg Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• CNN's Jake Tapper Interviews Ukraine's President; Key Russian Warship Sinks, Ukraine Claims It Hit Ship with Missiles; Ukraine: 7 Civilians Killed After Russian Forces Hit Evacuation Bus; Interview with State Department Spokesman, Ned Price. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Family Of Patrick Lyoya Demands Officer Be Prosecuted; Over 150 Hurt In Violent Clashes At Holy Site In Jerusalem; CDC: Drug Overdose Deaths In U.S. Hit New Record High. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Kremlin Vows Success; Russia's Military Blows; Jerusalem Violence. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Honoring Lives Lost & Shattered in Russia's War on Ukraine; U.S. Assesses 2 Ukrainian Missiles Struck Key Russian Warship; Zelenskyy on Sunken Warship, Russia "Less Capable" Without It; Ukraine: Russia Taking Revenge for Sinking of Key Warship; Texts: Lawmakers Encouraged, Then Soured on Overturning Election. Aired 4-5p ET
• Prosecutor: Russian Kill 10 Civilians In Attack On Residential Buildings, Including 7-Month-Old Child; Ukraine: Russia Taking Revenge For Sinking Of Key Warship; Zelenskyy Reflects On His People's Grief: "Great Pain For Me."; Ukrainian Jews Begin Passover Amid Russian Invasion; FDA Authorizes First Breathalyzer Test for COVID-19. Aired 5-6p ET


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


CNN Newsroom
• Strikes on Mykolaiv; Michael Repass is Interviewed about the War in Ukraine; Three Russians Charged with Targeting U.S. Lawmakers; Clint Williamson is Interviewed about War Crimes. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• States Suing to Block Title 42 Rollback; Ukrainians Living in Fear Amidst Attacks; Oksana Pokalchuk is Interviewed about Evacuations from Ukraine; Harry and Meghan Visit Queen. Aired 9:30-10a
• Ukraine Says, Russia Take Revenge For Sinking of Key Warship; Heavy Russian Shelling Reported Along Donetsk Frontlines; Texts Show GOP Lawmakers Encouraged, Then Soured on Overturning Election. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Russia Warns of Unpredictable Consequences If U.S. Continues Weapons Shipments to Ukraine; Mortgage Rates Hit 5 Percent For First Time in Over a Decade; Ukraine Says, At Least Two People Killed in Strikes on Mykolaiv. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Germany Impounds Yacht Linked to Russian Billionaire; Russia Protests U.S. Weapons Shipments to Ukraine; Zelenskyy Addresses Russian Nuclear Threat. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Texts Reveal How 2 GOP Lawmakers Embraced, Then Opposed Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election; More Ukrainian Refugees Going Through Mexico to Reach U.S.; War in Ukraine Fueling Global Food Crisis; Study: Upper Airway Infections in Kids More Common with Omicron; FDA Authorizes First Breathalyzer Test for COVID-19. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• President Zelenskyy Addresses Russian Nuclear Threat; Russia Protests U.S. Weapons Shipments to Ukraine. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• China Holds Military Drills Around Taiwan As U.S. Lawmakers Visit Taipei; Health Officials Tracking Highly Contagious Omicron Subvariants; FDA Authorizes First Breathalyzer Test For COVID-19; Upper Airway Infections In Kids More Common With Omicron; Airlines Scramble To Fix Worker & Pilot Shortage; Ukraine National Police: Over 900 Bodies Of Ukrainian Civilians Discovered In Kyiv Region Since Russian Army Withdrawal; French Forensic Experts Exhume Bucha Victims. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Zelenskyy To CNN: World Should Prepare For Putin To Use Nukes; Russia Strikes Outskirts Of Kyiv After Key Russian Warship Sunk; Texts: GOP Lawmakers Encouraged, Then Soured On Overturning Election. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Zelenskyy Asked Biden to Name Russia a State Sponsor of Terrorism; More Than 150 Injured in Violent Clashes at Holy Site in Jerusalem; Psaki Takes Shot at Fox Reporter Peter Doocy. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Ukraine Officials Report Intensified Shelling in East and South of Ukraine; Civilian Bodies Found in Kyiv Region; Russian Protest Shows Growing Worry; Rescued from Front Lines; Somber Good Friday; Expert Argues Against Ukraine Ceasefire; Jerusalem on Edge as Violence Flares at Holy Site; Sri Lanka's Worst Economic Crisis in Decades; Coronavirus pandemic in South Korea; Twitter's Poison Pill. Aired 11p- 12a ET
