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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• S&P 500 Briefly Falls Into Bear Market Territory As Recession Fears Grow; Federal Judge Blocks Biden From Lifting Pandemic-Related Health Order Used To Turn Away Migrants At Southern Border; Pelosi Banned From Receiving Communion In San Francisco Archdiocese Over Her Position On Abortion; Giuliani Met Today With Jan. 6 Committee For More Than 9 Hours; Commander At Ukrainian Steel Plan Says Order Given To Stop Defending The City Of Mariupol; "Finally Home: The Trevor Reed Interview" Airs Sunday On CNN At 8PM ET; Disturbing Details Revealed During Depp And Heard's Testimonies; First of 10 Funerals After Buffalo Mass Shooting Held Today. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With U.N. Special Representative For Afghanistan Deborah Lyons; Interview With Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai; Interview with Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison; Interview with Joy Division and New Order Band Member Bernard Summer; Interview with Joy Division and New Order Band Member Stephen Morris. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Biden Arrives In Asia Facing Multiple Crises In U.S. & Abroad; 1/6 Cmte Investigating Capitol Tour Given By GOP Rep On Insurrection Eve; Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning Abortion After Fertilization. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Ukrainian Commander: Order Given To Stop Defending Mariupol; Biden Admin Secures Baby Formula From Overseas To Address Shortage; Soon: First Funeral For Victim Of Grocery Store Mass Shooting. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Russia Claims Azovstal Victory; Monkeypox Outbreak; Other Key Global Headlines. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Recession Fears Grow As Dow Falls For Eight Straight Week; Russia Claims Azovstal Plant "Completely Liberated;" First Funeral Held For Victim Of Mass Shooting; Concern Grow As Some Parents Ration Baby Formula Amid Shortage; Oklahoma Poised To Enact Strict Abortion Ban; Texas A&M Coach: "Go Dig Into" Alabama Coach's Past. Aired 4-5p ET
• World Health Organization: 80 Confirmed Cases Of Monkeypox, 50 Cases Under Investigation Worldwide; One-On-One With Trevor Reed After His Release From Russian Prison; Oz, McCormick Preparing For Likely Recount In PA Senate Race; Prosecutors Presenting Case Against Ex- Clinton Campaign Ally; Mother Of Sextortion Victim Has Warning For Other Parents. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Rudy Giuliani Testified For More Than Nine Hours; Voters Focus In Issues That Affects Them; Donald Trump May Run Again In 2024; Supreme Court Justices At Odds; Chilling Experiences Shared By Survivors; Buffalo Bills Donated To Victims' Families. Aired 10-11p ET
• Giuliani Meets With January 6 House Select Committee; Trevor Reed Details Surviving Horrendous Conditions In Russia; Dem Candidate Fetterman Still In Hospital One Week After Stroke; Tiger Woods Rebounds In Second Round To Make The Cut At PGA Championship; Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Lifting Title 42, For Now; CNN Hero Helps Train Women For Careers In Construction. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Biden's Trip to Asia; Possible North Korean Missile Test; John Park is Interviewed about Biden in Asia; Eastman Fights Turning over Notes; Concern over Formula Shortage. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Oklahoma Passes Strictest Abortion Bill; Azovstal Troops Ordered to Stop; First Funeral in Buffalo Massacre; Deputy Charged in Gas Station Explosion. Aired 9:30-10a
• Biden on First Official Trip to Asia Amid Crises in U.S. and Abroad; Lawyer Tries to Keep Trump's Notes From Jan. 6 Panel; Zelenskyy Says, There's Hell in Donbas. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Razor Thin Margins in Pennsylvania Senate GOP Primary; Boeing's Starliner Capsule Experienced Thrust Issue After Takeoff; Depp's Former Friends, Associates Testify About His Substance Abuse. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Can Floating Seaweed Help the Planet?; New Details Emerge in January 6 Investigation; Putin Taking Control of Ukraine Military Strategy?; President Biden Visits Asia. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Fisherman's Floating Seaweed Could Win $100 Million and Help the Planet; "Finally Home, The Trevor Reed Interview," Airs Sunday Night at 8:00 Eastern; Florida Deputy Charged After Taser Sets Suspect on Fire; Justice Department Unveils New Efforts to Combat Hate Crimes; Boeing's Starliner Successfully Launches to ISS. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Justice Department Targets Hate Crimes; Discord Inside Supreme Court?; Baby Formula Shortage; President Biden Visits Asia. