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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Twenty One Crosses In Front Of Robb Elementary To Honor The Victims; Remembering Fourth Grade Teacher, Eva Mireles; President Biden, First Lady To Visit Uvalde On Sunday; Family Grieves 11-Year- Old Layla Salazar; On The Front Lines With Ukrainian Troops. Aired 8- 9p ET


Amanpour
• Boris Johnson Under Fire; Interview With Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; Interview with Prospect Magazine Editor Alan Rusbridger; Interview with Christianity Today Public Theologian Russell Moore. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Texas School Shooting; Closing Day of Davos; U.S. President Calls for Common Sense Gun Reform; Interview with Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) on Upcoming NRA Convention. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Vigil Honors 21 Victims Of Texas School Shooting; Video Captures Frustration Parents Felt With Police Response; Talking To Kids About The Texas School Massacre; Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Texas School Shooting Timeline; Fighting Rages In East Ukraine; Political History In Colombia. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• New Questions Emerge Over Police Response And Timeline; WH: Biden To Travel To Uvalde, Texas On Sunday; Democratic Senators Considering A National Red Flag Law; Students Stage Nationwide Walk- Out To Protest Inactions On Guns; Sources: Hundreds Of Thousands Of Ukrainians Forcibly Moved To Russia. Aired 4-5p ET
• Questions Emerge About What Happened During The Approx. Hour Gunman Was Inside The School; Buffalo Shooter Evaded New York Red Flag Law; N.Y. Governor Proposes Stricter Gun Laws In Wake Of Mass Shootings; New York Attorney General Accuses NRA Of Tax Fraud; CNN Goes Into Trenches On The Front Line With Ukraine's Army; Sen. Warnock Urges "Pro-Life" Colleagues To Enact Gun Laws; GOP's Sen. McConnell Says He Directed Sen. Cornyn Of Texas To Engage With Dems About A "Bipartisan Solution" On Gun Violence; California Implements Statewide Water Restrictions. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• No Resource Officer To Defend The Children; President Biden To Visit Uvalde This Weekend; Father's Instinct Kicks In; Relatives Rattled By The Shooting; Senator Ted Cruz No Answer To Gun Violence; Parents Rushed To Save Their Kids. Aired 10-11p ET
• Mass Shooting At Texas Elementary School; Other Countries Report Decline In Violence After Changing Gun Laws; Some NBA And MLB Teams Take Time Away From Sports To Talk Shootings. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• New Details in Texas Shooting; New Details on the Victims of the Texas Shooting; YJ Jimenez is Interviewed about the Texas Shooting; Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) is Interviewed about Effort to Pass Gun Control. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Texas Gunman Barricaded Himself in a Classroom; Text Messages from Gunman Before Shooting; Antoinette Tuff is Interviewed about Stopping a School Shooting in 2013. Aired 9:30-10a
• Gunman Inside Uvalde School Up to An Hour Before Being Killed; Grieving Families Remember 19 Children, 2 Teachers Killed at Texas School; Lawmakers Renew Efforts to Pass Stalled Gun Control Legislation. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Grieving Families Begin Planning Funerals For 21 Uvalde Shooting Victims; Sandy Hook Survivor Says, Ten Years Later I Still Don't Feel Safe; Happening Now, FDA Commissioner Faces Senate Committee Over Baby Formula Shortage. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI); Criticism Grows Over Police Response to Uvalde Massacre. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) Discusses Lawmakers Renewing Efforts to Pass Stalled Gun Reform Legislation; Witnesses Say Trump Spoke Approvingly of "Hang Mike Pence"; CDC: Firearms Now Leading Cause of Death Among U.S. Children; Secretary Blinken Unveils Long- Awaited China Policy. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Coverage Continues of Uvalde Elementary School Shooting; Officials Give Update on Texas Elementary School Massacre. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Officials Give Update on Texas Elementary School Massacre; Interview with Ross McGlothlin, Former Robb Elementary School Principal. