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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Official: 19 Officers Were In The Hall But Did Not Breach Classroom; One Tragedy Becomes Two; Survivor: Gunman Told Teacher Good Night Then Shot Her; Survivor Says "Almost All" Of His Friends Died In The Shooting; NRA Convention Begins In Texas, Days After School Massacre; Uvalde Funeral Homes Announces Funeral Plans For Several Victims Of Robb Elementary Shooting; "A Mother's Diary Of War" Airs Sunday At 8PM. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck on Ukraine, Energy, And Climate; Heather Cox Richardson On American Gun Culture; Nobel Laureate Speaks Out On "The Power of Women. Did Not Air Live.


At This Hour
• Police Face Questions On Massacre Response Delays, Discrepancies; President Biden, First Lady To Travel To Texas On Sunday; Protests Begin As NRA Holds Convention In Texas Despite Massacre. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Harrowing Accounts From Surviving Students Of Massacre; Soaring Gas Prices Won't Deter Millions Of Holiday Travelers; Texas Shooting Massacre Raises Questions About School Safety. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Uvalde School Shooting Timeline; NRA Meets In Texas; On The Ground In Ukraine. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Texas Official: "It was The Wrong Decision" Not To Breach Classroom; Remembering The 21 Victims Of The Uvalde Shooting; Governor And Texas Officials Give Update On School Shooting. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Mother Of Surviving Student Speaks Out On Police Response; Texas Official: On-Scene Police Commander Made The "Wrong Decision" To Not Engage The Gunman Sooner; NRA Holds Convention In Texas Days After Gunman Killed 19 Children And Two Teachers With AR-15 Style Rifle. Aired 9-10p ET
• Families Hurt And Perplexed; Time To Change The System; President Biden To Visit Victims' Families; People Hopes For A Bipartisan Gun Law; Governor Abbott Blames Mental Health; Garcia Children Now Orphaned. Aired 10-11p ET
• Did Not Air 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• 11-Year-Old Survivor Took Dead Teacher's Phone, Called 911; Questions About How Gunman Got Into School, Was Barricaded Inside For An House Before Being Killed; NRA Convention To Continue As Planned In Texas After Mass Shooting. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Bipartisan Group Of Senators Meets To Discuss Possible Gun Reform; Uvalde Mass Shooting Sparks Debate On Arming Teachers In Schools; DOJ Interviews GA Republicans, Trump Allies In Fake Elector Probe. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Frustrated Families Demand Answers About Shooting Response; Survivor Describes Being in Classroom Where Students, Teachers Killed; Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Directs Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) to Work With Democrats on Gun Violence. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• American Tragedy; Interview with Middle School English Teacher and Wrote Opinion Piece for Education Week: Pleading For Gun Reform Mary McConnaha; Reducing Gun Violence; High Travel Costs. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Authorities Admit Failures in Uvalde Massacre. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Estimate: 70% of Formula Out of Stock at Some Point Last Week; Soaring Gas Prices Adding to High Cost of Memorial Weekend Travel; Survivor Describes Being in Room Where Students, Teachers Killed; How Victims Will Cope With Trauma of Massacre; Sources: Russian Forces Send Ukrainians to "Filtration Camps". Aired 1:30-2p ET
• 11-Year-Old Uvalde Survivor Speaks Out; Texas Authorities Admit Failures in Uvalde Massacre. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• NRA Kicks Off Gun Convention in Houston Despite Massacre; Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) Discusses NRA Gun Convention in Wake of Massacre & Bipartisan Group of Senator Meeting to Discuss Possible Gun Reform; City of Uvalde Shares Names & Photos of All 21 Victims; Survivors of Uvalde Shooting Express Fear of Returning to School. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Official: It Was "Wrong Decision" Not To Breach Classroom Door; Questions Mount Over How Gunman Got Into School, Was Barricaded Inside For An Hour Before Being Killed; Rep. Nicole Collier (D-TX) Discusses About Her Thoughts On The Press Conference Made About The Police Response In Robb Elementary School Shooting; 10-Year-Old Survivor: "Almost All" Of My Friends Died In Shooting. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Protests Erupt Outside NRA Convention in Wake of Massacre; NRA Holds Convention in Houston Today Despite Massacre; Relative of Victims of Mass Shootings React to Uvalde Massacre; Holiday Travelers Hit the Road Despite Inflation, High Gas Prices. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Police Face Growing Questions about Timeline, Response at Texas School; Uvalde Mourns 19 Students, 2 Teachers Killed in Attack; Report: Russian Actions Pose 'Serious Risk of Genocide'; Gun Control Legislation Remains Stalled in Congress; Ukraine War Sparks Fears China May Follow Russia's Playbook; Kevin Spacey Faces 4 Counts of Sexual Assault in U.K. Aired 12-1a ET
• Police In Uvalde School Shooting Scrutinized Over Response; NRA Forges Ahead With Convention In Houston; Fighting Has Intensified In The Donbas Region; Police Face Growing Questions about Timeline, Response; Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell Opens Door to Bipartisan Legislative Response to Massacre; Countries Report Decline in Violence after Changing Gun Laws; Tracking the Retreat of Iceland's Glaciers; Ellen DeGeneres Says Goodbye to Talk Show after 19 Years. Aired 1-2a ET
• Latest on Uvalde, Texas School Shooting; Russia's War on Ukraine Continues; Ukraine War Sparks Fears China May Follow Russia's Playbook; Police Face Growing Questions About Timeline, Response; Kevin Spacey Faces 4 Counts Of Sexual Assault In UK; Students, Parents Describe Horror Of The Attack. Aired 2-3a ET
• Police Confronted by Parents; Families Arrange Funerals for Loved Ones; NRA's Conference Face Criticism; Russian Troops Focusing in Eastern Ukraine; U.S. Considering Sending More High-Powered Weapons to Ukraine; Loss of One Family is Detriment for Everyone; Kids Needs Extra Care; Actor Ray Liotta Dies at 67; Depp and Heard Saga Coming to an End; Kevin Spacey Faces Sexual Allegations Case. Aired 3-4a ET
• Police Held Back Parents Due to Volatile Situation; Police Face Growing Questions About Timeline, Response; Uvalde Mourns 19 Students, 2 Teachers Killed in Attack; Ukraine: Russian Forces Made Modest Gains in Donbas; Report: Russian Actions Pose Serious Risk of Genocide. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• President Biden to Meet with Victim's Families on Sunday; Gun Control Legislation Remains Stalled in U.S. Congress; U.S.-Taiwan Economic Talks to Start in Weeks; Ukraine War Sparks Fears China May Follow Russia's Playbook; Kevin Spacey Faces Four Counts of Sexual Assault in U.K.; Uvalde Mourns 19 Students, 2 Teachers Killed in Attacks. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• A Texas Public Safety Official Says It Was The Wrong Decision For Police Not To Have Breached The Classroom Door During The Mass Shooting At The Robb Elementary School; Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Russia Pursuing Policy Of Genocide In Donbas; Survivor Tells CNN She "Played Dead" For Nearly An Hour; America's Biggest Gun Lobby Holds Convention In Texas; Depp's Lawyer Asks Jury To Give Actor "His Life Back". Aired 2-3p EST


CNN Special Reports
• Finally Home: The Trevor Reed Interview. Aired 11p-12a ET


Connect the World
• Fighting Rages Around Russian-Held Town of Izium; Russian Forces Advance in Eastern Areas of the Donbas; U.S. Preparing to Approve Long- Range Rocket System for Ukraine; Questions Mount Over Law Enforcement Response to Massacre; 10-year-old Survivor Shares His Story; Putin Says Government Working to Stabilize Russian Economy; A Grim Look at Life Under Russian Occupation in Kherson. Aired 10-11a ET