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Russia Defense Minister: Nearly 2,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Surrendered at Mariupol Steel Plant; Russian Missile Strike in Kharkiv Injures 7, Including a Child; "Finally Home, The Trevor Reed Interview" Airs Sunday Night at 8:00 Eastern; Incumbents Faces Trump- Backed Candidates in Georgia Primaries; Ethan Crumbley's Parents Ask Judge to Quash Charges Against Them. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• S&P 500 Enters Bear Market Territory As Recession Fears Mount; Biden Confronts Consequential Foreign Policy Challenges In Asia; Ginni Thomas Pressed Arizona Lawmakers To Upend Biden's Win By Choosing Trump Electors Instead. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• U.S. Intel Skeptical of Putin Backing Down or Being Toppled; U.S. Likely to Keep 100K Troops in Europe for Foreseeable Future in Face of Russian Threat; White House Adviser: Covid Cases in U.S. are Substantially Undercounted; Dow on Pace for Longest Weekly Losing Streak Since 1923. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Congress Approves $40 Billion in Aid to Ukraine; Kharkiv Subway Has Become Home to Many City Residents; Biden to Visit South Korea, Japan on First Asia Trip; Source: 15 People Joined Shooting Suspect's Discord Private Chat; Russian Soldier Confronted by Widow at War Crimes Trial; Oklahoma Passes Bill Banning Abortions after 'Fertilization'; U.S. Carrier Group Works to Deter China and North Korea; North Korea Scrambling to Contain Massive COVID Outbreak; Select Committee Investigating Capitol Tour Given by GOP Rep. Aired 12-1a ET
• Russia: 1,730 Ukrainian Soldiers Surrendered So Far At Azovstal; Some Civilians Return To Kharkiv As Russian Forces Withdraw; Biden To Visit South Korea, Japan On First Asia Trip; Biden Evokes Defense Production Act To Address Crisis; House Passes $28M Emergency Funding To Address Crisis; Suspect Appears In Court After Grand Jury Indictment; Female Journalists Ordered to Cover Their Faces on Air; Saving the Andean Condor; Deadly Floods Tear Through India's Assam State. Aired 1-2a ET
• Biden to Visit South Korea and Japan on First Asia Trip Amid North Korea Tensions; Russia's War on Ukraine; GOP Lawmaker Investigated for U.S. Capitol Tour; U.S. Abortion Laws; Australians To Vote Amid Political Headwinds For Morrison; Source: 15 People Joined Suspect's "Discord" Private Chat; Female Journalists Ordered To Cover Their Faces On Air. Aired 2-3a ET
• Shanghai Reported New COVID Cases; Extreme Weather Conditions Left 10 People Dead in India; Indo-Pacific Allies Conduct Joint Drills; World is Headed to Famine; U.S. Imports Baby Formula; President Biden Made His First Asia Visit; Russian Troops Target Civilians; President Zelenskyy Condemned Deliberate Attacks; No Place for Forgiveness; January 6th Committee Investigates Republican Involvement to Insurrection. Aired 3-4a ET
• Biden Visits South Korea, Japan on First Asia Trip; Ukraine: At Least 12 Civilians Killed in Russian Shelling; Turkey Says It Plans to Reject NATO Bids by Finland and Sweden; Select Committee Investigation Capitol Tour Given by Congressman; U.S. Government Secures First Batch of Formula from Overseas; North Korea Scrambling to Contain Massive COVID Outbreak. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• War Crimes Trial of Russian Soldier Resumes in Kyiv; Biden Arrives in South Korea to Begin First Asia Trip; Parts of U.S. Threatened by Fires, Hight Temps, Droughts. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Azov Commander Says Order Given To Stop Defending Mariupol; Former Afghan President Karzai Fights For Women's Rights Under Taliban Rule; Biden Kicks Off First Presidential Asia Tour; Several Countries Confirm Cases Of Monkeypox; North Korea Scrambling To Contain Massive COVID Outbreak; Russia To Cut Off Natural Gas Supplies To Finland. Aired 2-3p ET


Connect the World
• Russian Soldier Apologizes Again at War Crimes Trial; Azovstal Commander Given Order to Stop Defending Mariupol; President Biden in Asia for First Trip as President; Taliban Order Female TV Presenters to Cover Faces; U.S. Carrier Group Works to Deter China and North Korea; Trevor Reed Speaks Out for the First Time Since Release from Russia. Aired 10-11a ET