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Tx Police: Door To School Used By Gunman Was Apparently Unlocked, No Armed Personnel Was On Site; Tx Police: First Officers At Scene Pursued Gunman Inside School, Withdrew And Called For Backup After Taking Fire; NRA To Hold Convention In Houston Tomorrow Despite Massacre; Guns Are Banned During Trump's Upcoming NRA Conference Speech; Efforts To Enact Gun Control Routinely Fizzle After Mass Shooting; Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (D-TX) Discuss About What Texas Was Supposed To Do To Protect Children In Schools. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Lawmakers Renew Efforts to Pass Stalled Gun Control Legislation; McConnell Says He Directed Sen. Cornyn to Engage Dems on a Bipartisan Solution on Gun Violence; FDA Chief Faces Questions on Formula Shortage on Capitol Hill; Hundreds at Vigil Last Night for Uvalde Shooting Victims. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Gunman Sent Chilling Text Messages Before Shooting; 19 Children, Two Teachers Killed In Texas School Shooting; Investigators Release Details On Gunman's Rampage; Republicans Largely Dismiss Talk Of Reforming Gun Laws; U.S. Senator Begs Republican Colleagues To Pass Gun Reforms. Aired 12-1a ET
• 19 Children, 2 Adults Killed In Texas School Rampage; Biden Visiting Texas To Meet With Families Of Uvalde School Massacre Victims; Shooter's Text Messages Reveal Timeline Of Events; Family Remembers 10-year-old Jose Flores, Jr.; Damning Report Cites Many Instances of Drunken Parties; Global Leaders Send Condolences to Families of Victims. Aired 1-2a ET
• Gunman Sent Chilling Text Messages Before Shooting; Investigators Release Details On Gunman's Rampage; Gun Background Check Bills Stalled In U.S. Congress. Aired 2-3a ET
• Families Mourning in Uvalde, Texas; Shooter Shared His Evil Plan Before the Attack; Children Died at an Early Age; Texans Call on Governor Abbott's Leadership; NRA to Meet Amidst Backlash; Uvalde Shooter Planned His Intent to Kill; Vladimir Putin Trying to Win Ukrainians; Forest Turned into a Dull Area; Hunger Spreads Around the World. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. In Mourning for 19 Children, 2 Teachers Killed; Gunman Sent Chilling Text Messages Before Shooting; Remembering the Victims; Biden Calling on Lawmakers to Compromise on Gun Control; Republicans Largely Dismiss Talk of Reforming Gun Laws. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Grieving Town Begins Preparing Funerals for 21 Victims; Messages Gunman Sent Ahead of School Massacre; Zelenskyy Blasts Kissinger Idea for Negotiations with Russia; Ukraine in Focus on Final Day of World Economic Forum; Damning Report Cites Many Instances of Drunken Parties at Downing Street; Family Remembers 10-Year-Old Jose Flores, Jr. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Officials Investigate Uvalde School Shooting After 21 were Killed; Ukrainian Soldiers Struggle to Hold on to Parts of the Donbas As Fighting Reaches New Intense Levels; Former U.S. Secretary of State Kissinger Suggests Ukraine Should Cede Territory to Russia to End War. Aired 2-3p ET


Connect the World
• Texas School Shooting; Closing Day of Davos; U.S. President Calls for Common Sense Gun Reform; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Outlines China Policy. Aired 10-11a ET
• 19 Children, 2 Teachers Killed in Texas School Shooting; Video Shows Gunman Outside Texas before Shooting; Zelenskyy Blasts Kissinger's Negotiation idea with Russia; Texas Governor: Tougher Gun Laws Aren't "Real Solution"; Action Take after Gun Violence Incidents across the World; How U.S. Gun Culture Stacks up with the World. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Official: Gunman Killed About One Hour After He Entered School; Father Mourns Loss Of His 10-Year-Old Daughter Killed In Uvalde; GOP Sen. McConnell Tells CNN He Asked Top Republican Cornyn To Engage In Gun Reform Talks With Democrats; Musicians Cancel Performances At NRA Convention After Shootings; Unlike U.S. Government, Other Countries Respond To Mass Shootings With New Gun Laws & See Drop In Violence; Sources: 100K+ Ukrainians Forcibly Taken To "Filtration Camps;" Father Mourns Loss Of His 10-Year-Old Daughter Killed In Uvalde. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Texas Town Unites in Grief Over 21 Deaths in School Massacre; Uvalde Elementary School Shooting Victims Identified; Calls Grow For U.S. Gun Reform After Texas Elementary School Attack. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Texas Massacre Puts Attention On Armed School Resource Officers; U.S. Gun Culture, A Global Outlier; Miami Heat Urge Fans To Demand "Commonsense Gun Laws." Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• U.S. in Mourning for 19 Children, 2 Teachers Killed; German Chancellor: The World is at a Turning Point; Georgieva: High Food, Energy Prices Fuel European Inflation; China Ramps Up Coal Consumption; Nigeria's Economic Growth Slows as Oil Production Falls; Diess: We're Building up our Factories. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• TX School Shooter Massacres 19 Children, 2 Teachers; TX Official: Shooter Was Inside School For 40 To 60 Minutes; CNN: Killer Texted Girl About Plan To Attach Elementary School; Police Face Questions Over Response To School Shooting; Doctor Treating School Shooting Survivors: "It's Difficult"; Community Mourns 21 Lives Lost In Uvalde; Today: Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) Meeting With Sen. Murphy (D-CT); Senate Grapples With Gun Deal In The Wake Of Mass Shootings. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Today: Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) Meeting With Sen. Murphy (D-CT); CNN: DOJ Probe Of Face Elector Plot Seeks Info About Trump's Top Lawyers And Advisers; Texas Republicans Have Eased State Gun Laws In Recent Years. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Standoff with Gunman Inside School Lasted Up to an Hour; Gunman Entered School Despite Being Confronted by Officers; Remembering the Victims of Texas School Shooting; Biden to Visit Uvalde Victims' Families. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Remembering Jose Flores Jr.; Sandy Hook Survivor Speaks About Experience; NRA Convention Goes On; Trump Spoke Approvingly of Hanging Mike Pence. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Anguish Sweeps Nation After 19 Children, 2 Teachers Killed; Standoff With Gunman Inside School Lasted Up to an Hour; How U.S Gun Culture Stacks Up With The World. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Nancy Pelosi Says Bipartisan Gun Control Talks Are Underway; Democrats Are Going To Try To Negotiate With Republicans On Gun legislation; Lawmakers Go On Recess Tomorrow, Will They Be Able To Work Over The Phone Or Return To Washington; Guns Outnumber People In America; Many Americans Believe There Should Be Commonsense Gun Reform; Officials Are Focused On Gathering Factual Information Around The Shooting Timeline; Shooter's Grandmother Is In Critical Condition After Being Shot. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Gunman Kills 19 Children and Two Teachers at Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas; Parent of Shooting Victim in Uvalde Talk about His Daughter; Video of Gunman Entering School Before Classroom Attack; Senators: Bipartisan Talks Underway on Guns, Background Checks. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is Interviewed about Gun Control; Anguish Sweeps the Nation after Texas Shooting; Thomas J. Nordwick is Interviewed about the Texas Shooting. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Texas School Shooting; Major Averages Rise after Strong Retail Earnings; Leaders Offer Grim Outlook for Global Economy; Russia's War on Ukraine; Pfizer to Sell Drugs at No Profit to 45 Countries; Call to Earth: Iceland's Glaciers. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN TONIGHT: Texas Department Of Public Safety: Uvalde Gunman "Not Confronted By Anybody" While Entering School; GOP's Sen. McConnell Says He Directed Sen. Cornyn Of Texas To Engage With Dems About A "Bipartisan Solution" On Gun Violence; Second Grader: "I Have The Fear Of Guns Now Because I'm Scared Someone Might Shoot Me." Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Police Says, Gunman Not Confronted By Anybody Before Shooting; Victim's Father Says, We Wanted To Storm School To Get Our Babies Out; Texas Police Struggle To Explain Response To School Massacre; What U.S. Can Learn From Countries That Confronted Mass Shootings. Aired 6- 7p ET


CNN 10
• New Details Emerge From A Shooting In Texas; An Ongoing Drought In The U.S. West Drops Lake Levels To Historic Lows; A Penguin Conservation Center In New Zealand