• Russian Ship Sinks in Black Sea; Russian Forces Ramp Up Fighting in Eastern Ukraine; Young Woman Recalls Harrowing Experience in Mariupol; Town in Eastern Ukraine Prepares for Russian Hostilities; Top ICC Prosecutor is Interviewed about Investigation into Alleged Russian War Crimes; Lyoya's Family Calls for Termination of Michigan Officer; Elon Musk Offers $54.20 a Share to Buy All of Twitter. Aired 12-1a ET
• Inside The Lockdown In Shanghai; Russian Warships Sinks, Ukraine Claims Missiles Strike; On The Front Lines Of The War In Eastern Ukraine; Russian Warns Against Sweden And Finland Joining NATO; CIA Chief: Russian Nuclear Threat Cannot Be Taken Lightly; Palestinians: At Least 59 Injured In Jerusalem Clashes; Russia's Navalny Urges Social Media Campaign Against Putin; ICC Investigation Alleged War Crimes; Top ICC Prosecutor: "Ukraine is a Crime Scene"; Ukrainian Railway Says It has Evacuated Nearly 4M People; Shanghai Reports 95% of all New COVID Cases in China; Young Woman Recalls Harrowing Experience in Mariupol. Aired 1-2a ET
• Ukraine Declares Russian Invasion Genocide; Dozens Injured In Jerusalem Clashes; Russian Warship Sinks, Ukraine Claims Missile Strike; Ukraine: Russian Adding Forces, Training Unites In Donbas; Top International Prosecutor: "Ukraine Is A Crime Scene"; Sweden And Finland Edge Closer To Applying To Join NATO; Ukraine: 2,500+ Evacuated Through Humanitarian Corridors; Europe Struggling To Accommodate Mass Influx Of Refugees; Germany Impounds Oligarch's Superyacht; Ukraine Seizes Oligarch And Putin Ally's Assets; Putin: Banning Russian Energy Will Impact Global Economy. Aired 2-3a ET
• Russian Warship Sinks; Russia's War on Ukraine; Clashes Erupt in Jerusalem; Cruise Ship Turned Shelter; Cases Escalate Amid China's Zero COVID Policy; Coronavirus Pandemic; Flooding Damage in South Africa; New York Subway Shooter Denied Bail; Queen Elizabeth Cancels Recent and Upcoming Engagements; Refugees Helping Other Refugees. Aired 3-4a ET
• Russian Warship Sinks, Ukraine Claims Missile Strike; Russia Warns Against Sweden and Finland Joining NATO; Palestinians: At Least 117 Injured in Jerusalem Clashes; U.N.: More Than 4.7 Million Refugees Have Fled Ukraine. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN Visits Easternmost Town Under Ukrainian Control; New York Subway Shooting Suspect Denied Bail; Lyoya's Family Calls for Termination of Michigan Officer; Life Under Shanghai's Lockdown; Harry and Meghan Visit the Queen on Way to Invictus Games; Multiple Storm Systems Make for Messy Holiday Weekend. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Russian Warship Sinks, Ukraine Claims Missile Strike; Eastern Ukraine Digging In Ahead of Expected Offensive; Israeli Security Force And Palestinians Clash At Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound; Life Under COVID Lockdown In Shanghai; A Tour Of The Moskva Deployed Off Syria In 2015; Elon Musk Offers To Buy Twitter For $41.4 Billion In Cash. Aired 10-10:45a ET
• Woman Recalls Harrowing Experience in Mariupol; Palestinians: More Than 150 Injured in Jerusalem Clashes; Jerusalem on Edge as Violence Flares at Holy Site; Ukrainians in Anguish over Destruction of their Communities; Ukrainian Refugees Find Safe Haven on Estonian Ship; Pakistan's Troubles Mired in Dynasty Politics. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Ukraine: Russian Attacks Intensifying in Eastern Ukraine; Water Supply System, Food Warehouse in One City Damaged; Russia Warns U.S. of "Unprecedented Consequences" Over Ukraine Aid; Russia Claims Advances in Besieged Port City of Mariupol as Ukraine Estimates As Many as 22,000 People Have Died There. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Sinking of Russian Warship a Major Hit to Military & Morale; Ukrainians Living on Front Lines Under Constant Bombardment; Palestinians: At Least 153 Injured in Clashes at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CARE USA Helping Ukrainian Refugees Fleeing Russia's Invasion; Harry And Meghan Visit Queen Elizabeth In The U.K.; Florida Governor Signs Bill Banning Abortion In State After 15 Weeks. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• CNN Visits Easternmost Town Under Ukrainian Control; Shanghai Reported 95 Percent of new cases in China Thursday; Ashurkov: New Waves of Anti-War Protests Likely in Russia; Young Woman Recalls Harrowing Experience in Mariupol; CARE Hosts Teacher Hiring Events in Poland; Elon Musk Makes a $43B Bid to take Twitter Private. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Russian Warship Sinks, Moscow Strikes Back; Russians Make Advances Inside Besieged City Of Mariupol; Jewel Of Russia's Fleet Sinks After Possible Ukrainian Strike; Ukrainian Commander: Everything Under Attack In Donetsk; Ukraine Braces For Russian Onslaught In East; Russia Targets Military Facility Near Kyiv After Warship Sinks; Texts Reveal GOP Lawmakers Encouraging, Then Warning Against Trump's Efforts To Overturn 2020 Election. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Texts Reveal GOP Lawmakers Encouraging Then Warning against Trump's Efforts to overturn 2020 Election; Blinken Tells Europeans War May Last the Rest of 2022; 21 States Suing Biden Administration over COVID Border Policy. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Barrage of Russian Strikes Across Ukraine after Warship Sinks; Head of Donetsk Region Military Administration is Interviewed; China Conducts Military Drills Near Taiwan and U.S. Lawmakers' Visit. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Russia Targeted U.S. Lawmakers; RNC Withdraws from Commission for Presidential Debates; Rain and Snow for Holiday Weekend; Airlines Slashing Summer Schedules; Hoffmann Plays in PGA Event; Billionaire Boom Skyrockets. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Crown Jewel of Russia's Fleet Sinks After Alleged Hit by Ukraine; CIA Chief Warns of Possibility That Russia May Use Nuclear Weapons; Texts Show Lawmakers Encouraged, Then Soured on Overturning Election. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) Enters Ukraine, Joins New Day As War Intensifies; 150+ Injured In Violence Clashes At Jerusalem Mosque; China Conducts Military Drills Near Taiwan Amid U.S. Lawmakers' Visit. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Fighting in Eastern Ukraine Leaves One Town in Donbas Region Devastated; Efforts Underway to Evacuate an Elderly Woman from Town being Shelled by Russian Forces; Russian Forces Likely Planning Large- Scale Offensive in Eastern Ukraine. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Texts about Overturning the Election. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt is Interviewed about the War in Ukraine; U.S. Mortgage Rates Hit 5 Percent; Being Barry Manilow. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Twitter Takes on Musk Bid with Poison Pill Plan; I.M.F., W.T.O. Slash Forecasts over Ukraine, Prices, and COVID, Russia Hits Military Factory on Outskirts of Kyiv; Palestinians: More Than 150 Injured In Jerusalem Clashes; More Rain Forecast In Flood-Ravaged South Africa. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN TONIGHT: Russian Troops Morale Drag Down After Moskva Ship Sunk; Dead Fellow Countrymen Break Zelenskyy's Heart; More Than 900 Bodies Found in Kyiv Region; Students Trying to Pick Up Broken Dreams; Text Messages from GOP Members Revealed; U.N. Doing Nothing to Ukraine's Plea. Aired 10-11p ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Official Say Two Ukrainian Missiles Hit Sunken Russian Warship; Russia Threatens U.S. Over Weapon Shipments; Zelenskyy Says, World Should Prepare For Putin to Use Nukes; Russian Grip on U.N. Security Council Draws Fire from Diplomats, U.S. Lawmakers. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Zelenskyy Warns Putin May Use Nuclear Weapon. Reports of Heavy Shelling Across Donetsk Region. Russia Issues Formal Protests of U.S. Supplied Weapons to Kyiv. Slovakia Sends Air Defense System to Ukraine. Aired 2-3p ET