• Russia Soldier Apologizes Again at War Crimes Trial; Biden in Asia for First Trip as President; Qatari Emir Confirms Natural Gas Supply to Germany; U.S. President trying to Shift Focus to Asia; U.S. Fisherman could Win Musk's $100M Prize to Combat Carbon; Ireland, Guinness each lay Claim to Harp Symbol. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• "Absolute Evil": Zelenskyy Condemns Strike On Cultural Center; Bodycam Footage Shows Ukrainian Forces Battling Russians; Russia Fires Commanders Who "Performed Poorly": UK Intel Report; Judge Rules COVID Border Restrictions Must Stay In Effect For Now; Emails: Ginni Thomas Pressed Arizona Lawmakers To Overturn Biden's Win; New Video Shows Mom Confront Woman Hoarding Formula At Store. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• President Biden to Meet with New South Korean President; Senate passes Bill to Ease Access to Baby Formula; Biden Arrives in Asia in First Presidential Trip to Region; January 6th Committee to Probe Capitol Tour Led by GOP Congressman the Day Before. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Senate Votes To Pass $40 Billion Ukraine Aid Package; Kyiv Restaurateur Turns To Helping House Refugees Like Herself; Wall Street Journal: This Could Be A Lost Decade For Stocks. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Biden Begins Asian Tour, Meets South Korea's new President; Victims Speak of Loss after Odessa Strike; U.S. Futures Higher After China's Interest Rate Cuts; Wall Street Opens Higher after China's Interest Rate Cut; Real Estate Manger Turns Soldier in Ukrainian Army; Uncrewed Boeing Starliner Blasts off into Space. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• WH Prepared With Contingences If N. Korea Conduct Missile Test; Biden Confronts Consequential Foreign Policy Challenges In Asia; Hadley: U.S. Has Chance To "Get Off The Back Foot" Versus China; About 1,000 Votes Separate Oz, McCormick In PA GOP Senate Primary; Record Early Voting Turnout In GA Ahead Of Tuesday's Primary; David Perdue's Campaign Spending Zero Dollars On Ads In Final Week; Advisers: Trump May Hold Off On More Endorsements For Primaries. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• 1/6 Cmte Asks GOP Congressman To Testify About Capitol Tour; UK: Russia Fired Top Commanders Over Battlefield Performance; Day 5 Of First Trial In Special Counsel Durham's 3 Year Probe. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Biden Arrives in Asia Facing Multiple Crises in U.S. & Abroad; Committee Probing Tour Given by GOP Lawmaker on Eve of Attack; Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Nation's Strictest Abortion Ban; Family Rations Formula for Daughter as Shortage Worsens. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Republicans Vote Against Easing Formula Shortage; First Funeral for Buffalo Victim; Defense Witnesses in Depp Trial; Woods Huts after First Round at PGA Championship; Fisherman Could Win Prize to Combat Carbon. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Biden Arrives in Asia Facing Multiple Crises in U.S and Abroad; Key Pennsylvania Senate Race Tightens, Oz Ahead by 1,000 Votes; Committee Probing Tour Given by GOP Lawmaker on Eve of Attack. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• White House COVID Czar Joins New Day As Officials Sound Alarm On Wave; UK: Russia Fires Senior Commanders Who "Performed Poorly"; Michigan Election Chief: Trump Said I Should Be Executed For Treason. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Pennsylvania Republican Senate Primary Still Too Close to Call; President Biden Visits South Korea; North Korea May Conduct Missile Test During President Biden Visit to Asia; Senate Passes Military and Humanitarian Aid Package for Ukraine; U.S. Marine Veteran Trevor Reed Describes His Years Long Imprisonment in Russia; Ukrainian Man's Family Including 3-month-old Killed by Russian Strike; Tops Worker Had Encounter with Shooting Suspect. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rose Wysocki is Interviewed about the Buffalo Shooting; Preview of Upcoming Primaries; Taliban Forces Women to Cover their Faces; Holocaust Survivors Finally Meet. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. Markets Poised To Enter A Bear Market; U.S. President Biden Begins His First Asia Trip At Chip Plant; Shanghai Sees New COVID Cases After Declaring Spread Over; Health Agencies Worldwide Investigate Monkeypox Cases; Elon Musk Meeting Brazilian Leaders About The Amazon; Airbnb CEO Says Remote Work Is Here To Stay. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Oklahoma Abortion Providers Bracing For Near-Total Ban; Justice Thomas Takes Jab At Court Under Chief Justice Roberts With Roe V. Wade Decision Potentially Near; Russian Soldier Pleads Guilty In First War Crimes Trial. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Russia Claims Victory At Azovstal, Nears Biggest Win Of War; Biden Confronts Ukraine War, Rise Of China On First Trip To Asia; Baby Formula Shortage Throws White House Into Crisis Mode; Trevor Reed Reveals Details Of His Brutal Detention In Russia; Dr. Oz Holds Thin Lead, PA GOP Primary Likely Heading To Recount. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• North Korea Reports Its First COVID Outbreak; U.S. Soccer. Announces Equal Pay. Aired 4-4:10a ET