• Survivor Shares with CNN Being in Classroom with Shooter; Questions Mount over Law Enforcement Response to Massacre; Report: Kremlin Propaganda Shows Intent to Incite Genocide on Ukraine; Senator Ted Cruz Lashes Out when Pressed on Gun Control; Ukraine War Sparks Fears China may follow Russia's Playbook; Two Iranian Films in Cannes Final Selection. Aired 11a- 12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Police: Waiting To Storm Classroom Was "The Wrong Decision, Period"; Father Of Victim Speaks Out After Police Admit Major Failure; NRA Holds Convention In The Face Of 2nd Deadliest School Shooting; Texas Governor Doubles Down On Mental Health, Dismisses Gun Control; CNN Tracks Alleged War Crimes Committed By Russia's 64th Brigade. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Questions Growing About Police Response to Uvalde Massacre; 10- Year-Old Student at Robb Elementary Remembers His Lost Friends; Biden to Visit Uvalde, Texas Sunday to Console Grieving Families. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• McConnell Greenlights Potential Bipartisan Gun Legislation; Closer Look: How Other Countries Have Reduced Gun Violence; Severe Weather Ahead For 60+ Million Along East Coast. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Police: Unclear why School back door was Unlocked; Zelenskyy Accuses Russia of Genocide; Microsoft President: In a war you need to Evacuate Data as well as people; S&P 500 Bounces after Entering Bear-Market Territory; Volkswagen CEO Talks Long-Term Economic Concerns; Tom Cruise in "Top Gun" Sequel. Aired 09-10a ET


Inside Politics
• TX Officials Give Update On Mass Shooting At Robb Elementary School; Official: Teacher Called 911 After Hearing Car Crash, Shots Fired; Official: Shooter Shot At Least 100 Rounds; Official Gives Minute-By-Minute Timeline Of School Shooting; Official: It Was "Wrong Decision" Not To Breach Classroom Door. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Official: It Was "Wrong Decision" Not To Break Classroom Door. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Questions, Criticism Mounts Over Police Response to Shooting; 10-Year-Old Survivor: 'I Don't Want to Ever Go Back to School'; Husband of Teacher Killed in Shooting Dies from Heart Attack; McConnell Directs Cornyn to Work with Dems on Gun Violence. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Judge Rules against Gun Limits; Biden to Visit Texas on Sunday; Remembering Layla Salazar; Expensive Memorial Day Holiday; Steve Kerr Advocates for Reform. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Survivor Describes Being in Classroom Where Shooter Fired; Questions, Criticism Mounts Over Police Response to Shooting; Eisen Says, Children Murdered Because Easy Access to Assault Rifle. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Today: NRA Convention Will Go On In Texas, Trump To Speak; U.S. Preparing To Approve Long-Range Rocket System To Ukraine; Questions And Criticism Mounts Over Police Response To Shooting. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• New Timeline for Uvalde, Texas, Elementary School Shooting Indicates Gunman in School for Over an Hour Before being Killed; Ten- Year-Old Survivor of Uvalde Elementary School Shooting Discusses His Experience; From Yankees to Heat, Sports Teams Join Fight Against Gun Violence. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Survivor Says She Smeared Friend's Blood on Herself to Play Dead; Close-knit Uvalde Community Grieves After 21 Killed in School; NRA Convention will Go on In Texas, Trump to Speak. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Officials: Not Breaching Classroom Was Wrong Decision; Zelenskyy Calls Russian Donbas Offensive Genocide; DP World CEO: Global Cooperation Needed To Fight Hunger; WHO: Good Window Of Opportunity To Stop Monkeypox; Jury Begins Deliberations In The Depp-Heard Trial; Gun Makers Pulls Out OF NRA Convention After Mass Shooting. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Texas Gov.: I Was "Misled" About What Happened And Am "Livid"; Police Admit "Wrong Decision" To Delay Confronting School Gunman; Police: 19 Officers Were In Hallway, Opted Not To Storm Classroom; Harrowing Accounts From Students Who Survived Massacre; Protesters Gather Outside NRA Convention In Houston; Police Admit "Wrong Decision" To Delay Confronting School Gunman; Police: 19 Officers Were In Hallway, Opted Not To Storm Classroom; 11-Year-Old Survivor Took Dead Teacher's Phone, Called 911. Aired 5-6p ET
• Texas Governor Says, I Am Livid About Being Misled About Police Response; Survivor Says, Gunman Told Teacher Goodnight, Then Shot Her; NRA Kicks Off Convention In Texas Despite School Massacre; Sports World Speaks Out About Gun Violence After Recent Massacres; All 19 Children, 2 Teachers Killed in Massacre Identified. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Life Under COVID Restrictions In Beijing; America`s Aging Vehicles; A Milestone For Boeing`s Starliner. Aired 4-4:10a ET